Patrick Corbin isn’t getting the swings and misses on his slider that he has in previous years, and the left-hander isn’t exactly sure why.
In the last two seasons, his Whiff% on the slider has dropped to 38.1% (in 2020), and 36.8% (so far in 2021), which is off a bit from 51.4% in his first season in D.C. in 2019, and 53.1% in 2018, in his final season with the Arizona Diamondbacks before he signed a 6-year/$140M free agent deal in Washington, D.C.
The batting average against on the pitch has remained relatively steady, sitting at .