re: WS: ATL wins series 4-2 - Braves are your World Series champions

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And I’m fully on team, Fried was tipping tonight, I’m too inebriated to fully construct this thought right now, but someone on Twitter has found his tip

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The guy I saw on Twitter commenting about it clarified that it appears to exclusively happen when he's got a runner on base, because of where he resets his grip at his waist being visible to the hitter it seems. He's regripping the ball differently for breaking balls, and seems particularly noticeable for the curve, versus the fastball, the grip doesn't change, so the glove isn't moving. At a minimum, it's signaling to the hitter when they can expect fastball vs offspeed/breaking.

If random dude on Twitter can spot that, it's hard to believe that the Braves organization can't, so hopefully if it's accurate, they can work on it between now and his next start. Perhaps more importantly, someone with hours to burn needs to start examining any of our pitchers who have been tagged up recently (see: Jackson, Luke) just to ensure that there isn't something going on there as well.