This was a school project where I made a montage of the best pitchers in baseball throwing curveballs. I do not own any of the footage or any of the music.
Great video. Facing a 90 mph fastball followed by a 65-75 mph curve is the toughest thing in sports to do. If you've ever played at a high level, you know why I say that.
Out of every pitcher on here, Justin Verlanders for some reason just looked the most precise, like , the Cather will put the glove where he wants it and justin does it, it truly is a thing of beauty
One thing I have learned is that as you progress through the levels of baseball it is less about the "big break" but more of the deception and the ability to make a pitch look and see like a fastball from delivery to release point. Your ball could break 2 feet or 4 inches in the majors, if you throw it properly the movement will do its work but the hitter will be thrown off by timing and balance. Through the younger levels of baseball though you see kids injuring their arms to get these massive Klayton Kershaw like breaks by derailing their mechanics and arm action. This video was fun to watch though, all of these guys shown have plus fastballs and throw their curveballs hard as well with the exception of a little more occasional slower bloopy curve by Kershaw or the Yu Darvish 60mph curve/ephus.
+Ashton Fronsoe I know the difference between a slider and curve. I was just discussing in general, not many people can really throw a curve like Kershaw's and at that level it is less about the movement and more about the deception of timing. Then with some of the wipeout sliders it's the same effect but many kids try too hard to get big breaks on either pitch and often they are doing it at the cost of healthy arm mechanics...
It's a damned shame that MLB doesn't encourage more camera angles from behind the catcher where the movement of the ball can really be appreciated. During the 60's and 70's that's where most camera views were shown from.
Kerhsaw has the best curve I've ever seen. IN the 1970's and 1980's you had guys like Bert Blyleven, Nolan Ryan(yes a blistering curve) and Mike Witt who had incredible curves . I also remember Greg Harris having a great one too
Seeing this on the screen doesn’t do it justice, 2014 Early in the season YovAni Gallardo pitched in Fenway vs The Red Sox and I was sitting 3rd row behind home plate, He wasn’t dominant as far as strikeout but my god his breaking stuff was really going that day. The bite his deuce had was incredible, right handed batters didn’t stand a chance that day, his pitches would start belly button high and drop into the dirt. He prolly got 20 ground outs that day, allowed no runs and got the win. I went home and traded for him in both my fantasy leagues.
I always wonder how can people tell what type of pitches are being thrown soon as it leaves the pitchers hand? I guess it's experience. I thought Kershaw was throwing a slurve.
+Adam Franklin definitely not defiantly. And only a couple of them were curves. The first one was a curve. Most of the others were sliders. You can tell by the break but also the speed. Anything in the upper 80's is a slider. They were all around 86 miles per hour.
Watch the hitter at 0:32 seconds... After he swings and misses, he turns and looks at the catcher to confirm that the ball didn't just disappear into thin air. The pitcher pulled some black magic.
Best curve was from darvish. A lot of sinkers, forkballs and sliders in this montage too. All breaking balls but definitely different than the curve ball.
I used to have a pretty nice curve in sixth grade little league when baseball was all about fun but watching this shit amazes me especially Kershaw's first pitch
push mute now before it's too late...they used to call a guy's curveball 'Uncle Charlie'. Dwight Gooden in 86 and 87 had one so good, they used to refer to it as 'Lord Charles'...pretty cool
Im a football fan and ex player but im much more afraid of baseball because of the curve ball! Much respect to all the batters who fearlessly stand in the box against these great pitchers!
the last 2 pitchers to throw very good 12-6 curves in this game that I've witnessed are Tommy Hunter of Baltimore and Colby Lewis of Texas Rangers. Their curves are 73-76mph and go way up (18"-24" break) and down as much as 4ft when buried. Colby Lewis's curve looks like a Knuckleball without the erratic direction.
Im a softball player(pitcher)but i dont know how to throw curveball but the funfact is when u are in the batter box and the pitcher throw a curve ball u as the batter will though that the ball will come to you and hit you but no its not it will go to the strike zone or the ball will go to the other way thats why it isnt easy to bat the curve ball
The way to judge if a pitcher has a great curve ball is watching him freeze the hitter. Another way is to watch a great hitter look bad with a weak swing. Sandy Koufax was great at this.
Sounds like Kershaw. Jose Fernandez has developed a curve this year that is constantly locking hitters up or making them look like high schoolers. That's part of why those 2 guys are the 2 best strikeout pitchers in baseball this year. Jose throwing that 98 MPH heat, then an 80 MPH curve has just been killer on hitters this year.
I've played baseball until high school ended but I'm not a pitcher . But I know this will sound kinda dumb but what is the difference between a curve and a change up ? If they both go down ? Also the difference between a sinker and a splitter ?
The two best curve balls ever were Dwight Gooden in his prime with the Mets and Gregg Olson in his prime with the Orioles. Hitters knew they were coming and still couldn't hit them. They were that nasty. Most of the featured pitchers in this video have pretty good curves, but nothing compared to the two I mentioned.
Awesome vid - I love to see MLB hitters baffled and overmatched 🤓 There's a bunch of Change-ups in there though - still, incredible vid! Thx for posting!
Adam wainwright was throwing all curveballs and he doesn't have a slider. Clayton Kershaw was mostly throwing sliders, fastballs, and changups In this video.
Kershaw's pitch reptaraire is Four-seam fastball, two-seam fastball, change-up from the four-seam to two-seam like a sinker... 12-6 curveball and slider... Kershaw doesn't have a standard curveball. He has a 12-6 curveball or AKA a frontdoor/backdoor curveball.
im not the biggest baseball fan, but i have trouble identifying different pitches while watching the games. the curves looks like a slider imo... the ball seems to drop down more than "curves"
Stephen Strawburg doesn't have a cuveball, he has a slider. Adam Wainwright has the nastiest curveball in the major leagues. That's one of the things that's he's really known for and plus he also is/was the best pitch in the MLB then he had that injury and was out until the postseason and Clayton Kershaw passed him. ADAM WILL RISE AGAIN!
+BaseballisLife14 Yeah I'd agree on Wainwright... his curve just drops right off the table like a brick... actually most batters who have faced him would probably agree too, lol
Most of Kershaw's pitches in this video didn't even look like his curveball? That pitch, especially from him, is easy to distinguish. A lot of the pitches shown after Kershaw's segment also weren't curveballs, otherwise the video was still cool to watch.
Have these above shown throwers elbows range of motion loss determined against his non throwing elbows range of motion now. These guy's have a reality check coming out of the results of that finding for sure.
I just watched a couple of Asia pitchers that should be on this list. after seeing him compared to these guys, some really have low expectations for some pros
Judge: “The atrocious actions of said individuals including but not limited to the absolute garbage choice of music used. I sentence this individual to 30 years in the pen.”
They dont look like they curve much to me. Maybe curve down. I thought one that dropped down would be called a sinker, and a curve ball would curve left or right. About the only pitch i know is the fastball. Well, I guess it goes fast over the plate, but hell, that may not be right either.
Great video. Facing a 90 mph fastball followed by a 65-75 mph curve is the toughest thing in sports to do. If you've ever played at a high level, you know why I say that.
Whoa doctor...
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Out of every pitcher on here, Justin Verlanders for some reason just looked the most precise, like , the Cather will put the glove where he wants it and justin does it, it truly is a thing of beauty
One thing I have learned is that as you progress through the levels of baseball it is less about the "big break" but more of the deception and the ability to make a pitch look and see like a fastball from delivery to release point. Your ball could break 2 feet or 4 inches in the majors, if you throw it properly the movement will do its work but the hitter will be thrown off by timing and balance. Through the younger levels of baseball though you see kids injuring their arms to get these massive Klayton Kershaw like breaks by derailing their mechanics and arm action. This video was fun to watch though, all of these guys shown have plus fastballs and throw their curveballs hard as well with the exception of a little more occasional slower bloopy curve by Kershaw or the Yu Darvish 60mph curve/ephus.
+MaxL14 you know those "hard curveballs" or balls that break 4 inches are called sliders right lol... that "slower bloopy curve" *is* his curveball
+Ashton Fronsoe I know the difference between a slider and curve. I was just discussing in general, not many people can really throw a curve like Kershaw's and at that level it is less about the movement and more about the deception of timing. Then with some of the wipeout sliders it's the same effect but many kids try too hard to get big breaks on either pitch and often they are doing it at the cost of healthy arm mechanics...
It's a damned shame that MLB doesn't encourage more camera angles from behind the catcher where the movement of the ball can really be appreciated. During the 60's and 70's that's where most camera views were shown from.
You showed Kershaw throwing fastballs and changeups also.
Sliders *
yep
+- Franklin According to Brooksbaseball.net he does have a 89 mph Change.
True but they all nasty!
The teachers wouldn't know
Half of Clayton kershaw's pitches were fastballs and sliders
Exactly what I was thinking haha I saw a lot of sliders lol
John Winters I was about to comment this exact same thing until i scrolled down and saw yours haha
John Winters yeah
@dave a slider can be a slurve and usually is
My slider looks like a slurve too
Haha the ump dropping some serious moves on the breakdown at 1:52!
+TheSeabornel Definitely a big time punch out.
How about Bert Blyleven? He had one of the nastiest right-hand curve balls in the history of the game. That's why they called him " Dr. Hook".
Kerhsaw has the best curve I've ever seen. IN the 1970's and 1980's you had guys like Bert Blyleven, Nolan Ryan(yes a blistering curve) and Mike Witt who had incredible curves . I also remember Greg Harris having a great one too
I’d have to say Zito’s
The best curveball I've ever seen was koufax.Combine his curveball with that awesome fastball, and it was lights out all game long.Simply the best.
Blyleven had better curveball
Seeing this on the screen doesn’t do it justice, 2014 Early in the season YovAni Gallardo pitched in Fenway vs The Red Sox and I was sitting 3rd row behind home plate, He wasn’t dominant as far as strikeout but my god his breaking stuff was really going that day. The bite his deuce had was incredible, right handed batters didn’t stand a chance that day, his pitches would start belly button high and drop into the dirt. He prolly got 20 ground outs that day, allowed no runs and got the win. I went home and traded for him in both my fantasy leagues.
this music reminded me of an abortion of my ears.
The Curve or Slider are nasties pitches, but you need at least two(2) other great pitches in your repertoire to set them up.
Where is Barry Zito ? The dude had a filthy curveball
You basically showed Kershaw throwing all sliders...its a nasty nasty pitch but its not a curveball...although his curve is nasty too
Ethan Jonas First one was nice tho.
I always wonder how can people tell what type of pitches are being thrown soon as it leaves the pitchers hand? I guess it's experience. I thought Kershaw was throwing a slurve.
You're an idiot. That most defiantly was a curveball, it's called 12-6 curve.
Adam Franklin not all of them...some of them were curves others were hard sliders. You should watch some baseball ;)
+Adam Franklin definitely not defiantly. And only a couple of them were curves. The first one was a curve. Most of the others were sliders. You can tell by the break but also the speed. Anything in the upper 80's is a slider. They were all around 86 miles per hour.
You need to learn the difference between a curveball and a slider.. smh
also fastballs, cause no one throws a 94mph curve...
+Chuck Norris except for Noah Syndergaard...
Ikr XD
+Melissa Winters some of them freakin forkballs too. throwing at 60mph?! slow asf.
Darvish actually pitches 2 curveballs, one slow and one fast. His slow one looks like a forkball, but it just curves that much.
Boy I just love it when someone points something out and then 20 people fucking repeat it
Pedro Cerrano is pissing his pants watching this
clayton kershaw has a 94mph curveball?
most of those arent curve balls and he probably does to hes the best pitcher in the WORLD!
the video is meant to show the effectiveness of the curveball
Watch the hitter at 0:32 seconds...
After he swings and misses, he turns and looks at the catcher to confirm that the ball didn't just disappear into thin air. The pitcher pulled some black magic.
That first curveball made Matt Cain threw made me fall out of my bed
You do realize you showed a ton of KC's change-up, right.....? Bc you did. His curve is incredibly distinctly 12-to-6.
Also showed a Clayton K on a fastball at 94. Not even kind of sure why tf it's in here. 2:26
@@michaeliii6250 I don’t think it’s intended for only curves. The title is just for views I think
@@zassassin4950 it says it was for a school project in the description...
@@TheMW2informer ok
Best curve was from darvish. A lot of sinkers, forkballs and sliders in this montage too. All breaking balls but definitely different than the curve ball.
I used to have a pretty nice curve in sixth grade little league when baseball was all about fun but watching this shit amazes me especially Kershaw's first pitch
That first curve by Darvish was nasty. Slow pitch,nasty 12-6 break. That’s a curveball
You ever seen Darryl Kile throw a curveball before he died? Now that's a curveball...
Got to the Kershaw section of the video.... took a sip of tea.... and immediately went to the comments to laugh. 🤣🤣🤣😂😂
I always enjoyed watching Dave Stieb's nasty slider when he was on back in the 80s
Nolan ryan had one of the best curve balls in history
push mute now before it's too late...they used to call a guy's curveball 'Uncle Charlie'. Dwight Gooden in 86 and 87 had one so good, they used to refer to it as 'Lord Charles'...pretty cool
Im a football fan and ex player but im much more afraid of baseball because of the curve ball! Much respect to all the batters who fearlessly stand in the box against these great pitchers!
I like the beat Dropping when Clayton Kershaw threw the curveball
The batter after a Strasburg curve "Jesus Christ"
Jesus "I couldn't do that"
Strasburg's throw @ 4:40 was a change-up. 89mph one at that.
José Fernandez... he's also got an insane slider and slurve
the last 2 pitchers to throw very good 12-6 curves in this game that I've witnessed are Tommy Hunter of Baltimore and Colby Lewis of Texas Rangers.
Their curves are 73-76mph and go way up (18"-24" break) and down as much as 4ft when buried. Colby Lewis's curve looks like a Knuckleball without the erratic direction.
Have you never watched Clayton Kershaw?? His 12-6 has an insane drop to it. I've watched baseball a long time, and he has the best curve I've seen.
OMG
1:50 was so NASTY
Batter had no chance
YU DARVISH is my FAVORITE baseball player
This didnt age well
Im a softball player(pitcher)but i dont know how to throw curveball but the funfact is when u are in the batter box and the pitcher throw a curve ball u as the batter will though that the ball will come to you and hit you but no its not it will go to the strike zone or the ball will go to the other way thats why it isnt easy to bat the curve ball
there is something called a slurve which is a slider mixed with a curve I've seen it before on tv
there are a couple of changeups in this video...Strasburg threw a 89 mph changeup. the one before last.
Where is the wainwright curve from game 7 of the 2006 nlcs vs the Mets? That was one of the greatest curves ever
Kershaws first curve in this video was probably the best ive ever seen
It was absolute filth. No chance for any hitter.
That was the only curve in the video for him the other was changeup and fastball
+Voodoo yeah, mostly change up and nobody throws a curve at that speed.
These guys are so hard to hit because all of these pitchers have a great fastball and command and once they throw a curveball it's lights out
This is the Magnus effect being used in sports.
The way to judge if a pitcher has a great curve ball is watching him freeze the hitter. Another way is to watch a great hitter look bad with a weak swing. Sandy Koufax was great at this.
Sounds like Kershaw. Jose Fernandez has developed a curve this year that is constantly locking hitters up or making them look like high schoolers. That's part of why those 2 guys are the 2 best strikeout pitchers in baseball this year. Jose throwing that 98 MPH heat, then an 80 MPH curve has just been killer on hitters this year.
That Adam Wainright Curveball from 1:00-1:02 was just FILTHY. They were all nasty, but that one really stood out to me.
Clayton kershaws fist one was crazy
No, classic Barry Zito with his killer curveball.
+Sean B Zito has a great curve
Matthew Hudachek for sure, it's crazy how the curve ball bites these days.
Volquez has a pretty nast curve as well
It's gotta be tough being a catcher for these and of course Knuckle balls.
Everytime I watch games on TV I really hardly differentiate pitches due to angle.
I've played baseball until high school ended but I'm not a pitcher .
But I know this will sound kinda dumb but what is the difference between a curve and a change up ? If they both go down ? Also the difference between a sinker and a splitter ?
Darvish messed miggy up
would be better without curve just original sound
Like the song, Martin is my favourite music producer and DJ!😝
Dutch music FTW
What a lovely ump
he cleaned the catcher's mask 4:28
The two best curve balls ever were Dwight Gooden in his prime with the Mets and Gregg Olson in his prime with the Orioles. Hitters knew they were coming and still couldn't hit them. They were that nasty. Most of the featured pitchers in this video have pretty good curves, but nothing compared to the two I mentioned.
Yu darvish's first curve was the best one
Awesome vid - I love to see MLB hitters baffled and overmatched 🤓 There's a bunch of Change-ups in there though - still, incredible vid! Thx for posting!
Oh, you're also forgetting Madison Bumgardner... He can also throw a curveball which acts like a slider, it's more of a sweeping-curveball.
It's not that good. Which is why it's not shown.
thank you for making a video about Adam waighnright and Clayton Kershaws sliders
Adam wainwright was throwing all curveballs and he doesn't have a slider. Clayton Kershaw was mostly throwing sliders, fastballs, and changups In this video.
Yu Darvish is awesome!
Most of the highlights for Clayton Kershaw was his fastball except for the first highlight
yu darvish, justin verlander, and steph strausberg have some of the nastiest stuff i have ever seen
Have you missed Clayton Kershaw and Jose Fernandez?? Those 2 right now have the nastiest stuff.
Lovely sliders.
You know you throw a good curve when even the catcher - who just told you to throw it probably and is expecting it - even has trouble getting to it :D
Kershaw's pitch reptaraire is Four-seam fastball, two-seam fastball, change-up from the four-seam to two-seam like a sinker... 12-6 curveball and slider... Kershaw doesn't have a standard curveball. He has a 12-6 curveball or AKA a frontdoor/backdoor curveball.
Nice one dude! Good work!
Gio Gonzalez has a pretty nice curveball I must say
Yu's pitch against miggy was a eephus pitch
Yu Darvish has a awesome arm.
it's so funny how it showed Clayton Kershaw throw his curveball when the beat dropped LETZ GO DODGERS
Should’ve named the video Killer Curveballs, Sliders, Change-Ups, and Fastballs.
im not the biggest baseball fan, but i have trouble identifying different pitches while watching the games. the curves looks like a slider imo... the ball seems to drop down more than "curves"
Matt Harvey deserves to be here
Is the music by Markus Schulz? i've heard him play this track regularly in his set.
Stephen Strawburg doesn't have a cuveball, he has a slider. Adam Wainwright has the nastiest curveball in the major leagues. That's one of the things that's he's really known for and plus he also is/was the best pitch in the MLB then he had that injury and was out until the postseason and Clayton Kershaw passed him. ADAM WILL RISE AGAIN!
Dodgers rule. KERSHAW FOREVER
+Zombiedog25 Dodgers are arrogant morons.
+BaseballisLife14
Yeah I'd agree on Wainwright... his curve just drops right off the table like a brick... actually most batters who have faced him would probably agree too, lol
Waino is helped by a plus fastball and his super high release point. Total hammer of a curve though.
No bro Yu Darvish has a curveball and his lifts and sinks the best.
Most of Kershaw's pitches in this video didn't even look like his curveball? That pitch, especially from him, is easy to distinguish. A lot of the pitches shown after Kershaw's segment also weren't curveballs, otherwise the video was still cool to watch.
Have these above shown throwers elbows range of motion loss determined against his non throwing elbows range of motion now. These guy's have a reality check coming out of the results of that finding for sure.
Gio Gonzalez had the nastiest curve by FAR!
Yea that's what I'm saying
I looked this up and saw that I had watched this before but couldn't remember then I saw all of Clayton's pitches were sliders and cutters lol
You showed only two curves from Kershaw. The rest were fastballs, change ups, and a few slider/cutter
I just watched a couple of Asia pitchers that should be on this list. after seeing him compared to these guys, some really have low expectations for some pros
Judge: “The atrocious actions of said individuals including but not limited to the absolute garbage choice of music used. I sentence this individual to 30 years in the pen.”
Where is "Dr. Hook"? Bert Blyleven ? One of the best right-handed curveballs in the game.
At least four of gio'supposed curveballs where sliders or sinkers
Ay they might not all be curveballs but they nasty throws
Practically all of Clayton Kershaw's "curveballs" were him pitching his slider...
Colin McHugh has a really good curve
I guess u don’t know, but u got some 2 seam fastballs in here my dude..
They dont look like they curve much to me. Maybe curve down. I thought one that dropped down would be called a sinker, and a curve ball would curve left or right. About the only pitch i know is the fastball. Well, I guess it goes fast over the plate, but hell, that may not be right either.
That 94 mph curveball though
That was amazing
wtf, you only showed 1 kerveball, the rest were fbs and c-u's. His curve's pretty distinct, dunno how you could miss it.
I like yu because I'm Japanese. When he was in NPB he was slim but now he is like bodybuilder .
Barry Zito had a mean curveball also.
+MrGreenHat what about Cole Hamels sweeping curve it is a very nasty pitch
Like 2 of those Kersh strikeouts were actually with a curve...
Now the whole class knows what kind of cringe inducing funny stuff you actually listen to.