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The Knuckler is back! Matt Waldron picks up the first win for a knuckeballer since Steven Wright in 2018 (streamable.com)
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Matt Waldron throws it a little different than most knuckleball pitchers. He throws it harder (76.2 mph) and less often than previous knuckeballers like Tim Wakefield or R.A. Dickey. Padres manager Bob Melvin said: “It makes his fastball better. It makes his breaking ball better. It’s a pitch that he’s throwing enough now where you have to look for it a little bit, so it’s making everything a little bit better.”

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[–] runwaylights@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It definitely helps and some catchers cannot cope with the unpredictability of the knuckleball. I remember that Tim Wakefield had Doug Mirabelli as his personal catcher, but even he had trouble with catching it sometimes, especially when the wind was blowing towards the pitcher