He had a curve and a slider, and the Astros wanted him to either throw the curveball harder, or the slider with more movement. He didn’t know which idea was better. “He asked us: Which should ...

"I think it's made my slider and my fastball better by taking the cutter away. In 2019 and 2021, it was a lot of fastball, curveball, slider, and then we would throw the sinker and changeup every ...