Every week we review the nastiest pitches from the previous week in glorious HD GIFs. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite pitch and check back Saturday to see if it will be in contention for the GIF of the First Half Contest. Week 4's winner was Blake Treinen's Slider.
Did we miss your favorite pitch? Send us a tweet next time @PitcherList and we'll GIF it up + give you a shoutout here in the article.
This week's array of captivating pitches is dominated by fastballs with high velocity and sharp movement. Is Luis Severino painting the black at 99 MPH most impressive? Or is the sharp movement of Tayron Guerrero's fastball the best of the bunch? Or maybe Adam Ottavino's two-plane slider is better? Pick one and check back next Saturday to see which pitch carried the week.
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Aroldis Chapman's Fastball - Chapman makes another appearance on our list, this time bringing 102 mile per hour cheese with late run to gas Evan Gattis. Nasty.
