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This changeup dove below the zone, coming off the same plane as Sánchez’s sinker on the inner half of the plate.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The two-time American League MVP jumped on White Sox pitcher Jonathan Cannon’s 97 mph sinker and deposited the 392-foot blast into the Yankees bullpen to put New York up 3-1.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Willy Adames won a nine-pitch battle, taking a full-count, 94 mph sinker inside for a walk to force in a run for a 2-1 lead, and Bailey scored on Matt Chapman’s groundout to shortstop for a 3-1 lead.
—Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025
Brown continued to lean on the turbo-sinker fastball that was his best pitch, but with the playoff opener against the Astros in mind, the righty also fine-tuned his four-seam fastball.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The two-time American League MVP jumped on White Sox pitcher Jonathan Cannon’s 97 mph sinker and deposited the 392-foot blast into the Yankees bullpen to put New York up 3-1.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Willy Adames won a nine-pitch battle, taking a full-count, 94 mph sinker inside for a walk to force in a run for a 2-1 lead, and Bailey scored on Matt Chapman’s groundout to shortstop for a 3-1 lead.
—Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025
Brown continued to lean on the turbo-sinker fastball that was his best pitch, but with the playoff opener against the Astros in mind, the righty also fine-tuned his four-seam fastball.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Sinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sinker. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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sinker
noun
sink·er
ˈsiŋ-kər 
1
: one that sinks
especially
: a weight for sinking a line or net
2
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