Yusei Kukuchi has a fastball that grades extremely well on the Fan-Tastic 4 for fastball metrics, but he doesn’t always use it how he should. He’s changed that in recent starts, and Nick analyzes his latest start against Milwaukee (5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 22 whiffs, 34.6% CSW 107 pitches) for today’s Pitch Breakdown:
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