1
: one that sweeps
2
: a lone back in soccer who plays between the line of the defenders and the goal
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According to Statcast, the sweeper has been Coulombe's most reliable strikeout pitch over the last two seasons, using out to put away batters on 24.3 percent of his K's in 2023, upping that rate to 28.1 percent in 2024.
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Dodgers Dodgers win Game 2, but will Shohei Ohtani injury complicate World Series path?
Oct. 26, 2024
Treinen struck out slugger Aaron Judge with a nasty, down-and-away, 85-mph sweeper, but Giancarlo Stanton ripped a hard grounder off the third-base bag for an RBI single that made it 4-2.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
Miller pitches with a 90-mph fastball and an 80-mph sweeper, throwing strikes and generating a 32-percent chase rate.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
The lefty received Cy Young Award votes for his efforts, finishing 11th in the NL race, finding success with a refined sweeper and a fastball thrown from a lower arm slot.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Dodgers Dodgers win Game 2, but will Shohei Ohtani injury complicate World Series path?
Oct. 26, 2024
Treinen struck out slugger Aaron Judge with a nasty, down-and-away, 85-mph sweeper, but Giancarlo Stanton ripped a hard grounder off the third-base bag for an RBI single that made it 4-2.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
Miller pitches with a 90-mph fastball and an 80-mph sweeper, throwing strikes and generating a 32-percent chase rate.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
The lefty received Cy Young Award votes for his efforts, finishing 11th in the NL race, finding success with a refined sweeper and a fastball thrown from a lower arm slot.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Sweeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweeper. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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