The sweeper is a new pitch in MLB The Show this year, basically a slower slider with more horizontal movement. Crochet's is elite, as evidenced by his 43 percent whiff rate on the pitch.

These days, every season seems to have a trendy new pitch: the high-spin four-seamer a while back, the sweeper two years ago, ...

It's not the slider he wants. That version belongs to Clayton Kershaw, the future Hall of Famer whose tight, late-breaking slider has propelled him to the best career ERA of any starting pitcher ...