The Slutter

Fangraphs.com did an analysis on the success of Cubs rookie starter Randy Wells. Although Randy is a touch old for a top prospect at 26 year of age, he was actually a catcher in the minors until 2005 at which time he was converted to a pitcher. Considering he has only been pitching for 3 years, it is actually shocking he made it to the big leagues so quickly. Imagine if the 2 Indian brothers signed by the Pirates made it to the bigs in 3 years, that would be absurd.

But here's the biggest kicker. Wells' slider has ranked the 3rd best slider in all of baseball among win shares behind Greinke and Dempster. However, his slider tends to cut as opposed to sink down and away like most other sliders. Hence, the guys at fangraphs gave the pitch a brand new name that I will hold near and dear to my heart forever. It's a combo of the slider and cutter - The Slutter. In the words of Hawk Harrelson, YES!

Urban Dictionary defines slutter as drunk muttering, but I will add the new definition shorty!