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Best sweeper pitchers of '23 🧹

All the guys who've mastered baseball's hottest pitch, ranked by K's as of 9/25

Sweeper?

It’s a slider that’s intended to have a lot of horizontal movement -- 184 pitchers have thrown at least one in '23

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Griffin Jax, MIN 46 K’s | 29.0% whiff rate | 276 total sweepers

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#9️⃣

Evan Phillips, LAD 47 K’s | 42.1% whiff rate | 195 total sweepers

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#8️⃣

Hayden Wesneski, CHC 49 K’s | 37.2% whiff rate | 188 total sweepers

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#7️⃣

Aaron Bummer, CWS 53 K’s | 44.9% whiff rate | 178 total sweepers

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#6️⃣

Pablo López, MIN 55 K’s | 36.7% whiff rate | 286 total sweepers

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T-#4️⃣

Ken Waldichuk, OAK 57 K’s | 32.5% whiff rate | 305 total sweepers

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T-#4️⃣

Kyle Gibson, BAL 57 K’s | 47.2% whiff rate | 271 total sweepers

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#3️⃣

Justin Lawrence, COL 58 K’s | 36.2% whiff rate | 235 total sweepers

Lawrence's sweeper

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#2️⃣

Shohei Ohtani, LAA 71 K’s | 36.5% whiff rate | 351 total sweepers

Ohtani's sweeper

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#1️⃣

Sonny Gray, MIN 104 K’s | 41.0% whiff rate | 307 total sweepers

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