{"id":20661,"date":"2020-09-30T17:34:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T22:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=20661"},"modified":"2020-10-21T13:09:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T18:09:04","slug":"devin-williams-airbender-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/devin-williams-airbender-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at the Airbender, the Brewers&#8217; secret weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a year unlike any other, but the Milwaukee Brewers are again in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a global pandemic and a subsequently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/brewers\/2020\/09\/29\/best-memes-sub-500-brewers-team-making-playoffs\/3571723001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">less-than-stellar season<\/a> from the Brew Crew, they\u2019re set to square off against the top-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers for a three-game series. But unfortunately, they\u2019ll be doing it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/30009485\/brewers-top-reliever-devin-williams-vs-dodgers-sources-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">without an electrifying player<\/a>: right-handed rookie relief pitcher Devin Williams, the First Airbender. He\u2019s injured and will be out this week.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Devin Williams, Airbender.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ATpfCOjXNU\">pic.twitter.com\/ATpfCOjXNU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PitchingNinja\/status\/1308572152308936705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the abbreviated season, Williams has baffled opposing hitters with a pitch that\u2019s a little bit changeup, a little bit screwball, and wholly effective. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/culture-desk\/the-stunning-second-life-of-avatar-the-last-airbender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cartoon-inspired<\/a> Airbender \u2014\u00a0a term coined by Twitter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PitchingNinja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pitching Ninja<\/a>; Williams maintains it\u2019s just a changeup \u2014\u00a0has racked up 52 strikeouts over 25 innings (and a 0.33 ERA!) for Williams, and turned him into a dark horse contender for NL Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s history, what we\u2019re watching,\u201d closer Josh Hader told <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/2086657\/2020\/09\/24\/the-legend-of-airbender-devin-williams-and-baseballs-most-absurd-pitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Athletic<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hader\u2019s right. Baseball is a game steeped in tradition. It\u2019s not often that something new comes along, but when it does it\u2019s worth examining.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>\u201cHard to comprehend\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>If the Airbender looks like a sandlot sleight-of-hand, it\u2019s because it is. Williams began throwing it during <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/2086657\/2020\/09\/24\/the-legend-of-airbender-devin-williams-and-baseballs-most-absurd-pitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pick-up games in St. Louis<\/a>, his hometown. He kept experimenting with it during high school, but only used it in practice. Thrown with the grip of a circle changeup (with the thumb and forefinger making an \u201cOK\u201d), the pitch\u2019s motion is closer to that of a screwball. Paired with the righty\u2019s heater, it confounds batters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy fastball was just so overpowering to those guys, it was almost doing them a favor by throwing my changeup to them,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI really didn\u2019t start using it until I got to pro ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20677\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20677\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DevinWilliams.jpg\" alt=\"Devin Williams\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DevinWilliams.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DevinWilliams-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DevinWilliams-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DevinWilliams-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DevinWilliams-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/devin-williams-642207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MLB.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Williams was drafted in the second round by the Brewers in 2013 and bounced around the minors for years after. Tommy John surgery ended his starting career in 2017, but Williams reinvented himself as a reliever thereafter, with the Airbender as the strongest weapon in his arsenal. He made a strong MLB debut for Milwaukee in 2019, spent the offseason refining his signature pitch, and the rest is history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came in expecting to pitch well,\u201d Williams said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/stories\/devin-williams-aims-for-rare-awards-feat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Baseball America<\/em><\/a>. \u201cBut I would be lying if I thought I\u2019d be doing this right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now Williams is in contention for both Rookie of the Year <em>and <\/em>NL Reliever of the Year (both almost unheard of for a middle reliever). And why not? He\u2019s struck out <em>more than half<\/em> of the batters he\u2019s faced this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe strikeout numbers were special,\u201d Brewers manager Craig Counsell told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/dodgers\/story\/2020-09-29\/dodgers-must-contend-with-airbender-pitch-brewers-devin-williams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to comprehend a little bit, what he did.\u201d<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Devin Williams: Airbender<\/p>\n<p>All of Devin Williams&#8217;s Called Strikes or Swinging Strikes on Changeups this season, so far. \ud83d\ude33<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kpi4F8TRud\">https:\/\/t.co\/kpi4F8TRud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PitchingNinja\/status\/1308604181704572928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 10px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>\u201cA devastating pitch\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Numbers aside, Williams is already a part of the game\u2019s storied history. Baseball hasn\u2019t changed all that much since its creation, so a new pitch getting invented isn\u2019t something that happens every day. In fact, it\u2019s difficult to pinpoint exactly when the last time a new pitch entered the game. It might even be courtesy of former Brewer Zack Grienke, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fangraphs.com\/what-zack-greinke-learned-from-felix-hernandez-exactly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hard changeup<\/a> (taught to him by Seattle Mariners legend Felix Hernandez) made waves a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>But in more concrete terms, the most recent invention is the <a href=\"http:\/\/wearefanatics.com\/mlb-pitches-past-100-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">splitter<\/a>, or split-finger fastball. A descendant of the forkball, the splitter was popularized in the 1980s by Hall of Fame closer Bruce Sutter. Like Williams, Sutter would confuse batters by alternating lower velocity breaking balls with fastballs, practically giving the hitter whiplash. Former player and coach Gary Matthews Sr. called it \u201ca devastating pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bruce Sutter - Baseball Hall of Fame Biographies\" width=\"689\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vmhx98BxX6k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter he threw it, his fastball looked like it was coming 100 mph,\u201d Matthews <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/columns\/story?columnist=kurkjian_tim&amp;id=2531648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told ESPN\u2019s Tim Kurkjian<\/a> in 2006. \u201cIf you stayed off it, you\u2019d get a called strike. If you swung, you would miss. He perfected something, [it was] something new on the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a story not unlike that of Devin Williams and his Airbender, a tandem that the favored Dodgers are lucky they won\u2019t be facing this postseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a year unlike any other, but the Milwaukee Brewers are again in the playoffs. 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