Kershaw used to be but Chris has passed him by. He just simply is consistent with how he lets the ball leave his hand which is closer to home plate than most. He throws from a unique arm angle and is 6'6'' so the hitter has a shorter amount a time for his eyes to read the ball before the catcher catches the ball. There is soo much Sale does that pitching bloggers would say is incorrect. He is consistent with his mechanics until release point which is all that matters but all the time the pitching bloggers waste talking about, "extension" and "follow through" are irrelevant. Those things are just how your body naturally decelerates the arm and have nothing to do with how the ball travels out of your hand.
Sale has mastered making his pitches to the eyes of the hitter look like balls that end up strikes and look like strikes that end up balls. That's pitching. End of story.
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