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Lynch is averaging 94 mph with his sinker and four-seam fastball.
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Jaylon Thompson
may 7, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
What Hottovy is saying is that the opposition isn’t used to Imanaga throwing his sinker.
—Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Pages fell behind 1-2 but worked an eight-pitch at-bat and crushed a sinker 393 feet over the Crawford Boxes.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
Andy Pages turned on a sinker and sent it into the Crawford Boxes for a three-run shot that put the finishing touches on that third-inning rally.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
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Jaylon Thompson
may 7, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
What Hottovy is saying is that the opposition isn’t used to Imanaga throwing his sinker.
—Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Pages fell behind 1-2 but worked an eight-pitch at-bat and crushed a sinker 393 feet over the Crawford Boxes.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
Andy Pages turned on a sinker and sent it into the Crawford Boxes for a three-run shot that put the finishing touches on that third-inning rally.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
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“Sinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sinker. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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sinker
noun
sink·er
ˈsiŋ-kər 
1
: one that sinks
especially
: a weight for sinking a line or net
2
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