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The 11-time All-Star and three-time MVP was also hit by a pitch in Friday’s game from Bryan Woo’s sinker.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
This meant throwing more four-seam fastballs and sinkers, which had lost speed as Waldron had leaned into the knuckler.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
His strikeouts came via his fastball, slider, sinker and sweeper.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
After nine innings featuring five combined hits — all singles — in the Angels' home opener, Young drilled a sinker from Suter off the wall in the right-field corner on the second pitch of the 10th, scoring automatic runner Luke Raley.
—CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
This meant throwing more four-seam fastballs and sinkers, which had lost speed as Waldron had leaned into the knuckler.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
His strikeouts came via his fastball, slider, sinker and sweeper.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
After nine innings featuring five combined hits — all singles — in the Angels' home opener, Young drilled a sinker from Suter off the wall in the right-field corner on the second pitch of the 10th, scoring automatic runner Luke Raley.
—CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Sinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sinker. Accessed 10 Apr. 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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