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At 6-foot-6, Castillo uses his intimidating arm slot and heavy sinker/slider repertoire to limit hard contact.
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Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
Along with his fastball and slider, Imai’s repertoire also features a splitter, changeup, curveball and sinker (also referred to as a vulcan change).
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2025
According to Baseball Savant, the right-hander’s pitch mix during his rookie season was four-seam fastball (49%), curveball (21%), cutter (12%), sinker (10%) and changeup (8%).
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 Nov. 2025
Imai also throws a splitter, curveball and sinker.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
Along with his fastball and slider, Imai’s repertoire also features a splitter, changeup, curveball and sinker (also referred to as a vulcan change).
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2025
According to Baseball Savant, the right-hander’s pitch mix during his rookie season was four-seam fastball (49%), curveball (21%), cutter (12%), sinker (10%) and changeup (8%).
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 Nov. 2025
Imai also throws a splitter, curveball and sinker.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Sinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sinker. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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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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