The Detroit Tigers instructed right-hander Jack Flaherty to remove the cutter from his pitch mix and reallocate the 9.1% to his fastball and slider.

The Detroit Tigers instructed right-hander Jack Flaherty to remove the cutter from his pitch mix and reallocate the 9.1% to his fastball and slider.

Real-time classification of Thompson's new curveball called it everything from a slider to a changeup. And his pitch is not alone.

While Kershaw threw his slider a career-high 28.0 percent of the time, his curveball was also highly effective, coming in as the 40th-best pitch in the majors. Here’s his complete repertoire: ...

He has four plus pitches, including a 94-99 mph fastball, a hard downer curveball that’s in the low 80s, a mid-80s slider and a cutter. He also has an improving changeup with solid fade.

Falter worked to add more depth to the curveball and to tighten up a slider to move away from left-handed hitters and into righties after it resembled more of a cutter last season.