ANAHEIM, Calif. — Patrick Sandoval’s favorite pitch wasn’t part of his arsenal until 2019.
That pitch, a slider, he actually developed on his own — the reason he concluded it was his favorite. It was a pitch his former organization, the Houston Astros, had wanted him to work on, especially for left-handed batters, while he was in their minor league system.
“I could not, for the life of me, figure out one that stuck,” the Angels pitcher recalled.
