Giants reliever Tyler Rogers is without a doubt the strangest pitcher in the major leagues. No other active pitcher uses a submarine throwing motion like Rogers does—and even by the standards of other submariners, Rogers’s delivery is bizarre. He bends over and releases the ball just a few inches from the ground.
Not only do hitters have to try to decipher Rogers’s unique release point, they also have to recalibrate their brains to interpret the bizarre break of his pitches. For example, how many pitchers throw a slider that rises? None. Except for Rogers.
