After being forced to watch the Los Angeles Dodgers’ run to becoming the 2024 World Series champions from the dugout due to a sprained elbow, Tyler Glasnow was healthy for the team’s 2025 journey to winning the Fall Classic for the second year in a row.

Glasnow was an integral part of the Dodgers’ success as he made 18 regular season starts and logged a 4-3 record, a 3.19 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP. In the playoffs, he made six appearances and three starts while registering a 1.69 ERA.

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Glasnow’s success on the mound has been heavily reliant on a four-pitch profile, according to Baseball Savant: A four-seam fastball (36 percent usage rate), a slider (22 percent usage rate), a curve ball (22 percent usage rate) and a sinker (20 percent usage rate). Recently, Glasnow joined Dodgers broadcaster José Mota to break down his pitch selection.

For Glasnow, the mastery of his secondary pitch is uncertain.

“I think it changes often,” he told Mota. “I guess I’ve always thrown a curveball and always been able to throw it. Sometimes I can’t; I guess it’s start to start. But I threw it in high school, and it was one of my better pitches. So, I’ve had it for a long time.”

“The slider is probably the most like fickle; like it kind of goes in and out, especially this year.”

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Glasnow added that the slider has been the hardest to throw.

“I don’t know if I have mastered any of them, to be honest,” he said about his pitches.

With a decade of Major League Baseball under his belt, Glasnow, 32, is a seasoned veteran. However, he still looks at other pitchers to see how they approach the game.

“I think I like just watching dudes that have done it for a long time. I think the only thing I really like to watch for like older dudes or people in general is like the time it takes in between pitches. Like you can kind of see certain dudes who are like thinking and like letting the outcomes or the hits or walks or whatever kind of like dictate their pace of the game. And I think for the most part when I watch guys who are more veterans or just good or have success in the league, it’s kind of like each pitch in between pitches is the same.”

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“They’re like a rhythm, and a guy gets on; nothing really changes. Maybe a little bit quicker to the plate, but it just kind of seems like their plan is always intact. They’re not phased by whatever happens.”

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