Trevor Bauer spin rates 2019
2020:
4-seam: 2412
2797
Curve: 2549
2846
Cutter: 2640
2913
Slider: 2736
2965
Sinker: 2353
2803
An average increase in spin rate from 2019 to 2020 of 326.8.

4-seam: 2412

Curve: 2549

Cutter: 2640

Slider: 2736

Sinker: 2353

An average increase in spin rate from 2019 to 2020 of 326.8.
Why is that important? Trevor Bauer previously has said this kind of spin increase is impossible without the use of foreign substances. Foreign substances that Trevor Bauer has previously said that he considers the use of to be cheating.
So did Trevor Bauer realize that he was coming off a down year, know that he was entering a walk year and decide to say “fuck it, I’m going to cheat too?”
Sure seems like it.
Sure seems like it.
Kudos to @BleacherNation for being the first one to point this out. Pretty strange that no other writer has mentioned the MASSIVE increase in Bauer’s spin rate.