Rockies Journal: Cal Quantrill's splitter becomes difference-making pitch

Cal Quantrill needed a difference-maker. “I was having good results, but it was becoming more difficult to strike out batters,” the Rockies right-hander explained. The splitter is a staple in Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan, but it had become an orphan in Major League Baseball. Last season, the splitter represented only 2.1% of pitches thrown in the majors.