Every year, it seems, a hot new pitch type spreads across the Major Leagues.

One season is the year of the high four-seamer. The next season is the year of the sweeper. Then the year of the splitter. Or the year of the sinker. Pitches come into fashion in waves, from the "splinker" to the "deathball" curve to the "kick" change.

There are just so many new pitches, and new ways to throw old pitches, in the game today, especially in the modern age of pitch design, with so much technology at teams and players' disposal. And what happens when you put all of those trendy pitch types together -- when more and more pitchers start using more and more of those pitches in combination?

You get a league where pitchers have bigger arsenals than ever before.

Which brings us to 2025.

Entering the sea

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