2025 will be the World Series of the splitter

You're going to see a kaleidoscope of the nastiest pitches in baseball when the Blue Jays and Dodgers face off in the World Series. But you're going to see one pitch in particular more than you ever have.

This is going to be the World Series of the splitter.

For a long time in Major League Baseball, the splitter was a rare bird. But not in the 2025 postseason. And especially not for the two World Series teams.

Over the last few seasons, splitters are on the rise in MLB. That goes for both the regular season and the postseason. But this year's playoffs, thanks largely to the Blue Jays and Dodgers, have become a splitter showcase like never before.

We're already seeing twice as many splitters this postseason as we ever have in the pitch tracking era, which goes back to 2008.

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