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But with one out and the bases loaded, Webb used a 91 mph sinker on a 2-2 count to get A’s outfielder Tyler Soderstrom to ground into a 4-6-3 double play and end the threat.
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 6 July 2025
The average big league sinker, meanwhile, is 94 mph.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025
When Soriano opened the game with a 96.6-mph sinker for a strike to CJ Abrams, the staff set a club record by using just five starters through the first half of the schedule for the first time ever.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 27 June 2025
Tempers flared in the third when Brown hit Angels shortstop Zach Neto in the elbow with a 95-mph sinker.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 6 July 2025
The average big league sinker, meanwhile, is 94 mph.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025
When Soriano opened the game with a 96.6-mph sinker for a strike to CJ Abrams, the staff set a club record by using just five starters through the first half of the schedule for the first time ever.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 27 June 2025
Tempers flared in the third when Brown hit Angels shortstop Zach Neto in the elbow with a 95-mph sinker.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
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“Sinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sinker. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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sinker
noun
sink·er
ˈsiŋ-kər 
1
: one that sinks
especially
: a weight for sinking a line or net
2
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