What's wrong with CC Sabathia?

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Sabathia Throwing Less Sliders: Why?
Published 4/18/2008 by Fantasy Sports PT at The Disabled List Informer
In reading an excellent article this morning by Peter Bendix of Beyond the Boxscore , he has found through Pitch f/x data (via Josh Kalk’s blog) that C.C. Sabathia has been throwing fewer and fewer sliders with each of his starts this season. Why would Sabathia go away from his bread and butter "out" pitch? Many analysts and writers are playing the "mental aspect" card because he is in a contract year, and because he seems to be healthy due to his fastball remaining in the low-to-mid-90’s - this does not necessarily mean ...

THT Live:Sabathia’s Missing Sliders
Published 4/18/2008 by Matthew Carruth at The Hardball Times
Sabathia’s Missing Sliders by Matthew Carruth April 18, 2008 Peter Bendix goes in-depth into C.C. Sabathia's struggles to begin the year . Sabathia is throwing less sliders than in previous years; is he hurt? Matthew Carruth is an editor for The Hardball Times. He welcomes any and all sorts of communication at his ...

Waiver Wire: American League (Week 3)
Published 4/20/2008 by Derek Carty at THT Fantasy Focus
... and this about Sabathia, though, before you go trading for him. There might be a problem here, but as noted earlier , a pitcher's walk rate is prone to pretty big fluctuations up until 550 batters faced. Sabathia is currently at 99. Recommendation : Should be owned in all leagues. ...

Lazy CCunday (the C's are soft...so far)
Published 4/20/2008 by Paul Cousineau at The DiaTribe
... But back to coherent thought and actual baseball knowledge and insight on C.C., according to the most in-depth analysis that I’ve seen about the Crooked Cap from Beyond the Box Score (if you click only one link today, make sure this is the one), it appears that he HAS been throwing his slider less, resulting in fewer swings-and-misses for the Big Fella. It goes back to ...

Prognosis Negative
Published 4/22/2008 by Paul Cousineau at The DiaTribe
... I’m going to link this article from Beyond the Box Score again because it comes to an interesting conclusion after proving that Sabathia is not throwing his slider, but takes the next step as to trying to determine why. With the caveat that Sabathia could just have no confidence in his slider and doesn’t want to throw it, Peter Bendix comes up with this: ...

Carsten Charles Sabathia II
Published 4/22/2008 by Brandon Heikoop at The Outsiders Look at the Insides of Baseball
... Beyond the Boxscore commented on Carsten's early struggles with the following conclusion, "It’s quite possible that he’s lost his confidence in his slider and just doesn’t want to throw it..." ...