MLB’s trendiest pitch, the sweeper, has its problems — but with familiar fixes - The Athletic

Eno Sarris also has an article on the pitch. He has some other naming examples. Non of them are slurve.

Eno also gets into the benefits and problems with the pitch.

If this isn’t enough, pitchers are also now throwing a gyro slider.

Good times.

The whirly. The hand of God. The sweeper. The slutter. The riding slider.

Baseball’s newest pitch has many different names, but mostly one form. It’s a slider that, because of the way the seams are placed, doesn’t drop as much as batters expect. The result is a very sideways breaking ball that hitters often swing under. Here’s a good example of a new one, added by Pablo López this season, and how batters often react to it.