Fangraphs: Zach Britton on Sinkers, WPA and the Cy Young

[Frobby]

Good interview here and he talks a little bit about whether he could be a starting pitcher:

"There were a lot more four-seamers back [in 2011]. As a starter, you throw more pitches and mix in different things. It was probably a negative for me that I wasn't learning how to command the sinker as much as I am now. That was really the big focus when I went to the bullpen -- the command of my sinker. The results have been really good once I got that focus.

"It's hard to say whether you could have done this, or done that. But if I commanded the sinker as well as I have the last few years? I think I definitely could have been successful as a starter. You can throw predominately one pitch out of the rotation, too. You just need to be able to command it to both sides of the plate and have something to take the hitters off of a little bit. It wouldn't have been 90% sinkers like now, but it definitely would have been a lot of them."

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/zach-britton-on-sinkers-wpa-and-the-cy-young/