STICKY SITUATION

When the 2021 draft begins, teams will be looking for pitchers who throw hard. That has been a part of a never-ending quest that was already old hat more than 100 years ago when Walter Johnson was a teenager with a promising arm.

But they will also be looking for pitchers with ideal fastball and breaking ball attributes. In this age of precision, they will be looking for pitchers with elite vertical movement. That is, fastballs with induced vertical break and breaking pitches with high spin rates and spin efficiencies.

Teams will be looking for pitchers who can overpower hitters with fastballs up in