Definition of "off-speed" []

• Sports Slower than expected: an off-speed pitch; an off-speed backhand. (adjective)

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• "Garcia kept the young Rays lineup off-balance with his array of off-speed pitches, and the one time he did get in trouble—with Evan Longoria at the plate and men on base—Granderson tracked down a 400-foot liner to the wall with a full-speed, running catch to end the inning."
• "His best off-speed pitch is his curveball, which Binghamton manager Wally Backman said is already good enough to fool major-league hitters."
• ""Fastball command was huge, and being able to put some off-speed pitches in for strikes on fastball counts was big," Weaver said."