It's pretty much a given with the stuff he has. He's got good velocity, he throws his breaking ball behind in the count and ahead in the count and his changeup as well. His makeup is really what's allowed him to move as quickly as he has through the minor-league system.
Quotes about changeup (16 Quotes)
He hits his spots all game. He kept us off-balance because he had a good 12-6 curveball and a slider and he threw a changeup well. He threw everything for strikes.
Brown was way out in front of a changeup, ... That's just the baseball gods there. ... I haven't seen their games, but I figure they hadn't gotten breaks like that.
My changeup was better last outing. This outing it was half and half. My curveball was a lot better than it was the last outing. There are a lot of good things. The two walks and home run made it look worse. I am going to give up a run sometimes. If I commit myself to working to get ahead, we're going to be all right.
Spotting and painting. Radke was Radke. Period. He's got great arm action on his changeup. He's a great pitcher ... seemed like he could do whatever he wanted with the baseball.
No fastball. Average changeup. Nothing special in his pitching arsenal against his former team. I battled with my cutter and slider, ... I didn't have great stuff. I tried to keep them off balance with my slider and cutter and sprinkle in a fastball. It did the trick.
He changed speeds on his fastball. He had a changeup and a pretty good breaking ball and he wasn't afraid to pitch inside too.
Mulder, using his splitfinger fastball in place of his malfunctioning changeup on Sept. 6, 2000, threw six innings and allowed two earned runs - both on solo home runs - as the Athletics defeated the Red Sox 6-4. The split has been key since. I came back with that in 2001, and it was my money pitch, ... It became so much more because the more I threw it, the more comfortable with it I became. And then I started throwing it harder, and it started moving a little more.
He's just got so many weapons, ... Great stuff, command of his fastball, a changeup that's way above average, great arm action.
You're trying harder and harder, when less is more, really. I kept telling him that. The harder you try, the more you're 'amped up' and flexed, which takes away from your athletic ability. Now, he realizes he doesn't have to throw over 90 mph for his changeup to be effective.
I feel good. My curveball's the last thing to come around, but my fastball and changeup are where they should be. I'm pretty much ready for business.
His fastball is above average in terms of life and velocity, he has a hard breaking ball and the changeup has become a solid third pitch. And when his command gets better and he's able to throw his pitches where he wants, he can be a really good all-around pitcher.
My curveball wasn't great tonight. I got a majority of my outs on my fastball, but I kept them off-balance with my changeup.
The way Buehrle pitched, it seemed like they didn't need a sign. Everything Buehrle pitched was right down the middle of the platesinker, slider, changeup, whatever. He didn't have the stuff. I asked him what happened, and he said because their average is better here than on the road.
His fosh is one of the pitches Suppan throws in the bullpen when warming up for a start because of its importance. He holds the ball with splayed fingers, and it's crucial that his arm action on the change duplicates his delivery on his fastball. Otherwise, the ruse is ineffective. If you have a dominant fastball, it takes people off that fastball if you're able to locate the changeup, ... If you can throw a fastball changeup, and it looks the same each time, that's a pretty tough combination.
He's mentally strong, keeps the ball down, has the ability to change speeds, holds runners ... he's just a fundamentally sound pitcher, ... His fastball is 88, 89 mph, and he's got a great changeup and curveball. The guy knows how to pitch.