Sentences with phrase «best changeup»

He has one of the game's best changeups and is teaching the pitch to Howry, who was sixth in the league in saves last season.

He shakes his head when he thinks of Marichal: «When he's at the prime of his game he throws a good fastball, a good screwball, a good changeup, a good slider, a good you - have - it... and obviously the elimination system can't work; you can't just throw out five or six different pitches in the hope of seeing the one you want; the odds of seeing it would be too much against the batter.»

Using a hard sinker and a good changeup, Jennings doesn't walk many (just 22 in 7223 innings at Coors) and keeps the ball in the park (10 homers allowed at home).

Not exact matches

The effective difference in velocity between a fastball and a changeup is infinitesimal in neurological terms, and yet it can utterly disrupt the timing of even the best hitter.

If a pitcher is a good fast ball pitcher, he operates in much the same way, using his curve as a waste pitch and to keep the batter guessing, his changeup to keep him off balance, the fast ball to get him out.

The accidental discovery of a two - seam changeup has made Atlanta's Tom Glavine baseball's best pitcher

Ramirez is hanging in there as best as he can, but he also looks like he's a Chapman changeup from screwing himself into the ground forever.

Nelson already reaches the high 80s regularly and has good command of all four of his pitches — fastball, slider, changeup, and fork ball — which are made even harder to hit by his tall frame.

With his intimidating entrance and a changeup from hell, Trevor Hoffman of the Padres nails down wins better than anyone

For all of his power, in his best year, 2013, Harvey's best pitch was his changeup.

Well, Bentley made the oh - so - rare changeup at the 2014 Geneva Auto Show, where it debuted the Flying Spur V8 as a complement to the existing Flying Spur W12.