Right on right changeups
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So I’m noticing the cpu seems to like throwing right on right circle changeups down and away…
Is this even a thing? I can’t remember ever seeing a pitcher irl do this. Right on left? Yes. Left on right, yes.
Am I imagining this or is this pitch extremely physics defying?
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What’s physics defying about it? It’s just a good pitch/location. Looks like it’s gonna hit the corner and be an easy pitch to drive then drops just below the zone for either a swing and miss or weak contact.
Also most people probably won’t remember this name since he wasn’t a dominant guy but Dillon Gee with the Mets used to love getting righties out with the low away change up. -
Circle change moves arm side though. How do you stand on the third base side of the rubber, throw across your body so the ball goes away from a righty, but also turn the ball over with your thumb down?
I just don’t think the natural trajectory of the ball coming out of a right handed pitcher’s hand and going arm side would make this possible, or more importantly without being seen by the hitter…
I don’t know. Any pitchers care to comment?
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@halfbutt_PSN said in Right on right changeups:
Circle change moves arm side though. How do you stand on the third base side of the rubber, throw across your body so the ball goes away from a righty, but also turn the ball over with your thumb down?
I just don’t think the natural trajectory of the ball coming out of a right handed pitcher’s hand and going arm side would make this possible, or more importantly without being seen by the hitter…
I don’t know. Any pitchers care to comment?
If I remember correctly the reason it worked for Gee was because he worked off the first base side of the mound.
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@halfbutt_PSN said in Right on right changeups:
Circle change moves arm side though. How do you stand on the third base side of the rubber, throw across your body so the ball goes away from a righty, but also turn the ball over with your thumb down?
I just don’t think the natural trajectory of the ball coming out of a right handed pitcher’s hand and going arm side would make this possible, or more importantly without being seen by the hitter…
I don’t know. Any pitchers care to comment?
You throw it in the batters box and itcomes back into the zone(like a 2 seamer).
Glavine was notorious for doing this to righties -
its not super rare, I know of college teams that did it a lot. It really just depends on the pitcher. If it works for them they will do it (Ala glavine and id assume maddux as well.)
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pitching location and selection this game is not consistent with real life....just look at online play
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It’s not rare at all. It’s similar to throwing a “back door” two seamer to a righty….the thought is to draw weak contact to the right side.
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Interesting. Good comments, gentlemen.
So I assume, in Glavine’s case, we are talking about him throwing it left on left?
I can see the left on right thing for sure.
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Kyle Hendricks does it all the time.
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