Changeup Quotes

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.

This is the biggest one they make, too. I fouled a changeup off the pad, and then a curveball catches me on the shin.

(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.

One outing his velocity will be up and he`ll struggle with control and his changeup, but last outing he put it all together, ... It`s a huge step forward for Carlos and the organization.

One outing his velocity will be up and he`ll struggle with control and his changeup, but last outing he put it all together. It`s a huge step forward for Carlos and the organization.

Just one bad pitch. I tip my hat to J.T. because he hit a good 3-2 changeup. But my slider was not working well today and that`s the pitch that beat me. It was supposed to be down to Feliz and it stayed up.

(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 proved it in college when people thought he was too small. He might not be an inside-the-tackles runner, but we`ve got the best in the game for that. He can give us a changeup.

It`s a team game. It wasn`t like Valentin tried to let the ball go through his legs to see how far it would get by him. That 0-2 changeup was my mistake. I take responsibility for letting the guy score on an 0-2 pitch.

It was a pretty good pitch. I think (Jones) was looking for it. How he hit that ball -- yeah, I should have thrown him another changeup.

It was a changeup and kind of a low pitch, and it was a good pitch to drive,

That`s big for me, any time I go (opposite field) it`s big, especially on a changeup, ... It`s a good feeling. ... My goal this year was to stay as even as possible. It`s easier said than done. I feel like my swing is where it needs to be. I can go the opposite way and turn on the ball in.

Stuff-wise, he`s been better. But he threw the changeup pretty well tonight.

Anytime you can throw three or four pitches for strikes, it`s going to be tough on the hitter, ... starts on a different plane. The fastball, changeup and slider are all on a downward angle. Anytime you can change the hitter`s eye level, that helps.

It`s nice to have that (changeup) when you`re behind in the count and not limited to fastball-breaking ball that the hitters recognize out of hand early,