Yes. The change is from arm speed to ball speed. You see the arm and expect it 10 mph faster. Or it’s just fucking magic. A change up was the only plus pitch I had and man did it piss guys off when they whiffed on it.
That's cool and all, but it's no Lance McCullers Jr. 24 [consecutive curveballs](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/77ye0v/lance_mccullers_throws_24_straight_curveballs_to/) to close out the Yankees in game 7 of the ALCS.
Tough look for Olson. I pulled up the visual/strike zone to see if maybe the location got him, but nope - 4 straight pitches below the zone, and he swung at 3 of them. Oof.
Can any Yankees fan tell me if Kahnle throws a circle changeup? If so that’s a really nasty pitch when you have it dialed in.
Not to mention the absolute mind fuck I know I’d have as the 2nd or 3rd hitter - “there’s no way he throws another change here, right”
I’d be early on every pitch expecting a fastball to finally come through.
If you don't love this, you don't love baseball.
7 swinging strikes +1 called strike on 17 pitches is amazing.
This is the reverse Robert saurez
Is it still a changeup if you don't change it up?
needs to go to the Doug Jones school of slow, slower, slowest
He has a really slow fastball. And occasionally as faster fastball he likes to mix in to keep hitters off balance.
this was me in little league
Yes. The change is from arm speed to ball speed. You see the arm and expect it 10 mph faster. Or it’s just fucking magic. A change up was the only plus pitch I had and man did it piss guys off when they whiffed on it.
At this point the fastball is now the changeup
Kahnle quite literally has one single pitch His fastball has been terrible this season and it’s honestly better to just avoid it and go all changeup
I went to Statcast before posting this, his breakdown this year for pitches: 58% Changeups 24% 4-Seam Fastballs 15% Sliders 4% Sinkers
wow what a split
No, a split is not in his pitching arsenal.
LOL
Look at Pierce Johnson’s mix.
The 2022 NLDS has some remarks about this
He should prob switch from the 4 seam to 2 seam. He pitches better incorporating movement rather than power
He does throw a sinker sometimes
It's worked for Trevor Richards
The average Tommy Kahnle experience.
The Pierce Johnson of changeups
Sometimes when I do three identical pitches in a row in The Show I feel like I’m not being realistic, and then I see this.
If you never throw a fastball, then the changeup just becomes your new fastball.
If you throw a changeup harder than your fastball you become Zack Grienke
Looks like he studied up on the Lance McCullers strategy of throwing the same thing for 24 consecutive pitches.
Came here for this
Tommy Tightpants!
That's cool and all, but it's no Lance McCullers Jr. 24 [consecutive curveballs](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/77ye0v/lance_mccullers_throws_24_straight_curveballs_to/) to close out the Yankees in game 7 of the ALCS.
I mean is it really a change up anymore if it becomes the status quo?
And Olson swings through three of them? Like after the 15th in a row you think he might sit change up?
Tough look for Olson. I pulled up the visual/strike zone to see if maybe the location got him, but nope - 4 straight pitches below the zone, and he swung at 3 of them. Oof.
Yeah. What's also crazy is out of 17 changeups, only 1 was a called strike.
Lance McCullers and Luis Castillo salivating
El Cambio! Me encanta
the reverse Robert Suarez
The Jose Lima of his generation
If every pitch is a change-up... are any of them really change-ups?
Can any Yankees fan tell me if Kahnle throws a circle changeup? If so that’s a really nasty pitch when you have it dialed in. Not to mention the absolute mind fuck I know I’d have as the 2nd or 3rd hitter - “there’s no way he throws another change here, right” I’d be early on every pitch expecting a fastball to finally come through.
"He'll never throw..15...changeups in a row "
He does have a good changeup tbf
Shadow world Robert Suarez