In the middle of the 2019 season, Justin Verlander visited with Nolan Ryan for a conversation. Among the topics? Finding a way to throw an effective changeup. Ryan told WillSammon how he mastered the pitch as Verlander continues his quest to do so.
, the words sounded familiar to those who have closely followed his career’s impressive late surge.
Despite all the focus on improving a changeup in recent years, Verlander still hasn’t consistently deployed one. Also, it hasn’t mattered. From 2017-22, Verlander produced a 166 ERA+, tied withfor the best in baseball over that span, because his fastball, curveball and slider have remained elite. In each of his past four full seasons, the usage rate on Verlander’s changeup stayed under 5 percent.
In 2005, longtime Texas sports writer T.R. Sullivan ranked Ryan’s changeup as the second-best pitch ever thrown in Arlington. No, Ryan’s mythical fastball didn’t secure the top spot; Charlie Hough’s knuckleball happened to earn that honor. The changeup extended Ryan’s career. As late as 1993, his final season in the league, Ryan referred to it as an equalizer.
All these years later, though, Verlander learned from Ryan’s experience. From their conversation, Verlander has carried with him how Ryan created the speed separation between the fastball and changeup. Ryan shared with Verlander that he got his middle finger — his power finger, as Ryan put it — off the side of the ball so that he couldn’t provide as much power.After the conversation with Ryan, Verlander’s changeup performed well. In 2019, he threw the pitch 4.
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