November 8, 2009
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Percival’s changeupby Sal BaxamusaMay 08, 2008 Ken Rosenthal takes a look at Troy Percival's newest pitch. It's not everyday that a 38 year-old learns a new changeup. But "learned a new pitch" ranks right up there with "Lasik surgery", "finally healthy," and "best shape of my life" as fake-o excuses for altered performance. What do the data say? According to his player page at Fangraphs, Percival threw the following assortment of pitches last year: Fastball 76% Slider 7% Curveball 13% Changeup 4% This year, in a small sample size: Fastball 77% Slider 1% Curveball 11% Changeup 12% He's nearly abandoned the slider and is throwing a change much more frequently. Whether it's a new changeup or not, we'll have to take his word for. His player card at Josh Kalk's site shows that the change moves left-right like his fastball, but has a sharp downward bite. I don't know if his rarely seen pre-2008 changeup had the same action, though. Percival has pitched very well this year - a 1.52 FIP - so maybe there's something to this new changeup business. Thanks for the scoop, Ken. Sal Baxamusa is a graduate student in chemical engineering. He can be reached here. Commenting is not available in this weblog entry. Do you have a general question or comment for one of THT's writers? Send it in to our weekly mailbag We also welcome unsolicited op-ed pieces of approximately 500 words for consideration. We reserve the right to edit for length, clarity and consistency of style. Please include your whole name and location to be considered. If you have a comment about this specific article, please email the writer. |
