Devin Williams's Airbender Grip and Being an "Outlier" in Pitching

Devin Williams and his Airbender grip.
Devin explains his changeup grip, how he alters it in different counts. And we discuss the importance of being an outlier in pitching.
Also on how to learn a changeup as a kid.

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Same here

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Awesome stuff. Love how you’ve shown off Devin on twitter (and the rest of the Brewers staff in general). Keep up the great work, gonna be a great baseball season!

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[@Twelvehourpowernap]

This guy has unlocked the fourth quadrant...when you look at short-form pitch movement charts, most of the best mlb changeups are quadrant one (pitch moves to the glove side and ever-so-slightly up), meaning the ball is mostly spinning to the glove side with some backspin. The lack of backspin compared to a fastball gives the pitch less of a Magnus-force in the upward direction, so it does not counter-gravity as much and therefor appears to "drop or fall off the table." Devon Williams' change up actually has forward spin, like a curveball. Insane. This pitch is technically a screwball thrown with a circle-change grip. The movement profile is like a curve-ball from a low-3/4 lefty pitcher, or even a slider, and the spin-rate on that thing is more than a lot of curves. Just insane. It's just not something you are gonna see from another pitcher.

[@reauxnbears]

Exact same grip I used. I eventually switched to more of an across two-seam type grip. Two-seam change-up would cut with low-seam pro baseballs. Bury ball in middle & ring finger & upper palm area of hand. But remember to just keep a firm grip with fingers. Don’t choke it. Throw like you would throw a fastball. Just with different fingers. Keep fingers on top of baseball at release out front. Use other fingers/thumb to create different pressure points. Do a drill where you kill your backside when throwing change-up, do it during long-toss & side-sessions(it forces you to create Fastball arm action). Different grip. Fastball mindset. Let the grip do the work.

[@JRob1125]

It's practically a screwball.....I hope it's not hard ob his arm

[@Moonlight-cq6bi]

If he's been throwing it since he was a kid, he probably had already made the release something very natural to him.

[@joseantoniodominguez8170]

Pronation is much easier in your arm

[@JohnBergman-t4g]

Great stuff.. thank you

[@midnight5267]

while i was watching i picked up a ball and tried to grip it the same way he did at 0:25 with just the middle and ring finger, its super hard to do.

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I'm guessing this is just part of the interview. Is there a full length version somewhere?

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I haven't released the full version. It's 1:15 so it's long. Trying to break these up into more manageable pieces.

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He spoke facts baseball is the only sport that wants the players to be boring robots

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HES BUNS!

[@doctorstrainlove6318]

Love to see Ceasars Valdez or atleast a breakdown. Not the greatisttt numbers this year but thats a sloppy fish change up right there

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LET'S GO!!! BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@roxastidus]

He wouldn’t call his pitch a screwball?

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Thx

[@gregfos]

Devin looks like George Springer!

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And the pitching ninja looks like Mick Foley !

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@@nelsoncruz184 not even close

[@TryPuttingItInRice]

I wish they had this grip on his The Show player.

[@edgesdesigns4047]

Thats a screwball, which is actually so cool since no one else throws one these days.

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Where are the pitches of the day?

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No more top 10 of the day... What a bummer

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I may have to bring the top 5 back.

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@@jimjoneston1893 My debate was upping the production value and doing it once a week, with all the best or not. [The issue is it takes a ton of time to pull together usually, each morning.]

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@@PitchingNinjaVideos do a top 5 Monday -Wednesday -Thursday -Sunday

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@@PitchingNinjaVideos so just 2 a week

[@drewalexander8342]

basically is an alien - screwball!

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