Which Starting Pitcher has the BEST Changeup?

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Mitch Keller
Shane McClanahan and his changeup grip
Logan Gilbert
Marcus Stroman
Jason Adam
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[@Rank1Baseball]

I love how you integrate your interviews with said pitchers (Miller, Shane) it’s opened me up to another side of your content and made me begin to go and look for these interviews to watch

[@bearfan3417]

I legitimately laughed hard at the “untouchable pitch timer violation” comment and the fact the pitcher just casually starts walking off the field.

[@lubsyb82]

shane mclanahan fo show. And its even better because he throws 100 mph! Alcantara throws 3 digis, but mclanahan's has the movement and the stats on his side

[@xxSLAV33xx]

McClanahan definitely has the best changeup of any starter. Also some beautifully painted fastballs yesterday.

[@PlaySA]

I disagree, changeups with tons of late movement are both way cooler and, technically, better. Shane's changeup is so effective not due to that pitch itself, but due to how brutal his fastball is an how hitters are so worried about it. I mean, that kind of makes it good but if he only threw changeups that would be a bad changeup. Whereas other pitchers have changeups that basically stand on their own as a very difficult pitch to hit. If that makes sense.

[@asimm03790]

@@PlaySA Who has the best then?

[@John2000sBaby]

@@asimm03790Sandy, Shane has the best in the AL tho

[@Katsos44]

Cease gets an extra 3 inches of movement when he wears the black uniforms, they just need to coordinate them with his starts

[@ndsufan6439]

3 inches is a lot so they should definitely consider that

[@MoshiCola]

Makes you wonder if that’s just from the extra sweat from the extra heat the color black draws

[@Katsos44]

@@MoshiCola pretty sure it’s from the black Air Force mentality Cease lives his life with actually scaring the ball further away from him

[@brendonbuffaloe8830]

@@ndsufan6439 I see what you did there 😉

[@rachelquarberg4825]

Huge Rays fan. I adore Mcclanahan's change up. Throw it outside on righties and hitters are done.

[@richiecook2305]

This is the content I’ve been dying to see. Nothing beats a plus changeup!

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

I'm a little biased that way too!

[@richiecook2305]

@@PitchingNinjaVideos great minds think like Pedro 😉 I’m pretty sure that’s how the saying goes.

[@JohnM-sw4sc]

“That Mitch Keller…. So hot right now”-Mugatu from Zoolander

[@bat__bat]

Lol I bet he felt great after puking up that Gatorade at the end 😂 I've had that happen a few times. If I get overheated from working in a hot room with low oxygen, I'll overdrink and puke. Like in an attic or loading a uhaul. I guess he was having heat issues who knows 🤔

[@thebombcat]

The late break on Shane's change is wicked - he breaks hitters hearts who think his fastball or that slow curve is coming.

[@20minutes14]

I'll tell you what. He doesn't throw it much, but Bryce Miller's changeup is insane. He just doesn't throw it because nobody can hit the fastball

[@mrtspence]

The degree to which Gilbert looks like a young Dirk Nowitzki is unsettling. He may want to look into that.

[@PlaySA]

Can someone remind me who was the pitcher with the crazy short arm windup where he holds the ball almost against his chest? He was featured in one of these videos but I can't remember which.

[@jason_22282]

McClanahan is filthy, but I’m afraid I have to disagree with Ninja on this; I’d say Luis Castillo has the best changeup among starters.

[@PlaySA]

Yeah I like a changeup with tons of late break. Shane's changeup is devastating mostly because his fastball is brutal and hitters are terrified of missing the fastball.

[@asimm03790]

@@PlaySA How is that not the same for Castillo then when he throws a 4seam and sinker in the high 90s touching 100? Be consistent if you’re going to say the same for Shane

[@bentaylor4705]

The hand grenade! 😂😂 Adam's sweeper is disgusting, wow.

[@Sarcazmotron5000]

No trail on Amir's spitter? It had some movement 🤣

[@samurai_8917]

Its gotta be sugar Shane, that 1 seam run he gets on it is just stupid good

[@marcscherzer]

Don't sleep on Sandy's

[@asimm03790]

@@marcscherzer He’s been mid this year though

[@michaelmelroe2174]

If a slambio is a slider that backs up(IIRC), do we have a name for that Zac Gallen change up that cut other than an anomaly?

[@PitchingNinjaVideos]

Slambio is a slider with a changeup grip. Zac Gallen's inadvertent cut change needs a name

[@jimc.goodfellas]

Who would have thought a couple years ago that Keller would now be the ace stopper for the Pirates, he's come a long way ...nearly threw a Maddux

[@craigington73]

How do these guys hit at all? The overlays are insane!

[@asimm03790]

Guess right

[@darkstar9751]

Its shane and it's not close

[@savagegamer4twenty653]

Luis castillo is pretty close imo

[@darkstar9751]

@@savagegamer4twenty653 maybe as in terms of looks but not on stats at all

[@Miniwinnings]

Its sandy* and not even close

[@darkstar9751]

@@Miniwinnings kids got jokes

[@asimm03790]

@@Miniwinnings he’s been mid this year

[@rogerj21]

Since Cease got taken of the game yesterday I was waiting for this to see how Ninja was about to react. I am mind blown with his performance this far in the season...not injured...same nasty stuff...so disappointed.

[@mustardtiger2000]

zunino appearing in the dong of the week segment 😂

[@Jt7166]

It’s nice to see this type of performance from a Pirates pitcher before they trade him instead of after like usual 😂

[@PlaySA]

I don't think Shane's changeup is necessarily the best. It's very straight. It's effective because of how effective his fastball is, in my humble opinion. Whereas other pitchers have changeups that kind of stand on their own as a very tough pitch to hit. Alcantara's and Castillo's hard changeups are somewhat better imo. But, the BEST changeup is Devin Williams' airbender. I don't care about the stats, that pitch is otherworldly.

[@asimm03790]

The question was which starter has the best changeup, and I know you said it but stats do not like Williams’ changeup as much as movement does. He throws it heart of the zone a lot, and in the dirt a lot. Also, what game are you watching that Shane’s changeup is straight?

[@A1terYT]

i wanna see shohei destroy shane’s change up

[@darkstar9751]

Nuh uh

[@A1terYT]

@@darkstar9751 yeah i do

[@rogerj21]

Me too.

[@doublersports2866]

Shane cooks Ohtani whenever they face off.

[@rogerj21]

@@doublersports2866 Paul Goldschmidt enters the chat.

[@Icehawk_9]

Sick Dongs, Will

[@will.leahey]

🤝 Icehawk

[@John2000sBaby]

Sandys is better but Shane o Mac has the best change in the AL