Averaging 82.5 mph at just 1886, Hernandez’s changeup drops 8.4 inches on average, but still saw a considerably amount of placement middle-outside rather than lower in or below the zone. Its swinging strikes disappeared in 2019, going from 14.4% to 6.1%, thanks to a 20% jump in his contact rate on the pitch. That contact may have been poor, though, as its .125 BABIP might suggest, or he might just have been lucky not to be punished on the pitch.
GIF made by Myles Nelson.
Blurb written by Alexander Chase