Holder’s changeup averaged 86 mph in 2019, comprising 17.1% of his usage, with over four times as many changes being thrown to left-handed batters as were thrown to righties. Holder saw a big decrease in the pitch’s value, going from a 3.9 pVAL in 2018 to a -2.2 pVAL this past year. The pitch gets average movement on both planes and finished with a 21.2% K rate.
GIF made by Ben Palmer.
Blurb written by Nicklaus Gaut