Stripling is a maestro at limiting hard contact with his changeup, especially against left-handed hitters. He threw it 138 more times to lefties than righties and gave up no barrels all season, while inducing a 65% ground-ball rate. Not without whiffs, his changeup produced the highest SwStr% of all his pitches (yes, including the curveball) at a whopping 17.2%.
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Blurb written by James Schiano