June 8, 2012

La Grip

Clay Buchholz credited his great Thursday night performance to a better grip on his change up:

The changeup is making the biggest difference for Buchholz. When located well, the off-speed pitch improves the effectiveness of his fastball. When it’s not, as was the case earlier in the season, it’s a pitch that gets mashed.

“My grip was a little off. I was able to free that up a little bit,’’ said Buchholz, whose 2011 season ended in June because of a back injury. “It’s been a pitch that we tried to work on for a long time and I noticed it wasn’t the same grip I had in past years and it’s coming back.’’

I wonder if he was too tense throwing the pitch (free that up)?

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