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Romero's Changeup Is Puzzling Hitters

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Romero's Changeup Is Puzzling Hitters 

Post#1 » by JMH » Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:00 am

http://baseball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ ... g_hitters/

ESPN - Blue Jays left-hander Ricky Romero has been frustrating hitters with an off-speed pitch this season.

Hitters have asked Romero if he is throwing a splitter or a screwball, but ESPN's Buster Olney says that he throws a changeup with a classic circle grip.

Romero's pitch doesn't move like a traditional changeup.

"It's a tremendous finishing pitch," one general manager said this weekend.

The pitch tends to move away from right-handed hitters, and reminds many of Fernando Valenzuela's screwball.


That's a great screwball to be compared too

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