Matt Cain has featured a different release point this season and the results have been mixed.
He has a 5.43 ERA and has allowed 13 home runs in just 56.1 innings. The right-hander allowed just 21 home runs in all of last season.
Cain's strikeout and walk rates are still close to his career numbers.
Chris Quick of Bay City Ball used graphs and video to showcase the change in Cain's release point.
"From 2007-2010 Cain had a fairly consistent vertical release point," Quick writes. "He lowered it in 2011 and it remained at pretty much the same point in 2012. This year, he's dropped even further. His pitches, across the board, are coming out of a lower release point these days."