Changeup: Tyler Anderson & Andres Gimenez
With a Run Value of -15, Tyler Anderson edges out a couple other dominant changeups from pitchers you more than likely expected to show up here (Sandy Alcantara and Shane McClanahan). I guess that’s the true changeup here, am I right? (Don’t boo too loudly)
It’s his second most used pitch at 32.7% but it gets the best results of his arsenal, only allowing a .160 batting average and a .190 wOBA. It’s the pitch he gets the most strikeouts on and is his calling card in a surprising 2022 campaign for the Dodgers.
Tyler Anderson, Filthy Changeups. 👌👌 pic.twitter.com/CxIvSWtm8Z
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) July 9, 2022
On the flipside, Andres Gimenez makes pitchers pay when they throw their changeup. The Guardians’ lefty punishes it for a .502 wOBA, amounting to a Run Value of 12. That’s a batting average of .379 with a slugging percentage of .741 this season. In what’s easily Gimenez’s best offensive year of his career, his performance against the changeup is driving it.
Anderson and Gimenez have not faced off against each other this season.