08-09-2015, 05:50 PM
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Re: Fastball/Change Up
Yeah - the change up works in reverse to all other pitches. As its velocity rating increases, its velocity decreases.
So when pitchers develop their pitches and increase their velocity ratings - the spread gets large, sometimes very large as you noted.
I don't know why they did this with change ups. They basically took out of relation to the rest of the pitches because of this.
What's funny is that it's not always so dramatic. I took two of my pitchers, both with killer FBs - Damian Boeve (generated rookie) and Jose Fernandez. I gave them both circle changes (since that's what Fernandez has and I wanted them the same), maxed 99 Velocity and took them into a game.
For Ferandez, when I maxed his circle change velocity - it was 68-70 MPH vs a 96-99 MPH tailing fastball. For Boeve, it was 85-87 MPH vs his 99-102 MPH 4-seamer.
Maybe there's a bug somewhere or there's something with how it relates to what pitch number it is or the rest of the pitcher's arsenal?
As far as hitting it...I have to sit on it, and then try to react to the fastball. One thing about that big a difference, you'll know quickly which one you have coming at you (which is one reason why real pitchers don't have 30 MPH differences in their fastball/change-up combo) - but it's hard not to feel like you need to gear up for the heat. I try to "gear down" for the junk and then read fastball fast enough. Easier typed than done.
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