The three-time Cy Young Award winner, who returned to the Dodgers on a one-year deal this spring, is once again tinkering with a new pitch.
With his velocity dropping, Kershaw has quietly been trying to incorporate a changeup into his arsenal for the last few seasons. For the last several years, Kershaw's changeup has been like the high-speed super train from Los Angeles to San Francisco: often talked about,"Every spring I've been around, he's always tried to at least get a feel for it so it's an option," Dodgers' pitching coach Mark Prior told reporters recently."Usually it runs its course.
Since his MVP season in 2014, Kershaw has never thrown the changeup more than 25 total times in a season. But could 2022 finally be the year he adds it to his arsenal and unleashes it at the perfect time against opposing hitters?"It's easy to throw now, but once the game means something it gets a little more challenging," admitted Kershaw after throwing the pitch five times in his most recent start against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday."We'll see what happens with it.
Kershaw's confidence with the changeup has continued to grow throughout spring. In each of his first three starts of cactus league games, he's thrown it at least a handful of times. Sometimes with success, other times it gets hit hard. "It's still a work in progress, but overall I threw some good ones, which is more than last year," said Kershaw."I would say 2 or 2 and a half were good. The last pitch I threw was a changeup that [Christian] Walker hit pretty hard."
The key to Kershaw's newfound confidence in the changeup this spring has been attributed to a new grip that he worked on with Prior and assistant pitching coach Connor McGuiness this spring. Before his first spring training start, he was throwing it with confidence in live batting practice and bullpen sessions. During his double-barrelled bullpen session with teammate Walker Bueler on Thursday, he once again broke out the changeup several times.
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