What is a kick change? The hot pitch of the 2025 MLB season, explained
The definition: you're use a changeup but you're moving the ring finger that's gripping the ball in a certain way, creating ...
The birth of a new pitch: Why MLB players are rushing to try the ‘kick-change’
Some pitchers who can throw breaking balls but haven't yet found a changeup grip are finding that the kick-change fits their needs.
Explaining the new ‘kick-change’ pitch. Plus: Ohtani or Betts the better athlete?
Plus: We finally get details on the “kick-change,” there’s a Meta-Maddux in Cincinnati, and Ken starts a heated debate. I’m ...
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What is a kick changeup? Orioles’ Cade Povich explains MLB’s trendy new pitch.
His new changeup grip — the one being tested by pitchers at every MLB ... s the kick changeup. It might be just what Povich needs in his arsenal, and the left-hander’s kick-change appears ...
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5 MLB Pitchers Experimenting With A Kick-Change—Baseball’s Trendiest New Pitch—For 2025
The changes ... time so that the kick-change would give him a proper off-speed pitch. Leiter threw 39 changeups last season, but the command was all over the place: As Leiter explained in this ...
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Seattle Mariners Closer Andres Munoz Discusses New "Kick Change," Desire to Improve
"I was just practicing that. I wasn't too serious about the kick-change. But then when I started throwing it a little bit more and I threw it on the bullpen, the guys over here told me it was a ...
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These two new pitches could transform Leiter's career
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