CHANGEUP Definition & Meaning

changeup

or change-up

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Baseball.

a pitch that follows one or more fastballs, delivered with the same motion as for a fastball but with less speed, intentionally disrupting the batter’s timing:
He knows how to use his changeup to keep hitters off balance.

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First recorded in 1940–45

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Examples have not been reviewed.

“His changeup is really good. I didn’t know he had it like that.”

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Closer Devin Williams, owner of the ‘Airbender’ changeup, wasn’t blowing smoke when he said he’d been told he’d be traded to the Dodgers.

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But Williams, when healthy, is in another stratosphere, one in which his changeup enjoys a lofty nickname: the Airbender.

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Spin rate is the current measure of a monster pitch, and the Airbender spins more than any changeup recorded: 2,752 revolutions per minute.

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The average changeup spins at 1,769 RPMs.

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