Chad Bettis leverages fascination with spin rate into devastating changeup

As the ace of the Rockies’ rotation so far this year, right-hander Chad Bettis has been a craftsman of control, keeping hitters off balance to the tune of a 4-1 record and 2.05 ERA thanks in part to a devastating changeup.
And as the 29-year-old explained, the success of that changeup depends largely on spin rate, a Statcast metric that calculates the revolutions per minute on a pitch after it’s released.

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