changeup
noun
change·up
ˈchānj-ˌəp 
: a slow pitch in baseball thrown with the same motion as a fastball in order to deceive the batter
Examples of changeup in a Sentence
The batter struck out on a changeup.
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His fastball sat 97 mph in Thursday’s outing, giving him 9 mph separation between that and the changeup.
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Matt Gelb, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Mixing it up Robert Suarez threw four changeups at the start of yesterday’s ninth inning.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Ragans paired his changeup, knuckle-curve and slider around the devastating fastball.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
Luzardo’s velocity is up across the board - his 96.8 mph four-seamer, 96.2 mph sinker, 86.4 mph slider and 88.7 mph changeup average velocities are all career highs.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Matt Gelb, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Mixing it up Robert Suarez threw four changeups at the start of yesterday’s ninth inning.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Ragans paired his changeup, knuckle-curve and slider around the devastating fastball.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
Luzardo’s velocity is up across the board - his 96.8 mph four-seamer, 96.2 mph sinker, 86.4 mph slider and 88.7 mph changeup average velocities are all career highs.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Changeup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/changeup. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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