When Chien Ming Wang first came off the DL the Yankees had a tough decision to make. It was obvious that Phil Hughes would be getting bumped for the Yankees' former ace. However, they had to decide whether to put him in the bullpen or send him down to Scranton. The Yanks went with the former option and its pretty tough to argue with the results that he's produced for them. However, some still maintain that he needs to work on developing his changeup in Scranton. The idea being that he cannot be an effective ML starter without being able to throw a changeup.I've been skeptical of this idea since I first heard it so I decided to look at the numbers of pitchers who've thrown their changeup up 5% of the time or less in recent years. Why 5%? Because A) Phil has thrown the changeup 4.4% of the time for his career and B) Its an easy cutoff point. Fangraphs.com conveniently has the option of sorting these stats three years at a time so we'll use intervals of three years ...
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PLAYERS:
Phil Hughes,
Kevin Millwood,
Roger Clemens,
Roy Halladay,
John Thomson,
Kerry Wood,
Vicente Padilla,
Ben Sheets,
Matt Clement,
Miguel Batista,
Daniel Cabrera,
Tim Hudson,
Carlos Zambrano,
Jose Contreras,
Aaron Cook,
John Lackey,
Chad Billingsley,
Braden Looper,
Aaron Harang,
Roy Oswalt,
Jon Lester,
Tim Wakefield,
Chien-Ming Wang
TEAMS: New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Colorado Rockies, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros
TEAMS: New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Colorado Rockies, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros
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