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Reply to "Good 3rd pitch for small HS part-time pitcher?"

First of all-Adbono, RJM and the others are all more knowable than me and will give you good advice. And i agree 100% with developing a change-up(which has been difficult for my son).

But here's a little something different that my son experienced. He's 15 and was striking out alot of kids with his 4-seam FB until he got to the better teams. They were able to hit his 4-seam. He changed to his 2-seam, which has a little run and drop. He mixed this in with his slider. That combination allowed him to pitch a 3-inning shutout with only 1 hit(coach won't let him pitch more than 3 innings).

Is your son's FB a 4-seam? if so , it might be easy to switch to a 2 seam, and if its got some movement , he might have an effective 3rd pitch, pretty quickly.

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