Forget What You Knew About These Pitchers

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In this video, I break down the most important pitching adjustments in the 2026 MLB season. From Nolan McLean's usage change to Devin Williams' confusing changeup to Jose Soriano's rubber move — we cover pitch mix changes, new pitch shapes, usage strategies, and what it all means for projections going forward.

Topics include: pitch design, spin efficiency, stuff+, pitcher development, pitch mix diversity, and early-season adjustments that could reshape how we project these arms for the rest of 2026 and beyond.
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Projections show on screen are OOPSY FanGraphs model, and can be found here: https://www.fangraphs.com/projections?type=roopsydcu0026stats=stau0026pos=allu0026team=0u0026players=0u0026lg=allu0026z=1777549061u0026sortcol=u0026sortdir=descu0026pageitems=30u0026statgroup=dashboardu0026fantasypreset=dashboard

Stats and projections within this video are from April 26th, so there will be minor discrepancies as you watch on days further from the date of publishing.

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0:00 10 Pitcher Adjustments
0:10 Pitcher #1 - Rubber Move
3:25 Pitcher #2 - New Changeup
6:02 Pitcher #3 - More Four-Seamer
8:04 Quick Substack Plug!
8:50 Pitcher #4 - New Usage Strategy
11:16 Pitcher #5 - New Pitching Coach
14:20 Pitcher #6 - New Lefty Approach
17:29 Pitcher #7 - New Arm Angle
20:16 Pitcher #8 - New Splitter Attack
23:08 Pitcher #9 - New Four-Seam Shape
25:52 Pitcher #10 - New (Worse) Changeup