Until a move to the Arizona Diamondbacks bullpen in 2017, Archie Bradley was a three-pitch pitcher: a power heater, a 12-to-6 curveball and an ever-developing straight change. After Arizona made him the 7th overall selection of the 2011 Amateur Draft, Baseball America wrote this in his draft report:
“Bradley’s hammer curveball can be just as devastating as his fastball, and he has some feel for a changeup.”
As the Diamondbacks shut-down fireballer out of the pen, the devastating fastball and hammer curve are recognizable in 2018 – but whatever happened to that changeup?