The Phillies prospect and relief pitcher nonetheless hadn't been throwing it this year, but it wasn't because he forgot how to. It was because he dominated Single-A and High-A so easily that he didn't need to.
"In my professional career, I haven't really needed it. In double A, this has been my strikeout pitch," said Dohy on Wednesday afternoon. "It seems like hitters are starting to see my slider a little bit more at the plate, so that changeup has really been my weapon."
Yet Dohy has seemed to have no weapons at all in his last two outings: five earned runs in 1.