It is hard to pinpoint positives in this year’s Phillies season. The hitters haven’t hit, the bullpen spent about a month blowing every game that was remotely close, and a young starting rotation has seen every member take a step back. Arguably the best pitcher of that group is Jerad Eickhoff, but through 2 months he has yet to really look like himself.
Before talking about Eickhoff’s main pitch, it is important that we talk about the pitch he is not throwing, his changeup. Jerad Eickhoff’s changeup has never been a good pitch. It has about 7 miles per hour separation from his fastball and moves armside and down a little bit less than his two seam fastball.