It’s still early in the season and statistics are basically irrelevant at this point, but in the case of new St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Drew VerHagen, there is something we can glean from looking at his stats.
He has only made two appearances and thrown just 3 2⁄3 innings but he has already thrown as many changeups this year as he did in his previous two big league seasons, spanning 114 1⁄3 innings.
Yep, That’s right. VerHagen has already thrown 14 changeups this year, according to Baseball Savant, and he threw exactly 14 combined between the 2018 and 2019 seasons.