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Change of pace? Moss making pitchers pay

CLEVELAND -- Royals outfielder/designated hitter Brandon Moss always has had a love/hate relationship with the changeup.

"It's one of those pitches," Moss explained, "that if a pitcher keeps it down or executes their location with it, it's the pitch I can't handle.

"But when they miss up or over the plate, it's a pitch I've always driven. It's always been that way. Last year was a little different. I would pull them foul, be out in front of it a little bit."

The numbers bear that out. Moss hit .131 on the changeup last year with a paltry .