SAN FRANCISCO -- According to FanGraphs.com, Brandon Crawford had seen a changeup on 28 percent of pitches coming into Saturday night's game.
"That seems low," he deadpanned when asked about the stat.
Yes, the shortstop certainly noticed when opposing pitchers mixed it up on him following that hot start at Chase Field. He joked that he maybe saw five fastballs total in four games at Petco Park, and there's some serious truth in that. Entering Saturday's game, Crawford was seeing fastballs 27.1 percent of the time compared to 32.1 percent last year. The changeup percentage was up to 28 percent when it had never been above 13.