Lannan has changed his approach a bit this season. He is throwing his fastball less than ever before at just 59.7% of the time compared to career average of 63..5% and he is throwing his slider more often at 16.0% compared to career average of 12.5% his curveball percent has really come down the last two seasons and this year he is throwing it just 7.1% of the time compared to career average of 10.6%. Also his change up has constantly been rated his best pitch and he is not throwing it 17.2% of the time compared to 13.0% on his career. It looks like a lot of these changes started last season except last year he only threw his slider 9.3% of the time. He also has career highs in swinging strike % but a career low in zone %, and batters are missing more of his pitches in the strike zone than they even have before by a little over 3%.
So it does appear there are a few differences in John Lannan this year compared to Lannan of previous years.
