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Olney: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/buster-olney/post/_/id/1681?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Miggy eyes another Triple Crown
Cameron: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9285747/kyle-kendrick-tops-players-whove-reinvented-2013-mlb?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Top early-season turnarounds
Petriello: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9287861/texas-rangers-showing-making-offseason-moves-was-way-go-mlb?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Quiet winter doesn't slow Texas
Spratt: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9286429/arizona-diamondbacks-paul-goldschmidt-setting-mvp-pace-mlb?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Goldschmidt setting MVP pace
Law: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9277478/houston-astros-do-not-take-mark-appel-first-mock-draft-2013-mlb-draft?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Appel not No. 1 in mock draft

By making a crucial change in pitch selection, these five hurlers altered their careers

Updated: May 23, 2011, 9:38 AM ET

By Tim Kurkjian | ESPN The Magazine

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They say baseball is a game of adjustments. So when something isn't working, you have no choice but to mix things up. This group of five pitchers all made major changes to their pitching approach this season, and the results speak for themselves.

James Shields, Tampa Bay Rays
2010: 5.18 ERA, 1.46 WHIP
2011: 2.08 ERA, 0.96 WHIP

For a full breakdown of what James Shields, Justin Masterson, Philip Humber, Jonathan Papelbon and Charlie Morton are doing differently this season, become an ESPN Insider today!