He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Morejon puts 42.5% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 52.6% of his pitches to left-handers.
214 pitches to right-handed hitters, 152 to left-handed hitters.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Morejon's sinker averages 99.4 mph, and has touched 101.7.
176 thrown, 48.1% of his pitches.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Morejon goes to the 4-seam fastball: 25.7% of his two-strike pitches, against 6.3% the rest of the time.
113 two-strike pitches in 2026.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Morejon averages 95.7 mph across his arsenal, 99th percentile in the league.
366 pitches in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 8th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .408 expected average against them, against .313 on his fastballs.
81 of his breaking balls thrown.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Morejon's sinker moves 15.6 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
176 thrown, averaging 99.4 mph.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Morejon's slider leaves the bat at 89.8 mph, against 82.5 off his changeup.
81 and 64 of them thrown.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Morejon lives in the strike zone: 46.7% of his pitches are in it, 85th percentile.
366 pitches in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 82nd in MLB.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Morejon's 4-seam fastball carries 14.8 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
45 thrown, averaging 99.0 mph.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Morejon throws the changeup 29% of the time against right-handers and 1.3% against left-handers.
214 pitches to right-handers, 152 to left-handers.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Morejon releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 35 degrees above horizontal and 2.3 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
366 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Morejon is weak: 84.8 mph off the bat on average, 89th percentile.
366 pitches in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 61st in MLB.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Morejon lands 50.6% of his breaking balls in the zone and only 29.7% of his offspeed pitches.
81 of his breaking balls, 64 of his offspeed pitches.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Morejon throws a strike on the first pitch 66.7% of the time.
96 plate appearances started in 2026.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 30% of the contact Morejon gives up is hit hard, 87th percentile.
366 pitches in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 72nd in MLB.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Morejon's slider spins at 2,864 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
81 thrown in 2026.
He lives on one side of the plate
Morejon works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.8 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
366 located pitches in 2026.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Morejon throws a fastball 73.6% of the time, against 63.8% when he is ahead.
87 pitches behind in the count, 116 ahead.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Morejon works with 4 pitches: Sinker, Slider, Changeup and 4-Seam Fastball. The sinker is 48.1% of everything he throws.
366 classified pitches in 2026.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Morejon throws 48.7% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 46.2% with the bases empty.
76 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 290 with the bases empty.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Morejon puts 57.5% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 44.8% when he is ahead.
87 located pitches behind, 116 ahead.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Morejon releases the ball 6.2 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
261 tracked pitches in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
10.6 mph separates Morejon's sinker from his slider, 99.4 against 88.7.
176 and 81 of them respectively.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Morejon projects a .341 average, 35th percentile.
366 pitches in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 351st in MLB.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Morejon puts 42.5% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 52.6% of his pitches to left-handers.
214 pitches to right-handed hitters, 152 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Morejon's sinker averages 99.4 mph, and has touched 101.7.
176 thrown, 48.1% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Morejon's slider leaves the bat at 89.8 mph, against 82.5 off his changeup.
81 and 64 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Morejon throws the changeup 29% of the time against right-handers and 1.3% against left-handers.
214 pitches to right-handers, 152 to left-handers.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Morejon's slider spins at 2,864 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
81 thrown in 2026.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Morejon works with 4 pitches: Sinker, Slider, Changeup and 4-Seam Fastball. The sinker is 48.1% of everything he throws.
366 classified pitches in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
10.6 mph separates Morejon's sinker from his slider, 99.4 against 88.7.
176 and 81 of them respectively.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Morejon goes to the 4-seam fastball: 25.7% of his two-strike pitches, against 6.3% the rest of the time.
113 two-strike pitches in 2026.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Morejon throws a strike on the first pitch 66.7% of the time.
96 plate appearances started in 2026.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Morejon throws a fastball 73.6% of the time, against 63.8% when he is ahead.
87 pitches behind in the count, 116 ahead.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Morejon puts 57.5% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 44.8% when he is ahead.
87 located pitches behind, 116 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Morejon averages 95.7 mph across his arsenal, 99th percentile in the league.
366 pitches in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 8th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .408 expected average against them, against .313 on his fastballs.
81 of his breaking balls thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Morejon lands 50.6% of his breaking balls in the zone and only 29.7% of his offspeed pitches.
81 of his breaking balls, 64 of his offspeed pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Morejon's sinker moves 15.6 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
176 thrown, averaging 99.4 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Morejon's 4-seam fastball carries 14.8 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
45 thrown, averaging 99.0 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Morejon lives in the strike zone: 46.7% of his pitches are in it, 85th percentile.
366 pitches in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 82nd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Morejon releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 35 degrees above horizontal and 2.3 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
366 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Morejon releases the ball 6.2 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
261 tracked pitches in 2026.
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Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Morejon is weak: 84.8 mph off the bat on average, 89th percentile.
366 pitches in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 61st in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 30% of the contact Morejon gives up is hit hard, 87th percentile.
366 pitches in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 72nd in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Morejon projects a .341 average, 35th percentile.
366 pitches in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 351st in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on one side of the plate
Morejon works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.8 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
366 located pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Morejon throws 48.7% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 46.2% with the bases empty.
76 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 290 with the bases empty.
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