When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Reyes throws a fastball 67.4% of the time, against 40.7% when he is ahead.
405 pitches behind in the count, 332 ahead.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Reyes's sinker moves 83.3 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
300 thrown, averaging 96.7 mph.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
17.2 mph separates Reyes's sinker from his curveball, 96.7 against 79.4.
300 and 107 of them respectively.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Reyes's curveball carries 20.6 inches of drop against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
107 thrown, averaging 79.4 mph.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Reyes goes to the slider: 40.7% of his two-strike pitches, against 23.4% the rest of the time.
339 two-strike pitches in 2021.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Reyes works off the plate, with only 40.7% of his pitches in the zone, 11th percentile.
1279 pitches in 2021. 11th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 717th in MLB.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Reyes's 4-seam fastball averages 96.6 mph, and has touched 99.5.
398 thrown, 31.1% of his pitches.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Reyes averages 91.7 mph across his arsenal, 86th percentile in the league.
1279 pitches in 2021. 86th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 113th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .296 expected average against them, against .225 on his offspeed pitches.
698 of his fastballs thrown.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Reyes's curveball leaves the bat at 89.0 mph, against 82.9 off his slider.
107 and 358 of them thrown.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Reyes projects a .291 average, 89th percentile.
1279 pitches in 2021. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 93rd in MLB.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Reyes lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.28 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
1279 located pitches in 2021.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Reyes throws the slider 40.3% of the time against right-handers and 16.4% against left-handers.
620 pitches to right-handers, 659 to left-handers.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Reyes's stuff spins at 2,370 rpm, 78th percentile in the league.
1279 pitches in 2021. 78th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 180th in MLB.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Reyes throws a strike on the first pitch 53.9% of the time.
323 plate appearances started in 2021.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Reyes releases the ball 6.0 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
1278 tracked pitches in 2021.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Reyes lands 46.4% of his fastballs in the zone and only 31% of his offspeed pitches.
698 of his fastballs, 116 of his offspeed pitches.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Reyes is weak: 86.3 mph off the bat on average, 80th percentile.
1279 pitches in 2021. 80th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 165th in MLB.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Reyes's curveball spins at 2,810 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
107 thrown in 2021.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
16.7% of Reyes's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
214 of 1279 located pitches.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 34.5% of the contact Reyes gives up is hit hard, 77th percentile.
1279 pitches in 2021. 77th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 185th in MLB.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Reyes releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 56 degrees above horizontal and 1.0 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
1279 tracked release points, averaging 6.0 feet off the ground.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Reyes works with 5 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider, Sinker and Changeup, and a little else. The 4-seam fastball is 31.1% of everything he throws.
1279 classified pitches in 2021.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Reyes puts 47.4% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 37.3% when he is ahead.
405 located pitches behind, 332 ahead.
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When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Reyes throws a fastball 67.4% of the time, against 40.7% when he is ahead.
405 pitches behind in the count, 332 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Reyes goes to the slider: 40.7% of his two-strike pitches, against 23.4% the rest of the time.
339 two-strike pitches in 2021.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Reyes throws a strike on the first pitch 53.9% of the time.
323 plate appearances started in 2021.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Reyes puts 47.4% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 37.3% when he is ahead.
405 located pitches behind, 332 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Reyes's sinker moves 83.3 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
300 thrown, averaging 96.7 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Reyes's curveball carries 20.6 inches of drop against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
107 thrown, averaging 79.4 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
17.2 mph separates Reyes's sinker from his curveball, 96.7 against 79.4.
300 and 107 of them respectively.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Reyes's 4-seam fastball averages 96.6 mph, and has touched 99.5.
398 thrown, 31.1% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Reyes's curveball leaves the bat at 89.0 mph, against 82.9 off his slider.
107 and 358 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Reyes throws the slider 40.3% of the time against right-handers and 16.4% against left-handers.
620 pitches to right-handers, 659 to left-handers.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Reyes's curveball spins at 2,810 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
107 thrown in 2021.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Reyes works with 5 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider, Sinker and Changeup, and a little else. The 4-seam fastball is 31.1% of everything he throws.
1279 classified pitches in 2021.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Reyes works off the plate, with only 40.7% of his pitches in the zone, 11th percentile.
1279 pitches in 2021. 11th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 717th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Reyes averages 91.7 mph across his arsenal, 86th percentile in the league.
1279 pitches in 2021. 86th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 113th 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 fastballs: a .296 expected average against them, against .225 on his offspeed pitches.
698 of his fastballs thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Reyes lands 46.4% of his fastballs in the zone and only 31% of his offspeed pitches.
698 of his fastballs, 116 of his offspeed pitches.
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The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Reyes projects a .291 average, 89th percentile.
1279 pitches in 2021. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 93rd in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Reyes is weak: 86.3 mph off the bat on average, 80th percentile.
1279 pitches in 2021. 80th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 165th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 34.5% of the contact Reyes gives up is hit hard, 77th percentile.
1279 pitches in 2021. 77th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 185th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Reyes lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.28 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
1279 located pitches in 2021.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
16.7% of Reyes's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
214 of 1279 located pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Reyes's stuff spins at 2,370 rpm, 78th percentile in the league.
1279 pitches in 2021. 78th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 180th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Reyes releases the ball 6.0 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
1278 tracked pitches in 2021.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Reyes releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 56 degrees above horizontal and 1.0 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
1279 tracked release points, averaging 6.0 feet off the ground.
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