This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Winans goes to the changeup: 49% of his two-strike pitches, against 25.8% the rest of the time.
51 two-strike pitches in 2025.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Winans's sinker averages 89.9 mph, and has touched 91.1.
53 thrown, 31% of his pitches.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Winans's sinker moves 121.3 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
53 thrown, averaging 89.9 mph.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Winans averages 85.2 mph across his arsenal, 7th percentile in the league.
171 pitches in 2025. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 723rd in MLB.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Winans lands 61.5% of his fastballs in the zone and only 35.7% of his offspeed pitches.
78 of his fastballs, 56 of his offspeed pitches.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Winans lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.11 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
171 located pitches in 2025.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Winans throws the sinker 45.2% of the time against right-handers and 17.2% against left-handers.
84 pitches to right-handers, 87 to left-handers.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
57.1% of the contact Winans gives up is hit hard, 2nd percentile.
171 pitches in 2025. 2nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 763rd in MLB.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Winans releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 35 degrees above horizontal and 1.8 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
171 tracked release points, averaging 5.5 feet off the ground.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Winans throws a strike on the first pitch 67.4% of the time.
46 plate appearances started in 2025.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Winans works with 4 pitches: Changeup, Sinker, Sweeper and 4-Seam Fastball. The changeup is 32.7% of everything he throws.
171 classified pitches in 2025.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Winans releases the ball 6.8 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
171 tracked pitches in 2025.
He lives on one side of the plate
Winans works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.2 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
171 located pitches in 2025.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Winans puts 55.6% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 43.1% when he is ahead.
36 located pitches behind, 58 ahead.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Winans projects a .350 average, 29th percentile.
171 pitches in 2025. 29th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 554th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Winans's changeup leaves the bat at 93.6 mph, against 91.4 off his sinker.
56 and 53 of them thrown.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18.7% of Winans's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
32 of 171 located pitches.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.6 mph off the bat against Winans, 35th percentile.
171 pitches in 2025. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 511th in MLB.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
7.1 mph separates Winans's sinker from his changeup, 89.9 against 82.8.
53 and 56 of them respectively.
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This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Winans goes to the changeup: 49% of his two-strike pitches, against 25.8% the rest of the time.
51 two-strike pitches in 2025.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Winans throws a strike on the first pitch 67.4% of the time.
46 plate appearances started in 2025.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Winans puts 55.6% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 43.1% when he is ahead.
36 located pitches behind, 58 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Winans's sinker averages 89.9 mph, and has touched 91.1.
53 thrown, 31% of his pitches.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Winans throws the sinker 45.2% of the time against right-handers and 17.2% against left-handers.
84 pitches to right-handers, 87 to left-handers.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Winans works with 4 pitches: Changeup, Sinker, Sweeper and 4-Seam Fastball. The changeup is 32.7% of everything he throws.
171 classified pitches in 2025.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Winans's changeup leaves the bat at 93.6 mph, against 91.4 off his sinker.
56 and 53 of them thrown.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
7.1 mph separates Winans's sinker from his changeup, 89.9 against 82.8.
53 and 56 of them respectively.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Winans's sinker moves 121.3 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
53 thrown, averaging 89.9 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Winans averages 85.2 mph across his arsenal, 7th percentile in the league.
171 pitches in 2025. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 723rd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Winans lands 61.5% of his fastballs in the zone and only 35.7% of his offspeed pitches.
78 of his fastballs, 56 of his offspeed pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Winans lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.11 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
171 located pitches in 2025.
He lives on one side of the plate
Winans works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.2 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
171 located pitches in 2025.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18.7% of Winans's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
32 of 171 located pitches.
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Too much of the contact against him is loud
57.1% of the contact Winans gives up is hit hard, 2nd percentile.
171 pitches in 2025. 2nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 763rd in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Winans projects a .350 average, 29th percentile.
171 pitches in 2025. 29th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 554th in MLB.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.6 mph off the bat against Winans, 35th percentile.
171 pitches in 2025. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 511th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Winans releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 35 degrees above horizontal and 1.8 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
171 tracked release points, averaging 5.5 feet off the ground.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Winans releases the ball 6.8 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
171 tracked pitches in 2025.
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