He cannot find the zone often enough
Granillo works off the plate, with only 36.4% of his pitches in the zone, 6th percentile.
198 pitches in 2026. 6th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 506th in MLB.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Granillo's 4-seam fastball carries 16.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
49 thrown, averaging 94.2 mph.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Granillo throws a strike on the first pitch 50% of the time.
50 plate appearances started in 2026.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Granillo throws the sinker 25.3% of the time against right-handers and 1% against left-handers.
99 pitches to right-handers, 99 to left-handers.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Granillo averages 86.9 mph across his arsenal, 17th percentile in the league.
198 pitches in 2026. 17th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 445th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Granillo works with 3 pitches: Slider, 4-Seam Fastball and Sinker. The slider is 59.6% of everything he throws.
198 classified pitches in 2026.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Granillo releases the ball from over the top, about 65 degrees above horizontal and 0.9 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
198 tracked release points, averaging 6.4 feet off the ground.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.9 mph separates Granillo's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 94.2 against 82.2.
49 and 118 of them respectively.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Granillo lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.35 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
198 located pitches in 2026.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Granillo goes to the 4-seam fastball: 28.3% of his two-strike pitches, against 23.7% the rest of the time.
46 two-strike pitches in 2026.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Granillo releases the ball 6.1 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
144 tracked pitches in 2026.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .333 expected average against them, against .301 on his fastballs.
118 of his breaking balls thrown.
He lives on one side of the plate
Granillo works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.7 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
198 located pitches in 2026.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Granillo puts 53.9% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 42.1% when he is ahead.
76 located pitches behind, 38 ahead.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Granillo's slider leaves the bat at 88.0 mph, against 85.2 off his 4-seam fastball.
118 and 49 of them thrown.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Granillo's 4-seam fastball averages 94.2 mph, and has touched 96.0.
49 thrown, 24.7% of his pitches.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Granillo is weak: 87.7 mph off the bat on average, 62nd percentile.
198 pitches in 2026. 62nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 207th in MLB.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Granillo's slider spins at 2,324 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
118 thrown in 2026.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Granillo works off the plate, with only 36.4% of his pitches in the zone, 6th percentile.
198 pitches in 2026. 6th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 506th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Granillo's 4-seam fastball carries 16.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
49 thrown, averaging 94.2 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He falls behind hitters far too often
Granillo throws a strike on the first pitch 50% of the time.
50 plate appearances started in 2026.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Granillo goes to the 4-seam fastball: 28.3% of his two-strike pitches, against 23.7% the rest of the time.
46 two-strike pitches in 2026.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Granillo puts 53.9% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 42.1% when he is ahead.
76 located pitches behind, 38 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Granillo throws the sinker 25.3% of the time against right-handers and 1% against left-handers.
99 pitches to right-handers, 99 to left-handers.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Granillo works with 3 pitches: Slider, 4-Seam Fastball and Sinker. The slider is 59.6% of everything he throws.
198 classified pitches in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.9 mph separates Granillo's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 94.2 against 82.2.
49 and 118 of them respectively.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Granillo's slider leaves the bat at 88.0 mph, against 85.2 off his 4-seam fastball.
118 and 49 of them thrown.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Granillo's 4-seam fastball averages 94.2 mph, and has touched 96.0.
49 thrown, 24.7% of his pitches.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Granillo's slider spins at 2,324 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
118 thrown in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Granillo averages 86.9 mph across his arsenal, 17th percentile in the league.
198 pitches in 2026. 17th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 445th in MLB.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Granillo releases the ball from over the top, about 65 degrees above horizontal and 0.9 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
198 tracked release points, averaging 6.4 feet off the ground.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Granillo releases the ball 6.1 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
144 tracked pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Granillo lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.35 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
198 located pitches in 2026.
He lives on one side of the plate
Granillo works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.7 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
198 located pitches in 2026.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .333 expected average against them, against .301 on his fastballs.
118 of his breaking balls thrown.
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Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Granillo is weak: 87.7 mph off the bat on average, 62nd percentile.
198 pitches in 2026. 62nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 207th in MLB.
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