Runners on base do not change how he is hit
24% of the contact against Painter with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41.4% with the bases empty.
168 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 515 with the bases empty.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Painter's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.1 mph, against 71.5 off his sweeper.
254 and 72 of them thrown.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Painter projects a .350 average, 28th percentile.
683 pitches in 2026. 28th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 388th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .359 expected average against them, against .306 on his offspeed pitches.
268 of his breaking balls thrown.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Painter has given up 7 tracked home runs, 4 of them to left field, the longest 424 feet.
7 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Painter works off the plate, with only 40% of his pitches in the zone, 22nd percentile.
683 pitches in 2026. 22nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 420th in MLB.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .368 average against Painter and left-handers to .339.
290 pitches to right-handed hitters, 393 to left-handed hitters.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
42.7% of the balls put in play against Painter have gone to centre field.
53 of 124 located batted balls allowed.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Painter averages 90.7 mph across his arsenal, 66th percentile in the league.
683 pitches in 2026. 66th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 185th in MLB.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
24% of the contact against Painter with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41.4% with the bases empty.
168 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 515 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Painter's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.1 mph, against 71.5 off his sweeper.
254 and 72 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Painter projects a .350 average, 28th percentile.
683 pitches in 2026. 28th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 388th 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 .359 expected average against them, against .306 on his offspeed pitches.
268 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The home runs are what is undoing his season
Painter has given up 7 tracked home runs, 4 of them to left field, the longest 424 feet.
7 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
42.7% of the balls put in play against Painter have gone to centre field.
53 of 124 located batted balls allowed.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Painter works off the plate, with only 40% of his pitches in the zone, 22nd percentile.
683 pitches in 2026. 22nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 420th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .368 average against Painter and left-handers to .339.
290 pitches to right-handed hitters, 393 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Painter averages 90.7 mph across his arsenal, 66th percentile in the league.
683 pitches in 2026. 66th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 185th in MLB.
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