This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Felipe goes to the slider: 54.5% of his two-strike pitches, against 27.8% the rest of the time.
77 two-strike pitches in 2023.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Felipe's sinker moves 102.1 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
81 thrown, averaging 94.7 mph.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Felipe throws the sinker 45.3% of the time against right-handers and 3% against left-handers.
172 pitches to right-handers, 99 to left-handers.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Felipe throws a fastball 66% of the time, against 41.2% when he is ahead.
106 pitches behind in the count, 51 ahead.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Felipe works off the plate, with only 41% of his pitches in the zone, 13th percentile.
271 pitches in 2023. 13th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 671st in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Felipe's sinker leaves the bat at 85.9 mph, against 79.3 off his slider.
81 and 96 of them thrown.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 25.8% of the contact Felipe gives up is hit hard, 98th percentile.
271 pitches in 2023. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 15th in MLB.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Felipe lands 51.6% of his fastballs in the zone and only 29.2% of his breaking balls.
155 of his fastballs, 96 of his breaking balls.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Felipe projects a .242 average, 98th percentile.
271 pitches in 2023. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 17th in MLB.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Felipe throws 37% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 42.4% with the bases empty.
73 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 198 with the bases empty.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Felipe is weak: 84.5 mph off the bat on average, 95th percentile.
271 pitches in 2023. 95th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 37th in MLB.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Felipe 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.
271 located pitches in 2023.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Felipe throws a strike on the first pitch 53.1% of the time.
64 plate appearances started in 2023.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Felipe works with 4 pitches: Slider, Sinker, 4-Seam Fastball and Changeup. The slider is 35.4% of everything he throws.
271 classified pitches in 2023.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Felipe releases the ball 6.8 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
271 tracked pitches in 2023.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Felipe's 4-seam fastball carries 10.7 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
74 thrown, averaging 95.3 mph.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Felipe averages 90.2 mph across his arsenal, 66th percentile in the league.
271 pitches in 2023. 66th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 263rd in MLB.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Felipe's sinker averages 94.7 mph, and has touched 97.8.
81 thrown, 29.9% of his pitches.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Felipe's stuff spins at 2,146 rpm, 31st percentile in the league.
271 pitches in 2023. 31st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 533rd in MLB.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
12.0 mph separates Felipe's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 95.3 against 83.4.
74 and 96 of them respectively.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .254 expected average against them, against .227 on his breaking balls.
155 of his fastballs thrown.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Felipe releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 53 degrees above horizontal and 1.1 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
271 tracked release points, averaging 5.9 feet off the ground.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Felipe puts 47.2% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 39.2% when he is ahead.
106 located pitches behind, 51 ahead.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Felipe's slider spins at 2,262 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
96 thrown in 2023.
Show more
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Felipe goes to the slider: 54.5% of his two-strike pitches, against 27.8% the rest of the time.
77 two-strike pitches in 2023.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Felipe throws a fastball 66% of the time, against 41.2% when he is ahead.
106 pitches behind in the count, 51 ahead.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Felipe throws a strike on the first pitch 53.1% of the time.
64 plate appearances started in 2023.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Felipe puts 47.2% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 39.2% when he is ahead.
106 located pitches behind, 51 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Felipe's sinker moves 102.1 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
81 thrown, averaging 94.7 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Felipe's 4-seam fastball carries 10.7 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
74 thrown, averaging 95.3 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Felipe throws the sinker 45.3% of the time against right-handers and 3% against left-handers.
172 pitches to right-handers, 99 to left-handers.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Felipe's sinker leaves the bat at 85.9 mph, against 79.3 off his slider.
81 and 96 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Felipe works with 4 pitches: Slider, Sinker, 4-Seam Fastball and Changeup. The slider is 35.4% of everything he throws.
271 classified pitches in 2023.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Felipe's sinker averages 94.7 mph, and has touched 97.8.
81 thrown, 29.9% of his pitches.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
12.0 mph separates Felipe's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 95.3 against 83.4.
74 and 96 of them respectively.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Felipe's slider spins at 2,262 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
96 thrown in 2023.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
He cannot find the zone often enough
Felipe works off the plate, with only 41% of his pitches in the zone, 13th percentile.
271 pitches in 2023. 13th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 671st in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
Take me there
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 25.8% of the contact Felipe gives up is hit hard, 98th percentile.
271 pitches in 2023. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 15th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Felipe projects a .242 average, 98th percentile.
271 pitches in 2023. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 17th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Felipe is weak: 84.5 mph off the bat on average, 95th percentile.
271 pitches in 2023. 95th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 37th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Felipe lands 51.6% of his fastballs in the zone and only 29.2% of his breaking balls.
155 of his fastballs, 96 of his breaking balls.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .254 expected average against them, against .227 on his breaking balls.
155 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
Take me there
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Felipe throws 37% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 42.4% with the bases empty.
73 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 198 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Felipe 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.
271 located pitches in 2023.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Felipe releases the ball 6.8 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
271 tracked pitches in 2023.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Felipe releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 53 degrees above horizontal and 1.1 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
271 tracked release points, averaging 5.9 feet off the ground.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Felipe averages 90.2 mph across his arsenal, 66th percentile in the league.
271 pitches in 2023. 66th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 263rd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
His ball is straighter than it should be
Felipe's stuff spins at 2,146 rpm, 31st percentile in the league.
271 pitches in 2023. 31st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 533rd in MLB.
Athletics
Career team 2023