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Angel Zerpa

Royals Career team 2021–2025
Number #61
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 26
Height 6' 0"
Weight 220 lbs
Birth Place Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela
Born Sep 27, 1999

Key Insights

2026
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

61% of the contact against Zerpa is on the ground and 19.5% of it is in the air.

41 tracked batted balls allowed.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass

The quality of contact against Zerpa projects a .387 average, 7th percentile.

216 pitches in 2026. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 499th in MLB.
Too much of the contact against him is loud

51.2% of the contact Zerpa gives up is hit hard, 8th percentile.

216 pitches in 2026. 8th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 493rd in MLB.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him

Right-handed hitters average 93.8 mph off the bat against Zerpa and left-handers 86.0.

25 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 16 from left-handers.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him

Zerpa lives in the strike zone: 50.9% of his pitches are in it, 96th percentile.

216 pitches in 2026. 96th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 21st in MLB.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league

Zerpa averages 93.5 mph across his arsenal, 93rd percentile in the league.

216 pitches in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 39th in MLB.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 27, 1999
Birth Place Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela
Height 6' 0"
Weight 220 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left