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Arquimedes Caminero

Pirates Career team 2015–2016
Number #48
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 39
Height 6' 4"
Weight 250 lbs
Birth Place Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Born Jun 16, 1987

Key Insights

2016
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Caminero's 4-seam fastball averages 98.1 mph, and has touched 102.0.

455 thrown, 41.3% of his pitches.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .388 expected average against them, against .188 on his offspeed pitches.

747 of his fastballs thrown.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league

Caminero averages 95.7 mph across his arsenal, 100th percentile in the league.

1102 pitches in 2016. 100th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 3rd in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Caminero's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 89.8 mph, against 83.6 off his splitter.

455 and 112 of them thrown.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming

Behind in the count Caminero throws a fastball 73.6% of the time, against 57.4% when he is ahead.

337 pitches behind in the count, 270 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Caminero goes to the splitter: 17.8% of his two-strike pitches, against 7.5% the rest of the time.

286 two-strike pitches in 2016.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Jun 16, 1987
Birth Place Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Height 6' 4"
Weight 250 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right