His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Ober's 4-seam fastball averages 88.6 mph, and has touched 90.6.
250 thrown, 32.2% of his pitches.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Ober's changeup moves 19.4 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
281 thrown, averaging 83.0 mph.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Ober averages 84.0 mph across his arsenal, 2nd percentile in the league.
776 pitches in 2026. 2nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 525th in MLB.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Ober's 4-seam fastball carries 16.8 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
250 thrown, averaging 88.6 mph.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Ober's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.5 mph, against 78.9 off his sweeper.
250 and 83 of them thrown.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Ober throws a fastball 43.5% of the time, against 24.6% when he is ahead.
214 pitches behind in the count, 228 ahead.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Ober releases the ball 7.1 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
569 tracked pitches in 2026.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Ober goes to the changeup: 44.4% of his two-strike pitches, against 33.1% the rest of the time.
214 two-strike pitches in 2026.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Ober projects a .277 average, 88th percentile.
776 pitches in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 66th in MLB.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Ober lives in the strike zone: 45.1% of his pitches are in it, 74th percentile.
776 pitches in 2026. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 142nd in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 30.1% of the contact Ober gives up is hit hard, 86th percentile.
776 pitches in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 76th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Ober works with 4 pitches: Changeup, 4-Seam Fastball, Slider and Sweeper. The changeup is 36.2% of everything he throws.
776 classified pitches in 2026.
His velocity drains away as the outing goes on
Ober's fastball averages 89.0 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 88.1 past his 75th.
83 early fastballs, 44 late ones.
He leaves too much of it over the heart of the plate
23.1% of Ober's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, the part of the plate hitters do their damage on.
179 of 774 located pitches.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Ober puts 58.9% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 40.3% when he is ahead.
214 located pitches behind, 226 ahead.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .298 expected average against them, against .260 on his fastballs.
220 of his breaking balls thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Ober throws the sweeper 19.6% of the time against right-handers and 2.7% against left-handers.
367 pitches to right-handers, 409 to left-handers.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Ober is weak: 86.1 mph off the bat on average, 80th percentile.
776 pitches in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 108th in MLB.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Ober releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 41 degrees above horizontal and 1.3 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
774 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.9 mph separates Ober's 4-seam fastball from his sweeper, 88.6 against 76.7.
250 and 83 of them respectively.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Ober's stuff spins at 2,179 rpm, 33rd percentile in the league.
776 pitches in 2026. 33rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 360th in MLB.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Ober throws a strike on the first pitch 62.9% of the time.
210 plate appearances started in 2026.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Ober's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,314 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
250 thrown in 2026.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Ober has thrown 25 sinkers this season, 3.2% of his pitches, at 88.9 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
776 classified pitches in 2026.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Ober's 4-seam fastball averages 88.6 mph, and has touched 90.6.
250 thrown, 32.2% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Ober's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.5 mph, against 78.9 off his sweeper.
250 and 83 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Ober works with 4 pitches: Changeup, 4-Seam Fastball, Slider and Sweeper. The changeup is 36.2% of everything he throws.
776 classified pitches in 2026.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Ober throws the sweeper 19.6% of the time against right-handers and 2.7% against left-handers.
367 pitches to right-handers, 409 to left-handers.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.9 mph separates Ober's 4-seam fastball from his sweeper, 88.6 against 76.7.
250 and 83 of them respectively.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Ober's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,314 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
250 thrown in 2026.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Ober has thrown 25 sinkers this season, 3.2% of his pitches, at 88.9 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
776 classified pitches in 2026.
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The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Ober's changeup moves 19.4 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
281 thrown, averaging 83.0 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Ober's 4-seam fastball carries 16.8 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
250 thrown, averaging 88.6 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Ober averages 84.0 mph across his arsenal, 2nd percentile in the league.
776 pitches in 2026. 2nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 525th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Ober throws a fastball 43.5% of the time, against 24.6% when he is ahead.
214 pitches behind in the count, 228 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Ober goes to the changeup: 44.4% of his two-strike pitches, against 33.1% the rest of the time.
214 two-strike pitches in 2026.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Ober puts 58.9% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 40.3% when he is ahead.
214 located pitches behind, 226 ahead.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Ober throws a strike on the first pitch 62.9% of the time.
210 plate appearances started in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Ober releases the ball 7.1 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
569 tracked pitches in 2026.
His velocity drains away as the outing goes on
Ober's fastball averages 89.0 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 88.1 past his 75th.
83 early fastballs, 44 late ones.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Ober releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 41 degrees above horizontal and 1.3 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
774 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
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The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Ober projects a .277 average, 88th percentile.
776 pitches in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 66th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 30.1% of the contact Ober gives up is hit hard, 86th percentile.
776 pitches in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 76th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Ober is weak: 86.1 mph off the bat on average, 80th percentile.
776 pitches in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 108th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Ober lives in the strike zone: 45.1% of his pitches are in it, 74th percentile.
776 pitches in 2026. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 142nd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He leaves too much of it over the heart of the plate
23.1% of Ober's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, the part of the plate hitters do their damage on.
179 of 774 located pitches.
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 .298 expected average against them, against .260 on his fastballs.
220 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Ober's stuff spins at 2,179 rpm, 33rd percentile in the league.
776 pitches in 2026. 33rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 360th in MLB.
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