His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Ober's 4-seam fastball averages 88.0 mph, and has touched 90.6.
658 thrown, 31.3% of his pitches.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Ober's changeup moves 18.4 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
696 thrown, averaging 82.6 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.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Ober's sinker leaves the bat at 91.9 mph, against 83.2 off his sweeper.
68 and 265 of them thrown.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Ober's 4-seam fastball carries 15.7 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
658 thrown, averaging 88.0 mph.
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.
1892 tracked pitches in 2026.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Ober puts 62.4% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 39.9% when he is ahead.
583 located pitches behind, 599 ahead.
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 works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Ober lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.25 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
2097 located pitches in 2026.
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.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Ober goes to the sweeper: 18.8% of his two-strike pitches, against 10.1% the rest of the time.
600 two-strike pitches in 2026.
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 velocity drains away as the outing goes on
Ober's fastball averages 88.6 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 87.5 past his 75th.
230 early fastballs, 110 late ones.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Ober works with 4 pitches: Changeup, 4-Seam Fastball, Slider and Sweeper. The changeup is 33.2% of everything he throws.
2099 classified pitches in 2026.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Ober throws a fastball 40.7% of the time, against 28.3% when he is ahead.
583 pitches behind in the count, 601 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 changeup 40.4% of the time against left-handers and 23.3% against right-handers.
885 pitches to right-handers, 1214 to left-handers.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Ober releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 40 degrees above horizontal and 1.3 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
2097 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
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 gap between his pitches is what makes them work
12.7 mph separates Ober's sinker from his sweeper, 88.7 against 76.0.
68 and 265 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.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Ober has thrown 68 sinkers this season, 3.2% of his pitches, at 88.7 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
2099 classified pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Ober's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,242 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
658 thrown in 2026.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Ober's 4-seam fastball averages 88.0 mph, and has touched 90.6.
658 thrown, 31.3% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Ober's sinker leaves the bat at 91.9 mph, against 83.2 off his sweeper.
68 and 265 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 33.2% of everything he throws.
2099 classified pitches in 2026.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Ober throws the changeup 40.4% of the time against left-handers and 23.3% against right-handers.
885 pitches to right-handers, 1214 to left-handers.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
12.7 mph separates Ober's sinker from his sweeper, 88.7 against 76.0.
68 and 265 of them respectively.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Ober has thrown 68 sinkers this season, 3.2% of his pitches, at 88.7 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
2099 classified pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Ober's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,242 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
658 thrown 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 18.4 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
696 thrown, averaging 82.6 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Ober's 4-seam fastball carries 15.7 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
658 thrown, averaging 88.0 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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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.
1892 tracked pitches in 2026.
His velocity drains away as the outing goes on
Ober's fastball averages 88.6 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 87.5 past his 75th.
230 early fastballs, 110 late ones.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Ober releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 40 degrees above horizontal and 1.3 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
2097 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Ober puts 62.4% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 39.9% when he is ahead.
583 located pitches behind, 599 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Ober goes to the sweeper: 18.8% of his two-strike pitches, against 10.1% the rest of the time.
600 two-strike pitches in 2026.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Ober throws a fastball 40.7% of the time, against 28.3% when he is ahead.
583 pitches behind in the count, 601 ahead.
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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 works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Ober lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.25 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
2097 located pitches in 2026.
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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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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