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Ben Joyce

Angels
Number #44
Position RP
Bats R
Throws R
Age 26
Height 6' 5"
Weight 225 lbs
Birth Place Knoxville, TN
Born Sep 17, 2000

Key Insights

2026
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Joyce's 4-seam fastball averages 100.9 mph, and has touched 104.5.

176 thrown, 68% of his pitches.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Joyce releases the ball from a sidearm slot, about 19 degrees above horizontal and 1.5 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.

259 tracked release points, averaging 5.0 feet off the ground.
He falls behind hitters far too often

Joyce throws a strike on the first pitch 45.9% of the time.

61 plate appearances started in 2026.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Joyce's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 88.7 mph, against 74.3 off his sinker.

176 and 60 of them thrown.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see

Joyce's 4-seam fastball carries 14.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

176 thrown, averaging 100.9 mph.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming

Behind in the count Joyce throws a fastball 97.8% of the time, against 79.7% when he is ahead.

92 pitches behind in the count, 64 ahead.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 17, 2000
Birth Place Knoxville, TN
Height 6' 5"
Weight 225 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R
College/Draft Tennessee