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Brandon Gomes

Rays Career team 2011–2015
Number #48
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 42
Height 5' 11"
Weight 195 lbs
Birth Place Fall River, MA
Born Jul 15, 1984

Key Insights

2015
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming

Behind in the count Gomes throws a fastball 59.6% of the time, against 32.4% when he is ahead.

235 pitches behind in the count, 287 ahead.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Gomes throws the slider 54% of the time against right-handers and 1.8% against left-handers.

511 pitches to right-handers, 435 to left-handers.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .381 expected average against them, against .294 on his breaking balls.

208 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Gomes goes to the splitter: 33.7% of his two-strike pitches, against 16.8% the rest of the time.

291 two-strike pitches in 2015.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him

Gomes averages 84.9 mph across his arsenal, 13th percentile in the league.

946 pitches in 2015. 13th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 595th in MLB.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Gomes's 4-seam fastball averages 90.8 mph, and has touched 93.1.

248 thrown, 26.2% of his pitches.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 15, 1984
Birth Place Fall River, MA
Height 5' 11"
Weight 195 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Tulane