There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Duensing's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 94.0 mph, against 80.5 off his changeup.
232 and 107 of them thrown.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .374 expected average against them, against .285 on his offspeed pitches.
221 of his breaking balls thrown.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Duensing is weak: 86.9 mph off the bat on average, 83rd percentile.
720 pitches in 2018. 83rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 121st in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
50.4% of the balls put in play against Duensing have gone to centre field.
58 of 115 located batted balls allowed.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Duensing averages 85.8 mph across his arsenal, 15th percentile in the league.
720 pitches in 2018. 15th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 618th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Duensing projects a .337 average, 74th percentile.
720 pitches in 2018. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 191st in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
40.4% of the contact against Duensing is on the ground and 26.9% of it is in the air.
104 tracked batted balls allowed.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
40% of the contact against Duensing with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 33.8% with the bases empty.
199 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 521 with the bases empty.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Duensing works off the plate, with only 42.8% of his pitches in the zone, 25th percentile.
720 pitches in 2018. 25th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 548th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 35.9% of the contact Duensing gives up is hit hard, 72nd percentile.
720 pitches in 2018. 72nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 206th in MLB.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Duensing's stuff spins at 2,138 rpm, 31st percentile in the league.
720 pitches in 2018. 31st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 499th in MLB.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Duensing has given up 5 tracked home runs, 2 of them to left field, the longest 409 feet.
5 tracked home runs allowed in 2018.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 88.3 mph off the bat against Duensing and left-handers 86.8.
54 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 51 from left-handers.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Duensing's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 94.0 mph, against 80.5 off his changeup.
232 and 107 of them thrown.
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 .374 expected average against them, against .285 on his offspeed pitches.
221 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Duensing is weak: 86.9 mph off the bat on average, 83rd percentile.
720 pitches in 2018. 83rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 121st in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Duensing projects a .337 average, 74th percentile.
720 pitches in 2018. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 191st in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 35.9% of the contact Duensing gives up is hit hard, 72nd percentile.
720 pitches in 2018. 72nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 206th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
50.4% of the balls put in play against Duensing have gone to centre field.
58 of 115 located batted balls allowed.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
40.4% of the contact against Duensing is on the ground and 26.9% of it is in the air.
104 tracked batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Duensing has given up 5 tracked home runs, 2 of them to left field, the longest 409 feet.
5 tracked home runs allowed in 2018.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 88.3 mph off the bat against Duensing and left-handers 86.8.
54 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 51 from left-handers.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Duensing averages 85.8 mph across his arsenal, 15th percentile in the league.
720 pitches in 2018. 15th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 618th in MLB.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
40% of the contact against Duensing with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 33.8% with the bases empty.
199 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 521 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Duensing works off the plate, with only 42.8% of his pitches in the zone, 25th percentile.
720 pitches in 2018. 25th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 548th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Duensing's stuff spins at 2,138 rpm, 31st percentile in the league.
720 pitches in 2018. 31st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 499th in MLB.
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