His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Ellington's 4-seam fastball averages 98.2 mph, and has touched 101.0.
591 thrown, 63.6% of his pitches.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Ellington throws a fastball 95.2% of the time, against 52.6% when he is ahead.
291 pitches behind in the count, 234 ahead.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Ellington's sinker moves 45.8 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
111 thrown, averaging 98.8 mph.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Ellington averages 95.8 mph across his arsenal, 100th percentile in the league.
930 pitches in 2017. 100th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 2nd in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .368 expected average against them, against .266 on his breaking balls.
84 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Ellington puts 46.6% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 39% of his pitches to left-handers.
444 pitches to right-handed hitters, 486 to left-handed hitters.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Ellington releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 26 degrees above horizontal and 2.6 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
929 tracked release points, averaging 5.6 feet off the ground.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Ellington's 4-seam fastball carries 17.5 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
591 thrown, averaging 98.2 mph.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Ellington's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.5 mph, against 77.6 off his changeup.
591 and 84 of them thrown.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Ellington's stuff spins at 2,489 rpm, 94th percentile in the league.
930 pitches in 2017. 94th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 44th in MLB.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Ellington lands 47.3% of his fastballs in the zone and only 25% of his offspeed pitches.
702 of his fastballs, 84 of his offspeed pitches.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Ellington works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Curveball, Sinker and Changeup. The 4-seam fastball is 63.6% of everything he throws.
929 classified pitches in 2017.
He lives on one side of the plate
Ellington works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 3.0 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
929 located pitches in 2017.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Ellington throws the curveball 27.7% of the time against right-handers and 3.9% against left-handers.
444 pitches to right-handers, 485 to left-handers.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Ellington throws a strike on the first pitch 55% of the time.
220 plate appearances started in 2017.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Ellington projects a .338 average, 77th percentile.
930 pitches in 2017. 77th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 160th in MLB.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Ellington releases the ball 6.0 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
929 tracked pitches in 2017.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
16.6% of Ellington's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
154 of 929 located pitches.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Ellington puts 50.9% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 34.5% when he is ahead.
291 located pitches behind, 235 ahead.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Ellington works off the plate, with only 42.6% of his pitches in the zone, 34th percentile.
930 pitches in 2017. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 468th in MLB.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Ellington's curveball spins at 2,663 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
142 thrown in 2017.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Ellington goes to the changeup: 12.9% of his two-strike pitches, against 7.3% the rest of the time.
286 two-strike pitches in 2017.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Ellington lives up in the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.65 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
929 located pitches in 2017.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 88.4 mph off the bat against Ellington, 34th percentile.
930 pitches in 2017. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 463rd in MLB.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.3 mph separates Ellington's sinker from his curveball, 98.8 against 87.5.
111 and 142 of them respectively.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Ellington's 4-seam fastball averages 98.2 mph, and has touched 101.0.
591 thrown, 63.6% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Ellington's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.5 mph, against 77.6 off his changeup.
591 and 84 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Ellington works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Curveball, Sinker and Changeup. The 4-seam fastball is 63.6% of everything he throws.
929 classified pitches in 2017.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Ellington throws the curveball 27.7% of the time against right-handers and 3.9% against left-handers.
444 pitches to right-handers, 485 to left-handers.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Ellington's curveball spins at 2,663 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
142 thrown in 2017.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.3 mph separates Ellington's sinker from his curveball, 98.8 against 87.5.
111 and 142 of them respectively.
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 Ellington throws a fastball 95.2% of the time, against 52.6% when he is ahead.
291 pitches behind in the count, 234 ahead.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Ellington throws a strike on the first pitch 55% of the time.
220 plate appearances started in 2017.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Ellington puts 50.9% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 34.5% when he is ahead.
291 located pitches behind, 235 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Ellington goes to the changeup: 12.9% of his two-strike pitches, against 7.3% the rest of the time.
286 two-strike pitches in 2017.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Ellington's sinker moves 45.8 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
111 thrown, averaging 98.8 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Ellington's 4-seam fastball carries 17.5 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
591 thrown, averaging 98.2 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Ellington averages 95.8 mph across his arsenal, 100th percentile in the league.
930 pitches in 2017. 100th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 2nd 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 offspeed pitches: a .368 expected average against them, against .266 on his breaking balls.
84 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Ellington lands 47.3% of his fastballs in the zone and only 25% of his offspeed pitches.
702 of his fastballs, 84 of his offspeed pitches.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Ellington puts 46.6% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 39% of his pitches to left-handers.
444 pitches to right-handed hitters, 486 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Ellington releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 26 degrees above horizontal and 2.6 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
929 tracked release points, averaging 5.6 feet off the ground.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Ellington releases the ball 6.0 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
929 tracked pitches in 2017.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Ellington's stuff spins at 2,489 rpm, 94th percentile in the league.
930 pitches in 2017. 94th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 44th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on one side of the plate
Ellington works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 3.0 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
929 located pitches in 2017.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
16.6% of Ellington's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
154 of 929 located pitches.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Ellington lives up in the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.65 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
929 located pitches in 2017.
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The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Ellington projects a .338 average, 77th percentile.
930 pitches in 2017. 77th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 160th in MLB.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 88.4 mph off the bat against Ellington, 34th percentile.
930 pitches in 2017. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 463rd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Ellington works off the plate, with only 42.6% of his pitches in the zone, 34th percentile.
930 pitches in 2017. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 468th in MLB.
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Career team 2015–2017