The home runs are what is undoing his season
Johnson has given up 6 tracked home runs, 5 of them to left field, the longest 423 feet.
6 tracked home runs allowed in 2019.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
50% of the contact against Johnson with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 35.9% with the bases empty.
191 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 581 with the bases empty.
Both sides hit him about the same
43.2% of the contact right-handers make against Johnson is hit hard, against 32.5% of what left-handers make.
531 pitches to right-handed hitters, 241 to left-handed hitters.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Johnson averages 81.0 mph across his arsenal, 2nd percentile in the league.
772 pitches in 2019. 2nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 734th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Johnson projects a .339 average, 77th percentile.
772 pitches in 2019. 77th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 170th in MLB.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Johnson's stuff spins at 2,503 rpm, 90th percentile in the league.
772 pitches in 2019. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 73rd in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Johnson's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.0 mph, against 87.7 off his curveball.
282 and 267 of them thrown.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .346 expected average against them, against .311 on his fastballs.
473 of his breaking balls thrown.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Johnson works off the plate, with only 42.4% of his pitches in the zone, 34th percentile.
772 pitches in 2019. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 494th in MLB.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 88.4 mph off the bat against Johnson and left-handers 89.9.
88 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 40 from left-handers.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
41% of the balls put in play against Johnson have gone to centre field.
57 of 139 located batted balls allowed.
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The home runs are what is undoing his season
Johnson has given up 6 tracked home runs, 5 of them to left field, the longest 423 feet.
6 tracked home runs allowed in 2019.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 88.4 mph off the bat against Johnson and left-handers 89.9.
88 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 40 from left-handers.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
41% of the balls put in play against Johnson have gone to centre field.
57 of 139 located batted balls allowed.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
50% of the contact against Johnson with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 35.9% with the bases empty.
191 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 581 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Both sides hit him about the same
43.2% of the contact right-handers make against Johnson is hit hard, against 32.5% of what left-handers make.
531 pitches to right-handed hitters, 241 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Johnson averages 81.0 mph across his arsenal, 2nd percentile in the league.
772 pitches in 2019. 2nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 734th in MLB.
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The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Johnson projects a .339 average, 77th percentile.
772 pitches in 2019. 77th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 170th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Johnson's stuff spins at 2,503 rpm, 90th percentile in the league.
772 pitches in 2019. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 73rd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Johnson's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.0 mph, against 87.7 off his curveball.
282 and 267 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 .346 expected average against them, against .311 on his fastballs.
473 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
He cannot find the zone often enough
Johnson works off the plate, with only 42.4% of his pitches in the zone, 34th percentile.
772 pitches in 2019. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 494th in MLB.
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