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Brian Van Belle

Rays Career team 2025
Number #77
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 30
Height 6' 3"
Weight 185 lbs
Birth Place Pembroke Pines, FL
Born Sep 3, 1996

Key Insights

2025
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's

Van Belle's changeup moves 101.5 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

56 thrown, averaging 84.3 mph.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count

Van Belle puts 70% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 38.5% when he is ahead.

30 located pitches behind, 39 ahead.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Van Belle releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 30 degrees above horizontal and 1.6 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.

129 tracked release points, averaging 5.3 feet off the ground.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest

Van Belle lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.16 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

129 located pitches in 2025.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Van Belle throws the sweeper 21.9% of the time against right-handers and 7.7% against left-handers.

64 pitches to right-handers, 65 to left-handers.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle

15.5% of Van Belle's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.

20 of 129 located pitches.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 3, 1996
Birth Place Pembroke Pines, FL
Height 6' 3"
Weight 185 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Miami