Both sides hit him about the same
31% of the contact right-handers make against Brown is hit hard, against 48.6% of what left-handers make.
345 pitches to right-handed hitters, 224 to left-handed hitters.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .389 expected average against them, against .275 on his offspeed pitches.
73 of his breaking balls thrown.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
59.1% of the balls put in play against Brown have gone to centre field.
65 of 110 located batted balls allowed.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Brown's sinker leaves the bat at 90.3 mph, against 80.9 off his slider.
305 and 59 of them thrown.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Brown projects a .317 average, 90th percentile.
569 pitches in 2015. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 70th in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
54.3% of the contact against Brown is on the ground and 25.5% of it is in the air.
94 tracked batted balls allowed.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .291 average against Brown and left-handers to .358.
345 pitches to right-handed hitters, 224 to left-handed hitters.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Brown is weak: 88.1 mph off the bat on average, 65th percentile.
569 pitches in 2015. 65th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 240th in MLB.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 87.1 mph off the bat against Brown and left-handers 89.7.
58 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 37 from left-handers.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Brown averages 89.7 mph across his arsenal, 69th percentile in the league.
569 pitches in 2015. 69th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 211th in MLB.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Brown's stuff spins at 1,611 rpm, 35th percentile in the league.
569 pitches in 2015. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 442nd in MLB.
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Both sides hit him about the same
31% of the contact right-handers make against Brown is hit hard, against 48.6% of what left-handers make.
345 pitches to right-handed hitters, 224 to left-handed hitters.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .291 average against Brown and left-handers to .358.
345 pitches to right-handed hitters, 224 to left-handed hitters.
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 .389 expected average against them, against .275 on his offspeed pitches.
73 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
59.1% of the balls put in play against Brown have gone to centre field.
65 of 110 located batted balls allowed.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
54.3% of the contact against Brown is on the ground and 25.5% of it is in the air.
94 tracked batted balls allowed.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 87.1 mph off the bat against Brown and left-handers 89.7.
58 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 37 from left-handers.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Brown's sinker leaves the bat at 90.3 mph, against 80.9 off his slider.
305 and 59 of them thrown.
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The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Brown projects a .317 average, 90th percentile.
569 pitches in 2015. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 70th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Brown is weak: 88.1 mph off the bat on average, 65th percentile.
569 pitches in 2015. 65th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 240th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Brown averages 89.7 mph across his arsenal, 69th percentile in the league.
569 pitches in 2015. 69th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 211th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Brown's stuff spins at 1,611 rpm, 35th percentile in the league.
569 pitches in 2015. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 442nd in MLB.
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