This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Raley goes to the sweeper: 65.6% of his two-strike pitches, against 37.8% the rest of the time.
61 two-strike pitches in 2026.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Raley's sinker averages 89.6 mph, and has touched 91.7.
59 thrown, 24% of his pitches.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Raley's sweeper moves 17.9 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
110 thrown, averaging 80.4 mph.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Raley releases the ball from a sidearm slot, about 22 degrees above horizontal and 2.9 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
246 tracked release points, averaging 5.6 feet off the ground.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Raley averages 84.1 mph across his arsenal, 3rd percentile in the league.
246 pitches in 2026. 3rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 523rd in MLB.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Raley throws a fastball 52.2% of the time, against 20.5% when he is ahead.
67 pitches behind in the count, 73 ahead.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Raley lives in the strike zone: 48.4% of his pitches are in it, 92nd percentile.
246 pitches in 2026. 92nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 44th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Raley's sinker leaves the bat at 92.4 mph, against 77.1 off his cutter.
59 and 43 of them thrown.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Raley's stuff spins at 2,608 rpm, 96th percentile in the league.
246 pitches in 2026. 96th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 21st in MLB.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Raley's sweeper spins at 2,911 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
110 thrown in 2026.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Raley lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.24 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
246 located pitches in 2026.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Raley is weak: 85.5 mph off the bat on average, 85th percentile.
246 pitches in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 81st in MLB.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Raley releases the ball 5.8 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
171 tracked pitches in 2026.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 32.5% of the contact Raley gives up is hit hard, 81st percentile.
246 pitches in 2026. 81st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 103rd in MLB.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Raley throws the sinker 37% of the time against left-handers and 17.6% against right-handers.
165 pitches to right-handers, 81 to left-handers.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Raley throws a strike on the first pitch 64.6% of the time.
65 plate appearances started in 2026.
He leaves too much of it over the heart of the plate
22.8% of Raley's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, the part of the plate hitters do their damage on.
56 of 246 located pitches.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Raley works with 4 pitches: Sweeper, Sinker, Cutter and Changeup. The sweeper is 44.7% of everything he throws.
246 classified pitches in 2026.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .373 expected average against them, against .348 on his fastballs.
110 of his breaking balls thrown.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Raley puts 52.2% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 41.1% when he is ahead.
67 located pitches behind, 73 ahead.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Raley projects a .338 average, 38th percentile.
246 pitches in 2026. 38th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 336th in MLB.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
9.2 mph separates Raley's sinker from his sweeper, 89.6 against 80.4.
59 and 110 of them respectively.
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This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Raley goes to the sweeper: 65.6% of his two-strike pitches, against 37.8% the rest of the time.
61 two-strike pitches in 2026.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Raley throws a fastball 52.2% of the time, against 20.5% when he is ahead.
67 pitches behind in the count, 73 ahead.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Raley throws a strike on the first pitch 64.6% of the time.
65 plate appearances started in 2026.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Raley puts 52.2% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 41.1% when he is ahead.
67 located pitches behind, 73 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Raley's sinker averages 89.6 mph, and has touched 91.7.
59 thrown, 24% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Raley's sinker leaves the bat at 92.4 mph, against 77.1 off his cutter.
59 and 43 of them thrown.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Raley's sweeper spins at 2,911 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
110 thrown in 2026.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Raley throws the sinker 37% of the time against left-handers and 17.6% against right-handers.
165 pitches to right-handers, 81 to left-handers.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Raley works with 4 pitches: Sweeper, Sinker, Cutter and Changeup. The sweeper is 44.7% of everything he throws.
246 classified pitches in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
9.2 mph separates Raley's sinker from his sweeper, 89.6 against 80.4.
59 and 110 of them respectively.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Raley's sweeper moves 17.9 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
110 thrown, averaging 80.4 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Raley releases the ball from a sidearm slot, about 22 degrees above horizontal and 2.9 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
246 tracked release points, averaging 5.6 feet off the ground.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Raley releases the ball 5.8 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
171 tracked pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Raley averages 84.1 mph across his arsenal, 3rd percentile in the league.
246 pitches in 2026. 3rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 523rd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Raley lives in the strike zone: 48.4% of his pitches are in it, 92nd percentile.
246 pitches in 2026. 92nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 44th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Raley's stuff spins at 2,608 rpm, 96th percentile in the league.
246 pitches in 2026. 96th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 21st in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Raley lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.24 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
246 located pitches in 2026.
He leaves too much of it over the heart of the plate
22.8% of Raley's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, the part of the plate hitters do their damage on.
56 of 246 located pitches.
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Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Raley is weak: 85.5 mph off the bat on average, 85th percentile.
246 pitches in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 81st in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 32.5% of the contact Raley gives up is hit hard, 81st percentile.
246 pitches in 2026. 81st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 103rd in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Raley projects a .338 average, 38th percentile.
246 pitches in 2026. 38th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 336th 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 breaking balls: a .373 expected average against them, against .348 on his fastballs.
110 of his breaking balls thrown.
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