There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Farmer's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.3 mph, against 83.1 off his slider.
240 and 407 of them thrown.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .354 expected average against them, against .274 on his breaking balls.
245 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 35.8% of the contact Farmer gives up is hit hard, 73rd percentile.
1170 pitches in 2024. 73rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 211th in MLB.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Farmer has given up 7 tracked home runs, 4 of them to centre field, the longest 442 feet.
7 tracked home runs allowed in 2024.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Farmer is weak: 87.4 mph off the bat on average, 70th percentile.
1170 pitches in 2024. 70th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 230th in MLB.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Farmer's stuff spins at 2,390 rpm, 74th percentile in the league.
1170 pitches in 2024. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 200th in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
44% of the balls put in play against Farmer have gone to centre field.
85 of 193 located batted balls allowed.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Farmer averages 87.8 mph across his arsenal, 30th percentile in the league.
1170 pitches in 2024. 30th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 541st in MLB.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Farmer works off the plate, with only 44.1% of his pitches in the zone, 32nd percentile.
1170 pitches in 2024. 32nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 523rd in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
36.1% of the contact against Farmer is on the ground and 40.3% of it is in the air.
191 tracked batted balls allowed.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 86.8 mph off the bat against Farmer and left-handers 88.3.
116 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 77 from left-handers.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Farmer's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.3 mph, against 83.1 off his slider.
240 and 407 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 offspeed pitches: a .354 expected average against them, against .274 on his breaking balls.
245 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 35.8% of the contact Farmer gives up is hit hard, 73rd percentile.
1170 pitches in 2024. 73rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 211th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Farmer is weak: 87.4 mph off the bat on average, 70th percentile.
1170 pitches in 2024. 70th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 230th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The home runs are what is undoing his season
Farmer has given up 7 tracked home runs, 4 of them to centre field, the longest 442 feet.
7 tracked home runs allowed in 2024.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
44% of the balls put in play against Farmer have gone to centre field.
85 of 193 located batted balls allowed.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
36.1% of the contact against Farmer is on the ground and 40.3% of it is in the air.
191 tracked batted balls allowed.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 86.8 mph off the bat against Farmer and left-handers 88.3.
116 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 77 from left-handers.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Farmer's stuff spins at 2,390 rpm, 74th percentile in the league.
1170 pitches in 2024. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 200th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Farmer averages 87.8 mph across his arsenal, 30th percentile in the league.
1170 pitches in 2024. 30th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 541st in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Farmer works off the plate, with only 44.1% of his pitches in the zone, 32nd percentile.
1170 pitches in 2024. 32nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 523rd in MLB.
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