His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Norris's cutter averages 89.7 mph, and has touched 92.5.
350 thrown, 36% of his pitches.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .460 expected average against them, against .329 on his fastballs.
72 of his breaking balls thrown.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Norris's sinker moves 92.2 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
291 thrown, averaging 94.7 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Norris's 4-seam fastball carries 17.5 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
257 thrown, averaging 94.4 mph.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Norris averages 92.0 mph across his arsenal, 88th percentile in the league.
977 pitches in 2018. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 90th in MLB.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Norris throws the sinker 43.9% of the time against left-handers and 12.3% against right-handers.
430 pitches to right-handers, 542 to left-handers.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Norris's stuff spins at 2,504 rpm, 93rd percentile in the league.
977 pitches in 2018. 93rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 49th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Norris's slider leaves the bat at 91.9 mph, against 85.3 off his sinker.
72 and 291 of them thrown.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Norris works off the plate, with only 43.1% of his pitches in the zone, 26th percentile.
977 pitches in 2018. 26th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 535th in MLB.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Norris releases the ball 6.0 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
972 tracked pitches in 2018.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Norris goes to the slider: 11.2% of his two-strike pitches, against 5.6% the rest of the time.
313 two-strike pitches in 2018.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Norris's slider spins at 2,714 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
72 thrown in 2018.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
17.4% of Norris's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
169 of 972 located pitches.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Norris throws a fastball 96.9% of the time, against 89.3% when he is ahead.
255 pitches behind in the count, 289 ahead.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 36.2% of the contact Norris gives up is hit hard, 70th percentile.
977 pitches in 2018. 70th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 218th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Norris works with 4 pitches: Cutter, Sinker, 4-Seam Fastball and Slider. The cutter is 36% of everything he throws.
972 classified pitches in 2018.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Norris lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.35 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
972 located pitches in 2018.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Norris puts 53.7% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 41.5% when he is ahead.
255 located pitches behind, 289 ahead.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Norris is weak: 87.9 mph off the bat on average, 69th percentile.
977 pitches in 2018. 69th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 226th in MLB.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Norris lands 43.9% of his fastballs in the zone and only 34.7% of his breaking balls.
898 of his fastballs, 72 of his breaking balls.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Norris releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 54 degrees above horizontal and 1.2 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
972 tracked release points, averaging 5.9 feet off the ground.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Norris projects a .342 average, 67th percentile.
977 pitches in 2018. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 238th in MLB.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
10.7 mph separates Norris's sinker from his slider, 94.7 against 84.1.
291 and 72 of them respectively.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Norris's cutter averages 89.7 mph, and has touched 92.5.
350 thrown, 36% of his pitches.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Norris throws the sinker 43.9% of the time against left-handers and 12.3% against right-handers.
430 pitches to right-handers, 542 to left-handers.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Norris's slider leaves the bat at 91.9 mph, against 85.3 off his sinker.
72 and 291 of them thrown.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Norris's slider spins at 2,714 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
72 thrown in 2018.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Norris works with 4 pitches: Cutter, Sinker, 4-Seam Fastball and Slider. The cutter is 36% of everything he throws.
972 classified pitches in 2018.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
10.7 mph separates Norris's sinker from his slider, 94.7 against 84.1.
291 and 72 of them respectively.
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 .460 expected average against them, against .329 on his fastballs.
72 of his breaking balls thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Norris lands 43.9% of his fastballs in the zone and only 34.7% of his breaking balls.
898 of his fastballs, 72 of his breaking balls.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Norris's sinker moves 92.2 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
291 thrown, averaging 94.7 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Norris's 4-seam fastball carries 17.5 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
257 thrown, averaging 94.4 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Norris averages 92.0 mph across his arsenal, 88th percentile in the league.
977 pitches in 2018. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 90th in MLB.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Norris's stuff spins at 2,504 rpm, 93rd percentile in the league.
977 pitches in 2018. 93rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 49th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Norris works off the plate, with only 43.1% of his pitches in the zone, 26th percentile.
977 pitches in 2018. 26th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 535th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Norris releases the ball 6.0 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
972 tracked pitches in 2018.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Norris releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 54 degrees above horizontal and 1.2 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
972 tracked release points, averaging 5.9 feet off the ground.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Norris goes to the slider: 11.2% of his two-strike pitches, against 5.6% the rest of the time.
313 two-strike pitches in 2018.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Norris throws a fastball 96.9% of the time, against 89.3% when he is ahead.
255 pitches behind in the count, 289 ahead.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Norris puts 53.7% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 41.5% when he is ahead.
255 located pitches behind, 289 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
17.4% of Norris's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
169 of 972 located pitches.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Norris lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.35 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
972 located pitches in 2018.
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Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 36.2% of the contact Norris gives up is hit hard, 70th percentile.
977 pitches in 2018. 70th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 218th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Norris is weak: 87.9 mph off the bat on average, 69th percentile.
977 pitches in 2018. 69th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 226th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Norris projects a .342 average, 67th percentile.
977 pitches in 2018. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 238th in MLB.
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