His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Schlittler's 4-seam fastball averages 98.0 mph, and has touched 101.3.
1306 thrown, 42.9% of his pitches.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Schlittler averages 95.6 mph across his arsenal, 99th percentile in the league.
895 pitches in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 9th in MLB.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Schlittler's 4-seam fastball carries 16.5 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
1306 thrown, averaging 98.0 mph.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .381 expected average against them, against .300 on his fastballs.
82 of his breaking balls thrown.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Schlittler lives in the strike zone: 46.7% of his pitches are in it, 85th percentile.
895 pitches in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 83rd in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Schlittler's curveball leaves the bat at 92.1 mph, against 86.1 off his cutter.
296 and 794 of them thrown.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Schlittler puts 63.9% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 42% when he is ahead.
754 located pitches behind, 947 ahead.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Schlittler throws 51.6% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 46.1% with the bases empty.
91 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 804 with the bases empty.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Schlittler's sinker moves 13.3 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
618 thrown, averaging 97.9 mph.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Schlittler lands 48.5% of his fastballs in the zone and only 29.3% of his breaking balls.
813 of his fastballs, 82 of his breaking balls.
His velocity drains away as the outing goes on
Schlittler's fastball averages 97.5 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 96.6 past his 75th.
765 early fastballs, 548 late ones.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Schlittler throws a fastball 95.6% of the time, against 83% when he is ahead.
754 pitches behind in the count, 947 ahead.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Schlittler lives up in the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.71 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
3041 located pitches in 2026.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Schlittler's stuff spins at 2,425 rpm, 80th percentile in the league.
895 pitches in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 107th in MLB.
He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Schlittler puts 49% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 45.4% of his pitches to left-handers.
335 pitches to right-handed hitters, 560 to left-handed hitters.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Schlittler works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Cutter, Sinker and Curveball. The 4-seam fastball is 42.9% of everything he throws.
3041 classified pitches in 2026.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Schlittler releases the ball 6.8 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
2770 tracked pitches in 2026.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Schlittler throws the sinker 30.5% of the time against right-handers and 14% against left-handers.
1163 pitches to right-handers, 1878 to left-handers.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Schlittler releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 42 degrees above horizontal and 1.6 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
3041 tracked release points, averaging 6.0 feet off the ground.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Schlittler goes to the 4-seam fastball: 46.1% of his two-strike pitches, against 41.4% the rest of the time.
978 two-strike pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Schlittler's cutter spins at 2,591 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
794 thrown in 2026.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Schlittler projects a .308 average, 67th percentile.
895 pitches in 2026. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 179th in MLB.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
21.8% of Schlittler's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
662 of 3041 located pitches.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.8 mph separates Schlittler's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 98.0 against 86.2.
1306 and 296 of them respectively.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Schlittler throws a strike on the first pitch 62.2% of the time.
760 plate appearances started in 2026.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Schlittler is weak: 87.5 mph off the bat on average, 64th percentile.
895 pitches in 2026. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 196th in MLB.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Schlittler has thrown 26 sliders this season, 0.9% of his pitches, at 89.4 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
3041 classified pitches in 2026.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Schlittler's 4-seam fastball averages 98.0 mph, and has touched 101.3.
1306 thrown, 42.9% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Schlittler's curveball leaves the bat at 92.1 mph, against 86.1 off his cutter.
296 and 794 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Schlittler works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Cutter, Sinker and Curveball. The 4-seam fastball is 42.9% of everything he throws.
3041 classified pitches in 2026.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Schlittler throws the sinker 30.5% of the time against right-handers and 14% against left-handers.
1163 pitches to right-handers, 1878 to left-handers.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Schlittler's cutter spins at 2,591 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
794 thrown in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.8 mph separates Schlittler's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 98.0 against 86.2.
1306 and 296 of them respectively.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Schlittler has thrown 26 sliders this season, 0.9% of his pitches, at 89.4 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
3041 classified pitches in 2026.
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The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Schlittler averages 95.6 mph across his arsenal, 99th percentile in the league.
895 pitches in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 9th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Schlittler's 4-seam fastball carries 16.5 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
1306 thrown, averaging 98.0 mph.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Schlittler's sinker moves 13.3 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
618 thrown, averaging 97.9 mph.
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 .381 expected average against them, against .300 on his fastballs.
82 of his breaking balls thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Schlittler lands 48.5% of his fastballs in the zone and only 29.3% of his breaking balls.
813 of his fastballs, 82 of his breaking balls.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Schlittler lives in the strike zone: 46.7% of his pitches are in it, 85th percentile.
895 pitches in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 83rd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Schlittler puts 63.9% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 42% when he is ahead.
754 located pitches behind, 947 ahead.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Schlittler throws a fastball 95.6% of the time, against 83% when he is ahead.
754 pitches behind in the count, 947 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Schlittler goes to the 4-seam fastball: 46.1% of his two-strike pitches, against 41.4% the rest of the time.
978 two-strike pitches in 2026.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Schlittler throws a strike on the first pitch 62.2% of the time.
760 plate appearances started in 2026.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Schlittler throws 51.6% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 46.1% with the bases empty.
91 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 804 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His velocity drains away as the outing goes on
Schlittler's fastball averages 97.5 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 96.6 past his 75th.
765 early fastballs, 548 late ones.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Schlittler releases the ball 6.8 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
2770 tracked pitches in 2026.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Schlittler releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 42 degrees above horizontal and 1.6 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
3041 tracked release points, averaging 6.0 feet off the ground.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Schlittler lives up in the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.71 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
3041 located pitches in 2026.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
21.8% of Schlittler's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
662 of 3041 located pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Schlittler's stuff spins at 2,425 rpm, 80th percentile in the league.
895 pitches in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 107th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Schlittler puts 49% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 45.4% of his pitches to left-handers.
335 pitches to right-handed hitters, 560 to left-handed hitters.
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The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Schlittler projects a .308 average, 67th percentile.
895 pitches in 2026. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 179th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Schlittler is weak: 87.5 mph off the bat on average, 64th percentile.
895 pitches in 2026. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 196th in MLB.
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