There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Sabathia's sinker leaves the bat at 89.1 mph, against 81.7 off his changeup.
248 and 211 of them thrown.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 32.7% of the contact Sabathia gives up is hit hard, 90th percentile.
1729 pitches in 2019. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 79th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .409 expected average against them, against .327 on his fastballs.
522 of his breaking balls thrown.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Sabathia is weak: 86.8 mph off the bat on average, 88th percentile.
1729 pitches in 2019. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 88th in MLB.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Sabathia averages 85.0 mph across his arsenal, 9th percentile in the league.
1729 pitches in 2019. 9th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 681st in MLB.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
38.1% of the contact against Sabathia with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 31.2% with the bases empty.
316 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1413 with the bases empty.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Sabathia's stuff spins at 2,136 rpm, 26th percentile in the league.
1729 pitches in 2019. 26th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 557th in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
42.7% of the contact against Sabathia is on the ground and 36.9% of it is in the air.
293 tracked batted balls allowed.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
42.1% of the balls put in play against Sabathia have gone to centre field.
134 of 318 located batted balls allowed.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Sabathia projects a .353 average, 64th percentile.
1729 pitches in 2019. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 268th in MLB.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Sabathia works off the plate, with only 42.7% of his pitches in the zone, 37th percentile.
1729 pitches in 2019. 37th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 472nd 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 Sabathia and left-handers 85.6.
238 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 59 from left-handers.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Sabathia has given up 27 tracked home runs, 13 of them to left field, the longest 432 feet.
27 tracked home runs allowed in 2019.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Sabathia's sinker leaves the bat at 89.1 mph, against 81.7 off his changeup.
248 and 211 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 32.7% of the contact Sabathia gives up is hit hard, 90th percentile.
1729 pitches in 2019. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 79th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Sabathia is weak: 86.8 mph off the bat on average, 88th percentile.
1729 pitches in 2019. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 88th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Sabathia projects a .353 average, 64th percentile.
1729 pitches in 2019. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 268th 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 .409 expected average against them, against .327 on his fastballs.
522 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Sabathia averages 85.0 mph across his arsenal, 9th percentile in the league.
1729 pitches in 2019. 9th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 681st in MLB.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
38.1% of the contact against Sabathia with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 31.2% with the bases empty.
316 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1413 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Sabathia's stuff spins at 2,136 rpm, 26th percentile in the league.
1729 pitches in 2019. 26th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 557th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
42.7% of the contact against Sabathia is on the ground and 36.9% of it is in the air.
293 tracked batted balls allowed.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
42.1% of the balls put in play against Sabathia have gone to centre field.
134 of 318 located 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 Sabathia and left-handers 85.6.
238 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 59 from left-handers.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Sabathia has given up 27 tracked home runs, 13 of them to left field, the longest 432 feet.
27 tracked home runs allowed in 2019.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Sabathia works off the plate, with only 42.7% of his pitches in the zone, 37th percentile.
1729 pitches in 2019. 37th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 472nd in MLB.
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