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Chase De Jong

Pirates Career team 2021–2023
Number #37
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Right
Age 32
Height 6' 4"
Weight 230 lbs
Birth Place Long Beach, NJ
Born Dec 29, 1993

Key Insights

2023
The home runs are what is undoing his season

De Jong has given up 6 tracked home runs, 5 of them to right field, the longest 422 feet.

6 tracked home runs allowed in 2023.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit

25% of the contact against De Jong with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 48% with the bases empty.

92 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 133 with the bases empty.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off De Jong's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 96.0 mph, against 87.1 off his slider.

85 and 79 of them thrown.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

25.6% of the contact against De Jong is on the ground and 58.1% of it is in the air.

43 tracked batted balls allowed.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard

Hitters average 90.1 mph off the bat against De Jong, 22nd percentile.

225 pitches in 2023. 22nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 602nd in MLB.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him

Right-handed hitters average 88.3 mph off the bat against De Jong and left-handers 93.8.

30 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 15 from left-handers.

Contextual Splits

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Outcome
Batter
Situation
Single
Double
Triple
Home Run
Out
Vs All Pitchers
Player Bio Data
DOB Dec 29, 1993
Birth Place Long Beach, NJ
Height 6' 4"
Weight 230 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Right