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Chris Volstad

Marlins Career team 2008–2009
Number #38
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 39
Height 6' 8"
Weight 235 lbs
Birth Place Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Born Sep 23, 1986

Key Insights

2018
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

54.7% of the contact against Volstad is on the ground and 22.6% of it is in the air.

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

Hitters average 90.6 mph off the bat against Volstad, 17th percentile.

829 pitches in 2018. 17th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 600th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Volstad's sinker leaves the bat at 91.7 mph, against 86.5 off his changeup.

508 and 63 of them thrown.
The home runs are what is undoing his season

Volstad has given up 9 tracked home runs, 6 of them to right field, the longest 447 feet.

9 tracked home runs allowed in 2018.
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 .321 on his offspeed pitches.

220 of his breaking balls thrown.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him

Volstad lives in the strike zone: 48.9% of his pitches are in it, 86th percentile.

829 pitches in 2018. 86th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 102nd in MLB.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 23, 1986
Birth Place Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Height 6' 8"
Weight 235 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right