His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Young's 4-seam fastball averages 86.9 mph, and has touched 89.5.
229 thrown, 42.7% of his pitches.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Young throws a fastball 59.2% of the time, against 30.8% when he is ahead.
157 pitches behind in the count, 159 ahead.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .486 expected average against them, against .358 on his breaking balls.
229 of his fastballs thrown.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Young's 4-seam fastball carries 21.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
229 thrown, averaging 86.9 mph.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Young averages 84.1 mph across his arsenal, 6th percentile in the league.
536 pitches in 2017. 6th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 660th in MLB.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Young releases the ball from over the top, about 75 degrees above horizontal and 0.5 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
536 tracked release points, averaging 6.5 feet off the ground.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Young goes to the slider: 69.1% of his two-strike pitches, against 52.2% the rest of the time.
136 two-strike pitches in 2017.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Young's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.4 mph, against 84.2 off his slider.
229 and 303 of them thrown.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Young works off the plate, with only 40.5% of his pitches in the zone, 18th percentile.
536 pitches in 2017. 18th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 580th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Young projects a .398 average, 15th percentile.
536 pitches in 2017. 15th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 601st in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Young works with 2 pitches: Slider and 4-Seam Fastball. The slider is 56.5% of everything he throws.
536 classified pitches in 2017.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
16.2% of Young's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
87 of 536 located pitches.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Young releases the ball 6.0 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
536 tracked pitches in 2017.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Young lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.30 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
536 located pitches in 2017.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Young throws the 4-seam fastball 51.3% of the time against left-handers and 34.1% against right-handers.
267 pitches to right-handers, 269 to left-handers.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Young is weak: 86.2 mph off the bat on average, 76th percentile.
536 pitches in 2017. 76th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 170th in MLB.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Young's stuff spins at 2,307 rpm, 69th percentile in the league.
536 pitches in 2017. 69th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 216th in MLB.
He lives on one side of the plate
Young works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.0 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
536 located pitches in 2017.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
5.0 mph separates Young's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 86.9 against 82.0.
229 and 303 of them respectively.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 35.1% of the contact Young gives up is hit hard, 65th percentile.
536 pitches in 2017. 65th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 247th in MLB.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Young's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,349 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
229 thrown in 2017.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Young's 4-seam fastball averages 86.9 mph, and has touched 89.5.
229 thrown, 42.7% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Young's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.4 mph, against 84.2 off his slider.
229 and 303 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Young works with 2 pitches: Slider and 4-Seam Fastball. The slider is 56.5% of everything he throws.
536 classified pitches in 2017.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Young throws the 4-seam fastball 51.3% of the time against left-handers and 34.1% against right-handers.
267 pitches to right-handers, 269 to left-handers.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
5.0 mph separates Young's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 86.9 against 82.0.
229 and 303 of them respectively.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Young's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,349 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
229 thrown in 2017.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Young throws a fastball 59.2% of the time, against 30.8% when he is ahead.
157 pitches behind in the count, 159 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Young goes to the slider: 69.1% of his two-strike pitches, against 52.2% the rest of the time.
136 two-strike pitches in 2017.
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 fastballs: a .486 expected average against them, against .358 on his breaking balls.
229 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Young's 4-seam fastball carries 21.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
229 thrown, averaging 86.9 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Young averages 84.1 mph across his arsenal, 6th percentile in the league.
536 pitches in 2017. 6th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 660th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Young releases the ball from over the top, about 75 degrees above horizontal and 0.5 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
536 tracked release points, averaging 6.5 feet off the ground.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Young releases the ball 6.0 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
536 tracked pitches in 2017.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Young works off the plate, with only 40.5% of his pitches in the zone, 18th percentile.
536 pitches in 2017. 18th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 580th in MLB.
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The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Young projects a .398 average, 15th percentile.
536 pitches in 2017. 15th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 601st in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Young is weak: 86.2 mph off the bat on average, 76th percentile.
536 pitches in 2017. 76th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 170th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 35.1% of the contact Young gives up is hit hard, 65th percentile.
536 pitches in 2017. 65th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 247th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
16.2% of Young's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
87 of 536 located pitches.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Young lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.30 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
536 located pitches in 2017.
He lives on one side of the plate
Young works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.0 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
536 located pitches in 2017.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Young's stuff spins at 2,307 rpm, 69th percentile in the league.
536 pitches in 2017. 69th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 216th in MLB.
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