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CJ Van Eyk

Blue Jays
Number #58
Position SP
Bats R
Throws R
Age 28
Height 6' 1"
Weight 198 lbs
Birth Place Tampa, FL
Born Sep 15, 1998

Key Insights

2026
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Van Eyk's cutter averages 88.2 mph, and has touched 91.3.

58 thrown, 25.8% of his pitches.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest

Van Eyk lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.07 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

225 located pitches in 2026.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Van Eyk's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 98.5 mph, against 88.8 off his cutter.

41 and 58 of them thrown.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count

Van Eyk puts 60.7% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 23% when he is ahead.

56 located pitches behind, 61 ahead.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Van Eyk releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 31 degrees above horizontal and 1.6 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.

225 tracked release points, averaging 5.2 feet off the ground.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see

Van Eyk's 4-seam fastball carries 13.0 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

41 thrown, averaging 93.5 mph.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 15, 1998
Birth Place Tampa, FL
Height 6' 1"
Weight 198 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R
College/Draft Florida State