One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .408 expected average against them, against .288 on his offspeed pitches.
168 of his breaking balls thrown.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Buchholz's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 95.5 mph, against 82.9 off his changeup.
139 and 190 of them thrown.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Buchholz is weak: 86.9 mph off the bat on average, 88th percentile.
963 pitches in 2019. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 94th in MLB.
Both sides hit him about the same
44.7% of the contact right-handers make against Buchholz is hit hard, against 34% of what left-handers make.
415 pitches to right-handed hitters, 548 to left-handed hitters.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 89.7 mph off the bat against Buchholz and left-handers 84.6.
85 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 103 from left-handers.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Buchholz averages 83.0 mph across his arsenal, 4th percentile in the league.
963 pitches in 2019. 4th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 719th in MLB.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
31.8% of the contact against Buchholz with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41% with the bases empty.
209 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 754 with the bases empty.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Buchholz has given up 13 tracked home runs, 8 of them to right field, the longest 427 feet.
13 tracked home runs allowed in 2019.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
46.2% of the contact against Buchholz is on the ground and 31.5% of it is in the air.
184 tracked batted balls allowed.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
47% of the balls put in play against Buchholz have gone to centre field.
93 of 198 located batted balls allowed.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Buchholz's stuff spins at 2,155 rpm, 31st percentile in the league.
963 pitches in 2019. 31st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 521st in MLB.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .408 expected average against them, against .288 on his offspeed pitches.
168 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Buchholz's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 95.5 mph, against 82.9 off his changeup.
139 and 190 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Buchholz is weak: 86.9 mph off the bat on average, 88th percentile.
963 pitches in 2019. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 94th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Both sides hit him about the same
44.7% of the contact right-handers make against Buchholz is hit hard, against 34% of what left-handers make.
415 pitches to right-handed hitters, 548 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 89.7 mph off the bat against Buchholz and left-handers 84.6.
85 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 103 from left-handers.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Buchholz has given up 13 tracked home runs, 8 of them to right field, the longest 427 feet.
13 tracked home runs allowed in 2019.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
46.2% of the contact against Buchholz is on the ground and 31.5% of it is in the air.
184 tracked batted balls allowed.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
47% of the balls put in play against Buchholz have gone to centre field.
93 of 198 located batted balls allowed.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Buchholz averages 83.0 mph across his arsenal, 4th percentile in the league.
963 pitches in 2019. 4th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 719th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
31.8% of the contact against Buchholz with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41% with the bases empty.
209 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 754 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Buchholz's stuff spins at 2,155 rpm, 31st percentile in the league.
963 pitches in 2019. 31st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 521st in MLB.
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