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Dan Jennings

White Sox Career team 2015–2017
Number #26
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 39
Height 6' 3"
Weight 215 lbs
Birth Place Berkeley, CA
Born Apr 17, 1987

Key Insights

2019
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Jennings releases the ball from a sidearm slot, about 16 degrees above horizontal and 3.0 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.

134 tracked release points, averaging 5.2 feet off the ground.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's

Jennings's sinker moves 94.6 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

71 thrown, averaging 91.2 mph.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest

Jennings lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 1.95 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

134 located pitches in 2019.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Jennings's sinker averages 91.2 mph, and has touched 93.0.

71 thrown, 53% of his pitches.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle

11.9% of Jennings's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.

16 of 134 located pitches.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count

Jennings puts 34% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 18.8% when he is ahead.

47 located pitches behind, 32 ahead.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB Apr 17, 1987
Birth Place Berkeley, CA
Height 6' 3"
Weight 215 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left
College/Draft Nebraska