His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Fister's sinker averages 88.4 mph, and has touched 93.5.
692 thrown, 62.1% of his pitches.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Fister's sinker moves 119.7 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
692 thrown, averaging 88.4 mph.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Fister averages 85.2 mph across his arsenal, 11th percentile in the league.
1118 pitches in 2018. 11th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 647th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Fister's cutter leaves the bat at 91.9 mph, against 83.8 off his curveball.
162 and 147 of them thrown.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .378 expected average against them, against .300 on his breaking balls.
862 of his fastballs thrown.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
13.6% of Fister's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
152 of 1116 located pitches.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Fister's stuff spins at 1,929 rpm, 5th percentile in the league.
1118 pitches in 2018. 5th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 690th in MLB.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
15.4 mph separates Fister's sinker from his curveball, 88.4 against 73.0.
692 and 147 of them respectively.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Fister releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 36 degrees above horizontal and 1.9 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
1116 tracked release points, averaging 6.1 feet off the ground.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Fister puts 55.7% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 36.9% when he is ahead.
332 located pitches behind, 287 ahead.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Fister lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.19 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
1116 located pitches in 2018.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Fister's curveball carries 12.6 inches of drop against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
147 thrown, averaging 73.0 mph.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Fister works with 4 pitches: Sinker, Cutter, Curveball and Changeup. The sinker is 62.1% of everything he throws.
1115 classified pitches in 2018.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Fister lands 45.7% of his fastballs in the zone and only 31.1% of his offspeed pitches.
862 of his fastballs, 106 of his offspeed pitches.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Fister is weak: 87.7 mph off the bat on average, 74th percentile.
1118 pitches in 2018. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 192nd in MLB.
His velocity drains away as the outing goes on
Fister's fastball averages 88.0 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 87.2 past his 75th.
246 early fastballs, 167 late ones.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Fister goes to the curveball: 17.1% of his two-strike pitches, against 11.9% the rest of the time.
280 two-strike pitches in 2018.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
42.8% of the contact Fister gives up is hit hard, 28th percentile.
1118 pitches in 2018. 28th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 522nd in MLB.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Fister throws the sinker 69.3% of the time against right-handers and 53.8% against left-handers.
593 pitches to right-handers, 522 to left-handers.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Fister releases the ball 6.3 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
1116 tracked pitches in 2018.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Fister has thrown 8 4-seam fastballs this season, 0.7% of his pitches, at 88.5 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
1115 classified pitches in 2018.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Fister's sinker averages 88.4 mph, and has touched 93.5.
692 thrown, 62.1% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Fister's cutter leaves the bat at 91.9 mph, against 83.8 off his curveball.
162 and 147 of them thrown.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
15.4 mph separates Fister's sinker from his curveball, 88.4 against 73.0.
692 and 147 of them respectively.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Fister works with 4 pitches: Sinker, Cutter, Curveball and Changeup. The sinker is 62.1% of everything he throws.
1115 classified pitches in 2018.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Fister throws the sinker 69.3% of the time against right-handers and 53.8% against left-handers.
593 pitches to right-handers, 522 to left-handers.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Fister has thrown 8 4-seam fastballs this season, 0.7% of his pitches, at 88.5 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
1115 classified pitches in 2018.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Fister's sinker moves 119.7 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
692 thrown, averaging 88.4 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Fister's curveball carries 12.6 inches of drop against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
147 thrown, averaging 73.0 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Fister averages 85.2 mph across his arsenal, 11th percentile in the league.
1118 pitches in 2018. 11th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 647th in MLB.
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 .378 expected average against them, against .300 on his breaking balls.
862 of his fastballs thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Fister lands 45.7% of his fastballs in the zone and only 31.1% of his offspeed pitches.
862 of his fastballs, 106 of his offspeed pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
13.6% of Fister's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
152 of 1116 located pitches.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Fister lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.19 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
1116 located pitches in 2018.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Fister's stuff spins at 1,929 rpm, 5th percentile in the league.
1118 pitches in 2018. 5th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 690th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Fister releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 36 degrees above horizontal and 1.9 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
1116 tracked release points, averaging 6.1 feet off the ground.
His velocity drains away as the outing goes on
Fister's fastball averages 88.0 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 87.2 past his 75th.
246 early fastballs, 167 late ones.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Fister releases the ball 6.3 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
1116 tracked pitches in 2018.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Fister puts 55.7% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 36.9% when he is ahead.
332 located pitches behind, 287 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Fister goes to the curveball: 17.1% of his two-strike pitches, against 11.9% the rest of the time.
280 two-strike pitches in 2018.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Fister is weak: 87.7 mph off the bat on average, 74th percentile.
1118 pitches in 2018. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 192nd in MLB.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
42.8% of the contact Fister gives up is hit hard, 28th percentile.
1118 pitches in 2018. 28th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 522nd in MLB.
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