His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Bundy's 4-seam fastball averages 89.0 mph, and has touched 92.7.
875 thrown, 40.1% of his pitches.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Bundy's sinker moves 88.5 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
143 thrown, averaging 89.8 mph.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Bundy averages 83.4 mph across his arsenal, 5th percentile in the league.
2180 pitches in 2022. 5th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 737th in MLB.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Bundy's 4-seam fastball carries 19.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
875 thrown, averaging 89.0 mph.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Bundy lives in the strike zone: 49.4% of his pitches are in it, 89th percentile.
2180 pitches in 2022. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 85th in MLB.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Bundy goes to the slider: 33.9% of his two-strike pitches, against 20.1% the rest of the time.
617 two-strike pitches in 2022.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Bundy's sinker leaves the bat at 90.5 mph, against 80.4 off his curveball.
143 and 231 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Bundy throws the slider 41.2% of the time against right-handers and 2.2% against left-handers.
1219 pitches to right-handers, 961 to left-handers.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Bundy throws 44.4% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 50.4% with the bases empty.
385 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1795 with the bases empty.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
17.6 mph separates Bundy's sinker from his curveball, 89.8 against 72.2.
143 and 231 of them respectively.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Bundy releases the ball 5.8 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
2180 tracked pitches in 2022.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Bundy throws a strike on the first pitch 67.3% of the time.
597 plate appearances started in 2022.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .353 expected average against them, against .301 on his fastballs.
408 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Bundy lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.29 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
2180 located pitches in 2022.
He is throwing as hard in the seventh as in the first
Bundy's fastball averages 88.9 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 89.8 past his 75th.
335 early fastballs, 87 late ones.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Bundy lands 55.6% of his fastballs in the zone and only 43.1% of his offspeed pitches.
1018 of his fastballs, 408 of his offspeed pitches.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Bundy puts 58.8% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 45.4% when he is ahead.
493 located pitches behind, 723 ahead.
He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Bundy puts 50.5% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 48% of his pitches to left-handers.
1219 pitches to right-handed hitters, 961 to left-handed hitters.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Bundy works with 5 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider, Changeup and Curveball, and a little else. The 4-seam fastball is 40.1% of everything he throws.
2180 classified pitches in 2022.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Bundy's stuff spins at 2,146 rpm, 32nd percentile in the league.
2180 pitches in 2022. 32nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 528th in MLB.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Bundy's slider spins at 2,403 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
523 thrown in 2022.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Bundy's 4-seam fastball averages 89.0 mph, and has touched 92.7.
875 thrown, 40.1% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Bundy's sinker leaves the bat at 90.5 mph, against 80.4 off his curveball.
143 and 231 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Bundy throws the slider 41.2% of the time against right-handers and 2.2% against left-handers.
1219 pitches to right-handers, 961 to left-handers.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
17.6 mph separates Bundy's sinker from his curveball, 89.8 against 72.2.
143 and 231 of them respectively.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Bundy works with 5 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider, Changeup and Curveball, and a little else. The 4-seam fastball is 40.1% of everything he throws.
2180 classified pitches in 2022.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Bundy's slider spins at 2,403 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
523 thrown in 2022.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Bundy's sinker moves 88.5 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
143 thrown, averaging 89.8 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Bundy's 4-seam fastball carries 19.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
875 thrown, averaging 89.0 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Bundy averages 83.4 mph across his arsenal, 5th percentile in the league.
2180 pitches in 2022. 5th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 737th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Bundy lives in the strike zone: 49.4% of his pitches are in it, 89th percentile.
2180 pitches in 2022. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 85th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Bundy goes to the slider: 33.9% of his two-strike pitches, against 20.1% the rest of the time.
617 two-strike pitches in 2022.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Bundy throws a strike on the first pitch 67.3% of the time.
597 plate appearances started in 2022.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Bundy puts 58.8% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 45.4% when he is ahead.
493 located pitches behind, 723 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Bundy throws 44.4% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 50.4% with the bases empty.
385 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1795 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Bundy releases the ball 5.8 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
2180 tracked pitches in 2022.
He is throwing as hard in the seventh as in the first
Bundy's fastball averages 88.9 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 89.8 past his 75th.
335 early fastballs, 87 late ones.
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 offspeed pitches: a .353 expected average against them, against .301 on his fastballs.
408 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Bundy lands 55.6% of his fastballs in the zone and only 43.1% of his offspeed pitches.
1018 of his fastballs, 408 of his offspeed pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Bundy lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.29 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
2180 located pitches in 2022.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Bundy puts 50.5% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 48% of his pitches to left-handers.
1219 pitches to right-handed hitters, 961 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Bundy's stuff spins at 2,146 rpm, 32nd percentile in the league.
2180 pitches in 2022. 32nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 528th in MLB.
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