This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Navarro goes to the slider: 50% of his two-strike pitches, against 29.6% the rest of the time.
42 two-strike pitches in 2023.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Navarro's sinker moves 114.5 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
93 thrown, averaging 93.7 mph.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Navarro releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 25 degrees above horizontal and 2.4 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
150 tracked release points, averaging 5.4 feet off the ground.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Navarro's sinker leaves the bat at 93.3 mph, against 86.6 off his slider.
93 and 53 of them thrown.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Navarro lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.03 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
150 located pitches in 2023.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
61.5% of the contact Navarro gives up is hit hard, 1st percentile.
150 pitches in 2023. 1st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 764th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Navarro works with 2 pitches: Sinker and Slider. The sinker is 62% of everything he throws.
150 classified pitches in 2023.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Navarro puts 63.4% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 36.1% when he is ahead.
41 located pitches behind, 36 ahead.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 92.0 mph off the bat against Navarro, 6th percentile.
150 pitches in 2023. 6th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 727th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Navarro projects a .387 average, 7th percentile.
150 pitches in 2023. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 720th in MLB.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
12.8 mph separates Navarro's sinker from his slider, 93.7 against 80.9.
93 and 53 of them respectively.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Navarro lands 50.5% of his fastballs in the zone and only 37.7% of his breaking balls.
93 of his fastballs, 53 of his breaking balls.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Navarro's slider spins at 2,530 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
53 thrown in 2023.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Navarro's stuff spins at 2,325 rpm, 68th percentile in the league.
150 pitches in 2023. 68th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 251st in MLB.
He lives on one side of the plate
Navarro works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.5 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
150 located pitches in 2023.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18% of Navarro's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
27 of 150 located pitches.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Navarro releases the ball 6.5 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
150 tracked pitches in 2023.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Navarro's sinker averages 93.7 mph, and has touched 95.5.
93 thrown, 62% of his pitches.
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This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Navarro goes to the slider: 50% of his two-strike pitches, against 29.6% the rest of the time.
42 two-strike pitches in 2023.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Navarro puts 63.4% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 36.1% when he is ahead.
41 located pitches behind, 36 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Navarro's sinker moves 114.5 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
93 thrown, averaging 93.7 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Navarro releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 25 degrees above horizontal and 2.4 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
150 tracked release points, averaging 5.4 feet off the ground.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Navarro releases the ball 6.5 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
150 tracked pitches in 2023.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Navarro's sinker leaves the bat at 93.3 mph, against 86.6 off his slider.
93 and 53 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Navarro works with 2 pitches: Sinker and Slider. The sinker is 62% of everything he throws.
150 classified pitches in 2023.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
12.8 mph separates Navarro's sinker from his slider, 93.7 against 80.9.
93 and 53 of them respectively.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Navarro's slider spins at 2,530 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
53 thrown in 2023.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Navarro's sinker averages 93.7 mph, and has touched 95.5.
93 thrown, 62% of his pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Navarro lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.03 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
150 located pitches in 2023.
He lives on one side of the plate
Navarro works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.5 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
150 located pitches in 2023.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18% of Navarro's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
27 of 150 located pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Too much of the contact against him is loud
61.5% of the contact Navarro gives up is hit hard, 1st percentile.
150 pitches in 2023. 1st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 764th in MLB.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 92.0 mph off the bat against Navarro, 6th percentile.
150 pitches in 2023. 6th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 727th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Navarro projects a .387 average, 7th percentile.
150 pitches in 2023. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 720th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Navarro lands 50.5% of his fastballs in the zone and only 37.7% of his breaking balls.
93 of his fastballs, 53 of his breaking balls.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Navarro's stuff spins at 2,325 rpm, 68th percentile in the league.
150 pitches in 2023. 68th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 251st in MLB.
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