His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Henriquez's 4-seam fastball averages 100.7 mph, and has touched 103.9.
333 thrown, 34.4% of his pitches.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Henriquez throws a fastball 87.9% of the time, against 58.6% when he is ahead.
264 pitches behind in the count, 285 ahead.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Henriquez averages 96.4 mph across his arsenal, 99th percentile in the league.
277 pitches in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 4th in MLB.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Henriquez's sinker moves 15.7 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
241 thrown, averaging 100.9 mph.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Henriquez's cutter leaves the bat at 87.4 mph, against 77.7 off his slider.
139 and 222 of them thrown.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Henriquez goes to the 4-seam fastball: 44.6% of his two-strike pitches, against 29.9% the rest of the time.
298 two-strike pitches in 2026.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Henriquez is weak: 81.9 mph off the bat on average, 98th percentile.
277 pitches in 2026. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 10th in MLB.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Henriquez's 4-seam fastball carries 15.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
333 thrown, averaging 100.7 mph.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Henriquez throws the sinker 45.9% of the time against right-handers and 3% against left-handers.
495 pitches to right-handers, 473 to left-handers.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Henriquez's stuff spins at 2,472 rpm, 86th percentile in the league.
277 pitches in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 78th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Henriquez projects a .264 average, 90th percentile.
277 pitches in 2026. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 52nd in MLB.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Henriquez releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 39 degrees above horizontal and 1.8 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
968 tracked release points, averaging 5.9 feet off the ground.
He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Henriquez puts 41.5% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 45.4% of his pitches to left-handers.
147 pitches to right-handed hitters, 130 to left-handed hitters.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 29.5% of the contact Henriquez gives up is hit hard, 88th percentile.
277 pitches in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 64th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .297 expected average against them, against .254 on his fastballs.
75 of his breaking balls thrown.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Henriquez's slider spins at 2,723 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
222 thrown in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
13.5 mph separates Henriquez's sinker from his slider, 100.9 against 87.3.
241 and 222 of them respectively.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Henriquez puts 56.8% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 41.8% when he is ahead.
264 located pitches behind, 285 ahead.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18% of Henriquez's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
174 of 968 located pitches.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Henriquez works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Sinker, Slider and Cutter. The 4-seam fastball is 34.4% of everything he throws.
968 classified pitches in 2026.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Henriquez releases the ball 6.5 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
916 tracked pitches in 2026.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Henriquez has thrown 33 curveballs this season, 3.4% of his pitches, at 81.8 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
968 classified pitches in 2026.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Henriquez's 4-seam fastball averages 100.7 mph, and has touched 103.9.
333 thrown, 34.4% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Henriquez's cutter leaves the bat at 87.4 mph, against 77.7 off his slider.
139 and 222 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Henriquez throws the sinker 45.9% of the time against right-handers and 3% against left-handers.
495 pitches to right-handers, 473 to left-handers.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Henriquez's slider spins at 2,723 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
222 thrown in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
13.5 mph separates Henriquez's sinker from his slider, 100.9 against 87.3.
241 and 222 of them respectively.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Henriquez works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Sinker, Slider and Cutter. The 4-seam fastball is 34.4% of everything he throws.
968 classified pitches in 2026.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Henriquez has thrown 33 curveballs this season, 3.4% of his pitches, at 81.8 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
968 classified pitches in 2026.
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The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Henriquez throws a fastball 87.9% of the time, against 58.6% when he is ahead.
264 pitches behind in the count, 285 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Henriquez goes to the 4-seam fastball: 44.6% of his two-strike pitches, against 29.9% the rest of the time.
298 two-strike pitches in 2026.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Henriquez puts 56.8% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 41.8% when he is ahead.
264 located pitches behind, 285 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Henriquez averages 96.4 mph across his arsenal, 99th percentile in the league.
277 pitches in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 4th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Henriquez's sinker moves 15.7 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
241 thrown, averaging 100.9 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Henriquez's 4-seam fastball carries 15.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
333 thrown, averaging 100.7 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Henriquez is weak: 81.9 mph off the bat on average, 98th percentile.
277 pitches in 2026. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 10th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Henriquez projects a .264 average, 90th percentile.
277 pitches in 2026. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 52nd in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 29.5% of the contact Henriquez gives up is hit hard, 88th percentile.
277 pitches in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 64th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Henriquez's stuff spins at 2,472 rpm, 86th percentile in the league.
277 pitches in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 78th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Henriquez releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 39 degrees above horizontal and 1.8 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
968 tracked release points, averaging 5.9 feet off the ground.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Henriquez releases the ball 6.5 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
916 tracked pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Henriquez puts 41.5% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 45.4% of his pitches to left-handers.
147 pitches to right-handed hitters, 130 to left-handed hitters.
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 breaking balls: a .297 expected average against them, against .254 on his fastballs.
75 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18% of Henriquez's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
174 of 968 located pitches.