Runners on base do not change how he is hit
25% of the contact against Bazardo with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 48.8% with the bases empty.
89 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 235 with the bases empty.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .301 average against Bazardo and left-handers to .378.
165 pitches to right-handed hitters, 159 to left-handed hitters.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Bazardo's sinker leaves the bat at 90.6 mph, against 85.3 off his sweeper.
715 and 386 of them thrown.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Bazardo lives in the strike zone: 48.1% of his pitches are in it, 91st percentile.
324 pitches in 2026. 91st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 48th in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
49% of the balls put in play against Bazardo have gone to centre field.
98 of 200 located batted balls allowed.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.5 mph off the bat against Bazardo, 34th percentile.
324 pitches in 2026. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 356th in MLB.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Bazardo has given up 13 tracked home runs, 5 of them to right field, the longest 438 feet.
13 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
42.4% of the contact Bazardo gives up is hit hard, 37th percentile.
324 pitches in 2026. 37th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 340th in MLB.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 89.7 mph off the bat against Bazardo and left-handers 87.7.
109 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 91 from left-handers.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Bazardo averages 90.5 mph across his arsenal, 63rd percentile in the league.
324 pitches in 2026. 63rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 197th in MLB.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
25% of the contact against Bazardo with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 48.8% with the bases empty.
89 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 235 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .301 average against Bazardo and left-handers to .378.
165 pitches to right-handed hitters, 159 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Bazardo's sinker leaves the bat at 90.6 mph, against 85.3 off his sweeper.
715 and 386 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Bazardo lives in the strike zone: 48.1% of his pitches are in it, 91st percentile.
324 pitches in 2026. 91st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 48th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
49% of the balls put in play against Bazardo have gone to centre field.
98 of 200 located batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Bazardo has given up 13 tracked home runs, 5 of them to right field, the longest 438 feet.
13 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 89.7 mph off the bat against Bazardo and left-handers 87.7.
109 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 91 from left-handers.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.5 mph off the bat against Bazardo, 34th percentile.
324 pitches in 2026. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 356th in MLB.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
42.4% of the contact Bazardo gives up is hit hard, 37th percentile.
324 pitches in 2026. 37th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 340th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Bazardo averages 90.5 mph across his arsenal, 63rd percentile in the league.
324 pitches in 2026. 63rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 197th in MLB.