He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Paredes puts 52.7% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 43.6% of his pitches to left-handers.
184 pitches to right-handed hitters, 140 to left-handed hitters.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Paredes throws a fastball 75.8% of the time, against 45.8% when he is ahead.
91 pitches behind in the count, 83 ahead.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Paredes's 4-seam fastball moves 79.8 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
191 thrown, averaging 93.3 mph.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Paredes throws 38.8% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 52.3% with the bases empty.
85 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 239 with the bases empty.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Paredes throws the slider 47.8% of the time against right-handers and 12.9% against left-handers.
184 pitches to right-handers, 140 to left-handers.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Paredes releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 25 degrees above horizontal and 2.5 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
324 tracked release points, averaging 5.4 feet off the ground.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .420 expected average against them, against .340 on his breaking balls.
191 of his fastballs thrown.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Paredes lives in the strike zone: 48.8% of his pitches are in it, 86th percentile.
324 pitches in 2018. 86th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 106th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Paredes's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 94.5 mph, against 88.3 off his slider.
191 and 106 of them thrown.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Paredes's 4-seam fastball carries 14.9 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
191 thrown, averaging 93.3 mph.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Paredes releases the ball 5.2 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
324 tracked pitches in 2018.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
49.2% of the contact Paredes gives up is hit hard, 8th percentile.
324 pitches in 2018. 8th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 669th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Paredes works with 3 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider and Changeup. The 4-seam fastball is 59% of everything he throws.
324 classified pitches in 2018.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 91.5 mph off the bat against Paredes, 10th percentile.
324 pitches in 2018. 10th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 657th in MLB.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Paredes puts 59.3% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 39.8% when he is ahead.
91 located pitches behind, 83 ahead.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Paredes lands 58.6% of his fastballs in the zone and only 43.4% of his breaking balls.
191 of his fastballs, 106 of his breaking balls.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Paredes projects a .384 average, 20th percentile.
324 pitches in 2018. 20th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 584th in MLB.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18.2% of Paredes's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
59 of 324 located pitches.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Paredes throws a strike on the first pitch 57% of the time.
86 plate appearances started in 2018.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Paredes's slider spins at 2,391 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
106 thrown in 2018.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
9.9 mph separates Paredes's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 93.3 against 83.4.
191 and 106 of them respectively.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Paredes's 4-seam fastball averages 93.3 mph, and has touched 95.6.
191 thrown, 59% of his pitches.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Paredes puts 52.7% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 43.6% of his pitches to left-handers.
184 pitches to right-handed hitters, 140 to left-handed hitters.
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 Paredes throws a fastball 75.8% of the time, against 45.8% when he is ahead.
91 pitches behind in the count, 83 ahead.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Paredes puts 59.3% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 39.8% when he is ahead.
91 located pitches behind, 83 ahead.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Paredes throws a strike on the first pitch 57% of the time.
86 plate appearances started 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
Paredes's 4-seam fastball moves 79.8 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
191 thrown, averaging 93.3 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Paredes's 4-seam fastball carries 14.9 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
191 thrown, averaging 93.3 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Paredes throws 38.8% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 52.3% with the bases empty.
85 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 239 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Paredes throws the slider 47.8% of the time against right-handers and 12.9% against left-handers.
184 pitches to right-handers, 140 to left-handers.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Paredes's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 94.5 mph, against 88.3 off his slider.
191 and 106 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Paredes works with 3 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider and Changeup. The 4-seam fastball is 59% of everything he throws.
324 classified pitches in 2018.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Paredes's slider spins at 2,391 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
106 thrown in 2018.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
9.9 mph separates Paredes's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 93.3 against 83.4.
191 and 106 of them respectively.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Paredes's 4-seam fastball averages 93.3 mph, and has touched 95.6.
191 thrown, 59% of his pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Paredes releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 25 degrees above horizontal and 2.5 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
324 tracked release points, averaging 5.4 feet off the ground.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Paredes releases the ball 5.2 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
324 tracked pitches in 2018.
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 .420 expected average against them, against .340 on his breaking balls.
191 of his fastballs thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Paredes lands 58.6% of his fastballs in the zone and only 43.4% of his breaking balls.
191 of his fastballs, 106 of his breaking balls.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Paredes lives in the strike zone: 48.8% of his pitches are in it, 86th percentile.
324 pitches in 2018. 86th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 106th in MLB.
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Too much of the contact against him is loud
49.2% of the contact Paredes gives up is hit hard, 8th percentile.
324 pitches in 2018. 8th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 669th in MLB.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 91.5 mph off the bat against Paredes, 10th percentile.
324 pitches in 2018. 10th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 657th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Paredes projects a .384 average, 20th percentile.
324 pitches in 2018. 20th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 584th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18.2% of Paredes's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
59 of 324 located pitches.
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