His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Clase's cutter averages 98.9 mph, and has touched 102.0.
514 thrown, 68.9% of his pitches.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Clase's slider moves 52.2 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
225 thrown, averaging 88.5 mph.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Clase averages 95.8 mph across his arsenal, 98th percentile in the league.
746 pitches in 2025. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 13th in MLB.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Clase throws a fastball 80.7% of the time, against 61.7% when he is ahead.
176 pitches behind in the count, 222 ahead.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .335 expected average against them, against .266 on his breaking balls.
521 of his fastballs thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Clase works with 2 pitches: Cutter and Slider. The cutter is 68.9% of everything he throws.
746 classified pitches in 2025.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Clase's stuff spins at 2,569 rpm, 92nd percentile in the league.
746 pitches in 2025. 92nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 63rd in MLB.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Clase lives in the strike zone: 49.7% of his pitches are in it, 80th percentile.
746 pitches in 2025. 80th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 160th in MLB.
He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Clase puts 47.5% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 52.9% of his pitches to left-handers.
432 pitches to right-handed hitters, 314 to left-handed hitters.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Clase lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.20 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
746 located pitches in 2025.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Clase goes to the slider: 37.9% of his two-strike pitches, against 26.9% the rest of the time.
219 two-strike pitches in 2025.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Clase throws the cutter 82.8% of the time against left-handers and 58.8% against right-handers.
432 pitches to right-handers, 314 to left-handers.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Clase's cutter carries 12.7 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
514 thrown, averaging 98.9 mph.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Clase releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 60 degrees above horizontal and 0.9 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
746 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Clase lands 54.9% of his fastballs in the zone and only 37.8% of his breaking balls.
521 of his fastballs, 225 of his breaking balls.
He lives on one side of the plate
Clase works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.4 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
746 located pitches in 2025.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Clase projects a .316 average, 74th percentile.
746 pitches in 2025. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 202nd in MLB.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Clase puts 64.2% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 48.6% when he is ahead.
176 located pitches behind, 222 ahead.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Clase's cutter spins at 2,600 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
514 thrown in 2025.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Clase throws 47.6% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 50.7% with the bases empty.
231 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 515 with the bases empty.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Clase releases the ball 6.7 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
746 tracked pitches in 2025.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Clase is weak: 87.8 mph off the bat on average, 71st percentile.
746 pitches in 2025. 71st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 224th in MLB.
He leaves too much of it over the heart of the plate
22.3% of Clase's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, the part of the plate hitters do their damage on.
166 of 746 located pitches.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
10.4 mph separates Clase's cutter from his slider, 98.9 against 88.5.
514 and 225 of them respectively.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 38.4% of the contact Clase gives up is hit hard, 67th percentile.
746 pitches in 2025. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 259th in MLB.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Clase's cutter averages 98.9 mph, and has touched 102.0.
514 thrown, 68.9% of his pitches.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Clase works with 2 pitches: Cutter and Slider. The cutter is 68.9% of everything he throws.
746 classified pitches in 2025.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Clase throws the cutter 82.8% of the time against left-handers and 58.8% against right-handers.
432 pitches to right-handers, 314 to left-handers.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Clase's cutter spins at 2,600 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
514 thrown in 2025.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
10.4 mph separates Clase's cutter from his slider, 98.9 against 88.5.
514 and 225 of them respectively.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Clase's slider moves 52.2 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
225 thrown, averaging 88.5 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Clase's cutter carries 12.7 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
514 thrown, averaging 98.9 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Clase averages 95.8 mph across his arsenal, 98th percentile in the league.
746 pitches in 2025. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 13th in MLB.
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When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Clase throws a fastball 80.7% of the time, against 61.7% when he is ahead.
176 pitches behind in the count, 222 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Clase goes to the slider: 37.9% of his two-strike pitches, against 26.9% the rest of the time.
219 two-strike pitches in 2025.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Clase puts 64.2% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 48.6% when he is ahead.
176 located pitches behind, 222 ahead.
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 .335 expected average against them, against .266 on his breaking balls.
521 of his fastballs thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Clase lands 54.9% of his fastballs in the zone and only 37.8% of his breaking balls.
521 of his fastballs, 225 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
Clase's stuff spins at 2,569 rpm, 92nd percentile in the league.
746 pitches in 2025. 92nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 63rd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Clase lives in the strike zone: 49.7% of his pitches are in it, 80th percentile.
746 pitches in 2025. 80th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 160th in MLB.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Clase puts 47.5% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 52.9% of his pitches to left-handers.
432 pitches to right-handed hitters, 314 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Clase lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.20 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
746 located pitches in 2025.
He lives on one side of the plate
Clase works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.4 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
746 located pitches in 2025.
He leaves too much of it over the heart of the plate
22.3% of Clase's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, the part of the plate hitters do their damage on.
166 of 746 located pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Clase releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 60 degrees above horizontal and 0.9 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
746 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Clase releases the ball 6.7 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
746 tracked pitches in 2025.
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The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Clase projects a .316 average, 74th percentile.
746 pitches in 2025. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 202nd in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Clase is weak: 87.8 mph off the bat on average, 71st percentile.
746 pitches in 2025. 71st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 224th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 38.4% of the contact Clase gives up is hit hard, 67th percentile.
746 pitches in 2025. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 259th in MLB.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Clase throws 47.6% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 50.7% with the bases empty.
231 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 515 with the bases empty.
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