His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Stults's 4-seam fastball averages 88.5 mph, and has touched 91.5.
230 thrown, 30.8% of his pitches.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Stults averages 83.6 mph across his arsenal, 7th percentile in the league.
746 pitches in 2015. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 638th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .421 expected average against them, against .327 on his offspeed pitches.
374 of his fastballs thrown.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Stults's sinker leaves the bat at 94.3 mph, against 84.7 off his changeup.
144 and 149 of them thrown.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Stults goes to the 4-seam fastball: 39.7% of his two-strike pitches, against 26.8% the rest of the time.
234 two-strike pitches in 2015.
He is throwing as hard in the seventh as in the first
Stults's fastball averages 86.9 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 87.8 past his 75th.
138 early fastballs, 62 late ones.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Stults throws a strike on the first pitch 66% of the time.
194 plate appearances started in 2015.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Stults projects a .386 average, 19th percentile.
746 pitches in 2015. 19th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 552nd in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Stults works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider, Changeup and Sinker. The 4-seam fastball is 30.8% of everything he throws.
746 classified pitches in 2015.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Stults throws the changeup 24.5% of the time against right-handers and 6.5% against left-handers.
560 pitches to right-handers, 186 to left-handers.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Stults's stuff spins at 1,580 rpm, 30th percentile in the league.
746 pitches in 2015. 30th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 481st in MLB.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Stults has thrown 29 curveballs this season, 3.9% of his pitches, at 69.5 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
746 classified pitches in 2015.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Stults's 4-seam fastball averages 88.5 mph, and has touched 91.5.
230 thrown, 30.8% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Stults's sinker leaves the bat at 94.3 mph, against 84.7 off his changeup.
144 and 149 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Stults works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider, Changeup and Sinker. The 4-seam fastball is 30.8% of everything he throws.
746 classified pitches in 2015.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Stults throws the changeup 24.5% of the time against right-handers and 6.5% against left-handers.
560 pitches to right-handers, 186 to left-handers.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Stults has thrown 29 curveballs this season, 3.9% of his pitches, at 69.5 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
746 classified pitches in 2015.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Stults averages 83.6 mph across his arsenal, 7th percentile in the league.
746 pitches in 2015. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 638th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .421 expected average against them, against .327 on his offspeed pitches.
374 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Stults goes to the 4-seam fastball: 39.7% of his two-strike pitches, against 26.8% the rest of the time.
234 two-strike pitches in 2015.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Stults throws a strike on the first pitch 66% of the time.
194 plate appearances started in 2015.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
He is throwing as hard in the seventh as in the first
Stults's fastball averages 86.9 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 87.8 past his 75th.
138 early fastballs, 62 late ones.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Stults projects a .386 average, 19th percentile.
746 pitches in 2015. 19th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 552nd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
His ball is straighter than it should be
Stults's stuff spins at 1,580 rpm, 30th percentile in the league.
746 pitches in 2015. 30th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 481st in MLB.
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