His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Perez's 4-seam fastball averages 98.1 mph, and has touched 100.6.
424 thrown, 52.9% of his pitches.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .366 expected average against them, against .189 on his offspeed pitches.
295 of his breaking balls thrown.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Perez's 4-seam fastball carries 17.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
424 thrown, averaging 98.1 mph.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Perez throws a fastball 64.9% of the time, against 44.5% when he is ahead.
194 pitches behind in the count, 263 ahead.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Perez's curveball leaves the bat at 94.5 mph, against 77.8 off his sweeper.
56 and 114 of them thrown.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Perez lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.15 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
802 located pitches in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
17.0 mph separates Perez's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 98.1 against 81.1.
424 and 56 of them respectively.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Perez averages 92.3 mph across his arsenal, 82nd percentile in the league.
802 pitches in 2026. 82nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 95th in MLB.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Perez's changeup moves 14.8 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
83 thrown, averaging 89.4 mph.
He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Perez puts 46.8% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 41.2% of his pitches to left-handers.
329 pitches to right-handed hitters, 473 to left-handed hitters.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Perez releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 34 degrees above horizontal and 1.7 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
802 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Perez's stuff spins at 2,483 rpm, 87th percentile in the league.
802 pitches in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 69th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Perez works with 5 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider, Sweeper and Changeup, and a little else. The 4-seam fastball is 52.9% of everything he throws.
802 classified pitches in 2026.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Perez puts 54.1% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 41.4% when he is ahead.
194 located pitches behind, 263 ahead.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Perez's curveball spins at 2,709 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
56 thrown in 2026.
His velocity drains away as the outing goes on
Perez's fastball averages 98.3 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 97.7 past his 75th.
128 early fastballs, 68 late ones.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Perez throws a strike on the first pitch 63.1% of the time.
206 plate appearances started in 2026.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
42.9% of the contact Perez gives up is hit hard, 34th percentile.
802 pitches in 2026. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 353rd in MLB.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Perez releases the ball 6.7 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
574 tracked pitches in 2026.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Perez lands 50.2% of his fastballs in the zone and only 42.7% of his breaking balls.
424 of his fastballs, 295 of his breaking balls.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.4 mph off the bat against Perez, 35th percentile.
802 pitches in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 352nd in MLB.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Perez throws the sweeper 20.1% of the time against right-handers and 10.1% against left-handers.
329 pitches to right-handers, 473 to left-handers.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Perez's 4-seam fastball averages 98.1 mph, and has touched 100.6.
424 thrown, 52.9% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Perez's curveball leaves the bat at 94.5 mph, against 77.8 off his sweeper.
56 and 114 of them thrown.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
17.0 mph separates Perez's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 98.1 against 81.1.
424 and 56 of them respectively.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Perez works with 5 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider, Sweeper and Changeup, and a little else. The 4-seam fastball is 52.9% of everything he throws.
802 classified pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Perez's curveball spins at 2,709 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
56 thrown in 2026.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Perez throws the sweeper 20.1% of the time against right-handers and 10.1% against left-handers.
329 pitches to right-handers, 473 to left-handers.
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 .366 expected average against them, against .189 on his offspeed pitches.
295 of his breaking balls thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Perez lands 50.2% of his fastballs in the zone and only 42.7% of his breaking balls.
424 of his fastballs, 295 of his breaking balls.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Perez's 4-seam fastball carries 17.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
424 thrown, averaging 98.1 mph.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Perez's changeup moves 14.8 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
83 thrown, averaging 89.4 mph.
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 Perez throws a fastball 64.9% of the time, against 44.5% when he is ahead.
194 pitches behind in the count, 263 ahead.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Perez puts 54.1% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 41.4% when he is ahead.
194 located pitches behind, 263 ahead.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Perez throws a strike on the first pitch 63.1% of the time.
206 plate appearances started in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Perez lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.15 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
802 located pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Perez averages 92.3 mph across his arsenal, 82nd percentile in the league.
802 pitches in 2026. 82nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 95th in MLB.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Perez puts 46.8% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 41.2% of his pitches to left-handers.
329 pitches to right-handed hitters, 473 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Perez releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 34 degrees above horizontal and 1.7 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
802 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
His velocity drains away as the outing goes on
Perez's fastball averages 98.3 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 97.7 past his 75th.
128 early fastballs, 68 late ones.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Perez releases the ball 6.7 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
574 tracked pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Perez's stuff spins at 2,483 rpm, 87th percentile in the league.
802 pitches in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 69th in MLB.
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Too much of the contact against him is loud
42.9% of the contact Perez gives up is hit hard, 34th percentile.
802 pitches in 2026. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 353rd in MLB.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.4 mph off the bat against Perez, 35th percentile.
802 pitches in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 352nd in MLB.
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