There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Griffin's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.3 mph, against 82.0 off his sinker.
132 and 95 of them thrown.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Griffin averages 85.7 mph across his arsenal, 8th percentile in the league.
833 pitches in 2026. 8th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 493rd in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Griffin is weak: 86.6 mph off the bat on average, 76th percentile.
833 pitches in 2026. 76th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 127th in MLB.
Both sides hit him about the same
38.8% of the contact right-handers make against Griffin is hit hard, against 32.5% of what left-handers make.
584 pitches to right-handed hitters, 249 to left-handed hitters.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
46.2% of the balls put in play against Griffin have gone to centre field.
66 of 143 located batted balls allowed.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Griffin's stuff spins at 2,107 rpm, 22nd percentile in the league.
833 pitches in 2026. 22nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 421st in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .372 expected average against them, against .329 on his offspeed pitches.
186 of his breaking balls thrown.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
43.7% of the contact against Griffin is on the ground and 35.9% of it is in the air.
142 tracked batted balls allowed.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Griffin projects a .340 average, 36th percentile.
833 pitches in 2026. 36th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 343rd in MLB.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Griffin has given up 8 tracked home runs, 3 of them to centre field, the longest 438 feet.
8 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 37.1% of the contact Griffin gives up is hit hard, 62nd percentile.
833 pitches in 2026. 62nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 204th in MLB.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Griffin's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.3 mph, against 82.0 off his sinker.
132 and 95 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Griffin averages 85.7 mph across his arsenal, 8th percentile in the league.
833 pitches in 2026. 8th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 493rd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Griffin is weak: 86.6 mph off the bat on average, 76th percentile.
833 pitches in 2026. 76th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 127th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Griffin projects a .340 average, 36th percentile.
833 pitches in 2026. 36th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 343rd in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 37.1% of the contact Griffin gives up is hit hard, 62nd percentile.
833 pitches in 2026. 62nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 204th in MLB.
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Both sides hit him about the same
38.8% of the contact right-handers make against Griffin is hit hard, against 32.5% of what left-handers make.
584 pitches to right-handed hitters, 249 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
46.2% of the balls put in play against Griffin have gone to centre field.
66 of 143 located batted balls allowed.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
43.7% of the contact against Griffin is on the ground and 35.9% of it is in the air.
142 tracked batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Griffin has given up 8 tracked home runs, 3 of them to centre field, the longest 438 feet.
8 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Griffin's stuff spins at 2,107 rpm, 22nd percentile in the league.
833 pitches in 2026. 22nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 421st in MLB.
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 .372 expected average against them, against .329 on his offspeed pitches.
186 of his breaking balls thrown.
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