Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Liriano is weak: 85.3 mph off the bat on average, 98th percentile.
1117 pitches in 2019. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 19th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Liriano's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 92.5 mph, against 81.2 off his slider.
95 and 340 of them thrown.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .348 expected average against them, against .257 on his breaking balls.
291 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 31.5% of the contact Liriano gives up is hit hard, 92nd percentile.
1117 pitches in 2019. 92nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 58th in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
51.9% of the contact against Liriano is on the ground and 29.8% of it is in the air.
181 tracked batted balls allowed.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Liriano projects a .318 average, 91st percentile.
1117 pitches in 2019. 91st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 70th in MLB.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
25% of the contact against Liriano with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 34.1% with the bases empty.
305 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 812 with the bases empty.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Liriano's stuff spins at 2,027 rpm, 12th percentile in the league.
1117 pitches in 2019. 12th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 661st in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
47.5% of the balls put in play against Liriano have gone to centre field.
94 of 198 located batted balls allowed.
Both sides hit him about the same
30.6% of the contact right-handers make against Liriano is hit hard, against 34% of what left-handers make.
787 pitches to right-handed hitters, 330 to left-handed hitters.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Liriano has given up 8 tracked home runs, 3 of them to left field, the longest 454 feet.
8 tracked home runs allowed in 2019.
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Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Liriano is weak: 85.3 mph off the bat on average, 98th percentile.
1117 pitches in 2019. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 19th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 31.5% of the contact Liriano gives up is hit hard, 92nd percentile.
1117 pitches in 2019. 92nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 58th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Liriano projects a .318 average, 91st percentile.
1117 pitches in 2019. 91st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 70th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Liriano's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 92.5 mph, against 81.2 off his slider.
95 and 340 of them thrown.
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 offspeed pitches: a .348 expected average against them, against .257 on his breaking balls.
291 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
51.9% of the contact against Liriano is on the ground and 29.8% of it is in the air.
181 tracked batted balls allowed.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
47.5% of the balls put in play against Liriano have gone to centre field.
94 of 198 located batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Liriano has given up 8 tracked home runs, 3 of them to left field, the longest 454 feet.
8 tracked home runs allowed in 2019.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
25% of the contact against Liriano with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 34.1% with the bases empty.
305 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 812 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Liriano's stuff spins at 2,027 rpm, 12th percentile in the league.
1117 pitches in 2019. 12th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 661st in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Both sides hit him about the same
30.6% of the contact right-handers make against Liriano is hit hard, against 34% of what left-handers make.
787 pitches to right-handed hitters, 330 to left-handed hitters.
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Career team 2013–2019