One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Speier's sinker moves 17.4 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
67 thrown, averaging 94.2 mph.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Speier throws a strike on the first pitch 72.2% of the time.
54 plate appearances started in 2026.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Speier lives in the strike zone: 48.8% of his pitches are in it, 93rd percentile.
207 pitches in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 38th in MLB.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Speier goes to the 4-seam fastball: 42.9% of his two-strike pitches, against 25.4% the rest of the time.
77 two-strike pitches in 2026.
He leaves too much of it over the heart of the plate
27.5% of Speier's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, the part of the plate hitters do their damage on.
57 of 207 located pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Speier's sinker leaves the bat at 87.5 mph, against 82.4 off his slider.
67 and 73 of them thrown.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Speier's 4-seam fastball carries 15.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
66 thrown, averaging 94.6 mph.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 27% of the contact Speier gives up is hit hard, 93rd percentile.
207 pitches in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 41st in MLB.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Speier throws the 4-seam fastball 41.6% of the time against right-handers and 20.2% against left-handers.
113 pitches to right-handers, 94 to left-handers.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Speier lands 55.6% of his fastballs in the zone and only 37% of his breaking balls.
133 of his fastballs, 73 of his breaking balls.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Speier puts 70.3% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 36.8% when he is ahead.
37 located pitches behind, 76 ahead.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Speier releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 39 degrees above horizontal and 1.6 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
207 tracked release points, averaging 5.5 feet off the ground.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Speier is weak: 85.3 mph off the bat on average, 87th percentile.
207 pitches in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 73rd in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Speier works with 3 pitches: Slider, Sinker and 4-Seam Fastball. The slider is 35.3% of everything he throws.
207 classified pitches in 2026.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Speier releases the ball 6.0 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
140 tracked pitches in 2026.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .345 expected average against them, against .308 on his fastballs.
73 of his breaking balls thrown.
He lives on one side of the plate
Speier works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.8 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
207 located pitches in 2026.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Speier averages 90.6 mph across his arsenal, 64th percentile in the league.
207 pitches in 2026. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 195th in MLB.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
10.9 mph separates Speier's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 94.6 against 83.6.
66 and 73 of them respectively.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Speier lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.36 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
207 located pitches in 2026.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Speier's sinker averages 94.2 mph, and has touched 96.0.
67 thrown, 32.4% of his pitches.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Speier's stuff spins at 2,201 rpm, 38th percentile in the league.
207 pitches in 2026. 38th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 336th in MLB.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Speier's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,260 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
66 thrown in 2026.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Speier's sinker moves 17.4 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
67 thrown, averaging 94.2 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Speier's 4-seam fastball carries 15.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
66 thrown, averaging 94.6 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Speier throws a strike on the first pitch 72.2% of the time.
54 plate appearances started in 2026.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Speier goes to the 4-seam fastball: 42.9% of his two-strike pitches, against 25.4% the rest of the time.
77 two-strike pitches in 2026.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Speier puts 70.3% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 36.8% when he is ahead.
37 located pitches behind, 76 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Speier lives in the strike zone: 48.8% of his pitches are in it, 93rd percentile.
207 pitches in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 38th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He leaves too much of it over the heart of the plate
27.5% of Speier's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, the part of the plate hitters do their damage on.
57 of 207 located pitches.
He lives on one side of the plate
Speier works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.8 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
207 located pitches in 2026.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Speier lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.36 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
207 located pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Speier's sinker leaves the bat at 87.5 mph, against 82.4 off his slider.
67 and 73 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Speier throws the 4-seam fastball 41.6% of the time against right-handers and 20.2% against left-handers.
113 pitches to right-handers, 94 to left-handers.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Speier works with 3 pitches: Slider, Sinker and 4-Seam Fastball. The slider is 35.3% of everything he throws.
207 classified pitches in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
10.9 mph separates Speier's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 94.6 against 83.6.
66 and 73 of them respectively.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Speier's sinker averages 94.2 mph, and has touched 96.0.
67 thrown, 32.4% of his pitches.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Speier's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,260 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
66 thrown in 2026.
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Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 27% of the contact Speier gives up is hit hard, 93rd percentile.
207 pitches in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 41st in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Speier is weak: 85.3 mph off the bat on average, 87th percentile.
207 pitches in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 73rd in MLB.
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He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Speier lands 55.6% of his fastballs in the zone and only 37% of his breaking balls.
133 of his fastballs, 73 of his breaking balls.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .345 expected average against them, against .308 on his fastballs.
73 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Speier releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 39 degrees above horizontal and 1.6 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
207 tracked release points, averaging 5.5 feet off the ground.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Speier releases the ball 6.0 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
140 tracked pitches in 2026.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Speier averages 90.6 mph across his arsenal, 64th percentile in the league.
207 pitches in 2026. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 195th in MLB.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Speier's stuff spins at 2,201 rpm, 38th percentile in the league.
207 pitches in 2026. 38th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 336th in MLB.
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