This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Speier goes to the 4-seam fastball: 55% of his two-strike pitches, against 33.3% the rest of the time.
229 two-strike pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Speier's sinker moves 17.2 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
231 thrown, averaging 95.1 mph.
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.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Speier throws the 4-seam fastball 51.7% of the time against right-handers and 29.1% against left-handers.
350 pitches to right-handers, 344 to left-handers.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Speier throws a fastball 84.5% of the time, against 64.4% when he is ahead.
142 pitches behind in the count, 239 ahead.
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.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Speier releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 34 degrees above horizontal and 1.8 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
694 tracked release points, averaging 5.4 feet off the ground.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Speier's 4-seam fastball carries 14.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
281 thrown, averaging 95.4 mph.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Speier throws a strike on the first pitch 69.5% of the time.
187 plate appearances started in 2026.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Speier's 4-seam fastball averages 95.4 mph, and has touched 98.4.
281 thrown, 40.5% of his pitches.
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.
He leaves too much of it over the heart of the plate
24.2% of Speier's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, the part of the plate hitters do their damage on.
168 of 694 located pitches.
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.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Speier's sinker leaves the bat at 88.5 mph, against 84.8 off his slider.
231 and 178 of them thrown.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Speier puts 63.4% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 42.3% when he is ahead.
142 located pitches behind, 239 ahead.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Speier works with 3 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Sinker and Slider. The 4-seam fastball is 40.5% of everything he throws.
694 classified 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 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.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Speier releases the ball 6.1 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
627 tracked pitches in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.2 mph separates Speier's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 95.4 against 84.2.
281 and 178 of them respectively.
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 2,245 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
281 thrown in 2026.
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This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Speier goes to the 4-seam fastball: 55% of his two-strike pitches, against 33.3% the rest of the time.
229 two-strike pitches in 2026.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Speier throws a fastball 84.5% of the time, against 64.4% when he is ahead.
142 pitches behind in the count, 239 ahead.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Speier throws a strike on the first pitch 69.5% of the time.
187 plate appearances started in 2026.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Speier puts 63.4% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 42.3% when he is ahead.
142 located pitches behind, 239 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Speier's sinker moves 17.2 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
231 thrown, averaging 95.1 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Speier's 4-seam fastball carries 14.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
281 thrown, averaging 95.4 mph.
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 saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Speier throws the 4-seam fastball 51.7% of the time against right-handers and 29.1% against left-handers.
350 pitches to right-handers, 344 to left-handers.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Speier's 4-seam fastball averages 95.4 mph, and has touched 98.4.
281 thrown, 40.5% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Speier's sinker leaves the bat at 88.5 mph, against 84.8 off his slider.
231 and 178 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Speier works with 3 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Sinker and Slider. The 4-seam fastball is 40.5% of everything he throws.
694 classified pitches in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.2 mph separates Speier's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 95.4 against 84.2.
281 and 178 of them respectively.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Speier's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,245 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
281 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.
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 34 degrees above horizontal and 1.8 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
694 tracked release points, averaging 5.4 feet off the ground.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Speier releases the ball 6.1 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
627 tracked pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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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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He leaves too much of it over the heart of the plate
24.2% of Speier's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, the part of the plate hitters do their damage on.
168 of 694 located pitches.
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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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