Gabriel Hughes

Hughes releases the ball from a sidearm slot, about 24 degrees above horizontal and 2.3 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.

Hughes's sweeper moves 12.7 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

14.1 mph separates Hughes's sinker from his curveball, 92.9 against 78.7.

Hughes lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.25 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

Hughes's curveball carries 12.6 inches of drop against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

Hughes works with 6 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Curveball, Changeup and Sinker, and a little else. The 4-seam fastball is 49.4% of everything he throws.

Hughes puts 61.1% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 44.2% when he is ahead.

With two strikes Hughes goes to the curveball: 16.3% of his two-strike pitches, against 10.1% the rest of the time.

Hughes's 4-seam fastball averages 92.4 mph, and has touched 95.7.

Hughes's curveball spins at 2,507 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.

Hughes throws the curveball 15.4% of the time against left-handers and 5.3% against right-handers.

Hughes releases the ball from a sidearm slot, about 24 degrees above horizontal and 2.3 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.

14.1 mph separates Hughes's sinker from his curveball, 92.9 against 78.7.

Hughes works with 6 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Curveball, Changeup and Sinker, and a little else. The 4-seam fastball is 49.4% of everything he throws.

Hughes's 4-seam fastball averages 92.4 mph, and has touched 95.7.

Hughes's curveball spins at 2,507 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.

Hughes throws the curveball 15.4% of the time against left-handers and 5.3% against right-handers.

Hughes puts 61.1% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 44.2% when he is ahead.

With two strikes Hughes goes to the curveball: 16.3% of his two-strike pitches, against 10.1% the rest of the time.

Hughes's sweeper moves 12.7 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

Hughes's curveball carries 12.6 inches of drop against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

Hughes lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.25 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.