One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Brentz's 4-seam fastball moves 65.8 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
90 thrown, averaging 95.8 mph.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Brentz works off the plate, with only 36.9% of his pitches in the zone, 3rd percentile.
160 pitches in 2022. 3rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 752nd in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Brentz's slider leaves the bat at 89.9 mph, against 81.2 off his 4-seam fastball.
53 and 90 of them thrown.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Brentz lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.09 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
160 located pitches in 2022.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Brentz averages 91.9 mph across his arsenal, 86th percentile in the league.
160 pitches in 2022. 86th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 110th in MLB.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Brentz's 4-seam fastball carries 15.8 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
90 thrown, averaging 95.8 mph.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Brentz's 4-seam fastball averages 95.8 mph, and has touched 98.5.
90 thrown, 56.2% of his pitches.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
13.1% of Brentz's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
21 of 160 located pitches.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Brentz is weak: 85.7 mph off the bat on average, 88th percentile.
160 pitches in 2022. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 95th in MLB.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Brentz lands 44.4% of his fastballs in the zone and only 26.4% of his breaking balls.
99 of his fastballs, 53 of his breaking balls.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Brentz releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 38 degrees above horizontal and 1.0 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
160 tracked release points, averaging 5.1 feet off the ground.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Brentz works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider, Sinker and Changeup. The 4-seam fastball is 56.2% of everything he throws.
160 classified pitches in 2022.
He lives on one side of the plate
Brentz works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 4.0 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
160 located pitches in 2022.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Brentz puts 42.6% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 28.6% when he is ahead.
61 located pitches behind, 35 ahead.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Brentz releases the ball 6.7 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
160 tracked pitches in 2022.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.0 mph separates Brentz's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 95.8 against 84.8.
90 and 53 of them respectively.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Brentz throws the 4-seam fastball 63.6% of the time against left-handers and 52.4% against right-handers.
105 pitches to right-handers, 55 to left-handers.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Brentz has thrown 8 changeups this season, 5% of his pitches, at 90.8 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
160 classified pitches in 2022.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Brentz's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,237 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
90 thrown in 2022.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Brentz's 4-seam fastball moves 65.8 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
90 thrown, averaging 95.8 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Brentz's 4-seam fastball carries 15.8 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
90 thrown, averaging 95.8 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Brentz works off the plate, with only 36.9% of his pitches in the zone, 3rd percentile.
160 pitches in 2022. 3rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 752nd 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 Brentz's slider leaves the bat at 89.9 mph, against 81.2 off his 4-seam fastball.
53 and 90 of them thrown.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Brentz's 4-seam fastball averages 95.8 mph, and has touched 98.5.
90 thrown, 56.2% of his pitches.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Brentz works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider, Sinker and Changeup. The 4-seam fastball is 56.2% of everything he throws.
160 classified pitches in 2022.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.0 mph separates Brentz's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 95.8 against 84.8.
90 and 53 of them respectively.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Brentz throws the 4-seam fastball 63.6% of the time against left-handers and 52.4% against right-handers.
105 pitches to right-handers, 55 to left-handers.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Brentz has thrown 8 changeups this season, 5% of his pitches, at 90.8 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
160 classified pitches in 2022.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Brentz's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,237 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
90 thrown in 2022.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Brentz lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.09 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
160 located pitches in 2022.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
13.1% of Brentz's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
21 of 160 located pitches.
He lives on one side of the plate
Brentz works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 4.0 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
160 located pitches in 2022.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Brentz averages 91.9 mph across his arsenal, 86th percentile in the league.
160 pitches in 2022. 86th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 110th in MLB.
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Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Brentz is weak: 85.7 mph off the bat on average, 88th percentile.
160 pitches in 2022. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2022, 95th in MLB.
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He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Brentz lands 44.4% of his fastballs in the zone and only 26.4% of his breaking balls.
99 of his fastballs, 53 of his breaking balls.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Brentz releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 38 degrees above horizontal and 1.0 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
160 tracked release points, averaging 5.1 feet off the ground.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Brentz releases the ball 6.7 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
160 tracked pitches in 2022.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Brentz puts 42.6% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 28.6% when he is ahead.
61 located pitches behind, 35 ahead.
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