There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Shields's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 93.1 mph, against 82.6 off his eephus.
844 and 114 of them thrown.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Shields averages 84.7 mph across his arsenal, 8th percentile in the league.
3296 pitches in 2018. 8th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 672nd in MLB.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
44% of the contact against Shields with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 37.3% with the bases empty.
653 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 2643 with the bases empty.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .385 expected average against them, against .337 on his offspeed pitches.
1972 of his fastballs thrown.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Shields works off the plate, with only 42.7% of his pitches in the zone, 23rd percentile.
3296 pitches in 2018. 23rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 557th in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
43.7% of the balls put in play against Shields have gone to centre field.
265 of 606 located batted balls allowed.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Shields projects a .367 average, 36th percentile.
3296 pitches in 2018. 36th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 466th in MLB.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Shields has given up 33 tracked home runs, 16 of them to left field, the longest 454 feet.
33 tracked home runs allowed in 2018.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Shields's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 93.1 mph, against 82.6 off his eephus.
844 and 114 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Shields averages 84.7 mph across his arsenal, 8th percentile in the league.
3296 pitches in 2018. 8th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 672nd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
44% of the contact against Shields with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 37.3% with the bases empty.
653 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 2643 with the bases empty.
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 fastballs: a .385 expected average against them, against .337 on his offspeed pitches.
1972 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
He cannot find the zone often enough
Shields works off the plate, with only 42.7% of his pitches in the zone, 23rd percentile.
3296 pitches in 2018. 23rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 557th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
43.7% of the balls put in play against Shields have gone to centre field.
265 of 606 located batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Shields has given up 33 tracked home runs, 16 of them to left field, the longest 454 feet.
33 tracked home runs allowed in 2018.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
Take me there
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Shields projects a .367 average, 36th percentile.
3296 pitches in 2018. 36th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 466th in MLB.
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