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Jared Shuster

White Sox Career team 2024 to 2025
Number #68
Position RP
Bats L
Throws L
Age 28
Height 6' 3"
Weight 220 lbs
Birth Place New Bedford, MA
Born Aug 3, 1998

Key Insights

2026
He falls behind hitters far too often

Shuster throws a strike on the first pitch 43.9% of the time.

41 plate appearances started in 2026.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest

Shuster lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 1.98 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

166 located pitches in 2026.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Shuster throws the changeup 31.1% of the time against right-handers and 7.9% against left-handers.

90 pitches to right-handers, 76 to left-handers.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see

Shuster's 4-seam fastball carries 13.4 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

52 thrown, averaging 93.4 mph.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Shuster releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 37 degrees above horizontal and 1.4 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.

166 tracked release points, averaging 5.4 feet off the ground.
His pitches move in ways that fit together

Shuster works with 5 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider, Changeup and Cutter, and a little else. The 4-seam fastball is 31.3% of everything he throws.

166 classified pitches in 2026.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Aug 3, 1998
Birth Place New Bedford, MA
Height 6' 3"
Weight 220 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws L/L
College/Draft Wake Forest