There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Springs's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.8 mph, against 81.1 off his changeup.
1070 and 617 of them thrown.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 32.4% of the contact Springs gives up is hit hard, 81st percentile.
785 pitches in 2026. 81st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 102nd in MLB.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Springs averages 85.6 mph across his arsenal, 7th percentile in the league.
785 pitches in 2026. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 500th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .327 expected average against them, against .269 on his fastballs.
266 of his breaking balls thrown.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Springs's stuff spins at 2,072 rpm, 15th percentile in the league.
785 pitches in 2026. 15th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 457th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Springs projects a .299 average, 75th percentile.
785 pitches in 2026. 75th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 135th in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
45.2% of the balls put in play against Springs have gone to centre field.
206 of 456 located batted balls allowed.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Springs is weak: 87.0 mph off the bat on average, 70th percentile.
785 pitches in 2026. 70th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 164th in MLB.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Springs has given up 35 tracked home runs, 18 of them to left field, the longest 444 feet.
35 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
Both sides hit him about the same
31.4% of the contact right-handers make against Springs is hit hard, against 34.9% of what left-handers make.
589 pitches to right-handed hitters, 196 to left-handed hitters.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
35.9% of the contact against Springs is on the ground and 41.5% of it is in the air.
446 tracked batted balls allowed.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 86.6 mph off the bat against Springs and left-handers 88.1.
316 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 136 from left-handers.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Springs's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.8 mph, against 81.1 off his changeup.
1070 and 617 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 32.4% of the contact Springs gives up is hit hard, 81st percentile.
785 pitches in 2026. 81st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 102nd in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Springs projects a .299 average, 75th percentile.
785 pitches in 2026. 75th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 135th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Springs is weak: 87.0 mph off the bat on average, 70th percentile.
785 pitches in 2026. 70th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 164th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Springs averages 85.6 mph across his arsenal, 7th percentile in the league.
785 pitches in 2026. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 500th in MLB.
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 breaking balls: a .327 expected average against them, against .269 on his fastballs.
266 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Springs's stuff spins at 2,072 rpm, 15th percentile in the league.
785 pitches in 2026. 15th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 457th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
45.2% of the balls put in play against Springs have gone to centre field.
206 of 456 located batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Springs has given up 35 tracked home runs, 18 of them to left field, the longest 444 feet.
35 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
35.9% of the contact against Springs is on the ground and 41.5% of it is in the air.
446 tracked batted balls allowed.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 86.6 mph off the bat against Springs and left-handers 88.1.
316 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 136 from left-handers.
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Both sides hit him about the same
31.4% of the contact right-handers make against Springs is hit hard, against 34.9% of what left-handers make.
589 pitches to right-handed hitters, 196 to left-handed hitters.
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