He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .400 average against Blanton and left-handers to .300.
473 pitches to right-handed hitters, 292 to left-handed hitters.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Blanton's sinker leaves the bat at 92.6 mph, against 82.4 off his curveball.
79 and 91 of them thrown.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .380 expected average against them, against .313 on his offspeed pitches.
352 of his breaking balls thrown.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Blanton has given up 10 tracked home runs, 6 of them to left field, the longest 424 feet.
10 tracked home runs allowed in 2017.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Blanton averages 86.8 mph across his arsenal, 23rd percentile in the league.
765 pitches in 2017. 23rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 544th in MLB.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
39.4% of the contact against Blanton with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 33.7% with the bases empty.
171 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 594 with the bases empty.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 35.1% of the contact Blanton gives up is hit hard, 66th percentile.
765 pitches in 2017. 66th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 242nd in MLB.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Blanton lives in the strike zone: 46.5% of his pitches are in it, 71st percentile.
765 pitches in 2017. 71st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 203rd in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
34.6% of the contact against Blanton is on the ground and 41.7% of it is in the air.
127 tracked batted balls allowed.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
34% of the balls put in play against Blanton have gone to centre field.
48 of 141 located batted balls allowed.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 87.8 mph off the bat against Blanton and left-handers 86.3.
81 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 49 from left-handers.
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He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .400 average against Blanton and left-handers to .300.
473 pitches to right-handed hitters, 292 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Blanton's sinker leaves the bat at 92.6 mph, against 82.4 off his curveball.
79 and 91 of them thrown.
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 .380 expected average against them, against .313 on his offspeed pitches.
352 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The home runs are what is undoing his season
Blanton has given up 10 tracked home runs, 6 of them to left field, the longest 424 feet.
10 tracked home runs allowed in 2017.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
34.6% of the contact against Blanton is on the ground and 41.7% of it is in the air.
127 tracked batted balls allowed.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
34% of the balls put in play against Blanton have gone to centre field.
48 of 141 located batted balls allowed.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 87.8 mph off the bat against Blanton and left-handers 86.3.
81 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 49 from left-handers.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Blanton averages 86.8 mph across his arsenal, 23rd percentile in the league.
765 pitches in 2017. 23rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 544th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
39.4% of the contact against Blanton with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 33.7% with the bases empty.
171 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 594 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 35.1% of the contact Blanton gives up is hit hard, 66th percentile.
765 pitches in 2017. 66th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 242nd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Blanton lives in the strike zone: 46.5% of his pitches are in it, 71st percentile.
765 pitches in 2017. 71st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 203rd in MLB.
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