His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Boyle's 4-seam fastball averages 97.1 mph, and has touched 99.3.
55 thrown, 20.9% of his pitches.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .452 expected average against them, against .265 on his breaking balls.
106 of his fastballs thrown.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Boyle's splitter moves 17.4 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
40 thrown, averaging 92.6 mph.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Boyle goes to the sweeper: 22.1% of his two-strike pitches, against 6.2% the rest of the time.
68 two-strike pitches in 2026.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Boyle's splitter leaves the bat at 94.2 mph, against 82.6 off his slider.
40 and 90 of them thrown.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Boyle releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 30 degrees above horizontal and 1.4 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
263 tracked release points, averaging 5.5 feet off the ground.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Boyle averages 92.4 mph across his arsenal, 86th percentile in the league.
263 pitches in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 78th in MLB.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Boyle throws the sinker 37.2% of the time against right-handers and 4.2% against left-handers.
121 pitches to right-handers, 142 to left-handers.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Boyle's 4-seam fastball carries 13.8 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
55 thrown, averaging 97.1 mph.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Boyle's stuff spins at 2,512 rpm, 89th percentile in the league.
263 pitches in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 59th in MLB.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Boyle throws a fastball 43.2% of the time, against 27.9% when he is ahead.
81 pitches behind in the count, 68 ahead.
He lives on one side of the plate
Boyle works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.7 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
263 located pitches in 2026.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Boyle projects a .359 average, 21st percentile.
263 pitches in 2026. 21st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 423rd in MLB.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Boyle lives in the strike zone: 44.5% of his pitches are in it, 69th percentile.
263 pitches in 2026. 69th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 169th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Boyle works with 5 pitches: Slider, 4-Seam Fastball, Sinker and Splitter, and a little else. The slider is 34.2% of everything he throws.
263 classified pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Boyle's slider spins at 2,648 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
90 thrown in 2026.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Boyle throws a strike on the first pitch 56.7% of the time.
67 plate appearances started in 2026.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
44.2% of the contact Boyle gives up is hit hard, 29th percentile.
263 pitches in 2026. 29th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 379th in MLB.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Boyle releases the ball 6.7 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
152 tracked pitches in 2026.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Boyle is weak: 87.3 mph off the bat on average, 66th percentile.
263 pitches in 2026. 66th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 181st in MLB.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Boyle's 4-seam fastball averages 97.1 mph, and has touched 99.3.
55 thrown, 20.9% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Boyle's splitter leaves the bat at 94.2 mph, against 82.6 off his slider.
40 and 90 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Boyle throws the sinker 37.2% of the time against right-handers and 4.2% against left-handers.
121 pitches to right-handers, 142 to left-handers.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Boyle works with 5 pitches: Slider, 4-Seam Fastball, Sinker and Splitter, and a little else. The slider is 34.2% of everything he throws.
263 classified pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Boyle's slider spins at 2,648 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
90 thrown in 2026.
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 .452 expected average against them, against .265 on his breaking balls.
106 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Boyle's splitter moves 17.4 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
40 thrown, averaging 92.6 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Boyle's 4-seam fastball carries 13.8 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
55 thrown, averaging 97.1 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Boyle goes to the sweeper: 22.1% of his two-strike pitches, against 6.2% the rest of the time.
68 two-strike pitches in 2026.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Boyle throws a fastball 43.2% of the time, against 27.9% when he is ahead.
81 pitches behind in the count, 68 ahead.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Boyle throws a strike on the first pitch 56.7% of the time.
67 plate appearances started in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Boyle releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 30 degrees above horizontal and 1.4 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
263 tracked release points, averaging 5.5 feet off the ground.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Boyle releases the ball 6.7 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
152 tracked pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Boyle averages 92.4 mph across his arsenal, 86th percentile in the league.
263 pitches in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 78th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Boyle's stuff spins at 2,512 rpm, 89th percentile in the league.
263 pitches in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 59th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on one side of the plate
Boyle works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.7 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
263 located pitches in 2026.
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The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Boyle projects a .359 average, 21st percentile.
263 pitches in 2026. 21st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 423rd in MLB.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
44.2% of the contact Boyle gives up is hit hard, 29th percentile.
263 pitches in 2026. 29th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 379th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Boyle is weak: 87.3 mph off the bat on average, 66th percentile.
263 pitches in 2026. 66th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 181st in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Boyle lives in the strike zone: 44.5% of his pitches are in it, 69th percentile.
263 pitches in 2026. 69th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 169th in MLB.
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