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Joe Rock

Athletics
Number #30
Position RP
Bats L
Throws L
Age 26
Height 6' 6"
Weight 220 lbs
Birth Place Sewickley, PA
Born Jul 29, 2000

Key Insights

2026
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming

Behind in the count Rock throws a fastball 74.6% of the time, against 42.1% when he is ahead.

71 pitches behind in the count, 57 ahead.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Rock releases the ball from a sidearm slot, about 23 degrees above horizontal and 1.9 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.

211 tracked release points, averaging 5.4 feet off the ground.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Rock's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 95.5 mph, against 88.4 off his slider.

98 and 79 of them thrown.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Rock goes to the slider: 51.9% of his two-strike pitches, against 32.7% the rest of the time.

52 two-strike pitches in 2026.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest

Rock lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.02 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

211 located pitches in 2026.
He lives on one side of the plate

Rock works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 4.5 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.

211 located pitches in 2026.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 29, 2000
Birth Place Sewickley, PA
Height 6' 6"
Weight 220 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws L/L
College/Draft Ohio