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Joel Peralta

Rays Career team 2011–2014
Number #62
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 50
Height 5' 10"
Weight 210 lbs
Birth Place Bonao, Dominican Republic
Born Mar 23, 1976

Key Insights

2016
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Peralta's 4-seam fastball averages 89.8 mph, and has touched 92.3.

265 thrown, 52.9% of his pitches.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Peralta goes to the splitter: 42.6% of his two-strike pitches, against 23.5% the rest of the time.

169 two-strike pitches in 2016.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Peralta's curveball leaves the bat at 93.3 mph, against 79.6 off his splitter.

86 and 150 of them thrown.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him

Peralta averages 85.0 mph across his arsenal, 14th percentile in the league.

501 pitches in 2016. 14th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 595th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass

The quality of contact against Peralta projects a .411 average, 11th percentile.

501 pitches in 2016. 11th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 614th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together

Peralta works with 3 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Splitter and Curveball. The 4-seam fastball is 52.9% of everything he throws.

501 classified pitches in 2016.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 23, 1976
Birth Place Bonao, Dominican Republic
Height 5' 10"
Weight 210 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right