One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .495 expected average against them, against .253 on his fastballs.
121 of his breaking balls thrown.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Leasure's 4-seam fastball carries 18.7 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
160 thrown, averaging 95.8 mph.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Leasure's 4-seam fastball averages 95.8 mph, and has touched 97.3.
160 thrown, 51.1% of his pitches.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Leasure puts 61% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 33.3% when he is ahead.
82 located pitches behind, 93 ahead.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Leasure works off the plate, with only 38.9% of his pitches in the zone, 14th percentile.
277 pitches in 2026. 14th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 463rd in MLB.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 91.7 mph off the bat against Leasure, 10th percentile.
277 pitches in 2026. 10th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 485th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Leasure's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 94.9 mph, against 89.8 off his slider.
160 and 129 of them thrown.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Leasure averages 91.8 mph across his arsenal, 78th percentile in the league.
277 pitches in 2026. 78th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 120th in MLB.
He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Leasure puts 37.2% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 41.4% of his pitches to left-handers.
166 pitches to right-handed hitters, 111 to left-handed hitters.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Leasure works with 2 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball and Slider. The 4-seam fastball is 51.1% of everything he throws.
313 classified pitches in 2026.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Leasure releases the ball 6.8 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
231 tracked pitches in 2026.
He lives on one side of the plate
Leasure works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.5 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
311 located pitches in 2026.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Leasure goes to the 4-seam fastball: 56.1% of his two-strike pitches, against 48.8% the rest of the time.
98 two-strike pitches in 2026.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Leasure throws 41.8% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 37.8% with the bases empty.
79 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 198 with the bases empty.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Leasure throws a fastball 67.9% of the time, against 58.1% when he is ahead.
84 pitches behind in the count, 93 ahead.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Leasure throws the slider 47.5% of the time against right-handers and 32.6% against left-handers.
181 pitches to right-handers, 132 to left-handers.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Leasure releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 57 degrees above horizontal and 0.9 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
311 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Leasure projects a .351 average, 27th percentile.
277 pitches in 2026. 27th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 391st in MLB.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Leasure's slider spins at 2,428 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
129 thrown in 2026.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
41.9% of the contact Leasure gives up is hit hard, 39th percentile.
277 pitches in 2026. 39th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 330th in MLB.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Leasure has thrown 15 sinkers this season, 4.8% of his pitches, at 95.3 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
313 classified pitches in 2026.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .495 expected average against them, against .253 on his fastballs.
121 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Leasure's 4-seam fastball carries 18.7 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
160 thrown, averaging 95.8 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Leasure's 4-seam fastball averages 95.8 mph, and has touched 97.3.
160 thrown, 51.1% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Leasure's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 94.9 mph, against 89.8 off his slider.
160 and 129 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Leasure works with 2 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball and Slider. The 4-seam fastball is 51.1% of everything he throws.
313 classified pitches in 2026.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Leasure throws the slider 47.5% of the time against right-handers and 32.6% against left-handers.
181 pitches to right-handers, 132 to left-handers.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Leasure's slider spins at 2,428 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
129 thrown in 2026.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Leasure has thrown 15 sinkers this season, 4.8% of his pitches, at 95.3 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
313 classified pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Leasure puts 61% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 33.3% when he is ahead.
82 located pitches behind, 93 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Leasure goes to the 4-seam fastball: 56.1% of his two-strike pitches, against 48.8% the rest of the time.
98 two-strike pitches in 2026.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Leasure throws a fastball 67.9% of the time, against 58.1% when he is ahead.
84 pitches behind in the count, 93 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Leasure works off the plate, with only 38.9% of his pitches in the zone, 14th percentile.
277 pitches in 2026. 14th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 463rd in MLB.
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When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 91.7 mph off the bat against Leasure, 10th percentile.
277 pitches in 2026. 10th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 485th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Leasure projects a .351 average, 27th percentile.
277 pitches in 2026. 27th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 391st in MLB.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
41.9% of the contact Leasure gives up is hit hard, 39th percentile.
277 pitches in 2026. 39th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 330th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Leasure averages 91.8 mph across his arsenal, 78th percentile in the league.
277 pitches in 2026. 78th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 120th in MLB.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Leasure puts 37.2% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 41.4% of his pitches to left-handers.
166 pitches to right-handed hitters, 111 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Leasure releases the ball 6.8 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
231 tracked pitches in 2026.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Leasure releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 57 degrees above horizontal and 0.9 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
311 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on one side of the plate
Leasure works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.5 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
311 located pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Leasure throws 41.8% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 37.8% with the bases empty.
79 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 198 with the bases empty.
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