This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Fernandez goes to the curveball: 50.3% of his two-strike pitches, against 26.2% the rest of the time.
915 two-strike pitches in 2016.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Fernandez's changeup moves 121.2 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
374 thrown, averaging 88.1 mph.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Fernandez throws 40% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 59.6% with the bases empty.
613 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 2377 with the bases empty.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Fernandez's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.2 mph, against 84.6 off his sinker.
1483 and 103 of them thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Fernandez lands 71.4% of his fastballs in the zone and only 47.1% of his breaking balls.
1586 of his fastballs, 1001 of his breaking balls.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Fernandez averages 90.2 mph across his arsenal, 76th percentile in the league.
2990 pitches in 2016. 76th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 163rd in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Fernandez works with 3 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Curveball and Changeup. The 4-seam fastball is 49.7% of everything he throws.
2982 classified pitches in 2016.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Fernandez lives in the strike zone: 57.9% of his pitches are in it, 74th percentile.
2990 pitches in 2016. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 74th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .402 expected average against them, against .340 on his offspeed pitches.
1586 of his fastballs thrown.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Fernandez's 4-seam fastball averages 95.2 mph, and has touched 100.2.
1483 thrown, 49.7% of his pitches.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Fernandez throws a fastball 56.7% of the time, against 47.7% when he is ahead.
746 pitches behind in the count, 927 ahead.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Fernandez throws the curveball 43.8% of the time against right-handers and 25.2% against left-handers.
1344 pitches to right-handers, 1638 to left-handers.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Fernandez's stuff spins at 1,837 rpm, 71st percentile in the league.
2990 pitches in 2016. 71st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 202nd in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Fernandez projects a .381 average, 29th percentile.
2990 pitches in 2016. 29th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 493rd in MLB.
He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Fernandez puts 56.3% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 58.5% of his pitches to left-handers.
1345 pitches to right-handed hitters, 1645 to left-handed hitters.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.5 mph separates Fernandez's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 95.2 against 83.7.
1483 and 1001 of them respectively.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Fernandez throws a strike on the first pitch 61.7% of the time.
751 plate appearances started in 2016.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Fernandez has thrown 103 sinkers this season, 3.5% of his pitches, at 93.5 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
2982 classified pitches in 2016.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Fernandez's sinker spins at 2,223 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
103 thrown in 2016.
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This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Fernandez goes to the curveball: 50.3% of his two-strike pitches, against 26.2% the rest of the time.
915 two-strike pitches in 2016.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Fernandez throws a fastball 56.7% of the time, against 47.7% when he is ahead.
746 pitches behind in the count, 927 ahead.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Fernandez throws a strike on the first pitch 61.7% of the time.
751 plate appearances started in 2016.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Fernandez's changeup moves 121.2 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
374 thrown, averaging 88.1 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Fernandez throws 40% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 59.6% with the bases empty.
613 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 2377 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Fernandez's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.2 mph, against 84.6 off his sinker.
1483 and 103 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Fernandez works with 3 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Curveball and Changeup. The 4-seam fastball is 49.7% of everything he throws.
2982 classified pitches in 2016.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Fernandez's 4-seam fastball averages 95.2 mph, and has touched 100.2.
1483 thrown, 49.7% of his pitches.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Fernandez throws the curveball 43.8% of the time against right-handers and 25.2% against left-handers.
1344 pitches to right-handers, 1638 to left-handers.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.5 mph separates Fernandez's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 95.2 against 83.7.
1483 and 1001 of them respectively.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Fernandez has thrown 103 sinkers this season, 3.5% of his pitches, at 93.5 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
2982 classified pitches in 2016.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Fernandez's sinker spins at 2,223 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
103 thrown in 2016.
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He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Fernandez lands 71.4% of his fastballs in the zone and only 47.1% of his breaking balls.
1586 of his fastballs, 1001 of his breaking balls.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .402 expected average against them, against .340 on his offspeed pitches.
1586 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Fernandez averages 90.2 mph across his arsenal, 76th percentile in the league.
2990 pitches in 2016. 76th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 163rd in MLB.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Fernandez lives in the strike zone: 57.9% of his pitches are in it, 74th percentile.
2990 pitches in 2016. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 74th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Fernandez's stuff spins at 1,837 rpm, 71st percentile in the league.
2990 pitches in 2016. 71st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 202nd in MLB.
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The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Fernandez projects a .381 average, 29th percentile.
2990 pitches in 2016. 29th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 493rd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Fernandez puts 56.3% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 58.5% of his pitches to left-handers.
1345 pitches to right-handed hitters, 1645 to left-handed hitters.
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