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.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
49.3% of the contact against Fernandez with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 38.3% with the bases empty.
613 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 2377 with the bases empty.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
44.3% of the contact against Fernandez is on the ground and 25% of it is in the air.
368 tracked batted balls allowed.
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 home runs are what is undoing his season
Fernandez has given up 13 tracked home runs, 8 of them to right field, the longest 427 feet.
13 tracked home runs allowed in 2016.
Both sides hit him about the same
36.6% of the contact right-handers make against Fernandez is hit hard, against 43% of what left-handers make.
1345 pitches to right-handed hitters, 1645 to left-handed hitters.
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 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.
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 side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 87.6 mph off the bat against Fernandez and left-handers 90.5.
151 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 224 from 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.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
43% of the balls put in play against Fernandez have gone to centre field.
182 of 423 located batted balls allowed.
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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.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
49.3% of the contact against Fernandez with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 38.3% with the bases empty.
613 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 2377 with the bases empty.
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The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
44.3% of the contact against Fernandez is on the ground and 25% of it is in the air.
368 tracked batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Fernandez has given up 13 tracked home runs, 8 of them to right field, the longest 427 feet.
13 tracked home runs allowed in 2016.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 87.6 mph off the bat against Fernandez and left-handers 90.5.
151 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 224 from left-handers.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
43% of the balls put in play against Fernandez have gone to centre field.
182 of 423 located batted balls allowed.
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 .402 expected average against them, against .340 on his offspeed pitches.
1586 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Both sides hit him about the same
36.6% of the contact right-handers make against Fernandez is hit hard, against 43% of what left-handers make.
1345 pitches to right-handed hitters, 1645 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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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 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.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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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.