His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Howell's sinker averages 85.0 mph, and has touched 87.3.
120 thrown, 62.8% of his pitches.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Howell throws a strike on the first pitch 40.4% of the time.
52 plate appearances started in 2017.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Howell works off the plate, with only 34% of his pitches in the zone, 1st percentile.
193 pitches in 2017. 1st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 696th in MLB.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Howell releases the ball from over the top, about 79 degrees above horizontal and 0.4 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
191 tracked release points, averaging 6.1 feet off the ground.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Howell averages 82.8 mph across his arsenal, 3rd percentile in the league.
193 pitches in 2017. 3rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 681st in MLB.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Howell lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 1.90 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
191 located pitches in 2017.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Howell's sinker moves 15.0 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
120 thrown, averaging 85.0 mph.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
12% of Howell's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
23 of 191 located pitches.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Howell projects a .424 average, 7th percentile.
193 pitches in 2017. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 653rd in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Howell works with 3 pitches: Sinker, Knuckle Curve and Changeup. The sinker is 62.8% of everything he throws.
191 classified pitches in 2017.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Howell releases the ball 5.2 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
191 tracked pitches in 2017.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Howell puts 44.2% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 9.7% when he is ahead.
77 located pitches behind, 31 ahead.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Howell's stuff spins at 1,961 rpm, 9th percentile in the league.
193 pitches in 2017. 9th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 643rd in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Howell is weak: 86.0 mph off the bat on average, 80th percentile.
193 pitches in 2017. 80th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 139th in MLB.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Howell throws the changeup 14.6% of the time against right-handers and 0% against left-handers.
103 pitches to right-handers, 88 to left-handers.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Howell's knuckle curve spins at 2,388 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
54 thrown in 2017.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
6.2 mph separates Howell's sinker from his knuckle curve, 85.0 against 78.8.
120 and 54 of them respectively.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Howell's sinker averages 85.0 mph, and has touched 87.3.
120 thrown, 62.8% of his pitches.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Howell works with 3 pitches: Sinker, Knuckle Curve and Changeup. The sinker is 62.8% of everything he throws.
191 classified pitches in 2017.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Howell throws the changeup 14.6% of the time against right-handers and 0% against left-handers.
103 pitches to right-handers, 88 to left-handers.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Howell's knuckle curve spins at 2,388 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
54 thrown in 2017.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
6.2 mph separates Howell's sinker from his knuckle curve, 85.0 against 78.8.
120 and 54 of them respectively.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He falls behind hitters far too often
Howell throws a strike on the first pitch 40.4% of the time.
52 plate appearances started in 2017.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Howell puts 44.2% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 9.7% when he is ahead.
77 located pitches behind, 31 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Howell works off the plate, with only 34% of his pitches in the zone, 1st percentile.
193 pitches in 2017. 1st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 696th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Howell releases the ball from over the top, about 79 degrees above horizontal and 0.4 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
191 tracked release points, averaging 6.1 feet off the ground.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Howell releases the ball 5.2 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
191 tracked pitches in 2017.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Howell averages 82.8 mph across his arsenal, 3rd percentile in the league.
193 pitches in 2017. 3rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 681st in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Howell lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 1.90 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
191 located pitches in 2017.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
12% of Howell's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
23 of 191 located pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Howell's sinker moves 15.0 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
120 thrown, averaging 85.0 mph.
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The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Howell projects a .424 average, 7th percentile.
193 pitches in 2017. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 653rd in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Howell is weak: 86.0 mph off the bat on average, 80th percentile.
193 pitches in 2017. 80th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 139th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Howell's stuff spins at 1,961 rpm, 9th percentile in the league.
193 pitches in 2017. 9th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 643rd in MLB.
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