The home runs are what is undoing his season
Freeland has given up 29 tracked home runs, 22 of them to left field, the longest 455 feet.
29 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Freeland's changeup leaves the bat at 93.0 mph, against 83.4 off his sweeper.
313 and 172 of them thrown.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Freeland projects a .374 average, 11th percentile.
595 pitches in 2026. 11th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 479th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .420 expected average against them, against .341 on his breaking balls.
93 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .384 average against Freeland and left-handers to .335.
489 pitches to right-handed hitters, 106 to left-handed hitters.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 91.4 mph off the bat against Freeland and left-handers 86.9.
344 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 124 from left-handers.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Freeland averages 86.5 mph across his arsenal, 14th percentile in the league.
595 pitches in 2026. 14th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 463rd in MLB.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
36% of the contact against Freeland with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 43.5% with the bases empty.
171 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 424 with the bases empty.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
46.1% of the balls put in play against Freeland have gone to centre field.
216 of 469 located batted balls allowed.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Freeland lives in the strike zone: 44.4% of his pitches are in it, 68th percentile.
595 pitches in 2026. 68th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 173rd in MLB.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
41.8% of the contact Freeland gives up is hit hard, 39th percentile.
595 pitches in 2026. 39th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 327th in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
41.5% of the contact against Freeland is on the ground and 34.3% of it is in the air.
455 tracked batted balls allowed.
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The home runs are what is undoing his season
Freeland has given up 29 tracked home runs, 22 of them to left field, the longest 455 feet.
29 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 91.4 mph off the bat against Freeland and left-handers 86.9.
344 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 124 from left-handers.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
46.1% of the balls put in play against Freeland have gone to centre field.
216 of 469 located batted balls allowed.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
41.5% of the contact against Freeland is on the ground and 34.3% of it is in the air.
455 tracked batted balls allowed.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Freeland's changeup leaves the bat at 93.0 mph, against 83.4 off his sweeper.
313 and 172 of them thrown.
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The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Freeland projects a .374 average, 11th percentile.
595 pitches in 2026. 11th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 479th in MLB.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
41.8% of the contact Freeland gives up is hit hard, 39th percentile.
595 pitches in 2026. 39th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 327th in MLB.
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 offspeed pitches: a .420 expected average against them, against .341 on his breaking balls.
93 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .384 average against Freeland and left-handers to .335.
489 pitches to right-handed hitters, 106 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Freeland averages 86.5 mph across his arsenal, 14th percentile in the league.
595 pitches in 2026. 14th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 463rd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
36% of the contact against Freeland with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 43.5% with the bases empty.
171 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 424 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Freeland lives in the strike zone: 44.4% of his pitches are in it, 68th percentile.
595 pitches in 2026. 68th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 173rd in MLB.
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