He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Kendrick throws the sinker 60% of the time against right-handers and 19.6% against left-handers.
105 pitches to right-handers, 51 to left-handers.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Kendrick's sinker moves 15.7 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
73 thrown, averaging 91.6 mph.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Kendrick throws 38.7% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 46.8% with the bases empty.
62 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 94 with the bases empty.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Kendrick releases the ball 5.3 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
156 tracked pitches in 2017.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Kendrick's sinker averages 91.6 mph, and has touched 93.6.
73 thrown, 46.8% of his pitches.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Kendrick's sinker carries 13.5 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
73 thrown, averaging 91.6 mph.
He lives on one side of the plate
Kendrick works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.7 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
156 located pitches in 2017.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Kendrick throws a strike on the first pitch 55.6% of the time.
45 plate appearances started in 2017.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Kendrick works with 4 pitches: Sinker, Slider, Splitter and Cutter. The sinker is 46.8% of everything he throws.
156 classified pitches in 2017.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Kendrick puts 57.7% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 42.4% when he is ahead.
52 located pitches behind, 33 ahead.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Kendrick releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 60 degrees above horizontal and 1.0 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
156 tracked release points, averaging 6.1 feet off the ground.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Kendrick is weak: 86.8 mph off the bat on average, 66th percentile.
156 pitches in 2017. 66th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 241st in MLB.
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He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Kendrick throws the sinker 60% of the time against right-handers and 19.6% against left-handers.
105 pitches to right-handers, 51 to left-handers.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Kendrick's sinker averages 91.6 mph, and has touched 93.6.
73 thrown, 46.8% of his pitches.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Kendrick works with 4 pitches: Sinker, Slider, Splitter and Cutter. The sinker is 46.8% of everything he throws.
156 classified pitches in 2017.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Kendrick's sinker moves 15.7 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
73 thrown, averaging 91.6 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Kendrick's sinker carries 13.5 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
73 thrown, averaging 91.6 mph.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Kendrick throws 38.7% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 46.8% with the bases empty.
62 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 94 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Kendrick releases the ball 5.3 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
156 tracked pitches in 2017.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Kendrick releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 60 degrees above horizontal and 1.0 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
156 tracked release points, averaging 6.1 feet off the ground.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on one side of the plate
Kendrick works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.7 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
156 located pitches in 2017.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He falls behind hitters far too often
Kendrick throws a strike on the first pitch 55.6% of the time.
45 plate appearances started in 2017.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Kendrick puts 57.7% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 42.4% when he is ahead.
52 located pitches behind, 33 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Kendrick is weak: 86.8 mph off the bat on average, 66th percentile.
156 pitches in 2017. 66th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 241st in MLB.
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