Both sides hit him about the same
46.4% of the contact right-handers make against Lynn is hit hard, against 32.8% of what left-handers make.
1010 pitches to right-handed hitters, 1029 to left-handed hitters.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Lynn's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.6 mph, against 85.3 off his curveball.
964 and 127 of them thrown.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
29.9% of the contact against Lynn with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41.9% with the bases empty.
520 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1519 with the bases empty.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .366 expected average against them, against .295 on his breaking balls.
128 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Lynn's stuff spins at 2,448 rpm, 83rd percentile in the league.
2039 pitches in 2024. 83rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 129th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Lynn projects a .340 average, 30th percentile.
2039 pitches in 2024. 30th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 537th in MLB.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 89.7 mph off the bat against Lynn and left-handers 87.1.
168 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 186 from left-handers.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
45.2% of the balls put in play against Lynn have gone to centre field.
160 of 354 located batted balls allowed.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Lynn works off the plate, with only 44.2% of his pitches in the zone, 33rd percentile.
2039 pitches in 2024. 33rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 516th in MLB.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Lynn has given up 16 tracked home runs, 6 of them to centre field, the longest 433 feet.
16 tracked home runs allowed in 2024.
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Both sides hit him about the same
46.4% of the contact right-handers make against Lynn is hit hard, against 32.8% of what left-handers make.
1010 pitches to right-handed hitters, 1029 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Lynn's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.6 mph, against 85.3 off his curveball.
964 and 127 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
29.9% of the contact against Lynn with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41.9% with the bases empty.
520 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1519 with the bases empty.
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 .366 expected average against them, against .295 on his breaking balls.
128 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Lynn's stuff spins at 2,448 rpm, 83rd percentile in the league.
2039 pitches in 2024. 83rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 129th in MLB.
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 Lynn projects a .340 average, 30th percentile.
2039 pitches in 2024. 30th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 537th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 89.7 mph off the bat against Lynn and left-handers 87.1.
168 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 186 from left-handers.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
45.2% of the balls put in play against Lynn have gone to centre field.
160 of 354 located batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Lynn has given up 16 tracked home runs, 6 of them to centre field, the longest 433 feet.
16 tracked home runs allowed in 2024.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Lynn works off the plate, with only 44.2% of his pitches in the zone, 33rd percentile.
2039 pitches in 2024. 33rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 516th in MLB.
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