He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Santos puts 49% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 34.7% of his pitches to left-handers.
155 pitches to right-handed hitters, 222 to left-handed hitters.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .483 expected average against them, against .327 on his offspeed pitches.
188 of his fastballs thrown.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Santos's changeup moves 119.9 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
86 thrown, averaging 86.3 mph.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Santos works off the plate, with only 40.6% of his pitches in the zone, 10th percentile.
377 pitches in 2018. 10th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 657th in MLB.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Santos releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 28 degrees above horizontal and 2.3 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
377 tracked release points, averaging 5.4 feet off the ground.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Santos's 4-seam fastball carries 15.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
163 thrown, averaging 93.5 mph.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Santos projects a .418 average, 7th percentile.
377 pitches in 2018. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 677th in MLB.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Santos throws the changeup 30.2% of the time against left-handers and 12.3% against right-handers.
155 pitches to right-handers, 222 to left-handers.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Santos throws 36.6% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 42% with the bases empty.
101 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 276 with the bases empty.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Santos goes to the curveball: 33% of his two-strike pitches, against 24.8% the rest of the time.
115 two-strike pitches in 2018.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Santos works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Curveball, Changeup and Sinker. The 4-seam fastball is 43.2% of everything he throws.
377 classified pitches in 2018.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
16.4% of Santos's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
62 of 377 located pitches.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Santos's stuff spins at 2,346 rpm, 74th percentile in the league.
377 pitches in 2018. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 188th in MLB.
He lives on one side of the plate
Santos works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.0 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
377 located pitches in 2018.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Santos's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,497 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
163 thrown in 2018.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Santos puts 48.6% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 38% when he is ahead.
111 located pitches behind, 100 ahead.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Santos releases the ball 6.2 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
377 tracked pitches in 2018.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
10.5 mph separates Santos's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 93.5 against 83.0.
163 and 103 of them respectively.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Santos's curveball leaves the bat at 88.5 mph, against 86.3 off his changeup.
103 and 86 of them thrown.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Santos puts 49% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 34.7% of his pitches to left-handers.
155 pitches to right-handed hitters, 222 to left-handed hitters.
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 .483 expected average against them, against .327 on his offspeed pitches.
188 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Santos's changeup moves 119.9 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
86 thrown, averaging 86.3 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Santos's 4-seam fastball carries 15.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
163 thrown, averaging 93.5 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Santos works off the plate, with only 40.6% of his pitches in the zone, 10th percentile.
377 pitches in 2018. 10th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 657th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Santos releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 28 degrees above horizontal and 2.3 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
377 tracked release points, averaging 5.4 feet off the ground.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Santos releases the ball 6.2 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
377 tracked pitches in 2018.
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 Santos projects a .418 average, 7th percentile.
377 pitches in 2018. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 677th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Santos throws the changeup 30.2% of the time against left-handers and 12.3% against right-handers.
155 pitches to right-handers, 222 to left-handers.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Santos works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Curveball, Changeup and Sinker. The 4-seam fastball is 43.2% of everything he throws.
377 classified pitches in 2018.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Santos's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,497 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
163 thrown in 2018.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
10.5 mph separates Santos's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 93.5 against 83.0.
163 and 103 of them respectively.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Santos's curveball leaves the bat at 88.5 mph, against 86.3 off his changeup.
103 and 86 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Santos throws 36.6% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 42% with the bases empty.
101 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 276 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Santos goes to the curveball: 33% of his two-strike pitches, against 24.8% the rest of the time.
115 two-strike pitches in 2018.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Santos puts 48.6% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 38% when he is ahead.
111 located pitches behind, 100 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
16.4% of Santos's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
62 of 377 located pitches.
He lives on one side of the plate
Santos works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.0 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
377 located pitches in 2018.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Santos's stuff spins at 2,346 rpm, 74th percentile in the league.
377 pitches in 2018. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 188th in MLB.
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