The home runs are what is undoing his season
Santos has given up 4 tracked home runs, 4 of them to right field, the longest 431 feet.
4 tracked home runs allowed in 2018.
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 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 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.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .441 average against Santos and left-handers to .403.
155 pitches to right-handed hitters, 222 to left-handed hitters.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 90.5 mph off the bat against Santos and left-handers 86.9.
21 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 31 from left-handers.
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.
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.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
35.3% of the contact against Santos with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 40% with the bases empty.
101 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 276 with the bases empty.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
27.5% of the contact against Santos is on the ground and 33.3% of it is in the air.
51 tracked batted balls allowed.
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The home runs are what is undoing his season
Santos has given up 4 tracked home runs, 4 of them to right field, the longest 431 feet.
4 tracked home runs allowed in 2018.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 90.5 mph off the bat against Santos and left-handers 86.9.
21 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 31 from left-handers.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
27.5% of the contact against Santos is on the ground and 33.3% of it is in the air.
51 tracked batted balls allowed.
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 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 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 Matchups.
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He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .441 average against Santos and left-handers to .403.
155 pitches to right-handed hitters, 222 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 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 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.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
35.3% of the contact against Santos with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 40% with the bases empty.
101 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 276 with the bases empty.
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