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Matt Stites

Diamondbacks Career team 2014–2015
Number #37
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Right
Age 36
Height 5' 11"
Weight 195 lbs
Birth Place Festus, MO
Born May 28, 1990

Key Insights

2015
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming

Behind in the count Stites throws a fastball 76% of the time, against 34.6% when he is ahead.

50 pitches behind in the count, 52 ahead.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Stites throws the slider 34.4% of the time against right-handers and 3.8% against left-handers.

93 pitches to right-handers, 79 to left-handers.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass

The quality of contact against Stites projects a .460 average, 1st percentile.

172 pitches in 2015. 1st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 673rd in MLB.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league

Stites averages 90.9 mph across his arsenal, 82nd percentile in the league.

172 pitches in 2015. 82nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 125th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together

Stites works with 3 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider and Changeup. The 4-seam fastball is 62.2% of everything he throws.

172 classified pitches in 2015.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Stites goes to the slider: 26.5% of his two-strike pitches, against 17.9% the rest of the time.

49 two-strike pitches in 2015.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB May 28, 1990
Birth Place Festus, MO
Height 5' 11"
Weight 195 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Right
College/Draft Missouri