One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Llovera's sinker moves 117.7 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
389 thrown, averaging 94.5 mph.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Llovera throws 42% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 55.3% with the bases empty.
169 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 452 with the bases empty.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Llovera lives in the strike zone: 51.7% of his pitches are in it, 98th percentile.
621 pitches in 2023. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 20th in MLB.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Llovera throws a fastball 76.2% of the time, against 51.6% when he is ahead.
168 pitches behind in the count, 188 ahead.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Llovera works with 2 pitches: Sinker and Slider. The sinker is 62.6% of everything he throws.
621 classified pitches in 2023.
He lives on one side of the plate
Llovera works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 4.7 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
621 located pitches in 2023.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Llovera releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 31 degrees above horizontal and 1.9 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
621 tracked release points, averaging 5.3 feet off the ground.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Llovera lands 59.3% of his fastballs in the zone and only 37% of his breaking balls.
410 of his fastballs, 211 of his breaking balls.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Llovera goes to the slider: 42.5% of his two-strike pitches, against 29.7% the rest of the time.
207 two-strike pitches in 2023.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.8 mph separates Llovera's sinker from his slider, 94.5 against 82.7.
389 and 211 of them respectively.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .375 expected average against them, against .324 on his fastballs.
211 of his breaking balls thrown.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Llovera lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.27 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
621 located pitches in 2023.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Llovera averages 90.4 mph across his arsenal, 68th percentile in the league.
621 pitches in 2023. 68th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 249th in MLB.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Llovera's slider spins at 2,555 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
211 thrown in 2023.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Llovera's sinker leaves the bat at 89.9 mph, against 86.7 off his slider.
389 and 211 of them thrown.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Llovera puts 61.3% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 49.5% when he is ahead.
168 located pitches behind, 188 ahead.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Llovera's sinker averages 94.5 mph, and has touched 97.4.
389 thrown, 62.6% of his pitches.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
21.6% of Llovera's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
134 of 621 located pitches.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Llovera releases the ball 6.3 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
621 tracked pitches in 2023.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Llovera projects a .339 average, 38th percentile.
621 pitches in 2023. 38th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 480th in MLB.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Llovera throws the cutter 9.2% of the time against left-handers and 0% against right-handers.
426 pitches to right-handers, 195 to left-handers.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Llovera throws a strike on the first pitch 61.1% of the time.
157 plate appearances started in 2023.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Llovera has thrown 18 cutters this season, 2.9% of his pitches, at 90.4 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
621 classified pitches in 2023.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Llovera's sinker moves 117.7 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
389 thrown, averaging 94.5 mph.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Llovera throws 42% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 55.3% with the bases empty.
169 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 452 with the bases empty.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Llovera lives in the strike zone: 51.7% of his pitches are in it, 98th percentile.
621 pitches in 2023. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 20th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Llovera throws a fastball 76.2% of the time, against 51.6% when he is ahead.
168 pitches behind in the count, 188 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Llovera goes to the slider: 42.5% of his two-strike pitches, against 29.7% the rest of the time.
207 two-strike pitches in 2023.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Llovera puts 61.3% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 49.5% when he is ahead.
168 located pitches behind, 188 ahead.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Llovera throws a strike on the first pitch 61.1% of the time.
157 plate appearances started in 2023.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His pitches move in ways that fit together
Llovera works with 2 pitches: Sinker and Slider. The sinker is 62.6% of everything he throws.
621 classified pitches in 2023.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.8 mph separates Llovera's sinker from his slider, 94.5 against 82.7.
389 and 211 of them respectively.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Llovera's slider spins at 2,555 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
211 thrown in 2023.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Llovera's sinker leaves the bat at 89.9 mph, against 86.7 off his slider.
389 and 211 of them thrown.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Llovera's sinker averages 94.5 mph, and has touched 97.4.
389 thrown, 62.6% of his pitches.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Llovera throws the cutter 9.2% of the time against left-handers and 0% against right-handers.
426 pitches to right-handers, 195 to left-handers.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Llovera has thrown 18 cutters this season, 2.9% of his pitches, at 90.4 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
621 classified pitches in 2023.
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The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on one side of the plate
Llovera works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 4.7 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
621 located pitches in 2023.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Llovera lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.27 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
621 located pitches in 2023.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
21.6% of Llovera's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
134 of 621 located pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Llovera releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 31 degrees above horizontal and 1.9 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
621 tracked release points, averaging 5.3 feet off the ground.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Llovera releases the ball 6.3 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
621 tracked pitches in 2023.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Llovera lands 59.3% of his fastballs in the zone and only 37% of his breaking balls.
410 of his fastballs, 211 of his breaking balls.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .375 expected average against them, against .324 on his fastballs.
211 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Llovera averages 90.4 mph across his arsenal, 68th percentile in the league.
621 pitches in 2023. 68th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 249th in MLB.
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The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Llovera projects a .339 average, 38th percentile.
621 pitches in 2023. 38th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 480th in MLB.
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