The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
49.5% of the contact against Llovera is on the ground and 27% of it is in the air.
111 tracked batted balls allowed.
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 home runs are what is undoing his season
Llovera has given up 3 tracked home runs, 2 of them to right field, the longest 426 feet.
3 tracked home runs allowed in 2023.
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.
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.
Both sides hit him about the same
39.2% of the contact right-handers make against Llovera is hit hard, against 44.7% of what left-handers make.
426 pitches to right-handed hitters, 195 to left-handed hitters.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 88.0 mph off the bat against Llovera and left-handers 91.1.
74 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 38 from left-handers.
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 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.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
41.1% of the balls put in play against Llovera have gone to right field.
46 of 112 located batted balls allowed.
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The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
49.5% of the contact against Llovera is on the ground and 27% of it is in the air.
111 tracked batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Llovera has given up 3 tracked home runs, 2 of them to right field, the longest 426 feet.
3 tracked home runs allowed in 2023.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 88.0 mph off the bat against Llovera and left-handers 91.1.
74 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 38 from left-handers.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
41.1% of the balls put in play against Llovera have gone to right field.
46 of 112 located batted balls allowed.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Both sides hit him about the same
39.2% of the contact right-handers make against Llovera is hit hard, against 44.7% of what left-handers make.
426 pitches to right-handed hitters, 195 to left-handed hitters.
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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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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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