Michael King

King releases the ball from a sidearm slot, about 19 degrees above horizontal and 2.8 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.

King's sinker moves 16.8 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

King's sweeper spins at 2,824 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.

King's 4-seam fastball carries 14.4 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

King works with 5 pitches: Sinker, Changeup, 4-Seam Fastball and Sweeper, and a little else. The sinker is 27.7% of everything he throws.

King puts 56.5% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 39.6% when he is ahead.

King releases the ball 5.9 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.

With two strikes King goes to the 4-seam fastball: 25.4% of his two-strike pitches, against 18.4% the rest of the time.

King throws the changeup 34.1% of the time against left-handers and 13.7% against right-handers.

King works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.7 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.

12.2 mph separates King's 4-seam fastball from his sweeper, 94.2 against 82.1.

King lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.37 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

King's sinker averages 93.2 mph, and has touched 96.6.

King releases the ball from a sidearm slot, about 19 degrees above horizontal and 2.8 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.

King releases the ball 5.9 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.

King's sinker moves 16.8 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

King's 4-seam fastball carries 14.4 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

King's sweeper spins at 2,824 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.

King works with 5 pitches: Sinker, Changeup, 4-Seam Fastball and Sweeper, and a little else. The sinker is 27.7% of everything he throws.

King throws the changeup 34.1% of the time against left-handers and 13.7% against right-handers.

12.2 mph separates King's 4-seam fastball from his sweeper, 94.2 against 82.1.

King's sinker averages 93.2 mph, and has touched 96.6.

King puts 56.5% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 39.6% when he is ahead.

With two strikes King goes to the 4-seam fastball: 25.4% of his two-strike pitches, against 18.4% the rest of the time.

King works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.7 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.

King lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.37 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.