There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Foltynewicz's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 93.0 mph, against 78.9 off his curveball.
692 and 291 of them thrown.
Both sides hit him about the same
38.7% of the contact right-handers make against Foltynewicz is hit hard, against 47.9% of what left-handers make.
1256 pitches to right-handed hitters, 1096 to left-handed hitters.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 87.3 mph off the bat against Foltynewicz and left-handers 91.2.
230 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 213 from left-handers.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
43.1% of the contact Foltynewicz gives up is hit hard, 26th percentile.
2352 pitches in 2021. 26th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 595th in MLB.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Foltynewicz lives in the strike zone: 47.9% of his pitches are in it, 79th percentile.
2352 pitches in 2021. 79th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 171st in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .354 expected average against them, against .313 on his breaking balls.
315 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
38.8% of the contact against Foltynewicz with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 44.3% with the bases empty.
519 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1833 with the bases empty.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.2 mph off the bat against Foltynewicz, 35th percentile.
2352 pitches in 2021. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 520th in MLB.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Foltynewicz averages 87.9 mph across his arsenal, 34th percentile in the league.
2352 pitches in 2021. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 532nd in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
42.1% of the balls put in play against Foltynewicz have gone to centre field.
187 of 444 located batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Foltynewicz has given up 35 tracked home runs, 17 of them to right field, the longest 472 feet.
35 tracked home runs allowed in 2021.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Foltynewicz's stuff spins at 2,174 rpm, 39th percentile in the league.
2352 pitches in 2021. 39th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 489th in MLB.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Foltynewicz's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 93.0 mph, against 78.9 off his curveball.
692 and 291 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Both sides hit him about the same
38.7% of the contact right-handers make against Foltynewicz is hit hard, against 47.9% of what left-handers make.
1256 pitches to right-handed hitters, 1096 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 87.3 mph off the bat against Foltynewicz and left-handers 91.2.
230 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 213 from left-handers.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
42.1% of the balls put in play against Foltynewicz have gone to centre field.
187 of 444 located batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Foltynewicz has given up 35 tracked home runs, 17 of them to right field, the longest 472 feet.
35 tracked home runs allowed in 2021.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Too much of the contact against him is loud
43.1% of the contact Foltynewicz gives up is hit hard, 26th percentile.
2352 pitches in 2021. 26th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 595th in MLB.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.2 mph off the bat against Foltynewicz, 35th percentile.
2352 pitches in 2021. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 520th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Foltynewicz lives in the strike zone: 47.9% of his pitches are in it, 79th percentile.
2352 pitches in 2021. 79th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 171st in MLB.
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 offspeed pitches: a .354 expected average against them, against .313 on his breaking balls.
315 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
38.8% of the contact against Foltynewicz with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 44.3% with the bases empty.
519 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1833 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Foltynewicz averages 87.9 mph across his arsenal, 34th percentile in the league.
2352 pitches in 2021. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 532nd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Foltynewicz's stuff spins at 2,174 rpm, 39th percentile in the league.
2352 pitches in 2021. 39th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 489th in MLB.
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