There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Wittgren's cutter leaves the bat at 91.8 mph, against 84.5 off his changeup.
63 and 56 of them thrown.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .342 average against Wittgren and left-handers to .285.
197 pitches to right-handed hitters, 275 to left-handed hitters.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
45.3% of the contact against Wittgren is on the ground and 27.4% of it is in the air.
95 tracked batted balls allowed.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 34.4% of the contact Wittgren gives up is hit hard, 78th percentile.
472 pitches in 2023. 78th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 168th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .356 expected average against them, against .294 on his breaking balls.
56 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Wittgren projects a .312 average, 73rd percentile.
472 pitches in 2023. 73rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 211th in MLB.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Wittgren averages 87.3 mph across his arsenal, 24th percentile in the league.
472 pitches in 2023. 24th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 587th in MLB.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 87.4 mph off the bat against Wittgren and left-handers 89.6.
45 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 51 from left-handers.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
36.7% of the contact against Wittgren with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 33.3% with the bases empty.
165 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 307 with the bases empty.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
41.7% of the balls put in play against Wittgren have gone to centre field.
40 of 96 located batted balls allowed.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Wittgren's cutter leaves the bat at 91.8 mph, against 84.5 off his changeup.
63 and 56 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .342 average against Wittgren and left-handers to .285.
197 pitches to right-handed hitters, 275 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
45.3% of the contact against Wittgren is on the ground and 27.4% of it is in the air.
95 tracked batted balls allowed.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 87.4 mph off the bat against Wittgren and left-handers 89.6.
45 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 51 from left-handers.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
41.7% of the balls put in play against Wittgren have gone to centre field.
40 of 96 located batted balls allowed.
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Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 34.4% of the contact Wittgren gives up is hit hard, 78th percentile.
472 pitches in 2023. 78th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 168th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Wittgren projects a .312 average, 73rd percentile.
472 pitches in 2023. 73rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 211th 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 .356 expected average against them, against .294 on his breaking balls.
56 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Wittgren averages 87.3 mph across his arsenal, 24th percentile in the league.
472 pitches in 2023. 24th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 587th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
36.7% of the contact against Wittgren with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 33.3% with the bases empty.
165 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 307 with the bases empty.
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