One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Drake's 4-seam fastball moves 26.1 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
82 thrown, averaging 91.2 mph.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Drake throws the splitter 77.8% of the time against left-handers and 12.5% against right-handers.
72 pitches to right-handers, 99 to left-handers.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Drake's 4-seam fastball carries 19.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
82 thrown, averaging 91.2 mph.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Drake's stuff spins at 1,663 rpm, 0th percentile in the league.
171 pitches in 2020. 0th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 655th in MLB.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Drake releases the ball 7.1 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
171 tracked pitches in 2020.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Drake projects a .257 average, 96th percentile.
171 pitches in 2020. 96th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 24th in MLB.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Drake lives in the strike zone: 47.4% of his pitches are in it, 81st percentile.
171 pitches in 2020. 81st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 123rd in MLB.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Drake's 4-seam fastball averages 91.2 mph, and has touched 93.0.
82 thrown, 48% of his pitches.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Drake throws a strike on the first pitch 54.5% of the time.
44 plate appearances started in 2020.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Drake is weak: 85.0 mph off the bat on average, 90th percentile.
171 pitches in 2020. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 69th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Drake works with 2 pitches: Splitter and 4-Seam Fastball. The splitter is 50.3% of everything he throws.
171 classified pitches in 2020.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Drake averages 87.2 mph across his arsenal, 29th percentile in the league.
171 pitches in 2020. 29th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 469th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .282 expected average against them, against .237 on his offspeed pitches.
82 of his fastballs thrown.
He lives on one side of the plate
Drake works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.6 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
171 located pitches in 2020.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Drake's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 86.7 mph, against 83.3 off his splitter.
82 and 86 of them thrown.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Drake releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 45 degrees above horizontal and 1.6 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
171 tracked release points, averaging 6.0 feet off the ground.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18.1% of Drake's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
31 of 171 located pitches.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Drake puts 53.3% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 46.3% when he is ahead.
45 located pitches behind, 54 ahead.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 34.4% of the contact Drake gives up is hit hard, 68th percentile.
171 pitches in 2020. 68th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 213th in MLB.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Drake's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,220 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
82 thrown in 2020.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Drake's 4-seam fastball moves 26.1 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
82 thrown, averaging 91.2 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Drake's 4-seam fastball carries 19.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
82 thrown, averaging 91.2 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Drake throws the splitter 77.8% of the time against left-handers and 12.5% against right-handers.
72 pitches to right-handers, 99 to left-handers.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Drake's 4-seam fastball averages 91.2 mph, and has touched 93.0.
82 thrown, 48% of his pitches.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Drake works with 2 pitches: Splitter and 4-Seam Fastball. The splitter is 50.3% of everything he throws.
171 classified pitches in 2020.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Drake's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 86.7 mph, against 83.3 off his splitter.
82 and 86 of them thrown.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Drake's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,220 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
82 thrown in 2020.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Drake's stuff spins at 1,663 rpm, 0th percentile in the league.
171 pitches in 2020. 0th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 655th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Drake releases the ball 7.1 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
171 tracked pitches in 2020.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Drake releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 45 degrees above horizontal and 1.6 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
171 tracked release points, averaging 6.0 feet off the ground.
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The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Drake projects a .257 average, 96th percentile.
171 pitches in 2020. 96th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 24th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Drake is weak: 85.0 mph off the bat on average, 90th percentile.
171 pitches in 2020. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 69th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 34.4% of the contact Drake gives up is hit hard, 68th percentile.
171 pitches in 2020. 68th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 213th in MLB.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Drake lives in the strike zone: 47.4% of his pitches are in it, 81st percentile.
171 pitches in 2020. 81st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 123rd in MLB.
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He falls behind hitters far too often
Drake throws a strike on the first pitch 54.5% of the time.
44 plate appearances started in 2020.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Drake puts 53.3% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 46.3% when he is ahead.
45 located pitches behind, 54 ahead.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Drake averages 87.2 mph across his arsenal, 29th percentile in the league.
171 pitches in 2020. 29th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 469th 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 fastballs: a .282 expected average against them, against .237 on his offspeed pitches.
82 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on one side of the plate
Drake works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.6 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
171 located pitches in 2020.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18.1% of Drake's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
31 of 171 located pitches.
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