One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Porcello's sinker moves 112.5 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
419 thrown, averaging 90.1 mph.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Porcello's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.7 mph, against 77.9 off his curveball.
103 and 50 of them thrown.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Porcello's sinker averages 90.1 mph, and has touched 92.7.
419 thrown, 42.6% of his pitches.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Porcello's 4-seam fastball carries 16.2 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
103 thrown, averaging 91.6 mph.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Porcello throws 42.2% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 48.7% with the bases empty.
199 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 784 with the bases empty.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
16.6 mph separates Porcello's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 91.6 against 74.9.
103 and 50 of them respectively.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Porcello lives in the strike zone: 47.4% of his pitches are in it, 81st percentile.
983 pitches in 2020. 81st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 126th in MLB.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Porcello throws a strike on the first pitch 67% of the time.
261 plate appearances started in 2020.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .432 expected average against them, against .369 on his fastballs.
337 of his breaking balls thrown.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Porcello goes to the 4-seam fastball: 17.5% of his two-strike pitches, against 7.4% the rest of the time.
297 two-strike pitches in 2020.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Porcello projects a .400 average, 14th percentile.
983 pitches in 2020. 14th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 562nd in MLB.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Porcello releases the ball 6.0 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
983 tracked pitches in 2020.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Porcello averages 87.3 mph across his arsenal, 29th percentile in the league.
983 pitches in 2020. 29th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 465th in MLB.
His velocity drains away as the outing goes on
Porcello's fastball averages 90.6 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 89.8 past his 75th.
169 early fastballs, 72 late ones.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Porcello puts 59.2% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 41.4% when he is ahead.
233 located pitches behind, 314 ahead.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Porcello throws the sinker 50.9% of the time against right-handers and 33.4% against left-handers.
519 pitches to right-handers, 464 to left-handers.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
17.5% of Porcello's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
172 of 983 located pitches.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Porcello works with 5 pitches: Sinker, Slider, Changeup and 4-Seam Fastball, and a little else. The sinker is 42.6% of everything he throws.
983 classified pitches in 2020.
He lives on one side of the plate
Porcello works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.5 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
983 located pitches in 2020.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Porcello lands 50.4% of his fastballs in the zone and only 41.1% of his offspeed pitches.
522 of his fastballs, 124 of his offspeed pitches.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Porcello is weak: 86.9 mph off the bat on average, 69th percentile.
983 pitches in 2020. 69th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 205th in MLB.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Porcello's curveball spins at 2,588 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
50 thrown in 2020.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Porcello releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 54 degrees above horizontal and 1.1 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
983 tracked release points, averaging 6.1 feet off the ground.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Porcello's stuff spins at 2,188 rpm, 37th percentile in the league.
983 pitches in 2020. 37th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 416th in MLB.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Porcello's sinker moves 112.5 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
419 thrown, averaging 90.1 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Porcello's 4-seam fastball carries 16.2 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
103 thrown, averaging 91.6 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Porcello's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.7 mph, against 77.9 off his curveball.
103 and 50 of them thrown.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Porcello's sinker averages 90.1 mph, and has touched 92.7.
419 thrown, 42.6% of his pitches.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
16.6 mph separates Porcello's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 91.6 against 74.9.
103 and 50 of them respectively.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Porcello throws the sinker 50.9% of the time against right-handers and 33.4% against left-handers.
519 pitches to right-handers, 464 to left-handers.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Porcello works with 5 pitches: Sinker, Slider, Changeup and 4-Seam Fastball, and a little else. The sinker is 42.6% of everything he throws.
983 classified pitches in 2020.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Porcello's curveball spins at 2,588 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
50 thrown in 2020.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Porcello throws 42.2% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 48.7% with the bases empty.
199 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 784 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Porcello lives in the strike zone: 47.4% of his pitches are in it, 81st percentile.
983 pitches in 2020. 81st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 126th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Porcello throws a strike on the first pitch 67% of the time.
261 plate appearances started in 2020.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Porcello goes to the 4-seam fastball: 17.5% of his two-strike pitches, against 7.4% the rest of the time.
297 two-strike pitches in 2020.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Porcello puts 59.2% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 41.4% when he is ahead.
233 located pitches behind, 314 ahead.
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 breaking balls: a .432 expected average against them, against .369 on his fastballs.
337 of his breaking balls thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Porcello lands 50.4% of his fastballs in the zone and only 41.1% of his offspeed pitches.
522 of his fastballs, 124 of his offspeed pitches.
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The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Porcello projects a .400 average, 14th percentile.
983 pitches in 2020. 14th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 562nd in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Porcello is weak: 86.9 mph off the bat on average, 69th percentile.
983 pitches in 2020. 69th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 205th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Porcello releases the ball 6.0 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
983 tracked pitches in 2020.
His velocity drains away as the outing goes on
Porcello's fastball averages 90.6 mph in his first 25 pitches of a start and 89.8 past his 75th.
169 early fastballs, 72 late ones.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Porcello releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 54 degrees above horizontal and 1.1 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
983 tracked release points, averaging 6.1 feet off the ground.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Porcello averages 87.3 mph across his arsenal, 29th percentile in the league.
983 pitches in 2020. 29th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 465th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
17.5% of Porcello's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
172 of 983 located pitches.
He lives on one side of the plate
Porcello works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.5 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
983 located pitches in 2020.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Porcello's stuff spins at 2,188 rpm, 37th percentile in the league.
983 pitches in 2020. 37th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 416th in MLB.
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