The home runs are what is undoing his season
Porcello has given up 5 tracked home runs, 4 of them to right field, the longest 408 feet.
5 tracked home runs allowed in 2020.
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.
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.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
29.4% of the contact against Porcello with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 40.1% with the bases empty.
199 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 784 with the bases empty.
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.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
48.9% of the balls put in play against Porcello have gone to centre field.
93 of 190 located batted balls allowed.
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.
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.
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.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .391 average against Porcello and left-handers to .413.
519 pitches to right-handed hitters, 464 to left-handed hitters.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
40% of the contact against Porcello is on the ground and 34.1% of it is in the air.
185 tracked batted balls allowed.
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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The home runs are what is undoing his season
Porcello has given up 5 tracked home runs, 4 of them to right field, the longest 408 feet.
5 tracked home runs allowed in 2020.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
48.9% of the balls put in play against Porcello have gone to centre field.
93 of 190 located batted balls allowed.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
40% of the contact against Porcello is on the ground and 34.1% of it is in the air.
185 tracked batted balls allowed.
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.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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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 Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
29.4% of the contact against Porcello with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 40.1% 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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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.
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 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 Matchups.
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He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .391 average against Porcello and left-handers to .413.
519 pitches to right-handed hitters, 464 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
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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