He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .360 average against Smith and left-handers to .301.
608 pitches to right-handed hitters, 558 to left-handed hitters.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Smith's cutter leaves the bat at 90.6 mph, against 85.3 off his changeup.
107 and 204 of them thrown.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Smith lives in the strike zone: 49.6% of his pitches are in it, 90th percentile.
1166 pitches in 2021. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 83rd in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
45% of the contact against Smith is on the ground and 29.8% of it is in the air.
242 tracked batted balls allowed.
Both sides hit him about the same
45.2% of the contact right-handers make against Smith is hit hard, against 36.4% of what left-handers make.
608 pitches to right-handed hitters, 558 to left-handed hitters.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
37.1% of the contact against Smith with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 42.9% with the bases empty.
350 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 816 with the bases empty.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
45.5% of the balls put in play against Smith have gone to centre field.
112 of 246 located batted balls allowed.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
41.2% of the contact Smith gives up is hit hard, 35th percentile.
1166 pitches in 2021. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 520th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .338 expected average against them, against .311 on his breaking balls.
772 of his fastballs thrown.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 89.7 mph off the bat against Smith and left-handers 87.4.
135 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 110 from left-handers.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Smith has given up 10 tracked home runs, 4 of them to left field, the longest 457 feet.
10 tracked home runs allowed in 2021.
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He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .360 average against Smith and left-handers to .301.
608 pitches to right-handed hitters, 558 to left-handed hitters.
Both sides hit him about the same
45.2% of the contact right-handers make against Smith is hit hard, against 36.4% of what left-handers make.
608 pitches to right-handed hitters, 558 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Smith's cutter leaves the bat at 90.6 mph, against 85.3 off his changeup.
107 and 204 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Smith lives in the strike zone: 49.6% of his pitches are in it, 90th percentile.
1166 pitches in 2021. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 83rd in MLB.
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% of the contact against Smith is on the ground and 29.8% of it is in the air.
242 tracked batted balls allowed.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
45.5% of the balls put in play against Smith have gone to centre field.
112 of 246 located batted balls allowed.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 89.7 mph off the bat against Smith and left-handers 87.4.
135 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 110 from left-handers.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Smith has given up 10 tracked home runs, 4 of them to left field, the longest 457 feet.
10 tracked home runs allowed in 2021.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
37.1% of the contact against Smith with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 42.9% with the bases empty.
350 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 816 with the bases empty.
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Too much of the contact against him is loud
41.2% of the contact Smith gives up is hit hard, 35th percentile.
1166 pitches in 2021. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 520th in MLB.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .338 expected average against them, against .311 on his breaking balls.
772 of his fastballs thrown.
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