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Rubby De La Rosa

Diamondbacks Career team 2015–2017
Number #93
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 37
Height 6' 0"
Weight 210 lbs
Birth Place Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Born Mar 4, 1989

Key Insights

2017
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

De La Rosa's 4-seam fastball averages 97.0 mph, and has touched 99.1.

62 thrown, 49.6% of his pitches.
He lives on one side of the plate

De La Rosa works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 6.8 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.

125 located pitches in 2017.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see

De La Rosa's 4-seam fastball carries 14.5 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

62 thrown, averaging 97.0 mph.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest

De La Rosa lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.06 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

125 located pitches in 2017.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .398 expected average against them, against .333 on his fastballs.

58 of his breaking balls thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other

De La Rosa lands 56.1% of his fastballs in the zone and only 36.2% of his breaking balls.

66 of his fastballs, 58 of his breaking balls.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 4, 1989
Birth Place Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Height 6' 0"
Weight 210 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right