His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Yarbrough's cutter averages 84.9 mph, and has touched 87.2.
301 thrown, 28.4% of his pitches.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Yarbrough releases the ball from a sidearm slot, about 13 degrees above horizontal and 2.8 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
1061 tracked release points, averaging 5.1 feet off the ground.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Yarbrough throws a fastball 79.7% of the time, against 37.2% when he is ahead.
281 pitches behind in the count, 309 ahead.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Yarbrough's changeup moves 17.8 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
241 thrown, averaging 77.7 mph.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Yarbrough averages 81.5 mph across his arsenal, 1st percentile in the league.
251 pitches in 2026. 1st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 533rd in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Yarbrough's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.3 mph, against 76.3 off his sweeper.
166 and 210 of them thrown.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .321 expected average against them, against .241 on his offspeed pitches.
148 of his fastballs thrown.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 18.2% of the contact Yarbrough gives up is hit hard, 99th percentile.
251 pitches in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 9th in MLB.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Yarbrough throws the changeup 36.3% of the time against right-handers and 1.9% against left-handers.
642 pitches to right-handers, 419 to left-handers.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Yarbrough puts 65.1% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 40.1% when he is ahead.
281 located pitches behind, 309 ahead.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Yarbrough is weak: 83.4 mph off the bat on average, 94th percentile.
251 pitches in 2026. 94th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 31st in MLB.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Yarbrough's stuff spins at 2,056 rpm, 13th percentile in the league.
251 pitches in 2026. 13th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 468th in MLB.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
15.6 mph separates Yarbrough's 4-seam fastball from his sweeper, 87.3 against 71.7.
166 and 210 of them respectively.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Yarbrough lives in the strike zone: 45% of his pitches are in it, 73rd percentile.
251 pitches in 2026. 73rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 147th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Yarbrough projects a .250 average, 93rd percentile.
251 pitches in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 37th in MLB.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Yarbrough's 4-seam fastball carries 11.7 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
166 thrown, averaging 87.3 mph.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Yarbrough goes to the sweeper: 25.2% of his two-strike pitches, against 17.4% the rest of the time.
321 two-strike pitches in 2026.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Yarbrough lands 50% of his fastballs in the zone and only 36.5% of his offspeed pitches.
148 of his fastballs, 52 of his offspeed pitches.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Yarbrough lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.35 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
1061 located pitches in 2026.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Yarbrough works with 5 pitches: Cutter, Changeup, Sweeper and 4-Seam Fastball, and a little else. The cutter is 28.4% of everything he throws.
1061 classified pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Yarbrough's sweeper spins at 2,235 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
210 thrown in 2026.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Yarbrough's cutter averages 84.9 mph, and has touched 87.2.
301 thrown, 28.4% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Yarbrough's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.3 mph, against 76.3 off his sweeper.
166 and 210 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Yarbrough throws the changeup 36.3% of the time against right-handers and 1.9% against left-handers.
642 pitches to right-handers, 419 to left-handers.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
15.6 mph separates Yarbrough's 4-seam fastball from his sweeper, 87.3 against 71.7.
166 and 210 of them respectively.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Yarbrough works with 5 pitches: Cutter, Changeup, Sweeper and 4-Seam Fastball, and a little else. The cutter is 28.4% of everything he throws.
1061 classified pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Yarbrough's sweeper spins at 2,235 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
210 thrown in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Yarbrough releases the ball from a sidearm slot, about 13 degrees above horizontal and 2.8 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
1061 tracked release points, averaging 5.1 feet off the ground.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Yarbrough throws a fastball 79.7% of the time, against 37.2% when he is ahead.
281 pitches behind in the count, 309 ahead.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Yarbrough puts 65.1% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 40.1% when he is ahead.
281 located pitches behind, 309 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Yarbrough goes to the sweeper: 25.2% of his two-strike pitches, against 17.4% the rest of the time.
321 two-strike pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Yarbrough's changeup moves 17.8 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
241 thrown, averaging 77.7 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Yarbrough's 4-seam fastball carries 11.7 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
166 thrown, averaging 87.3 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Yarbrough averages 81.5 mph across his arsenal, 1st percentile in the league.
251 pitches in 2026. 1st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 533rd in MLB.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .321 expected average against them, against .241 on his offspeed pitches.
148 of his fastballs thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Yarbrough lands 50% of his fastballs in the zone and only 36.5% of his offspeed pitches.
148 of his fastballs, 52 of his offspeed pitches.
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Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 18.2% of the contact Yarbrough gives up is hit hard, 99th percentile.
251 pitches in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 9th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Yarbrough is weak: 83.4 mph off the bat on average, 94th percentile.
251 pitches in 2026. 94th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 31st in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Yarbrough projects a .250 average, 93rd percentile.
251 pitches in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 37th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Yarbrough's stuff spins at 2,056 rpm, 13th percentile in the league.
251 pitches in 2026. 13th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 468th in MLB.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Yarbrough lives in the strike zone: 45% of his pitches are in it, 73rd percentile.
251 pitches in 2026. 73rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 147th in MLB.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Yarbrough lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.35 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
1061 located pitches in 2026.
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