His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Fujinami's 4-seam fastball averages 98.4 mph, and has touched 102.6.
793 thrown, 56.5% of his pitches.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .446 expected average against them, against .308 on his fastballs.
104 of his breaking balls thrown.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Fujinami's 4-seam fastball moves 82.9 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
793 thrown, averaging 98.4 mph.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Fujinami throws a fastball 82.9% of the time, against 56.6% when he is ahead.
444 pitches behind in the count, 348 ahead.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Fujinami averages 94.6 mph across his arsenal, 97th percentile in the league.
1404 pitches in 2023. 97th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 25th in MLB.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Fujinami releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 25 degrees above horizontal and 1.9 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
1404 tracked release points, averaging 5.4 feet off the ground.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Fujinami goes to the splitter: 31% of his two-strike pitches, against 15.9% the rest of the time.
364 two-strike pitches in 2023.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Fujinami's stuff spins at 1,865 rpm, 3rd percentile in the league.
1404 pitches in 2023. 3rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 752nd in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Fujinami's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.6 mph, against 85.5 off his cutter.
793 and 227 of them thrown.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Fujinami's 4-seam fastball carries 14.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
793 thrown, averaging 98.4 mph.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Fujinami works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Splitter, Cutter and Sweeper. The 4-seam fastball is 56.5% of everything he throws.
1404 classified pitches in 2023.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Fujinami lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.26 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
1404 located pitches in 2023.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Fujinami throws 48.5% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 43.8% with the bases empty.
404 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1000 with the bases empty.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 90.4 mph off the bat against Fujinami, 19th percentile.
1404 pitches in 2023. 19th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 626th in MLB.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Fujinami throws a strike on the first pitch 53.4% of the time.
356 plate appearances started in 2023.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
14.1 mph separates Fujinami's 4-seam fastball from his sweeper, 98.4 against 84.3.
793 and 86 of them respectively.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
44.8% of the contact Fujinami gives up is hit hard, 20th percentile.
1404 pitches in 2023. 20th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 619th in MLB.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Fujinami releases the ball 6.8 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
1404 tracked pitches in 2023.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Fujinami lands 48.1% of his fastballs in the zone and only 36.3% of his offspeed pitches.
1022 of his fastballs, 278 of his offspeed pitches.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Fujinami throws the splitter 30.2% of the time against left-handers and 12.5% against right-handers.
825 pitches to right-handers, 579 to left-handers.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Fujinami puts 55.9% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 43.7% when he is ahead.
444 located pitches behind, 348 ahead.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18.5% of Fujinami's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
260 of 1404 located pitches.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Fujinami has thrown 17 sliders this season, 1.2% of his pitches, at 84.6 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
1404 classified pitches in 2023.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Fujinami's 4-seam fastball averages 98.4 mph, and has touched 102.6.
793 thrown, 56.5% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Fujinami's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.6 mph, against 85.5 off his cutter.
793 and 227 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Fujinami works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Splitter, Cutter and Sweeper. The 4-seam fastball is 56.5% of everything he throws.
1404 classified pitches in 2023.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
14.1 mph separates Fujinami's 4-seam fastball from his sweeper, 98.4 against 84.3.
793 and 86 of them respectively.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Fujinami throws the splitter 30.2% of the time against left-handers and 12.5% against right-handers.
825 pitches to right-handers, 579 to left-handers.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Fujinami has thrown 17 sliders this season, 1.2% of his pitches, at 84.6 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
1404 classified pitches in 2023.
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 .446 expected average against them, against .308 on his fastballs.
104 of his breaking balls thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Fujinami lands 48.1% of his fastballs in the zone and only 36.3% of his offspeed pitches.
1022 of his fastballs, 278 of his offspeed pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Fujinami's 4-seam fastball moves 82.9 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
793 thrown, averaging 98.4 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Fujinami's 4-seam fastball carries 14.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
793 thrown, averaging 98.4 mph.
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 Fujinami throws a fastball 82.9% of the time, against 56.6% when he is ahead.
444 pitches behind in the count, 348 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Fujinami goes to the splitter: 31% of his two-strike pitches, against 15.9% the rest of the time.
364 two-strike pitches in 2023.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Fujinami throws a strike on the first pitch 53.4% of the time.
356 plate appearances started in 2023.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Fujinami puts 55.9% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 43.7% when he is ahead.
444 located pitches behind, 348 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Fujinami averages 94.6 mph across his arsenal, 97th percentile in the league.
1404 pitches in 2023. 97th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 25th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Fujinami releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 25 degrees above horizontal and 1.9 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
1404 tracked release points, averaging 5.4 feet off the ground.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Fujinami releases the ball 6.8 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
1404 tracked pitches in 2023.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Fujinami's stuff spins at 1,865 rpm, 3rd percentile in the league.
1404 pitches in 2023. 3rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 752nd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Fujinami lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.26 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
1404 located pitches in 2023.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18.5% of Fujinami's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
260 of 1404 located pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Fujinami throws 48.5% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 43.8% with the bases empty.
404 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1000 with the bases empty.
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When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 90.4 mph off the bat against Fujinami, 19th percentile.
1404 pitches in 2023. 19th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 626th in MLB.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
44.8% of the contact Fujinami gives up is hit hard, 20th percentile.
1404 pitches in 2023. 20th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 619th in MLB.
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