Runners on base do not change how he is hit
24.4% of the contact against May with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41.3% with the bases empty.
236 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 541 with the bases empty.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
May has given up 4 tracked home runs, 3 of them to left field, the longest 413 feet.
4 tracked home runs allowed in 2023.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off May's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.0 mph, against 75.5 off his sweeper.
330 and 73 of them thrown.
Both sides hit him about the same
40.5% of the contact right-handers make against May is hit hard, against 30.5% of what left-handers make.
487 pitches to right-handed hitters, 290 to left-handed hitters.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against May is weak: 86.7 mph off the bat on average, 81st percentile.
777 pitches in 2023. 81st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 149th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 36.1% of the contact May gives up is hit hard, 69th percentile.
777 pitches in 2023. 69th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 239th in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
32.8% of the contact against May is on the ground and 42.7% of it is in the air.
131 tracked batted balls allowed.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .332 expected average against them, against .303 on his offspeed pitches.
330 of his fastballs thrown.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .308 average against May and left-handers to .332.
487 pitches to right-handed hitters, 290 to left-handed hitters.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against May projects a .319 average, 65th percentile.
777 pitches in 2023. 65th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 269th in MLB.
He cannot find the zone often enough
May works off the plate, with only 44% of his pitches in the zone, 36th percentile.
777 pitches in 2023. 36th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 497th in MLB.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
24.4% of the contact against May with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41.3% with the bases empty.
236 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 541 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The home runs are what is undoing his season
May has given up 4 tracked home runs, 3 of them to left field, the longest 413 feet.
4 tracked home runs allowed in 2023.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
32.8% of the contact against May is on the ground and 42.7% of it is in the air.
131 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 May's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.0 mph, against 75.5 off his sweeper.
330 and 73 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Both sides hit him about the same
40.5% of the contact right-handers make against May is hit hard, against 30.5% of what left-handers make.
487 pitches to right-handed hitters, 290 to left-handed hitters.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .308 average against May and left-handers to .332.
487 pitches to right-handed hitters, 290 to left-handed hitters.
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Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against May is weak: 86.7 mph off the bat on average, 81st percentile.
777 pitches in 2023. 81st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 149th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 36.1% of the contact May gives up is hit hard, 69th percentile.
777 pitches in 2023. 69th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 239th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against May projects a .319 average, 65th percentile.
777 pitches in 2023. 65th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 269th in MLB.
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 fastballs: a .332 expected average against them, against .303 on his offspeed pitches.
330 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
May works off the plate, with only 44% of his pitches in the zone, 36th percentile.
777 pitches in 2023. 36th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 497th in MLB.
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