His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Nuno's 4-seam fastball averages 89.0 mph, and has touched 91.5.
87 thrown, 17.4% of his pitches.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Nuno's changeup moves 92.9 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
46 thrown, averaging 81.7 mph.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Nuno averages 85.0 mph across his arsenal, 9th percentile in the league.
500 pitches in 2018. 9th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 660th in MLB.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Nuno's 4-seam fastball carries 17.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
87 thrown, averaging 89.0 mph.
He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Nuno puts 47.5% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 54.4% of his pitches to left-handers.
375 pitches to right-handed hitters, 125 to left-handed hitters.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Nuno lives in the strike zone: 49.2% of his pitches are in it, 88th percentile.
500 pitches in 2018. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 90th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Nuno's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.1 mph, against 82.4 off his changeup.
87 and 46 of them thrown.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Nuno releases the ball 5.5 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
500 tracked pitches in 2018.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Nuno projects a .282 average, 98th percentile.
500 pitches in 2018. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 14th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Nuno works with 4 pitches: Slider, 4-Seam Fastball, Changeup and Curveball. The slider is 67% of everything he throws.
500 classified pitches in 2018.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Nuno lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.24 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
500 located pitches in 2018.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 30.5% of the contact Nuno gives up is hit hard, 91st percentile.
500 pitches in 2018. 91st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 63rd in MLB.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Nuno puts 56.9% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 39.8% when he is ahead.
123 located pitches behind, 166 ahead.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Nuno throws 45.5% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 50.1% with the bases empty.
99 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 401 with the bases empty.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Nuno's stuff spins at 2,389 rpm, 81st percentile in the league.
500 pitches in 2018. 81st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 142nd in MLB.
He lives on one side of the plate
Nuno works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 3.1 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
500 located pitches in 2018.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Nuno is weak: 86.2 mph off the bat on average, 90th percentile.
500 pitches in 2018. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 71st in MLB.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Nuno lands 52.9% of his breaking balls in the zone and only 39.1% of his fastballs.
367 of his breaking balls, 87 of his fastballs.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Nuno goes to the 4-seam fastball: 22.2% of his two-strike pitches, against 15.2% the rest of the time.
158 two-strike pitches in 2018.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
16.8% of Nuno's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
84 of 500 located pitches.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Nuno throws the changeup 12.3% of the time against right-handers and 0% against left-handers.
375 pitches to right-handers, 125 to left-handers.
Even behind in the count he keeps hitters guessing
Behind in the count Nuno throws a fastball 15.4% of the time, against 22.3% when he is ahead.
123 pitches behind in the count, 166 ahead.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Nuno's slider spins at 2,495 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
335 thrown in 2018.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Nuno releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 47 degrees above horizontal and 1.6 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
500 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Nuno throws a strike on the first pitch 62.1% of the time.
132 plate appearances started in 2018.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Nuno's 4-seam fastball averages 89.0 mph, and has touched 91.5.
87 thrown, 17.4% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Nuno's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.1 mph, against 82.4 off his changeup.
87 and 46 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Nuno works with 4 pitches: Slider, 4-Seam Fastball, Changeup and Curveball. The slider is 67% of everything he throws.
500 classified pitches in 2018.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Nuno throws the changeup 12.3% of the time against right-handers and 0% against left-handers.
375 pitches to right-handers, 125 to left-handers.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Nuno's slider spins at 2,495 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
335 thrown in 2018.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Nuno's changeup moves 92.9 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
46 thrown, averaging 81.7 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Nuno's 4-seam fastball carries 17.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
87 thrown, averaging 89.0 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Nuno averages 85.0 mph across his arsenal, 9th percentile in the league.
500 pitches in 2018. 9th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 660th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Nuno puts 47.5% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 54.4% of his pitches to left-handers.
375 pitches to right-handed hitters, 125 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Nuno lives in the strike zone: 49.2% of his pitches are in it, 88th percentile.
500 pitches in 2018. 88th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 90th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Nuno releases the ball 5.5 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
500 tracked pitches in 2018.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Nuno releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 47 degrees above horizontal and 1.6 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
500 tracked release points, averaging 5.8 feet off the ground.
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The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Nuno projects a .282 average, 98th percentile.
500 pitches in 2018. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 14th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 30.5% of the contact Nuno gives up is hit hard, 91st percentile.
500 pitches in 2018. 91st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 63rd in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Nuno is weak: 86.2 mph off the bat on average, 90th percentile.
500 pitches in 2018. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 71st 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
Nuno lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.24 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
500 located pitches in 2018.
He lives on one side of the plate
Nuno works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 3.1 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
500 located pitches in 2018.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
16.8% of Nuno's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
84 of 500 located pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Nuno puts 56.9% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 39.8% when he is ahead.
123 located pitches behind, 166 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Nuno goes to the 4-seam fastball: 22.2% of his two-strike pitches, against 15.2% the rest of the time.
158 two-strike pitches in 2018.
Even behind in the count he keeps hitters guessing
Behind in the count Nuno throws a fastball 15.4% of the time, against 22.3% when he is ahead.
123 pitches behind in the count, 166 ahead.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Nuno throws a strike on the first pitch 62.1% of the time.
132 plate appearances started in 2018.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Nuno throws 45.5% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 50.1% with the bases empty.
99 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 401 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Nuno's stuff spins at 2,389 rpm, 81st percentile in the league.
500 pitches in 2018. 81st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 142nd in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Nuno lands 52.9% of his breaking balls in the zone and only 39.1% of his fastballs.
367 of his breaking balls, 87 of his fastballs.
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