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Vinnie Pestano

Yankees Career team 2011–2014
Number #61
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 41
Height 6' 0"
Weight 210 lbs
Birth Place Newport Beach, CA
Born Feb 20, 1985

Key Insights

2015
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Pestano's 4-seam fastball averages 89.7 mph, and has touched 91.6.

155 thrown, 63.3% of his pitches.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming

Behind in the count Pestano throws a fastball 96.5% of the time, against 51.7% when he is ahead.

86 pitches behind in the count, 60 ahead.
He falls behind hitters far too often

Pestano throws a strike on the first pitch 47.5% of the time.

59 plate appearances started in 2015.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Pestano throws the 4-seam fastball 74.7% of the time against right-handers and 35.2% against left-handers.

174 pitches to right-handers, 71 to left-handers.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Pestano goes to the slider: 31.1% of his two-strike pitches, against 15.2% the rest of the time.

74 two-strike pitches in 2015.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well

Only 31.3% of the contact Pestano gives up is hit hard, 89th percentile.

245 pitches in 2015. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 78th in MLB.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB Feb 20, 1985
Birth Place Newport Beach, CA
Height 6' 0"
Weight 210 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Cal State Fullerton