The home runs are what is undoing his season
Buehler has given up 3 tracked home runs, 3 of them to left field, the longest 425 feet.
3 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .440 expected average against them, against .325 on his breaking balls.
61 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Buehler's knuckle curve leaves the bat at 93.3 mph, against 84.1 off his sweeper.
99 and 44 of them thrown.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Buehler projects a .362 average, 19th percentile.
634 pitches in 2026. 19th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 435th in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
47.7% of the contact against Buehler is on the ground and 27.9% of it is in the air.
111 tracked batted balls allowed.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .340 average against Buehler and left-handers to .379.
292 pitches to right-handed hitters, 342 to left-handed hitters.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.7 mph off the bat against Buehler, 32nd percentile.
634 pitches in 2026. 32nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 367th in MLB.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Buehler averages 88.2 mph across his arsenal, 29th percentile in the league.
634 pitches in 2026. 29th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 383rd in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
44.2% of the balls put in play against Buehler have gone to right field.
50 of 113 located batted balls allowed.
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The home runs are what is undoing his season
Buehler has given up 3 tracked home runs, 3 of them to left field, the longest 425 feet.
3 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
47.7% of the contact against Buehler is on the ground and 27.9% of it is in the air.
111 tracked batted balls allowed.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
44.2% of the balls put in play against Buehler have gone to right field.
50 of 113 located batted balls allowed.
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 offspeed pitches: a .440 expected average against them, against .325 on his breaking balls.
61 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Buehler's knuckle curve leaves the bat at 93.3 mph, against 84.1 off his sweeper.
99 and 44 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Buehler projects a .362 average, 19th percentile.
634 pitches in 2026. 19th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 435th in MLB.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.7 mph off the bat against Buehler, 32nd percentile.
634 pitches in 2026. 32nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 367th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .340 average against Buehler and left-handers to .379.
292 pitches to right-handed hitters, 342 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Buehler averages 88.2 mph across his arsenal, 29th percentile in the league.
634 pitches in 2026. 29th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 383rd in MLB.
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