There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Font's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 92.6 mph, against 77.8 off his slider.
199 and 56 of them thrown.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .402 average against Font and left-handers to .332.
241 pitches to right-handed hitters, 127 to left-handed hitters.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
45.8% of the contact Font gives up is hit hard, 18th percentile.
368 pitches in 2020. 18th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 538th in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
50% of the balls put in play against Font have gone to centre field.
30 of 60 located batted balls allowed.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Font averages 91.3 mph across his arsenal, 84th percentile in the league.
368 pitches in 2020. 84th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 107th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .392 expected average against them, against .338 on his breaking balls.
259 of his fastballs thrown.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Font projects a .378 average, 26th percentile.
368 pitches in 2020. 26th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 485th in MLB.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
50% of the contact against Font with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 43.9% with the bases empty.
106 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 262 with the bases empty.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
45.8% of the contact against Font is on the ground and 33.9% of it is in the air.
59 tracked batted balls allowed.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Font lives in the strike zone: 45.4% of his pitches are in it, 64th percentile.
368 pitches in 2020. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 234th in MLB.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Font's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 92.6 mph, against 77.8 off his slider.
199 and 56 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .402 average against Font and left-handers to .332.
241 pitches to right-handed hitters, 127 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Too much of the contact against him is loud
45.8% of the contact Font gives up is hit hard, 18th percentile.
368 pitches in 2020. 18th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 538th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Font projects a .378 average, 26th percentile.
368 pitches in 2020. 26th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 485th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
50% of the balls put in play against Font have gone to centre field.
30 of 60 located batted balls allowed.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
45.8% of the contact against Font is on the ground and 33.9% of it is in the air.
59 tracked batted balls allowed.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Font averages 91.3 mph across his arsenal, 84th percentile in the league.
368 pitches in 2020. 84th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 107th 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 .392 expected average against them, against .338 on his breaking balls.
259 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
50% of the contact against Font with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 43.9% with the bases empty.
106 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 262 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Font lives in the strike zone: 45.4% of his pitches are in it, 64th percentile.
368 pitches in 2020. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2020, 234th in MLB.
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Career team 2019–2020