There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Yamamoto's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 94.1 mph, against 84.0 off his slider.
196 and 44 of them thrown.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .372 expected average against them, against .301 on his offspeed pitches.
400 of his fastballs thrown.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .316 average against Yamamoto and left-handers to .366.
343 pitches to right-handed hitters, 416 to left-handed hitters.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 86.4 mph off the bat against Yamamoto and left-handers 90.5.
64 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 72 from left-handers.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
46.2% of the contact against Yamamoto with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 39.1% with the bases empty.
131 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 628 with the bases empty.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Yamamoto projects a .342 average, 33rd percentile.
759 pitches in 2026. 33rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 360th in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
43.7% of the contact against Yamamoto is on the ground and 32.6% of it is in the air.
135 tracked batted balls allowed.
Both sides hit him about the same
37.5% of the contact right-handers make against Yamamoto is hit hard, against 43.1% of what left-handers make.
343 pitches to right-handed hitters, 416 to left-handed hitters.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Yamamoto's stuff spins at 2,141 rpm, 27th percentile in the league.
759 pitches in 2026. 27th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 391st in MLB.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Yamamoto averages 90.7 mph across his arsenal, 65th percentile in the league.
759 pitches in 2026. 65th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 189th in MLB.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Yamamoto has given up 8 tracked home runs, 4 of them to right field, the longest 407 feet.
8 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
41.2% of the balls put in play against Yamamoto have gone to right field.
56 of 136 located batted balls allowed.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Yamamoto's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 94.1 mph, against 84.0 off his slider.
196 and 44 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .372 expected average against them, against .301 on his offspeed pitches.
400 of his fastballs 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 .316 average against Yamamoto and left-handers to .366.
343 pitches to right-handed hitters, 416 to left-handed hitters.
Both sides hit him about the same
37.5% of the contact right-handers make against Yamamoto is hit hard, against 43.1% of what left-handers make.
343 pitches to right-handed hitters, 416 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 86.4 mph off the bat against Yamamoto and left-handers 90.5.
64 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 72 from left-handers.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
43.7% of the contact against Yamamoto is on the ground and 32.6% of it is in the air.
135 tracked batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Yamamoto has given up 8 tracked home runs, 4 of them to right field, the longest 407 feet.
8 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
41.2% of the balls put in play against Yamamoto have gone to right field.
56 of 136 located batted balls allowed.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
46.2% of the contact against Yamamoto with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 39.1% with the bases empty.
131 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 628 with the bases empty.
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 Yamamoto projects a .342 average, 33rd percentile.
759 pitches in 2026. 33rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 360th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Yamamoto's stuff spins at 2,141 rpm, 27th percentile in the league.
759 pitches in 2026. 27th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 391st in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Yamamoto averages 90.7 mph across his arsenal, 65th percentile in the league.
759 pitches in 2026. 65th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 189th in MLB.
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