Yu Darvish

Darvish releases the ball from a sidearm slot, about 20 degrees above horizontal and 2.2 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.

Darvish's sinker moves 120.7 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

22.8 mph separates Darvish's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 93.9 against 71.1.

Darvish's 4-seam fastball carries 14.5 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

Darvish lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.22 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

Darvish works with 7 pitches: Sinker, 4-Seam Fastball, Curveball and Slider, and a little else. The sinker is 20.1% of everything he throws.

With two strikes Darvish goes to the curveball: 21.8% of his two-strike pitches, against 12.5% the rest of the time.

Darvish's slider spins at 2,748 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.

Darvish puts 62.4% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 44.3% when he is ahead.

Darvish throws the splitter 14.5% of the time against left-handers and 5.9% against right-handers.

Darvish's sinker averages 93.4 mph, and has touched 96.8.

Darvish has thrown 15 knuckle curves this season, 1.3% of his pitches, at 78.6 mph: a look rather than a weapon.

Darvish releases the ball from a sidearm slot, about 20 degrees above horizontal and 2.2 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.

Darvish's sinker moves 120.7 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

Darvish's 4-seam fastball carries 14.5 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

22.8 mph separates Darvish's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 93.9 against 71.1.

Darvish works with 7 pitches: Sinker, 4-Seam Fastball, Curveball and Slider, and a little else. The sinker is 20.1% of everything he throws.

Darvish's slider spins at 2,748 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.

Darvish throws the splitter 14.5% of the time against left-handers and 5.9% against right-handers.

Darvish's sinker averages 93.4 mph, and has touched 96.8.

Darvish has thrown 15 knuckle curves this season, 1.3% of his pitches, at 78.6 mph: a look rather than a weapon.

With two strikes Darvish goes to the curveball: 21.8% of his two-strike pitches, against 12.5% the rest of the time.

Darvish puts 62.4% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 44.3% when he is ahead.

Darvish lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.22 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.