His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Petit's 4-seam fastball averages 87.9 mph, and has touched 96.7.
543 thrown, 45.9% of his pitches.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Petit's changeup moves 71.9 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
199 thrown, averaging 80.9 mph.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Petit goes to the curveball: 25.9% of his two-strike pitches, against 7.7% the rest of the time.
343 two-strike pitches in 2021.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Petit averages 84.2 mph across his arsenal, 6th percentile in the league.
1183 pitches in 2021. 6th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 757th in MLB.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Petit's 4-seam fastball carries 17.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
543 thrown, averaging 87.9 mph.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Petit's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 89.6 mph, against 80.0 off his curveball.
543 and 154 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Petit throws the changeup 39% of the time against left-handers and 2.8% against right-handers.
724 pitches to right-handers, 459 to left-handers.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 30% of the contact Petit gives up is hit hard, 91st percentile.
1183 pitches in 2021. 91st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 72nd in MLB.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Petit puts 60.6% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 35.4% when he is ahead.
297 located pitches behind, 345 ahead.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Petit releases the ball 7.0 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
1180 tracked pitches in 2021.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .339 expected average against them, against .284 on his offspeed pitches.
173 of his breaking balls thrown.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Petit is weak: 85.5 mph off the bat on average, 89th percentile.
1183 pitches in 2021. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 92nd in MLB.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
16.2% of Petit's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
192 of 1183 located pitches.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Petit's stuff spins at 2,067 rpm, 20th percentile in the league.
1183 pitches in 2021. 20th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 640th in MLB.
He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Petit puts 45.2% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 48.4% of his pitches to left-handers.
724 pitches to right-handed hitters, 459 to left-handed hitters.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Petit works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Cutter, Changeup and Curveball. The 4-seam fastball is 45.9% of everything he throws.
1183 classified pitches in 2021.
He lives on one side of the plate
Petit works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.2 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
1183 located pitches in 2021.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Petit releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 57 degrees above horizontal and 0.9 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
1183 tracked release points, averaging 5.6 feet off the ground.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
13.0 mph separates Petit's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 87.9 against 74.9.
543 and 154 of them respectively.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Petit lives in the strike zone: 46.4% of his pitches are in it, 64th percentile.
1183 pitches in 2021. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 294th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Petit projects a .309 average, 76th percentile.
1183 pitches in 2021. 76th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 194th in MLB.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Petit throws a fastball 71.7% of the time, against 65.2% when he is ahead.
297 pitches behind in the count, 345 ahead.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Petit throws a strike on the first pitch 62% of the time.
324 plate appearances started in 2021.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Petit lands 51.8% of his offspeed pitches in the zone and only 45.1% of his fastballs.
199 of his offspeed pitches, 811 of his fastballs.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Petit has thrown 16 sliders this season, 1.4% of his pitches, at 87.1 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
1183 classified pitches in 2021.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Petit's 4-seam fastball averages 87.9 mph, and has touched 96.7.
543 thrown, 45.9% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Petit's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 89.6 mph, against 80.0 off his curveball.
543 and 154 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Petit throws the changeup 39% of the time against left-handers and 2.8% against right-handers.
724 pitches to right-handers, 459 to left-handers.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Petit works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Cutter, Changeup and Curveball. The 4-seam fastball is 45.9% of everything he throws.
1183 classified pitches in 2021.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
13.0 mph separates Petit's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 87.9 against 74.9.
543 and 154 of them respectively.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Petit has thrown 16 sliders this season, 1.4% of his pitches, at 87.1 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
1183 classified pitches in 2021.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Petit's changeup moves 71.9 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
199 thrown, averaging 80.9 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Petit's 4-seam fastball carries 17.3 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
543 thrown, averaging 87.9 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Petit goes to the curveball: 25.9% of his two-strike pitches, against 7.7% the rest of the time.
343 two-strike pitches in 2021.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Petit puts 60.6% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 35.4% when he is ahead.
297 located pitches behind, 345 ahead.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Petit throws a fastball 71.7% of the time, against 65.2% when he is ahead.
297 pitches behind in the count, 345 ahead.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Petit throws a strike on the first pitch 62% of the time.
324 plate appearances started in 2021.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Petit averages 84.2 mph across his arsenal, 6th percentile in the league.
1183 pitches in 2021. 6th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 757th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 30% of the contact Petit gives up is hit hard, 91st percentile.
1183 pitches in 2021. 91st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 72nd in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Petit is weak: 85.5 mph off the bat on average, 89th percentile.
1183 pitches in 2021. 89th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 92nd in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Petit projects a .309 average, 76th percentile.
1183 pitches in 2021. 76th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 194th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Petit releases the ball 7.0 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
1180 tracked pitches in 2021.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Petit releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 57 degrees above horizontal and 0.9 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
1183 tracked release points, averaging 5.6 feet off the ground.
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 breaking balls: a .339 expected average against them, against .284 on his offspeed pitches.
173 of his breaking balls thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Petit lands 51.8% of his offspeed pitches in the zone and only 45.1% of his fastballs.
199 of his offspeed pitches, 811 of his fastballs.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
16.2% of Petit's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
192 of 1183 located pitches.
He lives on one side of the plate
Petit works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.2 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
1183 located pitches in 2021.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Petit's stuff spins at 2,067 rpm, 20th percentile in the league.
1183 pitches in 2021. 20th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 640th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Petit puts 45.2% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 48.4% of his pitches to left-handers.
724 pitches to right-handed hitters, 459 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Petit lives in the strike zone: 46.4% of his pitches are in it, 64th percentile.
1183 pitches in 2021. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 294th in MLB.
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Career team 2018–2021