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.
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.
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 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.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
48.3% of the balls put in play against Petit have gone to centre field.
127 of 263 located batted balls allowed.
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.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
35.2% of the contact against Petit with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 28.1% with the bases empty.
279 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 904 with the bases empty.
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 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.
Both sides hit him about the same
28.3% of the contact right-handers make against Petit is hit hard, against 32.7% of what left-handers make.
724 pitches to right-handed hitters, 459 to left-handed hitters.
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 home runs are what is undoing his season
Petit has given up 12 tracked home runs, 5 of them to left field, the longest 446 feet.
12 tracked home runs allowed in 2021.
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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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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.
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 Pitch Data.
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Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
48.3% of the balls put in play against Petit have gone to centre field.
127 of 263 located batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Petit has given up 12 tracked home runs, 5 of them to left field, the longest 446 feet.
12 tracked home runs allowed in 2021.
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.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
35.2% of the contact against Petit with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 28.1% with the bases empty.
279 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 904 with the bases empty.
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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Both sides hit him about the same
28.3% of the contact right-handers make against Petit is hit hard, against 32.7% of what left-handers make.
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