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Zach Pop

Marlins Career team 2021–2022
Number #56
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 29
Height 6' 4"
Weight 220 lbs
Birth Place Brampton, ON
Born Sep 20, 1996

Key Insights

2026
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's

Pop's sinker moves 17.9 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

81 thrown, averaging 96.2 mph.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Pop's sinker averages 96.2 mph, and has touched 98.6.

81 thrown, 62.3% of his pitches.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on

Pop throws 48.3% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 40.6% with the bases empty.

60 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 70 with the bases empty.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Pop releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 32 degrees above horizontal and 1.8 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.

129 tracked release points, averaging 5.6 feet off the ground.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle

17.1% of Pop's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.

22 of 129 located pitches.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Pop throws the cutter 17.4% of the time against left-handers and 4.9% against right-handers.

61 pitches to right-handers, 69 to left-handers.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 20, 1996
Birth Place Brampton, ON
Height 6' 4"
Weight 220 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Kentucky