This is the location of all his individual pitches and a zone chart at the top showing density of locations.
This is the location of all his Sinkers. On average he throws it 94.3 MPH and topping out at 96.9 MPH. He will typically have 14.5 revolutions (2164 RPM) from hand to the plate. He throws it in the strike zone 61% of the time.
This is the location of all his Curveballs. On average he throws it 80.7 MPH and topping out at 82.6 MPH. He will typically have 23.3 revolutions (2976 RPM) from hand to the plate. He throws it in the strike zone 21% of the time.
This is the location of all his Changeups. On average he throws it 91.0 MPH and topping out at 93.6 MPH. He will typically have 12.8 revolutions (1854 RPM) from hand to the plate. He throws it in the strike zone 37% of the time.
This is the location of all his Sliders. On average he throws it 84.6 MPH and topping out at 87.3 MPH. He will typically have 19.2 revolutions (2586 RPM) from hand to the plate. He throws it in the strike zone 67% of the time.
This is all his pitches showing horizontal & vertical movement with gravity in inches.
This is the movement of his Sinker. On average the ball moves 17 inches away from a right handed batter and drops 25 inches . League average horizontal movement is 15 inches and 24 inches drop.
This is the movement of his Curveball. On average the ball moves 11 inches towards a right handed batter and drops 56 inches . League average horizontal movement is 9 inches and 52 inches drop.
This is the movement of his Changeup. On average the ball moves 17 inches away from a right handed batter and drops 32 inches . League average horizontal movement is 14 inches and 33 inches drop.
This is the movement of his Slider. On average the ball moves 2 inches towards a right handed batter and drops 40 inches . League average horizontal movement is 6 inches and 38 inches drop.
This is all his release points. On average he releases the ball 6.1ft from the ground.
This is the release point of all his Sinkers. On average he releases the ball 6.1ft. from the ground.
This is the release point of all his Curveballs. On average he releases the ball 6.1ft. from the ground.
This is the release point of all his Changeups. On average he releases the ball 6.0ft. from the ground.
This is the release point of all his Sliders. On average he releases the ball 5.9ft. from the ground.
This all his pitches out of the zone.
This is all his pitches on the edge of the zone.
This is all his swing & misses.
Radial Chart
Barrels
Spray Chart
Here's the flow of all
Valdez's pitches this season. Connecting bars and pie charts
are sized by density of pitches for each count.
Sinker
Curveball
Changeup
Slider