P | Houston Astros
Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 1" 205 lbs | Age: 29
Draft: 2019 | Rd. 30, No. 912, Chicago Cubs | McNeese State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 1 0 2.39 28 0 0 26.1 32 1.14
2025 5 4 2.78 68 0 2 68 69 1.04
2026 3 6 5.28 59 1 6 59.2 49 1.49
3 Seasons 9 10 3.68 155 1 8 154 150 1.23
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 28 1-0 2.39 26.1 32 1.14
2025 68 5-4 2.78 68 69 1.04
2026 59 3-6 5.28 59.2 49 1.49
3 Seasons 155 9-10 3.68 154 150 1.23
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Team Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
xBA xSLG wOBA xwOBA xwOBAcon HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2024 27 416 64 2 3.1 1.8 85.7 109.3 11.3 31.3 .206 .310 .273 .279 .335 34.4 29.4 9.2 2.39 3.13
2025 28 1046 191 11 5.8 4.0 88.4 109.0 14.4 33.0 .222 .358 .282 .274 .339 36.1 25.1 4.0 2.78 3.07
2026 29 1044 195 10 5.2 3.7 86.8 108.6 7.0 31.3 .248 .369 .346 .308 .333 35.9 18.0 8.1 5.28 4.00
Player 2506 450 23 5.1 3.5 87.3 109.3 10.8 32.0 .230 .355 .307 .289 .336 35.8 22.9 6.6
MLB 7.6 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.6 33.3 .244 .407 .316 .316 .368 37.1 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

King relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(55.4%) ,
Sweeper
(26.7%) ,
Sinker
(17.0%) ,
Changeup
(0.9%) ,
Curveball
(0.1%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2024 45.3 54.7 17.2 23.4 14.1 34.4 31.3 34.4 17.2 18.8 9.4 17.2 12.5 25.0
2025 42.4 57.6 24.6 26.7 6.3 35.1 34.6 30.4 18.3 15.7 8.4 16.8 18.8 22.0
2026 50.8 49.2 16.9 25.6 6.7 39.5 32.3 28.2 25.6 15.4 9.7 13.8 16.9 18.5
Player 46.4 53.6 20.2 25.8 7.6 36.9 33.1 30.0 21.3 16.0 9.1 15.6 17.1 20.9
MLB 44.1 55.9 24.3 24.6 7.1 37.5 37.3 25.0 20.7 17.5 5.8 16.9 19.8 19.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2024 7.8 31.3 29.7 25.0 3.1 3.1 1.8
2025 5.8 29.8 26.7 25.1 6.3 5.8 4.0
2026 4.6 40.5 19.5 24.6 4.6 5.2 3.7
Player 5.6 34.7 24.0 24.9 5.1 5.1 3.5
MLB 4.1 32.2 25.0 24.4 5.9 7.6 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
SeasonPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2026 4-Seam Fastball L 578 92.0 19.0 -2.6 3.2ARM -4.4 13.3 -2.2 3.2ARM -4.7
2026 Curveball L 1 79.3 51.9 -2.4 13.4GLV 3.9 -8.2 -1.9 13.4GLV 5.3
2026 Changeup L 9 86.5 29.7 -2.7 11.1ARM -3.0 6.9 -2.1 11.1ARM -2.8
2026 Sinker L 177 91.6 26.5 2.2 12.3ARM -2.6 6.1 1.6 12.3ARM -3.0
2026 Sweeper L 279 81.4 38.7 -1.3 13.5GLV -0.7 2.9 -2.2 13.5GLV -0.3
2025 Curveball L 2 75.7 57.0 -1.0 12.9GLV 1.3 -8.6 -1.1 12.9GLV 5.1
2025 4-Seam Fastball L 656 92.0 18.1 -1.6 3.9ARM -4.1 14.3 -1.6 3.9ARM -4.2
2025 Sinker L 55 91.0 26.6 1.2 11.9ARM -3.4 6.5 1.0 11.9ARM -3.5
2025 Changeup L 16 87.2 31.0 -1.4 12.0ARM -2.5 5.1 0.1 12.0ARM -2.2
2025 Sweeper L 317 80.1 40.2 -0.9 16.9GLV 2.5 2.9 -1.9 16.9GLV 3.9
! Note: Seasons are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Season Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2026 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -3 578 55.4 169 .274 .452 .354 18.6 20.7 16.0 .233 .375 .309 40.0
2026 Sweeper -2.3 -6 279 26.7 55 .392 .627 .457 21.4 18.2 12.3 .304 .430 .344 26.8
2026 Sinker 2.0 4 177 17.0 42 .179 .205 .279 11.7 9.5 10.8 .218 .256 .245 31.4
2026 Changeup 1.2 0 9 0.9 4 .000 .000 .225 0.0 0.0 0.0 .397 .446 .369 50.0
2026 Curveball 4.1 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 3 656 62.7 174 .230 .400 .303 24.1 25.3 22.0 .227 .383 .282 34.4
2025 Sweeper -0.6 -2 317 30.3 75 .254 .388 .305 26.2 25.3 17.3 .228 .357 .290 38.8
2025 Sinker 3.5 2 55 5.3 22 .227 .227 .205 23.3 27.3 33.3 .174 .195 .161 37.5
2025 Changeup 3.2 1 16 1.5 4 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .207 .234 .196 50.0
2025 Curveball 0.1 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Season Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 4-Seam Fastball 578 92.0 74 13.0 11:00 11:30 -30
2026 Sinker 175 91.6 77 14.0 11:00 9:45 75
2026 Sweeper 279 81.4 54 14.7 3:30 3:00 30
2025 Changeup 16 87.2 87 13.3 10:30 9:30 60
2025 4-Seam Fastball 656 92.0 75 14.2 11:00 11:30 -30
2025 Sinker 55 91.0 76 13.5 11:00 9:45 75
2025 Sweeper 317 80.1 65 17.9 3:30 3:00 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Season Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2024 109 416 6 4 -4 -2 4
2025 275 1,046 5 7 -5 -4 3
2026 270 1,044 2 4 -6 -5 -5
Player 654 2,506 13 15 -15 13 2
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2024 416 55.0 67.2 83.8 24.1 48.9 37.0 59.6 47.8 24.1 10.1 78.6
2025 1,046 56.6 65.2 80.8 29.5 60.4 46.1 64.7 49.7 24.4 9.7 76.2
2026 1,044 50.1 68.5 87.7 31.1 69.1 45.3 62.2 49.8 18.1 9.2 77.1
Player 2,506 53.6 66.8 84.1 29.3 63.0 44.3 62.8 49.4 21.7 9.5 77.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.7 28.6 57.9 42.6 61.2 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Season Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed
xERA Fastball
MPH
Fastball
Spin
Curve
Spin
Avg
EV
Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit%
GB% Extension
2024 19 37 55
2025 49 70 32 62 87 15 12 73 65 43 70 99 86 83 53 57
2026 23 45 13 54 53 15 10 89 55 3 18 55 87 69 86 57
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Season Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2024 24.82 1 1.3 0 0 2 0 0.0
2025 22.87 10 7.9 2 0 5 5 50.0
2026 24.02 9 8.6 0 2 8 2 22.2
Player 23.52 20 17.8 2 2 15 7 35.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Season HR
2024 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 2
2025 10 9 8 9 9 7 6 7 8 5 7 8 8 10 9 7 10 5 8 10 8 7 10 10 8 6 7 9 8 7 6
2026 9 7 7 8 9 10 10 8 10 10 8 10 8 11 10 9 9 8 9 10 8 9 9 9 6 7 8 9 9 8 5
Player 20 17 15 18 19 19 18 15 19 15 16 19 18 23 21 16 21 13 19 22 18 17 21 20 16 15 15 20 19 17 13
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024
Results
BA .279 +.046 ↑ .233 +.022 ↑ .211
xBA .248 +.026 ↑ .222 +.016 ↑ .206
OBP .352 +.079 ↑ .273 -.030 ↓ .303
xOBP .321 +.055 ↑ .266 -.034 ↓ .300
SLG .442 +.066 ↑ .376 +.081 ↑ .295
xSLG .369 +.011 ↑ .358 +.048 ↑ .310
ISO .163 +.020 ↑ .143 +.059 ↑ .084
xISO .121 -.014 ↓ .135 +.031 ↑ .104
BABIP .315 +.039 ↑ .276 -.026 ↓ .302
wOBA .346 +.064 ↑ .282 +.009 ↑ .273
xwOBA .308 +.034 ↑ .274 -.005 ↓ .279
wOBAcon .386 +.035 ↑ .351 +.028 ↑ .323
xwOBAcon .333 -.006 ↓ .339 +.004 ↑ .335
BACON .347 +.033 ↑ .314 +.001 ↑ .313
xBACON .311 +.006 ↑ .305 -.003 ↓ .308
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 35.9 -0.2 ↓ 36.1 +1.7 ↑ 34.4
Avg Exit Velocity 86.8 -1.6 ↓ 88.4 +2.7 ↑ 85.7
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 31.3 -1.7 ↓ 33.0 +1.7 ↑ 31.3
Barrel % 5.2 -0.6 ↓ 5.8 +2.7 ↑ 3.1
Avg Launch Angle 7.0 -7.4 ↓ 14.4 +3.1 ↑ 11.3
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.0 +0.2 ↑ 70.8 +0.1 ↑ 70.7
Attack Angle 6° 0° ↓ 6° 0° ↓ 7°
Ideal Attack Angle % 45.4 +4.6 ↑ 40.8 -1.9 ↓ 42.7
Attack Direction 5° 0° 5° 0° ↑ 4°
Swing Path - Tilt 32° 0° ↓ 32° +1° ↑ 31°
Swing Length 7.0 +0.1 ↑ 6.9 -0.1 ↓ 7.0
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 91.9 0.0 91.9 -0.1 ↓ 92.0
Breaking Velocity 81.3 +1.3 ↑ 80.0 -1.1 ↓ 81.1
Offspeed Velocity 86.5 -0.7 ↓ 87.2 -- --
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 10 -1 ↓ 11 +9 ↑ 2
Popup % 6.7 +0.4 ↑ 6.3 -7.8 ↓ 14.1
Flyball % 16.9 -7.7 ↓ 24.6 +7.4 ↑ 17.2
Line Drive % 25.6 -1.1 ↓ 26.7 +3.3 ↑ 23.4
Groundball % 50.8 +8.4 ↑ 42.4 -2.9 ↓ 45.3
Pull % 39.5 +4.4 ↑ 35.1 +0.7 ↑ 34.4
Straight Away % 32.3 -2.3 ↓ 34.6 +3.3 ↑ 31.3
Opposite Field % 28.2 -2.2 ↓ 30.4 -4.0 ↓ 34.4
Weak Contact % 4.6 -1.2 ↓ 5.8 -2.0 ↓ 7.8
Pull Airball % 13.8 -3.0 ↓ 16.8 -0.4 ↓ 17.2
Topped Contact % 40.5 +10.7 ↑ 29.8 -1.5 ↓ 31.3
Under Contact % 19.5 -7.2 ↓ 26.7 -3.0 ↓ 29.7
Flare/Burner Contact % 24.6 -0.5 ↓ 25.1 +0.1 ↑ 25.0
Solid Contact % 4.6 -1.7 ↓ 6.3 +3.2 ↑ 3.1
HR/FB % 27.3 +6.0 ↑ 21.3 +12.2 ↑ 9.1
Popups 13 +1 ↑ 12 +3 ↑ 9
Flyballs 33 -14 ↓ 47 +36 ↑ 11
Line Drives 50 -1 ↓ 51 +36 ↑ 15
Groundballs 99 +18 ↑ 81 +52 ↑ 29
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 50.1 -6.5 ↓ 56.6 +1.6 ↑ 55.0
Out of Zone % 49.9 +6.5 ↑ 43.4 -1.6 ↓ 45.0
Edge % 45.3 -0.8 ↓ 46.1 +9.1 ↑ 37.0
Zone Swing % 68.5 +3.3 ↑ 65.2 -2.0 ↓ 67.2
Out of Zone Swing % 31.1 +1.6 ↑ 29.5 +5.4 ↑ 24.1
In Zone Contact % 87.7 +6.9 ↑ 80.8 -3.0 ↓ 83.8
Out of Zone Contact % 69.1 +8.7 ↑ 60.4 +11.5 ↑ 48.9
Whiff % 18.1 -6.3 ↓ 24.4 +0.3 ↑ 24.1
First Strike % 62.2 -2.5 ↓ 64.7 +5.1 ↑ 59.6
First Pitch Swing % 35.9 +3.2 ↑ 32.7 -4.9 ↓ 37.6
Swing % 49.8 +0.1 ↑ 49.7 +1.9 ↑ 47.8
Meatball Swing % 77.1 +0.9 ↑ 76.2 -2.4 ↓ 78.6
Meatball % 9.2 -0.5 ↓ 9.7 -0.4 ↓ 10.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 12.3 -6.9 ↓ 19.2 +3.0 ↑ 16.2
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 30.9 -8.7 ↓ 39.6 -11.5 ↓ 51.1
In Zone 523 -69 ↓ 592 +363 ↑ 229
Out of Zone 521 +67 ↑ 454 +267 ↑ 187
Edge 473 -9 ↓ 482 +328 ↑ 154
In Zone Swings 358 -28 ↓ 386 +232 ↑ 154
Out of Zone Swings 162 +28 ↑ 134 +89 ↑ 45
In Zone Swing & Misses 44 -30 ↓ 74 +49 ↑ 25
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 50 -3 ↓ 53 +30 ↑ 23
Basic
Pitches 1,044 -2 ↓ 1,046 +630 ↑ 416
PA 272 -3 ↓ 275 +166 ↑ 109
AB 240 -18 ↓ 258 +163 ↑ 95
Hits 67 +7 ↑ 60 +40 ↑ 20
Singles 47 +4 ↑ 43 +29 ↑ 14
Doubles 10 +3 ↑ 7 +2 ↑ 5
Triples 1 +1 ↑ 0 0 0
Home Runs 9 -1 ↓ 10 +9 ↑ 1
Walks 22 +11 ↑ 11 +1 ↑ 10
Strikeouts 49 -20 ↓ 69 +37 ↑ 32
K% 18.0 -7.1 ↓ 25.1 -4.3 ↓ 29.4
BB% 8.1 +4.1 ↑ 4.0 -5.2 ↓ 9.2
HBP 6 +2 ↑ 4 +1 ↑ 3
Batted Balls 195 +4 ↑ 191 +127 ↑ 64
Fastball Percent 72.3 +4.3 ↑ 68.0 +10.1 ↑ 57.9
Offspeed Percent 0.9 -0.6 ↓ 1.5 +1.5 ↑ 0.0
Breaking Percent 26.8 -3.7 ↓ 30.5 -11.6 ↓ 42.1
Number of Fastballs 755 +44 ↑ 711 +470 ↑ 241
Number of Offspeed 9 -7 ↓ 16 +16 ↑ 0
Number of Breaking 280 -39 ↓ 319 +144 ↑ 175
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
SeasonAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2024 Shades 109 .273 63 19 30.2 46 17 37.0
2025 Shades 275 .282 196 22 11.2 79 28 35.4
2026 Shades 270 .346 156 44 28.2 114 46 40.4
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2024 102 13.3 78.4% 1.0% 76 16.0 30.3% 0.0%
2025 292 13.7 72.6% 0.0% 160 16.1 26.9% 0.0%
2026 221 14.4 63.8% 2.3% 226 17.0 14.6% 4.0%

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Pitch Distribution