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Nestor Cortes
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 5' 10" 225LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 36, #1094, New York Yankees | Hialeah Senior (FL) HS
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
SO
WHIP
2022 12 4 2.44 28 28 0 158.1 163 0.92
2023 5 2 4.97 12 12 0 63.1 67 1.25
2024 9 10 3.77 31 30 0 174.1 162 1.15
7 Seasons 33 21 3.80 135 86 0 568 575 1.16
G
W-L
ERA
IP
SO
WHIP
2022 28 12-4 2.44 158.1 163 0.92
2023 12 5-2 4.97 63.1 67 1.25
2024 31 9-10 3.77 174.1 162 1.15
7 Seasons 135 33-21 3.80 568 575 1.16
20242024 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATPitching Run Value6NOT QUALIFIED68Fastball Run Value15NOT QUALIFIED94Breaking Run Value-5NOT QUALIFIED11Offspeed Run Value-3NOT QUALIFIED17PitchingxERA3.62NOT QUALIFIED66xBA.236NOT QUALIFIED55Fastball Velo92.0NOT QUALIFIED19Avg Exit Velocity89.7NOT QUALIFIED25Chase %27.4NOT QUALIFIED35Whiff %24.2NOT QUALIFIED40K %22.8NOT QUALIFIED49BB %5.5NOT QUALIFIED87Barrel %7.9NOT QUALIFIED46Hard-Hit %43.6NOT QUALIFIED12GB %31.9NOT QUALIFIED4Extension5.9NOT QUALIFIED11
20242024 Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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MLB AVG.ARM ANGLE47°12"24"6"12"18"24"12"24"12"24"2.5 INCHES BREAK6.3 INCHES DROP13.7 INCHES TAIL4.3 INCHES RISEAVG14.9 INCHES BREAK2.1 INCHES RISEAVG4.6 INCHES BREAK8.6 INCHES RISEAVG5.1 INCHES TAIL19.0 INCHES RISEAVG1B3BMOVES TOWARD︎MORERISEMOREDROPUSAGEMPHLHP AVG4-Seam46%92.093.3Cutter28%87.588.1Sweeper16%78.180.4Change10%83.684.2Slider1%81.784.3SAMPLE100 PITCH

Statcast Statistics

Season
Age
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
2018 23 108 19 3 15.8 11.5 86.6 109.6 6.6 31.6 .326 .563 .561 .427 .439 26.3 11.5 15.4 7.71 8.68
2019 24 1301 200 17 8.5 5.7 87.9 114.1 17.7 37.5 .266 .473 .353 .342 .412 35.5 23.2 9.4 5.67 5.26
2020 25 165 27 3 11.1 6.8 87.4 105.2 21.9 44.4 .273 .596 .547 .426 .469 37.0 18.2 13.6 15.26 8.64
2021 26 1524 244 18 7.4 4.8 89.0 114.9 23.7 33.2 .214 .371 .285 .281 .355 36.1 27.5 6.7 2.90 3.30
2022 27 2465 412 22 5.3 3.6 87.9 113.7 19.2 34.2 .204 .319 .245 .257 .317 34.7 26.5 6.2 2.44 2.70
2023 28 1068 176 13 7.4 4.9 89.6 111.6 26.6 33.0 .217 .391 .323 .296 .356 41.5 25.2 7.5 4.97 3.66
2024 29 2849 505 40 7.9 5.6 89.7 117.4 22.4 35.0 .236 .396 .307 .295 .356 43.6 22.8 5.5 3.77 3.62
Player 9480 1583 116 7.3 5.0 88.8 117.4 21.4 34.7 .227 .386 .302 .293 .356 38.5 24.6 6.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Cortes relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(45.6%) ,
Cutter
(28.0%) ,
Sweeper
(15.9%) ,
Changeup
(9.7%) ,
Slider
(0.9%) ,
Sinker
(0.0%) ,

Four Seamer1298 Pitches (45.6%)
Cutter797 Pitches (28%)
Sweeper453 Pitches (15.9%)
Changeup275 Pitches (9.7%)
Slider25 Pitches (0.9%)
Sinker1 Pitches (0%)

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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 %
2018 47.4 52.6 15.8 31.6 5.3 36.8 52.6 10.5 21.1 26.3 0.0 15.8 26.3 10.5
2019 35.0 65.0 31.0 25.0 9.0 34.0 40.0 26.0 15.5 15.0 4.5 18.5 25.0 21.5
2020 37.0 63.0 29.6 22.2 11.1 48.1 22.2 29.6 18.5 11.1 7.4 29.6 11.1 22.2
2021 29.1 70.9 35.7 25.0 10.2 33.6 38.9 27.5 12.7 11.9 4.5 20.9 27.0 23.0
2022 34.2 65.8 31.1 23.5 11.2 37.9 35.0 27.2 18.4 11.7 4.1 19.4 23.3 23.1
2023 26.1 73.9 36.4 21.6 15.9 39.8 36.4 23.9 13.1 10.8 2.3 26.7 25.6 21.6
2024 31.9 68.1 32.1 24.0 12.1 36.2 37.8 25.9 15.0 12.9 4.0 21.2 25.0 22.0
Player 32.1 67.9 32.5 23.9 11.5 36.6 37.3 26.2 15.5 12.6 4.0 21.0 24.7 22.2
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season
Weak %
Topped %
Under %
Flare/Burner %
Solid %
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
2018 5.3 36.8 21.1 21.1 0.0 15.8 11.5
2019 5.0 24.5 32.0 24.5 5.5 8.5 5.7
2020 0.0 22.2 22.2 29.6 14.8 11.1 6.8
2021 5.3 19.3 39.3 21.7 6.1 7.4 4.8
2022 3.4 23.8 36.7 24.0 6.8 5.3 3.6
2023 2.3 17.6 42.6 21.6 8.5 7.4 4.9
2024 4.2 20.8 34.7 24.4 7.9 7.9 5.6
Player 4.0 21.7 36.1 23.6 7.1 7.3 5.0
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

Created with Highcharts 6.2.0Chart context menuNestor Cortes Vertical Movement vs Avg (Inches) by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comSinkerFour SeamerSweeperSliderChangeupCutterCurveball2018201920202021202220232024-15-10-50510

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)
Year
Pitch
Team
Hand
#
MPH
Vertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. Avg
Horizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Sinker NYY L 1 90.2 15.2 -10.0 3.7ARM -10.9 18.4 -10.2 3.7ARM -11.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 1298 92.0 13.4 2.5 5.1ARM -2.3 19.0 3.3 5.1ARM -3.0
2024 Sweeper NYY L 453 78.1 43.1 -0.4 14.9GLV -0.8 2.1 -1.2 14.9GLV 0.8
2024 Slider NYY L 25 81.7 47.2 7.0 2.5GLV -5.4 -6.3 7.7 2.5GLV -2.6
2024 Changeup NYY L 275 83.6 34.9 1.9 13.7ARM -0.2 4.3 1.6 13.7ARM -0.4
2024 Cutter NYY L 797 87.5 26.9 1.2 4.6GLV 1.8 8.6 1.3 4.6GLV 2.6
2023 Sinker NYY L 1 88.1 20.5 -10.5 7.1ARM -9.0 14.9 -6.4 7.1ARM -8.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 560 91.6 13.3 3.2 4.1ARM -2.9 19.4 3.9 4.1ARM -3.6
2023 Cutter NYY L 308 86.6 28.2 1.3 4.6GLV 2.0 8.1 1.2 4.6GLV 2.8
2023 Sweeper NYY L 148 76.2 45.6 -0.8 17.0GLV 0.3 1.9 -0.8 17.0GLV 2.9
2023 Changeup NYY L 30 83.4 35.1 1.7 14.5ARM 0.5 4.2 2.1 14.5ARM 0.4
2023 Slider NYY L 21 81.8 42.8 2.7 6.3GLV -2.3 -2.1 3.9 6.3GLV 1.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year
Pitch Type
Team
RV/100
Run Value
Pitches
%
PA
BA
SLG
wOBA
Whiff%
K%
PutAway %
xBA
xSLG
xwOBA
Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 6 1,298 45.6 290 .231 .429 .309 21.8 25.5 18.3 .222 .419 .303 52.0
2024 Cutter 1.1 9 797 28.0 229 .249 .378 .307 25.1 19.7 22.4 .258 .387 .310 37.3
2024 Sweeper -0.5 -2 453 15.9 94 .281 .506 .348 25.4 18.1 17.2 .230 .401 .277 39.2
2024 Changeup -1.2 -3 275 9.7 85 .226 .369 .282 32.6 28.2 17.6 .228 .348 .253 40.0
2024 Slider -11.5 -3 25 0.9 11 .400 .800 .523 9.1 18.2 8.7 .270 .405 .324 37.5
2024 Sinker 25.4 0 1 0.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .001 .001 .000 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 4 560 52.4 135 .211 .350 .282 25.1 31.1 19.9 .185 .284 .245 47.6
2023 Cutter -0.2 0 308 28.8 83 .260 .545 .364 20.6 15.7 17.6 .240 .541 .350 43.8
2023 Sweeper -0.9 -1 148 13.9 31 .259 .556 .416 27.5 16.1 18.5 .248 .470 .354 22.7
2023 Changeup -6.1 -2 30 2.8 10 .500 .600 .485 29.4 40.0 36.4 .349 .404 .328 16.7
2023 Slider -2.5 -1 21 2.0 6 .200 .200 .267 42.9 50.0 16.7 .196 .223 .271 0.0
2023 Sinker -1.9 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! 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

Year
Pitch Type
Pitches
MPH
Active Spin %
Total Movement (In.)
Spin-Based
Observed
Deviation
2024 Changeup 268 83.6 95 14.9 10:00 9:15 45
2024 Cutter 793 87.5 48 9.3 12:00 1:15 -75
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1,297 92.0 97 19.2 11:15 11:30 -15
2024 Slider 25 81.7 44 9.4 4:15 5:30 -75
2024 Sweeper 451 78.1 46 15.9 3:30 3:00 30
2023 Changeup 30 83.4 94 15.6 10:00 9:15 45
2023 Cutter 305 86.6 47 8.8 12:15 1:15 -60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 556 91.6 95 19.4 11:30 11:30 0
2023 Slider 20 81.7 33 8.1 3:00 4:00 -60
2023 Sweeper 145 76.3 53 18.2 3:45 3:00 45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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1212345678910114-SEAM FASTBALLCUTTERCHANGEUPSLIDERSWEEPERNestor CortesObserved Movement by Pitch TypeSPIN DIRECTION - PITCHER POV
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Pitcher Arm Angle

20202021202220232024All YearsClick a year to see pitches
ARM ANGLE38°2020 ARM ANGLE42°2021 ARM ANGLE45°2022 ARM ANGLE49°2023 ARM ANGLE47°2024
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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2018 26 108 0 -3 -1 -1 -4
2019 297 1,299 5 6 -12 -5 -6
2020 44 165 -7 0 -2 -2 -11
2021 374 1,524 19 9 -12 -6 11
2022 615 2,465 20 38 -15 -7 36
2023 265 1,068 -3 12 -7 -3 0
2024 710 2,849 14 24 -22 -9 6
Player 2,331 9,478 49 87 -71 49 32
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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 %
2018 108 50.9 63.6 74.3 18.9 80.0 46.3 53.8 41.7 24.4 3.7 25.0
2019 1,301 48.1 67.2 78.6 25.5 65.1 43.2 63.3 45.5 25.2 8.3 71.3
2020 165 47.3 64.1 82.0 16.1 64.3 45.5 61.4 38.8 20.3 7.3 83.3
2021 1,524 50.1 70.1 80.6 26.4 63.2 45.6 59.9 48.3 23.6 6.3 82.3
2022 2,465 51.4 69.1 79.7 30.9 65.1 47.1 67.3 50.5 24.5 6.5 75.8
2023 1,068 52.3 70.7 79.7 26.1 63.9 46.7 66.5 49.4 24.2 7.0 76.0
2024 2,849 50.6 72.9 79.4 27.4 64.2 44.3 58.9 50.4 24.2 7.0 84.4
Player 9,480 50.5 70.2 79.6 27.4 64.5 45.4 62.7 49.0 24.3 6.9 78.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year
xwOBA /
xERA
xBA
xSLG
xISO
xOBP
Brl
Brl%
EV
Hard
Hit%
K%
BB%
Whiff%
Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2018 3 45 22
2019 19 21 18 17 26 47 23 70 59 53 30 47 12 8 35 18
2020 4 19 13
2021 82 80 65 51 90 47 54 46 68 77 73 28 34 12 49 19
2022 90 85 87 81 93 38 81 63 75 73 77 41 65 18 63 11
2023 72 80 59 36 85 65 60 34 33 64 64 36 17 16 62 13
2024 66 55 44 33 84 8 46 25 12 49 87 40 35 19 65 11
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year
Team
Avg HR Trot
Actual HR
xHR
HR-xHR
Doubters
Mostly Gone
No Doubters
No Doubter %
2018 23.1 2 1.3 1 0 2 0 0.0
2019 24.5 16 16.1 0 5 10 10 62.5
2020 24.5 6 4.4 2 1 3 3 50.0
2021 24.7 14 13.7 0 5 5 9 64.3
2022 23.0 18 17.4 1 12 18 4 22.2
2023 24.8 11 9.8 1 6 7 4 36.4
2024 24.3 25 25.8 -1 11 24 10 40.0
Player 24.2 92 88.4 4 40 69 40 43.5
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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

Year
HR
2018 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 1
2019 16 18 14 19 16 15 18 14 12 14 14 19 18 15 15 16 15 14 15 19 16 17 22 16 16 15 12 19 17 18 12
2020 6 5 4 5 4 4 7 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 3 5 4 5 5 4 4 6 5 4 3 4 5 5 4 3
2021 14 15 13 13 14 12 14 13 11 12 13 15 14 14 14 14 12 12 16 14 15 17 15 16 12 12 14 14 15 13 13
2022 18 14 18 14 17 15 21 15 11 13 15 18 19 19 20 21 18 15 21 16 20 23 22 22 11 13 20 20 21 16 15
2023 11 5 11 11 11 10 11 8 11 8 11 13 6 7 11 10 10 9 12 11 8 11 12 11 7 8 11 11 8 11 10
2024 25 18 26 22 25 25 31 24 22 18 26 31 28 24 25 22 25 18 29 32 27 25 36 31 22 25 25 29 29 28 25
Player 92 76 86 86 88 82 103 79 71 69 84 103 91 84 91 88 86 73 100 99 92 98 115 103 73 77 86 100 97 91 79
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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

Metric
2018
2019
+/-
 
2020
+/-
 
2021
+/-
 
2022
+/-
 
2023
+/-
 
2024
+/-
 
Fastball Velocity 87.9 89.5 1.6 85.8 -3.7 88.9 3.1 89.9 1.0 89.8 -0.1 90.3 0.5
Offspeed Velocity 80.1 82.4 2.3 81.2 -1.2 82.9 1.7 82.9 0.0 83.4 0.5 83.6 0.2
Breaking Velocity 74.6 81.1 6.5 76.9 -4.2 77.4 0.5 77.1 -0.3 76.9 -0.2 78.2 1.3
Exit Velocity 86.6 87.9 1.3 87.4 -0.5 89.0 1.6 87.9 -1.1 89.6 1.7 89.7 0.1
Launch Angle 6.6 17.7 11.1 21.9 4.2 23.7 1.8 19.2 -4.5 26.6 7.4 22.4 -4.2
Barrel % 15.8 8.5 -7.3 11.1 2.6 7.4 -3.7 5.3 -2.1 7.4 2.1 7.9 0.5
Hard Hit % 26.3 35.5 9.2 37.0 1.5 36.1 -0.9 34.7 -1.4 41.5 6.8 43.6 2.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.6 37.5 5.9 44.4 6.9 33.2 -11.2 34.2 1.0 33.0 -1.2 35.0 2.0
xBA .326 .266 -0.060 .273 0.007 .214 -0.059 .204 -0.010 .217 0.013 .236 0.019
BA .455 .281 -0.174 .343 0.062 .217 -0.126 .189 -0.028 .244 0.055 .245 0.001
xwOBA .427 .342 -0.085 .426 0.084 .281 -0.145 .257 -0.024 .296 0.039 .295 -0.001
wOBA .561 .353 -0.208 .547 0.194 .285 -0.262 .245 -0.040 .323 0.078 .307 -0.016
xSLG .563 .473 -0.090 .596 0.123 .371 -0.225 .319 -0.052 .391 0.072 .396 0.005
SLG .818 .494 -0.324 .914 0.420 .386 -0.528 .313 -0.073 .442 0.129 .421 -0.021
K% 11.5 23.2 11.7 18.2 -5.0 27.5 9.3 26.5 -1.0 25.2 -1.3 22.8 -2.4
BB% 15.4 9.4 -6.0 13.6 4.2 6.7 -6.9 6.2 -0.5 7.5 1.3 5.5 -2.0
Swing % 41.7 45.5 3.8 38.8 -6.7 48.3 9.5 50.5 2.2 49.4 -1.1 50.4 1.0
Whiff% 24.4 25.2 0.8 20.3 -4.9 23.6 3.3 24.5 0.9 24.2 -0.3 24.2 0.0
In Zone % 50.9 48.1 -2.8 47.3 -0.8 50.1 2.8 51.4 1.3 52.3 0.9 50.6 -1.7
Out of Zone % 49.1 51.9 2.8 52.7 0.8 49.9 -2.8 48.6 -1.3 47.7 -0.9 49.4 1.7
Out of Zone Swing % 18.9 25.5 6.6 16.1 -9.4 26.4 10.3 30.9 4.5 26.1 -4.8 27.4 1.3
First Pitch Swing % 19.2 27.9 8.7 29.5 1.6 30.5 1.0 35.0 4.5 33.5 -1.5 30.0 -3.5
First Pitch Strike % 53.8 63.3 9.5 61.4 -1.9 59.9 -1.5 67.3 7.4 66.5 -0.8 58.9 -7.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHH
vs LHH
Year
Alignment Type
PA
wOBA
PA
Total
%
PA
Total
%
2018 Shifts 26 .561 16 3 18.8 10 4 40.0
2019 Shifts 283 .347 189 40 21.2 94 53 56.4
2020 Shifts 44 .547 31 4 12.9 13 10 76.9
2021 Shifts 374 .285 289 17 5.9 85 42 49.4
2022 Shifts 615 .245 526 45 8.6 89 45 50.6
2023 Shades 265 .322 220 0 0.0 45 11 24.4
2024 Shades 709 .307 556 13 2.3 153 93 60.8
! 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 Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
2018 13 13.3 61.5% 0.0% 39 20.2 2.6% 0.0%
2019 405 14.0 61.5% 2.5% 209 20.9 2.9% 5.3%
2020 41 13.6 70.7% 0.0% 44 18.6 0.0% 0.0%
2021 496 16.0 38.1% 1.8% 207 22.0 1.9% 6.8%
2022 802 15.0 50.1% 1.1% 289 21.6 0.7% 9.7%
2023 316 13.0 77.2% 0.0% 157 17.6 10.2% 0.6%
2024 821 13.6 71.6% 0.1% 413 17.2 14.8% 0.5%

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Pitch Distribution

Nestor Cortes - 2024 Frequency of Pitches by Pitch Speed4-Seam FastballChangeupCutterSinkerSliderSweeperAll Pitches70 MPH75 MPH80 MPH85 MPH90 MPH95 MPHPitch Speed0%2%4%6%8%10%12%Frequency of Speed