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Sandy Alcantara
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 200LBS | Age: 29
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
SO
WHIP
2022 14 9 2.28 32 32 0 228.2 207 0.98
2023 7 12 4.14 28 28 0 184.2 151 1.21
2025 0 0 3.86 1 1 0 4.2 7 1.29
8 Seasons 41 55 3.32 147 139 0 905.1 796 1.16
G
W-L
ERA
IP
SO
WHIP
2022 32 14-9 2.28 228.2 207 0.98
2023 28 7-12 4.14 184.2 151 1.21
2025 1 0-0 3.86 4.2 7 1.29
8 Seasons 147 41-55 3.32 905.1 796 1.16
20252025 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATPitching Run Value2NOT QUALIFIEDFastball Run Value0NOT QUALIFIEDBreaking Run Value1NOT QUALIFIEDOffspeed Run Value0NOT QUALIFIEDPitchingxERA2.59NOT QUALIFIEDxBA.148NOT QUALIFIEDFastball Velo97.6NOT QUALIFIEDAvg Exit Velocity89.4NOT QUALIFIEDChase %26.5NOT QUALIFIEDWhiff %37.2NOT QUALIFIEDK %35.0NOT QUALIFIEDBB %20.0NOT QUALIFIEDBarrel %0.0NOT QUALIFIEDHard-Hit %33.3NOT QUALIFIEDGB %77.8NOT QUALIFIEDExtension6.0NOT QUALIFIED
20252025 Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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MLB AVG.12"24"6"12"18"24"12"24"12"24"2.8 INCHES BREAK1.6 INCHES DROP0.4 INCHES BREAK3.2 INCHES RISEAVG15.8 INCHES TAIL15.3 INCHES RISEAVG19.8 INCHES TAIL3.1 INCHES RISEAVG21.3 INCHES TAIL7.8 INCHES RISEAVG1B3BMOVES TOWARD︎MORERISEMOREDROPUSAGEMPHRHP AVGSinker33%97.293.9Change22%90.086.84-Seam21%98.295.4Slider18%88.486.3Curve7%84.881.0SAMPLE100 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
2017 21 155 23 2 8.7 5.1 85.2 104.9 12.5 69.6 .310 .530 .375 .404 .505 43.5 25.6 15.4 4.32 7.64
2018 22 567 91 3 3.3 2.1 88.3 110.5 11.7 23.1 .215 .327 .317 .310 .307 31.9 20.5 15.8 3.44 4.07
2019 23 3091 598 39 6.5 4.7 87.3 111.7 11.8 29.9 .244 .424 .308 .322 .351 34.3 18.0 9.7 3.88 4.60
2020 24 662 117 7 6.0 4.1 88.3 108.7 6.8 32.5 .243 .386 .288 .310 .360 38.5 22.7 8.7 3.00 4.07
2021 25 3095 576 35 6.1 4.2 87.6 115.7 4.5 29.9 .232 .368 .279 .288 .347 39.4 24.0 6.0 3.19 3.47
2022 26 3248 620 33 5.3 3.7 87.8 114.8 5.5 28.4 .215 .331 .260 .266 .315 38.5 23.4 5.6 2.28 2.90
2023 27 2721 557 39 7.0 5.1 88.8 115.1 7.0 31.4 .265 .417 .301 .320 .371 40.6 19.8 6.3 4.14 4.33
2025 29 91 9 0 0.0 0.0 89.4 105.7 -9.0 22.2 .148 .180 .238 .257 .254 33.3 35.0 20.0 3.86 2.59
Player 13630 2591 158 6.1 4.3 87.9 115.7 7.3 30.1 .238 .382 .288 .300 .346 38.0 21.5 7.5
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

Alcantara relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(33.0%) ,
Changeup
(22.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(20.9%) ,
Slider
(17.6%) ,
Curveball
(6.6%) ,

Sinker30 Pitches (33%)
Changeup20 Pitches (22%)
Four Seamer19 Pitches (20.9%)
Slider16 Pitches (17.6%)
Curveball6 Pitches (6.6%)

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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 %
2017 26.1 73.9 8.7 56.5 8.7 39.1 43.5 17.4 4.3 21.7 0.0 34.8 21.7 17.4
2018 50.5 49.5 19.8 18.7 11.0 40.7 33.0 23.1 20.9 23.1 5.5 19.8 9.9 17.6
2019 45.5 54.5 24.1 22.7 7.7 36.3 38.6 25.1 19.6 19.7 6.2 16.7 18.9 18.9
2020 50.4 49.6 19.7 24.8 5.1 40.2 40.2 19.7 24.8 21.4 4.3 15.4 18.8 15.4
2021 54.0 46.0 20.5 21.2 4.3 39.4 38.2 22.4 25.9 22.2 5.9 13.5 16.0 16.5
2022 54.2 45.8 19.8 18.9 7.1 36.6 38.9 24.5 24.4 23.9 6.0 12.3 15.0 18.5
2023 51.9 48.1 21.5 21.9 4.7 36.8 39.9 23.3 22.4 22.1 7.4 14.4 17.8 16.0
2025 77.8 22.2 11.1 11.1 0.0 55.6 33.3 11.1 44.4 33.3 0.0 11.1 0.0 11.1
Player 51.2 48.8 21.2 21.5 6.1 37.6 38.7 23.5 23.0 22.0 6.1 14.6 16.7 17.4
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 20.6 17.8 6.0 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
2017 8.7 17.4 17.4 39.1 8.7 8.7 5.1
2018 2.2 35.2 27.5 22.0 7.7 3.3 2.1
2019 4.5 35.3 24.7 21.4 6.5 6.5 4.7
2020 4.3 36.8 24.8 24.8 3.4 6.0 4.1
2021 5.6 40.3 19.4 22.6 6.1 6.1 4.2
2022 6.1 41.0 21.1 20.6 5.2 5.3 3.7
2023 4.8 37.9 19.0 24.6 6.6 7.0 5.1
2025 0.0 55.6 11.1 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 5.1 38.3 21.5 22.5 6.0 6.1 4.3
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 menuSandy Alcantara Vertical Movement vs Avg (Inches) by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comSliderChangeupFour SeamerCurveballSinker201720182019202020212022202320242025-7.5-5-2.502.55

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
2025 Slider MIA R 16 88.4 32.2 -1.0 0.4GLV -3.3 3.2 -1.7 0.4GLV -5.0
2025 Changeup MIA R 20 90.0 31.1 0.5 19.8ARM 2.6 3.1 0.5 19.8ARM 2.9
2025 4-Seam Fastball MIA R 19 98.2 13.6 -1.0 15.8ARM 6.6 15.3 -1.1 15.8ARM 8.2
2025 Curveball MIA R 6 84.8 39.8 -6.2 2.8GLV -3.1 -1.6 -7.5 2.8GLV -5.7
2025 Sinker MIA R 30 97.2 21.6 0.0 21.3ARM 3.2 7.8 -1.3 21.3ARM 5.4
2023 Sinker MIA R 781 97.6 21.4 1.4 17.6ARM 2.1 7.3 0.4 17.6ARM 2.7
2023 Slider MIA R 544 89.9 29.8 -1.5 0.5GLV -3.2 4.1 -2.6 0.5GLV -4.7
2023 Curveball MIA R 64 86.1 39.4 -4.8 3.2GLV -2.4 -2.8 -7.1 3.2GLV -5.7
2023 Changeup MIA R 743 91.1 29.3 1.2 16.3ARM 1.1 3.7 1.7 16.3ARM 1.9
2023 4-Seam Fastball MIA R 587 98.0 15.1 -2.0 11.9ARM 3.3 13.5 -2.3 11.9ARM 4.5
! 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 %
2025 Sinker 2.1 1 30 33.0 7 .200 .200 .329 25.0 14.3 33.3 .150 .169 .299 25.0
2025 Changeup 1.1 0 20 22.0 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .066 .074 .063 0.0
2025 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 0 19 20.9 7 .200 .200 .329 10.0 42.9 16.7 .189 .223 .328 50.0
2025 Slider 5.6 1 16 17.6 4 .000 .000 .000 62.5 50.0 40.0 .153 .210 .158 50.0
2025 Curveball 4.2 0 6 6.6 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Sinker 1.9 15 782 28.7 247 .232 .350 .301 12.2 12.1 18.3 .291 .459 .361 39.3
2023 Changeup -0.6 -4 744 27.3 190 .282 .401 .331 30.3 19.5 16.2 .262 .386 .305 40.8
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 587 21.6 169 .259 .468 .322 26.8 30.8 22.7 .244 .424 .299 47.3
2023 Slider 0.6 3 544 20.0 142 .227 .364 .298 35.2 21.1 19.6 .251 .383 .302 35.3
2023 Curveball 0.7 0 64 2.4 14 .308 .308 .257 18.2 14.3 15.4 .259 .400 .272 41.7
! 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
2025 Changeup 20 90.0 89 21.0 2:00 2:45 -45
2025 4-Seam Fastball 19 98.2 94 22.1 1:45 1:30 15
2025 Sinker 30 97.2 93 23.4 1:45 2:30 -45
2025 Slider 16 88.4 13 2.2 10:15 11:45 -90
2023 Changeup 723 91.1 90 17.4 2:00 2:45 -45
2023 Curveball 64 86.1 28 5.9 8:30 7:15 75
2023 4-Seam Fastball 582 98.0 94 18.0 1:45 1:30 15
2023 Sinker 779 97.6 93 19.5 1:45 2:15 -30
2023 Slider 541 89.9 21 3.9 12:00 11:15 45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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1212345678910114-SEAM FASTBALLSINKERCHANGEUPSLIDERCURVEBALLSandy AlcantaraObserved Movement by Pitch TypeSPIN DIRECTION - PITCHER POV
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Pitcher Arm Angle

2020202120222023All YearsClick a year to see pitches
ARM ANGLE35°2020 ARM ANGLE35°2021 ARM ANGLE34°2022 ARM ANGLE34°2023
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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2017 39 155 -1 1 -2 0 -2
2018 146 567 3 6 -6 -4 -2
2019 833 3,090 15 25 -22 -14 3
2020 172 662 9 2 -5 -3 4
2021 835 3,095 12 38 -11 -12 26
2022 885 3,247 22 42 -18 -9 37
2023 762 2,721 5 34 -15 -9 15
2025 20 91 1 2 -1 -1 2
Player 3,692 13,628 66 149 -79 66 83
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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 %
2017 155 50.3 64.1 74.0 27.3 38.1 43.9 56.4 45.8 36.6 9.0 50.0
2018 567 46.6 65.2 81.4 25.1 52.6 40.4 61.6 43.7 27.0 6.9 69.2
2019 3,091 47.3 70.0 82.4 31.3 60.0 43.6 60.5 49.6 23.8 7.7 74.8
2020 662 51.5 67.4 83.9 28.3 54.9 42.6 61.0 48.5 24.0 8.6 73.7
2021 3,095 51.7 71.4 80.1 33.9 53.6 43.6 64.0 53.3 27.5 7.9 80.5
2022 3,248 52.2 70.5 80.8 34.7 58.1 46.3 62.5 53.4 25.4 7.2 78.3
2023 2,721 51.9 72.1 80.6 34.8 60.1 45.6 65.0 54.2 25.4 7.1 83.9
2025 91 46.2 71.4 73.3 26.5 38.5 37.4 55.0 47.3 37.2 6.6 66.7
Player 13,630 50.6 70.5 81.0 32.9 57.3 44.4 62.7 51.9 25.7 7.5 78.0
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
2017 98 87 28
2018 85 62 37 40
2019 40 49 41 40 38 7 59 80 69 16 25 38 73 82 76 45 16
2020 55 46 55 62 51 38 62 51 42 47 49 31 55 91 71 32 28
2021 75 58 66 72 80 11 76 76 42 54 83 61 95 97 65 39 18
2022 85 75 82 80 88 16 81 65 45 53 83 50 94 96 54 14
2023 42 22 38 60 49 12 65 55 39 26 80 44 97 95 67 47 16
2025
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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 %
2017 24.7 2 2.0 0 1 1 1 50.0
2018 21.1 3 2.8 0 2 2 1 33.3
2019 22.7 23 27.5 -5 17 23 11 47.8
2020 23.0 6 4.8 1 3 3 2 33.3
2021 23.1 21 22.0 -1 15 19 8 38.1
2022 23.7 16 16.8 -1 15 15 6 37.5
2023 23.0 22 19.3 3 13 18 6 27.3
Player 23.1 93 95.2 -2 66 81 35 37.6
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
2017 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2018 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 3 3 3 4 2
2019 23 32 23 32 29 27 32 30 20 18 24 33 35 25 26 28 26 22 25 31 27 26 39 31 28 26 20 33 33 27 17
2020 6 5 4 7 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 3
2021 21 25 23 26 24 22 25 23 15 14 17 29 21 17 21 24 19 20 26 26 19 25 30 25 17 19 28 25 20 18 18
2022 16 12 13 17 19 19 20 13 13 11 16 23 20 16 18 20 16 14 15 17 15 15 24 19 11 12 21 23 19 18 14
2023 22 16 13 17 22 19 23 12 15 16 20 22 19 18 23 21 21 15 22 24 19 22 25 24 15 17 17 24 20 22 17
Player 93 95 81 103 103 96 110 88 71 66 86 118 105 86 98 103 92 80 98 109 90 99 128 108 79 82 96 115 102 95 73
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
2017
2018
+/-
 
2019
+/-
 
2020
+/-
 
2021
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2022
+/-
 
2023
+/-
 
Fastball Velocity 98.2 95.4 -2.8 95.5 0.1 96.5 1.0 97.8 1.3 97.9 0.1 97.8 -0.1
Offspeed Velocity 90.8 89.0 -1.8 89.1 0.1 90.1 1.0 91.8 1.7 91.8 0.0 91.1 -0.7
Breaking Velocity 85.6 84.9 -0.7 84.8 -0.1 85.9 1.1 89.8 3.9 89.9 0.1 89.5 -0.4
Exit Velocity 85.2 88.3 3.1 87.3 -1.0 88.3 1.0 87.6 -0.7 87.8 0.2 88.8 1.0
Launch Angle 12.5 11.7 -0.8 11.8 0.1 6.8 -5.0 4.5 -2.3 5.5 1.0 7.0 1.5
Barrel % 8.7 3.3 -5.4 6.5 3.2 6.0 -0.5 6.1 0.1 5.3 -0.8 7.0 1.7
Hard Hit % 43.5 31.9 -11.6 34.3 2.4 38.5 4.2 39.4 0.9 38.5 -0.9 40.6 2.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 69.6 23.1 -46.5 29.9 6.8 32.5 2.6 29.9 -2.6 28.4 -1.5 31.4 3.0
xBA .310 .215 -0.095 .244 0.029 .243 -0.001 .232 -0.011 .215 -0.017 .265 0.050
BA .273 .214 -0.059 .241 0.027 .226 -0.015 .223 -0.003 .212 -0.011 .251 0.039
xwOBA .404 .310 -0.094 .322 0.012 .310 -0.012 .288 -0.022 .266 -0.022 .320 0.054
wOBA .375 .317 -0.058 .308 -0.009 .288 -0.020 .279 -0.009 .260 -0.019 .301 0.041
xSLG .530 .327 -0.203 .424 0.097 .386 -0.038 .368 -0.018 .331 -0.037 .417 0.086
SLG .485 .359 -0.126 .397 0.038 .355 -0.042 .365 0.010 .324 -0.041 .391 0.067
K% 25.6 20.5 -5.1 18.0 -2.5 22.7 4.7 24.0 1.3 23.4 -0.6 19.8 -3.6
BB% 15.4 15.8 0.4 9.7 -6.1 8.7 -1.0 6.0 -2.7 5.6 -0.4 6.3 0.7
Swing % 45.8 43.7 -2.1 49.6 5.9 48.5 -1.1 53.3 4.8 53.4 0.1 54.2 0.8
Whiff% 36.6 27.0 -9.6 23.8 -3.2 24.0 0.2 27.5 3.5 25.4 -2.1 25.4 0.0
In Zone % 50.3 46.6 -3.7 47.3 0.7 51.5 4.2 51.7 0.2 52.2 0.5 51.9 -0.3
Out of Zone % 49.7 53.4 3.7 52.7 -0.7 48.5 -4.2 48.3 -0.2 47.8 -0.5 48.1 0.3
Out of Zone Swing % 27.3 25.1 -2.2 31.3 6.2 28.3 -3.0 33.9 5.6 34.7 0.8 34.8 0.1
First Pitch Swing % 25.6 29.5 3.9 32.6 3.1 32.0 -0.6 36.2 4.2 35.1 -1.1 38.3 3.2
First Pitch Strike % 56.4 61.6 5.2 60.5 -1.1 61.0 0.5 64.0 3.0 62.5 -1.5 65.0 2.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHH
vs LHH
Year
Alignment Type
PA
wOBA
PA
Total
%
PA
Total
%
2017 Shifts 39 .375 18 0 0.0 21 0 0.0
2018 Shifts 146 .317 67 13 19.4 79 34 43.0
2019 Shifts 833 .308 380 72 18.9 453 258 57.0
2020 Shifts 172 .288 89 36 40.4 83 37 44.6
2021 Shifts 835 .279 398 154 38.7 437 174 39.8
2022 Shifts 885 .260 406 165 40.6 479 294 61.4
2023 Shades 761 .302 375 95 25.3 386 232 60.1
2025 Shades 20 .238 13 0 0.0 7 6 85.7
! 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 %
2017 46 15.5 43.5% 2.2% 29 21.4 0.0% 3.4%
2018 164 14.6 56.7% 0.0% 110 22.1 0.9% 10.0%
2019 879 14.9 51.3% 1.3% 467 22.3 1.7% 9.4%
2020 201 15.0 50.2% 2.0% 95 22.6 2.1% 14.7%
2021 896 14.9 50.9% 1.0% 376 21.8 1.1% 12.8%
2022 920 15.5 43.5% 1.0% 393 21.9 0.0% 9.2%
2023 727 14.1 67.5% 0.0% 334 18.6 6.0% 0.6%

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Pitch Distribution

Sandy Alcantara - 2023 Frequency of Pitches by Pitch Speed4-Seam FastballChangeupCurveballSinkerSliderAll Pitches85 MPH90 MPH95 MPH100 MPHPitch Speed0%5%10%15%Frequency of Speed