Sidney Ponson

Kansas City Royals

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Sidney Ponson threw 3,093 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2009, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2009, they relied primarily on their Sinker (92mph), also mixing in a Slider (83mph), Change (85mph), Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Curve (77mph).


In 2009, compared to other RHP:
Their sinker has slight armside run and has some natural sinking action. Their slider has exceptional depth, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sliders, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has short glove-side cut. Their change dives down out of the zone and generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' changeups. Their fourseam fastball generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action, has essentially average velo and has slight armside run. Their curve generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' curves, has a sharp downward bite, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has slight glove-side movement.