Scott Downs

Cleveland Guardians

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Scott Downs threw 6,069 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2014, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2014, they relied primarily on their Sinker (88mph) and Curve (74mph), also mixing in a Slider (81mph) and Fourseam Fastball (88mph). He also rarely threw a Change (82mph).


In 2014, compared to other LHP:
Their sinker has slightly below average velo and has some natural sinking action. Their curve has an exceptional bite, has sweeping glove-side movement and has slightly below average velo. Their slider is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their fourseam fastball is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has below average velo, has some natural sinking action and has slight armside run. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 6 of them in 2014) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups, has surprising cut action, dives down out of the zone and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' changeups.