J.J. Putz

Arizona Diamondbacks

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, J.J. Putz threw 5,523 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 Splitter (86mph), Sinker (91mph) and Fourseam Fastball (90mph). He also rarely threw a Slider (83mph).


In 2014, compared to other RHP:
Their splitter generates a very high amount of groundballs compared to other pitchers' splitters. Their sinker is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has surprisingly little armside run and has little sinking action compared to a true sinker. Their fourseam fastball has much less armside movement than typical, has below average velo, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 6 of them in 2014) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sliders, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement.