Chris Waters

Texas Rangers

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Chris Waters threw 1,248 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 (87mph), Slider (82mph) and Fourseam Fastball (88mph), also mixing in a Change (82mph), Cutter (85mph) and Curve (75mph).


In 2009, compared to other LHP:
Their sinker is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has below average velo and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers. Their slider is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their fourseam fastball has below average velo, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action and has slight armside run. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 18 of them in 2009) dives down out of the zone. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 15 of them in 2009) generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' cutters and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' cutters. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 12 of them in 2009) has an exceptional bite, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' curves and has slight glove-side movement.