Texas Rangers
Jesse Chavez has thrown 15,157 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2019, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2019, he has relied primarily on his Sinker using a Two-seam Fastball grip (91mph) and Cutter (89mph), also mixing in a Slider (87mph), Change (85mph) and Fourseam Fastball (92mph). He also rarely throws a Curve (84mph).
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Basic description of 2019 pitches compared to other RHP:
His sinker has an obvious tail, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sinkers, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has some natural sinking action. His cutter results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' cutters, has good "rise" and has little cutting action. His slider has less than expected depth and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. His change is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups, has an obvious armside fade, is slightly firmer than usual and has some natural sink to it. His fourseam fastball generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has essentially average velo and has slight armside run. His curve (take this with a grain of salt because he's only thrown 2 of them in 2019) is thrown extremely hard, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves, has primarily 12-6 movement, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has little depth.