Clay Hensley

Washington Nationals

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Clay Hensley threw 4,304 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2013, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2013, they relied primarily on their Sinker (86mph), also mixing in a Curve (69mph), Change (80mph) and Slider (81mph).


In 2013, compared to other RHP:
Their sinker is so slow that it is substantially gravitational, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has surprisingly little armside run. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 6 of them in 2013) comes in below hitting speed, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, has sweeping glove-side movement, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has a sharp downward bite. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 5 of them in 2013) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' changeups, has surprising cut action, has below average velo, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has some natural sink to it. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 4 of them in 2013) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sliders, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders, has short glove-side cut and has below average velo.