Kirby Yates

Texas Rangers

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Kirby Yates has thrown 6,533 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Splitter (86mph). He also rarely throws a Slider (86mph).


In 2024, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has an obvious tail, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action and has essentially average velo. Their splitter has dives down out of the zone, is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' splitters, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' splitters, is slightly firmer than usual and has slight armside fade. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 2 of them in 2024) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders, has primarily 12-6 movement and has some two-plane movement.