Alex Cobb

San Francisco Giants

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Alex Cobb threw 21,258 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2023, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2023, they relied primarily on their Sinker (94mph) and Splitter (89mph), also mixing in a Curve using a Knuckle Curve grip (83mph) and Slider (86mph). He also rarely threw a Fourseam Fastball (95mph).


In 2023, compared to other RHP:
Their sinker has well above average velo, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has slight armside run and has some natural sinking action. Their splitter is thrown extremely hard, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' splitters, has some natural sink to it, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' splitters and has slight armside fade. Their curve using a knuckle curve grip is thrown extremely hard and has a sharp downward bite. Their slider sweeps across the zone, has exceptional depth and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their fourseam fastball (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 12 of them in 2023) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action and has slightly above average velo.