Kansas City Royals
Jordan Lyles has thrown 25,412 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (91mph), also mixing in a Change (84mph), Cutter (88mph), Slider (80mph), Curve using a Knuckle Curve grip (80mph) and Sinker (90mph).
In 2024, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 19 of them in 2024) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action, has slightly below average velo and has slightly less natural movement than typical. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 13 of them in 2024) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' changeups, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has some natural sink to it. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 13 of them in 2024) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' cutters, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters, has some natural sink and has strong cutting action. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 11 of them in 2024) comes in below hitting speed, sweeps across the zone, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their curve using a knuckle curve grip (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 9 of them in 2024) 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, has a sharp downward bite and is slightly harder than usual. Their sinker (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 7 of them in 2024) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has slightly below average velo.