Blake Smith

Chicago White Sox

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Blake Smith threw 76 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2016, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2016, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Curve (75mph). He also rarely threw a Cutter (88mph) and Slider (86mph).


In 2016, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates a very high amount of groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has less armside movement than typical and has essentially average velo. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 17 of them in 2016) has an exceptional bite, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves, has below average velo and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 3 of them in 2016) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' cutters, has extreme cut action, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters and has some natural sink. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 2 of them in 2016) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders, has less than expected depth and has primarily 12-6 movement.