Drew Smyly

Chicago Cubs

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Drew Smyly has thrown 19,111 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Curve (80mph) and Sinker (93mph). He also rarely throws a Slider (81mph) and Splitter (87mph).


In 2024, compared to other LHP:
Their curve has primarily 12-6 movement, is much harder than usual, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has little depth. Their sinker generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has surprisingly little armside run, has well above average velo and has little sinking action compared to a true sinker. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 12 of them in 2024) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders, has exceptional depth and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their splitter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 1 of them in 2024) is thrown extremely hard, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' splitters, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' splitters and has slight cut action.