Brian Johnson

Los Angeles Angels

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Brian Johnson threw 3,016 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2019, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2019, they relied primarily on their Curve (75mph), Fourseam Fastball (89mph) and Slider (78mph). He also rarely threw a Sinker (88mph), Change (83mph) and Cutter (83mph).


In 2019, compared to other LHP:
Their curve has an exceptional bite and has sweeping glove-side movement. Their fourseam fastball has some natural sinking action, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has slightly below average velo and has slightly less natural movement than typical. Their slider comes in below hitting speed, sweeps across the zone, has exceptional depth and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their sinker (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 12 of them in 2019) 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 and has slightly below average velo. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 4 of them in 2019) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups, has surprising cut action and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' changeups. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 2 of them in 2019) comes in below hitting speed, has heavy sink, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' cutters, has sweeping cut action and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters.