Philadelphia Phillies
Nick Pivetta has thrown 5,224 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2018, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and The World Baseball Classic. In 2018, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (96mph) and Curve (81mph), also mixing in a Slider (85mph) and Sinker (95mph). He also rarely throws a Change (88mph) and Cutter (90mph).
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Basic description of 2018 pitches compared to other RHP:
His fourseam fastball has slight armside run and has slightly above average velo. His curve has an exceptional bite, has sweeping glove-side movement and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' curves. His slider is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sliders, sweeps across the zone, has exceptional depth and generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sliders. His sinker (take this with a grain of salt because he's only thrown 6 of them in 2018) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sinkers, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has well above average velo, has little sinking action compared to a true sinker and has slight armside run. His change (take this with a grain of salt because he's only thrown 14 of them in 2018) is much firmer than usual and has slight armside fade.