San Diego Padres
Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Jake Esch threw 241 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2023, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and The World Baseball Classic. In 2023, they relied primarily on their Sinker (89mph), Fourseam Fastball (89mph) and Slider (81mph), also mixing in a Curve (77mph).
In 2023, compared to other RHP:
Their sinker (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 9 of them in 2023) has heavy sinking action, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has below average velo. Their fourseam fastball (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 6 of them in 2023) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has below average velo and has some natural sinking action. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 5 of them in 2023) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders, has exceptional depth, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders and has below average velo. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 2 of them in 2023) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves.