Tampa Bay Rays
Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Ryan Merritt threw 545 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2019, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2019, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (87mph) and Change (83mph), also mixing in a Curve (73mph) and Cutter (85mph).
In 2019, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball comes in below hitting speed, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has much less armside movement than typical and has some natural sinking action. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 11 of them in 2019) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups, dives down out of the zone and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups. Their curve (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' curves, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' curves, has below average velo and has slight glove-side movement. Their cutter (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' cutters, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters and has slightly below average velo.