Kenta Maeda

New York Yankees

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Kenta Maeda has thrown 19,286 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Slider (83mph) and Splitter (85mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Sinker (91mph). He also rarely throws a Curve (75mph) and Cutter (89mph).


In 2025, compared to other RHP:
Their slider results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has short glove-side cut. Their splitter has dives down out of the zone and is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' splitters. 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 sinker generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has less armside run than typical and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers. Their curve has an exceptional bite, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves and has slightly below average velo. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 1 of them in 2025) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' cutters, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters and has little cutting action.