Tampa Bay Rays
Griffin Jax has thrown 6,202 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2020 and 2026, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. In 2026, they have relied primarily on their Slider (89mph) and Sinker (96mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (97mph), Change (92mph) and Cutter (92mph).
In 2026, compared to other RHP:
Their slider is thrown extremely hard, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sliders, sweeps across the zone, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their sinker generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is blazing fast, has slight armside run and has some natural sinking action. Their fourseam fastball (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 13 of them in 2026) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is blazing fast, has some natural sinking action and has slightly less natural movement than typical. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 8 of them in 2026) is thrown extremely hard, dives down out of the zone, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' changeups, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has slight armside fade. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 8 of them in 2026) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' cutters, has heavy sink, has extreme cut action, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' cutters and has well above average velo.