Brandon Bielak

Houston Astros

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Brandon Bielak has thrown 6,032 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2020 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Change (88mph) and Sinker (92mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (93mph), Curve (81mph) and Slider (83mph).


In 2024, compared to other RHP:
Their change is much firmer than usual, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups, has slight armside fade and has some natural sink to it. Their sinker results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has some natural sinking action. Their fourseam fastball is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action, has essentially average velo and has slightly less natural movement than typical. Their curve has an exceptional bite, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves, is slightly harder than usual and has primarily 12-6 movement. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 14 of them in 2024) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sliders, sweeps across the zone, has exceptional depth and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders.