Jacob Nix

San Diego Padres

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jacob Nix threw 656 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2018, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2018, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (93mph), also mixing in a Curve (77mph) and Change (81mph). He also rarely threw a Slider (81mph).


In 2018, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball has some natural sinking action, has essentially average velo and has slight armside run. Their curve has an exceptional bite and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' curves. Their change has an obvious armside fade, dives down out of the zone and has below average velo. Their slider 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.