St. Louis Cardinals
Josh James has thrown 2,880 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Slider (82mph), also mixing in a Change (86mph) and Cutter (86mph). He also rarely throws a Curve (78mph).
In 2024, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action and has essentially average velo. Their slider sweeps across the zone, has exceptional depth and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 15 of them in 2024) generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' changeups, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups, is slightly firmer than usual, has slight armside fade and has some natural sink to it. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 11 of them in 2024) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' cutters, has heavy sink, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters and has slightly below average velo. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 3 of them in 2024) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves, has a sharp downward bite and has primarily 12-6 movement.