Kansas City Royals
Daniel Lynch IV has thrown 9,002 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2021 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, Spring Training and Fall/Winter Ball. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Slider (87mph), Fourseam Fastball (94mph) and Change (86mph), also mixing in a Sinker (94mph) and Curve (82mph). He also rarely throws a Cutter (88mph) and Splitter (88mph).
In 2025, compared to other LHP:
Their slider is thrown extremely hard. Their fourseam fastball has some natural sinking action, has well above average velo and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their change dives down out of the zone, generates a very high amount of groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and is much firmer than usual. Their sinker generates a very high amount of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has well above average velo and has some natural sinking action. Their curve is thrown extremely hard, has little depth, has primarily 12-6 movement and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 18 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, has well above average velo, has little cutting action and has some natural sink. Their splitter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 1 of them in 2025) is thrown extremely hard, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' splitters, has surprising cut action, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' splitters and has some natural sink to it.