Richard Lovelady

Chicago Cubs

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Richard Lovelady has thrown 1,417 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Slider (85mph) and Fourseam Fastball (92mph), also mixing in a Sinker (92mph) and Splitter (89mph).


In 2024, compared to other LHP:
Their slider generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sliders, has short glove-side cut and is much harder than usual. Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action and has essentially average velo. Their sinker generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has heavy sinking action and has slightly above average velo. Their splitter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 12 of them in 2024) is thrown extremely hard, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' splitters, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' splitters and has some natural sink to it.