Cody Ponce

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Cody Ponce threw 1,015 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2020 and 2021, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2021, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (93mph), also mixing in a Cutter (90mph), Curve (80mph), Slider (84mph) and Change (86mph).


In 2021, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball has some natural sinking action and has essentially average velo. Their cutter generates a very high amount of groundballs compared to other pitchers' cutters, has slightly above average velo, has some natural sink and has strong cutting action. Their curve has a sharp downward bite and has primarily 12-6 movement. Their slider results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their change is slightly firmer than usual and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups.