Kansas City Royals
Cole Ragans has thrown 4,066 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2022 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (97mph) and Change (87mph), also mixing in a Cutter (93mph), Curve (82mph) and Slider (87mph).
In 2024, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair and generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their change is thrown extremely hard, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' changeups and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups. Their cutter is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair, generates a very high amount of groundballs compared to other pitchers' cutters, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' cutters and has little cutting action. Their curve is thrown extremely hard, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, has a sharp downward bite, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has slight glove-side movement. Their slider is thrown extremely hard, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement.