Houston Astros
Forrest Whitley has thrown 1,415 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 Fourseam Fastball (98mph) and Cutter (92mph), also mixing in a Curve (83mph), Slider (86mph) and Sinker (97mph). He also rarely throws a Change (90mph).
In 2024, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball has heavy sinking action, is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has slight armside run. Their cutter generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' cutters, has extreme cut action, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters, has well above average velo and has some natural sink. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 15 of them in 2024) has an exceptional bite, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, is much harder than usual, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has slight glove-side movement. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 13 of them in 2024) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sliders, sweeps across the zone, has exceptional depth and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their sinker (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 8 of them in 2024) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has slight armside run and has some natural sinking action. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 4 of them in 2024) is thrown extremely hard, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' changeups, dives down out of the zone and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups.