John King

St. Louis Cardinals

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

John King has thrown 4,149 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2020 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Sinker (93mph) and Change (86mph), also mixing in a Slider (85mph).


In 2025, compared to other LHP:
Their sinker has heavy sinking action, is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has well above average velo and has less armside run than typical. Their change is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups, dives down out of the zone and is much firmer than usual. Their slider is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement.