Cleveland Guardians
Doug Nikhazy has thrown 3,112 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2024 and 2026, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2026, they have relied primarily on their Slider (86mph) and Fourseam Fastball (91mph), also mixing in a Change (83mph) and Curve (79mph). He also rarely throws a Sinker (91mph).
In 2026, compared to other LHP:
Their slider is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders, sweeps across the zone and is much harder than usual. Their fourseam fastball results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action, has essentially average velo and has slightly less natural movement than typical. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 14 of them in 2026) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' changeups, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' changeups and has some natural sink to it. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 7 of them in 2026) has sweeping glove-side movement, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' curves, has a sharp downward bite and is slightly harder than usual. Their sinker (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 1 of them in 2026) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has surprisingly little armside run and has some natural sinking action.