Cleveland Guardians
Doug Nikhazy has thrown 2,880 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2024 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Slider (86mph) and Fourseam Fastball (91mph), also mixing in a Change (83mph) and Curve (79mph).
In 2025, compared to other LHP:
Their slider has short glove-side cut and is much harder than usual. Their fourseam fastball has some natural sinking action, has essentially average velo and has slightly less natural movement than typical. Their change generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' changeups, results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has some natural sink to it. Their curve generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves, has a sharp downward bite, is slightly harder than usual and has slight glove-side movement.