Shun Yamaguchi

San Francisco Giants

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Shun Yamaguchi threw 501 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2020, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2020, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Splitter (85mph), also mixing in a Slider (82mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (72mph).


In 2020, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has slight armside run and has slightly below average velo. Their splitter has some natural sink to it and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' splitters. Their slider is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders and has below average velo. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 13 of them in 2020) comes in below hitting speed, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves, has a sharp downward bite and has slight glove-side movement.