St. Louis Cardinals
Gordon Graceffo has thrown 6,082 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2021 and 2026, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. In 2026, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (97mph), also mixing in a Curve (84mph), Slider (89mph), Sinker (96mph) and Change (91mph).
In 2026, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is blazing fast and has some natural sinking action. Their curve is thrown extremely hard, has an exceptional bite, generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, has primarily 12-6 movement and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves. Their slider is thrown extremely hard, results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sliders, has primarily 12-6 movement and has some two-plane movement. Their sinker (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 14 of them in 2026) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is blazing fast and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 11 of them in 2026) is thrown extremely hard, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has some natural sink to it.