Chris Sale

Atlanta Braves

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Chris Sale has thrown 33,167 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Slider (79mph) and Fourseam Fastball (95mph), also mixing in a Change using a Circle Change grip (87mph). He also rarely throws a Sinker (94mph).


In 2025, compared to other LHP:
Their slider sweeps across the zone, has exceptional depth and has below average velo. Their fourseam fastball has heavy sinking action, is blazing fast, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has slight armside run. Their change using a circle change grip is thrown extremely hard, dives down out of the zone, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' changeups and has slight armside fade. Their sinker has heavy sinking action, is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has well above average velo and has slight armside run.