Masahiro Tanaka

New York Yankees

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Masahiro Tanaka threw 16,487 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2020, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2020, they relied primarily on their Slider (84mph), Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Splitter (87mph), also mixing in a Curve (75mph) and Sinker (92mph). He also rarely threw a Cutter (89mph).


In 2020, compared to other RHP:
Their slider has primarily 12-6 movement. Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has essentially average velo. Their splitter is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' splitters, is much firmer than usual, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' splitters and has slight armside fade. Their curve is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves, has primarily 12-6 movement, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has slightly below average velo. Their sinker is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has slight armside run. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 7 of them in 2020) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' cutters, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters, has surprisingly little cutting action and has some natural sink.