Ryan Yarbrough

Kansas City Royals

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Ryan Yarbrough has thrown 9,537 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2023, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2023, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (86mph) and Cutter (84mph), also mixing in a Change (79mph) and Slider (74mph).


In 2023, compared to other LHP:
His fourseam fastball (take this with a grain of salt because he's only thrown 9 of them in 2023) comes in below hitting speed, has heavy sinking action, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has slight armside run. His cutter (take this with a grain of salt because he's only thrown 5 of them in 2023) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' cutters, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters, has below average velo, has some natural sink and has strong cutting action. His change (take this with a grain of salt because he's only thrown 2 of them in 2023) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups, dives down out of the zone, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' changeups and has below average velo. His slider (take this with a grain of salt because he's only thrown 2 of them in 2023) comes in below hitting speed, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders, sweeps across the zone, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement.