New York Mets
Richard Lovelady has thrown 2,736 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Slider (84mph) and Sinker (91mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (92mph).
In 2025, compared to other LHP:
Their slider has short glove-side cut. Their sinker has heavy sinking action, is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sinkers. Their fourseam fastball has heavy sinking action, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has essentially average velo, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has slightly less natural movement than typical.