Kansas City Royals
Cole Ragans has thrown 8,715 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2022 and 2026, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2026, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (95mph), also mixing in a Change (84mph), Slider (86mph) and Curve (78mph). He also rarely throws a Cutter (90mph) and Slow Curve (60mph).
In 2026, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is blazing fast and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their change generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' changeups and is slightly firmer than usual. Their slider is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sliders, is much harder than usual, has primarily 12-6 movement and has some two-plane movement. Their curve has an exceptional bite, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' curves, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves, is slightly harder than usual and has slight glove-side movement. Their cutter (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' cutters, is blazing fast, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters and has some natural sink. Their slow curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 1 of them in 2026) is a real yakker that's separated from their other curveball due to its big drop and slow speed.