Kansas City Royals
Lucas Erceg has thrown 3,667 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2022 and 2026, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. In 2026, they have relied primarily on their Slider (84mph), Fourseam Fastball (97mph) and Change (89mph), also mixing in a Sinker (96mph).
In 2026, compared to other RHP:
Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 5 of them in 2026) has exceptional depth, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders and has primarily 12-6 movement. Their fourseam fastball (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 4 of them in 2026) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is blazing fast and has some natural sinking action. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 3 of them in 2026) is thrown extremely hard, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups, has slight armside fade and has some natural sink to it. Their sinker (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 2 of them in 2026) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sinkers and is blazing fast.