Packy Naughton

St. Louis Cardinals

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Packy Naughton threw 1,169 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2021 and 2023, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2023, they relied primarily on their Change (86mph), Sinker (94mph), Cutter (88mph) and Fourseam Fastball (93mph).


In 2023, compared to other LHP:
Their change is much firmer than usual, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has some natural sink to it. Their sinker generates a very high amount of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has well above average velo and has less armside run than typical. Their cutter has heavy sink, results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' cutters, has slightly above average velo and has strong cutting action. Their fourseam fastball is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has less armside movement than typical, has some natural sinking action and has slightly above average velo.