St. Louis Cardinals
Justin Bruihl has thrown 3,845 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2021 and 2026, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2026, they have relied primarily on their Slider (78mph) and Sinker (90mph), also mixing in a Cutter (88mph) and Change (81mph). He also rarely throws a Fourseam Fastball (92mph).
In 2026, compared to other LHP:
Their slider comes in below hitting speed, sweeps across the zone and has exceptional depth. Their sinker has heavy sinking action and generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sinkers. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 17 of them in 2026) has heavy sink, generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' cutters, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters, has slightly above average velo and has strong cutting action. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 9 of them in 2026) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' changeups, dives down out of the zone, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' changeups and has slight cut action. Their fourseam fastball (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 4 of them in 2026) 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, has less armside movement than typical and has essentially average velo.