Frank German

Boston Red Sox

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Frank German threw 532 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2022 and 2023, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2023, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (97mph) and Slider (87mph), also mixing in a Splitter (87mph) and Curve (80mph).


In 2023, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is blazing fast, has some natural sinking action and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their slider generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sliders, is much harder than usual, has primarily 12-6 movement, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their splitter is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' splitters, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' splitters, has some natural sink to it and is slightly firmer than usual. Their curve generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves, has little depth and is slightly harder than usual.