Chicago Cubs
Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2026, Porter Hodge threw 1,994 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2024 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. In 2025, they relied primarily on their Cutter (96mph) and Slider (84mph). He also rarely threw a Splitter (90mph).
In 2025, compared to other RHP:
Their cutter is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair, explodes on the hitter and has little cutting action. Their slider sweeps across the zone, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their splitter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 9 of them in 2025) is thrown extremely hard, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' splitters, has surprising cut action, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' splitters and has some natural sink to it.