San Diego Padres
Alek Jacob has thrown 2,857 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2022 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, Spring Training and Fall/Winter Ball. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (86mph) and Change (74mph), also mixing in a Sinker (85mph) and Slider (72mph).
In 2025, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball comes in below hitting speed, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has heavy sinking action, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has slight armside run. Their change comes in below hitting speed, has an obvious armside fade, dives down out of the zone and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups. Their sinker is so slow that it is substantially gravitational, has heavy sinking action, has an obvious tail and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers. Their slider comes in below hitting speed, sweeps across the zone, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sliders and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders.