Philadelphia Phillies
Andrew Painter has thrown 4,814 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2021 and 2026, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, Spring Training and Fall/Winter Ball. In 2026, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (97mph) and Slider (86mph), also mixing in a Change (88mph), Sinker (95mph) and Curve (81mph).
In 2026, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball is blazing fast, has much less armside movement than typical and results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their slider sweeps across the zone. Their change is thrown extremely hard, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' changeups, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has some natural sink to it. Their sinker generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has well above average velo, has less armside run than typical, has little sinking action compared to a true sinker and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers. Their curve results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves and is slightly harder than usual.