St. Louis Cardinals
Darlin Saladin has thrown 1,020 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2024 and 2026, including pitches thrown in Spring Training and Fall/Winter Ball. In 2026, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Change (84mph), also mixing in a Slider (82mph).
In 2026, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action, has essentially average velo and has slight armside run. Their change is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups and dives down out of the zone. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 12 of them in 2026) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sliders, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders, has primarily 12-6 movement and has some two-plane movement.