Pittsburgh Pirates
Kyle Nicolas has thrown 3,013 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2022 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (98mph) and Slider (90mph), also mixing in a Curve (82mph). He also rarely throws a Sinker (98mph) and Change (91mph).
In 2025, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates a very high amount of groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and is blazing fast. Their slider is thrown extremely hard, generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their curve generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, is much harder than usual and has a sharp downward bite. Their sinker (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 2 of them in 2025) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sinkers. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 1 of them in 2025) is thrown extremely hard, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has slight armside fade.