Chicago Cubs
Daniel Palencia has thrown 3,169 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2023 and 2026, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic, Spring Training and Fall/Winter Ball. In 2026, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (99mph) and Slider (90mph), also mixing in a Splitter (89mph). He also rarely throws a Sinker (100mph).
In 2026, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their slider is thrown extremely hard, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sliders and has primarily 12-6 movement. Their splitter is thrown extremely hard, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' splitters, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' splitters and has some natural sink to it. Their sinker (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 1 of them in 2026) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has slight armside run.