Kansas City Royals
Nate Ackenhausen has thrown 210 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2024 and 2025, including pitches thrown in . In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Slider (84mph), also mixing in a Change (87mph). He also rarely throws a Curve (80mph).
In 2025, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball has some natural sinking action, has slightly above average velo and has slightly less natural movement than typical. Their slider generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sliders and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 19 of them in 2025) is thrown extremely hard, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' changeups, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has some natural sink to it. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 4 of them in 2025) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' curves and is much harder than usual.