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Sonny Gray hasn't faced much right-handed pitching. Pablo Lopez is right handed with a moderate release toward the third base side. Gray does't have many appearances against this particular release point.

Pablo Lopez throws a 4-seam fastball 37% of the time. Sonny Gray hasn't faced this pitch from right handers very often

Pitch Type

% of Arsenal

4-Seam (R)

37%

Changeup (R)

25%

Slider (R)

13%

Curve (R)

10%

Sinker (R)

8% of Pablo Lopez's pitches are classified as Chasers, which is 2% higher than the MLB average. Sonny Gray hasn't faced this type of pitch very often.

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Pitch Label

% vs MLB

Chaser 8%

+2%

Mid Challenge 12%

+1%

Weak Challenge 9%

+1%

Fringe Miss 13%

+1%

Likely Ball 20%

+0%

Edge Painter 17%

+0%

Strong Challenge 5%

Meatball 4%

-2%

Non-Competitive 8%

-4%

25% of Pablo Lopez's pitches are classified as Offspeed Pitches, which is 14% higher than the MLB average. Sonny Gray hasn't faced this type of pitch enough to assign a grade.

Physical Trait

% vs MLB

Offspeed (R) 25%

+14%

Extreme Break 26%

+11%

Fast Velo 26%

+11%

29.5% of Sonny Gray's plate appearances result in a strikeout, which is 8.6% higher than the league average. Pablo Lopez strikes out 18.7% of the batters he faces, which is 4.2% higher than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

20%

Strikeout +8.6% +4.2% 7%

Walk -4.8% -2.5% 60%

In Play -3.8% -1.7% 39%

On Base -5.3% -2.2% 31%

Hit -0.5% +0.3% 14%

Single +1.6% +0.4% 13%

2B / 3B +0.9% +0.2% 3%

Home Run -3.1% -0.3%

69.0% of Sonny Gray's batted balls are classified as Standard Grounders, which is 34.6% higher than the league average. Pablo Lopez induces Standard Grounders at a 38.2% rate, which is 3.7% higher than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

Squib/Bunt -0.8% -0.1% 34%

Standard Grounder +34.6% +3.7% 7%

Hard Grounder -7.8% -1.4% 14%

Low Screamer -15.0% +1.5% 9%

Rising Liner -9.6% -0.8% 4%

Maybe Homer -4.3% -0.9% 3%

Likely Homer -3.6% -0.1% 1%

No Doubter -1.2% -0.6% 20%

Routine Flyout -20.1% -0.9% 3%

Pop up +27.6% -0.5%

0.0% of Sonny Gray's batted balls are above 100 mph when they exit the bat, which is 24.3% lower than the league average. 22.1% of batted balls allowed by Pablo Lopez are hit at above 100 mph, which is 2.2% lower than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

16%

Below 75 mph +24.6% +0.9% 21%

75 to 86 mph -1.1% +3.5% 18%

87 to 93 mph +20.2% -0.5% 19%

94 to 99 mph -19.4% -1.6% 24%

Above 100 mph -24.3% -2.2%

0.0% of Sonny Gray's batted balls exit the bat at a launch angle between 29 and 38 degrees, which is 11.4% lower than the league average. 10.5% of batted balls allowed by Pablo Lopez are hit at this angle, which is 0.9% lower than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

17%