Focus 2026 pitches faced vs 2025. Timelines include every available Statcast season. Date windows stay on Arsenal and Hitting. Change-points are in-season detections, not year-over-year cards.
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Change timeline
Dated 2026 detections. Click a mark to open the matching chart. Why shares below are stored associations.
What's changing
Date, metric, delta, and confidence. Show me why still opens the matching chart. Stored Why shares are associations, not proven causation.
- Jun 28MEDhitterExit velo+2.5 mphShow me why
These shares are model-attributed associations, not proven causation.
- Jun 6MEDhitterExit velo+5.3 mphShow me why
These shares are model-attributed associations, not proven causation.
- May 13MEDhitterExit velo-7.0 mphShow me why
These shares are model-attributed associations, not proven causation.
- Apr 19MEDhitterExit velo-1.9 mphShow me why
These shares are model-attributed associations, not proven causation.
Knuckle Curve chase
+38.5%
Curveball chase
-27.0%
Four-seam Fastball chase
+17.8%
Splitter chase
+14.6%
Curveball xwOBA
+0.116
Changeup chase
+10.1%
Sweeper chase
+8.8%
Splitter xwOBA
-0.071
Arsenal mix
Pitch usage by season. Mix always shows every type; other charts honor the pitch-type filter.
Chase
Chase% by pitch type faced.
Exit velo
Average EV by pitch type faced.
Barrel / hard-hit
Contact quality across seasons.
Batted-ball mix
GB / LD / FB share.
Plate discipline
Chase%, zone swing%, and CSW% across rebuilt seasons.
Location change
Density share, focus minus compare. Diverging scale.
Zone change
Savant zones, same density delta.
Chase / zone swing
Chase and zone-swing rates by season.
1,127 pitches in 2026 · 2025–2026.