Walker Buehler

SD · Starting pitcher.

Next start · Sep 26 · 7:40 PM CT

Walker BuehlerRHP · SD vs ARI

3.4projected strikeouts · likely 1 to 6 · 20.7 batters over 4.8 innings

Over 3.5: 43% (red bars) · under: 57%. Chance of each exact strikeout total, from the served distribution.

K%18.9%

BB%9.8%

Whiff%8.1%

Velo90.4

BTB Stuff97

Location99

PitchUsageBTB Stuff 60 · 100 · 140VeloWhiff

Cutter24%11690.75.6%

Sinker23%8994.35.4%

Fastball19%8694.17.1%

Changeup11%9389.413.7%

Slider11%10587.19.9%

Sweeper7%9481.912.2%

Curveball6%8978.814.7%

Other0%––0.0%

Last 3 startsTrending Down

Date	Pitches	K%	Whiff%	Hard-hit%	wOBA
Sep 20	89	25%	6%	33%	.217
Sep 15	92	5%	7%	27%	.436
Sep 9	60	33%	10%	17%	.433

Season numbers from the last 90 days of Statcast. BTB Stuff and Location read on a scale where 100 is league average. Recent starts are context; the projection doesn't weight them.

The gameARI @ SD →Petco Park

The arsenal by shape

how each pitch moves

Movement in inches, from the pitch-level data. Hitter matchup pages read each hitter against pitches shaped like these.
Pitch	Family	Usage	Velo	Horizontal break	Induced vertical break
Cutter	Hard	24%	90.7	-4.7″	+10.6″
Sinker	Hard	23%	94.4	+13.8″	+12.4″
Fastball	Hard	19%	94.1	+4.4″	+15.8″
Changeup	Offspeed	11%	89.5	+12.4″	+2.5″
Slider	Breaking	11%	87.3	-8.0″	+2.2″
Sweeper	Breaking	7%	81.9	-14.3″	+3.1″
Curveball	Breaking	6%	78.4	-10.0″	-12.7″

The lineup he faces

Walker Buehler SD · RHPvsARI lineupstrikeout rate vs his hand

0 of 9 strike out more than the average hitter tonight

1Lars Nootbaar20%

2Ketel Marte16%

3Gabriel Moreno15%

4Geraldo Perdomo15%

5Pavin Smith22%

6Nolan Arenado20%

7Corbin Carroll23%

8James McCann23%

9Tim Tawa24%

Strikeout rate against right-handers over the last 90 days (season rate where the split is missing). Line: tonight's average hitter, 21.6%. Red strikes out more, blue less.

Two strikes

how he finishes hitters

Walker Buehler SD · RHPwith two strikes

Usage, overall to two strikesOverall Two strikes

Sinker-3 pts

Fastball-2 pts

Cutter-7 pts

Slider+4 pts

Changeup+3 pts

Sweeper+4 pts

Curveball+3 pts

Walker Buehler with two strikes. Put-away: share of two-strike pitches that end the at-bat with a strikeout.
Pitch	Overall	2 strikes	Whiff%	Put-away	League put-away
Sinker	23%	19%	10.5%	19.2%	16.9%
Fastball	19%	17%	11.4%	15.4%	18.0%
Cutter	24%	17%	4.9%	7.7%	17.9%
Slider	11%	14%	17.9%	14.8%	21.0%
Changeup	11%	13%	25.9%	20.0%	18.6%
Sweeper	7%	10%	25.0%	12.8%	19.3%
Curveball	6%	9%	33.3%	18.2%	20.1%