Imanaga relies heavily on his four-seamer to start at-bats, and he's extremely fastball-heavy if he falls behind. But that rarely happens. Imanaga gets ahead at one of the highest rates among starting pitchers -- he's been ahead in the count for over a third of the pitches he's thro...
Having toiled through the lower levels of the Rays system for six seasons, Felipe popped in 2022 with his special velocity. He maxed out at 101.2 mph at Triple-A in September and had 71 of the 72 highest velos recorded by Statcast among El Paso pitchers in ’22, despite only joining the...