Arizona Diamondbacks
Ryan Thompson has thrown 3,826 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2020 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Sinker (91mph) and Slider (79mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (93mph).
In 2024, compared to other RHP:
Their sinker has heavy sinking action, is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sinkers. Their slider comes in below hitting speed, sweeps across the zone, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has less than expected depth. Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has heavy sinking action, has essentially average velo, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has slight armside run.