San Diego Padres
Alek Jacob has thrown 1,644 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2022 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Fall/Winter Ball. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Sinker (86mph), Slider (73mph) and Change (74mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (87mph).
In 2024, compared to other RHP:
Their sinker is so slow that it is substantially gravitational, has heavy sinking action, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has slight armside run. Their slider comes in below hitting speed, sweeps across the zone, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their change comes in below hitting speed, has an obvious armside fade, dives down out of the zone and generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' changeups. Their fourseam fastball comes in below hitting speed, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has heavy sinking action, has an obvious tail and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers.