Derek Law
2016–2024 · P

Derek Law

6' 3", 225 lbs·Lived to 36·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· RP· CONTEXTUAL
Balanced ArsenalA deep, even arsenal without a single dominant tendency.2016–2024 · 5,880 pitches · 93.3 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.13
Best ERA · 2016
7
Most W · 2024
76
Most K · 2024
0.964
Best WHIP · 2016
Career Arc · ERA
8 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

8 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2016SF6155.0422.13196500.964
2017SF4137.3415.0686351.580
2018SF713.3107.4356121.800
2019TOR5860.7124.9092671.665
2021MIN915.0004.20101141.600
2022CIN1719.7234.1296171.576
2023CIN5455.0463.60120451.382
2024WSH7590.0742.60157761.178
Career322346.02318316
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 5,850 pitches · 2016–2024
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSLFCCUCHSI
FF · 4-Seam Fastball30.5% · 94.1 mph
SL · Slider25.9% · 85.5 mph
FC · Cutter17.9% · 91.6 mph
CU · Curveball13.5% · 77.0 mph
CH · Changeup6.7% · 86.0 mph
SI · Sinker5.6% · 94.8 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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