Julian Merryweather
2020–2025 · P

Julian Merryweather

6' 4", 215 lbs·Lived to 35·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2020–2025 · 2,735 pitches · 97.2 mph fastball
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Career Highs
3.38
Best ERA · 2023
5
Most W · 2023
98
Most K · 2023
1.306
Best WHIP · 2023
Career Arc · ERA
6 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

6 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2020TOR813.0004.15107151.308
2021TOR1313.0014.8588121.308
2022TOR2626.7036.7559231.425
2023CHC6972.0513.38128981.306
2024CHC1515.0116.6062141.800
2025CHC2118.7015.7972151.821
Career152158.467177
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 · 2,720 pitches · 2020–2025
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSLCHCUST
FF · 4-Seam Fastball46.1% · 97.2 mph
SL · Slider41.2% · 86.5 mph
CH · Changeup8.8% · 81.0 mph
CU · Curveball2.4% · 79.9 mph
ST · Sweeper1.4% · 83.6 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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