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Joel Payamps

2026
Braves· RHP · throws R· 7.2 IP· 8.22 ERA· 1.70 WHIP· 36 batters faced

Grade

His grade shows how good he has been, and at what.

Too few batters faced to grade

Joel Payamps has faced 36 batters this season. A rate built on that few can swing a long way on a single result, so his rates get no grade and no league percentile yet.

A grade needs 40 batters faced. League medians and percentiles come from pitchers with at least 100 batters faced. The sections below show what actually happened, with no grade attached.

Arsenal

These cards show what he throws and what each pitch does.

Pitch mix & swing-and-miss

Sweeper
46%
84.1 mph
16% whiffs
cost 2.6 per 1001.8 total
Four-Seam Fastball
40%
93.9 mph
—
saved 4.9 per 1003.0 total
Sinker
not charted
11%
93.2 mph
—
—

His sinker isn't in the charts below, because only 16 of them were tracked with velocity and movement data this season.

He rarely throws his changeup and cutter (3% of his pitches combined).

How to read this chart
Each row is a pitch he throws at least 3% of the time, from pitch tracking in the regular season. The bar is how often he throws it, then its average velocity and its whiff rate, the share of swings that miss. More whiffs are better for a pitcher, while usage and velocity describe how he pitches. The Bases vs average bars score each pitch against a league-average pitch in the same count, and a bar to the left (saved) is better.

Mix by batter side

Sweeper
43% vs LHH
49% vs RHH
How to read this chart
Each row shows how often he throws a pitch to left-handed hitters (LHH) and right-handed hitters (RHH). A mix is a plan, so a higher or lower share is neither better nor worse.

Joel Payamps's pitch movement, 2026

His Four-Seam Fastball has moved 2+ inches from its early-season shape.

The verdict above compares each pitch with his own early-season outings in 2026, not with other pitchers, after taking out the league-wide drift in break.

Joel Payamps's pitch movement, 2026-12-606061218in← glove sidearm side →more risemore drop
SweeperST
Rise 2.5 in
+1.4 vs Lg median
Break −11.3 in
+2.5 vs Lg median
Vs. early season steady
Four-Seam FastballFF
Rise 13.9 in
−1.8 vs Lg median
Break 3.7 in
−4.0 vs Lg median
Vs. early season changed
Early season → nowLg medianNormal wobble around the dot
How to read this chart
Each dot is a pitch's current break in inches, averaged over his latest outings. Higher is more rise and further right is more arm-side break, and neither is better or worse. The faint trail runs from his early-season outings to the dot, and the soft halo shows how far normal noise can move it. League median is the small hollow ring, and a pitch marked * has none because too few pitchers throw it. The “changed” verdict removes a league-wide drift that the trail still shows, so a long trail can read as steady. The by-appearance chart below has the exact dates. More on the About page

By appearance

These charts follow his velocity, movement and mix from outing to outing.

These charts follow his velocity, movement and pitch mix one outing at a time, and each pitch keeps the same color in every chart. The velocity and movement charts also shade the middle of the league for scale. His sinker isn't in these charts, because only 16 of them were tracked with velocity and movement data this season.

Contact allowed

These cards show what hitters do when they make contact.

Batters go to the pull side off him most often, and that's also where they do the most damage.

Pull side and opposite field depend on which side each batter hits from, so this pools every hitter he faced.

Batted balls allowed

Every ball hit off Joel Payamps this season is drawn where it landed.
hit · out
EBlowhigh
vs Shea LangeliersHome run
109 mph · 26° · worth 3.9 bases
03/31 vs Athletics
vs Curtis MeadHome run
106 mph · 36° · worth 3.8 bases
04/21 vs Nationals
vs Bobby Witt Jr.Single
69 mph · 29° · worth 0.9 bases
03/28 vs Royals
vs José RamírezSingle
98 mph · 10° · worth 0.9 bases
04/11 vs Guardians
vs Ketel MarteDouble
109 mph · 17° · worth 0.8 bases
04/05 vs D-backs

Luck check

How to read this chart
Dot color is estimated bases (EB), what the contact was worth no matter what the defense did with it. Darker means more bases, so a dark hollow ring in the outfield is a crushed ball his defense ran down. Tap or hover a dot or a row to link the two, and use the ▶ links to watch a play on Baseball Savant.

Best games

These are his biggest outings this season.

Best games

These are his best outings this season, ranked by bases saved against a replacement arm.

Multi-season trends · Joel Payamps

Compared with last season, his HR allowed% is up, his BB% is up and his K% is up.

Actual rates show what happened on the field, season by season.