His grade shows how good he has been, and at what.
Too few batters faced to grade
Michael Grove has faced 28 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
Slider
38%
85.1 mph
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Sinker
20%
93.7 mph
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Four-Seam Fastball
18%
94.2 mph
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Cutter
16%
89.7 mph
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Knuckle Curve
8%
76.2 mph
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The charts below show 2024, because too few of his 2026 pitches were tracked to chart.
▸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.
Michael Grove's pitch movement, 2024
His Cutter and Knuckle Curve have moved 2+ inches from their early-season shapes.
The verdict above compares each pitch with his own early-season outings in 2024, not with other pitchers, after taking out the league-wide drift in break.
Pitch
Risein · vs Lg median
Breakin · vs Lg median
Vs. early season
SliderSL
Rise 1.4 in
−0.3 vs Lg median
Break −2.9 in
+1.3 vs Lg median
Vs. early season steady
SinkerSI
Rise 16.0 in
+7.8 vs Lg median
Break 10.8 in
−4.6 vs Lg median
Vs. early season steady
CutterFC
Rise 15.6 in
+7.9 vs Lg median
Break −1.8 in
+0.6 vs Lg median
Vs. early season changed
Knuckle CurveKC
Rise −14.2 in
−3.3 vs Lg median
Break −7.1 in
−0.8 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. These charts show 2024, because too few of his 2026 pitches were tracked to chart.
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 Michael Grove this season is drawn where it landed.
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.
Times through the order
These charts show what happens as hitters see him a second and third time.
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.
