Zach McCambley
2026Grade
Below league average across the board.
McCambley allows more bases than most pitchers
The simulator expects him to allow 0.468 bases per batter faced, better than 26% of qualified pitchers. His weakest skill is limiting hard contact (24th percentile). Short relief outings push strikeout rates up a little, so read his K% spoke with that in mind.
His grade rests on 60 batters faced, with data through 2026-09-27.
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Plays like…
Each of these pitchers shares his archetype and sits closest to him in xEB/PA.
Pitcher type
Arsenal
Zach McCambley mixes his cutter (44%) and four-seam fastball (35%). His best pitch has been the cutter, saving 3.3 bases per 100 thrown against league average, with a 32% whiff rate against a league median of 22%.
Pitch mix & swing-and-miss
He allowed about 26 estimated bases, against a replacement arm's 31 over the same batters faced.
Replacement level is per-batter and can't be split by pitch type, so the bars below use league average.
He cost 0.8 bases against league average across 237 pitches, or 0.3 per 100 pitches.
He rarely throws his sinker (1% of his pitches).
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Mix by batter side
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Zach McCambley'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.
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By appearance
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.
Platoon splits
Platoon splits (EB/PA allowed)
He handles righty bats better than lefty bats, by 0.041 EB/PA allowed.
50% probable range: +0.034 to +0.050
vs LHB: shrunk estimate 0.442 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.420 to 0.465, based on 29 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.467 EB/PA. League median vs LHB: 0.451 EB/PA.
vs RHB: shrunk estimate 0.401 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.378 to 0.423, based on 31 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.467 EB/PA. League median vs RHB: 0.435 EB/PA.
His split is about typical for a righty arm (median 0.042). He allows less than the league median against both sides, so even his weaker side is a strength.
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- Each dot is his estimate against that side, with its 50% probable range as the bar. These are bases allowed, so lower is better.
- The diamond is his raw rate, which small samples make noisy, so the simulator pulls the dot toward a more trustworthy value.
- The dashed tick is the league median, and the shaded strip is the middle half of pitchers with 100 or more batters faced.
- The two splits average back to his modeled overall EB/PA allowed, not the xEB/PA headline.
- Tap or hover a mark for its number. LHB and RHB are left- and right-handed batters. More on the About page
Contact allowed
Batters go to the pull side off him most often, but they do the most damage up the middle.
Pull side and opposite field depend on which side each batter hits from, so this pools every hitter he faced.
Batted balls allowed
Luck check
One out behind him came on a ball the simulator values at 1.5 bases or more.
One hit off him had less than a 20% chance of being a hit.
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Best games
Best games
These are his best outings this season, ranked by bases saved against a replacement arm.
- vs Blue JaysSep 27, 2026
6 BF · 3 K, 1 HBP
- Bases allowed
- 1.1
- Above replacement
- +2.1
- vs NationalsAug 7, 2026
6 BF · 2 K, 1 BB, 1 H
- Bases allowed
- 1.7
- Above replacement
- +1.5
- vs CardinalsAug 17, 2026
4 BF · 2 K, 1 H
- Bases allowed
- 0.9
- Above replacement
- +1.2
- vs PiratesAug 2, 2026
3 BF · 0 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.4
- Above replacement
- +1.1
- vs CardinalsJun 5, 2026score only
10 BF · 2 K, 1 BB, 1 H, 1 HBP
- Bases allowed
- 4.7
- Above replacement
- +0.5