His grade shows how good he has been, and at what.
Too few batters faced to grade
Blake Walston has faced 13 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
Four-Seam Fastball
41%
91.6 mph
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Cutter
19%
85.9 mph
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Slider
19%
84.0 mph
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Curveball
14%
76.5 mph
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Changeup
5%
84.6 mph
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The charts below show 2024, because too few of his 2026 pitches were tracked to chart.
He rarely throws his sinker (2% of his pitches).
▸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.
Blake Walston's pitch movement, 2024
Pitch
Risein · vs Lg median
Breakin · vs Lg median
Four-Seam FastballFF
Rise 15.0 in
−0.9 vs Lg median
Break 8.0 in
+0.2 vs Lg median
CutterFC
Rise 9.1 in
+1.4 vs Lg median
Break 0.1 in
+2.4 vs Lg median
SweeperST
Rise 3.7 in
+2.6 vs Lg median
Break −4.5 in
+9.3 vs Lg median
ChangeupCH
Rise 1.0 in
−4.2 vs Lg median
Break 11.1 in
−3.3 vs Lg median
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 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.
Batted balls allowed
Every ball hit off Blake Walston 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.
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.
