Pittsburgh Pirates
Burch Smith has thrown 4,819 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2013 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, Spring Training and Fall/Winter Ball. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (94mph) and Cutter (89mph), also mixing in a Curve using a Knuckle Curve grip (82mph) and Slider (83mph). He also rarely throws a Sinker (93mph) and Change (85mph).
In 2025, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has less armside movement than typical and has slightly above average velo. Their cutter has heavy sink and has strong cutting action. Their curve using a knuckle curve grip is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves, is much harder than usual and has a sharp downward bite. Their slider is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sliders, has short glove-side cut and has some two-plane movement. Their sinker (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 11 of them in 2025) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has surprisingly little armside run and has some natural sinking action. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 5 of them in 2025) has surprising cut action, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has a lot of backspin.