Ryan Helsley

St. Louis Cardinals

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Ryan Helsley has thrown 4,569 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Slider (89mph) and Fourseam Fastball (100mph), also mixing in a Curve (81mph).


In 2024, compared to other RHP:
Their slider is thrown extremely hard, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their fourseam fastball is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair and has less armside movement than typical. Their curve generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, has primarily 12-6 movement, has a sharp downward bite, is slightly harder than usual and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves.