MICHAEL KING

2026-04-26 vs Padres

RHPRank BPadres vs Diamondbacks

6.0

R / ER

2/2

Movement

EXT 5.41 ft

avg pfxX
-3.94

avg pfxZ
2.41

Spin
2333

Release Angle
15°

vs LHB

58 tracked pitches

vs RHB

48 tracked pitches

Pitch Frequency / Usage

vs LHB%

38%↑

Changeup 30%

vs RHB%

21%↓

vs LHB%

31%↑

Slider 30%

vs RHB%

29%↓

vs LHB%

21%↓

Four-Seam Fastball 28%

vs RHB%

38%↑

vs LHB%

10%↓

Sinker 11%

vs RHB%

13%↑

Arrows are vs overall usage

Pitch Arsenal

Velocity, shape, command, and outcome by pitch type

4 pitch types

Pitch	#	%	Velo	Spin	Ext	Zone%	Strike%	CSW%	Whiff%	FStuff+
Changeup	32	30.2	86.8	1925	5.68	37.5	25.0	25.0	15.6	96
Slider	32	30.2	83.1	2742	5.03	34.4	25.0	25.0	12.5	89
Four-Seam Fastball	30	28.3	94.4	2346	5.51	40.0	30.0	30.0	10.0	105
Sinker	12	11.3	93.1	2318	5.47	58.3	50.0	50.0	8.3	127
Total	106	100.0	88.6	2335	5.41	39.6	29.2	29.2	12.3	100

Detailed Log

Pitch-by-pitch details

Pitch events from MLB Stats API

#	Inning	Batter	Side	Type	Velo	Count	Call	Result
1	1 Bot	Ildemaro Vargas	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.8	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	1 Bot	Ildemaro Vargas	L	Changeup	87.9	0-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
3	1 Bot	Ildemaro Vargas	L	Sinker	93.9	1-2	Ball	Ball
4	1 Bot	Ildemaro Vargas	L	Slider	85.2	1-3	Swinging Strike (Blocked)	Ildemaro Vargas strikes out swinging.
1	1 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.9	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	1 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Changeup	87.5	1-1	Foul	Foul
3	1 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Slider	83.9	1-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
4	1 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Four-Seam Fastball	95.4	1-2	Foul	Foul
5	1 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Slider	85.8	2-2	Ball	Ball
6	1 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Changeup	88.2	2-2	In play, out(s)	Ketel Marte flies out to center fielder Jackson Merrill.
1	1 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Four-Seam Fastball	95.0	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	1 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Changeup	88.8	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	1 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Changeup	87.7	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	1 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.6	2-2	Foul	Foul
5	1 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Slider	85.4	2-3	Called Strike	Corbin Carroll called out on strikes.
1	2 Bot	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	R	Sinker	94.2	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	2 Bot	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	R	Slider	85.7	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	2 Bot	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	R	Slider	83.7	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	2 Bot	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.2	2-2	Foul	Foul
5	2 Bot	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	R	Changeup	87.1	2-3	Swinging Strike	Lourdes Gurriel Jr. strikes out swinging.
1	2 Bot	Adrian Del Castillo	L	Slider	81.2	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	2 Bot	Adrian Del Castillo	L	Changeup	86.5	1-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	2 Bot	Adrian Del Castillo	L	Sinker	93.5	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	2 Bot	Adrian Del Castillo	L	Slider	81.0	2-2	Foul	Foul
5	2 Bot	Adrian Del Castillo	L	Four-Seam Fastball	96.0	2-3	Swinging Strike	Adrian Del Castillo strikes out swinging.
1	2 Bot	Jose Fernandez	R	Sinker	94.6	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	2 Bot	Jose Fernandez	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.6	0-2	Foul	Foul
3	2 Bot	Jose Fernandez	R	Slider	84.0	1-2	Ball	Ball
4	2 Bot	Jose Fernandez	R	Slider	83.5	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	2 Bot	Jose Fernandez	R	Changeup	88.4	2-3	Swinging Strike	Jose Fernandez strikes out swinging.
1	3 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Slider	84.5	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	3 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.7	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	3 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Four-Seam Fastball	93.3	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	3 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Changeup	85.6	3-1	Ball	Ball
5	3 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Slider	81.8	3-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
6	3 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Changeup	87.0	3-2	Foul	Foul
7	3 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.0	4-2	Ball	Nolan Arenado walks.
1	3 Bot	Alek Thomas	L	Changeup	86.6	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	3 Bot	Alek Thomas	L	Changeup	85.8	1-1	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
3	3 Bot	Alek Thomas	L	Changeup	86.5	1-2	Foul	Foul
4	3 Bot	Alek Thomas	L	Slider	82.7	1-2	Foul	Foul
5	3 Bot	Alek Thomas	L	Slider	82.2	1-2	Foul	Foul
6	3 Bot	Alek Thomas	L	Changeup	87.7	2-2	Ball	Ball
7	3 Bot	Alek Thomas	L	Changeup	86.7	2-2	Foul	Foul
8	3 Bot	Alek Thomas	L	Changeup	87.2	3-2	Ball	Ball
9	3 Bot	Alek Thomas	L	Slider	83.8	3-3	Foul Tip	Alek Thomas strikes out on a foul tip.
1	3 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Sinker	94.0	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	3 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.1	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	3 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Changeup	86.7	1-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
4	3 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.1	1-2	Foul	Foul
5	3 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Slider	82.5	2-2	Ball	Ball
6	3 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.6	2-3	Swinging Strike	Tim Tawa strikes out swinging.
1	3 Bot	Ildemaro Vargas	L	Slider	83.6	0-1	Foul	Foul
2	3 Bot	Ildemaro Vargas	L	Sinker	92.0	0-1	In play, out(s)	Ildemaro Vargas pops out to second baseman Jake Cronenworth in foul territory.
1	4 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.4	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	4 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Slider	82.3	1-1	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
3	4 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Changeup	85.3	1-1	In play, out(s)	Ketel Marte grounds out, first baseman Gavin Sheets to pitcher Michael King.
1	4 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Changeup	85.9	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	4 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Changeup	85.7	1-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	4 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Slider	82.8	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	4 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.8	3-1	Ball	Ball
5	4 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Slider	81.7	3-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
6	4 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Sinker	94.4	3-3	Swinging Strike	Corbin Carroll strikes out swinging.
1	4 Bot	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	R	Slider	84.9	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	4 Bot	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.0	1-0	In play, no out	Lourdes Gurriel Jr. singles on a fly ball to center fielder Jackson Merrill.
1	4 Bot	James McCann	R	Four-Seam Fastball	93.9	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	4 Bot	James McCann	R	Four-Seam Fastball	92.0	0-1	In play, out(s)	James McCann grounds out, second baseman Jake Cronenworth to first baseman Gavin Sheets.
1	5 Bot	Jose Fernandez	R	Sinker	91.8	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	5 Bot	Jose Fernandez	R	Slider	82.8	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	5 Bot	Jose Fernandez	R	Slider	82.3	1-1	In play, run(s)	Jose Fernandez homers (3) on a line drive to left field.
1	5 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.2	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	5 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Slider	84.8	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	5 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Slider	83.4	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	5 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Four-Seam Fastball	93.8	2-2	Foul	Foul
5	5 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Changeup	86.3	3-2	Ball	Ball
6	5 Bot	Nolan Arenado	R	Changeup	86.3	3-2	In play, out(s)	Nolan Arenado grounds out, third baseman Manny Machado to first baseman Gavin Sheets.
1	5 Bot	Alek Thomas	L	Slider	80.8	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	5 Bot	Alek Thomas	L	Changeup	85.1	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	5 Bot	Alek Thomas	L	Changeup	85.6	2-0	In play, out(s)	Alek Thomas pops out to third baseman Manny Machado in foul territory.
1	5 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Sinker	93.6	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	5 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Slider	83.6	0-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
3	5 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Sinker	92.7	1-2	Ball	Ball
4	5 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.0	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	5 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.5	2-2	Foul	Foul
6	5 Bot	Tim Tawa	R	Slider	83.5	2-2	In play, out(s)	Tim Tawa grounds out, shortstop Xander Bogaerts to first baseman Gavin Sheets.
1	6 Bot	Ildemaro Vargas	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.2	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	6 Bot	Ildemaro Vargas	L	Slider	81.0	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	6 Bot	Ildemaro Vargas	L	Slider	80.2	2-1	Foul	Foul
4	6 Bot	Ildemaro Vargas	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.9	2-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
5	6 Bot	Ildemaro Vargas	L	Changeup	86.1	2-2	Foul	Foul
6	6 Bot	Ildemaro Vargas	L	Changeup	87.5	3-2	Ball	Ball
7	6 Bot	Ildemaro Vargas	L	Sinker	91.4	3-2	In play, run(s)	Ildemaro Vargas homers (6) on a fly ball to right field.
1	6 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Sinker	91.3	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	6 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Slider	81.1	1-1	Foul	Foul
3	6 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Changeup	86.1	1-2	Foul	Foul
4	6 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.4	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	6 Bot	Ketel Marte	L	Slider	83.8	2-2	In play, out(s)	Ketel Marte lines out to right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr.
1	6 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.8	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	6 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Changeup	87.6	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	6 Bot	Corbin Carroll	L	Changeup	87.0	1-1	In play, out(s)	Corbin Carroll grounds out to first baseman Gavin Sheets.
1	6 Bot	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.6	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	6 Bot	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	R	Changeup	86.8	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	6 Bot	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	R	Changeup	86.1	1-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
4	6 Bot	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.7	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	6 Bot	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.9	2-2	Foul	Foul
6	6 Bot	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	R	Changeup	87.5	2-2	In play, out(s)	Lourdes Gurriel Jr. grounds out, shortstop Xander Bogaerts to first baseman Gavin Sheets.

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