Starting Pitchers

Ryan Borucki Scouting Report

Borucki became a permanent part of the Blue Jays rotation at the end of June when he made his major league debut. Since then, he has made 12 starts for Toronto with mixed results. He dominated over his first several starts, but opposing teams have caught up to him as of late. Over his last five starts, he has surrendered 21 runs over 20 ¹⁄₃ innings pitched.

His last outing was on the 29th in Baltimore when he allowed five runs on eight hits, while he walked none and struck out two over 4 ²⁄₃ innings pitched.

His repertoire per Brooks Baseball

In 2018, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Change (84mph), also mixing in a Slider (79mph).

His fourseam fastball has heavy sinking action, has an obvious tail, generates a very high amount of groundballs compared to other pitchers’ fourseamers, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers’ fourseamers and has essentially average velo. His change results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers’ changeups, has a lot of backspin and is slightly firmer than usual. His slider is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers’ sliders, has exceptional depth, has short glove-side cut and has below average velo.