isn’t for the radical stat nerds. If you’re looking at what he does and base it solely off the numbers you won’t be tremendously impressed.
Tanaka’s statcast page for 2019 is mostly in the blue. Tanaka’s fastball velo is in the bottom 23%. His fastball spin is in the bottom 17% and his curve spin is in the bottom 35%. His K rate is in the bottom 24% and his whiff rate is in the bottom 32%. One of the few things Statcast likes about Tanaka is his ability to keep the ball off the barrel of the bat.