Scouting Report
Clippard is listed at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 170 pounds (77 kg). He has an unorthodox pitching delivery, rocking forward while sticking his gloved hand high in the air, which creates an unusual arm angle while pitching, making it difficult for hitters to pick up the ball in their line of vision. Clippard's father taught him to pitch this way when Clippard was eight years old by having him throw his baseball glove. McCatty nicknamed Clippard's delivery "The Funk".
Clippard primarily throws a fastball and a changeup. His hard, straight four-seam fastball averages about 93 miles per hour (150 km/h), topping out at 96 miles per hour (154 km/h), and sets up a deceptive changeup in the low 80s. Periodically, he throws a cutter early in the count to right-handed hitters and a curveball in the upper 70s. Nardi Contreras, who worked with Clippard as the Yankees' minor league pitching coordinator, indicated that Clippard's greatest success comes from his curveball and changeup.
Clippard has compiled a strikeout rate of greater than 10 per 9 innings over his career. According to Clippard, "I don't try to strike out everyone that I face. Strikeouts just kind of happen with the way I pitch."
As of September 4, 2012 (2012-09-04), Clippard has the lowest ground ball/fly ball ratio among active pitchers. Compared to other right-handed pitchers, Clippard is much more likely to throw pitches high in the strike zone or above it.
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