Brandon Pfaadt
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 220LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2020 | Rd: 5, #149, Arizona Diamondbacks | Bellarmine University
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 3 9 5.72 19 18 0 96 94 1.41
2024 2 4 4.16 11 11 0 67 63 1.07
2 Seasons 5 13 5.08 30 29 0 163 157 1.27
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 19 3-9 5.72 96 94 1.41
2024 11 2-4 4.16 67 63 1.07
2 Seasons 30 5-13 5.08 163 157 1.27
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2023 24 1612 298 35 11.7 8.3 90.1 113.4 18.2 37.2 .253 .458 .362 .325 .391 44.0 22.3 6.2 5.72 4.48
2024 25 998 197 9 4.6 3.3 88.7 114.4 17.3 33.5 .233 .358 .283 .273 .333 37.1 22.9 4.4 4.16 2.88
Player 2610 495 44 8.9 6.3 89.6 114.4 17.8 35.8 .245 .418 .331 .305 .368 41.2 22.6 5.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Pfaadt relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(34.9%) ,
Sweeper
(30.6%) ,
Sinker
(18.8%) ,
Changeup
(11.7%) ,
Curveball
(4.0%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 32.6 33.9 25.2 8.4 42.6 35.2 22.1 3.0 22.5 31.5 25.5 5.7 11.7 8.3
2024 38.6 29.4 23.4 8.6 42.1 25.4 32.5 2.5 26.4 32.5 27.4 5.6 4.6 3.3
Player 34.9 32.1 24.4 8.5 42.4 31.3 26.3 2.8 24.0 31.9 26.3 5.7 8.9 6.3
MLB 44.6 23.6 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Changeup AZ R 117 87.5 32.5 0.5 2 15.4 0.9 6
2024 Curveball AZ R 40 79.7 49.8 -2.9 -6 14.5 4.7 48
2024 Sinker AZ R 187 92.7 25.4 1.9 8 14.8 -0.3 -2
2024 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 348 92.9 17.1 -1.2 -8 4.9 -2.8 -36
2024 Sweeper AZ R 305 84.2 31.7 -4.4 -12 11.6 -1.6 -12
2023 Sinker AZ R 160 93.1 24.4 0.9 4 15.5 0.4 2
2023 Changeup AZ R 196 86.7 33.2 0.9 3 15.8 1.3 9
2023 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 730 93.7 15.7 -0.1 -1 6.3 -1.2 -16
2023 Curveball AZ R 89 78.8 51.9 -2.1 -4 13.2 3.5 36
2023 Sweeper AZ R 435 83.8 33.0 -4.5 -12 11.8 -1.5 -11
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 4 348 34.9 91 .233 .372 .287 17.6 12.1 14.3 .257 .403 .304 44.0
2024 Sweeper -1.5 -5 305 30.6 92 .207 .425 .287 36.8 33.7 23.7 .181 .327 .229 27.6
2024 Sinker -0.2 0 188 18.8 63 .237 .322 .306 9.8 30.2 30.2 .236 .304 .263 40.0
2024 Changeup -1.4 -2 117 11.7 23 .304 .348 .328 32.1 8.7 9.5 .293 .356 .281 28.6
2024 Curveball -0.5 0 40 4.0 5 .333 .333 .460 22.2 0.0 0.0 .535 1.078 .686 66.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -10 730 45.3 175 .327 .654 .430 17.6 14.9 13.4 .286 .543 .371 49.3
2023 Sweeper 1.7 8 435 27.0 147 .180 .323 .264 33.7 32.0 25.1 .180 .317 .245 36.0
2023 Changeup -4.0 -8 196 12.2 46 .400 .711 .497 33.0 19.6 16.7 .362 .592 .411 52.8
2023 Sinker -2.1 -3 160 9.9 35 .313 .563 .426 18.8 20.0 33.3 .274 .507 .362 40.0
2023 Curveball -1.9 -2 89 5.5 18 .294 .529 .369 29.4 27.8 27.8 .186 .315 .240 25.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 114 87.5 81 16.3 1:45 2:45 -60
2024 Curveball 40 79.7 72 17.9 8:00 8:00 0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 348 92.9 69 14.9 1:00 12:45 15
2024 Sinker 187 92.7 74 16.5 1:15 2:15 -60
2024 Sweeper 304 84.2 40 13.6 8:45 9:45 -60
2023 Changeup 192 86.7 86 16.7 1:45 2:45 -60
2023 Curveball 89 78.8 76 17.4 7:45 7:45 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 730 93.7 77 16.2 1:15 12:45 30
2023 Sinker 160 93.1 83 17.4 1:15 2:15 -60
2023 Sweeper 434 83.8 43 13.5 8:45 9:45 -60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 508 1,940 -6 6 -10 -5 -15
2024 274 998 -1 7 -6 -3 -3
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 1,612 53.1 67.2 82.1 29.1 54.5 43.2 63.9 49.3 25.0 8.2 76.7
2024 998 53.1 67.5 81.8 30.1 60.3 43.5 72.7 50.0 24.0 7.8 87.2
Player 2,610 53.1 67.3 82.0 29.5 56.8 43.3 67.4 49.6 24.7 8.1 80.6
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 60.9 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2023 37 35 18 12 67 16 3 20 16 40 82 42 53 40 91 49 80
2024 85 63 74 74 88 32 83 54 59 53 91 41 65 30 93 75
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 23.4 25 24.6 0 11 12 15 60.0
2024 23.4 7 7.0 0 3 5 3 42.9
Player 23.4 32 31.5 1 14 17 18 56.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 25 22 21 28 28 26 26 22 27 19 24 28 27 20 27 28 26 23 23 28 19 22 35 27 21 18 26 27 25 23 21
2024 7 6 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 5 6 11 6 6 7 7 6 6 8 8 6 6 8 8 5 7 8 6 8 8 6
Player 32 28 28 35 36 33 34 29 34 24 30 39 33 26 34 35 32 29 31 36 25 28 43 35 26 25 34 33 33 31 27
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.5 92.8 -0.7 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 86.7 87.5 0.8 ↑
Breaking Velocity 82.9 83.7 0.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 90.1 88.7 -1.4 ↓
Launch Angle 18.2 17.3 -0.9 ↓
Barrel % 11.7 4.6 -7.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 44.0 37.1 -6.9 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.2 33.5 -3.7 ↓
xBA .253 .233 -0.020 ↓
BA .282 .233 -0.049 ↓
xwOBA .325 .273 -0.052 ↓
wOBA .362 .283 -0.079 ↓
xSLG .458 .358 -0.100 ↓
SLG .534 .376 -0.158 ↓
K% 22.3 22.9 0.6 ↑
BB% 6.2 4.4 -1.8 ↓
Swing % 49.3 50.0 0.7 ↑
Whiff% 25.0 24.0 -1.0 ↓
In Zone % 53.1 53.1 0.0
Out of Zone % 46.9 46.9 0.0
Out of Zone Swing % 29.1 30.1 1.0 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 34.0 43.3 9.3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 63.9 72.7 8.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 421 .362 226 5 2.2 195 118 60.5
2024 Shades 274 .283 133 1 0.8 141 50 35.5
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2023 458 16.2 26.2% 0.4% 259 20.0 1.5% 0.4%
2024 291 15.7 33.3% 0.3% 141 19.9 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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