Michael Kelly
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 185LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2011 | Rd: C-A, #48, San Diego Padres | West Boca Raton (FL) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 0 2.25 4 0 0 4 4 1.00
2023 1 0 3.78 14 0 0 16.2 16 1.32
2024 2 1 2.88 21 0 0 25 17 1.20
3 Seasons 3 1 3.15 39 0 0 45.2 37 1.23
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 4 0-0 2.25 4 4 1.00
2023 14 1-0 3.78 16.2 16 1.32
2024 21 2-1 2.88 25 17 1.20
3 Seasons 39 3-1 3.15 45.2 37 1.23
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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
2022 29 64 10 1 10.0 6.3 83.5 102.1 29.5 30.0 .251 .372 .328 .324 .378 10.0 25.0 6.3 2.25 4.40
2023 30 272 46 0 0.0 0.0 88.7 106.1 12.3 32.6 .249 .324 .265 .304 .333 34.8 22.5 12.7 3.78 3.87
2024 31 370 76 2 2.6 1.9 85.3 107.5 16.4 46.1 .255 .391 .305 .313 .336 21.1 16.5 6.8 3.00 3.87
Player 706 132 3 2.3 1.6 86.3 107.5 15.9 40.2 .252 .364 .292 .311 .338 25.0 19.5 8.9
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

Kelly relies on 4 pitches.
Sweeper
(54.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(30.5%) ,
Slider
(13.5%) ,
Sinker
(1.6%) ,


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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
2022 20.0 30.0 30.0 20.0 20.0 30.0 50.0 0.0 10.0 40.0 40.0 0.0 10.0 6.3
2023 39.1 21.7 32.6 6.5 21.7 50.0 28.3 2.2 30.4 28.3 32.6 6.5 0.0 0.0
2024 40.8 30.3 21.1 7.9 28.9 36.8 34.2 6.6 26.3 31.6 25.0 7.9 2.6 1.9
Player 38.6 27.3 25.8 8.3 25.8 40.9 33.3 4.5 26.5 31.1 28.8 6.8 2.3 1.6
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 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


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 4-Seam Fastball OAK R 113 94.9 17.0 -2.8 -20 5.9 -1.8 -24
2024 Sinker OAK R 6 93.4 22.0 -0.4 -2 13.4 -1.6 -11
2024 Sweeper OAK R 201 83.2 43.6 3.6 9 16.6 2.5 17
2024 Slider OAK R 50 88.4 32.8 0.3 1 7.2 3.3 86
2023 Sweeper CLE R 145 83.3 42.2 2.8 7 17.7 4.1 30
2023 Slider CLE R 45 88.2 33.9 1.1 3 6.1 2.0 48
2023 4-Seam Fastball CLE R 62 95.0 17.7 -3.3 -23 4.2 -3.2 -43
2023 Sinker CLE R 20 94.6 20.6 -0.7 -3 12.6 -2.4 -16
2022 Sweeper PHI R 45 82.7 42.1 2.3 6 15.9 2.4 18
2022 Slider PHI R 4 87.7 34.3 1.1 3 6.3 2.3 56
2022 4-Seam Fastball PHI R 15 93.3 18.3 -3.6 -24 0.4 -6.4 -94
! 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 Sweeper 1.1 2 201 54.3 69 .242 .323 .272 20.9 14.5 14.7 .258 .379 .303 20.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -1 113 30.5 21 .263 .263 .281 22.0 23.8 13.9 .214 .290 .263 7.1
2024 Slider -2.9 -1 50 13.5 9 .286 1.000 .556 15.0 11.1 100.0 .363 .845 .546 50.0
2024 Sinker -19.5 -1 6 1.6 3 .333 .667 .417 33.3 33.3 25.0 .200 .213 .180 50.0
2023 Sweeper 2.1 3 145 53.3 38 .156 .219 .271 21.7 23.7 16.7 .203 .275 .284 21.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball -3.2 -2 62 22.8 19 .294 .353 .329 26.1 31.6 19.4 .299 .388 .340 72.7
2023 Slider 4.2 2 45 16.5 12 .182 .182 .208 26.1 8.3 16.7 .299 .368 .323 20.0
2023 Sinker -2.7 -1 20 7.4 2 .500 .500 .450 20.0 0.0 0.0 .273 .329 .249 50.0
2022 Sweeper 0.5 0 45 70.3 11 .200 .500 .327 28.6 27.3 18.8 .207 .348 .280 14.3
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 0 15 23.4 4 .333 .333 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 .478 .577 .524 0.0
2022 Slider 5.3 0 4 6.3 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! 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 4-Seam Fastball 113 94.9 74 14.1 12:45 12:45 0
2024 Slider 49 88.4 31 8.1 10:30 9:15 75
2024 Sweeper 201 83.2 68 18.6 7:45 8:30 -45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 62 95.0 77 12.8 12:45 12:45 0
2023 Sinker 20 94.6 83 16.0 1:15 1:45 -30
2023 Slider 42 88.2 34 6.8 10:00 9:00 60
2023 Sweeper 145 83.3 74 19.3 7:45 8:30 -45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 15 93.3 78 12.2 12:45 12:00 45
2022 Sweeper 44 82.7 62 17.4 7:45 8:30 -45
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 71 272 4 2 -3 -1 2
2024 102 370 0 4 -3 -2 -1
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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 %
2022 64 53.1 64.7 77.3 26.7 62.5 43.8 75.0 46.9 26.7 7.8 60.0
2023 272 48.5 62.1 82.9 27.1 63.2 43.4 69.0 44.1 23.3 10.7 86.2
2024 370 51.9 66.1 85.8 31.5 58.9 41.6 67.6 49.5 20.8 8.4 67.7
Player 706 50.7 64.5 84.0 29.3 60.8 42.5 68.8 47.2 22.2 9.2 75.4
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 66 38 27
2024 52 38 51 65 45 83 93 93 99 14 67 19 77 66 73 11
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 19.7 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2023 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
2024 21.8 2 2.6 -1 0 1 2 100.0
Player 21.1 3 3.8 -1 1 1 3 100.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2023 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2024 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 2
Player 3 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 5 4 3
! 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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.3 94.9 1.6 94.9 0.0
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 83.1 84.5 1.4 84.3 -0.2
Exit Velocity 83.5 88.7 5.2 85.3 -3.4
Launch Angle 29.5 12.3 -17.2 16.4 4.1
Barrel % 10.0 0.0 -10.0 2.6 2.6
Hard Hit % 10.0 34.8 24.8 21.1 -13.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.0 32.6 2.6 46.1 13.5
xBA .251 .249 -0.002 .255 0.006
BA .214 .210 -0.004 .253 0.043
xwOBA .324 .304 -0.020 .313 0.009
wOBA .328 .265 -0.063 .305 0.040
xSLG .372 .324 -0.048 .391 0.067
SLG .429 .258 -0.171 .374 0.116
K% 25.0 22.5 -2.5 16.5 -6.0
BB% 6.3 12.7 6.4 6.8 -5.9
Swing % 46.9 44.1 -2.8 49.5 5.4
Whiff% 26.7 23.3 -3.4 20.8 -2.5
In Zone % 53.1 48.5 -4.6 51.9 3.4
Out of Zone % 46.9 51.5 4.6 48.1 -3.4
Out of Zone Swing % 26.7 27.1 0.4 31.5 4.4
First Pitch Swing % 43.8 35.2 -8.6 32.4 -2.8
First Pitch Strike % 75.0 69.0 -6.0 67.6 -1.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 16 .328 8 3 37.5 8 7 87.5
2023 Shades 71 .265 44 0 0.0 27 11 40.7
2024 Shades 102 .305 55 0 0.0 47 27 57.4
! 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 %
2022 23 17.9 0.0% 0.0% 7 22.2 0.0% 0.0%
2023 72 15.0 50.0% 1.4% 50 18.0 18.0% 0.0%
2024 93 14.7 53.8% 0.0% 66 17.8 13.6% 3.0%
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Pitch Distribution