Hunter Stratton
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 225LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 16, #478, Pittsburgh Pirates | Walters State CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 0 0 2.25 8 0 0 12 10 1.00
2024 1 0 4.19 18 0 1 19.1 20 1.03
2 Seasons 1 0 3.45 26 0 1 31.1 30 1.02
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 8 0-0 2.25 12 10 1.00
2024 18 1-0 4.19 19.1 20 1.03
2 Seasons 26 1-0 3.45 31.1 30 1.02
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 26 174 33 5 15.2 10.6 90.4 111.8 9.7 30.3 .246 .449 .314 .329 .383 39.4 21.3 6.4 2.25 4.61
2024 27 295 55 5 9.1 6.3 86.3 107.7 17.4 29.1 .205 .343 .293 .257 .319 29.1 25.3 2.5 4.19 2.54
Player 469 88 10 11.4 7.9 87.8 111.8 14.5 29.5 .220 .382 .301 .284 .343 33.0 23.8 4.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Stratton relies on 4 pitches.
Cutter
(40.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(34.2%) ,
Slider
(22.0%) ,
Sinker
(3.7%) ,


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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 48.5 21.2 21.2 9.1 48.5 27.3 24.2 3.0 42.4 18.2 18.2 3.0 15.2 10.6
2024 41.8 30.9 20.0 7.3 36.4 36.4 27.3 5.5 27.3 30.9 23.6 1.8 9.1 6.3
Player 44.3 27.3 20.5 8.0 40.9 33.0 26.1 4.5 33.0 26.1 21.6 2.3 11.4 7.9
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

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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 Cutter PIT R 118 92.1 21.8 0.8 3 2.7 0.5 26
2024 Slider PIT R 65 84.2 32.4 -4.7 -13 10.8 5.0 86
2024 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 101 95.4 14.1 -0.2 -2 2.0 -5.4 -73
2024 Sinker PIT R 11 95.3 12.9 -7.4 -36 8.4 -6.5 -44
2023 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 68 95.8 16.3 -2.5 -18 0.2 -7.2 -97
2023 Cutter PIT R 85 90.7 26.1 -1.2 -5 5.9 3.4 137
2023 Slider PIT R 21 84.8 34.0 -2.9 -8 10.5 5.5 109
! 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 Cutter -3.1 -4 118 40.0 35 .333 .606 .416 27.3 20.0 23.3 .293 .500 .357 30.8
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 1 101 34.2 31 .179 .179 .197 28.6 29.0 19.6 .142 .223 .192 25.0
2024 Slider 3.0 2 65 22.0 10 .100 .100 .090 51.4 40.0 16.7 .055 .062 .052 16.7
2024 Sinker -8.7 -1 11 3.7 3 .333 .667 .417 16.7 0.0 0.0 .326 .666 .418 66.7
2023 Cutter 3.6 3 85 48.9 18 .200 .400 .325 31.9 27.8 27.8 .194 .348 .307 40.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -1 68 39.1 21 .250 .600 .369 19.4 9.5 8.0 .349 .664 .440 50.0
2023 Slider 0.7 0 21 12.1 8 .125 .250 .156 35.7 37.5 25.0 .090 .099 .084 0.0
! 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 Cutter 115 92.1 55 10.0 12:15 11:30 45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 100 95.4 78 15.6 12:45 12:15 30
2024 Sinker 11 95.3 86 18.9 1:00 1:00 0
2024 Slider 64 84.2 43 12.6 8:45 9:45 -60
2023 Cutter 85 90.7 43 8.9 11:30 10:30 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 68 95.8 73 12.7 12:45 12:00 45
2023 Slider 21 84.8 43 11.7 8:30 9:30 -60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 47 174 1 2 -1 -1 2
2024 79 295 1 0 -2 -1 -2
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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 174 56.3 72.4 81.7 34.2 46.2 42.0 74.5 55.7 27.8 9.2 75.0
2024 295 53.9 75.5 76.7 31.6 41.9 40.3 64.6 55.3 32.5 7.5 86.4
Player 469 54.8 74.3 78.5 32.5 43.5 40.9 68.3 55.4 30.8 8.1 81.6
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 60.9 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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 80 99 44
2024 89 83 76 61 95 39 28 87 93 65 98 88 76 77 99 34
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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 2 1.3 1 1 2 0 0.0
2024 22.1 2 1.7 0 1 2 1 50.0
Player 22.7 4 3.1 1 2 4 1 25.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 2
2024 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 1 2
Player 4 4 3 4 3 2 2 4 2 3 2 3 4 2 2 4 4 3 2 3 4 2 5 4 3 2 1 3 6 2 4
! 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 93.0 93.7 0.7 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 84.8 84.2 -0.6 ↓
Exit Velocity 90.4 86.3 -4.1 ↓
Launch Angle 9.7 17.4 7.7 ↑
Barrel % 15.2 9.1 -6.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 39.4 29.1 -10.3 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.3 29.1 -1.2 ↓
xBA .246 .205 -0.041 ↓
BA .209 .243 0.034 ↑
xwOBA .329 .257 -0.072 ↓
wOBA .314 .293 -0.021 ↓
xSLG .449 .343 -0.106 ↓
SLG .465 .378 -0.087 ↓
K% 21.3 25.3 4.0 ↑
BB% 6.4 2.5 -3.9 ↓
Swing % 55.7 55.3 -0.4 ↓
Whiff% 27.8 32.5 4.7 ↑
In Zone % 56.3 53.9 -2.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 43.7 46.1 2.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 34.2 31.6 -2.6 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 40.4 43.0 2.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 74.5 64.6 -9.9 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 47 .314 25 1 4.0 22 18 81.8
2024 Shades 79 .293 42 0 0.0 37 5 13.5
! 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 40 15.9 37.5% 0.0% 25 18.5 0.0% 0.0%
2024 70 16.8 14.3% 0.0% 43 19.1 4.7% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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