Brandon Hughes
P | Bats/Throws: S/L | 6' 2" 215LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 16, #495, Chicago Cubs | Michigan State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 2 3 3.12 57 0 8 57.2 68 1.09
2023 0 3 7.24 17 0 0 13.2 17 1.61
2024 0 0 13.50 3 1 0 2.2 4 2.63
3 Seasons 2 6 4.26 77 1 8 74 89 1.24
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 57 2-3 3.12 57.2 68 1.09
2023 17 0-3 7.24 13.2 17 1.61
2024 3 0-0 13.50 2.2 4 2.63
3 Seasons 77 2-6 4.26 74 89 1.24
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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
2022 26 973 144 16 11.1 6.7 88.8 112.4 19.0 39.6 .217 .393 .298 .305 .383 38.3 28.3 9.2 3.12 3.86
2023 27 239 37 3 8.1 4.8 90.0 106.6 14.8 43.2 .261 .445 .343 .351 .439 37.8 27.0 12.7 7.24 5.34
2024 28 63 10 2 20.0 13.3 95.5 107.1 18.0 80.0 .368 .669 .534 .454 .611 60.0 26.7 6.7 13.50 9.42
Player 1275 191 21 11.0 6.6 89.4 112.4 18.1 42.4 .233 .417 .318 .321 .406 39.4 28.0 9.7
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

Hughes relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(36.5%) ,
Slider
(34.9%) ,
Sinker
(28.6%) ,


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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 34.0 32.6 24.3 9.0 37.5 36.8 25.7 5.6 25.0 28.5 22.2 5.6 11.1 6.7
2023 35.1 35.1 29.7 0.0 54.1 35.1 10.8 5.4 24.3 21.6 35.1 5.4 8.1 4.8
2024 10.0 30.0 60.0 0.0 20.0 70.0 10.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 50.0 10.0 20.0 13.3
Player 33.0 33.0 27.2 6.8 39.8 38.2 22.0 5.2 24.1 26.2 26.2 5.8 11.0 6.6
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

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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 Sinker AZ L 18 92.3 23.2 -1.0 -4 16.2 0.8 5
2024 4-Seam Fastball AZ L 23 92.5 17.2 -0.9 -5 9.6 1.6 20
2024 Slider AZ L 22 81.5 34.8 -5.2 -13 6.4 -1.7 -21
2023 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 96 93.3 16.5 -0.8 -5 11.1 3.7 50
2023 Slider CHC L 132 83.1 36.1 -2.4 -6 3.5 -3.2 -47
2023 Sinker CHC L 11 93.2 21.5 -1.7 -7 17.3 2.2 15
2022 Sinker CHC L 46 93.2 21.6 -1.6 -7 16.3 1.0 7
2022 Slider CHC L 425 82.9 36.6 -2.0 -5 3.9 -3.4 -47
2022 Changeup CHC L 11 85.3 30.7 -1.9 -6 17.4 3.0 21
2022 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 449 93.2 16.8 -1.1 -7 12.9 4.9 60
! 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 -5.5 -1 23 36.5 5 .500 .750 .570 0.0 0.0 0.0 .496 .893 .604 50.0
2024 Slider -5.9 -1 22 34.9 8 .375 .750 .475 61.5 50.0 40.0 .205 .508 .295 75.0
2024 Sinker -0.3 0 18 28.6 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 -- .768 .867 .714 50.0
2023 Slider -1.3 -2 132 55.2 32 .241 .241 .263 53.0 34.4 26.2 .249 .306 .283 27.8
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -1 96 40.2 27 .238 .619 .419 11.4 22.2 20.7 .240 .555 .401 43.8
2023 Sinker -5.6 -1 11 4.6 3 .667 .667 .600 0.0 0.0 -- .528 1.028 .648 66.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 2 460 47.3 118 .214 .456 .343 19.0 23.7 19.2 .241 .492 .355 43.4
2022 Slider 0.4 2 435 44.7 97 .172 .356 .278 49.1 38.1 24.0 .190 .303 .271 29.4
2022 Sinker -0.7 0 46 4.7 16 .357 .357 .369 15.4 0.0 0.0 .254 .298 .299 42.9
2022 Changeup -1.9 0 11 1.1 -- -- -- 33.3 -- 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 4-Seam Fastball 23 92.5 91 17.4 10:30 10:45 -15
2024 Sinker 18 92.3 86 18.8 10:30 9:45 45
2024 Slider 22 81.5 26 9.5 2:45 1:45 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 96 93.3 96 18.5 10:30 10:45 -15
2023 Sinker 11 93.2 93 20.3 10:45 10:00 45
2023 Slider 129 83.1 24 5.0 2:15 2:00 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 434 93.2 95 19.5 10:30 10:30 0
2022 Sinker 46 93.2 95 19.3 10:30 10:00 30
2022 Slider 416 82.9 21 5.1 2:00 2:15 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 231 952 -2 13 -2 -6 3
2023 62 239 1 -1 -2 -1 -4
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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 973 45.7 69.0 78.0 32.3 45.5 39.7 67.2 48.7 33.1 6.6 87.3
2023 239 42.3 65.3 80.3 28.3 33.3 39.3 61.3 43.9 37.1 5.0 58.3
2024 63 47.6 66.7 85.0 27.3 44.4 39.7 53.3 46.0 27.6 4.8 33.3
Player 1,275 45.1 68.2 78.8 31.3 43.3 39.6 65.4 47.7 33.6 6.2 80.8
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
2022 50 73 39 16 47 51 4 41 47 83 30 91 78 38 70 43
2023 37 67 57
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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 24.6 11 8.5 3 2 7 4 36.4
2023 24.4 2 1.6 0 0 2 1 50.0
2024 24.2 1 0.7 0 1 1 0 0.0
Player 24.5 14 10.8 3 3 10 5 35.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 11 9 6 8 7 8 8 7 5 5 7 9 11 8 9 13 9 7 10 8 10 9 12 11 7 6 10 10 12 8 6
2023 2 1 3 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
2024 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1
Player 14 10 9 9 11 11 11 8 7 6 10 12 12 10 11 15 10 8 13 12 12 12 16 13 8 8 13 13 15 10 8
! 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 93.2 93.3 0.1 ↑ 92.4 -0.9 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 85.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 82.9 83.1 0.2 ↑ 81.5 -1.6 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.8 90.0 1.2 ↑ 95.5 5.5 ↑
Launch Angle 19.0 14.8 -4.2 ↓ 18.0 3.2 ↑
Barrel % 11.1 8.1 -3.0 ↓ 20.0 11.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 38.3 37.8 -0.5 ↓ 60.0 22.2 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 39.6 43.2 3.6 ↑ 80.0 36.8 ↑
xBA .217 .261 0.044 ↑ .368 0.107 ↑
BA .200 .264 0.064 ↑ .429 0.165 ↑
xwOBA .305 .351 0.046 ↑ .454 0.103 ↑
wOBA .298 .343 0.045 ↑ .534 0.191 ↑
xSLG .393 .445 0.052 ↑ .669 0.224 ↑
SLG .395 .415 0.020 ↑ .786 0.371 ↑
K% 28.3 27.0 -1.3 ↓ 26.7 -0.3 ↓
BB% 9.2 12.7 3.5 ↑ 6.7 -6.0 ↓
Swing % 48.7 43.9 -4.8 ↓ 46.0 2.1 ↑
Whiff% 33.1 37.1 4.0 ↑ 27.6 -9.5 ↓
In Zone % 45.7 42.3 -3.4 ↓ 47.6 5.3 ↑
Out of Zone % 54.3 57.7 3.4 ↑ 52.4 -5.3 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 32.3 28.3 -4.0 ↓ 27.3 -1.0 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 36.1 27.4 -8.7 ↓ 33.3 5.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 67.2 61.3 -5.9 ↓ 53.3 -8.0 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 231 .306 138 36 26.1 93 51 54.8
2023 Shades 62 .343 32 1 3.1 30 19 63.3
2024 Shades 15 .534 10 0 0.0 5 1 20.0
! 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 242 17.8 10.7% 0.4% 159 21.1 0.0% 5.0%
2023 58 15.9 27.6% 1.7% 50 18.1 14.0% 0.0%
2024 13 16.1 15.4% 0.0% 16 17.7 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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