Sam Dyson
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 212LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 4, #126, Toronto Blue Jays | South Carolina
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 4 10 6.09 55 0 14 54.2 34 1.77
2018 4 3 2.69 74 0 3 70.1 56 1.08
2019 5 1 3.32 61 0 2 62.1 55 1.06
8 Seasons 24 23 3.40 376 1 59 386.2 310 1.28
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 55 4-10 6.09 54.2 34 1.77
2018 74 4-3 2.69 70.1 56 1.08
2019 61 5-1 3.32 62.1 55 1.06
8 Seasons 376 24-23 3.40 386.2 310 1.28
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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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
2015 27 1106 213 6 2.8 1.9 87.4 114.9 -4.6 21.6 .209 .289 .270 .257 .295 32.9 23.0 6.8 2.63 2.70
2016 28 990 204 7 3.4 2.5 89.1 115.4 -0.6 22.5 .229 .319 .292 .278 .301 35.8 19.3 8.1 2.43 3.21
2017 29 927 193 8 4.1 3.1 86.8 112.8 0.7 25.9 .250 .401 .362 .319 .325 30.1 13.1 11.5 6.09 4.39
2018 30 990 194 9 4.6 3.3 88.0 110.8 4.0 22.7 .228 .354 .284 .286 .324 35.8 20.5 7.3 2.69 3.42
2019 31 848 178 10 5.6 4.0 89.9 112.1 5.4 26.4 .228 .370 .274 .281 .334 36.5 22.1 5.2 3.32 3.43
Player 4861 982 40 4.1 2.9 88.2 115.4 0.8 23.7 .228 .344 .295 .283 .315 34.1 19.7 7.8
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Dyson relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(45.2%) ,
Cutter
(27.3%) ,
Changeup
(10.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(9.9%) ,
Slider
(7.0%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 69.5 30.5 6.6 19.7 4.2 39.0 41.8 19.2 31.5 29.1 8.9 7.5 12.7 10.3
2016 65.2 34.8 8.8 21.6 4.4 40.7 40.2 19.1 29.9 27.5 7.8 10.8 12.7 11.3
2017 65.3 34.7 11.9 19.2 3.6 36.3 39.4 23.3 25.9 30.1 8.3 10.4 9.3 15.0
2018 62.4 37.6 18.0 14.4 5.2 39.2 42.3 17.0 28.4 27.3 6.2 10.8 14.9 10.8
2019 56.2 43.8 19.1 20.8 3.9 32.6 42.1 25.3 21.9 25.3 9.0 10.7 16.9 16.3
Player 64.0 36.0 12.6 19.1 4.3 37.7 41.1 20.7 27.7 27.9 8.0 10.0 13.2 12.6
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 2.3 57.3 10.3 23.9 0.9 2.8 1.9
2016 2.5 53.4 12.7 24.0 3.4 3.4 2.5
2017 6.2 51.3 13.0 18.1 6.2 4.1 3.1
2018 4.6 46.9 17.0 21.1 4.1 4.6 3.3
2019 4.5 42.7 20.8 17.4 5.6 5.6 4.0
Player 4.0 50.6 14.6 21.1 4.0 4.1 2.9
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2019 Changeup MIN R 90 87.3 36.2 3.4 17.1ARM 2.2 1.3 5.6 17.1ARM 3.6
2019 Slider MIN R 59 82.8 51.7 10.6 17.3GLV 9.9 -9.2 11.1 17.3GLV 12.3
2019 Cutter MIN R 231 91.1 26.5 -0.2 0.9GLV -0.8 7.7 -0.1 0.9GLV -1.7
2019 Sinker MIN R 383 93.8 29.1 4.2 17.2ARM 0.9 3.3 5.8 17.2ARM 2.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 84 94.0 20.2 -3.0 8.9ARM -0.5 11.9 -3.7 8.9ARM 1.4
2018 4-Seam Fastball SF R 72 93.4 20.5 -3.5 6.3ARM -2.3 11.9 -3.8 6.3ARM -0.9
2018 Slider SF R 55 82.2 49.5 7.5 15.6GLV 8.3 -6.9 8.7 15.6GLV 10.5
2018 Changeup SF R 138 86.7 36.7 2.8 16.8ARM 2.8 1.1 5.6 16.8ARM 3.5
2018 Cutter SF R 143 88.9 30.0 -2.6 2.9GLV 1.3 5.8 -2.5 2.9GLV 0.3
2018 Sinker SF R 578 93.5 28.2 3.7 17.4ARM 1.7 4.2 5.1 17.4ARM 2.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2019 Sinker 0.0 0 383 45.2 128 .302 .448 .367 12.3 14.8 25.0 .259 .438 .326 46.5
2019 Cutter 3.0 7 231 27.2 57 .167 .241 .199 25.0 33.3 29.2 .161 .224 .183 22.2
2019 Changeup 0.6 1 90 10.6 24 .190 .190 .238 30.4 33.3 20.0 .184 .211 .242 15.4
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 1 84 9.9 19 .167 .556 .331 17.5 10.5 33.3 .344 .763 .467 37.5
2019 Slider 3.2 2 59 7.0 20 .100 .150 .113 12.0 30.0 20.0 .181 .219 .171 21.4
2018 Sinker 1.0 6 578 58.4 170 .242 .356 .326 21.2 12.4 18.8 .256 .376 .318 41.2
2018 Cutter 1.6 2 143 14.4 30 .179 .214 .185 32.4 46.7 23.7 .190 .296 .217 26.7
2018 Changeup 1.8 2 138 13.9 36 .143 .286 .194 36.7 41.7 20.3 .131 .172 .151 20.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -4.3 -3 72 7.3 17 .500 1.000 .632 22.6 17.6 33.3 .352 .866 .523 46.2
2018 Slider 1.0 1 55 5.6 18 .118 .235 .178 16.0 16.7 9.7 .132 .155 .159 7.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 8 25 -2 0 0 0 -2
2013 53 169 -1 0 -1 -1 -4
2014 177 667 4 3 -3 -3 1
2015 308 1,102 0 17 -3 -4 10
2016 285 990 8 8 -5 -3 8
2017 253 927 3 -4 -5 -4 -10
2018 271 986 10 8 -5 -5 8
2019 248 847 11 8 -4 -4 11
Player 1,603 5,713 33 41 -28 33 22
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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 %
2015 1,106 47.9 68.7 83.0 34.0 55.6 45.0 59.9 50.6 26.1 7.1 74.4
2016 990 50.4 67.3 85.1 29.3 69.4 44.3 61.1 48.5 19.0 7.2 77.5
2017 927 49.9 66.5 88.6 27.4 63.8 40.2 53.9 46.9 18.4 7.4 78.3
2018 990 50.5 70.5 81.8 26.6 55.4 41.9 61.0 48.7 25.1 7.3 83.3
2019 848 51.0 69.4 85.3 29.4 68.9 43.0 63.5 49.8 18.5 7.1 80.0
Player 4,861 49.9 68.5 84.6 29.5 62.0 43.0 59.9 48.9 21.7 7.2 78.6
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
2015 92 86 96 97 85 85 93 68 48 69 63 75 89 93 64 3
2016 84 73 91 96 70 87 91 32 37 37 44 17 56 90 55 100 6
2017 42 45 51 57 17 78 84 59 73 4 11 12 48 81 72 9
2018 73 62 75 76 73 77 83 59 44 40 66 52 34 59 57 5
2019 81 68 72 75 86 74 76 17 50 45 91 5 53 62 55 2
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.41 5 3.5 2 2 3 1 20.0
2017 22.45 8 7.4 1 4 6 2 25.0
2018 21.37 5 6.8 -2 2 8 2 40.0
2019 22.75 6 4.5 2 2 2 3 50.0
Player 22.50 24 22.3 2 10 19 8 33.3
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 5 4 2 5 4 3 4 4 4 2 3 3 4 3 4 4 1 3 4 4 3 3 6 4 1 4 4 6 3 4 3
2017 8 7 8 9 9 8 8 6 7 5 8 9 5 7 7 8 5 7 7 9 8 7 10 8 5 7 7 10 7 8 5
2018 5 10 3 6 8 5 9 7 5 3 6 7 9 6 7 8 7 6 7 9 8 5 11 8 7 5 5 8 8 8 4
2019 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 5 5 4 5 4 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 3 4 5 5 5 4 4
Player 24 26 17 25 26 21 26 21 21 13 21 24 23 20 23 24 16 21 22 27 24 20 33 25 16 20 21 29 23 24 16
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2015 +/-   2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019
Results
BA .233 +.011 .244 +.052 .296 -.068 .228 +.002 .230
xBA .209 +.020 .229 +.021 .250 -.022 .228 .000 .228
OBP .295 +.018 .313 +.073 .386 -.096 .290 -.010 .280
xOBP .274 +.026 .300 +.046 .346 -.054 .292 -.013 .279
SLG .308 +.037 .345 +.128 .473 -.111 .362 -.005 .357
xSLG .289 +.030 .319 +.082 .401 -.047 .354 +.016 .370
ISO .075 +.026 .101 +.076 .177 -.043 .134 -.008 .126
xISO .080 +.009 .089 +.062 .151 -.025 .126 +.017 .143
BABIP .298 -.005 .293 +.028 .321 -.050 .271 +.007 .278
wOBA .270 +.022 .292 +.070 .362 -.078 .284 -.010 .274
xwOBA .257 +.021 .278 +.041 .319 -.033 .286 -.005 .281
wOBACON .313 +.007 .320 +.061 .381 -.062 .319 +.003 .322
xwOBACON .295 +.006 .301 +.024 .325 -.001 .324 +.010 .334
BACON .311 -.001 .310 +.039 .349 -.059 .290 +.013 .303
xBACON .281 +.011 .292 +.003 .295 -.003 .292 +.009 .301
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 32.9 +2.9 35.8 -5.7 30.1 +5.7 35.8 +0.7 36.5
Avg Exit Velocity 87.4 +1.7 89.1 -2.3 86.8 +1.2 88.0 +1.9 89.9
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 21.6 +0.9 22.5 +3.4 25.9 -3.2 22.7 +3.7 26.4
Barrel % 2.8 +0.6 3.4 +0.7 4.1 +0.5 4.6 +1.0 5.6
Avg Launch Angle -4.6 +4.0 -0.6 +1.3 0.7 +3.3 4.0 +1.4 5.4
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 96.5 -0.5 96.0 -2.1 93.9 -1.2 92.7 +0.2 92.9
Breaking Velocity 86.5 -1.9 84.6 -3.2 81.4 +0.8 82.2 +0.6 82.8
Offspeed Velocity 89.3 +0.3 89.6 -0.7 88.9 -2.2 86.7 +0.6 87.3
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 6 +1 7 +1 8 +1 9 +1 10
Popup % 4.2 +0.2 4.4 -0.8 3.6 +1.6 5.2 -1.3 3.9
Flyball % 6.6 +2.2 8.8 +3.1 11.9 +6.1 18.0 +1.1 19.1
Line Drive % 19.7 +1.9 21.6 -2.4 19.2 -4.8 14.4 +6.4 20.8
Groundball % 69.5 -4.3 65.2 +0.1 65.3 -2.9 62.4 -6.2 56.2
Pull % 39.0 +1.7 40.7 -4.4 36.3 +2.9 39.2 -6.6 32.6
Straight Away % 41.8 -1.6 40.2 -0.8 39.4 +2.9 42.3 -0.2 42.1
Opposite Field % 19.2 -0.1 19.1 +4.2 23.3 -6.3 17.0 +8.3 25.3
Weak Contact % 2.3 +0.2 2.5 +3.7 6.2 -1.6 4.6 -0.1 4.5
Pull Airball % 7.5 +3.3 10.8 -0.4 10.4 +0.4 10.8 -0.1 10.7
Topped Contact % 57.3 -3.9 53.4 -2.1 51.3 -4.4 46.9 -4.2 42.7
Under Contact % 10.3 +2.4 12.7 +0.3 13.0 +4.0 17.0 +3.8 20.8
Flare/Burner Contact % 23.9 +0.1 24.0 -5.9 18.1 +3.0 21.1 -3.7 17.4
Solid Contact % 0.9 +2.5 3.4 +2.8 6.2 -2.1 4.1 +1.5 5.6
HR/FB % 28.6 -0.8 27.8 +7.0 34.8 -20.5 14.3 +3.3 17.6
Popups 9 0 9 -2 7 +3 10 -3 7
Flyballs 14 +4 18 +5 23 +12 35 -1 34
Line Drives 42 +2 44 -7 37 -9 28 +9 37
Groundballs 148 -15 133 -7 126 -5 121 -21 100
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 47.9 +2.5 50.4 -0.5 49.9 +0.6 50.5 +0.5 51.0
Out of Zone % 52.1 -2.5 49.6 +0.5 50.1 -0.6 49.5 -0.5 49.0
Edge % 45.0 -0.7 44.3 -4.1 40.2 +1.7 41.9 +1.1 43.0
Zone Swing % 68.7 -1.4 67.3 -0.8 66.5 +4.0 70.5 -1.1 69.4
Out of Zone Swing % 34.0 -4.7 29.3 -1.9 27.4 -0.8 26.6 +2.8 29.4
In Zone Contact % 83.0 +2.1 85.1 +3.5 88.6 -6.8 81.8 +3.5 85.3
Out of Zone Contact % 55.6 +13.8 69.4 -5.6 63.8 -8.4 55.4 +13.5 68.9
Whiff % 26.1 -7.1 19.0 -0.6 18.4 +6.7 25.1 -6.6 18.5
First Strike % 59.9 +1.2 61.1 -7.2 53.9 +7.1 61.0 +2.5 63.5
First Pitch Swing % 36.2 -4.3 31.9 -4.9 27.0 +5.7 32.7 +3.8 36.5
Swing % 50.6 -2.1 48.5 -1.6 46.9 +1.8 48.7 +1.1 49.8
Meatball Swing % 74.4 +3.1 77.5 +0.8 78.3 +5.0 83.3 -3.3 80.0
Meatball % 7.1 +0.1 7.2 +0.2 7.4 -0.1 7.3 -0.2 7.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 16.5 -2.2 14.3 -3.3 11.0 +6.9 17.9 -4.2 13.7
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 43.9 -14.0 29.9 +6.3 36.2 +8.4 44.6 -14.3 30.3
In Zone 530 -31 499 -36 463 +35 498 -66 432
Out of Zone 576 -85 491 -27 464 +25 489 -74 415
Edge 498 -59 439 -66 373 +41 414 -50 364
In Zone Swings 364 -28 336 -28 308 +43 351 -51 300
Out of Zone Swings 196 -52 144 -17 127 +3 130 -8 122
In Zone Swing & Misses 60 -12 48 -14 34 +29 63 -22 41
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 86 -43 43 +3 46 +12 58 -21 37
Basic
Pitches 1,106 -116 990 -63 927 +63 990 -142 848
PA 309 -24 285 -25 260 +13 273 -24 249
AB 279 -21 258 -32 226 +20 246 -16 230
Hits 65 -2 63 +4 67 -11 56 -3 53
Singles 52 -4 48 -2 46 -12 34 +3 37
Doubles 9 0 9 +1 10 +6 16 -7 9
Triples 0 +1 1 +2 3 -2 1 0 1
Home Runs 4 +1 5 +3 8 -3 5 +1 6
Walks 21 +2 23 +7 30 -10 20 -7 13
Strikeouts 71 -16 55 -21 34 +22 56 -1 55
K% 23.0 -3.7 19.3 -6.2 13.1 +7.4 20.5 +1.6 22.1
BB% 6.8 +1.3 8.1 +3.4 11.5 -4.2 7.3 -2.1 5.2
HBP 4 -1 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
Batted Balls 213 -9 204 -11 193 +1 194 -16 178
Number of Fastballs 816 -131 685 +85 770 +23 793 -95 698
Number of Offspeed 176 +17 193 -56 137 +1 138 -48 90
Number of Breaking 110 +2 112 -92 20 +35 55 +4 59
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 284 .290 156 6 3.8 128 19 14.8
2017 Shifts 253 .362 141 2 1.4 112 18 16.1
2018 Shifts 272 .284 177 9 5.1 95 20 21.1
2019 Shifts 249 .274 152 22 14.5 97 32 33.0
! 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 %
2012 4 23.4 0.0% 0.0% 3 24.0 0.0% 0.0%
2013 48 15.0 47.9% 2.1% 28 23.3 0.0% 0.0%
2014 147 19.6 2.7% 2.7% 107 24.3 0.0% 9.3%
2015 275 19.9 14.2% 6.9% 184 24.7 6.5% 27.2%
2016 256 20.3 7.4% 5.5% 183 26.4 1.6% 29.5%
2017 271 21.0 0.4% 5.2% 148 26.2 0.0% 20.9%
2018 252 22.8 0.4% 10.3% 176 26.8 0.0% 26.7%
2019 263 23.7 0.0% 11.8% 109 26.6 0.0% 26.6%

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Pitch Distribution