Jason Grilli
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 235LBS | Age: 47
Draft: 1997 | Rd: 1, #4, San Francisco Giants | Seton Hall
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 3 4 2.94 36 0 24 33.2 45 1.13
2016 7 6 4.12 67 0 4 59 81 1.29
2017 2 5 6.30 46 0 1 40 48 1.60
15 Seasons 34 47 4.22 595 16 79 684.2 694 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 36 3-4 2.94 33.2 45 1.13
2016 67 7-6 4.12 59 81 1.29
2017 46 2-5 6.30 40 48 1.60
15 Seasons 595 34-47 4.22 684.2 694 1.37
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 38 591 85 4 4.7 2.9 88.4 109.0 22.1 34.1 .221 .359 .269 .275 .380 30.6 32.1 7.1 2.94 3.07
2016 39 1072 136 10 7.4 4.0 90.0 111.5 17.9 37.5 .210 .375 .313 .305 .395 34.6 32.3 12.7 4.12 3.91
2017 40 800 117 10 8.5 5.4 86.8 112.0 18.7 45.3 .277 .515 .388 .370 .470 32.5 26.1 9.8 6.30 6.16
Player 2463 338 24 7.1 4.2 88.5 112.0 19.2 39.3 .235 .417 .326 .319 .418 32.8 30.3 10.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Grilli relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(60.8%) ,
Slider
(33.7%) ,
Sinker
(3.0%) ,
Changeup
(2.5%) ,


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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
2015 27.1 30.6 29.4 12.9 32.9 34.1 32.9 1.2 21.2 35.3 27.1 8.2 4.7 2.9
2016 30.1 35.3 27.9 6.6 29.4 37.5 33.1 1.5 22.8 35.3 25.0 5.9 7.4 4.0
2017 27.4 26.5 34.2 12.0 36.8 29.1 33.3 6.8 17.9 27.4 29.1 9.4 8.5 5.4
Player 28.4 31.1 30.5 10.1 32.8 33.7 33.1 3.3 20.7 32.5 26.9 7.7 7.1 4.2
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
2017 Sinker TEX R 24 92.1 23.1 2.6 13 19.0 4.6 31
2017 Slider TEX R 269 81.0 43.5 2.8 7 10.3 4.1 67
2017 Changeup TEX R 20 85.8 25.4 -2.5 -9 18.4 5.0 37
2017 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 485 92.8 16.0 -1.7 -12 14.9 7.4 99
2016 Sinker TOR R 26 92.8 22.5 1.1 5 16.4 2.6 19
2016 Changeup TOR R 26 84.9 27.9 -2.8 -9 16.3 3.7 30
2016 Slider TOR R 372 81.0 43.2 1.8 4 13.4 6.2 87
2016 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 623 92.9 15.7 0.2 1 11.6 4.7 67
2015 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 381 94.6 16.2 -1.1 -7 11.9 4.9 70
2015 Sinker ATL R 8 94.6 21.3 0.4 2 15.3 1.6 11
2015 Changeup ATL R 1 86.5 26.5 -3.3 -11 15.3 2.9 23
2015 Slider ATL R 174 83.1 43.0 4.1 11 11.8 6.4 119
! 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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -7 485 60.6 116 .294 .569 .416 26.1 26.7 18.0 .296 .513 .385 28.2
2017 Slider -0.7 -2 269 33.6 57 .269 .673 .417 27.4 26.3 18.5 .250 .559 .367 40.5
2017 Sinker 5.6 1 24 3.0 7 .143 .143 .129 18.2 28.6 100.0 .277 .320 .261 40.0
2017 Changeup 0.3 0 20 2.5 4 .250 .250 .225 0.0 0.0 0.0 .158 .330 .200 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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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 307 1,237 9 11 -3 -8 8
2009 208 882 1 6 -6 -5 -4
2011 133 519 5 9 2 -3 12
2012 240 982 13 3 -1 -3 12
2013 215 877 2 10 -2 -1 10
2014 237 948 6 7 -4 -5 4
2015 139 587 1 5 -2 0 4
2016 262 1,110 10 11 -9 -4 8
2017 184 798 0 4 -9 -3 -8
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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 591 50.4 69.1 75.7 34.8 55.9 46.7 61.4 52.1 29.9 6.1 72.2
2016 1,072 46.5 65.1 75.6 28.4 50.3 42.4 56.6 45.4 31.8 6.7 73.6
2017 800 49.7 70.5 79.6 26.9 60.2 45.4 57.1 48.5 25.8 8.3 80.3
Player 2,463 48.5 67.9 77.0 29.4 54.7 44.4 57.9 48.0 29.3 7.1 75.9
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 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
2015 75 92 57
2016 58 88 64 40 46 72 19 9 51 96 3 94 43 49 81 59
2017 48 80 66
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.2 10 9.0 1 5 9 2 20.0
2017 22.6 12 11.0 1 6 6 6 50.0
Player 22.9 22 20.0 2 11 15 8 36.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 10 10 6 12 10 8 10 8 9 7 8 11 8 7 8 11 6 7 9 12 8 4 13 14 7 8 10 13 9 9 8
2017 12 12 10 12 12 11 13 10 10 9 11 14 11 10 10 11 10 10 11 11 10 12 12 12 10 9 10 14 12 11 9
Player 22 22 16 24 22 19 23 18 19 16 19 25 19 17 18 22 16 17 20 23 18 16 25 26 17 17 20 27 21 20 17
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.6 92.9 -1.7 92.8 -0.1
Offspeed Velocity 86.5 84.9 -1.6 85.8 0.9
Breaking Velocity 83.1 81.1 -2.0 81.0 -0.1
Exit Velocity 88.4 90.0 1.6 86.8 -3.2
Launch Angle 22.1 17.9 -4.2 18.7 0.8
Barrel % 4.7 7.4 2.7 8.5 1.1
Hard Hit % 30.6 34.6 4.0 32.5 -2.1
Sweet Spot % 34.1 37.5 3.4 45.3 7.8
xBA .221 .210 -0.011 .277 0.067
BA .217 .206 -0.011 .279 0.073
xwOBA .275 .305 0.030 .370 0.065
wOBA .269 .313 0.044 .388 0.075
xSLG .359 .375 0.016 .515 0.140
SLG .349 .416 0.067 .576 0.160
K% 32.1 32.3 0.2 26.1 -6.2
BB% 7.1 12.7 5.6 9.8 -2.9
Swing % 52.1 45.4 -6.7 48.5 3.1
Whiff% 29.9 31.8 1.9 25.8 -6.0
In Zone % 50.4 46.5 -3.9 49.7 3.2
Out of Zone % 49.6 53.5 3.9 50.3 -3.2
Out of Zone Swing % 34.8 28.4 -6.4 26.9 -1.5
First Pitch Swing % 30.0 28.7 -1.3 32.6 3.9
First Pitch Strike % 61.4 56.6 -4.8 57.1 0.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 242 .304 134 11 8.2 108 32 29.6
2017 Shifts 183 .385 119 3 2.5 64 15 23.4
! 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 %
2011 108 19.2 4.6% 4.6% 90 24.6 0.0% 18.9%
2012 235 20.6 0.4% 3.0% 152 25.6 0.0% 19.7%
2013 251 21.8 0.0% 2.8% 116 24.9 0.0% 19.0%
2014 243 22.2 1.2% 1.6% 191 26.4 0.0% 23.6%
2015 156 22.5 15.4% 9.6% 97 27.1 6.2% 33.0%
2016 329 24.4 3.3% 13.1% 183 28.0 2.7% 36.1%
2017 209 20.8 0.5% 2.9% 151 25.4 0.0% 21.9%
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Pitch Distribution


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