Matt Belisle
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 230LBS | Age: 43
Draft: 1998 | Rd: 2, #52, Atlanta Braves | A.N. McCallum HS (Austin, TX)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 0 0 1.76 40 0 0 46 32 1.09
2017 2 2 4.03 62 0 9 60.1 54 1.16
2018 1 1 7.86 33 0 0 34.1 25 1.75
15 Seasons 52 58 4.32 693 44 14 928.2 711 1.36
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 40 0-0 1.76 46 32 1.09
2017 62 2-2 4.03 60.1 54 1.16
2018 33 1-1 7.86 34.1 25 1.75
15 Seasons 693 52-58 4.32 928.2 711 1.36
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		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 35 594 106 2 1.9 1.3 86.9 109.7 7.4 34.0 .238 .320 .306 .297 .308 29.2 16.8 10.1 2.67 3.61
2016 36 671 146 4 2.7 2.2 87.8 112.5 10.5 33.6 .276 .391 .259 .298 .354 29.5 17.2 3.8 1.76 3.72
2017 37 937 169 9 5.3 3.6 84.8 112.6 14.3 32.5 .222 .366 .279 .282 .328 27.2 21.9 8.9 4.03 3.37
2018 38 586 123 9 7.3 5.6 89.3 110.8 10.8 33.3 .280 .477 .399 .356 .395 41.9 15.4 6.8 7.86 5.55
Player 2788 544 24 4.4 3.2 87.0 112.6 11.2 33.3 .251 .387 .306 .305 .346 31.4 18.3 7.4
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

Belisle relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(46.1%) ,
Slider
(37.0%) ,
Sinker
(8.9%) ,
Curveball
(7.9%) ,
Changeup
(0.2%) ,


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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 54.7 21.7 21.7 1.9 30.2 44.3 25.5 3.8 38.7 22.6 25.5 1.9 1.9 1.3
2016 49.3 17.8 27.4 5.5 30.8 37.7 31.5 4.1 32.9 21.2 26.7 6.2 2.7 2.2
2017 42.6 21.3 28.4 7.7 34.3 37.3 28.4 5.9 32.5 28.4 21.3 5.3 5.3 3.6
2018 48.0 20.3 26.0 5.7 35.8 30.9 33.3 2.4 31.7 18.7 25.2 8.1 7.3 5.6
Player 48.0 20.2 26.3 5.5 32.9 37.3 29.8 4.2 33.6 23.2 24.4 5.5 4.4 3.2
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

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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
2018 Changeup MIN R 1 85.2 28.7 -1.7 -6 10.2 -2.9 -22
2018 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 264 90.3 18.5 -1.3 -7 7.1 0.9 15
2018 Slider MIN R 212 85.5 31.1 -3.6 -10 3.4 -0.5 -13
2018 Curveball MIN R 45 73.5 60.0 -3.4 -5 12.9 3.4 35
2018 Sinker MIN R 51 91.4 28.2 4.4 19 16.7 2.4 17
2017 Changeup MIN R 5 85.0 29.1 1.3 5 10.0 -3.0 -23
2017 Curveball MIN R 107 73.7 56.1 -4.1 -7 12.8 2.9 29
2017 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 430 90.6 14.6 0.8 5 6.9 0.2 4
2017 Slider MIN R 305 85.8 26.6 -5.3 -17 2.6 -0.5 -17
2017 Sinker MIN R 88 90.3 20.8 -0.5 -2 12.5 -1.7 -12
2016 Curveball WSH R 64 75.3 58.5 -3.1 -5 12.4 0.7 6
2016 4-Seam Fastball WSH R 317 91.5 17.6 -0.7 -4 6.1 0.0 0
2016 Sinker WSH R 39 91.2 21.5 -1.0 -4 10.3 -3.3 -24
2016 Slider WSH R 204 86.6 31.5 -2.1 -6 3.8 -0.5 -12
2016 Changeup WSH R 5 87.9 31.1 2.6 9 7.9 -5.1 -39
2015 Changeup STL R 18 86.4 33.6 4.3 15 5.9 -6.8 -54
2015 4-Seam Fastball STL R 233 91.1 18.4 -1.6 -9 6.3 -0.1 -2
2015 Curveball STL R 51 75.3 60.3 -0.6 -1 13.2 2.5 23
2015 Sinker STL R 86 91.1 22.1 -1.2 -5 11.3 -2.4 -17
2015 Slider STL R 168 85.9 33.5 -1.0 -3 3.2 -1.6 -33
! 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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -5 264 45.1 66 .397 .638 .468 16.5 9.1 9.1 .336 .602 .435 48.1
2018 Slider 0.0 0 212 36.2 59 .286 .375 .309 33.9 25.4 19.0 .217 .316 .257 34.1
2018 Sinker -2.6 -1 51 8.7 17 .286 .429 .388 14.8 11.8 13.3 .278 .432 .355 38.5
2018 Curveball -6.6 -3 45 7.7 13 .250 .833 .438 21.1 15.4 11.8 .315 .693 .421 45.5
2018 Changeup -2.0 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 430 45.9 107 .231 .385 .315 20.7 22.4 18.6 .233 .427 .327 34.3
2017 Slider 1.0 3 305 32.6 84 .190 .354 .258 23.6 20.2 19.5 .217 .329 .262 21.0
2017 Curveball -2.2 -2 107 11.4 26 .269 .462 .381 29.4 30.8 19.5 .212 .336 .233 16.7
2017 Sinker 2.0 2 88 9.4 24 .208 .250 .202 26.1 20.8 17.9 .210 .285 .212 31.6
2017 Changeup -4.8 0 5 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- 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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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 142 515 -7 1 -2 -1 -10
2009 132 516 2 -2 -2 -1 -3
2010 358 1,433 9 8 -4 -2 11
2011 298 1,169 3 2 -4 -2 0
2012 341 1,251 4 5 -3 -3 3
2013 298 1,116 -6 9 -4 -2 -3
2014 280 1,043 -6 6 -4 -3 -6
2015 147 587 -1 8 -1 -2 4
2016 183 660 6 7 -2 -1 10
2017 244 947 7 5 -5 -2 4
2018 155 573 -2 -1 -3 -3 -9
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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 594 48.3 64.1 83.7 28.0 68.6 43.4 67.1 45.5 20.0 5.6 69.7
2016 671 53.4 76.0 86.0 33.5 68.6 43.8 68.8 56.2 18.0 8.2 80.0
2017 937 49.9 67.3 82.2 32.2 62.3 45.7 67.9 49.7 23.2 8.3 78.2
2018 586 46.8 73.5 81.2 35.7 67.0 42.6 65.2 53.8 23.8 7.5 83.7
Player 2,788 49.8 70.1 83.4 32.4 66.1 44.1 67.4 51.2 21.4 7.5 78.5
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 25 9 61 97
2016 28 16 40 99
2017 80 79 73 66 74 72 63 96 91 53 38 42 90 18 15 52 98
2018 18 11 97
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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 23.6 2 2.5 -1 2 1 2 100.0
2017 23.6 7 8.8 -2 2 5 4 57.1
2018 23.5 6 3.6 2 4 4 1 16.7
Player 23.6 15 15.0 0 8 10 7 46.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 2 4 3 2 2
2017 7 9 7 10 8 9 9 9 7 9 8 11 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 8 10 9 9 5
2018 6 7 3 3 3 2 4 5 4 2 3 4 5 3 2 4 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 5 2 2 3 4 5 5 2
Player 15 19 12 16 13 13 15 17 13 13 14 18 17 14 14 15 13 13 14 16 16 17 19 18 14 13 13 18 17 16 9
! 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 +/-   2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.0 91.5 0.5 ↑ 90.6 -0.9 ↓ 90.5 -0.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 86.4 88.1 1.7 ↑ 85.0 -3.1 ↓ 85.2 0.2 ↑
Breaking Velocity 83.4 84.0 0.6 ↑ 82.6 -1.4 ↓ 83.4 0.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 86.9 87.8 0.9 ↑ 84.8 -3.0 ↓ 89.3 4.5 ↑
Launch Angle 7.4 10.5 3.1 ↑ 14.3 3.8 ↑ 10.8 -3.5 ↓
Barrel % 1.9 2.7 0.8 ↑ 5.3 2.6 ↑ 7.3 2.0 ↑
Hard Hit % 29.2 29.5 0.3 ↑ 27.2 -2.3 ↓ 41.9 14.7 ↑
Sweet Spot % 34.0 33.6 -0.4 ↓ 32.5 -1.1 ↓ 33.3 0.8 ↑
xBA .238 .276 0.038 ↑ .222 -0.054 ↓ .280 0.058 ↑
BA .266 .244 -0.022 ↓ .218 -0.026 ↓ .336 0.118 ↑
xwOBA .297 .298 0.001 ↑ .282 -0.016 ↓ .356 0.074 ↑
wOBA .306 .259 -0.047 ↓ .279 0.020 ↑ .399 0.120 ↑
xSLG .320 .391 0.071 ↑ .366 -0.025 ↓ .477 0.111 ↑
SLG .336 .335 -0.001 ↓ .368 0.033 ↑ .548 0.180 ↑
K% 16.8 17.2 0.4 ↑ 21.9 4.7 ↑ 15.4 -6.5 ↓
BB% 10.1 3.8 -6.3 ↓ 8.9 5.1 ↑ 6.8 -2.1 ↓
Swing % 45.5 56.2 10.7 ↑ 49.7 -6.5 ↓ 53.8 4.1 ↑
Whiff% 20.0 18.0 -2.0 ↓ 23.2 5.2 ↑ 23.8 0.6 ↑
In Zone % 48.3 53.4 5.1 ↑ 49.9 -3.5 ↓ 46.8 -3.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.7 46.6 -5.1 ↓ 50.1 3.5 ↑ 53.2 3.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 28.0 33.5 5.5 ↑ 32.2 -1.3 ↓ 35.7 3.5 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 26.2 39.8 13.6 ↑ 27.6 -12.2 ↓ 37.9 10.3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 67.1 68.8 1.7 ↑ 67.9 -0.9 ↓ 65.2 -2.7 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 174 .260 101 10 9.9 73 21 28.8
2017 Shifts 241 .279 161 28 17.4 80 25 31.3
2018 Shifts 155 .390 84 17 20.2 71 38 53.5
! 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 %
2010 423 15.0 51.5% 2.1% 214 23.0 1.4% 12.6%
2011 259 13.2 68.3% 0.0% 210 22.7 6.2% 11.9%
2012 298 13.8 61.1% 0.3% 212 22.4 2.4% 10.4%
2013 288 16.0 37.2% 1.0% 167 20.2 5.4% 8.4%
2014 261 16.5 36.8% 0.8% 183 22.6 3.3% 13.7%
2015 181 14.8 53.0% 5.0% 95 24.4 11.6% 29.5%
2016 160 17.4 28.1% 6.9% 93 21.4 5.4% 15.1%
2017 272 19.0 9.2% 2.9% 132 23.3 0.8% 12.1%
2018 113 16.7 30.1% 1.8% 116 21.3 3.4% 5.2%
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Pitch Distribution

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