Blaine Boyer
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 235LBS | Age: 42
Draft: 2000 | Rd: 3, #100, Atlanta Braves | Walton HS (Marietta, GA)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 2 4 3.95 61 0 1 66 26 1.47
2017 1 1 4.35 32 0 0 41.1 33 1.55
2018 2 1 12.05 21 0 1 21.2 9 2.08
12 Seasons 17 27 4.55 447 0 5 468.1 292 1.43
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 61 2-4 3.95 66 26 1.47
2017 32 1-1 4.35 41.1 33 1.55
2018 21 2-1 12.05 21.2 9 2.08
12 Seasons 447 17-27 4.55 468.1 292 1.43
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 33 934 216 10 4.6 3.7 87.8 112.4 8.5 33.3 .259 .386 .296 .302 .322 31.5 12.3 7.1 2.49 3.75
2016 34 1052 238 3 1.3 1.1 85.9 112.8 9.4 32.8 .266 .344 .329 .287 .293 26.9 9.2 6.0 3.96 3.43
2017 35 691 130 8 6.2 4.5 87.7 110.6 16.6 34.6 .277 .429 .343 .329 .379 31.5 18.5 7.9 4.36 4.70
2018 36 434 87 7 8.0 6.4 90.0 114.6 7.0 32.2 .328 .559 .444 .407 .417 36.8 8.3 11.9 12.05 7.68
Player 3111 671 28 4.2 3.3 87.4 114.6 10.2 33.2 .273 .402 .336 .316 .335 30.6 12.1 7.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Boyer relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(41.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(31.3%) ,
Sinker
(18.4%) ,
Curveball
(9.0%) ,
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 49.1 20.4 25.5 5.1 29.2 38.0 32.9 4.6 38.4 24.1 22.2 4.2 4.6 3.7
2016 50.8 16.0 26.9 6.3 27.7 41.2 30.7 4.2 36.1 23.5 30.3 3.8 1.3 1.1
2017 36.9 25.4 28.5 9.2 31.5 36.9 31.5 3.1 25.4 29.2 31.5 2.3 6.2 4.5
2018 50.6 16.1 28.7 4.6 46.0 28.7 25.3 1.1 37.9 18.4 28.7 4.6 8.0 6.4
Player 47.5 19.2 27.0 6.3 31.3 37.7 30.8 3.7 35.0 24.1 27.7 3.7 4.2 3.3
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 Curveball KC R 39 76.3 58.5 -1.0 -2 7.8 -1.8 -19
2018 Sinker KC R 80 92.7 23.5 0.8 4 14.3 -0.6 -4
2018 Slider KC R 178 87.3 29.6 -4.4 -13 4.0 -0.1 -2
2018 Changeup KC R 1 85.0 31.5 -0.2 0 12.7 -0.7 -5
2018 4-Seam Fastball KC R 136 92.5 18.2 -1.5 -9 6.8 -0.9 -12
2017 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 258 94.2 15.4 -1.3 -9 8.8 0.4 5
2017 Sinker BOS R 126 94.1 19.2 -1.0 -5 14.1 -1.2 -8
2017 Slider BOS R 254 86.4 31.0 -2.4 -7 1.7 -1.9 -53
2017 Curveball BOS R 53 73.4 62.7 1.2 2 6.6 -4.0 -37
2016 Changeup MIL R 7 88.4 26.1 -3.1 -11 5.1 -7.1 -58
2016 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 215 92.5 19.7 -3.0 -18 6.4 -1.3 -16
2016 Sinker MIL R 403 92.7 24.6 2.9 14 13.5 -0.5 -3
2016 Curveball MIL R 103 75.1 60.5 0.5 1 8.0 -2.6 -24
2016 Slider MIL R 310 87.2 30.3 -3.2 -10 3.1 -1.5 -32
2015 Changeup MIN R 6 87.0 28.5 -1.2 -4 12.9 0.5 4
2015 Slider MIN R 229 86.2 33.2 -2.0 -6 6.5 1.5 29
2015 Sinker MIN R 264 93.6 24.1 2.4 11 11.9 -2.4 -17
2015 Curveball MIN R 88 74.8 60.6 0.7 1 10.5 0.7 7
2015 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 324 93.0 17.9 -1.8 -11 5.2 -2.4 -32
! 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 Slider -4.8 -9 178 41.0 47 .366 .780 .496 17.5 10.6 8.8 .324 .562 .397 31.6
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 136 31.3 30 .296 .481 .383 13.7 10.0 9.4 .320 .482 .383 33.3
2018 Sinker -1.0 -1 80 18.4 20 .313 .313 .330 8.8 5.0 4.2 .276 .316 .349 50.0
2018 Curveball -11.0 -4 39 9.0 8 .500 1.750 .906 12.5 0.0 0.0 .486 1.315 .742 50.0
2018 Changeup 6.7 0 1 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .239 .269 .217 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 2 258 37.3 53 .250 .364 .325 18.0 18.9 10.9 .294 .483 .386 38.9
2017 Slider -1.2 -3 254 36.8 84 .325 .450 .348 28.3 21.4 21.4 .260 .404 .302 25.8
2017 Sinker -2.0 -3 126 18.2 36 .343 .514 .379 16.4 13.9 12.8 .285 .411 .306 33.3
2017 Curveball 0.6 0 53 7.7 2 .500 .500 .450 14.3 0.0 -- .427 .563 .419 50.0
! 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 306 1,242 -9 10 -7 -6 -11
2009 228 793 1 4 -5 -7 -6
2010 248 906 0 3 -8 -3 -9
2011 33 118 0 -2 -2 -1 -5
2014 160 625 3 3 -4 -1 0
2015 264 916 4 2 -5 -2 -1
2016 279 1,040 8 2 -8 -4 -1
2017 175 691 4 1 -7 -2 -3
2018 106 434 -11 1 -2 -2 -13
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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 934 53.3 65.5 88.0 30.1 67.2 43.3 63.8 48.9 17.7 7.3 75.0
2016 1,052 52.4 71.7 88.4 30.7 80.5 42.4 63.8 52.2 13.1 8.0 82.1
2017 691 51.5 71.3 82.3 29.0 66.0 43.8 59.9 50.8 21.7 8.1 75.0
2018 434 50.5 73.1 88.1 20.5 75.0 40.1 59.4 47.0 14.2 9.4 90.2
Player 3,111 52.2 69.9 86.9 28.7 72.5 42.7 62.4 50.2 16.5 8.0 79.9
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 58 28 49 67 45 63 62 59 63 4 55 13 57 59 67 68 14
2016 77 24 81 97 54 97 100 95 94 1 79 1 73 44 66 51 14
2017 69 80 41 25
2018 45 72 20
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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 24.6 4 2.8 1 2 3 1 25.0
2017 25.1 3 4.9 -2 3 3 3 100.0
2018 22.7 7 6.7 0 0 3 4 57.1
Player 23.6 14 14.4 0 5 9 8 57.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 4 4 2 3 4 2 2 3 3 1 4 4 3 1 3 4 1 1 2 4 2 3 4 4 2 3 3 5 3 3 2
2017 3 5 4 4 6 5 6 5 4 4 5 6 4 3 4 4 4 4 6 6 5 5 7 7 4 4 5 6 6 6 3
2018 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
Player 14 16 12 13 17 14 15 14 14 11 16 17 14 10 14 15 11 12 15 17 14 14 18 18 11 13 15 18 16 16 12
! 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 93.3 92.6 -0.7 ↓ 94.2 1.6 ↑ 92.6 -1.6 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 87.0 88.4 1.4 ↑ 0.0 0.0 85.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 83.1 84.2 1.1 ↑ 84.1 -0.1 ↓ 85.3 1.2 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.8 85.9 -1.9 ↓ 87.7 1.8 ↑ 90.0 2.3 ↑
Launch Angle 8.5 9.4 0.9 ↑ 16.6 7.2 ↑ 7.0 -9.6 ↓
Barrel % 4.6 1.3 -3.3 ↓ 6.2 4.9 ↑ 8.0 1.8 ↑
Hard Hit % 31.5 26.9 -4.6 ↓ 31.5 4.6 ↑ 36.8 5.3 ↑
Sweet Spot % 33.3 32.8 -0.5 ↓ 34.6 1.8 ↑ 32.2 -2.4 ↓
xBA .259 .266 0.007 ↑ .277 0.011 ↑ .328 0.051 ↑
BA .254 .305 0.051 ↑ .311 0.006 ↑ .344 0.033 ↑
xwOBA .302 .287 -0.015 ↓ .329 0.042 ↑ .407 0.078 ↑
wOBA .296 .329 0.033 ↑ .343 0.014 ↑ .444 0.101 ↑
xSLG .386 .344 -0.042 ↓ .429 0.085 ↑ .559 0.130 ↑
SLG .385 .420 0.035 ↑ .441 0.021 ↑ .688 0.247 ↑
K% 12.3 9.2 -3.1 ↓ 18.5 9.3 ↑ 8.3 -10.2 ↓
BB% 7.1 6.0 -1.1 ↓ 7.9 1.9 ↑ 11.9 4.0 ↑
Swing % 48.9 52.2 3.3 ↑ 50.8 -1.4 ↓ 47.0 -3.8 ↓
Whiff% 17.7 13.1 -4.6 ↓ 21.7 8.6 ↑ 14.2 -7.5 ↓
In Zone % 53.3 52.4 -0.9 ↓ 51.5 -0.9 ↓ 50.5 -1.0 ↓
Out of Zone % 46.7 47.6 0.9 ↑ 48.5 0.9 ↑ 49.5 1.0 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.1 30.7 0.6 ↑ 29.0 -1.7 ↓ 20.5 -8.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 29.1 29.1 0.0 31.1 2.0 ↑ 31.1 0.0
First Pitch Strike % 63.8 63.8 0.0 59.9 -3.9 ↓ 59.4 -0.5 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 275 .330 145 30 20.7 130 39 30.0
2017 Shifts 175 .343 121 1 0.8 54 18 33.3
2018 Shifts 106 .444 71 22 31.0 35 20 57.1
! 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 236 18.0 5.5% 3.0% 219 22.0 0.0% 10.5%
2011 28 18.6 3.6% 10.7% 16 23.1 0.0% 6.3%
2014 169 21.8 2.4% 4.7% 80 23.7 1.3% 11.3%
2015 236 22.6 5.1% 11.9% 162 27.1 3.1% 32.7%
2016 237 20.8 10.1% 6.3% 201 26.4 2.0% 31.8%
2017 180 20.4 5.0% 2.8% 128 23.7 0.0% 8.6%
2018 136 20.7 5.1% 3.7% 66 23.7 0.0% 15.2%
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Pitch Distribution

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