Matt Cain
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 230LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2002 | Rd: 1, #25, San Francisco Giants | Houston HS (Germantown, Tenn)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 2 4 5.79 13 11 0 60.2 41 1.50
2016 4 8 5.64 21 17 0 89.1 72 1.51
2017 3 11 5.43 27 23 0 124.1 75 1.66
13 Seasons 104 118 3.68 342 331 0 2,085.2 1,694 1.23
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 13 2-4 5.79 60.2 41 1.50
2016 21 4-8 5.64 89.1 72 1.51
2017 27 3-11 5.43 124.1 75 1.66
13 Seasons 342 104-118 3.68 2,085.2 1,694 1.23
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 30 993 206 22 10.7 8.1 89.2 112.2 16.8 36.9 .304 .568 .380 .399 .445 40.8 15.1 7.4 5.79 7.12
2016 31 1568 287 20 7.0 5.0 88.9 112.9 16.1 33.1 .270 .456 .367 .343 .386 33.4 18.1 8.1 5.64 5.07
2017 32 2083 441 27 6.1 4.8 88.5 112.4 12.0 34.9 .296 .489 .358 .361 .389 36.6 13.2 8.6 5.43 5.81
Player 4644 934 69 7.4 5.6 88.8 112.9 14.3 34.8 .290 .496 .366 .364 .400 36.5 15.2 8.2
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

Cain relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(35.3%) ,
Curveball
(23.1%) ,
Sinker
(19.9%) ,
Changeup
(10.9%) ,
Slider
(10.7%) ,


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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 36.4 23.3 32.0 8.3 33.5 32.0 34.5 2.4 26.2 24.8 24.8 8.3 10.7 8.1
2016 40.8 21.6 27.2 10.5 33.4 39.4 25.4 2.4 29.6 25.4 24.4 6.6 7.0 5.0
2017 44.2 22.7 26.8 6.3 39.0 40.1 20.9 4.5 31.1 24.0 26.8 5.4 6.1 4.8
Player 41.4 22.5 28.1 8.0 36.1 38.1 25.3 3.4 29.6 24.6 25.6 6.4 7.4 5.6
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
2017 Sinker SF R 411 89.0 26.3 2.2 9 17.2 2.0 13
2017 Slider SF R 220 83.1 36.1 -3.2 -8 2.8 -2.3 -45
2017 Changeup SF R 225 83.0 37.4 5.1 16 12.2 -1.7 -12
2017 4-Seam Fastball SF R 728 89.3 21.2 -3.2 -18 11.2 2.4 28
2017 Curveball SF R 477 74.5 58.5 -2.3 -4 15.2 4.7 44
2016 4-Seam Fastball SF R 711 91.0 19.6 -1.6 -9 7.6 -0.2 -3
2016 Changeup SF R 180 85.1 36.3 4.9 16 9.3 -3.1 -25
2016 Sinker SF R 58 90.8 25.2 2.3 10 13.2 -0.9 -6
2016 Slider SF R 390 85.5 33.6 -2.4 -7 4.4 -0.6 -11
2016 Curveball SF R 214 77.0 56.2 -0.7 -1 14.7 4.7 48
2015 4-Seam Fastball SF R 382 91.6 19.1 -1.8 -11 8.9 1.1 15
2015 Curveball SF R 104 77.2 55.8 -0.7 -1 13.8 4.0 41
2015 Slider SF R 212 86.0 34.3 -1.5 -4 3.8 -1.1 -23
2015 Changeup SF R 172 85.6 34.8 3.6 12 11.7 -1.1 -9
2015 Sinker SF R 108 91.0 25.0 1.5 6 14.4 0.0 0
! 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 -0.5 -3 728 34.9 181 .342 .553 .424 11.4 16.0 14.6 .325 .555 .406 44.4
2017 Curveball -0.4 -2 477 22.9 134 .228 .402 .275 16.8 19.4 17.6 .233 .387 .275 29.8
2017 Sinker -1.9 -8 411 19.7 123 .370 .528 .434 10.4 10.6 12.6 .317 .513 .388 35.1
2017 Changeup 1.3 3 225 10.8 60 .268 .375 .311 9.7 1.7 2.9 .311 .490 .363 35.7
2017 Slider -2.3 -5 220 10.6 60 .346 .462 .404 13.0 10.0 10.2 .308 .486 .374 35.4
! 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 878 3,420 9 26 -19 -11 6
2009 862 3,271 35 31 -15 -12 38
2010 973 3,789 34 24 -11 -13 33
2011 901 3,468 24 36 -10 -15 35
2012 997 3,807 31 34 -16 -14 35
2013 755 2,909 -2 28 -13 -14 0
2014 372 1,432 0 8 -6 -7 -5
2015 271 992 -10 9 -3 -5 -9
2016 396 1,562 -5 15 -14 -6 -10
2017 559 2,064 6 -1 -14 -6 -15
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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 993 48.0 65.5 85.9 30.6 67.1 43.4 59.0 47.3 19.8 6.6 72.3
2016 1,568 48.4 65.0 83.6 25.7 62.0 40.6 63.2 44.7 21.8 6.9 73.1
2017 2,083 49.4 64.2 90.1 23.4 77.6 43.0 63.4 43.5 12.5 7.5 74.2
Player 4,644 48.7 64.7 87.0 25.8 69.6 42.3 62.4 44.7 17.3 7.1 73.5
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 1 1 1 1 1 26 1 18 2 15 49 25 61 31 93 85 4
2016 18 19 18 18 19 36 26 37 59 28 44 38 14 21 95 90 6
2017 8 4 8 21 8 19 47 17 18 4 44 1 8 8 88 77 3
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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 23.0 16 15.1 1 0 13 6 37.5
2017 22.0 18 21.2 -3 6 13 11 61.1
Player 22.4 34 36.3 -2 6 26 17 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 16 17 12 13 16 11 19 12 14 11 14 16 16 14 16 17 9 13 17 18 15 14 19 18 12 15 18 19 17 18 13
2017 18 23 19 22 22 22 24 22 21 18 21 23 19 20 24 22 19 18 23 22 20 20 26 22 20 20 22 24 23 21 14
Player 34 40 31 35 38 33 43 34 35 29 35 39 35 34 40 39 28 31 40 40 35 34 45 40 32 35 40 43 40 39 27
! 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 91.5 90.9 -0.6 ↓ 89.2 -1.7 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 85.6 85.1 -0.5 ↓ 83.0 -2.1 ↓
Breaking Velocity 83.1 82.5 -0.6 ↓ 77.2 -5.3 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.2 88.9 -0.3 ↓ 88.5 -0.4 ↓
Launch Angle 16.8 16.1 -0.7 ↓ 12.0 -4.1 ↓
Barrel % 10.7 7.0 -3.7 ↓ 6.1 -0.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 40.8 33.4 -7.4 ↓ 36.6 3.2 ↑
Sweet Spot % 36.9 33.1 -3.8 ↓ 34.9 1.8 ↑
xBA .304 .270 -0.034 ↓ .296 0.026 ↑
BA .293 .299 0.006 ↑ .310 0.011 ↑
xwOBA .399 .343 -0.056 ↓ .361 0.018 ↑
wOBA .380 .367 -0.013 ↓ .358 -0.009 ↓
xSLG .568 .456 -0.112 ↓ .489 0.033 ↑
SLG .545 .501 -0.044 ↓ .477 -0.024 ↓
K% 15.1 18.1 3.0 ↑ 13.2 -4.9 ↓
BB% 7.4 8.1 0.7 ↑ 8.6 0.5 ↑
Swing % 47.3 44.7 -2.6 ↓ 43.5 -1.2 ↓
Whiff% 19.8 21.8 2.0 ↑ 12.5 -9.3 ↓
In Zone % 48.0 48.4 0.4 ↑ 49.4 1.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 52.0 51.6 -0.4 ↓ 50.6 -1.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30.6 25.7 -4.9 ↓ 23.4 -2.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 29.5 25.7 -3.8 ↓ 28.6 2.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.0 63.2 4.2 ↑ 63.4 0.2 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 387 .366 222 18 8.1 165 54 32.7
2017 Shifts 559 .356 311 13 4.2 248 60 24.2
! 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 1088 15.0 48.4% 0.6% 469 22.0 0.6% 10.4%
2011 1040 14.9 52.0% 0.3% 525 21.5 1.5% 5.0%
2012 972 15.8 39.1% 0.6% 508 23.1 0.0% 6.3%
2013 870 16.6 26.2% 0.8% 436 23.6 0.0% 7.6%
2014 482 17.3 22.6% 0.4% 194 24.1 0.0% 11.3%
2015 278 17.2 34.2% 4.0% 162 24.9 4.3% 21.6%
2016 464 16.8 33.6% 1.9% 296 23.2 4.4% 17.6%
2017 580 14.9 50.9% 1.0% 434 21.9 0.5% 5.5%
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Pitch Distribution

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