P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 220 lbs | Age: 42
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 6 7 5.66 38 18 0 97 85 1.63
2018 5 12 4.58 27 26 0 133.2 110 1.50
2019 5 3 3.47 69 0 0 70 63 1.36
14 Seasons 112 114 4.15 419 300 1 1,813.2 1,815 1.36
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 38 6-7 5.66 97 85 1.63
2018 27 5-12 4.58 133.2 110 1.50
2019 69 5-3 3.47 70 63 1.36
14 Seasons 419 112-114 4.15 1,813.2 1,815 1.36
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 31 2983 493 21 4.3 2.7 85.8 111.7 6.5 33.7 .228 .342 .282 .291 .354 28.2 26.5 9.1 3.38 3.48
2016 32 2793 469 30 6.4 4.1 88.4 117.1 6.4 28.6 .235 .386 .336 .320 .362 33.3 23.0 11.6 4.69 4.34
2017 33 1742 297 18 6.1 4.1 87.8 112.4 11.4 33.3 .258 .409 .354 .339 .370 34.5 19.4 12.1 5.66 5.03
2018 34 2265 398 30 7.5 5.1 88.0 110.9 9.3 34.4 .263 .442 .337 .355 .388 32.2 18.8 12.5 4.58 5.51
2019 35 1133 200 10 5.0 3.3 85.8 110.1 9.5 28.5 .221 .367 .309 .305 .327 29.0 20.9 11.9 3.47 4.08
Player 10916 1857 109 5.9 3.9 87.2 117.1 8.2 31.9 .241 .387 .321 .321 .363 31.4 22.3 11.2
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Liriano relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(35.1%) ,
Slider
(30.4%) ,
Changeup
(26.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(8.5%) ,


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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 53.8 46.2 15.2 26.4 4.7 34.3 41.6 24.1 23.7 21.9 8.1 10.5 19.7 16.0
2016 53.1 46.9 19.6 23.5 3.8 38.8 39.9 21.1 25.2 21.3 6.4 13.6 18.6 14.7
2017 45.5 54.5 20.9 26.3 7.4 36.0 40.4 23.2 18.9 20.9 5.4 17.2 19.5 17.8
2018 49.2 50.8 22.6 24.4 3.8 33.7 35.9 30.4 20.9 18.6 9.8 12.8 17.3 20.6
2019 52.0 48.0 22.5 19.0 6.5 38.0 38.5 23.5 23.5 23.0 5.5 14.5 15.5 18.0
Player 51.1 48.9 19.6 24.4 4.9 36.0 39.4 24.5 22.7 21.0 7.3 13.3 18.4 17.2
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 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 4.1 41.6 15.6 27.8 4.1 4.3 2.7
2016 3.2 39.7 17.3 25.4 6.0 6.4 4.1
2017 3.4 33.7 23.2 27.3 5.4 6.1 4.1
2018 3.3 38.2 19.3 25.4 5.3 7.5 5.1
2019 5.0 40.5 23.5 20.5 4.5 5.0 3.3
Player 3.7 39.0 18.9 25.8 5.1 5.9 3.9
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! 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 PIT L 295 87.0 29.0 -0.1 14.1ARM 0.3 7.1 0.8 14.1ARM -0.2
2019 4-Seam Fastball PIT L 96 92.8 18.1 -1.8 10.0ARM 2.5 13.9 -1.8 10.0ARM 2.3
2019 Slider PIT L 344 87.0 30.4 -3.3 2.1GLV -1.7 6.0 -4.4 2.1GLV -3.3
2019 Sinker PIT L 398 93.0 21.0 -1.3 13.6ARM -1.2 10.8 -1.3 13.6ARM -0.5
2018 Curveball DET L 5 77.0 51.1 -7.5 8.4GLV -1.2 -3.6 -5.7 8.4GLV 0.2
2018 4-Seam Fastball DET L 76 91.9 18.2 -1.4 8.7ARM 1.2 14.4 -1.2 8.7ARM 0.8
2018 Sinker DET L 979 92.0 21.7 -1.1 13.7ARM -0.9 10.8 -1.3 13.7ARM -0.6
2018 Changeup DET L 455 85.4 31.8 0.9 15.1ARM 1.4 5.7 1.9 15.1ARM 1.0
2018 Slider DET L 745 84.5 34.6 -2.5 2.9GLV -2.0 4.3 -2.7 2.9GLV -2.6
! 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 -1.0 -4 398 35.1 117 .302 .479 .414 10.1 11.1 14.4 .269 .457 .374 36.9
2019 Slider 1.5 5 344 30.4 82 .143 .286 .245 42.8 31.7 22.8 .156 .268 .210 17.6
2019 Changeup 0.8 2 295 26.0 82 .233 .370 .301 42.6 26.8 30.1 .222 .341 .280 24.5
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 96 8.5 20 .231 .308 .382 13.2 10.0 9.1 .250 .441 .417 41.7
2018 Sinker -2.1 -21 979 43.3 261 .327 .524 .443 10.2 9.2 12.2 .312 .507 .419 41.2
2018 Slider 0.8 6 745 33.0 195 .186 .350 .267 35.7 32.8 26.3 .214 .403 .304 28.9
2018 Changeup 1.0 4 455 20.1 113 .183 .260 .242 35.1 19.5 23.2 .218 .291 .257 14.5
2018 4-Seam Fastball -5.3 -4 76 3.4 15 .500 1.000 .754 11.1 0.0 0.0 .531 1.227 .725 50.0
2018 Curveball -12.9 -1 5 0.2 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .216 .472 .284 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.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 313 1,220 9 6 -5 -5 5
2009 580 2,221 1 8 -13 -9 -14
2010 804 3,016 22 18 -7 -13 20
2011 589 2,273 13 10 -15 -15 -7
2012 688 2,699 18 11 -18 -14 -3
2013 665 2,493 9 32 -12 -8 22
2014 681 2,677 8 20 -8 -14 7
2015 771 2,978 4 32 -8 -13 15
2016 730 2,792 -12 19 -15 -12 -19
2017 436 1,740 3 15 -20 -10 -12
2018 586 2,261 3 12 -15 -15 -15
2019 301 1,133 2 18 -11 -6 4
Player 7,144 27,503 82 200 -147 82 1
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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 2,983 40.8 64.2 81.2 31.6 46.1 43.6 57.6 44.9 33.5 4.5 70.1
2016 2,793 42.8 62.1 85.2 29.3 50.9 42.9 55.5 43.3 28.2 5.4 77.0
2017 1,742 44.3 62.6 82.4 24.1 60.7 43.3 54.6 41.2 24.7 7.0 78.7
2018 2,265 42.8 63.7 83.0 25.9 59.4 43.1 53.6 42.1 25.4 5.8 70.5
2019 1,133 45.7 69.5 78.3 29.6 52.2 41.7 60.5 47.8 30.4 7.2 79.3
Player 10,916 42.8 63.9 82.4 28.5 52.4 43.1 56.1 43.6 28.8 5.7 74.8
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 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 69 70 77 77 55 29 70 94 86 82 19 96 70 53 15 63
2016 37 68 58 54 24 20 39 55 60 66 7 83 56 55 12 61
2017 22 32 44 57 9 39 47 34 37 33 7 52 16 50 12 58
2018 6 17 19 22 3 18 28 59 74 24 7 53 26 36 9 56
2019 59 75 75 72 41 74 86 98 96 35 9 80 55 45 11 54
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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 22.23 26 22.0 4 11 18 7 26.9
2017 21.82 12 13.0 -1 9 8 7 58.3
2018 22.63 19 16.2 3 7 11 8 42.1
2019 24.62 8 8.2 0 5 7 2 25.0
Player 22.61 65 59.5 6 32 44 24 36.9
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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 26 24 13 23 22 19 24 23 15 19 23 22 24 22 23 24 17 21 25 23 23 18 27 26 23 22 21 29 26 23 17
2017 12 11 15 11 14 14 14 10 10 10 13 19 13 12 12 14 11 11 13 11 12 15 16 13 14 13 11 19 14 15 10
2018 19 21 11 14 17 15 19 14 14 11 15 19 15 13 16 19 14 16 17 20 17 18 20 18 14 14 14 19 20 19 13
2019 8 12 7 8 9 9 9 8 6 5 9 9 8 7 9 7 6 7 8 10 8 10 11 9 9 6 7 9 9 9 7
Player 65 68 46 56 62 57 66 55 45 45 60 69 60 54 60 64 48 55 63 64 60 61 74 66 60 55 53 76 69 66 47
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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

2019 +/-   2018 +/-   2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .232 -.020 .252 -.027 .279 +.027 .252 +.029 .223
xBA .221 -.042 .263 +.005 .258 +.023 .235 +.007 .228
OBP .330 -.020 .350 -.021 .371 +.024 .347 +.049 .298
xOBP .323 -.039 .362 +.005 .357 +.022 .335 +.031 .304
SLG .382 -.039 .421 -.033 .454 +.028 .426 +.094 .332
xSLG .367 -.075 .442 +.033 .409 +.023 .386 +.044 .342
ISO .151 -.018 .169 -.006 .175 .000 .175 +.066 .109
xISO .146 -.033 .179 +.028 .151 .000 .151 +.036 .115
BABIP .274 -.011 .285 -.046 .331 +.031 .300 +.006 .294
wOBA .309 -.028 .337 -.017 .354 +.018 .336 +.054 .282
xwOBA .305 -.050 .355 +.016 .339 +.019 .320 +.029 .291
wOBACON .333 -.028 .361 -.032 .393 +.006 .387 +.049 .338
xwOBACON .327 -.061 .388 +.018 .370 +.008 .362 +.008 .354
BACON .303 -.016 .319 -.037 .356 +.016 .340 +.024 .316
xBACON .293 -.044 .337 +.002 .335 +.013 .322 -.002 .324
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 29.0 -3.2 32.2 -2.3 34.5 +1.2 33.3 +5.1 28.2
Avg Exit Velocity 85.8 -2.2 88.0 +0.2 87.8 -0.6 88.4 +2.6 85.8
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 28.5 -5.9 34.4 +1.1 33.3 +4.7 28.6 -5.1 33.7
Barrel % 5.0 -2.5 7.5 +1.4 6.1 -0.3 6.4 +2.1 4.3
Avg Launch Angle 9.5 +0.2 9.3 -2.1 11.4 +5.0 6.4 -0.1 6.5
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 93.0 +1.0 92.0 -0.9 92.9 -0.4 93.3 +0.3 93.0
Breaking Velocity 87.0 +2.5 84.5 -0.9 85.4 -0.5 85.9 +0.4 85.5
Offspeed Velocity 87.0 +1.6 85.4 0.0 85.4 -0.5 85.9 +0.9 85.0
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 10 -20 30 +12 18 -12 30 +9 21
Popup % 6.5 +2.7 3.8 -3.6 7.4 +3.6 3.8 -0.9 4.7
Flyball % 22.5 -0.1 22.6 +1.7 20.9 +1.3 19.6 +4.4 15.2
Line Drive % 19.0 -5.4 24.4 -1.9 26.3 +2.8 23.5 -2.9 26.4
Groundball % 52.0 +2.8 49.2 +3.7 45.5 -7.6 53.1 -0.7 53.8
Pull % 38.0 +4.3 33.7 -2.3 36.0 -2.8 38.8 +4.5 34.3
Straight Away % 38.5 +2.6 35.9 -4.5 40.4 +0.5 39.9 -1.7 41.6
Opposite Field % 23.5 -6.9 30.4 +7.2 23.2 +2.1 21.1 -3.0 24.1
Weak Contact % 5.0 +1.7 3.3 -0.1 3.4 +0.2 3.2 -0.9 4.1
Pull Airball % 14.5 +1.7 12.8 -4.4 17.2 +3.6 13.6 +3.1 10.5
Topped Contact % 40.5 +2.3 38.2 +4.5 33.7 -6.0 39.7 -1.9 41.6
Under Contact % 23.5 +4.2 19.3 -3.9 23.2 +5.9 17.3 +1.7 15.6
Flare/Burner Contact % 20.5 -4.9 25.4 -1.9 27.3 +1.9 25.4 -2.4 27.8
Solid Contact % 4.5 -0.8 5.3 -0.1 5.4 -0.6 6.0 +1.9 4.1
HR/FB % 17.8 -3.3 21.1 +3.4 17.7 -10.6 28.3 +8.3 20.0
Popups 13 -2 15 -7 22 +4 18 -5 23
Flyballs 45 -45 90 +28 62 -30 92 +17 75
Line Drives 38 -59 97 +19 78 -32 110 -20 130
Groundballs 104 -92 196 +61 135 -114 249 -16 265
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 45.7 +2.9 42.8 -1.5 44.3 +1.5 42.8 +2.0 40.8
Out of Zone % 54.3 -2.9 57.2 +1.5 55.7 -1.5 57.2 -2.0 59.2
Edge % 41.7 -1.4 43.1 -0.2 43.3 +0.4 42.9 -0.7 43.6
Zone Swing % 69.5 +5.8 63.7 +1.1 62.6 +0.5 62.1 -2.1 64.2
Out of Zone Swing % 29.6 +3.7 25.9 +1.8 24.1 -5.2 29.3 -2.3 31.6
In Zone Contact % 78.3 -4.7 83.0 +0.6 82.4 -2.8 85.2 +4.0 81.2
Out of Zone Contact % 52.2 -7.2 59.4 -1.3 60.7 +9.8 50.9 +4.8 46.1
Whiff % 30.4 +5.0 25.4 +0.7 24.7 -3.5 28.2 -5.3 33.5
First Strike % 60.5 +6.9 53.6 -1.0 54.6 -0.9 55.5 -2.1 57.6
First Pitch Swing % 33.9 +9.2 24.7 -1.3 26.0 -0.8 26.8 -3.6 30.4
Swing % 47.8 +5.7 42.1 +0.9 41.2 -2.1 43.3 -1.6 44.9
Meatball Swing % 79.3 +8.8 70.5 -8.2 78.7 +1.7 77.0 +6.9 70.1
Meatball % 7.2 +1.4 5.8 -1.2 7.0 +1.6 5.4 +0.9 4.5
Zone Swing & Miss % 21.7 +4.7 17.0 -0.6 17.6 +2.6 15.0 -4.0 19.0
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 47.8 +7.2 40.6 +1.3 39.3 -9.8 49.1 -4.8 53.9
In Zone 518 -449 967 +196 771 -424 1,195 -22 1,217
Out of Zone 615 -679 1,294 +325 969 -629 1,598 -167 1,765
Edge 472 -503 975 +222 753 -444 1,197 -104 1,301
In Zone Swings 360 -256 616 +133 483 -259 742 -39 781
Out of Zone Swings 182 -153 335 +101 234 -234 468 -90 558
In Zone Swing & Misses 78 -27 105 +20 85 -26 111 -37 148
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 87 -49 136 +44 92 -138 230 -71 301
Basic
Pitches 1,133 -1,132 2,265 +523 1,742 -1,051 2,793 -190 2,983
PA 302 -284 586 +147 439 -292 731 -42 773
AB 259 -244 503 +126 377 -247 624 -71 695
Hits 60 -67 127 +22 105 -52 157 +2 155
Singles 37 -48 85 +21 64 -40 104 -8 112
Doubles 15 -3 18 -9 27 +4 23 -2 25
Triples 0 -5 5 +2 3 -1 4 +1 3
Home Runs 8 -11 19 +8 11 -15 26 +11 15
Walks 36 -37 73 +20 53 -32 85 +15 70
Strikeouts 63 -47 110 +25 85 -83 168 -37 205
K% 20.9 +2.1 18.8 -0.6 19.4 -3.6 23.0 -3.5 26.5
BB% 11.9 -0.6 12.5 +0.4 12.1 +0.5 11.6 +2.5 9.1
HBP 3 -2 5 +1 4 -5 9 +4 5
Batted Balls 200 -198 398 +101 297 -172 469 -24 493
Number of Fastballs 494 -561 1,055 +180 875 -557 1,432 +36 1,396
Number of Offspeed 295 -160 455 +161 294 -250 544 -64 608
Number of Breaking 344 -406 750 +179 571 -245 816 -158 974
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 723 .337 561 56 10.0 162 49 30.2
2017 Shifts 434 .350 336 5 1.5 98 36 36.7
2018 Shifts 586 .337 488 20 4.1 98 41 41.8
2019 Shifts 301 .309 213 26 12.2 88 36 40.9
! 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 887 15.0 45.1% 2.7% 497 22.0 0.6% 8.9%
2011 676 14.2 59.3% 1.2% 365 21.3 1.6% 9.3%
2012 830 14.6 54.9% 1.3% 390 22.0 1.3% 6.9%
2013 756 16.0 35.3% 0.7% 356 23.1 0.6% 9.6%
2014 748 15.7 40.9% 0.8% 468 22.0 0.6% 6.4%
2015 933 16.2 38.4% 4.3% 474 23.5 5.5% 23.8%
2016 804 15.9 40.7% 2.7% 538 22.4 6.3% 15.1%
2017 508 16.1 33.9% 1.0% 365 21.6 0.0% 4.9%
2018 683 15.3 45.5% 1.3% 418 21.6 0.0% 4.5%
2019 290 18.1 9.7% 0.7% 207 22.1 1.0% 8.2%

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Pitch Distribution