Brian Matusz
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 5" 190LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 1, #4, Baltimore Orioles | San Diego
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2014 2 3 3.48 63 0 0 51.2 53 1.32
2015 1 4 2.94 58 0 0 49 56 1.18
2016 0 0 14.00 8 1 0 9 3 2.89
8 Seasons 27 41 4.92 280 69 0 528.2 462 1.46
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2014 63 2-3 3.48 51.2 53 1.32
2015 58 1-4 2.94 49 56 1.18
2016 8 0-0 14.00 9 3 2.89
8 Seasons 280 27-41 4.92 528.2 462 1.46
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 28 833 127 10 7.9 4.9 88.4 112.5 16.1 36.2 .207 .370 .280 .294 .363 28.3 27.2 9.7 2.94 3.54
2016 29 205 40 6 15.0 11.3 88.4 108.4 15.8 40.0 .377 .735 .559 .502 .492 40.0 5.7 17.0 14.00 13.60
Player 1038 167 16 9.6 6.2 88.4 112.5 16.0 37.1 .239 .438 .337 .337 .394 31.1 22.8 11.2
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

Matusz relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(48.8%) ,
Slider
(24.4%) ,
Changeup
(16.1%) ,
Curveball
(8.8%) ,
Sinker
(2.0%) ,


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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 36.2 28.3 26.8 8.7 40.2 37.8 22.0 0.8 29.1 30.7 22.0 7.1 7.9 4.9
2016 40.0 27.5 27.5 5.0 47.5 32.5 20.0 5.0 32.5 17.5 22.5 5.0 15.0 11.3
Player 37.1 28.1 26.9 7.8 41.9 36.5 21.6 1.8 29.9 27.5 22.2 6.6 9.6 6.2
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
2016 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 99 90.1 13.8 3.3 19 7.2 0.2 3
2016 Curveball CHC L 18 78.5 45.2 -10.8 -19 9.6 2.2 30
2016 Sinker CHC L 4 89.9 15.8 -6.8 -30 13.7 0.6 5
2016 Slider CHC L 50 84.6 32.1 -5.2 -14 2.0 -3.5 -64
2016 Changeup CHC L 33 82.5 22.9 -8.7 -28 11.2 -1.0 -8
2015 Changeup BAL L 112 82.7 25.0 -6.5 -21 11.8 -0.9 -7
2015 Slider BAL L 224 84.4 37.5 -0.4 -1 3.2 -2.1 -40
2015 Sinker BAL L 52 90.3 18.7 -4.3 -19 15.2 1.5 11
2015 4-Seam Fastball BAL L 405 91.4 13.9 2.5 15 7.7 0.3 4
2015 Curveball BAL L 24 77.6 49.7 -6.7 -12 10.6 1.8 21
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 195 744 5 3 -4 -4 0
2010 733 2,877 20 2 -17 -10 -5
2011 243 940 -8 -20 -6 -3 -37
2012 453 1,747 7 4 -12 -5 -6
2013 206 848 4 6 -4 -2 4
2014 225 915 0 5 -4 -2 -2
2015 203 822 3 10 -7 -4 1
2016 53 205 -6 -1 -2 -1 -10
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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 833 50.4 69.0 74.8 25.7 52.8 41.7 61.2 47.5 30.3 8.3 85.5
2016 205 48.3 67.7 83.6 19.8 71.4 41.0 47.2 42.9 19.3 4.9 70.0
Player 1,038 50.0 68.8 76.5 24.5 55.9 41.5 58.3 46.6 28.3 7.6 83.5
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 66 88 61 24 62 63 6 40 85 85 14 90 12 27 98 5
2016 13 89 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 24.5 6 5.8 0 1 1 5 83.3
Player 24.5 6 5.8 0 1 1 5 83.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 6 6 7 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
Player 6 6 7 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.2 90.1 -1.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 82.7 82.5 -0.2 ↓
Breaking Velocity 83.7 83.0 -0.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.4 88.4 0.0
Launch Angle 16.1 15.8 -0.3 ↓
Barrel % 7.9 15.0 7.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 28.3 40.0 11.7 ↑
Sweet Spot % 36.2 40.0 3.8 ↑
xBA .207 .377 0.170 ↑
BA .211 .415 0.204 ↑
xwOBA .294 .502 0.208 ↑
wOBA .280 .559 0.279 ↑
xSLG .370 .735 0.365 ↑
SLG .339 .878 0.539 ↑
K% 27.2 5.7 -21.5 ↓
BB% 9.7 17.0 7.3 ↑
Swing % 47.5 42.9 -4.6 ↓
Whiff% 30.3 19.3 -11.0 ↓
In Zone % 50.4 48.3 -2.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.6 51.7 2.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 25.7 19.8 -5.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 33.0 30.2 -2.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.2 47.2 -14.0 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 53 .559 31 2 6.5 22 2 9.1
! 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 806 16.0 36.4% 2.6% 519 21.0 2.5% 9.1%
2011 282 15.8 35.1% 1.1% 193 21.9 0.0% 6.2%
2012 431 15.8 37.4% 0.5% 335 19.4 2.4% 6.0%
2013 232 18.7 4.3% 2.2% 145 21.3 0.0% 6.2%
2014 231 19.2 4.8% 1.3% 176 23.3 1.7% 9.7%
2015 205 19.3 14.6% 3.4% 164 21.7 4.9% 13.4%
2016 45 18.6 13.3% 4.4% 49 21.7 2.0% 6.1%
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Pitch Distribution

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