Matt Bush
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 10" 193LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2004 | Rd: 1, #1, San Diego Padres | Mission Bay HS (CA)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 0 0 6.75 4 0 0 4 5 1.25
2022 2 3 3.47 65 6 3 59.2 74 1.02
2023 0 2 9.58 12 0 1 10.1 10 1.65
6 Seasons 12 11 3.75 217 6 15 211 227 1.20
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 4 0-0 6.75 4 5 1.25
2022 65 2-3 3.47 59.2 74 1.02
2023 12 0-2 9.58 10.1 10 1.65
6 Seasons 217 12-11 3.75 211 227 1.20
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
2016 30 941 167 7 4.2 2.9 86.1 114.7 11.3 33.5 .218 .324 .232 .260 .317 27.5 25.1 5.8 2.48 2.80
2017 31 944 159 10 6.3 4.2 85.5 109.8 16.0 34.0 .241 .386 .325 .305 .360 27.0 24.2 7.9 3.78 3.98
2018 32 414 73 3 4.1 2.8 91.4 112.4 10.3 31.5 .252 .405 .356 .342 .354 47.9 17.6 13.0 4.70 5.06
2021 35 69 11 2 18.2 11.8 90.6 108.6 20.0 27.3 .184 .511 .446 .309 .414 36.4 29.4 5.9 6.75 4.03
2022 36 909 149 8 5.4 3.3 90.3 110.4 15.2 30.9 .185 .317 .274 .253 .325 39.6 30.3 7.4 3.47 2.62
2023 37 194 32 6 18.8 12.5 89.5 112.2 15.9 46.9 .342 .688 .429 .465 .567 40.6 20.8 12.5 9.58 10.87
Player 3471 591 36 6.1 4.0 87.9 114.7 13.9 33.3 .225 .371 .298 .292 .351 33.8 25.2 8.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Bush relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(52.1%) ,
Curveball
(39.2%) ,
Sinker
(6.7%) ,
Sweeper
(2.1%) ,


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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
2016 44.9 19.8 27.5 7.8 32.9 39.5 27.5 4.2 34.7 26.9 24.0 4.8 4.2 2.9
2017 39.0 24.5 25.2 11.3 34.0 35.8 30.2 6.9 27.0 30.2 26.4 3.1 6.3 4.2
2018 47.9 21.9 26.0 4.1 28.8 30.1 41.1 1.4 41.1 21.9 23.3 8.2 4.1 2.8
2021 27.3 45.5 18.2 9.1 54.5 0.0 45.5 0.0 27.3 45.5 0.0 9.1 18.2 11.8
2022 42.3 34.2 16.8 6.7 27.5 37.6 34.9 2.7 30.9 31.5 20.1 8.7 5.4 3.3
2023 31.3 31.3 31.3 6.3 46.9 31.3 21.9 3.1 25.0 21.9 28.1 3.1 18.8 12.5
Player 42.0 26.1 24.0 8.0 32.5 35.7 31.8 4.1 31.8 28.4 23.4 5.8 6.1 4.0
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2023 Curveball MIL R 76 77.1 60.1 4.8 10.9GLV -0.5 -13.6 3.7 10.9GLV 2.0
2023 Sinker MIL R 13 93.9 14.4 -8.7 13.2ARM -2.1 16.8 -9.2 13.2ARM -1.8
2023 Sweeper MIL R 4 80.3 40.2 -0.2 14.7GLV 0.1 2.1 -0.6 14.7GLV 0.6
2023 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 101 94.4 11.7 3.8 5.2ARM -3.0 19.1 3.3 5.2ARM -2.2
2022 Cutter MIL R 147 92.9 22.1 -0.3 2.1GLV 0.6 9.6 1.3 2.1GLV -0.6
2022 Curveball MIL R 320 81.0 51.8 2.4 8.4GLV -1.7 -10.0 0.1 8.4GLV -0.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 439 97.3 10.0 3.6 6.7ARM -2.1 19.0 2.8 6.7ARM -0.6
2022 Sinker MIL R 3 96.0 13.7 -7.2 13.4ARM -2.2 16.1 -7.8 13.4ARM -1.4
! 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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.5 -2 101 52.1 25 .333 .762 .494 26.1 24.0 22.2 .354 .711 .488 53.3
2023 Curveball -0.8 -1 76 39.2 19 .167 .500 .295 40.0 21.1 16.0 .316 .565 .391 28.6
2023 Sinker 4.1 1 13 6.7 3 .000 .000 .233 0.0 0.0 -- .169 .209 .335 0.0
2023 Sweeper -25.7 -1 4 2.1 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 -- .877 3.401 1.717 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 439 48.3 121 .190 .362 .315 26.3 31.4 30.4 .183 .338 .283 45.6
2022 Curveball 2.2 7 320 35.2 91 .163 .291 .213 35.1 31.9 28.2 .164 .256 .203 29.3
2022 Cutter -2.4 -4 147 16.2 30 .321 .607 .457 28.6 23.3 23.3 .260 .426 .295 47.8
2022 Sinker 0.9 0 3 0.3 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Curveball 75 77.1 81 20.2 7:30 7:15 15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 100 94.4 93 19.5 12:45 12:30 15
2023 Sinker 13 93.9 90 21.3 12:30 1:15 -45
2022 Curveball 320 81.0 67 15.4 7:45 7:15 30
2022 Cutter 147 92.9 52 9.5 11:45 11:30 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 439 97.3 94 19.9 12:45 12:45 0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 256 993 6 18 -3 -4 18
2017 240 943 5 -4 -1 -4 -4
2018 108 414 3 -1 -5 -3 -7
2022 242 909 -1 12 -4 -4 4
2023 48 194 -3 2 -2 -1 -4
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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 %
2016 941 54.3 71.8 74.9 27.4 62.7 44.7 65.8 51.5 27.8 8.2 81.8
2017 944 53.7 71.5 80.7 30.4 57.9 40.5 55.4 52.5 25.2 9.2 75.9
2018 414 51.9 63.7 83.2 22.1 56.8 44.9 53.7 43.7 23.2 7.0 75.9
2021 69 42.0 69.0 90.0 22.5 22.2 43.5 52.9 42.0 31.0 2.9 50.0
2022 909 52.1 62.2 78.0 27.8 50.4 41.5 65.3 45.8 30.0 7.8 77.5
2023 194 46.9 64.8 78.0 26.2 48.1 40.2 52.1 44.3 30.2 7.2 71.4
Player 3,471 52.6 67.9 78.6 27.5 55.8 42.5 60.5 48.8 27.3 8.1 77.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 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
2016 91 83 89 91 94 87 81 94 92 77 82 81 31 97 99 55 43
2017 59 55 62 64 58 66 42 89 93 65 57 54 76 97 99 56 54
2018 91 96 58 32
2022 93 95 87 63 93 87 80 8 31 87 54 79 31 93 98 47 39
2023 56 88 48 57
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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 22.2 4 3.6 0 1 2 2 50.0
2017 22.5 7 6.9 0 4 8 1 14.3
2018 24.7 3 1.3 2 2 3 0 0.0
2021 22.5 3 2.5 1 0 2 1 33.3
2022 23.7 11 7.9 3 1 8 2 18.2
2023 22.3 5 4.6 0 0 5 1 20.0
Player 23.0 33 26.7 6 8 28 7 21.2
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 5 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 2 4 3 5 5 4 4 3 4 5 3 3
2017 7 5 5 10 8 8 9 8 5 5 7 11 4 5 8 6 7 8 8 6 7 6 9 8 6 6 8 8 7 7 3
2018 3 1 0 4 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
2021 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 2 3 3 2 3 3
2022 11 9 4 8 9 9 9 7 6 6 7 8 10 8 8 10 9 8 6 8 7 6 9 9 7 7 8 10 10 8 6
2023 5 4 3 5 5 4 6 3 5 3 5 5 4 3 6 6 6 4 6 5 5 5 6 6 2 3 5 5 5 5 2
Player 33 26 17 33 29 28 33 28 22 19 25 33 26 21 30 30 27 27 29 26 26 23 36 33 21 22 27 30 30 27 18
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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

Metric 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.7 96.6 -1.1 ↓ -- -1.1 ↓ -- -- -- -- 95.0 -- 96.2 1.2 ↑ 94.4 -1.8 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 92.4 90.5 -1.9 ↓ -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 85.5 81.4 -4.1 ↓ -- -1.3 ↓ -- -- -- -- 83.2 -- 81.0 -2.2 ↓ 77.3 -3.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 86.1 85.5 -0.6 ↓ -- 5.9 ↑ -- -- -- -- 90.6 -- 90.3 -0.3 ↓ 89.5 -0.8 ↓
Launch Angle 11.3 16.0 4.7 ↑ -- -5.7 ↓ -- -- -- -- 20.0 -- 15.2 -4.8 ↓ 15.9 0.7 ↑
Barrel % 4.2 6.3 2.1 ↑ -- -2.2 ↓ -- -- -- -- 18.2 -- 5.4 -12.8 ↓ 18.8 13.4 ↑
Hard Hit % 27.5 27.0 -0.5 ↓ -- 20.9 ↑ -- -- -- -- 36.4 -- 39.6 3.2 ↑ 40.6 1.0 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.5 34.0 0.5 ↑ -- -2.5 ↓ -- -- -- -- 27.3 -- 30.9 3.6 ↑ 46.9 16.0 ↑
xBA .218 .241 0.023 ↑ -- 0.011 ↑ -- -- -- -- .184 -- .185 0.001 ↑ .342 0.157 ↑
BA .196 .264 0.068 ↑ -- -0.008 ↓ -- -- -- -- .250 -- .196 -0.054 ↓ .262 0.066 ↑
xwOBA .260 .305 0.045 ↑ -- 0.037 ↑ -- -- -- -- .309 -- .253 -0.056 ↓ .465 0.212 ↑
wOBA .232 .325 0.093 ↑ -- 0.031 ↑ -- -- -- -- .446 -- .274 -0.172 ↓ .429 0.155 ↑
xSLG .324 .386 0.062 ↑ -- 0.019 ↑ -- -- -- -- .511 -- .317 -0.194 ↓ .688 0.371 ↑
SLG .281 .417 0.136 ↑ -- 0.050 ↑ -- -- -- -- .813 -- .365 -0.448 ↓ .690 0.325 ↑
K% 25.1 24.2 -0.9 ↓ -- -6.6 ↓ -- -- -- -- 29.4 -- 30.3 0.9 ↑ 20.8 -9.5 ↓
BB% 5.8 7.9 2.1 ↑ -- 5.1 ↑ -- -- -- -- 5.9 -- 7.4 1.5 ↑ 12.5 5.1 ↑
Swing % 51.5 52.5 1.0 ↑ -- -8.8 ↓ -- -- -- -- 42.0 -- 45.8 3.8 ↑ 44.3 -1.5 ↓
Whiff% 27.8 25.2 -2.6 ↓ -- -2.0 ↓ -- -- -- -- 31.0 -- 30.0 -1.0 ↓ 30.2 0.2 ↑
In Zone % 54.3 53.7 -0.6 ↓ -- -1.8 ↓ -- -- -- -- 42.0 -- 52.1 10.1 ↑ 46.9 -5.2 ↓
Out of Zone % 45.7 46.3 0.6 ↑ -- 1.8 ↑ -- -- -- -- 58.0 -- 47.9 -10.1 ↓ 53.1 5.2 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 27.4 30.4 3.0 ↑ -- -8.3 ↓ -- -- -- -- 22.5 -- 27.8 5.3 ↑ 26.2 -1.6 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 33.7 30.8 -2.9 ↓ -- -3.9 ↓ -- -- -- -- 17.6 -- 28.9 11.3 ↑ 27.1 -1.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 65.8 55.4 -10.4 ↓ -- -1.7 ↓ -- -- -- -- 52.9 -- 65.3 12.4 ↑ 52.1 -13.2 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 240 .231 149 2 1.3 91 10 11.0
2017 Shifts 240 .325 142 1 0.7 98 21 21.4
2018 Shifts 108 .356 75 1 1.3 33 4 12.1
2021 Shifts 17 .446 11 1 9.1 6 4 66.7
2022 Shifts 242 .274 150 28 18.7 92 60 65.2
2023 Shades 48 .429 23 1 4.3 25 6 24.0
! 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 %
2016 249 19.5 12.9% 2.0% 159 23.4 3.1% 15.1%
2017 220 20.0 3.6% 1.8% 165 24.3 0.0% 18.8%
2018 110 18.4 10.0% 1.8% 90 20.6 3.3% 10.0%
2021 29 18.1 17.2% 0.0% 7 21.5 0.0% 0.0%
2022 290 19.2 4.8% 2.8% 127 22.1 0.0% 3.9%
2023 54 16.0 38.9% 0.0% 38 19.3 2.6% 2.6%

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Pitch Distribution

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