Matt Albers
P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 225LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2001 | Rd: 23, #686, Houston Astros | Clements School HS (Sugar Land, TX)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 7 2 1.62 63 0 2 61 63 0.85
2018 3 3 7.34 34 0 1 34.1 32 1.66
2019 8 6 5.13 67 0 4 59.2 57 1.37
14 Seasons 47 48 4.35 616 24 7 759 571 1.40
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 63 7-2 1.62 61 63 0.85
2018 34 3-3 7.34 34.1 32 1.66
2019 67 8-6 5.13 59.2 57 1.37
14 Seasons 616 47-48 4.35 759 571 1.40
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 32 566 111 5 4.5 3.4 85.6 108.1 3.4 25.2 .206 .325 .258 .261 .297 23.4 18.8 6.0 1.21 2.78
2016 33 891 184 18 9.8 7.6 89.3 113.4 9.6 32.6 .285 .521 .397 .372 .396 38.0 12.7 8.1 6.31 6.13
2017 34 966 149 5 3.4 2.1 83.4 110.7 7.9 28.2 .190 .283 .232 .248 .291 21.9 27.0 7.3 1.62 2.59
2018 35 673 111 10 9.0 6.4 87.2 110.7 10.5 34.2 .268 .482 .400 .348 .412 35.1 20.4 7.6 7.34 5.26
2019 36 1005 169 10 5.9 3.9 87.2 110.6 7.7 31.4 .233 .377 .311 .307 .344 33.1 22.1 11.2 5.13 4.14
Player 4101 724 48 6.6 4.6 86.7 113.4 8.0 30.5 .237 .397 .318 .308 .350 30.9 20.3 8.3
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

Albers relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(46.4%) ,
Slider
(33.1%) ,
Changeup
(10.3%) ,
Four Seamer
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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 58.6 17.1 19.8 4.5 37.8 36.0 25.2 3.6 50.5 19.8 17.1 2.7 4.5 3.4
2016 49.5 21.7 22.3 6.5 34.8 39.7 25.5 3.3 41.3 17.9 20.1 6.0 9.8 7.6
2017 51.7 16.8 22.8 8.7 37.6 36.2 26.2 4.7 40.3 22.1 22.1 3.4 3.4 2.1
2018 46.8 21.6 21.6 9.9 39.6 37.8 20.7 5.4 36.9 19.8 19.8 7.2 9.0 6.4
2019 52.1 16.6 24.3 7.1 41.4 38.5 20.1 4.1 39.6 20.1 23.1 5.3 5.9 3.9
Player 51.5 18.8 22.4 7.3 38.1 37.8 23.6 4.1 41.4 19.9 20.7 5.0 6.6 4.6
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
2019 Changeup MIL R 104 83.7 35.0 0.6 14.4ARM -0.3 4.1 2.8 14.4ARM 0.9
2019 Slider MIL R 333 83.4 39.2 0.4 5.4GLV -1.4 0.4 1.4 5.4GLV 0.3
2019 Sinker MIL R 466 92.7 25.6 2.4 17.5ARM 2.6 6.1 3.0 17.5ARM 2.6
2019 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 102 93.2 19.1 -2.7 12.9ARM 4.8 12.1 -3.5 12.9ARM 5.4
2018 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 136 91.9 19.8 -2.5 13.3ARM 5.3 12.5 -3.2 13.3ARM 6.1
2018 Sinker MIL R 300 91.5 26.5 2.3 17.4ARM 2.6 6.1 3.2 17.4ARM 2.7
2018 Slider MIL R 160 85.1 33.7 -3.1 3.6GLV -1.2 4.3 -2.5 3.6GLV -1.7
2018 Changeup MIL R 76 83.1 37.1 2.4 14.4ARM -0.1 2.7 4.0 14.4ARM 1.1
! 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 0.8 4 466 46.4 145 .227 .375 .328 20.5 23.4 24.8 .216 .361 .297 30.9
2019 Slider 0.2 1 333 33.1 61 .255 .364 .316 30.3 24.6 18.5 .269 .390 .324 34.1
2019 Changeup -3.1 -3 104 10.3 20 .214 .429 .400 34.8 5.0 6.3 .285 .413 .414 30.8
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 1 102 10.1 29 .280 .560 .352 16.1 24.1 14.3 .218 .416 .274 42.9
2018 Sinker -1.8 -5 300 44.6 81 .333 .569 .429 14.4 17.3 14.0 .283 .516 .373 42.4
2018 Slider -1.9 -3 160 23.8 26 .208 .417 .269 33.3 26.9 12.1 .194 .285 .232 27.8
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -2 136 20.2 38 .382 .735 .468 28.0 26.3 15.9 .276 .583 .388 32.0
2018 Changeup -1.7 -1 76 11.3 10 .300 .600 .375 36.8 10.0 5.9 .317 .384 .306 11.1
! 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 193 727 6 9 -4 -3 8
2009 305 1,185 -9 15 -8 -9 -10
2010 322 1,276 6 17 -8 -10 5
2011 289 1,166 8 4 -9 -5 -3
2012 238 882 10 0 -7 -5 -1
2013 259 933 4 9 -8 -4 2
2014 42 170 1 2 -2 -1 1
2015 147 557 8 9 -6 -2 10
2016 235 887 -13 2 -6 -5 -22
2017 238 995 13 9 -4 -4 14
2018 155 673 -8 4 -4 -3 -11
2019 255 1,005 4 12 -7 -7 2
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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 566 45.2 60.2 87.7 28.1 70.1 41.7 59.1 42.6 18.3 6.5 67.6
2016 891 45.1 64.4 87.3 29.0 71.1 40.0 60.2 45.0 17.5 6.4 68.4
2017 966 48.5 62.9 82.8 25.8 62.2 43.4 61.8 43.9 22.9 6.4 83.6
2018 673 44.3 73.5 83.1 30.7 63.5 43.1 63.1 49.6 23.4 7.6 90.2
2019 1,005 41.3 61.7 86.7 28.0 56.4 41.6 61.2 41.9 24.0 7.3 78.1
Player 4,101 44.8 64.3 85.3 28.2 64.0 41.9 61.1 44.4 21.4 6.8 78.1
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
2015 19 9 88
2016 2 6 2 1 8 41 1 28 20 3 44 8 49 46 13 78
2017 96 95 98 97 93 93 92 99 99 80 67 39 28 54 17 83
2018 31 12 78
2019 56 62 69 75 34 74 70 83 77 45 14 39 37 42 11 80
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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 21.9 10 11.2 -1 6 11 2 20.0
2017 21.7 6 6.6 -1 3 6 2 33.3
2018 25.5 10 6.8 3 2 2 5 50.0
2019 23.1 8 6.2 2 6 4 2 25.0
Player 23.2 34 30.8 3 17 23 11 32.4
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 10 12 9 12 13 9 12 10 9 9 12 11 12 11 10 13 6 10 12 13 11 9 16 14 11 11 10 15 13 12 8
2017 6 7 6 6 9 6 8 7 6 4 8 9 5 6 6 7 6 5 6 7 7 6 8 8 7 5 6 10 7 6 5
2018 10 8 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 6 5 8 7 7
2019 8 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 4 5 5 7 8 5 6 6 4 6 6 6 6 8 7 9 6 6 6 8 7 6 4
Player 34 33 26 30 35 28 34 30 25 24 31 33 33 29 29 33 23 28 32 33 31 30 38 39 31 29 28 38 35 31 24
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.4 92.7 2.3 ↑ 93.2 0.5 ↑ 91.7 -1.5 ↓ 92.8 1.1 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 82.2 84.3 2.1 ↑ 84.5 0.2 ↑ 83.1 -1.4 ↓ 83.7 0.6 ↑
Breaking Velocity 84.1 85.8 1.7 ↑ 86.8 1.0 ↑ 85.1 -1.7 ↓ 83.4 -1.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 85.6 89.3 3.7 ↑ 83.4 -5.9 ↓ 87.2 3.8 ↑ 87.2 0.0
Launch Angle 3.4 9.6 6.2 ↑ 7.9 -1.7 ↓ 10.5 2.6 ↑ 7.7 -2.8 ↓
Barrel % 4.5 9.8 5.3 ↑ 3.4 -6.4 ↓ 9.0 5.6 ↑ 5.9 -3.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 23.4 38.0 14.6 ↑ 21.9 -16.1 ↓ 35.1 13.2 ↑ 33.1 -2.0 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.2 32.6 7.4 ↑ 28.2 -4.4 ↓ 34.2 6.0 ↑ 31.4 -2.8 ↓
xBA .206 .285 0.079 ↑ .190 -0.095 ↓ .268 0.078 ↑ .233 -0.035 ↓
BA .228 .321 0.093 ↑ .166 -0.155 ↓ .321 0.155 ↑ .239 -0.082 ↓
xwOBA .261 .372 0.111 ↑ .248 -0.124 ↓ .348 0.100 ↑ .307 -0.041 ↓
wOBA .258 .397 0.139 ↑ .232 -0.165 ↓ .400 0.168 ↑ .311 -0.089 ↓
xSLG .325 .521 0.196 ↑ .283 -0.238 ↓ .482 0.199 ↑ .377 -0.105 ↓
SLG .324 .560 0.236 ↑ .280 -0.280 ↓ .586 0.306 ↑ .396 -0.190 ↓
K% 18.8 12.7 -6.1 ↓ 27.0 14.3 ↑ 20.4 -6.6 ↓ 22.1 1.7 ↑
BB% 6.0 8.1 2.1 ↑ 7.3 -0.8 ↓ 7.6 0.3 ↑ 11.2 3.6 ↑
Swing % 42.6 45.0 2.4 ↑ 43.9 -1.1 ↓ 49.6 5.7 ↑ 41.9 -7.7 ↓
Whiff% 18.3 17.5 -0.8 ↓ 22.9 5.4 ↑ 23.4 0.5 ↑ 24.0 0.6 ↑
In Zone % 45.2 45.1 -0.1 ↓ 48.5 3.4 ↑ 44.3 -4.2 ↓ 41.3 -3.0 ↓
Out of Zone % 54.8 54.9 0.1 ↑ 51.5 -3.4 ↓ 55.7 4.2 ↑ 58.7 3.0 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 28.1 29.0 0.9 ↑ 25.8 -3.2 ↓ 30.7 4.9 ↑ 28.0 -2.7 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 17.4 25.8 8.4 ↑ 27.0 1.2 ↑ 35.7 8.7 ↑ 25.9 -9.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 59.1 60.2 1.1 ↑ 61.8 1.6 ↑ 63.1 1.3 ↑ 61.2 -1.9 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 234 .395 159 0 0.0 75 18 24.0
2017 Shifts 230 .231 145 3 2.1 85 14 16.5
2018 Shifts 155 .400 91 29 31.9 64 16 25.0
2019 Shifts 255 .311 178 49 27.5 77 43 55.8
! 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 305 18.9 6.9% 3.3% 308 22.0 0.3% 6.8%
2011 306 21.9 0.7% 2.6% 246 24.2 0.0% 15.9%
2012 240 20.7 0.8% 3.3% 140 23.2 2.1% 10.0%
2013 235 19.3 2.1% 1.3% 179 22.3 0.6% 12.3%
2014 43 20.4 0.0% 2.3% 32 24.8 3.1% 6.3%
2015 137 19.1 12.4% 5.8% 135 22.8 5.9% 17.8%
2016 209 19.8 8.1% 4.8% 184 22.9 6.0% 16.8%
2017 312 21.1 0.0% 4.5% 155 24.1 0.0% 7.1%
2018 175 22.1 0.0% 5.1% 122 24.7 0.0% 16.4%
2019 290 22.1 0.0% 5.9% 193 24.3 0.0% 13.5%

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Pitch Distribution

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