Chris Volstad
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 8" 235LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 1, #16, Florida Marlins | Palm Beach Gardens HS, FL
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2 0 1.00
2017 1 2 4.66 6 2 0 19.1 10 1.09
2018 1 5 6.27 33 1 0 47.1 29 1.63
9 Seasons 37 58 5.00 170 126 0 772.1 481 1.45
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 1 0-0 0.00 2 0 1.00
2017 6 1-2 4.66 19.1 10 1.09
2018 33 1-5 6.27 47.1 29 1.63
9 Seasons 170 37-58 5.00 772.1 481 1.45
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 20 7 0 0.0 0.0 96.2 103.8 0.5 14.3 .305 .366 .252 .298 .298 42.9 0.0 0.0 0.00 3.64
2017 30 269 60 4 6.7 5.3 86.5 108.0 3.1 35.0 .264 .485 .307 .348 .371 33.3 13.2 6.6 4.66 5.34
2018 31 832 171 15 8.8 6.9 90.2 111.3 7.2 32.7 .287 .485 .392 .357 .388 39.8 13.4 6.0 6.28 5.58
Player 1121 238 19 8.0 6.4 89.4 111.3 6.1 32.8 .282 .482 .367 .354 .382 38.2 13.0 6.0
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

Volstad relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(61.5%) ,
Curveball
(25.9%) ,
Changeup
(7.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(4.5%) ,
Slider
(0.6%) ,


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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 85.7 14.3 0.0 0.0 57.1 0.0 42.9 14.3 28.6 14.3 28.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 63.3 21.7 15.0 0.0 30.0 55.0 15.0 8.3 48.3 13.3 18.3 5.0 6.7 5.3
2018 55.6 15.8 23.4 5.3 36.3 40.4 23.4 1.2 39.8 17.0 29.2 3.5 8.8 6.9
Player 58.4 17.2 20.6 3.8 35.3 42.9 21.8 3.4 41.6 16.0 26.5 3.8 8.0 6.4
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
2018 Changeup CWS R 63 83.6 30.3 -1.3 -4 15.7 2.6 20
2018 Slider CWS R 5 86.6 28.5 -6.9 -20 0.6 -4.8 -115
2018 Sinker CWS R 511 91.8 24.5 2.8 13 16.5 2.3 16
2018 Curveball CWS R 215 81.2 51.5 -1.7 -3 8.4 1.8 28
2018 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 37 91.3 19.4 -2.6 -16 10.6 4.2 67
2017 Changeup CWS R 37 84.5 30.5 1.7 6 17.1 3.8 28
2017 Curveball CWS R 51 81.9 49.6 -0.5 -1 6.1 -0.1 -1
2017 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 19 92.2 18.2 -3.7 -25 10.4 3.1 43
2017 Sinker CWS R 147 92.2 24.0 3.9 20 17.6 2.9 19
2017 Slider CWS R 15 87.3 32.0 0.6 2 4.4 -7.7 -231
2015 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 3 91.9 22.6 -6.8 -43 8.3 1.2 16
2015 Curveball PIT R 2 82.7 50.6 0.0 0 13.6 6.4 90
2015 Slider PIT R 1 83.2 44.4 5.6 14 11.7 6.3 117
2015 Sinker PIT R 13 91.9 24.7 2.8 13 12.9 -0.6 -5
! 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 %
2018 Sinker -3.0 -16 511 61.4 152 .362 .616 .455 8.3 11.8 12.9 .305 .534 .384 43.4
2018 Curveball -3.0 -6 215 25.8 41 .243 .351 .266 24.4 19.5 10.3 .259 .354 .301 29.0
2018 Changeup -4.0 -3 63 7.6 18 .333 .556 .381 11.5 11.1 20.0 .251 .455 .306 31.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 1 37 4.4 4 .000 .000 .175 18.2 25.0 7.7 .004 .010 .180 50.0
2018 Slider 1.3 0 5 0.6 -- -- -- 50.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 Sinker 2.1 3 147 54.6 49 .217 .370 .279 5.7 12.2 22.2 .269 .489 .342 35.0
2017 Curveball 1.0 0 51 19.0 12 .182 .182 .208 26.3 25.0 15.0 .194 .216 .225 25.0
2017 Changeup -3.4 -1 37 13.8 8 .333 .833 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .279 .550 .416 28.6
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 0 19 7.1 5 .250 .500 .390 0.0 20.0 16.7 .264 .321 .344 33.3
2017 Slider -17.7 -3 15 5.6 2 .500 2.000 1.000 40.0 0.0 0.0 .503 2.007 1.004 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 360 1,291 20 8 -6 -4 18
2009 675 2,565 -4 10 -15 -9 -18
2010 753 2,804 7 12 -17 -10 -8
2011 712 2,573 -5 7 -12 -7 -18
2012 503 1,872 -3 1 -9 -10 -20
2013 47 179 -3 0 -2 -1 -6
2017 76 269 -3 6 -1 -2 0
2018 215 831 -2 -12 -7 -3 -24
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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 20 55.0 81.8 77.8 33.3 100.0 45.0 57.1 60.0 16.7 5.0 100.0
2017 269 50.6 59.6 95.1 24.8 78.8 33.8 67.1 42.4 9.6 10.8 75.9
2018 832 51.7 63.3 89.3 22.2 77.5 43.8 60.0 43.4 12.7 7.7 82.8
Player 1,121 51.5 62.7 90.3 23.0 78.4 41.4 61.7 43.4 12.1 8.4 80.9
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
2017 39 41 24 14
2018 6 3 3 9 13 53 12 6 13 1 84 1 3 31 38 31 13
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 24.8 4 4.1 0 1 1 3 75.0
2018 23.2 9 7.7 1 4 5 3 33.3
Player 23.7 13 11.8 1 5 6 6 46.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4
2018 9 9 7 8 8 7 8 9 6 6 6 10 9 8 6 8 7 8 8 8 9 8 9 8 7 6 8 9 9 7 5
Player 13 13 10 12 12 11 12 14 9 10 10 14 13 12 10 12 11 12 13 12 14 12 14 13 11 10 12 13 14 11 9
! 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 2017 2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.2 91.7 -0.5 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 84.5 83.6 -0.9 ↓
Breaking Velocity 83.1 81.3 -1.8 ↓
Exit Velocity 86.5 90.2 3.7 ↑
Launch Angle 3.1 7.2 4.1 ↑
Barrel % 6.7 8.8 2.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 33.3 39.8 6.5 ↑
Sweet Spot % 35.0 32.7 -2.3 ↓
xBA .264 .287 0.023 ↑
BA .232 .332 0.100 ↑
xwOBA .348 .357 0.009 ↑
wOBA .307 .392 0.085 ↑
xSLG .485 .485 0.000
SLG .435 .551 0.116 ↑
K% 13.2 13.4 0.2 ↑
BB% 6.6 6.0 -0.6 ↓
Swing % 42.4 43.4 1.0 ↑
Whiff% 9.6 12.7 3.1 ↑
In Zone % 50.6 51.7 1.1 ↑
Out of Zone % 49.4 48.3 -1.1 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 24.8 22.2 -2.6 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.3 25.1 -1.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 67.1 60.0 -7.1 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 76 .307 43 2 4.7 33 19 57.6
2018 Shifts 215 .392 130 29 22.3 85 59 69.4
! 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 885 13.0 72.9% 2.8% 440 20.0 5.0% 7.3%
2011 759 13.3 73.3% 0.0% 404 21.6 1.2% 4.2%
2012 501 13.7 63.5% 0.4% 321 22.9 0.0% 9.7%
2013 36 15.9 44.4% 0.0% 40 20.0 0.0% 2.5%
2015 8 12.8 62.5% 0.0% 0 -- -- --
2017 99 18.1 6.1% 1.0% 37 22.6 0.0% 2.7%
2018 221 18.7 3.6% 1.4% 186 22.5 0.0% 4.8%
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Pitch Distribution

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