Ryan Buchter
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 230LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 33, #984, Washington Nationals | Highland Regional HS, NJ
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 1 1 2.98 64 0 0 45.1 50 1.43
2020 2 0 4.50 10 0 0 6 8 1.83
2021 0 2 6.61 18 0 0 16.1 16 1.78
7 Seasons 17 6 3.16 285 0 2 236.1 259 1.22
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 64 1-1 2.98 45.1 50 1.43
2020 10 2-0 4.50 6 8 1.83
2021 18 0-2 6.61 16.1 16 1.78
7 Seasons 285 17-6 3.16 236.1 259 1.22
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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
2016 29 1127 136 8 5.9 3.2 88.5 112.1 28.4 36.8 .178 .296 .248 .263 .320 32.4 31.6 12.6 2.86 2.87
2017 30 1098 173 6 3.5 2.2 84.7 111.3 23.0 27.2 .179 .308 .277 .259 .283 29.5 24.3 9.7 2.89 2.83
2018 31 679 107 5 4.7 3.1 88.5 110.9 26.5 29.9 .213 .360 .282 .288 .346 37.4 25.2 9.2 2.75 3.47
2019 32 800 123 9 7.3 4.5 88.6 110.7 21.6 43.1 .262 .462 .334 .345 .425 33.3 25.3 11.6 2.98 5.37
2020 33 114 15 2 13.3 6.9 92.3 107.7 27.0 40.0 .260 .577 .385 .420 .532 53.3 27.6 20.7 4.50 8.33
2021 34 294 47 7 14.9 9.0 90.9 111.4 22.8 31.9 .238 .514 .406 .388 .428 46.8 20.5 16.7 6.61 6.81
Player 4112 601 37 6.2 3.8 87.7 112.1 24.7 33.8 .207 .367 .295 .297 .349 34.3 26.2 11.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Buchter relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(51.4%) ,
Curveball
(37.4%) ,
Cutter
(11.2%) ,


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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 21.3 29.4 27.9 21.3 30.9 38.2 30.9 0.7 15.4 47.1 24.3 5.1 5.9 3.2
2017 32.4 33.5 17.9 16.2 39.3 31.2 28.3 7.5 20.2 42.8 20.8 4.6 3.5 2.2
2018 28.0 28.0 23.4 20.6 37.4 34.6 25.2 1.9 18.7 39.3 23.4 10.3 4.7 3.1
2019 29.3 27.6 34.1 8.9 38.2 34.1 27.6 4.1 18.7 30.1 26.8 8.1 7.3 4.5
2020 13.3 40.0 33.3 13.3 46.7 40.0 13.3 0.0 6.7 33.3 40.0 6.7 13.3 6.9
2021 23.4 44.7 23.4 8.5 42.6 36.2 21.3 2.1 14.9 38.3 21.3 8.5 14.9 9.0
Player 27.3 31.4 25.3 16.0 37.3 34.6 27.3 3.7 17.8 39.9 23.8 6.8 6.2 3.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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
2021 4-Seam Fastball AZ L 151 90.5 15.7 1.4 8 9.5 2.4 34
2021 Cutter AZ L 33 86.7 27.3 1.5 5 2.0 -0.3 -13
2021 Curveball AZ L 110 76.2 47.5 -8.2 -15 16.3 4.0 33
2020 4-Seam Fastball LAA L 70 92.5 14.4 1.6 10 9.4 1.9 26
2020 Curveball LAA L 35 78.3 45.7 -7.3 -14 15.7 4.7 42
2020 Cutter LAA L 9 87.2 26.8 1.7 6 1.8 -0.8 -30
2019 4-Seam Fastball OAK L 492 92.4 14.0 2.1 13 8.4 1.0 14
2019 Cutter OAK L 115 89.7 20.6 4.5 18 0.4 -2.2 -124
2019 Curveball OAK L 176 77.6 49.6 -6.7 -12 16.1 5.4 50
2018 Cutter OAK L 113 89.6 21.3 3.7 15 0.6 -2.7 -126
2018 4-Seam Fastball OAK L 448 92.4 13.4 2.8 17 7.4 0.2 3
2018 Curveball OAK L 117 79.5 43.9 -9.6 -18 13.7 4.6 51
2017 Cutter KC L 116 87.8 27.4 -1.4 -5 5.5 3.8 224
2017 Curveball KC L 87 78.9 46.6 -5.6 -11 14.3 5.4 61
2017 4-Seam Fastball KC L 894 92.6 12.9 1.7 12 4.3 -3.2 -42
2016 Cutter SD L 72 90.4 20.3 4.2 17 3.7 -6.4 -235
2016 4-Seam Fastball SD L 924 92.9 12.4 3.7 23 8.7 1.9 28
2016 Curveball SD L 16 80.4 46.1 -6.3 -12 1.5 -8.0 -84
2016 Slider SD L 95 86.4 30.8 -3.0 -9 1.6 -2.9 -65
! 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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball -3.4 -5 151 51.4 41 .355 .774 .510 16.9 12.2 18.5 .277 .538 .428 59.3
2021 Curveball 0.0 0 110 37.4 27 .200 .480 .313 34.9 33.3 31.0 .223 .582 .360 31.3
2021 Cutter 0.2 0 33 11.2 9 .000 .000 .233 14.3 22.2 33.3 .099 .112 .294 25.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -1 70 61.4 20 .176 .588 .368 28.6 40.0 33.3 .193 .526 .353 55.6
2020 Curveball 2.8 1 35 30.7 6 .000 .000 .233 21.4 0.0 0.0 .272 .567 .470 25.0
2020 Cutter -23.6 -2 9 7.9 3 1.000 1.000 .833 0.0 0.0 0.0 .806 1.037 .766 100.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -3 492 61.5 127 .274 .528 .388 24.2 23.6 20.8 .290 .533 .390 40.5
2019 Curveball 1.9 3 176 22.0 39 .083 .083 .128 34.3 43.6 21.3 .163 .216 .187 15.0
2019 Cutter -1.9 -2 115 14.4 25 .409 .727 .454 25.9 12.0 18.8 .293 .526 .347 23.8
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 6 448 66.0 106 .253 .442 .328 23.7 23.6 18.5 .220 .387 .301 38.9
2018 Curveball 1.5 2 117 17.2 32 .107 .143 .183 40.0 43.8 20.9 .159 .217 .230 28.6
2018 Cutter -0.5 -1 113 16.6 24 .217 .261 .280 19.3 8.3 14.3 .249 .426 .312 38.1
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 13 894 81.4 211 .177 .376 .292 23.6 21.3 16.5 .172 .319 .269 33.1
2017 Cutter -3.6 -4 116 10.6 33 .250 .438 .332 24.1 27.3 25.0 .222 .326 .249 13.0
2017 Curveball -1.6 -1 87 7.9 23 .182 .182 .195 25.7 47.8 23.4 .170 .189 .182 18.2
! 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Curveball 110 76.2 57 17.4 3:45 3:15 30
2021 Cutter 33 86.7 51 8.3 11:30 12:30 -60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 151 90.5 98 19.8 10:45 11:00 -15
2020 Curveball 25 78.1 46 16.6 4:00 3:30 30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 62 92.5 99 19.6 11:00 11:00 0
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 244 1,115 6 19 -11 -3 11
2017 267 1,098 16 4 -8 -4 8
2018 162 678 0 12 -3 -2 7
2019 191 783 6 7 -9 -5 -2
2020 29 114 -2 2 -1 0 -2
2021 77 294 1 -2 -1 -2 -5
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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 1,127 48.0 66.2 76.8 23.1 67.2 43.3 55.1 43.3 25.0 6.5 76.7
2017 1,098 48.1 72.5 79.6 28.8 67.1 41.8 59.2 49.8 23.8 7.7 70.6
2018 679 48.1 69.9 78.5 27.8 62.2 44.2 56.2 48.0 25.5 6.6 84.4
2019 800 48.8 70.2 79.5 24.9 55.0 42.4 54.8 46.9 26.1 7.3 80.7
2020 114 55.3 73.0 76.1 9.8 60.0 36.8 62.1 44.7 25.5 10.5 75.0
2021 294 44.9 71.2 85.1 21.0 55.9 44.2 54.5 43.5 22.7 6.8 60.0
Player 4,112 48.2 69.8 79.0 25.3 63.2 42.8 56.5 46.6 24.8 7.2 75.7
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 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
2016 91 97 96 81 78 82 51 51 67 95 3 65 3 49 66 81
2017 93 97 92 77 91 88 91 96 78 67 28 48 63 45 63 13 87
2018 42 69 9 82
2019 35 56 6 83
2020 38 42 74
2021 10 47 3 86
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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 23.3 4 5.0 -1 3 6 1 25.0
2017 22.5 10 7.5 3 4 5 3 30.0
2018 23.9 4 4.9 -1 1 5 1 25.0
2019 23.4 8 7.6 0 2 7 2 25.0
2020 22.8 2 1.6 0 1 1 1 50.0
2021 24.6 5 4.7 0 0 3 3 60.0
Player 23.3 33 31.3 2 11 27 11 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 4 6 5 7 5 4 7 6 4 3 5 6 5 5 6 6 1 2 6 5 5 2 7 8 4 5 5 8 6 3 3
2017 10 7 8 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 8 9 7 7 7 8 6 7 7 7 8 9 8 9 7 8 7 8 8 9 6
2018 4 6 3 4 5 4 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 4 4 6 6 4
2019 8 10 6 6 9 6 9 6 7 6 7 9 8 8 6 6 5 6 10 9 9 11 8 9 4 6 7 9 10 9 7
2020 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
2021 5 6 4 6 6 5 6 5 4 4 3 6 6 4 4 6 4 4 4 5 3 4 6 4 4 3 6 6 5 4 3
Player 33 37 27 31 34 29 38 30 26 25 28 37 33 31 31 33 22 26 35 34 33 34 37 38 24 28 30 36 37 32 24
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.7 92.1 -0.6 91.9 -0.2 91.9 0.0 91.9 0.0 89.8 -2.1
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 85.5 78.9 -6.6 79.5 0.6 77.6 -1.9 78.3 0.7 76.2 -2.1
Exit Velocity 88.5 84.7 -3.8 88.5 3.8 88.6 0.1 92.3 3.7 90.9 -1.4
Launch Angle 28.4 23.0 -5.4 26.5 3.5 21.6 -4.9 27.0 5.4 22.8 -4.2
Barrel % 5.9 3.5 -2.4 4.7 1.2 7.3 2.6 13.3 6.0 14.9 1.6
Hard Hit % 32.4 29.5 -2.9 37.4 7.9 33.3 -4.1 53.3 20.0 46.8 -6.5
Sweet Spot % 36.8 27.2 -9.6 29.9 2.7 43.1 13.2 40.0 -3.1 31.9 -8.1
xBA .178 .179 0.001 .213 0.034 .262 0.049 .260 -0.002 .238 -0.022
BA .160 .187 0.027 .219 0.032 .251 0.032 .217 -0.034 .258 0.041
xwOBA .263 .259 -0.004 .288 0.029 .345 0.057 .420 0.075 .388 -0.032
wOBA .248 .277 0.029 .282 0.005 .334 0.052 .385 0.051 .406 0.021
xSLG .296 .308 0.012 .360 0.052 .462 0.102 .577 0.115 .514 -0.063
SLG .288 .366 0.078 .356 -0.010 .455 0.099 .522 0.067 .581 0.059
K% 31.6 24.3 -7.3 25.2 0.9 25.3 0.1 27.6 2.3 20.5 -7.1
BB% 12.6 9.7 -2.9 9.2 -0.5 11.6 2.4 20.7 9.1 16.7 -4.0
Swing % 43.3 49.8 6.5 48.0 -1.8 46.9 -1.1 44.7 -2.2 43.5 -1.2
Whiff% 25.0 23.8 -1.2 25.5 1.7 26.1 0.6 25.5 -0.6 22.7 -2.8
In Zone % 48.0 48.1 0.1 48.1 0.0 48.8 0.7 55.3 6.5 44.9 -10.4
Out of Zone % 52.0 51.9 -0.1 51.9 0.0 51.2 -0.7 44.7 -6.5 55.1 10.4
Out of Zone Swing % 23.1 28.8 5.7 27.8 -1.0 24.9 -2.9 9.8 -15.1 21.0 11.2
First Pitch Swing % 25.5 32.2 6.7 34.0 1.8 33.0 -1.0 37.9 4.9 28.6 -9.3
First Pitch Strike % 55.1 59.2 4.1 56.2 -3.0 54.8 -1.4 62.1 7.3 54.5 -7.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 242 .250 158 14 8.9 84 34 40.5
2017 Shifts 267 .277 169 12 7.1 98 30 30.6
2018 Shifts 162 .282 70 3 4.3 92 26 28.3
2019 Shifts 191 .331 80 2 2.5 111 15 13.5
2020 Shifts 29 .385 13 4 30.8 16 7 43.8
2021 Shifts 77 .406 47 14 29.8 30 13 43.3
! 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 %
2014 4 16.0 25.0% 0.0% 3 24.3 0.0% 33.3%
2016 369 20.5 9.8% 3.5% 178 25.7 1.7% 20.8%
2017 327 19.3 6.4% 0.3% 154 24.8 0.6% 16.2%
2018 210 20.7 0.0% 4.8% 99 28.2 0.0% 31.3%
2019 206 19.1 5.3% 3.9% 153 28.0 0.0% 35.3%
2020 24 21.3 0.0% 4.2% 26 24.1 0.0% 11.5%
2021 84 19.0 6.0% 2.4% 57 26.0 0.0% 12.3%
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Pitch Distribution