Neftalí Feliz
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 235LBS | Age: 35
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 4 2 3.52 62 0 2 53.2 61 1.14
2017 2 5 5.48 49 0 8 46 37 1.37
2021 0 1 9.00 5 0 0 4 3 1.50
10 Seasons 21 20 3.55 362 7 107 393.1 366 1.14
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 62 4-2 3.52 53.2 61 1.14
2017 49 2-5 5.48 46 37 1.37
2021 5 0-1 9.00 4 3 1.50
10 Seasons 362 21-20 3.55 393.1 366 1.14
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
2015 27 838 154 6 3.9 2.8 87.4 119.0 16.1 31.8 .255 .386 .346 .307 .353 35.1 18.4 8.5 6.38 3.88
2016 28 940 135 14 10.4 6.4 89.2 111.1 16.6 32.6 .241 .454 .299 .331 .427 37.0 28.0 9.6 3.52 4.68
2017 29 847 135 10 7.4 5.1 87.7 110.2 18.5 34.8 .254 .464 .334 .347 .386 34.8 18.9 11.7 5.48 5.30
2021 33 67 14 3 21.4 15.8 84.8 108.6 15.6 57.1 .336 .601 .403 .429 .481 28.6 15.8 5.3 9.00 8.79
Player 2692 438 33 7.5 5.1 88.0 119.0 17.0 33.8 .252 .439 .328 .331 .390 35.4 21.7 9.8
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

Feliz relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(70.1%) ,
Slider
(17.9%) ,
Changeup
(11.9%) ,


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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 38.3 21.4 27.9 12.3 34.4 37.7 27.9 7.8 25.3 28.6 27.3 5.2 3.9 2.8
2016 38.5 25.2 26.7 9.6 32.6 34.8 32.6 0.0 31.9 26.7 23.0 5.9 10.4 6.4
2017 36.3 26.7 26.7 10.4 32.6 40.0 27.4 5.9 23.0 30.4 24.4 6.7 7.4 5.1
2021 35.7 28.6 28.6 7.1 35.7 50.0 14.3 7.1 28.6 21.4 21.4 0.0 21.4 15.8
Player 37.7 24.4 27.2 10.7 33.3 37.9 28.8 4.8 26.7 28.3 24.9 5.7 7.5 5.1
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 Slider LAD R 12 84.4 34.5 -2.4 -6 5.0 -0.6 -11
2021 Changeup LAD R 8 86.9 27.1 -2.4 -8 14.9 0.8 6
2021 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 47 95.0 13.5 0.8 5 11.8 4.3 58
2017 Slider KC R 179 84.1 37.9 1.3 4 4.0 -0.6 -13
2017 Changeup KC R 136 88.8 28.2 1.3 5 17.4 3.6 26
2017 4-Seam Fastball KC R 532 96.3 13.1 -0.3 -2 13.6 5.1 60
2016 Sinker PIT R 29 91.7 25.0 2.6 12 12.5 -1.4 -10
2016 Changeup PIT R 18 88.0 28.1 -1.6 -5 12.1 -0.5 -4
2016 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 652 96.6 14.3 0.2 2 10.2 2.7 35
2016 Slider PIT R 232 84.8 37.3 0.9 2 7.1 2.0 38
2015 Sinker DET R 59 92.8 26.8 4.2 19 12.5 -2.0 -14
2015 4-Seam Fastball DET R 464 95.3 13.5 1.7 11 9.1 1.8 24
2015 Changeup DET R 58 87.1 28.7 -1.2 -4 13.0 0.6 5
2015 Slider DET R 209 84.0 38.0 -0.1 0 8.2 2.9 54
2015 Curveball DET R 2 81.7 37.6 -12.9 -26 11.8 2.0 21
! 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 -7.0 -3 47 70.1 13 .182 .545 .358 23.1 15.4 15.4 .283 .584 .413 33.3
2021 Slider 2.6 0 12 17.9 3 .333 .333 .300 14.3 33.3 25.0 .334 .366 .315 0.0
2021 Changeup -12.8 -1 8 11.9 3 .667 1.000 .717 0.0 0.0 0.0 .536 .899 .606 33.3
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -3 532 62.8 111 .245 .561 .382 23.9 16.2 10.9 .283 .548 .386 38.3
2017 Slider -1.1 -2 179 21.1 37 .176 .206 .236 34.7 32.4 15.8 .161 .226 .208 18.2
2017 Changeup -0.8 -1 136 16.1 46 .256 .462 .364 21.1 15.2 14.3 .265 .468 .369 37.5
! 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 4-Seam Fastball 47 95.0 98 20.4 1:15 1:15 0
2021 Slider 12 84.4 44 7.4 10:45 10:00 45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 114 501 3 10 0 -3 11
2010 290 1,172 17 11 -5 -6 16
2011 294 1,255 7 10 -5 -6 7
2012 175 737 8 7 -9 -2 4
2013 21 107 2 1 -2 -1 1
2014 122 482 1 5 -1 -2 4
2015 206 816 0 -3 -6 -3 -13
2016 217 936 5 8 -2 -5 6
2017 194 847 0 5 -7 -4 -6
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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 838 51.1 71.1 81.5 27.3 64.9 37.7 57.5 49.3 23.0 9.9 74.4
2016 940 49.3 75.2 74.7 30.6 55.5 40.9 59.6 52.6 30.4 6.8 85.9
2017 847 50.3 75.4 79.1 23.3 60.2 42.0 62.6 49.5 25.3 9.6 80.2
2021 67 38.8 80.8 90.5 43.9 72.2 40.3 68.4 58.2 17.9 7.5 100.0
Player 2,692 49.9 74.0 78.5 27.7 60.3 40.2 60.1 50.7 26.2 8.6 80.2
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
2015 49 31 49 62 29 85 78 68 30 36 30 52 24 79 93 46
2016 26 60 19 6 43 52 1 30 26 88 25 91 72 91 90 41
2017 92 91 43
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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 22.4 10 12.9 -3 3 12 3 30.0
2017 22.2 9 9.3 0 1 7 4 44.4
2021 22.1 1 0.9 0 1 1 0 0.0
Player 22.3 20 23.2 -3 5 20 7 35.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 10 13 11 15 14 13 13 15 10 11 12 13 14 12 14 15 8 13 13 15 14 8 15 15 11 14 14 15 15 14 8
2017 9 9 10 8 9 9 10 10 6 7 9 11 10 11 8 10 8 8 11 9 11 9 11 11 9 8 9 12 11 10 6
2021 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2
Player 20 24 21 23 23 23 24 26 16 18 22 25 25 24 23 26 17 23 25 25 27 18 27 27 21 23 23 28 27 25 16
! 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 +/-   2017 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.9 96.4 1.5 96.3 -0.1
Offspeed Velocity 87.1 88.0 0.9 88.8 0.8
Breaking Velocity 83.9 84.8 0.9 84.1 -0.7
Exit Velocity 87.4 89.2 1.8 87.7 -1.5
Launch Angle 16.1 16.6 0.5 18.5 1.9
Barrel % 3.9 10.4 6.5 7.4 -3.0
Hard Hit % 35.1 37.0 1.9 34.8 -2.2
Sweet Spot % 31.8 32.6 0.8 34.8 2.2
xBA .255 .241 -0.014 .254 0.013
BA .298 .207 -0.091 .234 0.027
xwOBA .307 .331 0.024 .347 0.016
wOBA .346 .299 -0.047 .334 0.035
xSLG .386 .454 0.068 .464 0.010
SLG .461 .409 -0.052 .468 0.059
K% 18.4 28.0 9.6 18.9 -9.1
BB% 8.5 9.6 1.1 11.7 2.1
Swing % 49.3 52.6 3.3 49.5 -3.1
Whiff% 23.0 30.4 7.4 25.3 -5.1
In Zone % 51.1 49.3 -1.8 50.3 1.0
Out of Zone % 48.9 50.7 1.8 49.7 -1.0
Out of Zone Swing % 27.3 30.6 3.3 23.3 -7.3
First Pitch Swing % 32.5 36.2 3.7 31.8 -4.4
First Pitch Strike % 57.5 59.6 2.1 62.6 3.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 210 .294 116 4 3.4 94 23 24.5
2017 Shifts 194 .334 111 6 5.4 83 21 25.3
2021 Shifts 19 .403 9 3 33.3 10 3 30.0
! 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 %
2010 316 18.0 23.7% 4.7% 143 22.0 2.1% 14.0%
2011 307 18.8 12.7% 3.6% 170 23.2 1.8% 21.2%
2012 234 14.4 56.8% 0.0% 125 21.6 4.8% 11.2%
2013 12 18.9 16.7% 0.0% 40 23.4 0.0% 7.5%
2014 151 21.1 4.6% 6.0% 71 24.5 0.0% 12.7%
2015 212 22.0 4.7% 14.2% 143 26.1 2.1% 30.1%
2016 242 22.2 12.8% 8.7% 150 24.6 8.7% 22.0%
2017 252 19.3 9.9% 5.6% 126 22.6 2.4% 16.7%
2021 13 19.3 0.0% 0.0% 11 25.3 0.0% 27.3%
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Pitch Distribution