Mat Latos
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 245LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 11, #333, San Diego Padres | Coconut Creek HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 4 10 4.95 24 21 0 116.1 100 1.31
2016 7 3 4.89 17 12 0 70 42 1.49
2017 0 1 6.60 3 3 0 15 10 1.80
9 Seasons 71 59 3.64 197 189 0 1,153.1 1,011 1.21
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 24 4-10 4.95 116.1 100 1.31
2016 17 7-3 4.89 70 42 1.49
2017 3 0-1 6.60 15 10 1.80
9 Seasons 197 71-59 3.64 1,153.1 1,011 1.21
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 1804 361 25 6.9 5.1 88.5 110.7 10.1 37.7 .261 .445 .320 .330 .391 35.2 20.2 6.5 4.95 4.55
2016 28 1184 236 10 4.2 3.2 88.0 109.6 13.0 31.8 .266 .434 .340 .337 .352 33.1 13.6 9.7 4.89 4.87
2017 29 262 51 4 7.8 5.7 88.9 109.1 12.8 29.4 .276 .529 .433 .380 .405 41.2 14.3 11.4 6.60 6.57
Player 3250 648 39 6.0 4.5 88.4 110.7 11.4 34.9 .264 .448 .336 .336 .378 34.9 17.4 8.0
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

Latos relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(41.5%) ,
Slider
(29.6%) ,
Sinker
(17.7%) ,
Changeup
(8.1%) ,
Curveball
(3.1%) ,


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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
2015 46.5 19.7 29.4 4.4 38.8 36.6 24.7 3.0 32.4 20.5 28.0 5.8 6.9 5.1
2016 44.9 23.7 24.2 7.2 36.0 33.1 30.9 5.5 30.5 25.8 24.6 6.4 4.2 3.2
2017 45.1 23.5 21.6 9.8 47.1 29.4 23.5 3.9 27.5 29.4 23.5 7.8 7.8 5.7
Player 45.8 21.5 26.9 5.9 38.4 34.7 26.9 4.0 31.3 23.1 26.4 6.2 6.0 4.5
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
2017 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 108 91.6 14.8 -0.8 -6 0.0 -5.0 -100
2017 Curveball TOR R 8 75.7 58.9 -0.9 -1 5.5 -1.8 -25
2017 Sinker TOR R 46 90.6 16.3 -2.4 -13 7.6 -5.0 -40
2017 Slider TOR R 77 86.3 31.4 -0.7 -2 4.2 0.9 28
2017 Changeup TOR R 21 81.3 26.5 -2.6 -9 10.1 -1.7 -15
2016 Sinker WSH R 140 90.7 16.8 -3.8 -19 7.3 -4.8 -40
2016 Changeup WSH R 75 85.8 23.0 -3.8 -14 7.3 -4.0 -36
2016 Split-Finger WSH R 184 81.3 41.6 4.9 13 1.9 -6.7 -141
2016 Curveball WSH R 63 75.7 56.7 -1.9 -3 6.2 0.3 4
2016 Slider WSH R 209 86.6 31.0 -1.5 -5 4.3 -0.6 -12
2016 4-Seam Fastball WSH R 325 91.0 15.5 -0.3 -2 2.3 -3.6 -61
2016 Cutter WSH R 154 91.0 15.9 3.7 19 3.2 0.2 6
2015 Cutter LAA R 452 92.2 14.5 1.7 10 3.3 1.6 99
2015 Changeup LAA R 74 84.2 23.9 -3.9 -14 8.4 -2.6 -24
2015 Sinker LAA R 174 91.7 16.2 -4.7 -22 7.3 -5.0 -41
2015 Slider LAA R 186 86.5 33.0 -0.3 -1 5.8 0.7 13
2015 Split-Finger LAA R 267 81.9 44.1 5.7 15 0.7 -6.2 -112
2015 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 474 92.0 14.5 0.2 2 2.7 -3.4 -55
2015 Curveball LAA R 153 76.7 59.3 1.5 3 6.5 -1.1 -15
! 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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 1 108 41.2 32 .345 .690 .461 19.2 3.1 5.6 .381 .738 .492 50.0
2017 Slider -1.1 -1 77 29.4 21 .222 .500 .357 37.8 33.3 20.6 .144 .265 .249 27.3
2017 Sinker -11.2 -5 46 17.6 11 .444 1.000 .618 5.6 0.0 0.0 .284 .600 .426 44.4
2017 Changeup -0.5 0 21 8.0 4 .250 .500 .313 41.7 25.0 14.3 .160 .178 .148 0.0
2017 Curveball 1.5 0 8 3.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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
2009 207 850 6 4 -6 -3 1
2010 739 2,917 16 31 -9 -7 31
2011 796 3,124 21 16 -17 -5 14
2012 887 3,368 9 27 -15 -10 11
2013 876 3,213 8 28 -10 -8 18
2014 418 1,528 2 14 -9 -3 5
2015 492 1,798 -9 17 -5 -5 -2
2016 308 1,182 4 5 -7 -3 -1
2017 69 261 0 -3 -2 -1 -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 %
2015 1,804 51.2 68.6 81.2 29.3 64.7 42.0 61.5 49.4 22.4 8.7 72.0
2016 1,184 47.2 66.2 90.0 27.0 66.3 45.9 56.6 45.5 16.9 5.7 85.3
2017 262 44.1 73.0 79.8 25.3 59.5 42.9 57.1 46.2 25.6 5.4 92.9
Player 3,250 49.2 68.1 84.1 28.1 64.9 43.5 59.5 47.8 20.7 7.4 77.0
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 20 25 12 10 46 19 14 35 29 48 67 47 47 36 10 16 37
2016 22 24 30 36 19 72 81 65 62 7 23 6 26 21 7 3 44
2017 26 5 36
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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 22.3 11 8.3 3 6 4 6 54.5
2017 20.9 5 3.5 2 2 3 1 20.0
Player 21.9 16 11.8 4 8 7 7 43.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 11 10 7 7 8 7 10 7 7 6 8 10 7 7 7 7 6 6 11 10 8 9 10 11 7 7 9 12 10 10 7
2017 5 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 4 4 5 3 2
Player 16 14 10 12 12 11 14 10 9 9 11 14 10 10 11 11 9 9 15 13 11 12 15 15 11 9 13 16 15 13 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.1 90.9 -1.2 91.3 0.4
Offspeed Velocity 82.4 82.6 0.2 81.3 -1.3
Breaking Velocity 82.1 84.0 1.9 85.3 1.3
Exit Velocity 88.5 88.0 -0.5 88.9 0.9
Launch Angle 10.1 13.0 2.9 12.8 -0.2
Barrel % 6.9 4.2 -2.7 7.8 3.6
Hard Hit % 35.2 33.1 -2.1 41.2 8.1
Sweet Spot % 37.7 31.8 -5.9 29.4 -2.4
xBA .261 .266 0.005 .276 0.010
BA .267 .273 0.006 .311 0.038
xwOBA .330 .337 0.007 .380 0.043
wOBA .320 .340 0.020 .433 0.093
xSLG .445 .434 -0.011 .529 0.095
SLG .429 .454 0.025 .656 0.202
K% 20.2 13.6 -6.6 14.3 0.7
BB% 6.5 9.7 3.2 11.4 1.7
Swing % 49.4 45.5 -3.9 46.2 0.7
Whiff% 22.4 16.9 -5.5 25.6 8.7
In Zone % 51.2 47.2 -4.0 44.1 -3.1
Out of Zone % 48.8 52.8 4.0 55.9 3.1
Out of Zone Swing % 29.3 27.0 -2.3 25.3 -1.7
First Pitch Swing % 31.0 25.9 -5.1 28.6 2.7
First Pitch Strike % 61.5 56.6 -4.9 57.1 0.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 301 .334 143 6 4.2 158 55 34.8
2017 Shifts 69 .433 47 2 4.3 22 4 18.2
! 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 958 16.0 38.5% 0.9% 367 23.0 2.2% 7.6%
2011 929 15.6 42.1% 0.4% 469 23.0 1.1% 10.0%
2012 983 18.0 13.2% 2.4% 435 26.4 0.2% 21.6%
2013 949 17.3 22.7% 2.0% 449 24.6 1.1% 14.3%
2014 485 18.1 15.7% 3.7% 208 23.2 0.0% 11.5%
2015 537 19.2 16.6% 7.1% 230 24.9 5.7% 26.1%
2016 388 18.0 19.1% 3.6% 167 23.4 4.2% 14.4%
2017 76 18.0 14.5% 1.3% 48 27.4 0.0% 29.2%
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Pitch Distribution