Jake Diekman
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 4" 195LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 30, #923, Philadelphia Phillies | Cloud County CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 5 4 4.99 70 0 1 57.2 79 1.63
2023 0 2 3.34 63 0 0 56.2 64 1.32
2024 2 3 5.63 43 0 4 32 40 1.47
13 Seasons 27 34 3.91 705 0 19 602.1 764 1.40
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 70 5-4 4.99 57.2 79 1.63
2023 63 0-2 3.34 56.2 64 1.32
2024 43 2-3 5.63 32 40 1.47
13 Seasons 705 27-34 3.91 602.1 764 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 28 1097 157 9 5.7 3.5 87.6 108.7 5.6 26.8 .199 .302 .310 .281 .316 31.2 26.5 11.9 4.01 3.24
2016 29 932 133 7 5.3 3.2 87.6 111.1 11.2 30.1 .206 .316 .267 .285 .326 32.3 26.7 11.8 3.40 3.38
2017 30 188 22 1 4.5 2.2 86.3 113.1 3.8 27.3 .175 .282 .247 .304 .325 31.8 28.9 22.2 2.53 3.95
2018 31 1012 140 7 5.0 2.9 87.1 112.2 10.0 30.0 .220 .338 .319 .306 .355 34.3 27.2 12.8 4.72 3.95
2019 32 1184 148 6 4.1 2.1 88.0 108.3 9.1 35.1 .205 .302 .303 .301 .340 31.8 29.8 13.8 4.64 3.97
2020 33 354 40 3 7.5 3.6 86.0 115.9 6.7 20.0 .133 .245 .202 .240 .291 42.5 36.9 14.3 0.42 2.40
2021 34 1118 141 15 10.6 5.7 90.0 108.7 16.6 37.6 .218 .398 .312 .323 .417 39.7 31.7 13.0 3.86 4.45
2022 35 1172 140 10 7.1 3.7 89.8 112.0 15.9 38.6 .209 .348 .353 .319 .370 39.3 29.4 15.6 4.99 4.25
2023 36 996 140 7 5.0 2.9 84.6 109.8 12.4 29.3 .199 .283 .271 .285 .303 27.1 26.3 15.6 3.33 3.38
2024 37 627 77 8 10.4 5.5 87.0 108.7 10.8 36.4 .221 .390 .350 .345 .399 39.0 27.6 16.6 5.63 5.11
Player 8680 1138 73 6.4 3.6 87.7 115.9 11.1 32.2 .205 .327 .304 .301 .348 34.3 28.6 14.0
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

Diekman relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(61.2%) ,
Sweeper
(28.9%) ,
Changeup
(9.7%) ,
Sinker
(0.2%) ,


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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
2015 56.7 17.2 19.7 6.4 29.3 38.9 31.8 3.8 47.8 21.0 17.8 3.2 5.7 3.5
2016 49.6 20.3 23.3 6.8 39.8 31.6 27.8 4.5 35.3 28.6 21.8 3.8 5.3 3.2
2017 59.1 13.6 22.7 4.5 45.5 22.7 31.8 4.5 45.5 18.2 22.7 4.5 4.5 2.2
2018 50.7 20.0 20.7 8.6 36.4 40.7 22.9 2.9 36.4 22.1 24.3 7.1 5.0 2.9
2019 48.0 11.5 31.1 9.5 39.9 37.8 22.3 3.4 36.5 23.0 29.7 2.7 4.1 2.1
2020 62.5 27.5 5.0 5.0 27.5 42.5 30.0 15.0 40.0 20.0 10.0 5.0 7.5 3.6
2021 36.2 29.8 26.2 7.8 30.5 42.6 27.0 3.5 24.8 25.5 27.7 7.8 10.6 5.7
2022 40.7 20.7 28.6 10.0 33.6 40.0 26.4 4.3 30.0 28.6 25.0 5.0 7.1 3.7
2023 46.4 25.7 20.0 7.9 32.9 37.1 30.0 7.9 32.1 28.6 22.1 2.9 5.0 2.9
2024 45.5 23.4 24.7 6.5 28.6 44.2 27.3 6.5 36.4 16.9 22.1 6.5 10.4 5.5
Player 47.7 20.9 23.6 7.8 34.1 38.7 27.2 4.8 35.4 24.3 23.4 4.7 6.4 3.6
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


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
2024 Changeup NYM L 57 87.0 31.5 -0.1 16.2ARM 1.8 4.9 1.0 16.2ARM 2.1
2024 Sinker NYM L 1 93.6 24.5 0.7 15.8ARM 0.4 6.9 1.2 15.8ARM 0.6
2024 Sweeper NYM L 168 82.7 37.7 -1.0 13.7GLV -0.2 2.7 -1.7 13.7GLV -0.7
2024 4-Seam Fastball NYM L 367 94.5 19.8 -4.8 17.3ARM 9.5 11.1 -4.5 17.3ARM 9.1
2023 Sinker TB L 57 95.1 24.0 1.5 17.4ARM 1.8 6.5 1.8 17.4ARM 2.3
2023 Cutter TB L 36 88.7 29.6 -2.4 1.8ARM -4.3 5.3 -1.6 1.8ARM -3.6
2023 4-Seam Fastball TB L 579 95.4 19.4 -4.6 17.4ARM 9.1 11.0 -4.3 17.4ARM 9.5
2023 Sweeper TB L 178 83.7 36.1 -2.0 12.4GLV -1.1 3.3 -2.2 12.4GLV -1.7
2023 Changeup TB L 146 87.9 30.9 0.0 16.2ARM 1.5 4.7 1.6 16.2ARM 2.2
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -3 384 61.2 92 .208 .444 .371 25.7 25.0 20.2 .224 .366 .338 40.4
2024 Sweeper 0.5 1 181 28.9 35 .107 .250 .259 33.8 40.0 18.4 .169 .371 .320 35.7
2024 Changeup -4.0 -2 61 9.7 17 .357 .857 .535 33.3 17.6 14.3 .307 .548 .421 36.4
2024 Sinker -6.2 0 1 0.2 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 5 579 58.1 145 .174 .226 .303 26.3 31.0 24.1 .182 .243 .286 29.6
2023 Sweeper -0.1 0 178 17.9 35 .161 .290 .237 37.3 37.1 21.3 .156 .229 .213 15.8
2023 Changeup 0.9 1 146 14.7 39 .189 .297 .247 22.2 2.6 3.7 .276 .425 .321 27.8
2023 Sinker -0.8 0 57 5.7 18 .333 .533 .428 10.7 16.7 20.0 .274 .413 .361 33.3
2023 Cutter 0.9 0 36 3.6 5 .000 .000 .140 40.0 40.0 33.3 .066 .109 .198 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.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 57 87.0 99 17.3 9:30 9:30 0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 363 94.5 99 20.7 10:00 10:00 0
2024 Sweeper 162 82.7 40 14.6 3:45 2:45 60
2023 Changeup 129 87.9 99 17.2 9:30 9:15 15
2023 Cutter 34 88.7 38 5.1 10:45 11:15 -30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 454 95.4 99 20.6 10:00 10:00 0
2023 Sinker 48 95.0 98 18.7 10:00 9:30 30
2023 Sweeper 167 83.7 35 13.4 3:30 2:45 45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 128 523 0 1 -3 -3 -5
2013 162 629 3 10 -4 -2 8
2014 308 1,297 8 2 -3 -6 0
2015 278 1,168 6 3 -3 -3 3
2016 229 959 11 1 -7 -6 -2
2017 44 188 1 5 -1 -1 3
2018 241 1,012 4 4 -3 -9 -4
2019 282 1,190 10 13 -7 -10 7
2020 103 435 10 4 -4 -2 9
2021 260 1,118 6 4 -5 -8 -2
2022 267 1,172 -4 14 -11 -7 -9
2023 247 1,017 12 10 -11 -5 6
2024 145 627 6 -3 -4 -3 -4
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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 1,097 48.4 64.9 79.9 28.6 52.5 43.0 59.2 46.2 28.2 6.0 72.7
2016 932 45.3 64.2 77.5 25.9 56.8 38.6 53.4 43.2 27.8 6.3 64.4
2017 188 44.7 60.7 84.3 25.0 42.3 44.1 54.5 41.0 29.9 5.3 80.0
2018 1,012 46.5 59.7 79.4 27.4 56.1 39.3 56.2 42.4 28.4 7.6 59.7
2019 1,184 47.1 62.7 76.9 29.4 39.7 41.4 59.4 45.1 35.4 6.6 70.5
2020 354 52.5 60.8 68.1 26.2 36.4 40.7 66.3 44.4 40.8 8.8 67.7
2021 1,118 47.4 64.3 75.7 25.3 40.3 40.4 59.6 43.8 35.1 7.2 77.5
2022 1,172 46.3 62.8 77.1 25.4 43.8 41.5 61.9 42.7 33.1 7.1 73.5
2023 996 50.6 58.5 76.6 23.1 65.8 41.9 54.3 41.1 26.4 7.3 71.2
2024 627 47.7 61.2 76.0 25.0 58.5 40.8 55.2 42.3 28.7 8.0 56.0
Player 8,680 47.5 62.3 77.2 26.4 49.6 41.0 58.0 43.5 31.2 7.0 69.0
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 77 94 93 86 55 70 31 65 65 82 4 84 40 96 26 59
2016 79 91 92 87 54 87 64 74 68 85 5 81 17 88 12 54
2017 77 34 51
2018 52 73 82 84 17 89 76 81 61 77 5 73 42 79 29 54
2019 65 87 96 98 16 94 93 68 85 84 4 94 53 84 38 64
2020 97 99 98 83 89 74 44 88 20 96 7 98 35 80 46 57
2021 35 76 48 31 25 57 10 22 40 92 7 96 20 77 44 56
2022 32 82 71 53 5 78 52 16 36 85 1 90 10 77 56 51
2023 81 93 98 98 35 92 88 99 99 74 1 53 4 75 47 51
2024 59 56 49
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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 22.2 5 4.3 1 3 0 4 80.0
2017 22.6 1 0.9 0 0 1 0 0.0
2018 22.2 4 4.5 -1 4 4 1 25.0
2019 25.5 3 2.4 1 3 0 2 66.7
2020 24.0 2 2.8 -1 1 3 1 50.0
2021 23.4 10 11.1 -1 2 7 6 60.0
2022 24.3 9 7.9 1 0 5 4 44.4
2023 26.5 3 3.1 0 2 1 2 66.7
2024 23.6 7 6.2 1 4 3 3 42.9
Player 23.7 44 43.4 1 19 24 23 52.3
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 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 4
2017 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
2018 4 7 4 6 5 4 5 5 4 2 3 7 4 3 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 6 7 6 2 2 5 5 5 5 2
2019 3 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2
2020 2 3 2 4 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 2 2 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 2 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 3
2021 10 13 9 11 12 12 13 11 10 8 11 13 10 8 12 12 9 10 11 13 9 12 13 12 9 10 13 14 11 11 12
2022 9 8 6 8 9 8 9 7 5 7 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 7 8 7 8 8 9 9 7 7 9 9 9 8 8
2023 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2024 7 5 5 8 5 6 6 7 5 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 8 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 6
Player 44 46 38 49 44 44 47 44 35 35 40 53 43 37 45 45 41 41 42 47 39 46 53 47 37 37 45 51 46 44 40
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 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.1 95.8 -1.3 94.8 -1.0 94.9 0.1 95.7 0.8 95.1 -0.6 95.3 0.2 95.5 0.2 95.0 -0.5 94.6 -0.4
Offspeed Velocity 89.2 87.6 -1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 90.0 0.0 89.4 -0.6 87.2 -2.2 86.4 -0.8 87.9 1.5 87.1 -0.8
Breaking Velocity 85.3 85.5 0.2 82.3 -3.2 82.8 0.5 85.0 2.2 82.5 -2.5 83.3 0.8 81.4 -1.9 83.7 2.3 82.8 -0.9
Exit Velocity 87.6 87.6 0.0 86.3 -1.3 87.1 0.8 88.0 0.9 86.0 -2.0 90.0 4.0 89.8 -0.2 84.6 -5.2 87.0 2.4
Launch Angle 5.6 11.2 5.6 3.8 -7.4 10.0 6.2 9.1 -0.9 6.7 -2.4 16.6 9.9 15.9 -0.7 12.4 -3.5 10.8 -1.6
Barrel % 5.7 5.3 -0.4 4.5 -0.8 5.0 0.5 4.1 -0.9 7.5 3.4 10.6 3.1 7.1 -3.5 5.0 -2.1 10.4 5.4
Hard Hit % 31.2 32.3 1.1 31.8 -0.5 34.3 2.5 31.8 -2.5 42.5 10.7 39.7 -2.8 39.3 -0.4 27.1 -12.2 39.0 11.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.8 30.1 3.3 27.3 -2.8 30.0 2.7 35.1 5.1 20.0 -15.1 37.6 17.6 38.6 1.0 29.3 -9.3 36.4 7.1
xBA .199 .206 0.007 .175 -0.031 .220 0.045 .205 -0.015 .133 -0.072 .218 0.085 .209 -0.009 .199 -0.010 .221 0.022
BA .235 .189 -0.046 .121 -0.068 .240 0.119 .215 -0.025 .114 -0.101 .211 0.097 .241 0.030 .183 -0.058 .202 0.019
xwOBA .281 .285 0.004 .304 0.019 .306 0.002 .301 -0.005 .240 -0.061 .323 0.083 .319 -0.004 .285 -0.034 .345 0.060
wOBA .310 .267 -0.043 .247 -0.020 .319 0.072 .303 -0.016 .202 -0.101 .312 0.110 .353 0.041 .271 -0.082 .350 0.079
xSLG .302 .316 0.014 .282 -0.034 .338 0.056 .302 -0.036 .245 -0.057 .398 0.153 .348 -0.050 .283 -0.065 .390 0.107
SLG .354 .300 -0.054 .212 -0.088 .363 0.151 .316 -0.047 .157 -0.159 .390 0.233 .417 0.027 .267 -0.150 .447 0.180
K% 26.5 26.7 0.2 28.9 2.2 27.2 -1.7 29.8 2.6 36.9 7.1 31.7 -5.2 29.4 -2.3 26.3 -3.1 27.6 1.3
BB% 11.9 11.8 -0.1 22.2 10.4 12.8 -9.4 13.8 1.0 14.3 0.5 13.0 -1.3 15.6 2.6 15.6 0.0 16.6 1.0
Swing % 46.2 43.2 -3.0 41.0 -2.2 42.4 1.4 45.1 2.7 44.4 -0.7 43.8 -0.6 42.7 -1.1 41.1 -1.6 42.3 1.2
Whiff% 28.2 27.8 -0.4 29.9 2.1 28.4 -1.5 35.4 7.0 40.8 5.4 35.1 -5.7 33.1 -2.0 26.4 -6.7 28.7 2.3
In Zone % 48.4 45.3 -3.1 44.7 -0.6 46.5 1.8 47.1 0.6 52.5 5.4 47.4 -5.1 46.3 -1.1 50.6 4.3 47.7 -2.9
Out of Zone % 51.6 54.7 3.1 55.3 0.6 53.5 -1.8 52.9 -0.6 47.5 -5.4 52.6 5.1 53.7 1.1 49.4 -4.3 52.3 2.9
Out of Zone Swing % 28.6 25.9 -2.7 25.0 -0.9 27.4 2.4 29.4 2.0 26.2 -3.2 25.3 -0.9 25.4 0.1 23.1 -2.3 25.0 1.9
First Pitch Swing % 24.6 20.8 -3.8 27.3 6.5 24.0 -3.3 27.0 3.0 27.7 0.7 28.1 0.4 30.2 2.1 24.7 -5.5 19.3 -5.4
First Pitch Strike % 59.2 53.4 -5.8 54.5 1.1 56.2 1.7 59.4 3.2 66.3 6.9 59.6 -6.7 61.9 2.3 54.3 -7.6 55.2 0.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 219 .269 144 2 1.4 75 7 9.3
2017 Shifts 44 .247 28 0 0.0 16 1 6.3
2018 Shifts 241 .319 153 6 3.9 88 16 18.2
2019 Shifts 281 .303 176 12 6.8 105 12 11.4
2020 Shifts 83 .202 49 5 10.2 34 9 26.5
2021 Shifts 260 .312 157 19 12.1 103 49 47.6
2022 Shifts 267 .353 164 10 6.1 103 40 38.8
2023 Shades 241 .272 141 7 5.0 100 22 22.0
2024 Shades 139 .361 75 0 0.0 64 23 35.9
! 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 %
2012 112 19.6 9.8% 1.8% 118 21.4 1.7% 9.3%
2013 164 18.7 7.9% 3.0% 100 23.1 1.0% 9.0%
2014 311 18.0 14.8% 1.9% 251 24.0 2.0% 14.3%
2015 268 17.7 26.1% 5.2% 225 21.5 12.9% 14.7%
2016 246 19.6 17.9% 6.5% 203 22.5 4.9% 13.8%
2017 42 17.8 21.4% 4.8% 45 24.6 0.0% 15.6%
2018 276 18.1 15.6% 2.5% 215 22.1 2.3% 6.5%
2019 274 20.5 0.7% 4.7% 258 25.1 0.0% 19.8%
2020 105 20.7 1.0% 7.6% 67 23.7 0.0% 13.4%
2021 320 22.3 0.0% 10.0% 217 26.6 0.0% 28.6%
2022 265 23.5 0.0% 9.1% 301 26.4 0.0% 23.6%
2023 261 17.3 5.4% 0.4% 220 19.9 0.5% 0.9%
2024 172 16.9 12.2% 2.9% 121 19.7 0.8% 2.5%

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Pitch Distribution