T.J. McFarland
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 200LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 4, #137, Cleveland Indians | A A Stagg School
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 0 6.61 28 0 0 32.2 16 1.62
2023 0 1 5.40 3 0 0 1.2 2 3.00
2024 2 4 3.81 79 0 0 56.2 39 1.24
12 Seasons 26 20 4.10 433 3 1 530.2 318 1.44
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 28 0-0 6.61 32.2 16 1.62
2023 3 0-1 5.40 1.2 2 3.00
2024 79 2-4 3.81 56.2 39 1.24
12 Seasons 433 26-20 4.10 530.2 318 1.44
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 26 687 144 6 4.2 3.2 89.2 107.7 -1.1 25.0 .257 .368 .347 .305 .326 38.9 13.8 9.6 4.91 3.85
2016 27 381 93 5 5.4 4.5 87.3 110.2 2.8 25.8 .300 .459 .388 .355 .344 38.7 6.3 8.9 6.93 5.49
2017 28 829 193 4 2.1 1.7 86.9 114.7 -3.6 25.4 .264 .372 .319 .295 .313 31.1 12.0 7.1 5.33 3.71
2018 29 1069 228 10 4.4 3.4 90.5 114.5 -1.9 19.3 .254 .369 .275 .298 .320 37.7 14.4 7.5 2.00 3.73
2019 30 897 194 12 6.2 4.8 88.4 114.3 -0.1 30.4 .301 .475 .350 .351 .387 40.1 14.0 8.0 4.82 5.59
2020 31 331 77 5 6.5 5.4 90.8 109.0 2.2 27.3 .296 .507 .378 .366 .383 42.9 9.8 5.4 4.36 5.93
2021 32 512 114 8 7.0 5.6 90.8 117.1 -0.1 21.9 .249 .394 .282 .299 .327 45.6 14.6 6.3 2.56 3.76
2022 33 487 116 9 7.8 6.2 92.5 111.6 4.1 34.5 .312 .485 .380 .374 .390 51.7 11.0 7.6 6.61 6.13
2023 34 51 7 1 14.3 9.1 85.0 112.2 -19.8 28.6 .251 .326 .483 .333 .320 42.9 18.2 9.1 5.40 4.73
2024 35 836 175 8 4.6 3.4 87.5 114.9 3.2 26.3 .240 .343 .293 .285 .311 34.9 16.6 7.2 3.81 3.36
Player 6080 1341 68 5.1 4.0 89.1 117.1 0.0 25.8 .270 .406 .326 .318 .340 39.1 13.2 7.6
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

McFarland relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(48.6%) ,
Sweeper
(38.4%) ,
Changeup
(12.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.6%) ,
Cutter
(0.1%) ,


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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 65.3 11.8 20.8 2.1 34.7 41.0 24.3 2.8 52.8 9.0 22.2 4.2 4.2 3.2
2016 60.2 15.1 21.5 3.2 44.1 31.2 24.7 6.5 44.1 14.0 23.7 2.2 5.4 4.5
2017 68.9 10.9 19.7 0.5 28.5 45.1 26.4 7.8 48.2 10.4 24.9 4.7 2.1 1.7
2018 68.4 11.4 17.5 2.6 35.5 42.5 21.5 1.8 57.5 11.4 20.2 3.5 4.4 3.4
2019 61.9 11.3 24.7 2.1 37.1 41.8 21.1 5.2 45.4 11.9 26.8 2.6 6.2 4.8
2020 59.7 18.2 20.8 1.3 45.5 36.4 18.2 2.6 46.8 15.6 22.1 3.9 6.5 5.4
2021 63.2 14.9 21.1 0.9 43.0 34.2 22.8 2.6 52.6 11.4 16.7 8.8 7.0 5.6
2022 54.3 19.0 25.0 1.7 37.9 43.1 19.0 2.6 37.9 16.4 27.6 6.0 7.8 6.2
2023 71.4 0.0 28.6 0.0 71.4 14.3 14.3 0.0 71.4 0.0 14.3 0.0 14.3 9.1
2024 59.4 14.3 20.6 5.7 38.3 38.9 22.9 6.9 44.6 14.9 21.1 7.4 4.6 3.4
Player 63.3 13.3 21.1 2.3 37.2 40.2 22.5 4.4 48.6 12.3 22.8 4.7 5.1 4.0
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 OAK L 103 81.4 44.5 8.3 14.1ARM 0.4 -3.1 9.0 14.1ARM 0.0
2024 Sinker OAK L 406 88.0 38.2 5.9 16.6ARM 2.2 -2.7 10.8 16.6ARM 1.4
2024 Cutter OAK L 1 82.2 40.3 -3.9 1.2GLV -3.9 0.6 -6.6 1.2GLV -0.9
2024 Sweeper OAK L 321 78.2 46.6 3.2 18.2GLV 2.5 -1.6 2.6 18.2GLV 4.1
2024 4-Seam Fastball OAK L 5 88.5 32.1 -7.2 18.0ARM 7.3 3.1 -12.5 18.0ARM 9.8
2023 Sinker NYM L 25 88.0 41.1 10.7 15.0ARM -1.0 -5.5 13.8 15.0ARM -0.1
2023 Sweeper NYM L 15 78.4 46.2 2.4 18.3GLV 2.5 -1.3 2.4 18.3GLV 4.2
2023 Changeup NYM L 11 81.5 44.8 8.3 14.6ARM 0.7 -3.3 9.6 14.6ARM 0.6
! 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 Sinker 1.5 6 406 48.6 122 .281 .386 .316 11.3 11.5 14.7 .263 .361 .291 44.1
2024 Sweeper 0.2 1 321 38.4 77 .217 .333 .275 28.5 27.3 23.3 .197 .292 .260 20.4
2024 Changeup -0.3 0 103 12.3 30 .231 .385 .371 28.6 13.3 13.8 .261 .412 .338 26.1
2024 4-Seam Fastball 3.2 0 5 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .001 .001 .000 0.0
2024 Cutter 3.6 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 Sinker -4.9 -1 25 49.0 10 .444 .556 .465 28.6 20.0 20.0 .251 .326 .294 42.9
2023 Sweeper -4.6 -1 15 29.4 1 -- -- .700 50.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2023 Changeup 0.0 0 11 21.6 -- -- -- 40.0 -- 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 100 81.4 92 15.7 9:00 8:15 45
2024 Sinker 371 88.0 87 18.1 9:30 8:30 60
2024 Sweeper 320 78.2 68 19.6 4:00 3:30 30
2023 Changeup 10 81.6 93 16.4 9:00 8:30 30
2023 Sinker 17 88.0 80 16.9 9:30 8:15 75
2023 Sweeper 15 78.4 64 19.6 4:00 3:15 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
2013 326 1,209 -3 6 -4 -4 -5
2014 253 857 4 1 -3 -3 -1
2015 183 667 1 -4 -2 -3 -7
2016 110 373 -2 1 -4 -1 -5
2017 235 829 -1 3 -7 -3 -8
2018 289 1,068 13 10 -5 -4 13
2019 243 894 1 5 -9 -2 -6
2020 99 363 4 1 -3 -2 1
2021 146 530 0 10 -3 -3 4
2022 145 487 -2 -2 -4 -4 -12
2024 230 836 7 6 -3 -5 7
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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 687 49.3 64.3 86.7 30.5 71.7 43.5 61.2 47.2 17.0 7.1 73.5
2016 381 46.5 68.4 93.4 24.5 70.0 44.6 58.0 44.9 13.5 5.2 80.0
2017 829 44.8 75.7 90.7 27.7 67.7 43.2 54.0 49.2 15.4 6.9 86.0
2018 1,069 42.5 70.7 86.6 25.2 63.2 44.3 54.0 44.5 20.0 5.0 81.1
2019 897 39.3 73.8 86.9 33.5 64.8 46.6 56.9 49.5 22.1 4.5 77.5
2020 331 42.0 64.0 96.6 27.6 60.4 44.4 60.9 42.9 16.2 6.0 70.0
2021 512 43.8 74.1 89.8 30.2 64.4 46.3 52.4 49.4 17.4 5.9 86.7
2022 487 46.2 69.3 89.7 26.7 68.6 42.9 55.2 46.4 16.4 7.0 79.4
2023 51 35.3 66.7 83.3 33.3 45.5 47.1 45.5 45.1 34.8 0.0 --
2024 836 51.6 59.7 86.4 31.6 63.3 45.8 66.1 46.2 19.2 7.0 66.1
Player 6,080 44.9 68.9 88.7 29.0 65.5 44.7 57.4 46.9 18.2 6.0 77.6
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 40 37 11
2016 39 29 18
2017 71 25 70 91 45 97 99 57 67 1 71 3 54 28 13 10
2018 60 30 62 85 49 72 86 3 30 4 61 14 18 19 6 5
2019 13 2 17 45 7 65 66 56 19 2 53 23 88 7 2 1
2020 13 5 11 18 26 56 57 10 18 1 87 3 50 5 4 6
2021 5 5 2
2022 3 3 3
2024 77 47 79 93 53 91 93 81 80 7 63 6 81 1 3 1
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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 22.6 3 3.6 -1 2 1 3 100.0
2017 22.1 4 3.6 0 5 4 0 0.0
2018 22.1 4 4.5 -1 4 3 2 50.0
2019 21.7 6 7.2 -1 4 5 3 50.0
2020 21.5 5 4.4 1 2 5 1 20.0
2021 22.9 3 4.7 -2 4 4 1 33.3
2022 22.6 5 3.2 2 2 2 2 40.0
2024 24.1 4 3.9 0 1 3 1 25.0
Player 22.4 34 35.1 -1 24 27 13 38.2
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 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 6 5 4 3 3 4 4 3 3
2017 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 3 3 8 5 4 3 4 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 3 2
2018 4 6 4 5 4 4 5 5 3 3 5 7 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 6 5 6 4 3 3 4 6 3 4
2019 6 9 6 10 8 6 8 8 6 5 5 9 8 7 6 7 7 6 6 8 8 8 11 8 8 6 6 10 8 6 3
2020 5 5 5 3 5 6 5 3 3 2 3 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 6 3 5 7 5 5 2 3 6 3 6 5 4
2021 3 6 3 7 5 4 5 4 5 2 4 7 5 3 5 6 4 4 4 5 3 6 6 7 4 4 6 5 5 4 2
2022 5 4 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 5 2 4 5 2 2
2024 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 2 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 4 3
Player 34 41 29 38 34 32 38 36 26 23 29 47 41 33 34 38 32 32 37 34 36 42 46 44 30 31 34 38 44 30 23
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 92.1 92.3 0.2 91.4 -0.9 90.6 -0.8 89.4 -1.2 88.5 -0.9 88.8 0.3 88.8 0.0 88.0 -0.8 88.0 0.0
Offspeed Velocity 85.0 84.7 -0.3 84.4 -0.3 83.3 -1.1 82.0 -1.3 81.8 -0.2 82.1 0.3 81.8 -0.3 81.5 -0.3 81.4 -0.1
Breaking Velocity 82.3 80.3 -2.0 81.5 1.2 80.1 -1.4 80.9 0.8 78.3 -2.6 79.5 1.2 79.5 0.0 78.4 -1.1 78.2 -0.2
Exit Velocity 89.2 87.3 -1.9 86.9 -0.4 90.5 3.6 88.4 -2.1 90.8 2.4 90.8 0.0 92.5 1.7 85.0 -7.5 87.5 2.5
Launch Angle -1.1 2.8 3.9 -3.6 -6.4 -1.9 1.7 -0.1 1.8 2.2 2.3 -0.1 -2.3 4.1 4.2 -19.8 -23.9 3.2 23.0
Barrel % 4.2 5.4 1.2 2.1 -3.3 4.4 2.3 6.2 1.8 6.5 0.3 7.0 0.5 7.8 0.8 14.3 6.5 4.6 -9.7
Hard Hit % 38.9 38.7 -0.2 31.1 -7.6 37.7 6.6 40.1 2.4 42.9 2.8 45.6 2.7 51.7 6.1 42.9 -8.8 34.9 -8.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.0 25.8 0.8 25.4 -0.4 19.3 -6.1 30.4 11.1 27.3 -3.1 21.9 -5.4 34.5 12.6 28.6 -5.9 26.3 -2.3
xBA .257 .300 0.043 .264 -0.036 .254 -0.010 .301 0.047 .296 -0.005 .249 -0.047 .312 0.063 .251 -0.061 .240 -0.011
BA .306 .340 0.034 .300 -0.040 .239 -0.061 .316 0.077 .302 -0.014 .237 -0.065 .323 0.086 .444 0.121 .252 -0.192
xwOBA .305 .355 0.050 .295 -0.060 .298 0.003 .351 0.053 .366 0.015 .299 -0.067 .374 0.075 .333 -0.041 .285 -0.048
wOBA .347 .388 0.041 .319 -0.069 .275 -0.044 .350 0.075 .378 0.028 .282 -0.096 .380 0.098 .483 0.103 .293 -0.190
xSLG .368 .459 0.091 .372 -0.087 .369 -0.003 .475 0.106 .507 0.032 .394 -0.113 .485 0.091 .326 -0.159 .343 0.017
SLG .441 .526 0.085 .406 -0.120 .336 -0.070 .471 0.135 .547 0.076 .370 -0.177 .492 0.122 .556 0.064 .367 -0.189
K% 13.8 6.3 -7.5 12.0 5.7 14.4 2.4 14.0 -0.4 9.8 -4.2 14.6 4.8 11.0 -3.6 18.2 7.2 16.6 -1.6
BB% 9.6 8.9 -0.7 7.1 -1.8 7.5 0.4 8.0 0.5 5.4 -2.6 6.3 0.9 7.6 1.3 9.1 1.5 7.2 -1.9
Swing % 47.2 44.9 -2.3 49.2 4.3 44.5 -4.7 49.5 5.0 42.9 -6.6 49.4 6.5 46.4 -3.0 45.1 -1.3 46.2 1.1
Whiff% 17.0 13.5 -3.5 15.4 1.9 20.0 4.6 22.1 2.1 16.2 -5.9 17.4 1.2 16.4 -1.0 34.8 18.4 19.2 -15.6
In Zone % 49.3 46.5 -2.8 44.8 -1.7 42.5 -2.3 39.3 -3.2 42.0 2.7 43.8 1.8 46.2 2.4 35.3 -10.9 51.6 16.3
Out of Zone % 50.7 53.5 2.8 55.2 1.7 57.5 2.3 60.7 3.2 58.0 -2.7 56.3 -1.7 53.8 -2.5 64.7 10.9 48.4 -16.3
Out of Zone Swing % 30.5 24.5 -6.0 27.7 3.2 25.2 -2.5 33.5 8.3 27.6 -5.9 30.2 2.6 26.7 -3.5 33.3 6.6 31.6 -1.7
First Pitch Swing % 26.1 25.9 -0.2 27.0 1.1 27.1 0.1 31.7 4.6 23.9 -7.8 34.3 10.4 32.4 -1.9 18.2 -14.2 27.0 8.8
First Pitch Strike % 61.2 58.0 -3.2 54.0 -4.0 54.0 0.0 56.9 2.9 60.9 4.0 52.4 -8.5 55.2 2.8 45.5 -9.7 66.1 20.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 104 .402 51 3 5.9 53 13 24.5
2017 Shifts 235 .319 156 0 0.0 79 17 21.5
2018 Shifts 289 .275 189 11 5.8 100 33 33.0
2019 Shifts 245 .350 114 13 11.4 131 58 44.3
2020 Shifts 92 .378 51 9 17.6 41 19 46.3
2021 Shifts 143 .282 94 29 30.9 49 21 42.9
2022 Shifts 140 .363 91 22 24.2 49 32 65.3
2023 Shades 11 .483 6 0 0.0 5 1 20.0
2024 Shades 230 .293 113 0 0.0 117 54 46.2
! 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 %
2013 295 16.1 36.9% 0.3% 245 22.0 0.0% 5.7%
2014 225 18.7 8.4% 1.3% 153 23.8 0.7% 9.2%
2015 169 19.4 16.6% 3.0% 137 24.2 4.4% 15.3%
2016 94 16.6 28.7% 3.2% 76 22.6 9.2% 9.2%
2017 229 18.6 2.6% 1.3% 138 24.3 0.0% 9.4%
2018 332 19.0 4.2% 0.9% 176 23.7 0.0% 9.7%
2019 192 17.7 15.6% 2.1% 197 22.2 1.0% 10.7%
2020 104 18.7 1.0% 1.0% 58 22.1 0.0% 6.9%
2021 133 18.5 3.0% 1.5% 100 23.0 0.0% 6.0%
2022 115 17.4 15.7% 0.0% 108 20.4 2.8% 7.4%
2023 16 15.4 37.5% 0.0% 10 16.8 20.0% 0.0%
2024 185 14.6 61.6% 0.0% 202 17.0 13.4% 0.5%

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Pitch Distribution