Richard Bleier
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 238LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 6, #183, Texas Rangers | Florida Gulf Coast
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 3 2 2.95 68 0 0 58 44 0.98
2022 2 2 3.55 55 1 1 50.2 32 1.44
2023 1 0 5.28 27 0 0 30.2 16 1.37
8 Seasons 15 6 3.27 335 2 5 330.1 187 1.22
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 68 3-2 2.95 58 44 0.98
2022 55 2-2 3.55 50.2 32 1.44
2023 27 1-0 5.28 30.2 16 1.37
8 Seasons 335 15-6 3.27 330.1 187 1.22
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
2016 29 349 74 2 2.7 2.2 90.3 110.4 3.7 33.8 .280 .405 .256 .320 .351 43.2 14.1 4.3 1.96 4.34
2017 30 914 222 6 2.7 2.3 87.4 114.2 -1.2 18.0 .254 .368 .286 .287 .295 35.9 9.8 4.9 1.99 3.50
2018 31 452 113 2 1.8 1.5 89.3 108.5 1.5 27.4 .256 .358 .288 .284 .307 35.4 11.3 3.0 1.93 3.37
2019 32 762 193 6 3.1 2.6 89.0 110.0 1.9 28.5 .251 .379 .333 .285 .308 38.3 12.8 3.4 5.37 3.54
2020 33 218 51 1 2.0 1.5 86.0 108.1 -4.5 27.5 .265 .361 .257 .298 .330 35.3 16.4 6.0 2.16 3.74
2021 34 685 172 7 4.1 3.1 88.0 115.5 -5.2 26.2 .241 .343 .256 .269 .323 39.0 19.6 2.7 2.95 3.01
2022 35 768 179 8 4.5 3.6 89.6 111.9 4.3 32.4 .272 .393 .339 .302 .338 40.8 14.4 4.5 3.55 3.78
2023 36 456 108 8 7.4 6.1 88.6 112.9 5.8 27.8 .274 .452 .352 .332 .358 39.8 12.1 3.8 5.28 4.70
Player 4604 1112 40 3.6 2.9 88.6 115.5 0.8 26.8 .259 .379 .301 .293 .321 38.4 13.6 3.9
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

Bleier relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(41.9%) ,
Cutter
(39.0%) ,
Slider
(10.1%) ,
Split Finger
(5.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(3.7%) ,


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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 55.4 16.2 27.0 1.4 33.8 40.5 25.7 1.4 44.6 16.2 24.3 10.8 2.7 2.2
2017 69.4 12.2 15.3 3.2 30.2 47.3 22.5 4.5 50.9 13.1 22.1 4.1 2.7 2.3
2018 58.4 15.9 23.0 2.7 33.6 39.8 26.5 2.7 50.4 16.8 22.1 6.2 1.8 1.5
2019 60.1 12.4 22.8 4.7 39.9 39.9 20.2 2.6 49.7 14.5 23.3 6.2 3.1 2.6
2020 72.5 2.0 23.5 2.0 35.3 37.3 27.5 5.9 58.8 2.0 23.5 7.8 2.0 1.5
2021 68.0 11.0 18.0 2.9 40.7 36.6 22.7 4.7 51.2 10.5 25.0 4.1 4.1 3.1
2022 54.2 17.9 24.6 3.4 41.9 35.2 22.9 3.4 41.9 17.3 24.6 7.8 4.5 3.6
2023 55.6 15.7 21.3 7.4 36.1 39.8 24.1 8.3 42.6 14.8 23.1 3.7 7.4 6.1
Player 61.9 13.5 21.0 3.6 36.8 40.0 23.2 4.0 48.4 13.8 23.5 5.8 3.6 2.9
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
2023 Sinker BOS L 191 88.0 32.9 5.9 14.7ARM 0.1 2.6 5.7 14.7ARM -0.4
2023 Slider BOS L 46 77.3 46.6 0.4 9.3GLV -1.8 -0.6 2.4 9.3GLV 4.1
2023 Split-Finger BOS L 24 78.5 48.9 6.9 4.9ARM -1.2 -3.9 8.1 4.9ARM -3.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball BOS L 17 88.9 24.4 -5.9 8.1ARM 1.4 10.3 -5.0 8.1ARM 0.2
2023 Cutter BOS L 178 86.0 30.7 -0.1 1.2GLV -2.3 6.1 -0.8 1.2GLV -0.6
2022 4-Seam Fastball MIA L 44 90.7 21.2 -4.7 7.1ARM 0.7 12.1 -3.9 7.1ARM -0.5
2022 Split-Finger MIA L 1 79.2 49.0 10.7 3.5GLV -9.5 -4.8 8.9 3.5GLV -11.9
2022 Slider MIA L 121 77.7 48.3 3.2 8.8GLV -1.6 -2.6 4.5 8.8GLV 3.9
2022 Sinker MIA L 373 89.8 30.6 6.5 15.5ARM 1.3 3.5 5.4 15.5ARM 0.3
2022 Changeup MIA L 53 82.9 35.1 2.8 15.9ARM 2.0 4.9 1.9 15.9ARM 1.6
2022 Cutter MIA L 176 87.3 29.6 -1.4 0.9GLV -2.1 6.3 -1.7 0.9GLV -0.7
! 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 %
2023 Sinker -1.7 -3 191 41.9 65 .305 .458 .367 15.5 9.2 15.0 .306 .505 .367 50.9
2023 Cutter 0.4 1 178 39.0 41 .263 .316 .271 15.1 14.6 11.1 .217 .280 .248 24.2
2023 Slider -1.1 0 46 10.1 11 .200 .600 .359 40.0 18.2 14.3 .165 .368 .261 25.0
2023 Split-Finger -10.0 -2 24 5.3 7 .429 .429 .643 10.0 14.3 5.3 .255 .278 .236 16.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball -13.4 -2 17 3.7 7 .571 1.429 .829 30.8 14.3 14.3 .492 1.234 .711 66.7
2022 Sinker -0.8 -3 373 48.6 120 .330 .513 .379 13.9 10.0 15.2 .291 .423 .325 53.4
2022 Cutter -1.0 -2 176 22.9 47 .311 .489 .378 18.2 17.0 11.6 .295 .414 .323 29.7
2022 Slider 0.2 0 121 15.8 20 .211 .263 .233 42.3 40.0 18.6 .139 .160 .159 0.0
2022 Changeup -0.1 0 53 6.9 17 .333 .467 .325 11.1 5.9 12.5 .278 .384 .277 25.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 2.6 1 44 5.7 15 .133 .200 .143 19.2 20.0 11.1 .221 .409 .271 25.0
2022 Split-Finger -2.3 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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
2023 Cutter 173 86.0 41 5.5 11:15 12:30 -75
2023 4-Seam Fastball 17 88.9 75 12.6 10:30 10:30 0
2023 Split-Finger 11 78.3 87 8.4 7:45 7:30 15
2023 Sinker 182 88.0 75 15.5 10:30 9:15 75
2023 Slider 44 77.2 59 10.8 3:45 3:30 15
2022 Changeup 53 82.9 98 16.9 9:45 9:15 30
2022 Cutter 167 87.2 42 5.5 11:00 12:30 -90
2022 4-Seam Fastball 44 90.7 79 13.5 10:15 11:00 -45
2022 Sinker 356 89.8 82 16.5 10:15 9:15 60
2022 Slider 121 77.7 62 10.6 4:00 4:00 0
! 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
2016 92 349 2 2 1 -2 3
2017 260 908 6 6 0 -3 9
2018 132 451 3 8 -1 -2 7
2019 233 761 4 -6 -3 -3 -7
2020 72 232 3 5 -2 -1 5
2021 222 685 6 12 0 -2 17
2022 219 768 -2 5 -4 -2 -3
2023 131 456 -3 2 -5 -2 -8
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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 349 46.1 67.7 85.3 35.6 73.1 40.1 59.8 50.4 19.3 9.5 75.8
2017 914 54.7 75.1 86.6 32.1 66.7 40.6 60.3 55.7 18.3 10.2 86.0
2018 452 56.3 72.0 85.8 27.9 60.0 40.1 65.9 52.9 19.2 7.8 80.0
2019 762 52.7 70.6 88.3 31.4 67.3 44.4 62.4 52.0 17.2 9.7 82.4
2020 218 48.2 61.9 92.3 37.2 66.7 43.6 71.2 49.1 17.8 6.0 69.2
2021 685 59.4 71.5 84.5 36.7 61.8 43.6 72.1 57.4 20.1 10.4 71.8
2022 768 56.1 72.9 87.6 32.3 62.4 43.6 66.7 55.1 18.7 9.2 81.7
2023 456 52.0 70.5 86.8 38.8 70.6 44.3 76.3 55.3 17.9 8.6 79.5
Player 4,604 54.2 71.6 86.8 33.5 66.0 42.6 66.2 54.2 18.6 9.3 80.0
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
2016 13 3 55
2017 76 40 72 87 73 88 97 43 25 1 95 10 89 7 2 55
2018 3 1 49
2019 78 40 67 87 79 94 97 40 35 1 98 2 74 5 2 56
2020 6 5 74
2021 89 47 81 94 88 92 95 68 47 22 99 8 98 8 7 72
2022 53 8 39 75 48 87 90 22 25 4 94 6 78 6 12 77
2023 1 5 78
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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 -- 0 0.6 -1 0 1 0 --
2017 21.7 6 4.9 1 5 2 3 50.0
2018 -- 0 0.3 0 1 1 0 --
2019 22.3 6 5.2 1 0 3 3 50.0
2020 -- 0 0.3 0 2 0 0 --
2021 22.2 4 3.8 0 1 2 2 50.0
2022 23.1 3 3.5 -1 4 2 2 66.7
2023 24.7 5 3.7 1 2 1 3 60.0
Player 22.8 24 22.3 2 15 12 13 54.2
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 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
2017 6 4 5 6 4 4 5 5 4 3 4 10 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 6 5 5 4 5 8 5 4 3
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
2019 6 6 4 6 6 5 6 5 6 4 5 6 5 4 5 6 5 5 4 6 5 5 6 6 5 4 6 6 5 5 4
2020 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
2021 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 4
2022 3 4 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 5 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 3 4
2023 5 4 5 5 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3
Player 24 23 22 26 21 21 24 22 18 16 19 30 26 19 22 24 20 21 20 23 21 21 30 23 23 18 23 29 25 21 19
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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.0 88.3 -1.7 87.3 -1.0 88.6 1.3 88.7 0.1 89.3 0.6 89.1 -0.2 87.1 -2.0
Offspeed Velocity 81.8 81.7 -0.1 81.3 -0.4 81.4 0.1 82.8 1.4 83.1 0.3 82.8 -0.3 78.5 -4.3
Breaking Velocity 83.2 80.5 -2.7 78.2 -2.3 79.7 1.5 78.7 -1.0 78.9 0.2 77.7 -1.2 77.3 -0.4
Exit Velocity 90.3 87.4 -2.9 89.3 1.9 89.0 -0.3 86.0 -3.0 88.0 2.0 89.6 1.6 88.6 -1.0
Launch Angle 3.7 -1.2 -4.9 1.5 2.7 1.9 0.4 -4.5 -6.4 -5.2 -0.7 4.3 9.5 5.8 1.5
Barrel % 2.7 2.7 0.0 1.8 -0.9 3.1 1.3 2.0 -1.1 4.1 2.1 4.5 0.4 7.4 2.9
Hard Hit % 43.2 35.9 -7.3 35.4 -0.5 38.3 2.9 35.3 -3.0 39.0 3.7 40.8 1.8 39.8 -1.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.8 18.0 -15.8 27.4 9.4 28.5 1.1 27.5 -1.0 26.2 -1.3 32.4 6.2 27.8 -4.6
xBA .280 .254 -0.026 .256 0.002 .251 -0.005 .265 0.014 .241 -0.024 .272 0.031 .274 0.002
BA .233 .257 0.024 .286 0.029 .295 0.009 .226 -0.069 .241 0.015 .301 0.060 .306 0.005
xwOBA .320 .287 -0.033 .284 -0.003 .285 0.001 .298 0.013 .269 -0.029 .302 0.033 .332 0.030
wOBA .256 .286 0.030 .288 0.002 .333 0.045 .257 -0.076 .256 -0.001 .339 0.083 .352 0.013
xSLG .405 .368 -0.037 .358 -0.010 .379 0.021 .361 -0.018 .343 -0.018 .393 0.050 .452 0.059
SLG .314 .369 0.055 .365 -0.004 .473 0.108 .306 -0.167 .335 0.029 .459 0.124 .479 0.020
K% 14.1 9.8 -4.3 11.3 1.5 12.8 1.5 16.4 3.6 19.6 3.2 14.4 -5.2 12.1 -2.3
BB% 4.3 4.9 0.6 3.0 -1.9 3.4 0.4 6.0 2.6 2.7 -3.3 4.5 1.8 3.8 -0.7
Swing % 50.4 55.7 5.3 52.9 -2.8 52.0 -0.9 49.1 -2.9 57.4 8.3 55.1 -2.3 55.3 0.2
Whiff% 19.3 18.3 -1.0 19.2 0.9 17.2 -2.0 17.8 0.6 20.1 2.3 18.7 -1.4 17.9 -0.8
In Zone % 46.1 54.7 8.6 56.3 1.6 52.7 -3.6 48.2 -4.5 59.4 11.2 56.1 -3.3 52.0 -4.1
Out of Zone % 53.9 45.3 -8.6 43.7 -1.6 47.3 3.6 51.8 4.5 40.6 -11.2 43.9 3.3 48.0 4.1
Out of Zone Swing % 35.6 32.1 -3.5 27.9 -4.2 31.4 3.5 37.2 5.8 36.7 -0.5 32.3 -4.4 38.8 6.5
First Pitch Swing % 32.6 29.4 -3.2 36.4 7.0 29.9 -6.5 31.8 1.9 40.1 8.3 35.2 -4.9 39.7 4.5
First Pitch Strike % 59.8 60.3 0.5 65.9 5.6 62.4 -3.5 71.2 8.8 72.1 0.9 66.7 -5.4 76.3 9.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 92 .256 49 0 0.0 43 18 41.9
2017 Shifts 260 .288 144 11 7.6 116 34 29.3
2018 Shifts 132 .288 74 3 4.1 58 23 39.7
2019 Shifts 233 .333 129 22 17.1 104 28 26.9
2020 Shifts 64 .251 26 11 42.3 38 1 2.6
2021 Shifts 222 .256 128 29 22.7 94 15 16.0
2022 Shifts 219 .339 125 4 3.2 94 7 7.4
2023 Shades 131 .352 84 2 2.4 47 24 51.1
! 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 %
2016 84 17.9 21.4% 3.6% 68 20.4 8.8% 4.4%
2017 206 17.9 8.7% 1.5% 145 19.0 0.7% 2.1%
2018 95 17.0 17.9% 1.1% 95 19.9 2.1% 3.2%
2019 209 17.5 11.0% 2.4% 116 19.6 0.9% 7.8%
2020 60 18.4 10.0% 5.0% 33 20.3 0.0% 3.0%
2021 145 18.7 2.1% 4.1% 103 20.9 0.0% 9.7%
2022 166 19.0 3.0% 3.0% 134 21.4 0.7% 9.7%
2023 101 15.2 44.6% 0.0% 76 16.2 21.1% 1.3%

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Pitch Distribution