Blaine Hardy
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 218LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 22, #655, Kansas City Royals | Lewis-Clark State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 4 5 3.56 30 13 1 86 66 1.17
2019 1 1 4.47 39 0 0 44.1 29 1.15
2021 0 1 18.00 1 0 0 1 1 4.00
7 Seasons 14 11 3.78 234 13 1 290.2 230 1.34
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 30 4-5 3.56 86 66 1.17
2019 39 1-1 4.47 44.1 29 1.15
2021 1 0-1 18.00 1 1 4.00
7 Seasons 234 14-11 3.78 290.2 230 1.34
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 28 968 187 10 5.3 3.8 88.4 110.8 13.7 32.1 .228 .354 .304 .293 .337 27.3 20.8 8.3 3.08 3.53
2016 29 444 80 4 5.0 3.6 88.8 109.3 11.2 28.7 .232 .383 .309 .304 .327 40.0 17.9 10.7 3.51 3.88
2017 30 593 115 10 8.7 6.4 89.3 110.5 16.2 35.7 .296 .549 .384 .382 .442 45.2 17.9 8.3 5.94 6.65
2018 31 1368 261 16 6.1 4.6 87.3 113.8 15.4 26.8 .225 .365 .300 .289 .327 34.5 18.8 6.3 3.56 3.50
2019 32 689 140 15 10.7 8.2 86.0 110.8 12.2 34.3 .251 .484 .308 .340 .378 29.3 15.9 7.1 4.47 5.19
2021 34 31 5 0 0.0 0.0 71.2 74.3 19.5 40.0 .262 .287 .555 .318 .304 0.0 14.3 14.3 18.00 4.30
Player 4093 788 55 7.0 5.1 87.7 113.8 14.1 31.0 .242 .411 .317 .314 .355 33.8 18.5 7.7
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

Hardy relies on 4 pitches.
Cutter
(48.4%) ,
Changeup
(41.9%) ,
Curveball
(6.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(3.2%) ,


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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 42.2 25.1 24.6 8.0 39.0 37.4 23.0 3.2 30.5 28.9 23.5 3.7 5.3 3.8
2016 48.8 22.5 20.0 8.8 45.0 38.8 15.0 2.5 38.8 21.3 22.5 8.8 5.0 3.6
2017 33.9 30.4 26.1 9.6 42.6 35.7 21.7 1.7 27.8 28.7 27.8 5.2 8.7 6.4
2018 42.5 30.3 18.0 9.2 39.8 36.8 23.4 4.6 30.7 32.2 20.7 5.0 6.1 4.6
2019 50.0 21.4 20.0 8.6 42.1 36.4 21.4 7.9 33.6 22.1 18.6 5.7 10.7 8.2
2021 60.0 0.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 60.0 20.0 20.0 40.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 43.3 26.5 21.3 8.9 40.9 37.1 21.8 4.3 31.6 27.9 22.2 5.2 7.0 5.1
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
2021 Changeup MIL L 13 79.6 35.6 0.9 17.3ARM 3.7 7.5 0.3 17.3ARM 3.4
2021 Curveball MIL L 2 77.2 60.6 3.2 8.1GLV -1.2 -13.8 5.1 8.1GLV 0.2
2021 4-Seam Fastball MIL L 1 90.4 13.9 2.9 8.6ARM 1.8 19.9 3.8 8.6ARM 1.0
2021 Cutter MIL L 15 85.7 26.4 3.4 1.7GLV -1.1 10.5 2.5 1.7GLV 0.0
2019 Curveball DET L 138 76.5 62.7 4.0 6.2GLV -3.8 -14.5 5.8 6.2GLV -1.9
2019 Sinker DET L 13 88.8 20.3 -5.0 14.5ARM 0.1 14.9 -5.4 14.5ARM 0.4
2019 Changeup DET L 309 79.2 34.1 -0.6 17.1ARM 3.1 10.5 -2.6 17.1ARM 2.8
2019 Cutter DET L 97 86.1 23.5 6.2 1.8GLV -0.6 13.8 5.7 1.8GLV 0.5
2019 4-Seam Fastball DET L 132 88.2 16.3 2.5 8.1ARM 1.2 19.3 3.6 8.1ARM 0.4
! 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 %
2021 Cutter -4.8 -1 15 48.4 4 .500 .500 .533 0.0 25.0 25.0 .035 .035 .257 0.0
2021 Changeup -11.0 -1 13 41.9 3 .667 .667 .600 12.5 0.0 0.0 .413 .455 .382 0.0
2021 Curveball -5.0 0 2 6.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 1 3.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Changeup 2.5 8 309 44.8 99 .165 .286 .231 29.6 21.2 19.4 .195 .302 .243 20.8
2019 Curveball -1.1 -2 138 20.0 31 .226 .355 .271 13.8 12.9 11.8 .313 .540 .378 40.7
2019 4-Seam Fastball -4.5 -6 132 19.2 33 .440 1.160 .626 11.5 6.1 8.0 .392 1.017 .573 44.0
2019 Cutter -0.2 0 97 14.1 18 .250 .625 .382 13.2 11.1 8.0 .238 .607 .438 26.7
2019 Sinker -5.9 -1 13 1.9 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .085 .106 .092 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
2021 Changeup 13 79.6 100 19.1 9:45 9:30 15
2021 Cutter 15 85.7 54 10.1 11:45 12:15 -30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

! Note: Data is available from 2020 through the present.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 164 631 6 7 -4 -2 7
2015 263 960 7 3 -8 -1 2
2016 111 440 2 0 -4 -1 -2
2017 155 592 2 -2 -6 -2 -7
2018 350 1,368 6 6 -7 -5 0
2019 182 689 -2 8 -4 -3 -1
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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 968 55.3 65.4 81.1 24.5 55.7 42.0 67.9 47.1 24.1 10.6 74.8
2016 444 52.7 61.1 78.3 26.2 69.1 40.1 64.3 44.6 23.7 7.9 62.9
2017 593 54.4 65.8 81.6 21.9 52.5 41.2 57.4 45.7 24.4 10.0 64.4
2018 1,368 50.2 62.3 86.4 28.5 64.9 44.7 67.4 45.5 20.1 8.3 70.2
2019 689 46.4 68.1 83.0 30.6 68.1 40.5 62.6 48.0 21.8 7.8 75.9
2021 31 32.3 50.0 80.0 38.1 100.0 48.4 42.9 41.9 7.7 3.2 0.0
Player 4,093 51.5 64.3 82.9 27.0 63.4 42.4 64.8 46.2 22.3 8.9 70.5
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 68 70 72 68 62 63 41 40 92 53 33 62 6 6 46 10 79
2016 8 37 1 78
2017 11 40 1 56
2018 71 68 66 62 81 49 56 76 58 24 80 14 57 3 34 2 60
2019 3 45 2 47
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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 26.5 2 2.6 -1 1 3 1 50.0
2017 22.5 7 5.7 1 6 2 4 57.1
2018 22.4 10 11.4 -1 4 12 3 30.0
2019 22.4 10 10.8 -1 2 7 6 60.0
Player 22.7 29 30.6 -2 13 24 14 48.3
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 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 3 1 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 2 2 3 3 4 2 2
2017 7 6 4 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 7 10 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 9 6 6 5
2018 10 15 6 11 13 9 13 12 8 8 11 14 14 10 9 12 10 11 12 14 14 12 15 13 9 8 12 12 15 11 9
2019 10 11 10 12 11 11 12 12 9 10 8 11 14 11 11 11 9 11 12 12 11 11 12 13 9 10 9 10 14 10 8
Player 29 34 23 31 32 27 33 31 25 25 28 39 37 28 27 32 25 29 34 35 33 31 37 35 25 25 30 34 39 29 24
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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 87.5 88.3 0.8 88.7 0.4 85.7 -3.0 87.4 1.7
Offspeed Velocity 79.4 79.4 0.0 80.3 0.9 79.6 -0.7 79.2 -0.4
Breaking Velocity 77.3 75.9 -1.4 77.0 1.1 75.3 -1.7 76.5 1.2
Exit Velocity 88.4 88.8 0.4 89.3 0.5 87.3 -2.0 86.0 -1.3
Launch Angle 13.7 11.2 -2.5 16.2 5.0 15.4 -0.8 12.2 -3.2
Barrel % 5.3 5.0 -0.3 8.7 3.7 6.1 -2.6 10.7 4.6
Hard Hit % 27.3 40.0 12.7 45.2 5.2 34.5 -10.7 29.3 -5.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.1 28.7 -3.4 35.7 7.0 26.8 -8.9 34.3 7.5
xBA .228 .232 0.004 .296 0.064 .225 -0.071 .251 0.026
BA .260 .253 -0.007 .331 0.078 .245 -0.086 .232 -0.013
xwOBA .293 .304 0.011 .382 0.078 .289 -0.093 .340 0.051
wOBA .304 .309 0.005 .384 0.075 .300 -0.084 .308 0.008
xSLG .354 .383 0.029 .549 0.166 .365 -0.184 .484 0.119
SLG .383 .374 -0.009 .547 0.173 .404 -0.143 .470 0.066
K% 20.8 17.9 -2.9 17.9 0.0 18.8 0.9 15.9 -2.9
BB% 8.3 10.7 2.4 8.3 -2.4 6.3 -2.0 7.1 0.8
Swing % 47.1 44.6 -2.5 45.7 1.1 45.5 -0.2 48.0 2.5
Whiff% 24.1 23.7 -0.4 24.4 0.7 20.1 -4.3 21.8 1.7
In Zone % 55.3 52.7 -2.6 54.4 1.7 50.2 -4.2 46.4 -3.8
Out of Zone % 44.7 47.3 2.6 45.6 -1.7 49.8 4.2 53.6 3.8
Out of Zone Swing % 24.5 26.2 1.7 21.9 -4.3 28.5 6.6 30.6 2.1
First Pitch Swing % 33.2 23.2 -10.0 25.2 2.0 23.4 -1.8 23.1 -0.3
First Pitch Strike % 67.9 64.3 -3.6 57.4 -6.9 67.4 10.0 62.6 -4.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 109 .315 71 0 0.0 38 3 7.9
2017 Shifts 155 .384 99 0 0.0 56 8 14.3
2018 Shifts 350 .300 260 27 10.4 90 34 37.8
2019 Shifts 182 .308 123 15 12.2 59 33 55.9
2021 Shifts 7 .555 3 0 0.0 4 1 25.0
! 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 %
2014 148 15.9 35.1% 0.7% 143 21.2 0.7% 6.3%
2015 240 16.5 33.3% 4.2% 172 22.8 14.5% 17.4%
2016 112 15.8 42.0% 3.6% 94 19.8 11.7% 7.4%
2017 144 15.9 38.9% 0.7% 131 20.7 6.9% 4.6%
2018 446 14.4 58.1% 0.7% 201 20.5 7.5% 3.0%
2019 221 15.8 42.5% 1.8% 88 17.9 15.9% 3.4%
2021 0 -- -- -- 14 15.3 42.9% 7.1%

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Pitch Distribution