Rob Whalen
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 12, #380, New York Mets | Haines City HS (FL)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 1 2 6.57 5 5 0 24.2 25 1.30
2017 0 1 6.14 2 1 0 7.1 2 1.23
2018 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 4 0 0.50
3 Seasons 1 3 5.75 8 6 0 36 27 1.19
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 5 1-2 6.57 24.2 25 1.30
2017 2 0-1 6.14 7.1 2 1.23
2018 1 0-0 0.00 4 0 0.50
3 Seasons 8 1-3 5.75 36 27 1.19
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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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
2016 22 451 70 3 4.3 2.7 87.1 107.1 12.7 31.4 .198 .370 .334 .310 .345 25.7 22.7 10.9 6.57 4.05
2017 23 112 25 2 8.0 6.5 93.8 109.6 18.7 36.0 .352 .601 .325 .438 .430 40.0 6.5 6.5 6.14 9.42
2018 24 47 13 1 7.7 7.1 89.6 109.0 5.5 53.8 .342 .490 .112 .381 .357 30.8 0.0 7.1 0.00 6.52
Player 610 108 6 5.6 3.9 89.2 109.6 13.3 35.2 .248 .435 .312 .346 .370 29.6 17.4 9.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Whalen relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(46.8%) ,
Slider
(23.4%) ,
Curveball
(17.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(10.6%) ,
Changeup
(2.1%) ,


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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
2016 44.3 22.9 28.6 4.3 47.1 34.3 18.6 2.9 27.1 25.7 14.3 5.7 4.3 2.7
2017 40.0 24.0 24.0 12.0 48.0 28.0 24.0 0.0 16.0 32.0 44.0 0.0 8.0 6.5
2018 46.2 23.1 30.8 0.0 46.2 46.2 7.7 0.0 38.5 23.1 23.1 7.7 7.7 7.1
Player 43.5 23.1 27.8 5.6 47.2 34.3 18.5 1.9 25.9 26.9 22.2 4.6 5.6 3.9
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2018 Curveball SEA R 8 77.7 57.3 0.7 1 12.4 2.2 22
2018 Changeup SEA R 1 86.3 32.9 0.4 1 9.1 -5.4 -38
2018 Slider SEA R 11 82.6 41.3 0.8 2 7.8 0.9 12
2018 Sinker SEA R 22 90.1 31.6 6.1 24 14.4 -0.5 -3
2018 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 5 90.0 21.7 -3.2 -17 2.6 -5.3 -68
2017 Slider SEA R 18 80.2 46.2 3.6 9 9.4 1.8 23
2017 Sinker SEA R 19 89.7 30.0 6.7 28 12.7 -2.0 -14
2017 Curveball SEA R 17 75.8 63.7 5.9 10 9.4 0.3 3
2017 Changeup SEA R 4 85.2 33.2 3.6 12 11.6 -2.1 -15
2017 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 54 88.7 27.0 -9.5 -54 0.4 -8.3 -106
2016 Sinker ATL R 98 89.5 32.0 7.6 31 14.4 0.4 3
2016 Curveball ATL R 13 75.1 62.6 2.1 4 8.3 -3.1 -28
2016 Slider ATL R 97 81.2 44.5 3.0 7 10.2 3.3 48
2016 Changeup ATL R 32 82.9 36.6 4.1 13 8.9 -3.8 -30
2016 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 188 89.7 23.7 -5.2 -28 0.5 -6.8 -94
! 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 %
2018 Sinker 7.8 2 22 46.8 6 .000 .000 .000 8.3 0.0 -- .383 .653 .441 50.0
2018 Slider 4.4 0 11 23.4 4 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .304 .331 .275 0.0
2018 Curveball -0.7 0 8 17.0 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .310 .378 .301 33.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 0 5 10.6 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2018 Changeup -2.0 0 1 2.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 1 54 48.2 14 .167 .167 .229 10.5 14.3 16.7 .245 .294 .298 30.0
2017 Sinker -11.4 -2 19 17.0 6 .400 1.000 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 .687 1.768 .954 60.0
2017 Slider -7.9 -1 18 16.1 3 .500 .500 .533 33.3 0.0 0.0 .225 .285 .372 0.0
2017 Curveball 0.2 0 17 15.2 6 .333 .333 .300 8.3 0.0 0.0 .436 .531 .415 66.7
2017 Changeup 4.6 0 4 3.6 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .023 .047 .031 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
2016 110 449 0 1 -3 -2 -5
2017 31 112 0 0 -1 -1 -3
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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 451 45.0 59.6 86.0 25.8 51.6 41.2 56.4 41.0 25.4 6.2 60.7
2017 112 55.4 59.7 94.6 24.0 75.0 48.2 54.8 43.8 10.2 8.0 66.7
2018 47 46.8 68.2 93.3 24.0 66.7 23.4 57.1 44.7 14.3 6.4 66.7
Player 610 47.0 60.3 88.4 25.4 56.1 41.1 56.1 41.8 21.6 6.6 62.5
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 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
2016 10 82 47
2017 6 75 43
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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 23.2 4 3.5 1 0 5 1 25.0
2017 21.4 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 22.9 5 4.4 1 0 6 1 20.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 4 3 4 4 4 2 3 4 2 2 2 4 4 3 2 4 2 2 4 3 4 3 5 5 4 3 4 6 5 4 3
2017 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Player 5 4 5 5 5 3 4 5 3 3 3 5 5 4 3 5 3 3 5 4 5 4 6 6 5 4 5 7 6 5 3
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 89.7 88.9 -0.8 ↓ 90.1 1.2 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 82.8 85.2 2.4 ↑ 86.3 1.1 ↑
Breaking Velocity 80.6 78.0 -2.6 ↓ 80.5 2.5 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.1 93.8 6.7 ↑ 89.6 -4.2 ↓
Launch Angle 12.7 18.7 6.0 ↑ 5.5 -13.2 ↓
Barrel % 4.3 8.0 3.7 ↑ 7.7 -0.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 25.7 40.0 14.3 ↑ 30.8 -9.2 ↓
Sweet Spot % 31.4 36.0 4.6 ↑ 53.8 17.8 ↑
xBA .198 .352 0.154 ↑ .342 -0.010 ↓
BA .217 .259 0.042 ↑ .077 -0.182 ↓
xwOBA .310 .438 0.128 ↑ .381 -0.057 ↓
wOBA .334 .325 -0.009 ↓ .112 -0.213 ↓
xSLG .370 .601 0.231 ↑ .490 -0.111 ↓
SLG .457 .370 -0.087 ↓ .077 -0.293 ↓
K% 22.7 6.5 -16.2 ↓ 0.0 -6.5 ↓
BB% 10.9 6.5 -4.4 ↓ 7.1 0.6 ↑
Swing % 41.0 43.8 2.8 ↑ 44.7 0.9 ↑
Whiff% 25.4 10.2 -15.2 ↓ 14.3 4.1 ↑
In Zone % 45.0 55.4 10.4 ↑ 46.8 -8.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 55.0 44.6 -10.4 ↓ 53.2 8.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 25.8 24.0 -1.8 ↓ 24.0 0.0
First Pitch Swing % 29.1 25.8 -3.3 ↓ 28.6 2.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 56.4 54.8 -1.6 ↓ 57.1 2.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 96 .354 59 4 6.8 37 5 13.5
2017 Shifts 31 .325 17 0 0.0 14 14 100.0
2018 Shifts 14 .112 7 0 0.0 7 3 42.9
! 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 %
2016 137 20.2 17.5% 8.8% 85 28.8 0.0% 41.2%
2017 37 15.6 32.4% 0.0% 19 25.2 0.0% 10.5%
2018 16 16.5 31.3% 0.0% 6 25.9 0.0% 16.7%
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Pitch Distribution

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