Buddy Baumann
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 11" 198LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 7, #212, Kansas City Royals | Missouri State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 1 0 3.72 11 0 0 9.2 10 1.14
2017 2 1 2.55 23 0 0 17.2 21 1.02
2018 0 2 27.00 4 0 0 3.1 4 4.80
3 Seasons 3 3 5.58 38 0 0 30.2 35 1.47
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 11 1-0 3.72 9.2 10 1.14
2017 23 2-1 2.55 17.2 21 1.02
2018 4 0-2 27.00 3.1 4 4.80
3 Seasons 38 3-3 5.58 30.2 35 1.47
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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 28 170 25 1 4.0 2.5 81.1 102.7 27.1 40.0 .183 .274 .250 .257 .273 20.0 25.0 10.0 3.72 2.73
2017 29 297 41 5 12.2 6.9 87.6 107.1 19.7 31.7 .177 .398 .291 .290 .357 36.6 29.2 9.7 2.55 3.57
2018 30 117 16 2 12.5 7.4 96.9 107.2 12.3 37.5 .347 .628 .567 .471 .524 62.5 14.8 25.9 27.00 11.34
Player 584 82 8 9.8 5.8 87.3 107.2 20.6 35.4 .207 .398 .328 .313 .362 36.6 25.2 12.9
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Baumann relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(51.3%) ,
Sinker
(25.6%) ,
Slider
(23.1%) ,


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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 28.0 12.0 32.0 28.0 48.0 24.0 28.0 8.0 24.0 40.0 16.0 8.0 4.0 2.5
2017 34.1 41.5 19.5 4.9 34.1 41.5 24.4 2.4 31.7 34.1 7.3 12.2 12.2 6.9
2018 50.0 18.8 31.3 0.0 37.5 31.3 31.3 0.0 25.0 18.8 31.3 6.3 12.5 7.4
Player 35.4 28.0 25.6 11.0 39.0 34.1 26.8 3.7 28.0 32.9 14.6 9.8 9.8 5.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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 Slider NYM L 27 84.1 30.8 -7.2 -19 5.9 0.5 10
2018 4-Seam Fastball NYM L 60 88.6 20.9 -0.9 -4 1.2 -9.2 -115
2018 Sinker NYM L 30 88.9 18.2 -9.1 -33 3.2 -11.7 -78
2017 Sinker SD L 110 89.7 16.4 -10.0 -38 3.1 -12.9 -81
2017 Slider SD L 61 84.4 31.4 -4.8 -13 9.1 5.2 133
2017 Changeup SD L 9 84.0 32.5 -0.8 -3 2.9 -11.6 -80
2017 4-Seam Fastball SD L 117 89.7 19.7 0.5 3 4.9 -15.4 -146
2016 4-Seam Fastball SD L 118 89.2 18.0 3.2 15 9.1 -0.4 -4
2016 Changeup SD L 10 81.4 35.8 -0.7 -2 13.7 1.0 8
2016 Slider SD L 42 84.5 30.3 -6.7 -18 0.7 -5.7 -113
! 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 4-Seam Fastball -4.8 -3 60 51.3 14 .500 .500 .508 26.9 21.4 16.7 .353 .421 .426 62.5
2018 Sinker -9.2 -3 30 25.6 6 .500 1.000 .650 18.2 16.7 9.1 .402 1.091 .641 100.0
2018 Slider -11.3 -3 27 23.1 5 .400 1.200 .830 15.4 0.0 0.0 .292 .672 .395 40.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 2 117 39.4 26 .083 .333 .208 41.8 46.2 28.6 .116 .301 .211 41.7
2017 Sinker -3.9 -4 110 37.0 30 .333 .625 .525 22.0 13.3 14.3 .251 .545 .401 40.0
2017 Slider 2.6 2 61 20.5 11 .091 .182 .114 50.0 45.5 29.4 .147 .287 .180 16.7
2017 Changeup 5.9 1 9 3.0 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .184 .405 .243 33.3
! 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 40 170 2 3 -2 -1 1
2017 70 297 3 2 -2 -3 0
2018 25 117 -5 0 -2 -1 -9
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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 170 52.4 69.7 69.4 25.9 66.7 42.4 67.5 48.8 31.3 8.2 92.9
2017 297 50.2 65.1 73.2 27.0 45.0 39.4 55.7 46.1 35.0 7.4 90.9
2018 117 42.7 68.0 91.2 23.9 50.0 41.0 57.7 42.7 22.0 5.1 83.3
Player 584 49.3 67.0 75.1 26.0 51.9 40.6 59.6 46.2 31.5 7.2 90.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 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 9 83 92
2017 10 84 78
2018 5 72 84
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 23.9 4 4.0 0 2 1 3 75.0
2018 23.3 1 1.3 0 2 0 1 100.0
Player 23.8 5 5.3 0 4 1 4 80.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 6 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 4
2018 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Player 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 6 4 5 6 4 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 7 6 5 5
! 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 89.2 89.7 0.5 88.7 -1.0
Offspeed Velocity 81.4 84.0 2.6 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 84.5 84.4 -0.1 84.1 -0.3
Exit Velocity 81.1 87.6 6.5 96.9 9.3
Launch Angle 27.1 19.7 -7.4 12.3 -7.4
Barrel % 4.0 12.2 8.2 12.5 0.3
Hard Hit % 20.0 36.6 16.6 62.5 25.9
Sweet Spot % 40.0 31.7 -8.3 37.5 5.8
xBA .183 .177 -0.006 .347 0.170
BA .200 .177 -0.023 .474 0.297
xwOBA .257 .290 0.033 .471 0.181
wOBA .250 .291 0.041 .567 0.276
xSLG .274 .398 0.124 .628 0.230
SLG .229 .403 0.174 .789 0.386
K% 25.0 29.2 4.2 14.8 -14.4
BB% 10.0 9.7 -0.3 25.9 16.2
Swing % 48.8 46.1 -2.7 42.7 -3.4
Whiff% 31.3 35.0 3.7 22.0 -13.0
In Zone % 52.4 50.2 -2.2 42.7 -7.5
Out of Zone % 47.6 49.8 2.2 57.3 7.5
Out of Zone Swing % 25.9 27.0 1.1 23.9 -3.1
First Pitch Swing % 22.5 25.7 3.2 30.8 5.1
First Pitch Strike % 67.5 55.7 -11.8 57.7 2.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 39 .256 23 1 4.3 16 9 56.3
2017 Shifts 70 .291 37 0 0.0 33 4 12.1
2018 Shifts 25 .567 16 1 6.3 9 2 22.2
! 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 %
2016 50 15.8 34.0% 6.0% 28 23.3 7.1% 25.0%
2017 106 15.7 43.4% 0.9% 35 20.0 2.9% 5.7%
2018 23 14.9 56.5% 0.0% 31 18.2 6.5% 9.7%
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Pitch Distribution