Jason Adam
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 229LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 5, #149, Kansas City Royals | Blue Valley Northwest HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 2 3 1.56 67 0 8 63.1 75 0.76
2023 4 2 2.98 56 0 12 54.1 69 1.01
2024 0 0 2.25 9 0 0 8 6 0.63
7 Seasons 12 9 3.18 211 0 20 204 245 1.03
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 67 2-3 1.56 63.1 75 0.76
2023 56 4-2 2.98 54.1 69 1.01
2024 9 0-0 2.25 8 6 0.63
7 Seasons 211 12-9 3.18 204 245 1.03
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
2018 26 571 87 12 13.8 8.5 87.9 109.1 25.8 35.6 .230 .486 .365 .350 .432 35.6 26.1 10.6 6.12 5.33
2019 27 397 60 3 5.0 3.3 85.6 113.9 24.1 31.7 .188 .307 .265 .270 .266 21.7 19.8 11.0 2.91 3.16
2020 28 260 29 1 3.4 1.7 84.9 109.0 16.8 24.1 .164 .273 .295 .258 .324 24.1 36.2 13.8 3.29 2.77
2021 29 218 22 2 9.1 4.0 87.0 105.9 18.4 31.8 .169 .303 .354 .290 .371 36.4 38.0 12.0 5.91 3.52
2022 30 942 138 7 5.1 3.0 85.2 113.0 14.4 29.0 .162 .257 .213 .226 .277 27.5 31.6 7.2 1.56 2.09
2023 31 906 124 15 12.1 6.8 87.2 111.9 14.4 30.6 .217 .403 .283 .320 .407 39.5 31.1 9.0 2.98 4.33
2024 32 93 18 1 5.6 4.2 87.3 103.6 15.4 33.3 .226 .359 .214 .244 .325 38.9 25.0 0.0 2.46 2.35
Player 3387 478 41 8.6 5.0 86.4 113.9 18.1 31.0 .194 .348 .278 .284 .347 32.0 29.7 9.2
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

Adam relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(41.9%) ,
Sweeper
(22.6%) ,
Slider
(18.3%) ,
Changeup
(17.2%) ,


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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
2018 28.7 29.9 21.8 19.5 34.5 35.6 29.9 4.6 16.1 40.2 18.4 6.9 13.8 8.5
2019 26.7 30.0 25.0 18.3 23.3 36.7 40.0 3.3 23.3 45.0 16.7 6.7 5.0 3.3
2020 41.4 37.9 17.2 3.4 34.5 48.3 17.2 6.9 31.0 31.0 20.7 6.9 3.4 1.7
2021 36.4 18.2 27.3 18.2 40.9 36.4 22.7 9.1 22.7 31.8 22.7 4.5 9.1 4.0
2022 44.2 24.6 18.1 13.0 36.2 41.3 22.5 2.2 38.4 32.6 16.7 5.1 5.1 3.0
2023 41.9 29.8 17.7 10.5 39.5 42.7 17.7 4.8 31.5 23.4 21.0 7.3 12.1 6.8
2024 38.9 33.3 22.2 5.6 50.0 38.9 11.1 5.6 22.2 38.9 22.2 5.6 5.6 4.2
Player 37.9 28.5 20.1 13.6 35.8 40.2 24.1 4.2 28.9 33.3 18.8 6.3 8.6 5.0
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


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
2024 Changeup TB R 16 89.7 29.2 0.9 3 16.4 0.7 5
2024 Slider TB R 17 84.9 40.2 3.8 10 2.4 -3.2 -57
2024 Sweeper TB R 21 80.1 44.9 3.1 7 16.3 1.9 13
2024 4-Seam Fastball TB R 39 95.0 12.5 1.3 9 8.4 1.2 17
2023 Changeup TB R 319 89.6 30.7 2.2 8 16.1 1.4 9
2023 Sweeper TB R 271 79.0 46.8 3.8 9 20.4 4.7 30
2023 Slider TB R 12 83.8 40.7 2.9 8 4.1 -1.6 -28
2023 4-Seam Fastball TB R 303 94.6 12.6 2.0 14 7.4 0.3 4
2022 Changeup TB R 303 90.0 31.8 4.2 15 16.4 1.9 13
2022 Sweeper TB R 337 81.3 43.4 2.4 6 13.1 -1.9 -13
2022 4-Seam Fastball TB R 302 94.8 13.0 1.4 9 6.9 -0.6 -8
2021 Curveball CHC R 36 79.0 56.9 2.1 4 10.5 2.3 28
2021 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 125 93.8 14.4 0.5 3 7.0 -0.3 -5
2021 Changeup CHC R 23 87.3 33.2 4.5 16 16.0 2.2 16
2021 Slider CHC R 34 82.4 45.3 5.6 14 6.4 0.3 5
2020 Slider CHC R 53 82.6 48.1 8.2 20 7.7 1.7 28
2020 Changeup CHC R 40 89.6 31.4 3.5 13 15.5 1.7 13
2020 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 139 94.8 15.0 -0.1 -1 7.3 -0.5 -7
2020 Curveball CHC R 28 79.3 57.5 3.8 7 11.8 3.1 35
2019 Curveball TOR R 107 77.7 57.5 1.0 2 13.9 5.3 61
2019 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 243 94.4 15.0 0.3 2 7.9 0.1 2
2019 Changeup TOR R 46 89.4 29.2 1.4 5 16.6 2.4 17
2018 4-Seam Fastball KC R 349 94.1 15.1 0.2 1 7.2 -0.2 -2
2018 Curveball KC R 177 77.4 55.8 -1.4 -3 14.6 6.0 69
2018 Changeup KC R 45 89.1 30.3 2.8 10 14.8 0.9 6
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 0 39 41.9 8 .286 .429 .269 20.0 0.0 0.0 .382 .509 .351 62.5
2024 Sweeper -5.9 -1 21 22.6 7 .286 .714 .414 45.5 42.9 37.5 .231 .484 .297 50.0
2024 Slider 6.1 1 17 18.3 4 .000 .000 .000 40.0 25.0 25.0 .116 .213 .140 0.0
2024 Changeup 5.2 1 16 17.2 5 .000 .000 .000 37.5 40.0 50.0 .086 .089 .080 0.0
2023 Changeup 0.0 0 319 35.2 85 .187 .293 .275 33.3 27.1 24.2 .221 .340 .295 36.5
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 303 33.4 73 .246 .541 .389 33.5 30.1 22.7 .247 .561 .395 61.5
2023 Sweeper 1.7 5 272 30.0 63 .089 .179 .189 38.2 38.1 23.5 .165 .303 .265 15.6
2023 Slider -1.7 0 12 1.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .951 1.145 .916 100.0
2022 Sweeper 3.8 13 337 35.8 78 .096 .178 .145 45.8 39.7 32.0 .156 .304 .221 18.6
2022 Changeup 2.0 6 303 32.2 92 .148 .259 .229 34.4 27.2 23.8 .184 .263 .247 33.3
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 5 302 32.1 65 .211 .298 .280 36.3 29.2 20.7 .138 .190 .211 28.9
2021 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 -3 125 57.3 32 .296 .556 .413 21.0 28.1 25.7 .200 .391 .319 33.3
2021 Curveball -0.5 0 36 16.5 5 .000 .000 .140 85.7 80.0 44.4 -- -- .140 --
2021 Slider 2.5 1 34 15.6 8 .143 .143 .200 58.8 75.0 35.3 .128 .159 .196 100.0
2021 Changeup -2.5 -1 23 10.6 5 .333 .333 .460 37.5 0.0 0.0 .214 .243 .403 33.3
2020 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 -3 139 53.5 31 .250 .625 .437 35.3 25.8 17.4 .203 .404 .356 31.3
2020 Slider 3.2 2 53 20.4 11 .100 .200 .177 70.0 63.6 31.8 .079 .088 .131 0.0
2020 Changeup -1.1 0 40 15.4 13 .077 .077 .138 28.6 30.8 25.0 .125 .155 .128 22.2
2020 Curveball 0.0 0 28 10.8 3 .333 .333 .300 66.7 66.7 40.0 .302 .354 .288 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 3.1 7 243 61.2 65 .164 .273 .244 29.4 24.6 25.4 .183 .313 .266 24.4
2019 Curveball -2.7 -3 107 27.0 18 .308 .385 .375 18.2 5.6 3.6 .154 .207 .272 0.0
2019 Changeup 0.2 0 46 11.6 7 .286 .286 .257 25.0 14.3 6.3 .290 .438 .311 50.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -4 349 61.1 89 .267 .653 .415 20.1 16.9 17.9 .264 .598 .408 38.7
2018 Curveball -0.4 -1 177 31.0 40 .171 .257 .271 46.6 52.5 34.4 .131 .230 .221 28.6
2018 Changeup -3.2 -1 45 7.9 12 .333 .583 .392 30.4 8.3 5.6 .307 .537 .366 27.3
! 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 16 89.7 80 17.7 1:45 2:45 -60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 32 95.4 88 20.2 1:00 12:45 15
2024 Slider 16 85.1 27 5.3 8:15 7:15 60
2024 Sweeper 20 80.1 52 18.0 7:45 8:30 -45
2023 Changeup 305 89.6 76 17.1 1:45 2:45 -60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 299 94.6 82 19.2 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Slider 12 83.8 25 5.9 9:00 7:45 75
2023 Sweeper 266 79.0 64 22.1 7:45 8:30 -45
2022 Changeup 281 90.0 82 17.4 1:45 3:00 -75
2022 4-Seam Fastball 302 94.8 77 18.6 1:00 12:45 15
2022 Sweeper 336 81.3 51 14.5 7:45 8:30 -45
2021 Changeup 15 87.5 90 16.5 1:45 2:45 -60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 124 93.8 81 17.8 1:00 12:45 15
2021 Knuckle Curve 36 79.0 74 18.9 7:30 7:15 15
2021 Slider 31 82.3 45 9.6 8:00 7:30 30
2020 Changeup 32 89.6 87 16.3 1:45 2:45 -60
2020 4-Seam Fastball 121 94.7 81 16.6 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Knuckle Curve 25 79.3 82 20.6 7:15 7:15 0
2020 Slider 37 82.6 52 12.8 8:00 7:15 45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 141 571 -7 7 -2 -3 -6
2019 90 397 6 7 -3 -6 5
2020 58 260 0 3 -3 -2 -2
2021 50 218 0 1 0 -3 -3
2022 241 963 15 16 -3 -2 25
2023 222 906 7 10 -6 -6 5
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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 %
2018 571 45.4 74.9 82.5 27.6 53.5 39.8 56.0 49.0 26.4 6.5 78.4
2019 397 43.6 68.8 77.3 26.3 59.3 39.5 46.7 44.8 27.5 7.1 78.6
2020 260 45.0 65.0 69.7 27.3 35.9 36.2 56.9 44.2 41.7 5.4 71.4
2021 218 42.7 65.6 77.0 26.4 45.5 37.6 42.0 43.1 34.0 6.4 100.0
2022 942 47.7 64.6 71.0 36.3 45.3 38.7 64.1 49.8 38.8 8.9 73.8
2023 906 48.2 64.1 70.0 29.0 56.6 38.0 64.9 45.9 34.4 7.7 67.1
2024 93 49.5 69.6 84.4 36.2 35.3 33.3 50.0 52.7 32.7 8.6 75.0
Player 3,387 46.5 66.8 74.2 30.3 49.9 38.4 58.8 47.3 34.0 7.5 74.5
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
2018 69 99 57 82
2019 70 98 54 71
2020 75 100 76
2021 55 99 84
2022 99 99 99 93 98 92 84 97 99 92 57 98 96 66 100 82
2023 42 80 49 25 46 60 1 84 46 93 40 94 50 60 100 79
2024 87 63 61 61 94 58 61 67 47 60 95 82 91
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 22.4 9 9.6 -1 2 4 6 66.7
2019 22.8 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0.0
2020 25.1 2 1.8 0 0 2 1 50.0
2021 25.3 1 1.4 0 0 1 1 100.0
2022 23.9 5 4.2 1 4 4 1 20.0
2023 23.8 7 8.2 -1 2 7 3 42.9
2024 23.9 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 23.5 26 26.7 -1 8 19 13 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 9 11 8 8 10 9 10 10 8 8 9 9 12 9 10 11 9 10 8 10 11 9 11 10 9 10 8 10 11 10 9
2019 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
2020 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1
2021 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2
2022 5 3 4 5 5 4 5 3 3 2 4 7 7 4 4 5 4 2 4 5 5 3 8 6 2 2 5 5 5 3 3
2023 7 8 6 7 7 8 9 8 7 7 8 8 9 8 9 8 10 8 10 8 9 9 11 10 8 7 7 8 10 7 6
2024 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 1
Player 26 27 24 26 26 26 30 26 21 20 25 29 33 25 28 29 27 24 28 30 29 24 37 30 23 22 25 29 31 25 22
! 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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.1 94.4 0.3 94.8 0.4 93.8 -1.0 94.8 1.0 94.6 -0.2 95.0 0.4
Offspeed Velocity 89.1 89.4 0.3 89.6 0.2 87.3 -2.3 90.0 2.7 89.6 -0.4 89.7 0.1
Breaking Velocity 77.4 77.7 0.3 81.4 3.7 80.6 -0.8 81.3 0.7 79.2 -2.1 82.2 3.0
Exit Velocity 87.9 85.6 -2.3 84.9 -0.7 87.0 2.1 85.2 -1.8 87.2 2.0 87.3 0.1
Launch Angle 25.8 24.1 -1.7 16.8 -7.3 18.4 1.6 14.4 -4.0 14.4 0.0 15.4 1.0
Barrel % 13.8 5.0 -8.8 3.4 -1.6 9.1 5.7 5.1 -4.0 12.1 7.0 5.6 -6.5
Hard Hit % 35.6 21.7 -13.9 24.1 2.4 36.4 12.3 27.5 -8.9 39.5 12.0 38.9 -0.6
Sweet Spot % 35.6 31.7 -3.9 24.1 -7.6 31.8 7.7 29.0 -2.8 30.6 1.6 33.3 2.7
xBA .230 .188 -0.042 .164 -0.024 .169 0.005 .162 -0.007 .217 0.055 .226 0.009
BA .246 .200 -0.046 .180 -0.020 .244 0.064 .147 -0.097 .181 0.034 .174 -0.007
xwOBA .350 .270 -0.080 .258 -0.012 .290 0.032 .226 -0.064 .320 0.094 .244 -0.076
wOBA .365 .265 -0.100 .295 0.030 .354 0.059 .213 -0.141 .283 0.070 .214 -0.069
xSLG .486 .307 -0.179 .273 -0.034 .303 0.030 .257 -0.046 .403 0.146 .359 -0.044
SLG .533 .293 -0.240 .380 0.087 .415 0.035 .242 -0.173 .342 0.100 .348 0.006
K% 26.1 19.8 -6.3 36.2 16.4 38.0 1.8 31.6 -6.4 31.1 -0.5 25.0 -6.1
BB% 10.6 11.0 0.4 13.8 2.8 12.0 -1.8 7.2 -4.8 9.0 1.8 0.0 -9.0
Swing % 49.0 44.8 -4.2 44.2 -0.6 43.1 -1.1 49.8 6.7 45.9 -3.9 52.7 6.8
Whiff% 26.4 27.5 1.1 41.7 14.2 34.0 -7.7 38.8 4.8 34.4 -4.4 32.7 -1.7
In Zone % 45.4 43.6 -1.8 45.0 1.4 42.7 -2.3 47.7 5.0 48.2 0.5 49.5 1.3
Out of Zone % 54.6 56.4 1.8 55.0 -1.4 57.3 2.3 52.3 -5.0 51.8 -0.5 50.5 -1.3
Out of Zone Swing % 27.6 26.3 -1.3 27.3 1.0 26.4 -0.9 36.3 9.9 29.0 -7.3 36.2 7.2
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 22.2 -11.1 24.1 1.9 28.0 3.9 31.2 3.2 29.3 -1.9 29.2 -0.1
First Pitch Strike % 56.0 46.7 -9.3 56.9 10.2 42.0 -14.9 64.1 22.1 64.9 0.8 50.0 -14.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 141 .365 79 14 17.7 62 34 54.8
2019 Shifts 90 .265 52 8 15.4 38 31 81.6
2020 Shifts 58 .295 25 3 12.0 33 18 54.5
2021 Shifts 50 .354 25 5 20.0 25 13 52.0
2022 Shifts 235 .213 151 49 32.5 84 58 69.0
2023 Shades 222 .283 112 24 21.4 110 57 51.8
2024 Shades 24 .214 15 0 0.0 9 7 77.8
! 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 %
2018 145 17.1 20.0% 0.0% 96 23.0 1.0% 5.2%
2019 102 19.2 4.9% 2.0% 83 24.3 0.0% 10.8%
2020 59 18.8 0.0% 5.1% 54 25.9 0.0% 24.1%
2021 49 20.2 2.0% 0.0% 49 25.7 0.0% 18.4%
2022 269 22.1 0.0% 7.4% 123 26.2 0.0% 25.2%
2023 246 17.7 1.6% 0.4% 155 21.3 0.0% 1.9%
2024 39 17.9 0.0% 0.0% 4 18.6 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution


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