Johnny Barbato
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 231LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 6, #184, San Diego Padres | Felix Varela Senior HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 1 2 7.62 13 0 0 13 15 1.38
2017 0 1 4.08 24 0 0 28.2 23 1.50
2018 0 0 12.15 7 0 0 6.2 2 2.40
3 Seasons 1 3 6.14 44 0 0 48.1 40 1.59
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 13 1-2 7.62 13 15 1.38
2017 24 0-1 4.08 28.2 23 1.50
2018 7 0-0 12.15 6.2 2 2.40
3 Seasons 44 1-3 6.14 48.1 40 1.59
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 23 235 35 2 5.7 3.5 89.0 108.7 9.4 40.0 .250 .395 .332 .327 .395 28.6 26.3 8.8 7.62 4.55
2017 24 478 87 4 4.6 3.1 86.9 114.4 15.1 28.7 .252 .426 .331 .349 .362 33.3 17.7 13.8 4.08 5.37
2018 25 132 28 2 7.1 5.6 91.5 108.6 25.7 32.1 .275 .533 .499 .393 .366 42.9 5.6 13.9 12.15 7.03
Player 845 150 8 5.3 3.6 88.2 114.4 15.7 32.0 .255 .434 .358 .351 .370 34.0 17.9 12.6
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

Barbato relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(49.2%) ,
Slider
(22.0%) ,
Changeup
(16.7%) ,
Sinker
(8.3%) ,
Curveball
(3.8%) ,


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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 45.7 14.3 34.3 5.7 42.9 37.1 20.0 0.0 28.6 25.7 34.3 2.9 5.7 3.5
2017 40.2 32.2 21.8 5.7 43.7 28.7 27.6 3.4 31.0 29.9 21.8 9.2 4.6 3.1
2018 25.0 42.9 21.4 10.7 42.9 42.9 14.3 0.0 14.3 50.0 25.0 0.0 7.1 5.6
Player 38.7 30.0 24.7 6.7 43.3 33.3 23.3 2.0 27.3 32.7 25.3 6.0 5.3 3.6
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
2018 Curveball DET R 5 79.5 57.1 1.6 3 11.3 3.8 50
2018 4-Seam Fastball DET R 65 94.3 16.5 -0.5 -3 8.0 0.0 0
2018 Sinker DET R 11 94.3 18.1 -3.6 -17 11.9 -3.0 -20
2018 Changeup DET R 22 84.8 36.1 4.6 15 10.9 -2.7 -20
2018 Slider DET R 29 85.8 38.7 1.8 5 2.0 -2.3 -53
2017 Curveball PIT R 103 78.4 57.1 2.0 4 8.7 0.9 11
2017 Sinker PIT R 166 94.0 17.7 -2.9 -14 11.7 -3.9 -25
2017 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 92 94.2 14.5 -0.4 -3 6.2 -2.3 -27
2017 Changeup PIT R 5 84.6 43.6 13.0 42 10.9 -2.8 -21
2017 Slider PIT R 111 86.4 34.7 1.2 4 1.1 -2.4 -69
2016 Slider NYY R 56 88.5 29.1 -2.7 -9 3.0 -1.5 -34
2016 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 113 95.3 13.9 1.0 7 10.3 2.5 32
2016 Curveball NYY R 58 78.9 56.6 1.9 3 14.7 5.6 62
! 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 -6.9 -4 65 49.2 18 .357 1.000 .589 6.9 0.0 0.0 .311 .759 .500 42.9
2018 Slider -4.1 -1 29 22.0 6 .500 .500 .450 41.7 16.7 20.0 .445 .599 .452 80.0
2018 Changeup -4.2 -1 22 16.7 5 .400 .600 .430 33.3 20.0 8.3 .128 .173 .136 25.0
2018 Sinker 0.2 0 11 8.3 5 .333 .333 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 .045 .059 .208 25.0
2018 Curveball 1.2 0 5 3.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .184 .211 .166 0.0
2017 Sinker -0.9 -2 166 34.7 53 .275 .575 .441 11.1 3.8 6.9 .288 .562 .439 36.8
2017 Slider 2.8 3 111 23.2 29 .192 .231 .240 40.0 34.5 25.6 .173 .190 .216 18.8
2017 Curveball 1.6 2 103 21.5 25 .200 .360 .238 34.1 36.0 23.1 .228 .402 .265 25.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 1 92 19.2 23 .211 .368 .324 17.4 8.7 11.8 .319 .492 .407 47.1
2017 Changeup -0.6 0 5 1.0 -- -- -- 33.3 -- 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 57 235 3 -2 -2 -1 -2
2017 130 477 4 6 -3 -3 4
2018 35 132 -4 0 -2 -1 -7
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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 235 46.4 72.5 72.2 30.2 60.5 41.7 63.2 49.8 31.6 7.2 76.5
2017 478 49.9 71.8 81.3 24.3 56.9 42.6 57.7 47.9 24.0 8.2 71.8
2018 132 46.2 68.9 85.7 19.7 71.4 38.6 45.7 42.4 17.9 5.3 71.4
Player 845 48.3 71.6 79.5 25.2 60.0 41.7 57.2 47.6 25.4 7.5 73.0
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 83 48 65 13
2017 68 6 54 14
2018 72 14 5
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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 27.2 2 1.0 1 1 1 0 0.0
2017 22.2 4 4.8 -1 3 5 1 25.0
2018 25.4 3 2.7 0 0 3 0 0.0
Player 24.4 9 8.5 1 4 9 1 11.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0
2017 4 5 4 4 5 4 6 5 2 4 4 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 6 5 5 4 6 5 4 4 4 7 5 5 3
2018 3 3 1 2 3 3 3 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
Player 9 9 6 8 9 8 10 8 4 8 8 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 10 8 9 7 10 9 8 8 8 12 9 9 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 95.3 94.1 -1.2 94.3 0.2
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 84.6 0.0 84.8 0.2
Breaking Velocity 83.6 82.5 -1.1 84.9 2.4
Exit Velocity 89.0 86.9 -2.1 91.5 4.6
Launch Angle 9.4 15.1 5.7 25.7 10.6
Barrel % 5.7 4.6 -1.1 7.1 2.5
Hard Hit % 28.6 33.3 4.7 42.9 9.6
Sweet Spot % 40.0 28.7 -11.3 32.1 3.4
xBA .250 .252 0.002 .275 0.023
BA .260 .227 -0.033 .379 0.152
xwOBA .327 .349 0.022 .393 0.044
wOBA .332 .331 -0.001 .499 0.168
xSLG .395 .426 0.031 .533 0.107
SLG .400 .409 0.009 .724 0.315
K% 26.3 17.7 -8.6 5.6 -12.1
BB% 8.8 13.8 5.0 13.9 0.1
Swing % 49.8 47.9 -1.9 42.4 -5.5
Whiff% 31.6 24.0 -7.6 17.9 -6.1
In Zone % 46.4 49.9 3.5 46.2 -3.7
Out of Zone % 53.6 50.1 -3.5 53.8 3.7
Out of Zone Swing % 30.2 24.3 -5.9 19.7 -4.6
First Pitch Swing % 29.8 26.9 -2.9 28.6 1.7
First Pitch Strike % 63.2 57.7 -5.5 45.7 -12.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 54 .351 30 1 3.3 24 17 70.8
2017 Shifts 128 .337 60 3 5.0 68 20 29.4
2018 Shifts 35 .499 17 0 0.0 18 9 50.0
! 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 %
2016 67 22.7 0.0% 13.4% 40 25.1 22.5% 17.5%
2017 110 20.7 2.7% 3.6% 102 23.9 0.0% 14.7%
2018 31 20.4 0.0% 3.2% 35 23.4 0.0% 11.4%
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Pitch Distribution