Jake Buchanan
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 232LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 8, #243, Houston Astros | North Carolina State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 0 0 2.00 5 0 0 9 5 1.00
2016 1 0 1.50 2 1 0 6 4 0.67
2017 0 0 8.16 5 0 0 14.1 4 2.16
4 Seasons 2 3 4.73 29 3 0 64.2 33 1.50
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 5 0-0 2.00 9 5 1.00
2016 2 1-0 1.50 6 4 0.67
2017 5 0-0 8.16 14.1 4 2.16
4 Seasons 29 2-3 4.73 64.2 33 1.50
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
2015 25 137 27 1 3.7 2.7 88.6 105.3 3.2 29.6 .235 .351 .293 .314 .302 40.7 13.5 10.8 2.00 4.08
2016 26 82 16 2 12.5 9.5 86.7 110.1 11.4 25.0 .258 .419 .212 .307 .360 43.8 19.0 4.8 1.50 3.96
2017 27 226 63 2 3.2 2.6 88.7 108.1 4.0 30.2 .318 .463 .405 .373 .354 36.5 5.2 9.1 8.16 6.28
Player 445 106 5 4.7 3.7 88.4 110.1 4.9 29.2 .285 .425 .343 .346 .342 38.7 9.6 8.9
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

Buchanan relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(42.0%) ,
Slider
(27.0%) ,
Curveball
(11.5%) ,
Changeup
(9.7%) ,
Sinker
(9.7%) ,


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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 59.3 18.5 18.5 3.7 33.3 40.7 25.9 3.7 40.7 22.2 22.2 3.7 3.7 2.7
2016 50.0 18.8 25.0 6.3 37.5 37.5 25.0 12.5 37.5 18.8 18.8 0.0 12.5 9.5
2017 58.7 19.0 20.6 1.6 25.4 55.6 19.0 0.0 49.2 14.3 27.0 3.2 3.2 2.6
Player 57.5 18.9 20.8 2.8 29.2 49.1 21.7 2.8 45.3 17.0 24.5 2.8 4.7 3.7
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
2017 Slider CIN R 61 83.7 31.8 -4.2 -12 6.3 1.9 44
2017 Sinker CIN R 22 88.1 28.3 4.0 16 14.6 0.5 4
2017 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 95 89.2 20.5 -3.5 -21 10.7 3.0 39
2017 Changeup CIN R 22 82.0 32.3 0.9 3 8.5 -4.6 -35
2017 Curveball CIN R 26 76.9 55.7 1.4 3 6.8 -2.6 -28
2016 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 2 89.0 21.5 -2.4 -12 0.8 -6.5 -88
2016 Slider CHC R 13 84.2 36.4 -0.4 -1 7.9 3.0 60
2016 Changeup CHC R 12 82.9 37.4 4.2 13 5.9 -6.7 -53
2016 Curveball CHC R 10 77.7 58.7 2.2 4 11.2 0.3 3
2016 Sinker CHC R 45 89.9 27.3 3.0 12 8.4 -5.4 -39
2015 Curveball HOU R 20 77.1 58.8 2.6 5 13.3 1.8 16
2015 Changeup HOU R 15 83.9 36.4 3.1 9 7.7 -6.0 -44
2015 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 2 89.2 23.8 -4.2 -22 0.6 -8.2 -108
2015 Sinker HOU R 63 89.6 27.9 1.6 6 9.8 -4.7 -33
2015 Slider HOU R 37 83.0 40.7 1.3 3 9.0 3.4 60
! 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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -4.7 -4 95 42.0 32 .417 .458 .437 0.0 0.0 0.0 .277 .350 .354 46.2
2017 Slider 3.5 2 61 27.0 21 .222 .333 .285 20.0 14.3 20.0 .260 .350 .304 25.0
2017 Curveball -4.2 -1 26 11.5 8 .375 .875 .519 6.7 0.0 0.0 .530 1.147 .689 37.5
2017 Changeup -6.4 -1 22 9.7 7 .571 .714 .564 25.0 14.3 33.3 .349 .428 .340 16.7
2017 Sinker -4.7 -1 22 9.7 7 .429 .429 .386 18.2 0.0 0.0 .338 .391 .318 42.9
! 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
2014 153 556 -4 4 -2 -3 -5
2015 37 137 2 0 1 -1 1
2017 75 226 -1 -2 -2 -1 -6
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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 137 43.8 71.7 93.0 29.9 65.2 40.9 70.3 48.2 15.2 5.1 71.4
2016 82 45.1 67.6 84.0 26.7 58.3 47.6 61.9 45.1 24.3 4.9 100.0
2017 226 52.7 71.4 90.6 25.2 81.5 40.3 63.2 49.6 11.6 7.1 87.5
Player 445 48.5 70.8 90.2 27.1 71.0 41.8 64.9 48.3 14.9 6.1 85.2
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
2015 12 8 84
2017 7 3 80
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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 22.0 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2017 26.3 1 1.4 0 2 1 1 100.0
Player 24.1 2 2.4 0 2 1 2 100.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 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
2017 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1
Player 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 89.6 89.9 0.3 ↑ 89.0 -0.9 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.9 82.9 -1.0 ↓ 82.0 -0.9 ↓
Breaking Velocity 80.9 81.3 0.4 ↑ 81.7 0.4 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.6 86.7 -1.9 ↓ 88.7 2.0 ↑
Launch Angle 3.2 11.4 8.2 ↑ 4.0 -7.4 ↓
Barrel % 3.7 12.5 8.8 ↑ 3.2 -9.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 40.7 43.8 3.1 ↑ 36.5 -7.3 ↓
Sweet Spot % 29.6 25.0 -4.6 ↓ 30.2 5.2 ↑
xBA .235 .258 0.023 ↑ .318 0.060 ↑
BA .161 .150 -0.011 ↓ .375 0.225 ↑
xwOBA .314 .307 -0.007 ↓ .373 0.066 ↑
wOBA .293 .212 -0.081 ↓ .405 0.193 ↑
xSLG .351 .419 0.068 ↑ .463 0.044 ↑
SLG .387 .300 -0.087 ↓ .500 0.200 ↑
K% 13.5 19.0 5.5 ↑ 5.2 -13.8 ↓
BB% 10.8 4.8 -6.0 ↓ 9.1 4.3 ↑
Swing % 48.2 45.1 -3.1 ↓ 49.6 4.5 ↑
Whiff% 15.2 24.3 9.1 ↑ 11.6 -12.7 ↓
In Zone % 43.8 45.1 1.3 ↑ 52.7 7.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 56.2 54.9 -1.3 ↓ 47.3 -7.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 29.9 26.7 -3.2 ↓ 25.2 -1.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 43.2 33.3 -9.9 ↓ 30.3 -3.0 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 70.3 61.9 -8.4 ↓ 63.2 1.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 21 .212 14 1 7.1 7 0 0.0
2017 Shifts 74 .398 45 0 0.0 29 10 34.5
! 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 147 14.2 59.2% 1.4% 107 21.3 0.0% 2.8%
2015 27 15.5 44.4% 3.7% 29 21.4 10.3% 17.2%
2016 36 15.2 44.4% 2.8% 5 19.3 0.0% 20.0%
2017 41 13.2 73.2% 0.0% 55 19.0 7.3% 3.6%
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Pitch Distribution

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