Brandon Cunniff
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 185LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 27, #827, Florida Marlins | Cal State San Bernardino
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 2 2 4.63 39 0 0 35 37 1.40
2016 2 0 4.24 15 0 0 17 16 1.35
2 Seasons 4 2 4.50 54 0 0 52 53 1.38
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 39 2-2 4.63 35 37 1.40
2016 15 2-0 4.24 17 16 1.35
2 Seasons 54 4-2 4.50 52 53 1.38
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
2015 26 610 92 6 6.5 4.0 88.0 111.5 12.3 30.4 .232 .373 .298 .321 .373 34.8 24.5 14.6 4.63 4.28
2016 27 304 47 3 6.4 4.1 91.5 112.2 21.0 48.9 .244 .460 .328 .352 .400 38.3 21.6 12.2 4.24 5.38
Player 914 139 9 6.5 4.0 89.2 112.2 15.3 36.7 .236 .401 .308 .331 .382 36.0 23.6 13.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Cunniff relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(38.3%) ,
Slider
(33.3%) ,
Sinker
(21.7%) ,
Changeup
(6.7%) ,


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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 46.7 19.6 26.1 7.6 25.0 45.7 29.3 7.6 31.5 21.7 22.8 5.4 6.5 4.0
2016 25.5 27.7 38.3 8.5 23.4 29.8 46.8 2.1 19.1 38.3 21.3 8.5 6.4 4.1
Player 39.6 22.3 30.2 7.9 24.5 40.3 35.3 5.8 27.3 27.3 22.3 6.5 6.5 4.0
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
2016 Slider ATL R 100 85.8 36.4 1.6 5 7.0 2.7 62
2016 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 114 93.2 15.5 1.3 8 5.6 -1.9 -25
2016 Sinker ATL R 64 93.4 21.2 -0.9 -4 13.3 -0.8 -5
2016 Changeup ATL R 20 82.1 36.8 1.7 5 10.5 -2.1 -17
2015 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 293 93.8 15.4 1.0 6 6.0 -1.7 -22
2015 Changeup ATL R 11 84.1 35.7 2.0 6 13.6 -0.1 -1
2015 Slider ATL R 208 83.0 36.4 -3.2 -8 12.7 6.7 113
2015 Sinker ATL R 84 94.0 21.5 -0.6 -3 13.2 -1.4 -10
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 149 599 4 7 -6 -3 1
2016 73 300 -1 3 -1 -1 0
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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 610 43.3 64.3 74.6 27.8 58.3 37.8 61.6 43.6 30.8 6.3 68.4
2016 304 48.4 69.4 74.5 24.2 71.1 40.8 59.5 46.1 24.3 5.3 93.8
Player 914 45.0 66.1 74.5 26.7 61.9 38.8 60.9 44.4 28.6 5.9 75.9
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 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 66 29 53
2016 54 30 65
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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 26.9 2 2.6 -1 1 2 1 50.0
Player 26.9 2 2.6 -1 1 2 1 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 2 3 4 1 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 4 3 3 3
Player 2 3 4 1 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 4 3 3 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 2015 2016 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.9 93.2 -0.7
Offspeed Velocity 84.1 82.1 -2.0
Breaking Velocity 83.0 85.8 2.8
Exit Velocity 88.0 91.5 3.5
Launch Angle 12.3 21.0 8.7
Barrel % 6.5 6.4 -0.1
Hard Hit % 34.8 38.3 3.5
Sweet Spot % 30.4 48.9 18.5
xBA .232 .244 0.012
BA .213 .233 0.020
xwOBA .321 .352 0.031
wOBA .298 .328 0.030
xSLG .373 .460 0.087
SLG .346 .417 0.071
K% 24.5 21.6 -2.9
BB% 14.6 12.2 -2.4
Swing % 43.6 46.1 2.5
Whiff% 30.8 24.3 -6.5
In Zone % 43.3 48.4 5.1
Out of Zone % 56.7 51.6 -5.1
Out of Zone Swing % 27.8 24.2 -3.6
First Pitch Swing % 31.8 31.1 -0.7
First Pitch Strike % 61.6 59.5 -2.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 73 .328 43 5 11.6 30 6 20.0
! 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 %
2015 155 17.8 25.2% 1.9% 122 22.1 4.9% 19.7%
2016 88 18.9 10.2% 6.8% 46 24.8 2.2% 19.6%
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Pitch Distribution