Steven Okert
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 202LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 4, #148, San Francisco Giants | Oklahoma
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 3 1 2.75 34 0 0 36 40 1.03
2022 5 5 2.98 60 0 0 51.1 63 1.17
2023 3 2 4.45 64 2 0 58.2 73 1.26
6 Seasons 12 9 3.70 228 2 0 194.1 220 1.17
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 34 3-1 2.75 36 40 1.03
2022 60 5-5 2.98 51.1 63 1.17
2023 64 3-2 4.45 58.2 73 1.26
6 Seasons 228 12-9 3.70 194.1 220 1.17
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 24 232 40 4 10.0 6.9 89.7 111.1 18.4 32.5 .286 .465 .298 .339 .431 50.0 24.1 6.9 3.21 4.94
2017 25 461 82 7 8.5 5.9 89.3 115.2 16.8 43.9 .256 .460 .318 .342 .384 32.1 18.6 9.3 5.67 5.13
2018 26 93 19 1 5.3 3.7 86.8 102.4 21.7 26.3 .121 .211 .187 .144 .204 21.1 29.6 0.0 1.23 0.93
2021 29 601 83 6 7.2 4.2 86.8 110.4 24.9 27.7 .172 .340 .281 .273 .318 36.1 28.2 10.6 2.75 3.10
2022 30 968 125 7 5.6 3.2 86.8 111.8 19.9 31.2 .192 .294 .291 .280 .319 29.6 28.5 11.8 2.98 3.22
2023 31 1019 148 14 9.5 5.7 88.2 113.7 23.5 43.2 .218 .393 .319 .304 .386 34.5 29.6 9.7 4.45 3.87
Player 3374 497 39 7.8 4.8 87.9 115.2 21.3 36.2 .210 .366 .299 .295 .354 33.9 27.1 9.8
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

Okert relies on 2 pitches.
Slider
(61.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(38.7%) ,


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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
2016 42.5 20.0 25.0 12.5 40.0 50.0 10.0 2.5 27.5 27.5 32.5 0.0 10.0 6.9
2017 34.1 29.3 31.7 4.9 35.4 37.8 26.8 2.4 23.2 32.9 23.2 4.9 8.5 5.9
2018 42.1 36.8 10.5 10.5 21.1 36.8 42.1 0.0 31.6 52.6 10.5 0.0 5.3 3.7
2021 33.7 34.9 15.7 15.7 36.1 42.2 21.7 8.4 19.3 41.0 16.9 7.2 7.2 4.2
2022 38.4 28.8 21.6 11.2 41.6 32.0 26.4 6.4 24.0 37.6 24.0 2.4 5.6 3.2
2023 26.4 33.8 29.1 10.8 33.8 37.8 28.4 6.1 12.2 38.5 27.0 6.8 9.5 5.7
Player 33.8 31.0 24.3 10.9 36.4 38.0 25.6 5.4 20.1 37.4 23.7 4.6 7.8 4.8
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
2023 4-Seam Fastball MIA L 394 93.8 16.5 -1.3 -8 8.9 1.5 21
2023 Slider MIA L 625 81.9 35.5 -4.4 -11 10.2 1.9 24
2022 Slider MIA L 659 82.0 35.9 -4.0 -10 10.2 2.3 29
2022 4-Seam Fastball MIA L 309 93.7 16.5 -1.5 -10 10.0 2.6 34
2021 Slider MIA L 358 80.6 37.1 -4.7 -11 10.5 2.1 25
2021 4-Seam Fastball MIA L 193 92.2 18.2 -2.4 -15 9.8 2.5 35
2021 Sinker MIA L 50 92.0 23.9 0.7 3 17.7 2.9 20
2018 Slider SF L 36 83.7 35.6 -3.0 -8 5.9 0.4 7
2018 Curveball SF L 11 78.0 49.2 -7.1 -13 10.6 1.4 15
2018 Changeup SF L 7 83.3 32.5 -0.6 -2 14.9 1.1 8
2018 4-Seam Fastball SF L 24 91.8 18.5 -1.6 -9 10.1 2.6 34
2018 Sinker SF L 15 91.2 23.9 0.2 1 15.6 1.0 7
2017 Sinker SF L 93 91.7 19.9 -2.0 -9 17.8 2.9 19
2017 Changeup SF L 20 85.2 26.2 -4.0 -13 17.1 3.3 24
2017 Slider SF L 93 82.1 34.6 -5.1 -13 5.2 -0.6 -10
2017 Cutter SF L 89 88.1 23.7 3.0 11 1.5 -3.4 -176
2017 Curveball SF L 8 75.2 43.5 -15.0 -26 4.8 -5.3 -52
2017 4-Seam Fastball SF L 156 91.7 15.8 -0.1 -1 10.2 2.0 25
2016 4-Seam Fastball SF L 85 92.4 19.0 -2.3 -14 8.9 1.6 23
2016 Slider SF L 38 82.1 36.2 -4.0 -10 6.2 -0.1 -2
2016 Sinker SF L 30 92.8 22.0 0.3 1 15.4 1.6 11
2016 Cutter SF L 65 89.1 26.0 0.5 2 1.3 -1.0 -45
2016 Changeup SF L 10 85.6 28.0 -3.2 -10 7.7 -5.1 -40
! 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 %
2023 Slider 1.1 7 625 61.3 150 .194 .373 .281 34.3 34.0 26.2 .180 .346 .266 36.5
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -8 394 38.7 96 .289 .518 .397 23.2 21.9 16.2 .282 .473 .368 31.7
2022 Slider 1.2 8 659 68.1 153 .151 .294 .274 35.3 33.3 22.8 .154 .247 .257 21.8
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 309 31.9 66 .263 .439 .344 16.3 18.2 11.4 .274 .398 .336 42.6
2021 Slider 2.3 8 358 59.6 86 .141 .269 .206 36.8 36.0 25.0 .111 .220 .179 18.4
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 0 193 32.1 44 .242 .455 .395 19.3 18.2 13.8 .255 .514 .416 64.0
2021 Sinker 0.3 0 50 8.3 10 .333 .778 .461 11.8 10.0 10.0 .397 .747 .482 55.6
2018 Slider 3.0 1 36 38.7 11 .091 .091 .082 35.0 45.5 27.8 .119 .141 .115 16.7
2018 4-Seam Fastball 4.8 1 24 25.8 6 .000 .000 .150 20.0 16.7 16.7 .089 .112 .096 40.0
2018 Sinker -0.8 0 15 16.1 4 .500 .750 .538 11.1 0.0 -- .072 .108 .079 0.0
2018 Curveball 6.7 1 11 11.8 4 .000 .000 .000 42.9 50.0 100.0 .127 .145 .116 0.0
2018 Changeup -13.2 -1 7 7.5 2 .500 2.000 1.000 60.0 0.0 -- .320 1.222 .627 50.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 2 156 33.8 42 .171 .257 .258 20.2 21.4 16.7 .230 .375 .309 39.3
2017 Slider 2.3 2 93 20.2 19 .063 .063 .158 39.5 36.8 20.0 .088 .106 .181 11.1
2017 Sinker -0.3 0 93 20.2 25 .286 .476 .357 12.0 12.0 20.0 .303 .442 .350 25.0
2017 Cutter -9.2 -8 89 19.3 22 .579 1.158 .729 21.3 9.1 6.9 .372 .896 .538 38.9
2017 Changeup 5.4 1 20 4.3 5 .000 .000 .000 11.1 0.0 0.0 .311 .656 .399 40.0
2017 Curveball 1.7 0 8 1.7 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 -- .600 .721 .589 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 4-Seam Fastball 393 93.8 91 16.8 10:30 11:00 -30
2023 Slider 612 81.9 43 11.9 3:00 2:15 45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 306 93.7 93 17.6 10:30 10:45 -15
2022 Slider 652 82.0 39 11.7 2:45 2:30 15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 192 92.2 92 16.9 10:30 10:45 -15
2021 Sinker 50 92.0 90 20.0 10:30 9:45 45
2021 Slider 358 80.6 41 11.9 2:45 2:15 30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 57 228 -1 4 -2 -1 0
2017 114 459 0 1 -2 -3 -3
2021 140 601 4 13 -4 -5 8
2022 219 968 8 13 -8 -6 7
2023 251 1,035 2 6 -3 -5 -1
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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 232 50.0 69.0 76.3 31.0 58.3 35.8 48.3 50.0 26.7 6.0 85.7
2017 461 55.3 68.9 80.0 26.8 60.0 39.2 58.6 50.3 22.0 8.3 86.8
2018 93 59.1 67.3 70.3 36.8 50.0 41.9 63.0 54.8 31.4 9.7 88.9
2021 601 49.1 70.2 74.4 25.5 55.1 42.4 52.1 47.4 30.2 8.7 75.0
2022 968 48.8 64.4 77.0 28.2 51.4 44.1 57.5 45.9 29.5 6.8 75.8
2023 1,019 50.0 68.4 75.1 26.7 52.9 38.5 64.0 47.6 30.5 8.7 78.7
Player 3,374 50.5 67.7 76.1 27.5 54.0 40.8 58.2 47.8 28.7 7.9 79.1
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 42 90 56
2017 31 86 47
2021 27 49 52
2022 76 92 93 88 40 92 77 84 98 84 6 76 34 47 52 50
2023 61 79 57 35 70 62 24 67 80 89 31 80 23 47 51 46
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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 19.3 2 2.0 0 1 0 2 100.0
2017 25.2 3 3.9 -1 4 1 3 100.0
2018 21.5 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2021 24.9 5 4.8 0 1 1 4 80.0
2022 22.1 7 5.5 2 2 3 3 42.9
2023 24.4 9 7.6 1 6 5 3 33.3
Player 23.7 27 24.9 2 14 10 16 59.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2017 3 4 3 6 5 4 4 3 4 3 3 7 4 3 4 5 3 4 3 4 3 3 5 4 4 3 4 6 4 3 3
2018 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
2021 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5
2022 7 4 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 6 7 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 8 5 4 5 7 7 5 6 5
2023 9 5 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 7 6 9 9 7 8 7 8 8 10 9 7 7 7 8 10 8 7
Player 27 21 25 30 26 25 25 23 24 21 24 31 25 23 24 27 24 24 24 25 24 23 31 25 22 23 26 29 26 25 23
! 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 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.3 90.8 -0.5 -- 0.7 -- -- -- -- 92.2 -- 93.7 1.5 93.8 0.1
Offspeed Velocity 85.6 85.2 -0.4 -- -1.9 -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 82.1 81.6 -0.5 -- 0.7 -- -- -- -- 80.6 -- 82.0 1.4 81.9 -0.1
Exit Velocity 89.7 89.3 -0.4 -- -2.5 -- -- -- -- 86.8 -- 86.8 0.0 88.2 1.4
Launch Angle 18.4 16.8 -1.6 -- 4.9 -- -- -- -- 24.9 -- 19.9 -5.0 23.5 3.6
Barrel % 10.0 8.5 -1.5 -- -3.2 -- -- -- -- 7.2 -- 5.6 -1.6 9.5 3.9
Hard Hit % 50.0 32.1 -17.9 -- -11.0 -- -- -- -- 36.1 -- 29.6 -6.5 34.5 4.9
Sweet Spot % 32.5 43.9 11.4 -- -17.6 -- -- -- -- 27.7 -- 31.2 3.5 43.2 12.0
xBA .286 .256 -0.030 -- -0.135 -- -- -- -- .172 -- .192 0.020 .218 0.026
BA .259 .242 -0.017 -- -0.094 -- -- -- -- .183 -- .186 0.003 .229 0.043
xwOBA .339 .342 0.003 -- -0.198 -- -- -- -- .273 -- .280 0.007 .304 0.024
wOBA .298 .318 0.020 -- -0.131 -- -- -- -- .281 -- .291 0.010 .319 0.028
xSLG .465 .460 -0.005 -- -0.249 -- -- -- -- .340 -- .294 -0.046 .393 0.099
SLG .389 .424 0.035 -- -0.128 -- -- -- -- .358 -- .339 -0.019 .427 0.088
K% 24.1 18.6 -5.5 -- 11.0 -- -- -- -- 28.2 -- 28.5 0.3 29.6 1.1
BB% 6.9 9.3 2.4 -- -9.3 -- -- -- -- 10.6 -- 11.8 1.2 9.7 -2.1
Swing % 50.0 50.3 0.3 -- 4.5 -- -- -- -- 47.4 -- 45.9 -1.5 47.6 1.7
Whiff% 26.7 22.0 -4.7 -- 9.4 -- -- -- -- 30.2 -- 29.5 -0.7 30.5 1.0
In Zone % 50.0 55.3 5.3 -- 3.8 -- -- -- -- 49.1 -- 48.8 -0.3 50.0 1.2
Out of Zone % 50.0 44.7 -5.3 -- -3.8 -- -- -- -- 50.9 -- 51.2 0.3 50.0 -1.2
Out of Zone Swing % 31.0 26.8 -4.2 -- 10.0 -- -- -- -- 25.5 -- 28.2 2.7 26.7 -1.5
First Pitch Swing % 31.0 28.4 -2.6 -- 4.9 -- -- -- -- 28.6 -- 27.4 -1.2 31.6 4.2
First Pitch Strike % 48.3 58.6 10.3 -- 4.4 -- -- -- -- 52.1 -- 57.5 5.4 64.0 6.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 57 .298 29 1 3.4 28 9 32.1
2017 Shifts 115 .321 51 0 0.0 64 10 15.6
2018 Shifts 27 .187 15 1 6.7 12 4 33.3
2021 Shifts 140 .281 82 37 45.1 58 34 58.6
2022 Shifts 219 .291 135 52 38.5 84 56 66.7
2023 Shades 246 .320 152 38 25.0 94 34 36.2
! 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 52 18.1 19.2% 1.9% 54 20.7 5.6% 5.6%
2017 123 17.5 14.6% 1.6% 82 21.8 0.0% 3.7%
2018 25 16.9 20.0% 0.0% 12 19.2 0.0% 8.3%
2021 174 18.1 12.6% 2.3% 104 21.1 0.0% 7.7%
2022 254 18.4 2.0% 1.6% 202 21.8 0.0% 8.4%
2023 261 16.5 11.5% 0.0% 198 18.5 1.5% 1.0%
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Pitch Distribution