Matt Barnes
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 208LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 1, #19, Boston Red Sox | Connecticut
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 4 4.31 44 0 8 39.2 34 1.44
2023 1 0 5.48 24 1 0 21.1 20 1.64
2024 0 0 6.75 14 0 0 13.1 10 1.50
11 Seasons 33 30 4.21 467 3 47 466.1 586 1.36
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 44 0-4 4.31 39.2 34 1.44
2023 24 1-0 5.48 21.1 20 1.64
2024 14 0-0 6.75 13.1 10 1.50
11 Seasons 467 33-30 4.21 466.1 586 1.36
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 25 790 143 10 7.0 5.0 90.1 112.6 12.8 37.1 .255 .444 .383 .335 .387 36.4 19.6 7.5 5.44 4.74
2016 26 1195 182 10 5.5 3.5 89.9 110.2 9.6 36.3 .240 .387 .314 .319 .374 37.9 24.7 11.1 4.05 4.31
2017 27 1204 175 8 4.6 2.8 86.3 108.7 8.7 30.3 .210 .322 .287 .276 .338 29.1 28.9 9.8 3.88 3.22
2018 28 1109 136 11 8.1 4.2 90.8 110.8 6.1 31.6 .181 .311 .279 .270 .363 39.7 36.2 11.7 3.65 3.04
2019 29 1310 134 7 5.2 2.5 89.3 111.6 9.5 31.3 .188 .299 .292 .270 .371 33.6 38.6 13.3 3.78 3.16
2020 30 455 55 6 10.9 5.9 91.3 112.6 11.1 32.7 .236 .431 .312 .343 .440 45.5 30.4 13.7 4.30 5.10
2021 31 919 116 11 9.5 5.0 89.8 115.0 18.0 23.3 .177 .325 .278 .256 .365 41.4 37.8 9.0 3.79 2.72
2022 32 693 118 10 8.5 5.7 91.1 113.0 11.1 28.8 .229 .382 .305 .319 .339 44.9 19.3 11.9 4.31 4.25
2023 33 400 68 4 5.9 4.0 89.2 111.2 10.0 30.9 .279 .400 .330 .332 .376 35.3 20.2 10.1 5.48 4.70
2024 34 237 45 4 8.9 6.7 90.9 118.7 17.0 35.6 .300 .503 .331 .367 .420 42.2 16.7 6.7 6.75 5.90
Player 8312 1172 81 6.9 4.1 89.6 118.7 10.8 31.8 .217 .360 .306 .297 .369 37.5 29.1 10.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Barnes relies on 3 pitches.
Knuckle Curve
(43.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(39.2%) ,
Split Finger
(17.3%) ,


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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 42.0 20.3 30.1 7.7 34.3 37.1 28.7 1.4 31.5 25.9 23.8 5.6 7.0 5.0
2016 46.2 23.6 23.6 6.6 32.4 41.8 25.8 2.2 35.7 22.0 24.7 7.1 5.5 3.5
2017 49.1 16.6 27.4 6.9 29.1 38.3 32.6 5.1 40.0 20.6 24.6 4.6 4.6 2.8
2018 52.9 22.1 20.6 4.4 27.9 41.2 30.9 1.5 46.3 16.9 19.1 6.6 8.1 4.2
2019 48.5 23.9 22.4 5.2 35.1 38.1 26.9 3.0 35.8 23.1 28.4 4.5 5.2 2.5
2020 49.1 20.0 25.5 5.5 32.7 34.5 32.7 7.3 29.1 20.0 30.9 1.8 10.9 5.9
2021 42.2 29.3 15.5 12.9 37.1 35.3 27.6 4.3 26.7 31.9 23.3 4.3 9.5 5.0
2022 44.9 30.5 19.5 5.1 34.7 41.5 23.7 2.5 28.8 27.1 23.7 9.3 8.5 5.7
2023 50.0 14.7 26.5 8.8 44.1 35.3 20.6 4.4 33.8 19.1 36.8 0.0 5.9 4.0
2024 40.0 26.7 22.2 11.1 44.4 28.9 26.7 2.2 24.4 24.4 35.6 4.4 8.9 6.7
Player 46.8 22.7 23.5 7.1 33.8 38.3 27.9 3.2 34.6 23.1 25.5 5.4 6.9 4.1
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 4-Seam Fastball WSH R 93 91.4 16.3 -0.6 11.4ARM 5.6 16.6 0.8 11.4ARM 3.9
2024 Curveball WSH R 103 81.5 49.5 -2.1 1.9GLV -5.0 -8.3 -1.6 1.9GLV -7.5
2024 Split-Finger WSH R 41 86.3 32.2 0.0 13.3ARM 3.9 4.6 -2.0 13.3ARM 2.7
2023 Curveball MIA R 194 83.4 47.3 -2.1 1.4GLV -4.3 -7.9 -2.0 1.4GLV -7.5
2023 Split-Finger MIA R 24 87.9 32.3 1.6 12.7ARM 2.6 3.0 0.3 12.7ARM 1.6
2023 4-Seam Fastball MIA R 182 93.4 14.7 -0.2 10.5ARM 4.7 16.8 1.0 10.5ARM 3.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 Curveball -2.2 -2 103 43.5 21 .278 .333 .331 25.0 14.3 12.0 .267 .341 .328 33.3
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 1 93 39.2 29 .259 .333 .290 18.8 17.2 17.9 .302 .538 .384 54.5
2024 Split-Finger -4.8 -2 41 17.3 10 .400 .800 .505 21.1 20.0 28.6 .355 .701 .440 25.0
2023 Curveball 0.9 2 194 48.5 47 .205 .273 .260 28.0 21.3 15.6 .266 .369 .299 38.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -2 182 45.5 45 .395 .553 .457 10.6 17.8 17.4 .313 .469 .392 33.3
2023 Split-Finger -0.8 0 24 6.0 6 .167 .167 .150 27.3 33.3 28.6 .150 .192 .147 25.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Curveball 102 81.5 72 10.9 7:00 6:15 45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 93 91.4 99 19.9 1:15 1:15 0
2024 Split-Finger 41 86.3 94 14.5 2:00 2:30 -30
2023 Curveball 191 83.4 72 10.4 7:00 6:15 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 180 93.4 99 19.5 1:15 1:15 0
2023 Split-Finger 22 88.1 89 13.2 1:45 2:45 -60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 39 157 0 0 1 -1 1
2015 199 790 0 -3 -3 -1 -8
2016 294 1,215 9 12 -11 -4 6
2017 287 1,201 14 8 -10 -4 8
2018 299 1,268 9 20 -6 -6 17
2019 283 1,310 9 11 -12 -3 4
2020 101 455 1 6 -2 -2 3
2021 226 952 0 11 -4 -2 6
2022 175 693 -1 11 -6 -4 1
2023 98 400 -2 3 -2 0 -1
2024 60 237 -2 1 -2 0 -3
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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 790 51.3 67.7 84.7 29.6 57.0 42.3 57.8 49.1 22.4 7.8 72.6
2016 1,195 46.7 59.7 81.4 27.3 52.3 41.6 58.0 42.4 28.0 6.8 60.5
2017 1,204 46.4 65.4 77.3 24.8 49.4 42.7 57.8 43.8 30.4 6.4 66.2
2018 1,109 45.1 59.4 75.1 27.0 40.2 40.4 56.1 41.7 36.1 5.6 59.7
2019 1,310 42.1 63.0 80.5 30.6 38.8 38.2 58.8 44.3 36.0 6.0 67.1
2020 455 46.6 59.4 79.4 28.8 57.1 38.9 61.4 43.1 28.6 7.7 65.7
2021 919 48.4 63.1 81.1 32.1 38.8 40.0 68.8 47.1 33.7 6.9 82.5
2022 693 45.3 64.0 82.6 25.9 49.0 39.8 62.9 43.1 28.4 8.1 73.2
2023 400 43.8 58.3 94.1 25.3 52.6 43.5 61.2 39.8 20.8 6.0 75.0
2024 237 42.2 70.0 87.1 27.0 62.2 35.4 61.7 45.1 21.5 6.3 100.0
Player 8,312 46.0 62.8 80.9 28.0 47.0 40.6 59.9 44.0 30.3 6.7 69.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 86 59 25 79
2016 39 61 57 59 25 72 61 12 21 75 10 82 29 97 67 19 83
2017 84 86 89 88 78 78 74 71 80 87 27 86 21 82 60 10 93
2018 88 96 90 73 78 68 20 2 14 97 8 97 37 94 85 29 95
2019 88 94 98 96 64 92 83 31 74 98 5 95 66 92 85 18 93
2020 26 53 36 26 18 46 12 6 11 82 10 64 62 85 63 11 92
2021 94 97 88 60 94 76 20 25 28 98 39 91 88 84 63 10 92
2022 70 55 3 90
2023 40 34 2 84
2024 13 21 1 87
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 21.8 6 8.7 -3 6 4 5 83.3
2017 23.2 7 6.2 1 2 7 1 14.3
2018 24.8 6 5.2 1 3 5 2 33.3
2019 22.5 8 6.3 2 3 5 2 25.0
2020 24.8 4 4.6 -1 0 1 4 100.0
2021 25.1 8 8.8 -1 2 2 7 87.5
2022 26.5 2 3.0 -1 0 3 1 50.0
2023 25.5 2 2.1 0 1 0 2 100.0
2024 22.8 1 1.6 -1 2 1 1 100.0
Player 23.9 44 46.5 -3 19 28 25 56.8
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 6 9 6 9 8 8 9 8 7 8 9 11 9 8 8 8 7 8 9 10 9 9 11 11 8 8 10 11 9 9 7
2017 7 6 5 8 7 7 7 5 3 3 5 9 5 7 7 7 5 6 9 6 7 6 8 6 5 5 5 6 8 7 5
2018 6 7 4 7 6 4 6 5 3 3 4 6 6 5 5 7 4 6 4 7 6 4 8 6 5 4 3 5 7 6 4
2019 8 7 6 8 8 6 7 7 5 4 6 8 7 5 6 7 6 6 6 7 5 6 8 8 6 5 6 7 7 4 4
2020 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 4
2021 8 10 8 8 9 8 9 9 7 8 8 9 9 8 9 9 9 10 8 9 10 8 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 10
2022 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3
2023 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2024 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2
Player 44 51 39 51 48 44 50 46 34 35 42 55 48 45 46 51 44 47 47 51 48 43 57 54 45 41 43 50 53 46 41
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.5 97.4 1.9 95.2 -2.2 96.6 1.4 96.6 0.0 95.6 -1.0 95.8 0.2 95.0 -0.8 93.4 -1.6 91.4 -2.0
Offspeed Velocity 86.8 88.8 2.0 0.0 0.0 89.3 0.0 88.1 -1.2 88.4 0.3 87.7 -0.7 87.2 -0.5 87.9 0.7 86.3 -1.6
Breaking Velocity 82.9 84.1 1.2 83.0 -1.1 84.5 1.5 85.5 1.0 84.6 -0.9 85.3 0.7 84.1 -1.2 83.4 -0.7 81.5 -1.9
Exit Velocity 90.1 89.9 -0.2 86.3 -3.6 90.8 4.5 89.3 -1.5 91.3 2.0 89.8 -1.5 91.1 1.3 89.2 -1.9 90.9 1.7
Launch Angle 12.8 9.6 -3.2 8.7 -0.9 6.1 -2.6 9.5 3.4 11.1 1.6 18.0 6.9 11.1 -6.9 10.0 -1.1 17.0 7.0
Barrel % 7.0 5.5 -1.5 4.6 -0.9 8.1 3.5 5.2 -2.9 10.9 5.7 9.5 -1.4 8.5 -1.0 5.9 -2.6 8.9 3.0
Hard Hit % 36.4 37.9 1.5 29.1 -8.8 39.7 10.6 33.6 -6.1 45.5 11.9 41.4 -4.1 44.9 3.5 35.3 -9.6 42.2 6.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.1 36.3 -0.8 30.3 -6.0 31.6 1.3 31.3 -0.3 32.7 1.4 23.3 -9.4 28.8 5.5 30.9 2.1 35.6 4.7
xBA .255 .240 -0.015 .210 -0.030 .181 -0.029 .188 0.007 .236 0.048 .177 -0.059 .229 0.052 .279 0.050 .300 0.021
BA .311 .248 -0.063 .224 -0.024 .204 -0.020 .210 0.006 .214 0.004 .206 -0.008 .240 0.034 .284 0.044 .291 0.007
xwOBA .335 .319 -0.016 .276 -0.043 .270 -0.006 .270 0.000 .343 0.073 .256 -0.087 .319 0.063 .332 0.013 .367 0.035
wOBA .383 .314 -0.069 .287 -0.027 .279 -0.008 .292 0.013 .312 0.020 .278 -0.034 .305 0.027 .330 0.025 .331 0.001
xSLG .444 .387 -0.057 .322 -0.065 .311 -0.011 .299 -0.012 .431 0.132 .325 -0.106 .382 0.057 .400 0.018 .503 0.103
SLG .517 .372 -0.145 .354 -0.018 .322 -0.032 .346 0.024 .369 0.023 .357 -0.012 .333 -0.024 .386 0.053 .418 0.032
K% 19.6 24.7 5.1 28.9 4.2 36.2 7.3 38.6 2.4 30.4 -8.2 37.8 7.4 19.3 -18.5 20.2 0.9 16.7 -3.5
BB% 7.5 11.1 3.6 9.8 -1.3 11.7 1.9 13.3 1.6 13.7 0.4 9.0 -4.7 11.9 2.9 10.1 -1.8 6.7 -3.4
Swing % 49.1 42.4 -6.7 43.8 1.4 41.7 -2.1 44.3 2.6 43.1 -1.2 47.1 4.0 43.1 -4.0 39.8 -3.3 45.1 5.3
Whiff% 22.4 28.0 5.6 30.4 2.4 36.1 5.7 36.0 -0.1 28.6 -7.4 33.7 5.1 28.4 -5.3 20.8 -7.6 21.5 0.7
In Zone % 51.3 46.7 -4.6 46.4 -0.3 45.1 -1.3 42.1 -3.0 46.6 4.5 48.4 1.8 45.3 -3.1 43.8 -1.5 42.2 -1.6
Out of Zone % 48.7 53.3 4.6 53.6 0.3 54.9 1.3 57.9 3.0 53.4 -4.5 51.6 -1.8 54.7 3.1 56.3 1.6 57.8 1.5
Out of Zone Swing % 29.6 27.3 -2.3 24.8 -2.5 27.0 2.2 30.6 3.6 28.8 -1.8 32.1 3.3 25.9 -6.2 25.3 -0.6 27.0 1.7
First Pitch Swing % 30.7 26.4 -4.3 21.3 -5.1 24.6 3.3 26.8 2.2 26.7 -0.1 31.7 5.0 28.6 -3.1 27.6 -1.0 40.0 12.4
First Pitch Strike % 57.8 58.0 0.2 57.8 -0.2 56.1 -1.7 58.8 2.7 61.4 2.6 68.8 7.4 62.9 -5.9 61.2 -1.7 61.7 0.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 279 .311 173 0 0.0 106 18 17.0
2017 Shifts 287 .287 183 0 0.0 104 25 24.0
2018 Shifts 264 .279 158 2 1.3 106 50 47.2
2019 Shifts 273 .294 161 2 1.2 112 65 58.0
2020 Shifts 100 .308 55 2 3.6 45 12 26.7
2021 Shifts 220 .278 143 14 9.8 77 47 61.0
2022 Shifts 170 .305 104 13 12.5 66 50 75.8
2023 Shades 98 .330 65 12 18.5 33 17 51.5
2024 Shades 60 .331 28 1 3.6 32 19 59.4
! 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 40 17.6 7.5% 5.0% 25 22.7 0.0% 4.0%
2015 202 17.9 23.8% 4.5% 140 24.9 5.7% 24.3%
2016 290 23.8 4.1% 13.1% 279 28.7 0.4% 43.7%
2017 397 23.7 0.0% 9.6% 173 28.9 0.0% 39.3%
2018 330 21.7 0.0% 6.7% 205 27.0 0.0% 24.9%
2019 346 22.4 0.3% 9.5% 233 28.2 0.0% 37.3%
2020 110 23.0 0.0% 7.3% 97 28.1 0.0% 32.0%
2021 240 19.5 7.1% 2.1% 156 23.5 0.6% 9.6%
2022 202 22.8 0.0% 15.3% 121 26.3 0.0% 28.9%
2023 110 17.3 11.8% 2.7% 76 20.9 0.0% 1.3%
2024 73 18.4 0.0% 2.7% 32 20.4 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution