Warwick Saupold
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 223LBS | Age: 34
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 1 1 7.45 6 0 0 9.2 10 2.07
2017 3 2 4.88 45 0 0 62.2 44 1.52
2018 4 1 4.46 31 0 1 34.1 16 1.57
3 Seasons 8 4 4.98 82 0 1 106.2 70 1.58
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 6 1-1 7.45 9.2 10 2.07
2017 45 3-2 4.88 62.2 44 1.52
2018 31 4-1 4.46 34.1 16 1.57
3 Seasons 82 8-4 4.98 106.2 70 1.58
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 26 153 35 3 8.6 6.1 90.7 108.3 7.6 34.3 .326 .464 .399 .389 .465 45.7 20.4 6.1 7.45 6.83
2017 27 1088 199 13 6.5 4.6 87.6 113.2 13.3 35.2 .258 .435 .334 .341 .358 31.2 15.7 11.1 4.88 5.10
2018 28 619 127 12 9.4 7.6 89.7 117.1 10.0 40.2 .322 .538 .363 .395 .412 40.9 10.1 8.2 4.46 7.12
Player 1860 361 28 7.8 5.7 88.7 117.1 11.6 36.8 .286 .472 .350 .363 .387 36.0 14.4 9.7
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

Saupold relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(42.3%) ,
Slider
(34.2%) ,
Curveball
(17.6%) ,
Changeup
(5.8%) ,


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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 54.3 8.6 34.3 2.9 54.3 20.0 25.7 2.9 28.6 11.4 48.6 0.0 8.6 6.1
2017 44.2 25.1 23.6 7.0 33.2 34.7 32.2 5.5 31.2 27.1 23.6 5.5 6.5 4.6
2018 43.3 20.5 32.3 3.9 33.1 39.4 27.6 3.9 32.3 18.9 26.0 6.3 9.4 7.6
Player 44.9 21.9 27.7 5.5 35.2 34.9 29.9 4.7 31.3 22.7 26.9 5.3 7.8 5.7
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
2018 Slider DET R 212 88.1 29.1 -3.3 -10 0.2 -3.6 -94
2018 Curveball DET R 109 80.0 60.4 6.4 12 7.4 -0.3 -4
2018 4-Seam Fastball DET R 262 91.6 20.2 -3.2 -19 13.6 6.2 83
2018 Changeup DET R 36 85.3 29.7 -1.7 -5 17.4 3.9 29
2017 Sinker DET R 39 92.7 23.7 2.9 14 18.2 3.2 22
2017 4-Seam Fastball DET R 520 93.0 17.4 -2.8 -19 12.8 4.7 58
2017 Curveball DET R 134 81.7 54.8 4.1 8 6.5 -0.3 -4
2017 Changeup DET R 77 86.3 28.7 -0.5 -2 17.0 3.4 25
2017 Slider DET R 314 88.5 28.6 -1.4 -5 2.2 -0.7 -23
2016 Curveball DET R 22 81.9 53.1 2.8 6 5.6 -2.7 -33
2016 4-Seam Fastball DET R 85 92.7 15.5 0.8 5 10.8 3.6 50
2016 Slider DET R 36 87.5 28.1 -4.5 -14 2.3 -2.3 -50
2016 Changeup DET R 10 85.8 27.4 -2.9 -10 16.9 4.5 36
! 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 -1.7 -4 262 42.3 73 .306 .581 .425 3.5 5.5 7.7 .351 .645 .449 50.8
2018 Slider 0.3 1 212 34.2 54 .229 .250 .284 22.3 14.8 14.8 .290 .406 .344 25.0
2018 Curveball -5.2 -6 109 17.6 20 .300 .600 .378 24.3 20.0 10.0 .276 .448 .311 50.0
2018 Changeup -0.6 0 36 5.8 10 .500 .900 .561 15.8 0.0 0.0 .400 .717 .473 30.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -1 520 47.8 128 .266 .440 .355 8.5 7.8 7.8 .287 .527 .387 37.3
2017 Slider 2.4 7 314 28.9 84 .162 .270 .246 29.9 23.8 21.5 .198 .294 .268 22.2
2017 Curveball -4.2 -6 134 12.3 32 .367 .533 .409 26.9 28.1 13.0 .264 .396 .309 38.1
2017 Changeup -4.6 -4 77 7.1 20 .421 .632 .468 21.4 15.0 20.0 .304 .509 .359 12.5
2017 Sinker -6.3 -2 39 3.6 10 .429 .429 .480 18.2 20.0 16.7 .273 .455 .424 40.0
! 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 49 153 -1 -1 0 -1 -4
2017 275 1,086 2 7 -8 -6 -6
2018 157 619 2 -2 -6 -4 -10
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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 153 51.0 74.4 82.8 26.7 50.0 45.1 55.1 51.0 23.1 5.9 88.9
2017 1,088 47.3 68.9 87.6 24.8 64.1 41.3 60.0 45.6 18.3 6.5 80.3
2018 619 41.2 73.3 92.0 23.4 71.8 41.2 52.5 43.9 14.3 6.0 78.4
Player 1,860 45.6 70.7 88.5 24.4 65.6 41.6 57.1 45.5 17.5 6.3 80.3
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 46 47 40
2017 20 32 31 33 9 54 38 39 66 13 13 12 21 52 40 65 34
2018 30 24 68 21
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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 -- 0 1.2 -1 1 2 0 --
2017 22.5 9 10.0 -1 6 8 4 44.4
2018 22.0 6 7.1 -1 1 7 2 33.3
Player 22.3 15 18.3 -3 8 17 6 40.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 1
2017 9 9 8 10 11 12 13 9 8 8 10 15 11 11 10 10 7 9 11 10 10 9 10 10 8 9 9 14 11 11 7
2018 6 10 5 8 8 7 8 7 6 4 5 9 7 5 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 6 10 8 5 6 8 8 8 8 5
Player 15 21 13 20 21 19 23 16 16 12 16 26 18 17 19 19 14 17 19 20 18 16 22 20 13 16 19 24 21 21 13
! 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 92.7 93.0 0.3 91.6 -1.4
Offspeed Velocity 85.8 86.3 0.5 85.3 -1.0
Breaking Velocity 85.3 86.4 1.1 85.4 -1.0
Exit Velocity 90.7 87.6 -3.1 89.7 2.1
Launch Angle 7.6 13.3 5.7 10.0 -3.3
Barrel % 8.6 6.5 -2.1 9.4 2.9
Hard Hit % 45.7 31.2 -14.5 40.9 9.7
Sweet Spot % 34.3 35.2 0.9 40.2 5.0
xBA .326 .258 -0.068 .322 0.064
BA .395 .267 -0.128 .293 0.026
xwOBA .389 .341 -0.048 .395 0.054
wOBA .399 .334 -0.065 .363 0.029
xSLG .464 .435 -0.029 .538 0.103
SLG .512 .417 -0.095 .493 0.076
K% 20.4 15.7 -4.7 10.1 -5.6
BB% 6.1 11.1 5.0 8.2 -2.9
Swing % 51.0 45.6 -5.4 43.9 -1.7
Whiff% 23.1 18.3 -4.8 14.3 -4.0
In Zone % 51.0 47.3 -3.7 41.2 -6.1
Out of Zone % 49.0 52.7 3.7 58.8 6.1
Out of Zone Swing % 26.7 24.8 -1.9 23.4 -1.4
First Pitch Swing % 42.9 29.5 -13.4 31.0 1.5
First Pitch Strike % 55.1 60.0 4.9 52.5 -7.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 43 .356 27 0 0.0 16 8 50.0
2017 Shifts 275 .334 178 1 0.6 97 9 9.3
2018 Shifts 157 .363 85 6 7.1 72 24 33.3
! 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 29 18.6 24.1% 0.0% 32 23.6 0.0% 15.6%
2017 274 18.2 13.5% 0.4% 213 24.4 0.5% 13.1%
2018 161 16.3 32.9% 1.2% 137 20.6 3.6% 2.9%
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Pitch Distribution