P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 11" 216 lbs | Age: 32
Draft: 2014 | Rd. 1, No. 17, Kansas City Royals | Texas Christian
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 10 11 3.98 31 31 0 172 145 1.36
2017 1 1 4.15 4 4 0 13 16 1.69
2018 0 3 7.40 5 5 0 20.2 14 2.03
5 Seasons 16 18 4.11 67 44 0 260.2 230 1.39
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 31 10-11 3.98 172 145 1.36
2017 4 1-1 4.15 13 16 1.69
2018 5 0-3 7.40 20.2 14 2.03
5 Seasons 67 16-18 4.11 260.2 230 1.39
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 22 751 130 10 7.7 5.1 88.3 112.3 7.6 27.7 .236 .411 .312 .329 .384 33.8 22.8 10.7 3.56 4.55
2016 23 2884 501 40 8.0 5.4 88.3 113.2 13.9 38.9 .258 .444 .324 .347 .389 35.5 19.8 11.4 3.98 5.21
2017 24 241 30 1 3.3 1.7 87.6 112.7 1.9 30.0 .179 .285 .317 .308 .305 27.6 27.1 22.0 4.15 4.07
2018 25 396 74 5 6.8 4.9 88.5 109.9 13.0 32.4 .299 .476 .399 .376 .392 41.9 13.6 14.6 7.40 6.31
Player 4272 735 56 7.6 5.1 88.3 113.2 12.2 35.9 .254 .433 .328 .344 .385 35.6 20.1 12.2
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Finnegan relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(36.6%) ,
Sinker
(29.0%) ,
Slider
(23.0%) ,
Changeup
(11.5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 55.4 44.6 18.5 21.5 4.6 31.5 45.4 23.1 22.3 29.2 3.8 9.2 16.2 19.2
2016 40.9 59.1 21.6 31.3 6.2 35.5 37.1 27.3 20.0 15.2 5.8 15.6 22.0 21.6
2017 53.3 46.7 20.0 26.7 0.0 40.0 40.0 16.7 26.7 16.7 10.0 13.3 23.3 6.7
2018 40.5 59.5 29.7 27.0 2.7 40.5 32.4 25.7 18.9 16.2 5.4 21.6 16.2 20.3
Player 43.9 56.1 21.8 29.0 5.3 35.5 38.2 26.0 20.5 17.8 5.6 15.0 20.4 20.4
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 2.3 46.2 16.9 16.9 6.2 7.7 5.1
2016 3.8 28.3 26.7 25.5 5.4 8.0 5.4
2017 0.0 50.0 16.7 16.7 10.0 3.3 1.7
2018 1.4 36.5 24.3 21.6 9.5 6.8 4.9
Player 3.1 33.2 24.4 23.3 6.1 7.6 5.1
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! 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
2018 Slider CIN L 88 81.8 44.3 1.7 4.7GLV -2.1 -1.4 3.0 4.7GLV -0.8
2018 4-Seam Fastball CIN L 140 91.3 16.3 0.9 6.9ARM -0.7 17.2 1.6 6.9ARM -1.0
2018 Sinker CIN L 111 90.4 21.6 -2.9 14.5ARM -0.3 12.8 -3.3 14.5ARM 0.2
2018 Changeup CIN L 44 82.9 31.9 -1.0 12.4ARM -1.2 8.8 -1.2 12.4ARM -1.7
2017 Sinker CIN L 102 92.5 14.3 -6.9 10.2ARM -4.8 18.2 -7.2 10.2ARM -3.6
2017 Changeup CIN L 45 84.3 25.7 -4.6 8.4ARM -5.2 13.2 -3.4 8.4ARM -5.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball CIN L 63 93.5 9.9 4.7 3.7ARM -4.7 22.0 5.0 3.7ARM -4.3
2017 Slider CIN L 30 84.5 35.3 -1.3 6.6GLV 2.1 4.4 -1.4 6.6GLV 1.0
! 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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -2.2 -3 140 36.6 44 .306 .639 .424 14.3 13.6 13.3 .263 .449 .346 48.5
2018 Sinker -0.7 -1 111 29.0 23 .350 .550 .428 12.2 4.3 9.1 .372 .669 .474 42.1
2018 Slider -2.8 -2 88 23.0 21 .250 .400 .300 25.0 23.8 15.2 .270 .364 .294 26.7
2018 Changeup -3.5 -2 44 11.5 8 .571 .714 .581 16.7 0.0 0.0 .445 .527 .458 42.9
2017 Sinker 0.9 1 102 42.5 25 .158 .316 .320 24.4 16.0 21.1 .198 .380 .352 26.7
2017 4-Seam Fastball -2.2 -1 63 26.3 18 .308 .308 .394 35.0 38.9 31.8 .210 .227 .333 16.7
2017 Changeup -1.1 -1 45 18.8 11 .222 .444 .355 50.0 27.3 50.0 .148 .271 .268 33.3
2017 Slider 1.3 0 30 12.5 4 .000 .000 .000 37.5 50.0 14.3 .051 .057 .049 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 28 121 1 2 -1 0 2
2015 197 751 -1 8 -5 -3 0
2016 732 2,879 10 12 -20 -11 -9
2017 58 240 2 2 -4 -2 -1
2018 96 383 -4 2 -4 -2 -8
Player 1,111 4,374 8 27 -33 8 -15
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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 751 49.1 64.2 84.0 25.7 56.1 43.3 57.9 44.6 24.2 5.2 79.5
2016 2,884 47.9 65.5 83.4 27.2 64.3 44.3 54.6 45.5 22.6 7.2 76.9
2017 241 43.3 63.5 75.8 19.9 44.4 38.8 49.2 39.0 33.0 9.2 72.7
2018 396 48.3 71.4 85.6 23.7 78.7 38.1 54.9 45.5 16.1 8.4 93.8
Player 4,272 47.9 65.7 83.3 26.2 63.2 43.3 54.9 45.0 22.8 7.1 78.7
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 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 57 32 29
2016 14 34 24 18 11 5 11 59 40 40 8 44 28 39 41 24
2017 50 48 36
2018 22 36 20
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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 22.65 29 26.2 3 14 18 12 41.4
2017 23.93 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2018 23.76 5 3.9 1 0 5 1 20.0
Player 22.88 35 31.1 4 14 23 14 40.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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 29 28 22 32 27 22 30 23 22 18 27 30 27 23 26 31 15 24 26 31 27 20 35 34 22 24 28 34 28 28 21
2017 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
2018 5 4 2 3 4 4 6 5 4 2 5 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 2 6 3 3 6 5 2 3 3 5 4 5 3
Player 35 33 25 36 32 27 37 29 27 21 33 36 32 27 31 37 20 29 29 38 31 24 42 40 25 28 32 40 33 34 25
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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

2018 +/-   2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .318 +.122 .196 -.040 .236 +.020 .216
xBA .299 +.120 .179 -.079 .258 +.022 .236
OBP .408 +.035 .373 +.047 .326 +.022 .304
xOBP .398 +.035 .363 +.013 .350 +.024 .326
SLG .553 +.249 .304 -.117 .421 +.012 .409
xSLG .476 +.191 .285 -.159 .444 +.033 .411
ISO .235 +.126 .109 -.077 .186 -.007 .193
xISO .177 +.070 .107 -.079 .186 +.010 .176
BABIP .319 +.043 .276 +.017 .259 +.015 .244
wOBA .399 +.082 .317 -.007 .324 +.012 .312
xwOBA .376 +.068 .308 -.039 .347 +.018 .329
wOBACON .424 +.101 .323 -.031 .354 -.004 .358
xwOBACON .392 +.087 .305 -.084 .389 +.005 .384
BACON .365 +.065 .300 -.002 .302 +.011 .291
xBACON .351 +.074 .277 -.059 .336 +.011 .325
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 41.9 +14.3 27.6 -7.9 35.5 +1.7 33.8
Avg Exit Velocity 88.5 +0.9 87.6 -0.7 88.3 0.0 88.3
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 32.4 +2.4 30.0 -8.9 38.9 +11.2 27.7
Barrel % 6.8 +3.5 3.3 -4.7 8.0 +0.3 7.7
Avg Launch Angle 13.0 +11.1 1.9 -12.0 13.9 +6.3 7.6
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 90.9 -2.0 92.9 +0.6 92.3 -0.9 93.2
Breaking Velocity 81.8 -2.7 84.5 +0.5 84.0 +1.2 82.8
Offspeed Velocity 82.9 -1.4 84.3 -1.2 85.5 -0.2 85.7
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 5 +4 1 -39 40 +30 10
Popup % 2.7 +2.7 0.0 -6.2 6.2 +1.6 4.6
Flyball % 29.7 +9.7 20.0 -1.6 21.6 +3.1 18.5
Line Drive % 27.0 +0.3 26.7 -4.6 31.3 +9.8 21.5
Groundball % 40.5 -12.8 53.3 +12.4 40.9 -14.5 55.4
Pull % 40.5 +0.5 40.0 +4.5 35.5 +4.0 31.5
Straight Away % 32.4 -7.6 40.0 +2.9 37.1 -8.3 45.4
Opposite Field % 25.7 +9.0 16.7 -10.6 27.3 +4.2 23.1
Weak Contact % 1.4 +1.4 0.0 -3.8 3.8 +1.5 2.3
Pull Airball % 21.6 +8.3 13.3 -2.3 15.6 +6.4 9.2
Topped Contact % 36.5 -13.5 50.0 +21.7 28.3 -17.9 46.2
Under Contact % 24.3 +7.6 16.7 -10.0 26.7 +9.8 16.9
Flare/Burner Contact % 21.6 +4.9 16.7 -8.8 25.5 +8.6 16.9
Solid Contact % 9.5 -0.5 10.0 +4.6 5.4 -0.8 6.2
HR/FB % 22.7 +6.0 16.7 -10.2 26.9 -6.4 33.3
Popups 2 +2 0 -31 31 +25 6
Flyballs 22 +16 6 -102 108 +84 24
Line Drives 20 +12 8 -149 157 +129 28
Groundballs 30 +14 16 -189 205 +133 72
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 48.3 +5.0 43.3 -4.6 47.9 -1.2 49.1
Out of Zone % 51.7 -5.0 56.7 +4.6 52.1 +1.2 50.9
Edge % 38.1 -0.7 38.8 -5.5 44.3 +1.0 43.3
Zone Swing % 71.4 +7.9 63.5 -2.0 65.5 +1.3 64.2
Out of Zone Swing % 23.7 +3.8 19.9 -7.3 27.2 +1.5 25.7
In Zone Contact % 85.6 +9.8 75.8 -7.6 83.4 -0.6 84.0
Out of Zone Contact % 78.7 +34.3 44.4 -19.9 64.3 +8.2 56.1
Whiff % 16.1 -16.9 33.0 +10.4 22.6 -1.6 24.2
First Strike % 54.9 +5.7 49.2 -5.4 54.6 -3.3 57.9
First Pitch Swing % 26.5 -0.6 27.1 -0.3 27.4 -3.1 30.5
Swing % 45.5 +6.5 39.0 -6.5 45.5 +0.9 44.6
Meatball Swing % 93.8 +21.1 72.7 -4.2 76.9 -2.6 79.5
Meatball % 8.4 -0.8 9.2 +2.0 7.2 +2.0 5.2
Zone Swing & Miss % 14.4 -9.8 24.2 +7.6 16.6 +0.6 16.0
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 21.3 -34.3 55.6 +19.7 35.9 -8.0 43.9
In Zone 185 +81 104 -1,276 1,380 +1,011 369
Out of Zone 198 +62 136 -1,368 1,504 +1,122 382
Edge 146 +53 93 -1,185 1,278 +953 325
In Zone Swings 132 +66 66 -838 904 +667 237
Out of Zone Swings 47 +20 27 -382 409 +311 98
In Zone Swing & Misses 19 +3 16 -134 150 +112 38
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 10 -5 15 -132 147 +104 43
Basic
Pitches 396 +155 241 -2,643 2,884 +2,133 751
PA 103 +44 59 -675 734 +537 197
AB 85 +39 46 -590 636 +465 171
Hits 27 +18 9 -141 150 +113 37
Singles 17 +11 6 -89 95 +74 21
Doubles 5 +3 2 -19 21 +14 7
Triples 0 0 0 -5 5 +4 1
Home Runs 5 +4 1 -28 29 +21 8
Walks 15 +2 13 -71 84 +63 21
Strikeouts 14 -2 16 -129 145 +100 45
K% 13.6 -13.5 27.1 +7.3 19.8 -3.0 22.8
BB% 14.6 -7.4 22.0 +10.6 11.4 +0.7 10.7
HBP 0 0 0 -4 4 +3 1
Batted Balls 74 +44 30 -471 501 +371 130
Number of Fastballs 251 +86 165 -1,711 1,876 +1,332 544
Number of Offspeed 44 -1 45 -284 329 +279 50
Number of Breaking 88 +58 30 -644 674 +517 157
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 721 .321 557 10 1.8 164 47 28.7
2017 Shifts 58 .323 50 0 0.0 8 0 0.0
2018 Shifts 100 .396 79 0 0.0 21 3 14.3
! 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 %
2014 41 20.7 0.0% 2.4% 13 22.2 0.0% 7.7%
2015 231 20.2 10.8% 6.9% 112 23.3 8.9% 20.5%
2016 853 17.3 25.0% 2.2% 473 23.5 5.7% 16.9%
2017 68 16.9 16.2% 1.5% 48 23.3 0.0% 2.1%
2018 81 14.7 59.3% 0.0% 82 22.1 0.0% 3.7%

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Pitch Distribution