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Clay Holmes
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 245LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 9, #272, Pittsburgh Pirates | Slocomb (AL) HS
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
SO
WHIP
2022 7 4 2.54 62 0 20 63.2 65 1.02
2023 4 4 2.86 66 0 24 63 71 1.17
2024 3 5 3.14 67 0 30 63 68 1.30
7 Seasons 24 22 3.71 311 4 74 337.1 360 1.30
G
W-L
ERA
IP
SO
WHIP
2022 62 7-4 2.54 63.2 65 1.02
2023 66 4-4 2.86 63 71 1.17
2024 67 3-5 3.14 63 68 1.30
7 Seasons 311 24-22 3.71 337.1 360 1.30
20242024 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATPitching Run Value2NOT QUALIFIED51Fastball Run Value-5NOT QUALIFIED20Breaking Run Value6NOT QUALIFIED86Offspeed Run Value--NOT QUALIFIEDPitchingxERA3.29NOT QUALIFIED80xBA.226NOT QUALIFIED67Fastball Velo96.6NOT QUALIFIED88Avg Exit Velocity88.8NOT QUALIFIED50Chase %27.6NOT QUALIFIED37Whiff %30.2NOT QUALIFIED84K %25.1NOT QUALIFIED67BB %8.1NOT QUALIFIED48Barrel %5.6NOT QUALIFIED84Hard-Hit %36.5NOT QUALIFIED69GB %64.6NOT QUALIFIED100Extension6.0NOT QUALIFIED13
20242024 Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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MLB AVG.ARM ANGLE49°12"24"6"12"18"24"12"24"12"24"13.1 INCHES TAIL6.2 INCHES RISE16.8 INCHES BREAK8.0 INCHES DROPAVG2.4 INCHES BREAK4.4 INCHES DROPAVG14.4 INCHES TAIL4.3 INCHES RISEAVG1B3BMOVES TOWARD︎MORERISEMOREDROPUSAGEMPHRHP AVGSinker56%96.693.6Slider23%87.186.0Sweeper20%83.782.34-Seam1%97.394.7SAMPLE100 PITCH

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
2018 25 499 83 4 4.8 3.1 89.6 110.1 3.9 25.3 .256 .349 .368 .349 .338 38.6 16.3 17.8 6.83 5.30
2019 26 915 138 7 5.1 2.9 88.6 109.2 0.4 31.2 .230 .367 .332 .336 .358 39.3 23.3 15.0 5.58 5.06
2020 27 22 5 0 0.0 0.0 75.9 98.6 1.2 20.0 .276 .299 .294 .256 .307 20.0 16.7 0.0 0.00 2.73
2021 28 1124 181 7 3.9 2.4 87.1 111.4 -6.5 21.0 .197 .291 .262 .263 .303 34.8 26.7 9.9 3.60 2.88
2022 29 981 165 3 1.8 1.2 89.1 112.2 -7.9 17.6 .186 .246 .251 .243 .265 43.8 25.0 7.7 2.54 2.41
2023 30 1024 165 4 2.4 1.5 89.5 111.7 -3.4 23.0 .208 .285 .265 .260 .303 43.0 27.1 8.8 2.86 2.79
2024 31 1085 178 10 5.6 3.7 88.8 111.2 0.3 24.2 .226 .332 .292 .282 .335 36.5 25.1 8.1 3.14 3.29
Player 5650 915 35 3.8 2.4 88.6 112.2 -2.9 23.3 .213 .306 .287 .282 .314 39.2 24.7 10.5
MLB 82372 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

Holmes relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(55.9%) ,
Slider
(23.0%) ,
Sweeper
(20.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.6%) ,

Sinker606 Pitches (55.9%)
Slider250 Pitches (23%)
Sweeper222 Pitches (20.5%)
Four Seamer7 Pitches (0.6%)

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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
2018 57.8 15.7 24.1 2.4 38.6 33.7 27.7 0.0 47.0 16.9 28.9 1.2 4.8 3.1
2019 60.1 15.2 22.5 2.2 41.3 39.9 18.8 4.3 44.2 13.8 24.6 4.3 5.1 2.9
2020 60.0 20.0 0.0 20.0 60.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 20.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 68.5 13.3 14.4 3.9 29.8 43.1 27.1 6.6 54.1 12.7 19.9 2.8 3.9 2.4
2022 77.0 6.1 15.2 1.8 37.0 42.4 20.6 2.4 63.0 7.3 17.6 5.5 1.8 1.2
2023 66.7 10.9 20.6 1.8 37.0 41.2 21.8 2.4 53.3 11.5 24.2 6.1 2.4 1.5
2024 64.6 15.2 18.0 2.2 39.9 39.9 20.2 4.5 46.6 12.9 26.4 2.8 5.6 3.7
Player 66.7 12.5 18.4 2.5 37.0 40.7 22.3 3.7 51.9 12.1 23.2 3.9 3.8 2.4
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

Created with Highcharts 6.2.0Chart context menuClay Holmes Vertical Movement vs Avg (Inches) by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comSinkerSweeperSliderFour SeamerCurveballChangeupCutter2018201920202021202220232024-15-10-50510

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)
Year
Pitch
Team
Hand
#
MPH
Vertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. Avg
Horizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Sinker NYY R 606 96.6 25.2 5.0 14.4ARM 0.1 4.3 2.9 14.4ARM -0.4
2024 Sweeper NYY R 222 83.7 47.4 6.7 16.8GLV 3.4 -8.0 9.6 16.8GLV 2.5
2024 Slider NYY R 250 87.1 40.4 6.6 2.4GLV -1.3 -4.4 6.0 2.4GLV -2.7
2024 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 7 97.3 22.6 -10.1 13.1ARM 5.8 6.2 -9.6 13.1ARM 5.6
2023 Slider NYY R 214 87.5 39.3 6.1 2.3GLV -2.1 -3.7 5.2 2.3GLV -3.0
2023 Sweeper NYY R 98 83.9 42.9 2.8 16.2GLV 3.2 -3.7 5.2 16.2GLV 2.1
2023 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 2 95.7 25.9 -12.5 17.1ARM 10.2 4.2 -11.6 17.1ARM 9.7
2023 Sinker NYY R 710 96.0 26.5 6.1 15.3ARM 0.5 3.3 4.4 15.3ARM 0.4
! 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 Sinker -0.9 -5 606 55.9 156 .319 .428 .372 22.4 13.5 15.6 .286 .391 .333 38.3
2024 Slider 2.5 6 250 23.0 51 .133 .289 .225 40.7 39.2 22.0 .171 .372 .272 38.5
2024 Sweeper -0.2 0 222 20.5 62 .172 .207 .234 38.0 43.5 22.1 .130 .163 .166 29.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 5.8 0 7 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .077 .079 .069 0.0
2023 Sinker 0.0 0 710 69.3 193 .260 .343 .328 17.4 15.5 18.1 .248 .337 .305 45.0
2023 Slider 3.4 7 214 20.9 42 .128 .205 .167 43.1 52.4 24.4 .143 .210 .176 44.4
2023 Sweeper 3.3 3 98 9.6 27 .077 .077 .093 44.2 70.4 40.4 .050 .060 .072 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -7.4 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 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.

Spin Direction

Year
Pitch Type
Pitches
MPH
Active Spin %
Total Movement (In.)
Spin-Based
Observed
Deviation
2024 Sinker 570 96.5 72 15.6 1:15 2:30 -75
2024 Slider 245 87.1 33 6.8 7:30 6:45 45
2024 Sweeper 208 83.7 64 20.4 7:15 8:00 -45
2023 Sinker 650 96.0 74 16.3 1:30 2:45 -75
2023 Slider 211 87.5 30 6.1 7:45 6:45 60
2023 Sweeper 95 83.9 54 17.9 7:30 8:30 -60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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1212345678910114-SEAM FASTBALLSINKERSLIDERSWEEPERClay HolmesObserved Movement by Pitch TypeSPIN DIRECTION - PITCHER POV
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Pitcher Arm Angle

20202021202220232024All YearsClick a year to see pitches
ARM ANGLE48°2020 ARM ANGLE48°2021 ARM ANGLE43°2022 ARM ANGLE46°2023 ARM ANGLE49°2024
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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2018 128 499 5 0 -6 -5 -7
2019 228 872 7 3 -6 -9 -6
2021 295 1,140 5 16 -7 -7 7
2022 278 1,062 6 16 -5 -7 9
2023 262 1,024 16 6 -8 -4 10
2024 318 1,258 0 13 -4 -7 2
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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 %
2018 499 43.7 61.0 84.2 18.1 60.8 46.5 49.2 36.9 21.7 5.8 86.2
2019 915 45.4 56.1 86.5 22.4 48.6 40.1 55.6 37.6 27.3 7.6 65.2
2020 22 27.3 66.7 100.0 31.3 20.0 36.4 50.0 40.9 44.4 4.5 100.0
2021 1,124 51.7 60.1 80.8 22.3 42.1 41.9 61.0 41.8 28.3 7.9 65.2
2022 981 47.1 64.8 80.9 30.0 47.7 40.0 56.0 46.5 29.8 7.0 76.5
2023 1,024 51.5 62.2 82.9 24.5 48.4 42.1 58.8 43.9 26.2 9.2 71.3
2024 1,085 49.5 62.6 79.8 27.6 47.0 42.5 61.3 44.9 30.2 6.9 72.0
Player 5,650 48.6 61.3 82.1 24.7 47.6 41.8 57.8 42.5 28.0 7.5 71.1
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
2018 72 21 58 45
2019 25 66 75 81 2 92 84 50 25 55 2 63 2 68 8 73 56
2021 91 90 95 96 78 92 96 83 79 71 28 66 3 86 47 76 35
2022 96 94 99 99 80 99 100 32 11 65 51 78 55 92 44 27
2023 96 88 98 99 84 99 99 37 22 77 44 50 8 85 25 12
2024 80 67 85 91 68 83 84 50 69 67 48 84 37 88 36 13
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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 %
2018 23.1 2 2.1 0 2 0 2 100.0
2019 22.9 5 5.9 -1 2 3 3 60.0
2021 21.1 5 5.0 0 1 4 1 20.0
2022 28.8 2 1.6 0 3 1 0 0.0
2023 22.9 2 1.6 0 2 2 0 0.0
2024 25.7 5 4.9 0 4 3 3 60.0
Player 23.6 21 21.1 0 14 13 9 42.9
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
2018 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2019 5 6 5 6 6 7 7 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 6 6 5 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 5
2021 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 4 2
2022 2 0 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 4 2 2 1 1
2023 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 2 2 2 2
2024 5 3 5 4 5 5 6 4 5 4 5 7 4 4 6 5 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 6 4 4 6 5 5 5 6
Player 21 19 18 22 21 22 24 18 17 18 20 25 22 18 21 24 20 20 21 23 21 22 26 27 19 18 24 23 22 20 18
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
2018
2019
+/-
 
2020
+/-
 
2021
+/-
 
2022
+/-
 
2023
+/-
 
2024
+/-
 
Fastball Velocity 93.6 94.3 0.7 92.4 -1.9 96.0 3.6 97.0 1.0 96.0 -1.0 96.6 0.6
Offspeed Velocity 86.3 87.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 81.8 83.3 1.5 80.1 -3.2 86.1 6.0 86.0 -0.1 86.4 0.4 85.5 -0.9
Exit Velocity 89.6 88.6 -1.0 75.9 -12.7 87.1 11.2 89.1 2.0 89.5 0.4 88.8 -0.7
Launch Angle 3.9 0.4 -3.5 1.2 0.8 -6.5 -7.7 -7.9 -1.4 -3.4 4.5 0.3 3.7
Barrel % 4.8 5.1 0.3 0.0 -5.1 3.9 3.9 1.8 -2.1 2.4 0.6 5.6 3.2
Hard Hit % 38.6 39.3 0.7 20.0 -19.3 34.8 14.8 43.8 9.0 43.0 -0.8 36.5 -6.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.3 31.2 5.9 20.0 -11.2 21.0 1.0 17.6 -3.4 23.0 5.4 24.2 1.2
xBA .256 .230 -0.026 .276 0.046 .197 -0.079 .186 -0.011 .208 0.022 .226 0.018
BA .291 .232 -0.059 .333 0.101 .206 -0.127 .196 -0.010 .218 0.022 .248 0.030
xwOBA .349 .336 -0.013 .256 -0.080 .263 0.007 .243 -0.020 .260 0.017 .282 0.022
wOBA .368 .332 -0.036 .294 -0.038 .262 -0.032 .251 -0.011 .265 0.014 .292 0.027
xSLG .349 .367 0.018 .299 -0.068 .291 -0.008 .246 -0.045 .285 0.039 .332 0.047
SLG .398 .366 -0.032 .333 -0.033 .284 -0.049 .261 -0.023 .291 0.030 .347 0.056
K% 16.3 23.3 7.0 16.7 -6.6 26.7 10.0 25.0 -1.7 27.1 2.1 25.1 -2.0
BB% 17.8 15.0 -2.8 0.0 -15.0 9.9 9.9 7.7 -2.2 8.8 1.1 8.1 -0.7
Swing % 36.9 37.6 0.7 40.9 3.3 41.8 0.9 46.5 4.7 43.9 -2.6 44.9 1.0
Whiff% 21.7 27.3 5.6 44.4 17.1 28.3 -16.1 29.8 1.5 26.2 -3.6 30.2 4.0
In Zone % 43.7 45.4 1.7 27.3 -18.1 51.7 24.4 47.1 -4.6 51.5 4.4 49.5 -2.0
Out of Zone % 56.3 54.6 -1.7 72.7 18.1 48.3 -24.4 52.9 4.6 48.5 -4.4 50.5 2.0
Out of Zone Swing % 18.1 22.4 4.3 31.3 8.9 22.3 -9.0 30.0 7.7 24.5 -5.5 27.6 3.1
First Pitch Swing % 20.3 21.3 1.0 33.3 12.0 21.7 -11.6 25.9 4.2 22.5 -3.4 21.8 -0.7
First Pitch Strike % 49.2 55.6 6.4 50.0 -5.6 61.0 11.0 56.0 -5.0 58.8 2.8 61.3 2.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHH
vs LHH
Year
Alignment Type
PA
wOBA
PA
Total
%
PA
Total
%
2018 Shifts 128 .368 69 3 4.3 59 14 23.7
2019 Shifts 229 .333 135 41 30.4 94 48 51.1
2020 Shifts 6 .294 3 2 66.7 3 1 33.3
2021 Shifts 286 .262 191 10 5.2 95 31 32.6
2022 Shifts 258 .251 153 10 6.5 105 43 41.0
2023 Shades 261 .258 147 1 0.7 114 18 15.8
2024 Shades 265 .290 135 0 0.0 130 19 14.6
! 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 Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
2018 122 17.0 14.8% 1.6% 145 25.2 0.0% 16.6%
2019 220 21.3 0.9% 0.9% 222 27.0 0.0% 23.0%
2020 9 20.3 0.0% 0.0% 3 32.4 0.0% 66.7%
2021 333 22.3 0.0% 4.5% 215 25.9 0.0% 16.7%
2022 268 21.8 0.0% 2.6% 183 25.2 0.0% 14.2%
2023 269 16.3 20.8% 0.7% 200 19.0 1.0% 1.0%
2024 263 15.9 26.6% 0.8% 227 18.1 1.8% 0.4%

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Pitch Distribution

Clay Holmes - 2024 Frequency of Pitches by Pitch Speed4-Seam FastballSinkerSliderSweeperAll Pitches80 MPH85 MPH90 MPH95 MPH100 MPHPitch Speed0%5%10%15%Frequency of Speed