Ryan Merritt
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 170LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 16, #488, Cleveland Indians | McLennan CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 1 0 1.64 4 1 0 11 6 0.55
2017 2 0 1.74 5 4 0 20.2 7 1.45
2 Seasons 3 0 1.71 9 5 0 31.2 13 1.14
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 4 1-0 1.64 11 6 0.55
2017 5 2-0 1.74 20.2 7 1.45
2 Seasons 9 3-0 1.71 31.2 13 1.14
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 24 127 31 1 3.2 2.7 85.1 113.2 5.7 32.3 .261 .384 .157 .277 .332 32.3 16.2 0.0 1.64 3.19
2017 25 320 78 0 0.0 0.0 83.1 107.7 8.3 37.2 .311 .372 .307 .318 .328 29.5 7.9 4.5 1.74 4.36
Player 447 109 1 0.9 0.8 83.7 113.2 7.6 35.8 .296 .376 .264 .306 .329 30.3 10.3 3.2
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

Merritt relies on 4 pitches.
Cutter
(35.7%) ,
Changeup
(25.4%) ,
Four Seamer
(22.6%) ,
Curveball
(16.3%) ,


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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
2016 54.8 25.8 16.1 3.2 25.8 54.8 19.4 9.7 41.9 19.4 16.1 6.5 3.2 2.7
2017 55.1 9.0 29.5 6.4 32.1 44.9 23.1 10.3 35.9 17.9 33.3 2.6 0.0 0.0
Player 55.0 13.8 25.7 5.5 30.3 47.7 22.0 10.1 37.6 18.3 28.4 3.7 0.9 0.8
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
2017 4-Seam Fastball CLE L 72 87.3 19.0 1.3 6 11.3 1.9 20
2017 Cutter CLE L 114 85.2 23.7 6.9 22 2.3 -4.4 -205
2017 Curveball CLE L 52 72.1 53.4 -9.1 -15 6.5 -6.0 -48
2017 Changeup CLE L 81 81.7 29.0 -4.3 -13 13.6 0.0 0
2016 Cutter CLE L 22 86.6 29.3 0.8 3 1.7 -4.5 -158
2016 Curveball CLE L 9 73.7 55.6 -6.1 -10 8.3 -3.9 -32
2016 Changeup CLE L 32 81.2 30.8 -4.1 -12 13.1 0.4 3
2016 4-Seam Fastball CLE L 64 87.9 17.8 2.7 13 8.2 0.4 5
! 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 %
2017 Cutter 1.5 2 114 35.6 34 .300 .367 .347 14.6 8.8 9.4 .270 .328 .312 28.6
2017 Changeup 0.3 0 81 25.3 28 .286 .357 .346 10.9 10.7 16.7 .322 .381 .307 28.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -3.6 -3 72 22.5 19 .389 .444 .387 4.2 5.3 3.4 .367 .447 .365 41.2
2017 Curveball 5.5 3 52 16.3 8 .250 .250 .225 20.0 0.0 0.0 .297 .338 .276 12.5
! 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 51 176 2 2 0 0 4
2017 89 319 2 4 -3 0 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 %
2016 127 54.3 60.9 85.7 29.3 82.4 48.8 81.1 46.5 15.3 8.7 63.6
2017 320 51.7 62.4 89.3 26.0 80.0 46.7 75.3 45.0 12.5 7.5 58.3
Player 447 52.5 62.0 88.3 26.9 80.7 47.3 77.0 45.4 13.3 7.8 60.0
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 3 2 30
2017 3 1 2 43
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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 0.4 0 1 1 0 --
Player -- 0 0.4 0 1 1 0 --

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
Player 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 87.6 86.0 -1.6
Offspeed Velocity 81.2 81.7 0.5
Breaking Velocity 73.7 72.1 -1.6
Exit Velocity 85.1 83.1 -2.0
Launch Angle 5.7 8.3 2.6
Barrel % 3.2 0.0 -3.2
Hard Hit % 32.3 29.5 -2.8
Sweet Spot % 32.3 37.2 4.9
xBA .261 .311 0.050
BA .167 .310 0.143
xwOBA .277 .318 0.041
wOBA .157 .307 0.150
xSLG .384 .372 -0.012
SLG .194 .369 0.175
K% 16.2 7.9 -8.3
BB% 0.0 4.5 4.5
Swing % 46.5 45.0 -1.5
Whiff% 15.3 12.5 -2.8
In Zone % 54.3 51.7 -2.6
Out of Zone % 45.7 48.3 2.6
Out of Zone Swing % 29.3 26.0 -3.3
First Pitch Swing % 29.7 29.2 -0.5
First Pitch Strike % 81.1 75.3 -5.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 37 .157 30 0 0.0 7 2 28.6
2017 Shifts 89 .307 67 11 16.4 22 4 18.2
! 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 53 16.7 32.1% 0.0% 11 22.6 0.0% 9.1%
2017 101 14.9 53.5% 0.0% 56 23.4 0.0% 10.7%
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Pitch Distribution