Joe Biagini
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 230LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 26, #807, San Francisco Giants | UC Davis
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 3 2 4.59 63 0 1 64.2 60 1.50
2020 0 0 20.77 4 0 0 4.1 4 3.23
2021 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 3 2 1.00
6 Seasons 15 25 5.03 222 22 3 331.1 278 1.48
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 63 3-2 4.59 64.2 60 1.50
2020 4 0-0 20.77 4.1 4 3.23
2021 1 1-0 0.00 3 2 1.00
6 Seasons 222 15-25 5.03 331.1 278 1.48
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 1117 209 7 3.3 2.4 87.4 112.9 7.0 28.7 .227 .324 .296 .274 .310 34.4 21.0 6.4 3.06 3.12
2017 27 1936 376 20 5.3 3.9 86.2 116.2 5.8 29.3 .251 .385 .323 .307 .341 31.2 18.8 8.1 5.34 4.04
2018 28 1227 245 22 9.0 6.7 88.4 119.3 8.5 32.7 .280 .476 .391 .359 .397 34.2 16.2 7.3 6.00 5.66
2019 29 1142 194 17 8.8 6.0 88.4 116.3 9.3 38.7 .280 .498 .358 .355 .424 33.5 21.4 9.3 4.59 5.74
2020 30 118 19 1 5.3 3.7 93.4 110.1 7.9 42.1 .329 .486 .524 .400 .422 52.6 14.8 14.8 20.77 7.35
2021 31 41 9 0 0.0 0.0 71.8 104.9 32.2 33.3 .168 .184 .264 .247 .193 11.1 15.4 7.7 0.00 2.53
Player 5581 1052 67 6.4 4.6 87.4 119.3 7.5 31.9 .259 .415 .343 .323 .364 33.2 19.0 7.9
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

Biagini relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(26.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(22.0%) ,
Sinker
(22.0%) ,
Changeup
(19.5%) ,
Curveball
(9.8%) ,


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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 54.1 17.2 21.5 7.2 33.0 38.8 27.8 5.3 43.5 19.1 22.5 3.8 3.3 2.4
2017 56.4 17.8 21.0 4.8 39.9 37.5 22.3 6.6 39.9 19.1 23.9 4.0 5.3 3.9
2018 49.0 21.6 24.5 4.9 33.1 39.2 27.8 3.7 34.3 19.6 27.8 4.1 9.0 6.7
2019 46.4 20.6 27.8 5.2 38.1 38.1 23.7 3.1 37.1 17.0 26.8 6.7 8.8 6.0
2020 47.4 15.8 36.8 0.0 31.6 31.6 36.8 0.0 36.8 15.8 36.8 5.3 5.3 3.7
2021 33.3 22.2 22.2 22.2 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3 11.1 33.3 22.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 52.0 19.1 23.5 5.4 36.4 38.1 25.3 5.1 38.5 18.9 25.3 4.5 6.4 4.6
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
2021 Slider CHC R 11 83.1 40.0 1.6 4 3.5 -1.2 -25
2021 Changeup CHC R 8 84.6 33.3 5.7 21 8.4 -4.2 -33
2021 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 9 92.6 13.7 0.1 1 2.6 -3.1 -54
2021 Sinker CHC R 9 92.8 16.2 -1.8 -10 10.4 -1.6 -14
2021 Curveball CHC R 4 71.8 73.9 8.1 12 7.1 0.1 2
2020 Changeup HOU R 12 88.0 26.3 0.1 0 7.4 -5.1 -41
2020 Sinker HOU R 54 93.3 15.3 -3.8 -20 11.9 -1.3 -10
2020 Curveball HOU R 21 77.4 61.1 3.2 6 5.0 -2.0 -29
2020 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 21 93.9 19.6 -5.7 -41 8.3 1.9 30
2020 Cutter HOU R 10 88.8 27.9 -1.3 -5 2.5 -0.6 -19
2019 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 183 93.8 14.5 -0.1 -1 3.7 -3.0 -44
2019 Sinker HOU R 397 94.1 16.1 -4.0 -20 11.4 -2.4 -17
2019 Curveball HOU R 99 77.0 67.1 10.5 19 7.1 1.9 38
2019 Changeup HOU R 124 87.0 27.4 -0.7 -3 12.0 -1.0 -7
2019 Cutter HOU R 338 87.8 31.6 -3.0 -10 3.7 1.5 66
2018 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 65 93.7 14.7 0.1 0 2.3 -4.4 -66
2018 Sinker TOR R 684 94.3 15.9 -4.2 -21 11.5 -2.4 -17
2018 Cutter TOR R 185 89.1 27.6 -0.4 -1 2.4 0.1 5
2018 Curveball TOR R 168 78.1 66.0 8.8 15 8.4 1.0 13
2018 Changeup TOR R 118 86.4 29.0 0.4 2 14.5 1.5 11
2017 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 119 93.3 15.0 -1.3 -10 5.8 -1.1 -16
2017 Curveball TOR R 415 78.8 61.8 7.3 13 6.8 0.0 0
2017 Changeup TOR R 278 86.3 27.2 1.6 6 16.1 3.5 28
2017 Cutter TOR R 185 90.0 24.3 -0.7 -3 1.3 -3.5 -162
2017 Sinker TOR R 932 93.8 15.4 -2.2 -13 13.1 -0.8 -6
2016 Sinker TOR R 11 96.5 13.6 -5.6 -29 11.7 -1.9 -14
2016 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 644 94.9 14.9 -0.7 -5 9.7 2.8 41
2016 Cutter TOR R 2 88.9 25.9 0.2 1 1.1 -3.6 -145
2016 Curveball TOR R 190 80.7 58.5 5.5 10 8.3 0.7 9
2016 Slider TOR R 181 89.8 26.6 -2.2 -8 1.3 -3.3 -71
2016 Changeup TOR R 65 86.5 28.7 1.0 4 13.9 1.9 16
! 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 %
2021 Slider 15.5 2 11 26.8 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .207 .231 .195 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 3.5 0 9 22.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .009 .018 .011 0.0
2021 Sinker 0.0 0 9 22.0 5 .333 .333 .400 20.0 0.0 0.0 .291 .320 .374 25.0
2021 Changeup -6.6 -1 8 19.5 3 .333 .333 .300 66.7 66.7 33.3 .058 .058 .052 0.0
2021 Curveball -18.4 -1 4 9.8 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2020 Sinker -9.4 -5 54 45.8 16 .571 1.071 .694 21.4 6.3 8.3 .446 .687 .509 61.5
2020 Curveball 4.5 1 21 17.8 4 .000 .000 .000 57.1 75.0 42.9 .055 .067 .051 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -9.7 -2 21 17.8 3 1.000 1.000 .767 42.9 0.0 0.0 .613 .638 .651 100.0
2020 Changeup -2.6 0 12 10.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .047 .168 .079 100.0
2020 Cutter -6.7 -1 10 8.5 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .148 .160 .143 0.0
2019 Sinker -0.1 0 397 34.8 103 .337 .620 .436 17.0 11.7 14.3 .319 .551 .398 33.8
2019 Cutter 1.1 4 338 29.6 88 .205 .337 .269 42.2 34.1 23.8 .214 .354 .265 32.1
2019 4-Seam Fastball -3.8 -7 183 16.0 43 .389 .889 .581 20.3 20.9 14.3 .365 .782 .507 40.7
2019 Changeup 1.0 1 124 10.9 28 .154 .154 .193 38.1 28.6 18.2 .167 .252 .196 15.8
2019 Curveball -1.0 -1 99 8.7 16 .313 .563 .372 8.7 6.3 4.8 .384 .706 .449 46.7
2018 Sinker -0.3 -2 684 55.7 189 .365 .569 .433 11.0 8.5 12.5 .311 .541 .403 40.1
2018 Cutter -1.4 -3 185 15.1 44 .293 .463 .372 28.9 13.6 10.0 .281 .421 .331 20.0
2018 Curveball -1.8 -3 168 13.7 37 .235 .588 .369 36.2 35.1 16.9 .140 .323 .237 28.6
2018 Changeup -1.3 -1 118 9.6 27 .308 .538 .374 41.4 25.9 22.6 .340 .503 .376 26.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -1 65 5.3 29 .222 .296 .290 23.8 37.9 21.6 .213 .331 .264 25.0
2017 Sinker -0.7 -6 932 48.1 268 .314 .466 .377 13.9 11.9 17.4 .277 .414 .340 34.5
2017 Curveball -0.2 -1 415 21.4 81 .195 .351 .276 28.3 40.7 21.2 .177 .264 .213 29.5
2017 Changeup 1.9 5 278 14.4 84 .156 .312 .249 30.6 22.6 19.6 .211 .317 .263 22.4
2017 Cutter -3.6 -7 185 9.6 55 .296 .500 .370 11.6 7.3 7.3 .325 .555 .378 32.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -1 119 6.1 27 .280 .440 .317 15.0 29.6 12.3 .203 .349 .266 23.5
! 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Slider 11 83.1 26 4.5 9:00 8:00 60
2020 Changeup 12 88.0 71 11.9 12:30 1:15 -45
2020 Curveball 20 77.4 76 19.0 6:45 6:30 15
2020 Cutter 10 88.8 54 6.2 11:45 11:15 30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 21 93.9 88 13.3 12:30 1:15 -45
2020 Sinker 52 93.3 88 19.8 12:30 1:15 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 320 1,210 8 10 -5 -4 10
2017 515 1,931 2 11 -14 -8 -10
2018 326 1,220 -3 8 -9 -6 -10
2019 278 1,141 -8 13 -2 -7 -3
2020 27 118 0 -4 -2 -1 -7
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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 1,117 46.5 64.5 84.2 34.9 58.9 43.3 69.5 48.7 25.0 6.3 80.0
2017 1,936 49.7 66.1 84.6 27.0 67.9 43.9 63.6 46.4 19.2 6.7 76.9
2018 1,227 47.2 65.6 86.5 29.2 64.4 46.1 65.9 46.4 20.6 6.2 77.6
2019 1,142 42.6 66.9 81.3 30.7 55.7 41.5 58.1 46.1 28.3 5.3 68.9
2020 118 39.0 69.6 81.3 19.4 50.0 41.5 29.6 39.0 28.3 11.0 100.0
2021 41 46.3 57.9 81.8 22.7 80.0 41.5 38.5 39.0 18.8 7.3 66.7
Player 5,581 46.8 65.8 84.2 29.7 62.0 43.7 63.4 46.6 22.7 6.3 77.1
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 86 75 89 94 76 87 92 78 52 52 74 65 95 81 47 95 51
2017 56 44 64 74 56 34 63 76 66 28 55 15 43 63 34 94 26
2018 5 7 6 11 10 33 10 46 61 11 66 20 64 71 32 96 33
2019 11 9 9 9 13 47 19 56 75 39 30 71 68 64 20 88 30
2020 53 23 27
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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 24.3 3 2.7 0 4 2 1 33.3
2017 21.7 15 14.4 1 9 11 5 33.3
2018 23.2 14 15.2 -1 6 11 6 42.9
2019 23.0 14 12.9 1 2 9 6 42.9
2020 22.5 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 22.7 47 46.3 1 21 33 19 40.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 3 1 2 3 2 3 2 5 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 3
2017 15 13 14 14 16 14 16 11 11 14 15 22 13 15 13 13 12 13 14 12 15 15 19 16 14 13 13 17 17 16 12
2018 14 21 10 14 14 14 16 16 11 11 13 16 16 13 15 16 16 14 17 18 16 19 19 19 16 12 13 16 19 14 13
2019 14 14 11 13 15 14 15 14 10 9 12 14 13 14 13 13 12 12 14 15 14 14 15 15 9 12 12 14 14 11 10
2020 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
Player 47 52 39 45 49 45 50 46 35 37 43 58 45 45 44 46 42 42 49 48 49 51 59 54 43 40 42 52 54 45 39
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.9 93.2 -1.7 93.2 0.0 91.7 -1.5 92.9 1.2 92.7 -0.2
Offspeed Velocity 86.5 86.3 -0.2 86.4 0.1 87.0 0.6 88.0 1.0 84.6 -3.4
Breaking Velocity 85.1 78.8 -6.3 78.1 -0.7 77.0 -1.1 77.4 0.4 80.1 2.7
Exit Velocity 87.4 86.2 -1.2 88.4 2.2 88.4 0.0 93.4 5.0 71.8 -21.6
Launch Angle 7.0 5.8 -1.2 8.5 2.7 9.3 0.8 7.9 -1.4 32.2 24.3
Barrel % 3.3 5.3 2.0 9.0 3.7 8.8 -0.2 5.3 -3.5 0.0 -5.3
Hard Hit % 34.4 31.2 -3.2 34.2 3.0 33.5 -0.7 52.6 19.1 11.1 -41.5
Sweet Spot % 28.7 29.3 0.6 32.7 3.4 38.7 6.0 42.1 3.4 33.3 -8.8
xBA .227 .251 0.024 .280 0.029 .280 0.000 .329 0.049 .168 -0.161
BA .259 .265 0.006 .323 0.058 .281 -0.042 .435 0.154 .200 -0.235
xwOBA .274 .307 0.033 .359 0.052 .355 -0.004 .400 0.045 .247 -0.153
wOBA .296 .323 0.027 .391 0.068 .358 -0.033 .524 0.166 .264 -0.260
xSLG .324 .385 0.061 .476 0.091 .498 0.022 .486 -0.012 .184 -0.302
SLG .361 .425 0.064 .529 0.104 .514 -0.015 .739 0.225 .200 -0.539
K% 21.0 18.8 -2.2 16.2 -2.6 21.4 5.2 14.8 -6.6 15.4 0.6
BB% 6.4 8.1 1.7 7.3 -0.8 9.3 2.0 14.8 5.5 7.7 -7.1
Swing % 48.7 46.4 -2.3 46.4 0.0 46.1 -0.3 39.0 -7.1 39.0 0.0
Whiff% 25.0 19.2 -5.8 20.6 1.4 28.3 7.7 28.3 0.0 18.8 -9.5
In Zone % 46.5 49.7 3.2 47.2 -2.5 42.6 -4.6 39.0 -3.6 46.3 7.3
Out of Zone % 53.5 50.3 -3.2 52.8 2.5 57.4 4.6 61.0 3.6 53.7 -7.3
Out of Zone Swing % 34.9 27.0 -7.9 29.2 2.2 30.7 1.5 19.4 -11.3 22.7 3.3
First Pitch Swing % 33.2 29.0 -4.2 30.8 1.8 26.2 -4.6 14.8 -11.4 7.7 -7.1
First Pitch Strike % 69.5 63.6 -5.9 65.9 2.3 58.1 -7.8 29.6 -28.5 38.5 8.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 289 .286 166 1 0.6 123 27 22.0
2017 Shifts 515 .323 299 7 2.3 216 65 30.1
2018 Shifts 328 .391 177 8 4.5 151 50 33.1
2019 Shifts 278 .358 166 25 15.1 112 70 62.5
2020 Shifts 27 .524 11 4 36.4 16 9 56.3
2021 Shifts 13 .264 7 0 0.0 6 6 100.0
! 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 268 19.5 16.4% 7.1% 222 23.6 2.7% 17.1%
2017 552 19.9 0.5% 2.7% 316 24.1 0.0% 10.4%
2018 304 21.7 3.9% 5.6% 234 25.6 0.0% 15.8%
2019 355 19.2 2.8% 2.8% 149 24.9 0.7% 14.8%
2020 10 18.2 10.0% 0.0% 47 22.5 0.0% 14.9%
2021 14 19.6 7.1% 7.1% 8 24.4 0.0% 25.0%
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Pitch Distribution