Alex Wood
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 4" 215LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 2, #85, Atlanta Braves | Georgia
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 8 12 5.10 26 26 0 130.2 131 1.24
2023 5 5 4.33 29 12 0 97.2 74 1.43
2024 1 3 5.26 9 9 0 39.1 33 1.78
12 Seasons 77 68 3.78 278 211 0 1,258 1,173 1.26
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 26 8-12 5.10 130.2 131 1.24
2023 29 5-5 4.33 97.2 74 1.43
2024 9 1-3 5.26 39.1 33 1.78
12 Seasons 278 77-68 3.78 1,258 1,173 1.26
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 24 2909 599 26 4.3 3.2 88.2 115.2 8.0 31.9 .265 .398 .316 .319 .359 32.7 17.4 7.4 3.84 4.25
2016 25 985 165 8 4.8 3.1 88.9 109.2 8.1 28.5 .236 .355 .292 .296 .362 34.5 26.0 7.9 3.73 3.66
2017 26 2260 419 21 5.0 3.4 85.6 112.5 7.4 30.8 .234 .360 .266 .280 .344 28.0 24.6 6.2 2.72 3.32
2018 27 2443 454 21 4.6 3.3 88.1 113.3 8.5 31.3 .240 .366 .288 .290 .338 33.7 21.2 6.3 3.68 3.52
2019 28 586 113 11 9.7 7.2 89.0 115.9 13.4 42.5 .309 .544 .381 .376 .450 33.6 19.6 5.9 5.80 6.57
2020 29 282 41 2 4.9 3.1 86.3 108.0 13.7 39.0 .266 .401 .391 .338 .390 26.8 23.1 9.2 6.39 4.93
2021 30 2195 378 20 5.3 3.4 89.7 113.3 7.1 33.1 .239 .377 .298 .304 .370 40.5 26.0 6.7 3.83 3.89
2022 31 2239 382 27 7.1 4.9 88.6 112.1 8.5 33.8 .247 .397 .315 .310 .375 39.8 23.6 5.4 5.10 4.00
2023 32 1708 305 17 5.6 4.0 89.2 116.5 11.7 33.1 .257 .410 .335 .330 .350 37.4 17.2 9.8 4.33 4.64
2024 33 756 129 11 8.5 5.9 92.3 109.3 14.5 41.1 .302 .486 .398 .386 .431 48.8 17.7 10.2 5.26 6.66
Player 16363 2985 164 5.5 3.8 88.4 116.5 8.9 32.9 .251 .392 .310 .311 .363 35.3 21.6 7.1
MLB 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

Wood relies on 3 pitches.
Sinker
(46.2%) ,
Slider
(31.5%) ,
Changeup
(22.4%) ,


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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
2015 52.3 17.4 25.7 4.7 36.4 38.7 24.9 2.7 40.4 18.7 26.2 4.2 4.3 3.2
2016 55.2 16.4 23.0 5.5 33.9 37.0 29.1 4.8 37.6 17.6 26.1 4.8 4.8 3.1
2017 54.2 16.7 23.9 5.3 31.0 42.2 26.7 6.2 42.2 17.4 23.4 4.3 5.0 3.4
2018 50.0 20.5 25.1 4.4 41.4 36.6 21.8 3.5 37.7 21.8 26.4 4.6 4.6 3.3
2019 38.9 27.4 30.1 3.5 42.5 31.0 26.5 2.7 24.8 22.1 32.7 5.3 9.7 7.2
2020 39.0 31.7 24.4 4.9 34.1 39.0 26.8 0.0 29.3 24.4 34.1 7.3 4.9 3.1
2021 50.8 19.3 26.5 3.4 34.4 38.4 27.2 3.2 40.5 17.5 25.9 7.1 5.3 3.4
2022 49.2 22.8 23.6 4.5 37.2 39.0 23.8 4.2 36.9 20.9 24.1 6.3 7.1 4.9
2023 45.9 27.2 21.6 5.2 37.0 39.7 23.3 4.6 33.8 26.2 22.6 6.6 5.6 4.0
2024 38.0 24.8 31.0 6.2 30.2 38.8 31.0 4.7 27.9 24.8 28.7 5.4 8.5 5.9
Player 49.8 20.5 25.0 4.7 36.1 38.6 25.3 3.9 37.7 20.3 25.6 5.3 5.5 3.8
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


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
2024 Slider OAK L 238 81.4 44.2 3.2 9.8GLV 1.7 -2.8 4.3 9.8GLV 4.7
2024 Sinker OAK L 349 90.5 23.0 -4.9 16.6ARM 1.1 10.5 -2.4 16.6ARM 1.4
2024 Changeup OAK L 169 84.5 38.3 1.9 15.8ARM 0.1 0.1 5.8 15.8ARM 1.7
2023 Changeup SF L 499 85.2 38.0 2.4 14.9ARM -0.3 -0.2 6.5 14.9ARM 0.9
2023 Slider SF L 445 82.4 43.4 4.1 6.8GLV -0.2 -3.0 4.8 6.8GLV 1.6
2023 Sinker SF L 762 91.5 22.7 -4.8 16.4ARM 0.6 10.1 -1.8 16.4ARM 1.3
! 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 -0.8 -3 349 46.2 90 .351 .635 .464 19.9 17.8 13.9 .350 .586 .448 46.7
2024 Slider -1.3 -3 238 31.5 52 .205 .250 .277 28.8 30.8 18.4 .150 .253 .252 25.0
2024 Changeup -3.3 -6 169 22.4 43 .400 .600 .459 16.1 2.3 2.9 .380 .558 .424 68.3
2023 Sinker 0.2 2 762 44.6 173 .234 .433 .355 24.2 22.5 17.0 .218 .377 .331 41.3
2023 Changeup -0.3 -1 500 29.3 128 .273 .388 .317 15.4 7.8 9.2 .300 .422 .321 33.6
2023 Slider -1.4 -6 446 26.1 128 .288 .441 .362 25.0 19.5 16.3 .259 .440 .339 37.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 168 84.6 98 16.8 9:00 8:45 15
2024 Sinker 349 90.5 100 19.8 10:00 10:00 0
2024 Slider 237 81.4 44 11.6 4:45 3:45 60
2023 Changeup 429 85.1 97 15.9 9:00 8:45 15
2023 Sinker 704 91.5 99 19.5 10:00 10:00 0
2023 Slider 391 82.4 38 9.2 4:45 4:15 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 340 1,357 9 6 -8 -4 4
2014 691 2,676 17 18 -12 -7 16
2015 807 2,945 -1 34 -19 -9 4
2016 263 1,017 5 6 -3 -4 4
2017 648 2,427 9 36 -5 -7 34
2018 662 2,559 7 20 -7 -14 6
2019 153 586 -1 5 -7 -1 -5
2020 91 397 3 2 -4 -3 -2
2021 602 2,278 9 21 -5 -12 13
2022 554 2,239 1 6 -9 -11 -13
2023 429 1,708 11 10 -18 -10 -6
2024 185 756 -3 3 -8 -4 -12
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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 2,909 49.7 63.9 86.6 26.3 62.6 46.1 62.9 45.0 19.7 6.5 72.3
2016 985 49.9 60.0 83.4 26.4 50.8 43.7 65.4 43.1 25.6 7.6 72.0
2017 2,260 47.2 64.2 83.7 34.5 55.6 45.6 67.1 48.7 26.4 6.1 75.9
2018 2,443 46.4 68.2 86.0 32.3 56.5 45.1 69.3 49.0 24.1 6.6 78.9
2019 586 45.7 69.8 79.7 31.1 62.6 44.9 67.3 48.8 24.8 5.5 75.0
2020 282 45.4 66.4 75.3 28.6 63.6 41.1 60.9 45.7 28.7 7.1 70.0
2021 2,195 50.8 64.5 80.4 30.1 51.7 43.0 64.6 47.5 27.6 8.2 74.6
2022 2,239 50.4 65.8 81.9 30.2 58.8 43.9 63.4 48.1 25.0 8.2 71.6
2023 1,708 49.0 66.9 83.2 25.5 64.4 45.0 60.6 45.8 21.7 6.7 81.7
2024 756 50.5 64.4 83.7 19.5 63.0 42.9 58.6 42.2 20.7 8.6 75.4
Player 16,363 48.9 65.2 83.5 29.2 58.0 44.6 64.6 46.8 24.1 7.1 75.0
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
2015 31 21 39 61 26 17 70 46 51 30 49 23 18 12 4 4 39
2016 68 66 75 81 59 82 73 37 51 81 49 70 20 24 4 1 34
2017 80 67 76 80 81 31 68 88 88 69 84 64 96 33 11 8 53
2018 70 49 65 76 67 36 83 56 65 44 80 44 90 13 2 4 58
2019 10 19 11 48
2020 19 40 52
2021 58 51 62 71 54 42 86 29 33 65 73 62 70 23 22 46
2022 42 36 37 40 52 26 52 47 30 55 87 45 57 26 12 36
2023 30 31 42 57 19 52 83 43 61 12 29 16 13 15 3 28
2024 8 2 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 20.1 5 5.6 -1 4 4 2 40.0
2017 23.0 19 16.8 2 6 12 10 52.6
2018 22.1 17 13.2 4 11 10 6 35.3
2019 22.7 11 11.0 0 2 8 5 45.5
2020 22.2 2 2.1 0 3 1 1 50.0
2021 23.4 14 12.1 2 3 8 7 50.0
2022 22.6 17 13.7 3 4 15 2 11.8
2023 24.8 9 9.2 0 4 9 3 33.3
2024 23.0 6 5.3 1 1 6 1 16.7
Player 22.9 100 88.9 11 38 73 37 37.0
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
2016 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 4 5 5 7 7 5 5 7 4 5 6 6 6 5 7 8 5 5 6 8 7 5 4
2017 19 16 16 19 20 16 19 18 15 11 16 22 14 15 15 19 13 13 16 19 16 18 22 19 16 12 18 22 18 19 11
2018 17 17 12 13 13 13 14 12 11 9 13 20 14 12 12 15 11 10 12 16 16 13 19 13 10 10 12 14 15 14 12
2019 11 13 8 11 11 11 12 13 9 7 11 11 14 12 10 11 11 8 13 12 13 9 15 13 10 8 10 11 14 10 8
2020 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 14 13 9 10 11 12 13 11 9 9 12 14 13 10 13 13 13 13 11 12 11 12 14 14 13 11 12 15 13 13 13
2022 17 10 13 12 12 12 17 11 8 9 11 14 17 14 16 16 16 13 15 14 16 15 18 16 9 13 13 18 16 13 14
2023 9 10 5 7 11 9 12 8 6 7 10 8 10 10 12 10 11 7 9 11 9 9 14 11 8 6 9 10 9 9 8
2024 6 3 4 5 6 5 6 5 4 5 6 4 5 5 6 4 4 5 4 6 6 5 7 6 5 6 5 7 6 7 7
Player 100 89 75 86 91 85 100 86 68 64 86 102 95 85 91 97 85 76 88 98 95 89 119 102 78 73 87 107 100 92 79
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 89.7 91.2 1.5 91.9 0.7 89.9 -2.0 89.9 0.0 91.1 1.2 91.8 0.7 92.4 0.6 91.5 -0.9 90.5 -1.0
Offspeed Velocity 83.6 84.5 0.9 85.1 0.6 83.7 -1.4 83.6 -0.1 84.7 1.1 85.3 0.6 85.7 0.4 85.2 -0.5 84.5 -0.7
Breaking Velocity 80.8 82.7 1.9 83.5 0.8 82.4 -1.1 81.4 -1.0 84.6 3.2 83.9 -0.7 84.5 0.6 82.4 -2.1 81.4 -1.0
Exit Velocity 88.2 88.9 0.7 85.6 -3.3 88.1 2.5 89.0 0.9 86.3 -2.7 89.7 3.4 88.6 -1.1 89.2 0.6 92.3 3.1
Launch Angle 8.0 8.1 0.1 7.4 -0.7 8.5 1.1 13.4 4.9 13.7 0.3 7.1 -6.6 8.5 1.4 11.7 3.2 14.5 2.8
Barrel % 4.3 4.8 0.5 5.0 0.2 4.6 -0.4 9.7 5.1 4.9 -4.8 5.3 0.4 7.1 1.8 5.6 -1.5 8.5 2.9
Hard Hit % 32.7 34.5 1.8 28.0 -6.5 33.7 5.7 33.6 -0.1 26.8 -6.8 40.5 13.7 39.8 -0.7 37.4 -2.4 48.8 11.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.9 28.5 -3.4 30.8 2.3 31.3 0.5 42.5 11.2 39.0 -3.5 33.1 -5.9 33.8 0.7 33.1 -0.7 41.1 8.0
xBA .265 .236 -0.029 .234 -0.002 .240 0.006 .309 0.069 .266 -0.043 .239 -0.027 .247 0.008 .257 0.010 .302 0.045
BA .275 .245 -0.030 .217 -0.028 .247 0.030 .291 0.044 .304 0.013 .236 -0.068 .262 0.026 .263 0.001 .323 0.060
xwOBA .319 .296 -0.023 .280 -0.016 .290 0.010 .376 0.086 .338 -0.038 .304 -0.034 .310 0.006 .330 0.020 .386 0.056
wOBA .316 .292 -0.024 .266 -0.026 .288 0.022 .381 0.093 .391 0.010 .298 -0.093 .315 0.017 .335 0.020 .398 0.063
xSLG .398 .355 -0.043 .360 0.005 .366 0.006 .544 0.178 .401 -0.143 .377 -0.024 .397 0.020 .410 0.013 .486 0.076
SLG .392 .349 -0.043 .346 -0.003 .363 0.017 .589 0.226 .518 -0.071 .372 -0.146 .407 0.035 .421 0.014 .519 0.098
K% 17.4 26.0 8.6 24.6 -1.4 21.2 -3.4 19.6 -1.6 23.1 3.5 26.0 2.9 23.6 -2.4 17.2 -6.4 17.7 0.5
BB% 7.4 7.9 0.5 6.2 -1.7 6.3 0.1 5.9 -0.4 9.2 3.3 6.7 -2.5 5.4 -1.3 9.8 4.4 10.2 0.4
Swing % 45.0 43.1 -1.9 48.7 5.6 49.0 0.3 48.8 -0.2 45.7 -3.1 47.5 1.8 48.1 0.6 45.8 -2.3 42.2 -3.6
Whiff% 19.7 25.6 5.9 26.4 0.8 24.1 -2.3 24.8 0.7 28.7 3.9 27.6 -1.1 25.0 -2.6 21.7 -3.3 20.7 -1.0
In Zone % 49.7 49.9 0.2 47.2 -2.7 46.4 -0.8 45.7 -0.7 45.4 -0.3 50.8 5.4 50.4 -0.4 49.0 -1.4 50.5 1.5
Out of Zone % 50.3 50.1 -0.2 52.8 2.7 53.6 0.8 54.3 0.7 54.6 0.3 49.2 -5.4 49.6 0.4 51.0 1.4 49.5 -1.5
Out of Zone Swing % 26.3 26.4 0.1 34.5 8.1 32.3 -2.2 31.1 -1.2 28.6 -2.5 30.1 1.5 30.2 0.1 25.5 -4.7 19.5 -6.0
First Pitch Swing % 28.5 29.5 1.0 32.7 3.2 34.6 1.9 36.6 2.0 28.1 -8.5 28.5 0.4 33.7 5.2 29.1 -4.6 25.3 -3.8
First Pitch Strike % 62.9 65.4 2.5 67.1 1.7 69.3 2.2 67.3 -2.0 60.9 -6.4 64.6 3.7 63.4 -1.2 60.6 -2.8 58.6 -2.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 251 .295 183 16 8.7 68 10 14.7
2017 Shifts 603 .264 438 18 4.1 165 36 21.8
2018 Shifts 632 .288 464 56 12.1 168 70 41.7
2019 Shifts 153 .381 125 2 1.6 28 11 39.3
2020 Shifts 64 .391 42 21 50.0 22 17 77.3
2021 Shifts 584 .298 449 27 6.0 135 49 36.3
2022 Shifts 554 .315 427 171 40.0 127 75 59.1
2023 Shades 428 .336 307 49 16.0 121 41 33.9
2024 Shades 185 .398 134 0 0.0 51 26 51.0
! 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 %
2013 360 14.9 50.8% 0.8% 253 21.8 0.8% 7.9%
2014 835 14.6 54.9% 1.1% 410 22.2 0.7% 10.2%
2015 857 15.2 48.4% 2.8% 540 23.1 4.8% 21.7%
2016 327 17.4 26.0% 4.3% 157 25.0 3.2% 21.0%
2017 714 16.6 31.5% 1.5% 298 24.1 0.7% 15.1%
2018 708 18.1 13.1% 1.4% 381 22.5 1.3% 10.8%
2019 183 14.6 54.1% 1.6% 81 22.6 1.2% 11.1%
2020 71 14.1 60.6% 0.0% 54 20.3 3.7% 5.6%
2021 656 14.9 51.4% 1.7% 367 22.5 1.1% 12.5%
2022 659 15.1 48.9% 1.4% 369 21.3 0.8% 7.9%
2023 488 13.0 84.2% 0.0% 304 17.3 17.1% 0.7%
2024 160 13.1 81.9% 0.6% 196 16.9 14.8% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution