Paul Sewald
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 219LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 10, #320, New York Mets | San Diego
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 5 4 2.67 65 0 20 64 72 0.77
2023 3 2 3.12 65 0 34 60.2 80 1.15
2024 1 2 4.31 42 0 16 39.2 43 1.13
8 Seasons 20 25 4.09 359 0 84 376.1 450 1.15
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 65 5-4 2.67 64 72 0.77
2023 65 3-2 3.12 60.2 80 1.15
2024 42 1-2 4.31 39.2 43 1.13
8 Seasons 359 20-25 4.09 376.1 450 1.15
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
2017 27 1132 182 13 7.1 4.7 88.4 109.8 17.4 35.2 .235 .399 .300 .301 .368 33.5 25.1 7.6 4.55 3.87
2018 28 1057 171 10 5.8 4.0 88.2 110.9 19.9 37.4 .240 .387 .348 .302 .356 29.2 22.9 9.1 6.07 3.84
2019 29 330 54 4 7.4 5.0 89.4 109.1 28.3 40.7 .229 .400 .300 .291 .381 38.9 27.5 3.8 4.58 3.69
2020 30 129 28 1 3.6 2.9 85.4 109.4 16.4 42.9 .354 .515 .455 .414 .392 28.6 5.7 11.4 13.50 8.02
2021 31 1104 135 17 12.6 6.4 88.3 112.8 21.1 36.3 .182 .360 .250 .262 .404 40.0 39.4 9.1 3.06 2.85
2022 32 974 149 14 9.4 5.8 86.3 112.3 20.6 33.6 .189 .319 .228 .253 .323 33.6 29.6 7.4 2.67 2.62
2023 33 1037 144 8 5.6 3.2 85.9 110.4 20.9 34.0 .188 .310 .281 .258 .329 29.9 32.1 9.6 3.12 2.75
2024 34 629 109 10 9.2 6.1 90.0 111.5 26.0 34.9 .229 .409 .311 .301 .378 42.2 26.1 6.1 4.31 3.78
Player 6392 972 77 7.9 4.9 87.8 112.8 20.9 35.8 .213 .367 .290 .282 .361 34.3 28.8 8.1
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

Sewald relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(59.8%) ,
Sweeper
(39.6%) ,
Changeup
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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
2017 34.6 28.0 28.6 8.8 33.5 37.9 28.6 3.8 23.1 33.5 22.5 7.7 7.1 4.7
2018 32.2 32.7 27.5 7.6 41.5 38.6 19.9 2.3 25.1 36.8 23.4 5.8 5.8 4.0
2019 16.7 42.6 27.8 13.0 33.3 33.3 33.3 1.9 7.4 50.0 25.9 5.6 7.4 5.0
2020 35.7 28.6 28.6 7.1 35.7 32.1 32.1 3.6 25.0 25.0 35.7 7.1 3.6 2.9
2021 26.7 36.3 25.2 11.9 29.6 39.3 31.1 6.7 20.0 35.6 17.0 8.1 12.6 6.4
2022 32.2 32.2 21.5 14.1 38.9 28.9 32.2 9.4 17.4 37.6 20.8 5.4 9.4 5.8
2023 32.6 37.5 19.4 10.4 40.3 36.1 23.6 8.3 20.1 37.5 24.3 4.2 5.6 3.2
2024 26.6 34.9 24.8 13.8 35.8 32.1 32.1 0.9 16.5 37.6 25.7 8.3 9.2 6.1
Player 30.6 33.6 25.0 10.8 36.5 35.5 28.0 5.0 20.2 36.7 22.8 6.5 7.9 4.9
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

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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 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 376 91.4 19.3 1.1 10.6ARM -1.2 13.5 -2.3 10.6ARM 3.1
2024 Changeup AZ R 4 84.2 37.7 -0.3 15.3ARM -0.4 1.1 3.8 15.3ARM 1.1
2024 Sweeper AZ R 249 83.1 32.3 -4.8 11.9GLV -2.3 7.4 -5.8 11.9GLV -2.4
2023 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 593 92.2 18.6 1.1 10.5ARM -0.2 13.7 -2.1 10.5ARM 3.1
2023 Sweeper AZ R 444 83.8 29.9 -5.1 11.1GLV -1.3 9.1 -7.6 11.1GLV -3.0
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -2 376 59.8 105 .253 .484 .341 24.3 27.6 23.6 .237 .454 .325 47.8
2024 Sweeper 1.2 3 249 39.6 59 .196 .357 .267 25.0 23.7 19.2 .214 .330 .258 33.3
2024 Changeup 0.7 0 4 0.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 7 593 57.2 143 .220 .323 .282 28.4 32.9 24.0 .198 .315 .266 31.7
2023 Sweeper 0.1 0 444 42.8 105 .191 .394 .287 30.9 31.4 20.6 .175 .304 .248 27.4
! 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 4-Seam Fastball 375 91.4 80 16.9 1:45 1:15 30
2024 Sweeper 243 83.1 36 14.0 9:15 10:00 -45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 568 92.2 78 16.9 1:45 1:15 30
2023 Sweeper 422 83.9 36 14.2 9:30 10:15 -45
! 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
2017 273 1,129 -1 15 -7 -5 3
2018 251 1,057 -4 2 -7 -5 -13
2019 80 330 5 1 -3 -1 2
2020 35 129 -4 1 -2 -1 -6
2021 259 1,104 9 11 -2 -3 15
2022 257 1,052 8 11 -6 -6 7
2023 292 1,201 3 15 -6 -5 7
2024 164 629 4 3 -5 -2 1
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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 %
2017 1,132 50.8 67.9 77.7 26.5 61.9 42.5 61.3 47.5 25.8 8.9 83.0
2018 1,057 53.8 67.5 83.9 25.6 60.8 42.7 61.4 48.2 21.4 7.9 76.2
2019 330 55.5 68.9 78.6 21.1 80.6 42.1 55.0 47.6 21.0 9.1 66.7
2020 129 45.0 65.5 81.6 23.9 88.2 37.2 51.4 42.6 16.4 6.2 75.0
2021 1,104 52.5 67.9 70.6 30.0 45.9 41.0 60.0 49.9 36.5 9.1 75.0
2022 974 52.0 70.8 70.9 25.9 48.8 42.9 61.3 49.2 34.0 8.0 83.3
2023 1,037 53.4 68.2 74.1 28.6 60.9 44.4 64.9 49.8 29.3 10.1 78.1
2024 629 58.5 72.0 79.6 25.7 58.2 42.8 62.8 52.8 24.4 10.8 79.4
Player 6,392 53.1 68.8 76.2 26.8 57.4 42.5 61.3 49.1 28.2 9.0 78.4
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
2017 64 63 52 43 72 54 27 19 48 70 63 60 37 28 81 57
2018 56 49 52 52 49 72 63 53 91 54 35 26 23 16 66 64
2019 18 67 61
2020 25 54 50
2021 92 96 72 33 95 50 2 60 36 99 38 97 69 27 92 62
2022 93 93 87 64 90 58 16 91 82 86 54 92 13 27 96 67
2023 97 97 93 82 96 87 83 94 95 95 32 72 46 22 97 66
2024 13 96 51
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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 %
2017 22.9 8 8.0 0 6 4 5 62.5
2018 23.0 8 9.0 -1 5 6 5 62.5
2019 22.4 3 2.7 0 1 2 1 33.3
2020 24.8 1 0.8 0 0 1 0 0.0
2021 25.3 10 9.2 1 6 6 4 40.0
2022 23.9 10 8.3 2 4 8 3 30.0
2023 23.3 10 9.8 0 3 7 5 50.0
2024 23.4 6 6.5 -1 3 8 1 16.7
Player 23.7 56 54.3 2 28 42 24 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
2017 8 8 6 8 9 9 8 9 7 7 8 10 7 7 8 9 7 7 9 8 8 5 10 8 8 7 7 12 8 9 6
2018 8 10 6 10 12 8 11 8 7 6 8 15 8 7 8 9 6 7 10 13 9 8 14 9 7 6 10 12 9 10 7
2019 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3
2020 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
2021 10 10 8 9 9 10 10 11 6 8 7 10 11 8 8 11 9 8 10 9 9 9 11 9 9 8 9 12 10 9 9
2022 10 6 9 7 10 10 11 5 6 5 7 10 7 7 10 10 7 6 9 11 7 10 12 9 5 6 11 11 8 9 8
2023 10 9 8 9 10 10 11 10 10 8 11 12 8 9 12 10 11 10 11 11 9 9 12 10 8 8 10 10 10 10 9
2024 6 6 6 5 6 7 8 7 6 5 7 7 7 5 7 5 5 5 8 9 7 6 11 8 3 6 6 7 8 7 5
Player 56 53 46 51 60 58 63 52 44 42 51 68 52 46 57 57 48 47 61 65 53 51 74 57 43 45 55 68 57 58 48
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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.4 90.3 -1.1 ↓ 91.0 0.7 ↑ 91.7 0.7 ↑ 92.3 0.6 ↑ 92.5 0.2 ↑ 92.2 -0.3 ↓ 91.4 -0.8 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 82.5 83.0 0.5 ↑ 81.2 -1.8 ↓ 81.4 0.2 ↑ 69.7 -11.7 ↓ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 84.2 0.0
Breaking Velocity 82.9 81.3 -1.6 ↓ 81.8 0.5 ↑ 82.3 0.5 ↑ 81.7 -0.6 ↓ 82.8 1.1 ↑ 83.8 1.0 ↑ 83.1 -0.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.4 88.2 -0.2 ↓ 89.4 1.2 ↑ 85.4 -4.0 ↓ 88.3 2.9 ↑ 86.3 -2.0 ↓ 85.9 -0.4 ↓ 90.0 4.1 ↑
Launch Angle 17.4 19.9 2.5 ↑ 28.3 8.4 ↑ 16.4 -11.9 ↓ 21.1 4.7 ↑ 20.6 -0.5 ↓ 20.9 0.3 ↑ 26.0 5.1 ↑
Barrel % 7.1 5.8 -1.3 ↓ 7.4 1.6 ↑ 3.6 -3.8 ↓ 12.6 9.0 ↑ 9.4 -3.2 ↓ 5.6 -3.8 ↓ 9.2 3.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 33.5 29.2 -4.3 ↓ 38.9 9.7 ↑ 28.6 -10.3 ↓ 40.0 11.4 ↑ 33.6 -6.4 ↓ 29.9 -3.7 ↓ 42.2 12.3 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.2 37.4 2.2 ↑ 40.7 3.3 ↑ 42.9 2.2 ↑ 36.3 -6.6 ↓ 33.6 -2.7 ↓ 34.0 0.4 ↑ 34.9 0.9 ↑
xBA .235 .240 0.005 ↑ .229 -0.011 ↓ .354 0.125 ↑ .182 -0.172 ↓ .189 0.007 ↑ .188 -0.001 ↓ .229 0.041 ↑
BA .237 .277 0.040 ↑ .243 -0.034 ↓ .414 0.171 ↑ .176 -0.238 ↓ .146 -0.030 ↓ .208 0.062 ↑ .232 0.024 ↑
xwOBA .301 .302 0.001 ↑ .291 -0.011 ↓ .414 0.123 ↑ .262 -0.152 ↓ .253 -0.009 ↓ .258 0.005 ↑ .301 0.043 ↑
wOBA .300 .348 0.048 ↑ .300 -0.048 ↓ .455 0.155 ↑ .250 -0.205 ↓ .228 -0.022 ↓ .281 0.053 ↑ .311 0.030 ↑
xSLG .399 .387 -0.012 ↓ .400 0.013 ↑ .515 0.115 ↑ .360 -0.155 ↓ .319 -0.041 ↓ .310 -0.009 ↓ .409 0.099 ↑
SLG .404 .478 0.074 ↑ .446 -0.032 ↓ .586 0.140 ↑ .339 -0.247 ↓ .301 -0.038 ↓ .353 0.052 ↑ .437 0.084 ↑
K% 25.1 22.9 -2.2 ↓ 27.5 4.6 ↑ 5.7 -21.8 ↓ 39.4 33.7 ↑ 29.6 -9.8 ↓ 32.1 2.5 ↑ 26.1 -6.0 ↓
BB% 7.6 9.1 1.5 ↑ 3.8 -5.3 ↓ 11.4 7.6 ↑ 9.1 -2.3 ↓ 7.4 -1.7 ↓ 9.6 2.2 ↑ 6.1 -3.5 ↓
Swing % 47.5 48.2 0.7 ↑ 47.6 -0.6 ↓ 42.6 -5.0 ↓ 49.9 7.3 ↑ 49.2 -0.7 ↓ 49.8 0.6 ↑ 52.8 3.0 ↑
Whiff% 25.8 21.4 -4.4 ↓ 21.0 -0.4 ↓ 16.4 -4.6 ↓ 36.5 20.1 ↑ 34.0 -2.5 ↓ 29.3 -4.7 ↓ 24.4 -4.9 ↓
In Zone % 50.8 53.8 3.0 ↑ 55.5 1.7 ↑ 45.0 -10.5 ↓ 52.5 7.5 ↑ 52.0 -0.5 ↓ 53.4 1.4 ↑ 58.5 5.1 ↑
Out of Zone % 49.2 46.2 -3.0 ↓ 44.5 -1.7 ↓ 55.0 10.5 ↑ 47.5 -7.5 ↓ 48.0 0.5 ↑ 46.6 -1.4 ↓ 41.5 -5.1 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 26.5 25.6 -0.9 ↓ 21.1 -4.5 ↓ 23.9 2.8 ↑ 30.0 6.1 ↑ 25.9 -4.1 ↓ 28.6 2.7 ↑ 25.7 -2.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 25.9 27.5 1.6 ↑ 17.5 -10.0 ↓ 25.7 8.2 ↑ 31.9 6.2 ↑ 27.9 -4.0 ↓ 33.1 5.2 ↑ 33.5 0.4 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 61.3 61.4 0.1 ↑ 55.0 -6.4 ↓ 51.4 -3.6 ↓ 60.0 8.6 ↑ 61.3 1.3 ↑ 64.9 3.6 ↑ 62.8 -2.1 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 273 .300 164 0 0.0 109 13 11.9
2018 Shifts 251 .348 145 9 6.2 106 23 21.7
2019 Shifts 80 .300 57 6 10.5 23 5 21.7
2020 Shifts 35 .455 25 1 4.0 10 4 40.0
2021 Shifts 259 .250 150 20 13.3 109 59 54.1
2022 Shifts 239 .228 134 51 38.1 105 75 71.4
2023 Shades 248 .281 128 5 3.9 120 47 39.2
2024 Shades 164 .311 93 0 0.0 71 30 42.3
! 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 %
2017 301 15.0 49.5% 0.3% 229 21.4 1.7% 5.7%
2018 297 15.2 47.1% 0.7% 193 21.9 3.1% 4.1%
2019 101 18.6 10.9% 0.0% 59 20.0 0.0% 5.1%
2020 24 20.1 0.0% 0.0% 39 22.3 0.0% 5.1%
2021 306 22.1 0.0% 5.9% 188 26.9 0.0% 26.1%
2022 306 21.5 0.3% 4.6% 137 24.3 0.0% 16.1%
2023 259 14.8 53.7% 0.4% 176 17.7 8.5% 0.0%
2024 168 16.5 22.0% 0.6% 76 18.2 10.5% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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