Kevin McCarthy
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 210LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 16, #474, Kansas City Royals | Marist
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 5 4 3.25 65 0 0 72 46 1.25
2019 4 2 4.48 56 0 1 60.1 38 1.48
2020 0 0 4.50 5 0 0 6 2 2.00
5 Seasons 11 6 3.80 169 0 1 191.2 120 1.41
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 65 5-4 3.25 72 46 1.25
2019 56 4-2 4.48 60.1 38 1.48
2020 5 0-0 4.50 6 2 2.00
5 Seasons 169 11-6 3.80 191.2 120 1.41
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
2016 24 169 29 2 6.9 4.9 89.3 112.1 2.9 20.7 .321 .551 .374 .410 .462 44.8 17.1 12.2 6.48 7.79
2017 25 715 156 7 4.5 3.6 85.2 111.1 6.6 32.1 .273 .418 .306 .321 .346 28.8 13.8 6.6 3.20 4.45
2018 26 1008 225 16 7.1 5.5 88.6 112.6 -1.1 23.6 .255 .404 .304 .314 .345 35.1 15.7 6.8 3.25 4.18
2019 27 901 207 9 4.3 3.4 89.9 111.0 3.8 26.1 .269 .403 .315 .314 .340 41.5 14.2 7.8 4.47 4.35
2020 28 100 24 1 4.2 3.4 86.6 105.4 6.5 37.5 .349 .531 .415 .412 .409 45.8 6.9 6.9 4.50 7.92
Player 2893 641 35 5.5 4.2 88.1 112.6 2.8 26.8 .270 .418 .315 .324 .351 36.5 14.5 7.4
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

McCarthy relies on 6 pitches.
Sinker
(50.0%) ,
Changeup
(23.0%) ,
Split Finger
(15.0%) ,
Curveball
(5.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(4.0%) ,
Slider
(3.0%) ,


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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 55.2 17.2 27.6 0.0 44.8 27.6 27.6 3.4 44.8 6.9 27.6 6.9 6.9 4.9
2017 54.5 16.7 23.7 5.1 29.5 41.7 28.8 5.8 40.4 18.6 24.4 5.8 4.5 3.6
2018 65.3 12.9 20.0 1.8 46.7 33.3 20.0 3.1 55.1 10.7 20.4 2.2 7.1 5.5
2019 58.9 14.5 22.7 3.9 43.5 37.2 19.3 2.4 45.9 15.5 26.6 3.9 4.3 3.4
2020 45.8 20.8 29.2 4.2 54.2 37.5 8.3 8.3 37.5 12.5 29.2 8.3 4.2 3.4
Player 59.4 14.8 22.5 3.3 41.7 36.5 21.8 3.7 47.4 14.0 24.0 4.1 5.5 4.2
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
2020 Slider KC R 3 86.3 28.9 -5.9 0.1GLV -4.3 7.6 -6.2 0.1GLV -5.2
2020 Curveball KC R 5 80.4 41.1 -10.1 1.5GLV -8.1 0.8 -10.5 1.5GLV -7.7
2020 4-Seam Fastball KC R 4 89.6 27.6 -10.3 9.5ARM 2.8 5.9 -10.1 9.5ARM 2.2
2020 Split-Finger KC R 15 83.4 38.0 4.0 6.1ARM -5.0 1.3 3.3 6.1ARM -4.8
2020 Changeup KC R 23 81.1 33.7 -0.3 14.1ARM 0.9 7.7 -1.3 14.1ARM 0.7
2020 Sinker KC R 50 90.0 28.0 3.8 14.3ARM -0.2 5.5 3.6 14.3ARM -0.5
2019 Sinker KC R 515 91.1 27.7 4.3 14.1ARM -0.1 4.6 4.5 14.1ARM -0.8
2019 Slider KC R 100 88.0 28.4 -2.9 0.5GLV -2.5 6.3 -4.5 0.5GLV -4.6
2019 Changeup KC R 201 83.9 34.2 2.7 15.0ARM 1.5 4.0 2.9 15.0ARM 1.5
2019 4-Seam Fastball KC R 28 90.8 22.7 -5.4 7.0ARM -0.4 9.8 -5.8 7.0ARM -0.5
2019 Curveball KC R 57 82.9 36.5 -12.6 1.6GLV -6.0 2.9 -12.6 1.6GLV -7.6
! 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 %
2020 Sinker -2.4 -1 50 50.0 14 .500 .500 .550 5.6 7.1 14.3 .382 .466 .420 45.5
2020 Changeup -1.0 0 23 23.0 5 .250 .250 .320 30.0 0.0 0.0 .333 .392 .390 25.0
2020 Split-Finger 2.3 0 15 15.0 5 .200 .200 .180 18.2 20.0 10.0 .182 .199 .167 50.0
2020 Curveball 11.2 1 5 5.0 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .349 .383 .322 33.3
2020 4-Seam Fastball -54.0 -2 4 4.0 2 .500 2.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .607 2.252 1.146 100.0
2020 Slider -3.9 0 3 3.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 Sinker -2.1 -11 515 57.2 152 .338 .525 .405 19.1 10.5 15.0 .277 .466 .339 46.4
2019 Changeup 1.5 3 201 22.3 60 .226 .302 .273 24.6 21.7 16.9 .281 .343 .316 29.3
2019 Slider 3.5 4 100 11.1 25 .208 .250 .165 20.4 24.0 16.7 .236 .288 .226 47.4
2019 Curveball 4.5 3 57 6.3 14 .231 .231 .208 21.7 7.1 12.5 .244 .297 .233 15.4
2019 4-Seam Fastball 8.5 2 28 3.1 11 .100 .100 .082 11.1 18.2 13.3 .197 .237 .246 55.6
! 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
2020 Changeup 23 81.1 99 16.1 2:15 2:15 0
2020 Sinker 46 90.0 89 15.6 1:30 2:30 -60
! 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
2016 41 169 0 -1 -1 -1 -4
2017 196 715 -4 10 -4 -3 -1
2018 291 1,008 2 9 -4 -4 3
2019 262 901 2 7 -4 -4 0
2020 29 100 1 -2 -1 -1 -3
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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 169 50.3 69.4 93.2 22.6 73.7 35.5 58.5 46.2 11.5 5.9 90.0
2017 715 55.0 69.2 83.1 29.8 75.0 42.7 62.8 51.5 18.8 10.2 83.6
2018 1,008 50.1 69.1 84.2 31.2 65.6 46.4 62.7 50.2 20.2 7.6 80.5
2019 901 49.2 71.6 87.1 33.6 61.0 42.2 66.3 52.3 20.4 8.4 72.4
2020 100 41.0 63.4 88.5 32.2 84.2 41.0 58.6 45.0 13.3 8.0 75.0
Player 2,893 50.7 69.7 85.4 31.2 67.2 43.3 63.5 50.7 19.2 8.4 79.1
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
2016 72 12 87
2017 52 34 97
2018 41 28 41 49 47 49 37 41 52 8 74 15 84 31 14 3 86
2019 48 18 56 84 31 80 92 17 11 4 55 13 89 18 4 9 91
2020 11 1 85
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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 24.0 1 1.6 -1 1 1 1 100.0
2017 22.9 4 4.0 0 1 4 1 25.0
2018 22.5 7 9.2 -2 1 11 1 14.3
2019 25.7 4 3.9 0 5 2 2 50.0
2020 22.3 1 1.6 -1 1 1 1 100.0
Player 23.3 17 20.3 -3 9 19 6 35.3
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 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
2017 4 5 3 4 3 3 5 5 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 3 6 5 5 4 3 5 5 4 2
2018 7 12 5 7 11 8 11 10 6 7 9 10 10 8 8 11 10 10 9 12 10 9 12 10 7 7 9 7 11 11 10
2019 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 6 4 5 3 4 3 4 5 3 3
2020 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Player 17 24 15 18 20 17 24 21 13 16 20 20 23 20 19 24 21 19 20 23 23 22 26 24 18 18 17 19 25 21 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.3 93.1 -1.2 ↓ 91.7 -1.4 ↓ 91.1 -0.6 ↓ 90.0 -1.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 86.5 85.7 -0.8 ↓ 84.4 -1.3 ↓ 83.9 -0.5 ↓ 82.0 -1.9 ↓
Breaking Velocity 88.0 88.3 0.3 ↑ 84.7 -3.6 ↓ 86.1 1.4 ↑ 82.6 -3.5 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.3 85.2 -4.1 ↓ 88.6 3.4 ↑ 89.9 1.3 ↑ 86.6 -3.3 ↓
Launch Angle 2.9 6.6 3.7 ↑ -1.1 -7.7 ↓ 3.8 4.9 ↑ 6.5 2.7 ↑
Barrel % 6.9 4.5 -2.4 ↓ 7.1 2.6 ↑ 4.3 -2.8 ↓ 4.2 -0.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 44.8 28.8 -16.0 ↓ 35.1 6.3 ↑ 41.5 6.4 ↑ 45.8 4.3 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 20.7 32.1 11.4 ↑ 23.6 -8.5 ↓ 26.1 2.5 ↑ 37.5 11.4 ↑
xBA .321 .273 -0.048 ↓ .255 -0.018 ↓ .269 0.014 ↑ .349 0.080 ↑
BA .314 .276 -0.038 ↓ .259 -0.017 ↓ .285 0.026 ↑ .385 0.100 ↑
xwOBA .410 .321 -0.089 ↓ .314 -0.007 ↓ .314 0.000 .412 0.098 ↑
wOBA .374 .306 -0.068 ↓ .304 -0.002 ↓ .315 0.011 ↑ .415 0.100 ↑
xSLG .551 .418 -0.133 ↓ .404 -0.014 ↓ .403 -0.001 ↓ .531 0.128 ↑
SLG .457 .381 -0.076 ↓ .389 0.008 ↑ .414 0.025 ↑ .500 0.086 ↑
K% 17.1 13.8 -3.3 ↓ 15.7 1.9 ↑ 14.2 -1.5 ↓ 6.9 -7.3 ↓
BB% 12.2 6.6 -5.6 ↓ 6.8 0.2 ↑ 7.8 1.0 ↑ 6.9 -0.9 ↓
Swing % 46.2 51.5 5.3 ↑ 50.2 -1.3 ↓ 52.3 2.1 ↑ 45.0 -7.3 ↓
Whiff% 11.5 18.8 7.3 ↑ 20.2 1.4 ↑ 20.4 0.2 ↑ 13.3 -7.1 ↓
In Zone % 50.3 55.0 4.7 ↑ 50.1 -4.9 ↓ 49.2 -0.9 ↓ 41.0 -8.2 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.7 45.0 -4.7 ↓ 49.9 4.9 ↑ 50.8 0.9 ↑ 59.0 8.2 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 22.6 29.8 7.2 ↑ 31.2 1.4 ↑ 33.6 2.4 ↑ 32.2 -1.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 31.7 36.2 4.5 ↑ 33.9 -2.3 ↓ 35.2 1.3 ↑ 31.0 -4.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 58.5 62.8 4.3 ↑ 62.7 -0.1 ↓ 66.3 3.6 ↑ 58.6 -7.7 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 41 .374 20 1 5.0 21 1 4.8
2017 Shifts 196 .306 119 1 0.8 77 7 9.1
2018 Shifts 291 .304 182 26 14.3 109 32 29.4
2019 Shifts 256 .312 156 13 8.3 100 22 22.0
2020 Shifts 29 .415 16 7 43.8 13 7 53.8
! 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 29 18.0 13.8% 0.0% 48 22.6 4.2% 16.7%
2017 165 18.1 8.5% 2.4% 144 21.9 1.4% 5.6%
2018 253 18.4 10.7% 0.4% 191 22.8 0.0% 7.3%
2019 189 18.9 5.3% 1.6% 176 22.7 0.0% 5.7%
2020 13 18.2 0.0% 0.0% 32 22.4 0.0% 3.1%

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Pitch Distribution

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