Keynan Middleton
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 230LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 3, #95, Los Angeles Angels | Lane CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 1 2 4.94 32 1 4 31 24 1.58
2022 1 2 5.29 18 0 0 17 15 1.12
2023 2 2 3.38 51 0 2 50.2 64 1.24
7 Seasons 10 8 3.84 205 1 15 194.1 199 1.34
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 32 1-2 4.94 31 24 1.58
2022 18 1-2 5.29 17 15 1.12
2023 51 2-2 3.38 50.2 64 1.24
7 Seasons 205 10-8 3.84 194.1 199 1.34
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 23 977 165 15 9.1 6.1 88.1 115.8 15.7 43.6 .241 .448 .331 .315 .399 37.0 25.6 7.3 3.86 4.27
2018 24 311 45 3 6.7 4.2 89.4 113.1 20.0 42.2 .233 .376 .302 .313 .348 33.3 22.5 12.7 2.04 4.15
2019 25 143 20 1 5.0 3.0 91.5 107.7 17.3 35.0 .233 .432 .273 .361 .354 45.0 18.2 21.2 1.17 5.97
2020 26 210 36 1 2.8 1.9 87.3 104.3 22.4 36.1 .255 .367 .340 .307 .336 27.8 20.8 11.3 5.25 3.98
2021 27 530 95 9 9.5 6.4 88.9 111.6 18.1 37.9 .251 .415 .327 .342 .354 31.6 17.1 13.6 4.93 5.05
2022 28 241 50 6 12.0 8.7 87.6 113.8 20.3 44.0 .279 .498 .359 .354 .434 38.0 21.7 4.3 5.29 5.38
2023 29 856 124 10 8.1 4.7 85.3 112.4 4.2 25.0 .215 .364 .296 .298 .376 31.5 30.2 10.8 3.38 3.71
Player 3268 535 45 8.4 5.5 87.7 115.8 14.8 37.4 .239 .414 .319 .320 .379 34.2 24.2 10.3
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

Middleton relies on 3 pitches.
Changeup
(42.9%) ,
Slider
(30.8%) ,
Four Seamer
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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 37.6 27.3 26.7 8.5 28.5 37.6 33.9 4.2 29.7 30.3 22.4 4.2 9.1 6.1
2018 33.3 33.3 26.7 6.7 31.1 24.4 44.4 0.0 26.7 40.0 22.2 4.4 6.7 4.2
2019 35.0 40.0 20.0 5.0 25.0 30.0 45.0 5.0 20.0 30.0 15.0 25.0 5.0 3.0
2020 22.2 38.9 30.6 8.3 36.1 33.3 30.6 2.8 16.7 44.4 27.8 2.8 2.8 1.9
2021 31.6 25.3 27.4 15.8 36.8 31.6 31.6 0.0 29.5 34.7 21.1 5.3 9.5 6.4
2022 28.0 32.0 30.0 10.0 34.0 32.0 34.0 6.0 18.0 30.0 22.0 12.0 12.0 8.7
2023 56.5 23.4 16.9 3.2 50.8 31.5 17.7 4.0 40.3 18.5 24.2 4.0 8.1 4.7
Player 38.5 28.2 24.9 8.4 36.3 32.9 30.8 3.2 29.5 30.1 22.6 5.8 8.4 5.5
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
2023 Slider NYY R 264 85.8 33.9 -1.5 3.4GLV -1.1 3.0 -1.5 3.4GLV -1.9
2023 Changeup NYY R 367 87.7 29.0 -0.5 14.1ARM -0.3 6.6 -1.2 14.1ARM -0.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 225 95.5 13.3 1.0 8.1ARM 0.5 16.8 1.0 8.1ARM 0.7
2022 Changeup AZ R 41 87.2 29.6 0.2 13.9ARM -0.3 6.6 -0.7 13.9ARM -0.3
2022 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 122 95.1 13.2 0.9 7.5ARM 0.1 17.4 1.2 7.5ARM 0.2
2022 Slider AZ R 78 84.6 35.6 -1.0 2.9GLV -2.5 2.7 -0.9 2.9GLV -2.8
! 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 %
2023 Changeup 1.1 4 367 42.9 98 .209 .396 .291 37.7 26.5 23.0 .232 .395 .299 26.2
2023 Slider -0.9 -2 264 30.8 64 .291 .418 .377 35.3 23.4 18.3 .231 .375 .322 30.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 3 225 26.3 50 .122 .220 .236 33.0 46.0 27.7 .154 .279 .267 52.6
2022 4-Seam Fastball -5.0 -6 122 50.6 37 .294 .824 .477 30.2 21.6 24.2 .293 .655 .425 50.0
2022 Slider 2.3 2 78 32.4 19 .176 .235 .258 40.0 15.8 17.6 .260 .333 .283 33.3
2022 Changeup 2.5 1 41 17.0 13 .231 .231 .208 46.4 30.8 30.8 .270 .304 .252 11.1
! 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
2023 Changeup 362 87.7 85 15.8 1:30 2:15 -45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 224 95.5 90 18.3 1:15 1:00 15
2023 Slider 262 85.8 21 4.7 10:45 9:45 60
2022 Changeup 40 87.2 78 15.5 1:15 2:15 -60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 120 95.1 89 18.5 1:00 12:45 15
2022 Slider 76 84.6 18 3.8 10:15 9:45 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 244 976 1 6 -4 -4 0
2018 70 311 5 5 -2 -1 6
2019 33 143 2 3 -3 0 2
2020 53 210 0 1 0 -1 0
2021 139 530 -2 8 -4 -3 -2
2022 69 241 0 -2 -1 -1 -3
2023 212 856 3 9 -3 -4 5
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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 977 51.4 74.9 71.5 27.2 45.0 42.1 57.8 51.8 35.2 8.5 78.3
2018 311 47.3 61.9 79.1 29.3 68.8 44.1 64.3 44.7 24.5 7.4 65.2
2019 143 46.9 76.1 82.4 19.7 53.3 39.9 51.5 46.2 22.7 4.9 100.0
2020 210 49.5 71.2 81.1 28.3 60.0 40.5 66.0 49.5 25.0 8.6 88.9
2021 530 51.1 75.6 73.7 30.5 59.5 42.8 61.9 53.6 30.3 7.2 86.8
2022 241 56.8 68.6 70.2 35.6 45.9 49.8 63.8 54.4 36.6 4.6 90.9
2023 856 46.8 72.6 75.6 33.1 41.7 41.8 65.1 51.6 36.0 6.2 79.2
Player 3,268 49.8 72.6 74.5 29.8 49.9 42.7 61.7 51.2 32.7 7.1 80.7
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 47 55 24 12 76 47 4 26 16 73 67 96 45 95 94 66
2018 90 91 46
2019 65 88 78
2020 95 93 59
2021 79 84 72
2022 71 82 81
2023 69 82 75 63 65 79 46 97 92 91 18 96 89 76 85 81
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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 24.1 11 9.6 1 3 6 5 45.5
2018 27.1 1 0.6 0 3 1 0 0.0
2019 -- 0 1.1 -1 0 2 0 --
2020 21.6 2 1.4 1 0 2 0 0.0
2021 23.9 2 3.3 -1 3 3 1 50.0
2022 22.0 5 3.8 1 2 4 0 0.0
2023 22.7 8 7.3 1 4 5 3 37.5
Player 23.3 29 27.2 2 15 23 9 31.0
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
2017 11 7 9 11 11 10 11 9 8 8 9 11 10 9 9 12 9 9 9 10 9 10 12 10 8 10 10 12 10 10 7
2018 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
2019 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1
2020 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2
2021 2 5 3 4 3 3 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 6 3 2 5 4 4 4 5 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 2
2022 5 1 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 6 4 4 4
2023 8 6 5 7 8 8 8 6 8 7 7 8 6 6 8 7 7 7 8 8 6 10 9 9 5 7 8 7 8 8 8
Player 29 23 24 29 29 27 30 23 25 21 24 31 27 23 26 32 26 24 28 28 25 31 36 32 24 25 28 32 29 30 25
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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.9 96.0 -0.9 ↓ 94.1 -1.9 ↓ 97.1 3.0 ↑ 95.4 -1.7 ↓ 95.1 -0.3 ↓ 95.5 0.4 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 88.2 87.1 -1.1 ↓ 84.1 -3.0 ↓ 88.2 4.1 ↑ 87.7 -0.5 ↓ 87.2 -0.5 ↓ 87.7 0.5 ↑
Breaking Velocity 88.5 86.4 -2.1 ↓ 82.8 -3.6 ↓ 87.4 4.6 ↑ 85.5 -1.9 ↓ 84.6 -0.9 ↓ 85.8 1.2 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.1 89.4 1.3 ↑ 91.5 2.1 ↑ 87.3 -4.2 ↓ 88.9 1.6 ↑ 87.6 -1.3 ↓ 85.3 -2.3 ↓
Launch Angle 15.7 20.0 4.3 ↑ 17.3 -2.7 ↓ 22.4 5.1 ↑ 18.1 -4.3 ↓ 20.3 2.2 ↑ 4.2 -16.1 ↓
Barrel % 9.1 6.7 -2.4 ↓ 5.0 -1.7 ↓ 2.8 -2.2 ↓ 9.5 6.7 ↑ 12.0 2.5 ↑ 8.1 -3.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 37.0 33.3 -3.7 ↓ 45.0 11.7 ↑ 27.8 -17.2 ↓ 31.6 3.8 ↑ 38.0 6.4 ↑ 31.5 -6.5 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 43.6 42.2 -1.4 ↓ 35.0 -7.2 ↓ 36.1 1.1 ↑ 37.9 1.8 ↑ 44.0 6.1 ↑ 25.0 -19.0 ↓
xBA .241 .233 -0.008 ↓ .233 0.000 .255 0.022 ↑ .251 -0.004 ↓ .279 0.028 ↑ .215 -0.064 ↓
BA .265 .233 -0.032 ↓ .154 -0.079 ↓ .273 0.119 ↑ .252 -0.021 ↓ .250 -0.002 ↓ .214 -0.036 ↓
xwOBA .315 .313 -0.002 ↓ .361 0.048 ↑ .307 -0.054 ↓ .342 0.035 ↑ .354 0.012 ↑ .298 -0.056 ↓
wOBA .331 .302 -0.029 ↓ .273 -0.029 ↓ .340 0.067 ↑ .327 -0.013 ↓ .359 0.032 ↑ .296 -0.063 ↓
xSLG .448 .376 -0.072 ↓ .432 0.056 ↑ .367 -0.065 ↓ .415 0.048 ↑ .498 0.083 ↑ .364 -0.134 ↓
SLG .473 .350 -0.123 ↓ .231 -0.119 ↓ .477 0.246 ↑ .370 -0.107 ↓ .547 0.177 ↑ .364 -0.183 ↓
K% 25.6 22.5 -3.1 ↓ 18.2 -4.3 ↓ 20.8 2.6 ↑ 17.1 -3.7 ↓ 21.7 4.6 ↑ 30.2 8.5 ↑
BB% 7.3 12.7 5.4 ↑ 21.2 8.5 ↑ 11.3 -9.9 ↓ 13.6 2.3 ↑ 4.3 -9.3 ↓ 10.8 6.5 ↑
Swing % 51.8 44.7 -7.1 ↓ 46.2 1.5 ↑ 49.5 3.3 ↑ 53.6 4.1 ↑ 54.4 0.8 ↑ 51.6 -2.8 ↓
Whiff% 35.2 24.5 -10.7 ↓ 22.7 -1.8 ↓ 25.0 2.3 ↑ 30.3 5.3 ↑ 36.6 6.3 ↑ 36.0 -0.6 ↓
In Zone % 51.4 47.3 -4.1 ↓ 46.9 -0.4 ↓ 49.5 2.6 ↑ 51.1 1.6 ↑ 56.8 5.7 ↑ 46.8 -10.0 ↓
Out of Zone % 48.6 52.7 4.1 ↑ 53.1 0.4 ↑ 50.5 -2.6 ↓ 48.9 -1.6 ↓ 43.2 -5.7 ↓ 53.2 10.0 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 27.2 29.3 2.1 ↑ 19.7 -9.6 ↓ 28.3 8.6 ↑ 30.5 2.2 ↑ 35.6 5.1 ↑ 33.1 -2.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 31.6 25.7 -5.9 ↓ 39.4 13.7 ↑ 37.7 -1.7 ↓ 38.8 1.1 ↑ 40.6 1.8 ↑ 34.9 -5.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 57.8 64.3 6.5 ↑ 51.5 -12.8 ↓ 66.0 14.5 ↑ 61.9 -4.1 ↓ 63.8 1.9 ↑ 65.1 1.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 244 .331 140 0 0.0 104 1 1.0
2018 Shifts 70 .302 33 0 0.0 37 2 5.4
2019 Shifts 33 .273 25 7 28.0 8 5 62.5
2020 Shifts 53 .340 32 2 6.3 21 3 14.3
2021 Shifts 139 .327 90 8 8.9 49 30 61.2
2022 Shifts 69 .359 54 12 22.2 15 10 66.7
2023 Shades 212 .296 125 0 0.0 87 31 35.6
! 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 222 22.0 1.8% 5.9% 179 24.5 0.6% 14.0%
2018 85 22.8 0.0% 9.4% 63 25.8 0.0% 9.5%
2019 33 21.0 3.0% 0.0% 25 25.7 0.0% 4.0%
2020 50 22.3 0.0% 4.0% 41 24.2 0.0% 4.9%
2021 99 20.8 0.0% 0.0% 104 23.8 0.0% 14.4%
2022 41 19.1 0.0% 0.0% 46 21.0 0.0% 0.0%
2023 243 16.1 23.9% 0.0% 120 17.6 9.2% 0.8%

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Pitch Distribution

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