Steven Brault
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 195LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 11, #339, Baltimore Orioles | Regis College
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 1 3 3.38 11 10 0 42.2 38 1.20
2021 0 3 5.86 7 7 0 27.2 19 1.63
2022 0 0 3.00 9 0 0 9 8 1.44
7 Seasons 12 18 4.73 116 52 1 352.1 299 1.52
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 11 1-3 3.38 42.2 38 1.20
2021 7 0-3 5.86 27.2 19 1.63
2022 9 0-0 3.00 9 8 1.44
7 Seasons 116 12-18 4.73 352.1 299 1.52
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 24 662 118 5 4.2 3.0 89.5 109.9 9.8 29.7 .259 .396 .383 .329 .357 29.7 17.5 10.2 4.86 4.61
2017 25 640 123 5 4.1 3.1 86.4 110.6 14.3 29.3 .273 .426 .339 .337 .356 32.8 14.2 8.6 4.67 4.96
2018 26 1649 266 18 6.8 4.3 88.4 111.6 10.5 30.8 .247 .410 .332 .345 .370 34.6 19.8 14.0 4.62 5.16
2019 27 2001 344 21 6.1 4.2 90.5 112.2 10.2 34.3 .255 .435 .338 .336 .375 38.7 19.8 10.5 5.16 5.06
2020 28 746 113 5 4.4 2.8 85.8 110.8 8.2 31.9 .228 .355 .267 .320 .336 32.7 21.3 12.4 3.38 4.36
2021 29 498 95 9 9.5 7.1 89.1 108.7 10.5 30.5 .276 .507 .366 .363 .398 44.2 15.0 9.4 5.86 5.80
2022 30 157 25 1 4.0 2.6 92.9 105.7 11.0 28.0 .164 .267 .336 .263 .244 36.0 20.5 12.8 3.00 2.83
Player 6353 1084 64 5.9 4.0 88.8 112.2 10.5 31.6 .252 .417 .335 .336 .365 35.8 18.8 11.4
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

Brault relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(32.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(31.8%) ,
Slider
(31.2%) ,
Changeup
(4.5%) ,


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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 46.6 19.5 29.7 4.2 39.0 29.7 31.4 0.8 33.9 21.2 24.6 3.4 4.2 3.0
2017 44.7 22.8 22.8 9.8 24.4 41.5 33.3 4.9 29.3 26.8 28.5 3.3 4.1 3.1
2018 49.6 21.4 22.9 6.0 35.7 38.0 26.3 3.0 38.0 20.3 23.7 6.8 6.8 4.3
2019 45.3 20.9 27.6 6.1 32.6 39.0 28.5 3.8 35.2 23.5 22.4 7.6 6.1 4.2
2020 50.4 23.9 23.0 2.7 27.4 48.7 23.9 3.5 39.8 21.2 21.2 8.0 4.4 2.8
2021 45.3 30.5 21.1 3.2 37.9 36.8 25.3 7.4 33.7 20.0 17.9 11.6 9.5 7.1
2022 44.0 36.0 20.0 0.0 32.0 44.0 24.0 0.0 40.0 36.0 12.0 8.0 4.0 2.6
Player 47.0 22.6 24.9 5.5 33.0 38.9 28.0 3.6 35.5 22.6 22.9 6.8 5.9 4.0
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
2022 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 50 91.1 18.5 -1.6 11.3ARM 3.8 14.7 -1.3 11.3ARM 3.7
2022 Changeup CHC L 7 85.2 32.5 0.7 15.0ARM 0.1 5.2 1.6 15.0ARM 0.7
2022 Sinker CHC L 51 90.9 24.9 1.4 14.3ARM -0.1 8.2 0.7 14.3ARM -0.9
2022 Slider CHC L 49 81.9 35.8 -3.4 8.1GLV 1.1 5.1 -3.2 8.1GLV 3.2
2021 Curveball PIT L 19 71.9 56.0 -6.9 12.3GLV -0.7 -3.0 -5.8 12.3GLV 4.3
2021 Sinker PIT L 69 90.5 27.4 2.8 15.9ARM 0.9 5.9 3.6 15.9ARM 1.2
2021 4-Seam Fastball PIT L 197 90.7 20.8 -3.2 11.1ARM 3.7 12.5 -3.6 11.1ARM 3.5
2021 Slider PIT L 105 82.6 40.4 1.3 5.7GLV -1.4 -0.5 2.1 5.7GLV 0.9
2021 Changeup PIT L 107 83.8 36.3 2.6 14.0ARM 0.0 2.5 5.3 14.0ARM 0.1
! 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 %
2022 Sinker 6.4 3 51 32.5 14 .071 .143 .089 30.4 21.4 33.3 .088 .156 .103 27.3
2022 4-Seam Fastball -6.5 -3 50 31.8 9 .500 .667 .572 20.0 11.1 9.1 .162 .322 .371 40.0
2022 Slider -4.4 -2 49 31.2 15 .250 .417 .367 37.5 26.7 22.2 .189 .298 .307 50.0
2022 Changeup -8.7 -1 7 4.5 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .931 1.126 .911 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 3 197 39.6 47 .250 .475 .357 17.6 14.9 13.0 .285 .557 .400 55.9
2021 Changeup -6.0 -6 107 21.5 34 .387 .548 .459 19.4 8.8 10.7 .336 .570 .416 35.7
2021 Slider 1.1 1 105 21.1 19 .167 .222 .197 32.4 31.6 13.6 .171 .347 .240 41.7
2021 Sinker -3.1 -2 69 13.9 19 .333 .778 .471 15.6 10.5 20.0 .261 .506 .344 43.8
2021 Curveball -7.2 -1 20 4.0 6 .333 .500 .358 30.0 16.7 20.0 .259 .339 .253 20.0
! 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
2022 4-Seam Fastball 49 91.1 93 18.3 10:30 10:45 -15
2022 Sinker 50 90.9 91 16.5 10:30 9:45 45
2022 Slider 49 81.9 33 10.0 2:45 2:15 30
2021 Changeup 102 83.8 92 14.8 10:00 9:00 60
2021 Curveball 20 72.0 67 14.1 3:30 3:45 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 196 90.7 93 16.5 10:15 10:30 -15
2021 Sinker 65 90.5 93 17.3 10:15 9:30 45
2021 Slider 104 82.6 31 6.7 2:15 3:30 -75
! 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 165 658 0 -3 -6 -3 -11
2017 160 638 1 4 -3 -5 -3
2018 410 1,649 5 16 -15 -12 -5
2019 503 2,001 9 11 -14 -11 -6
2020 178 746 9 7 -8 -7 2
2021 125 498 -3 5 -4 -4 -6
2022 39 157 2 -1 -3 -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 662 46.4 70.4 80.1 21.4 56.6 41.8 48.2 44.1 25.0 5.9 87.2
2017 640 49.2 70.1 85.5 25.3 67.1 43.3 52.8 47.3 18.8 6.4 70.7
2018 1,649 47.2 68.0 81.3 24.0 56.9 41.1 57.4 44.8 24.5 6.9 79.8
2019 2,001 46.2 66.6 84.1 27.1 60.3 43.0 56.4 45.3 23.3 7.2 77.8
2020 746 43.2 63.0 79.8 24.3 68.9 42.2 54.5 41.0 23.9 5.9 79.5
2021 498 45.8 73.7 83.3 27.8 68.0 38.6 51.2 48.8 20.6 6.8 73.5
2022 157 43.9 63.8 79.5 22.7 50.0 43.9 43.6 40.8 29.7 9.6 73.3
Player 6,353 46.3 67.8 82.5 25.1 61.3 42.0 54.5 44.9 23.3 6.8 78.2
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 30 21 94
2017 32 14 87
2018 12 39 36 37 1 44 41 46 56 32 2 46 10 44 18 92
2019 25 36 35 40 17 40 67 8 29 25 18 32 24 29 8 95
2020 47 61 69 74 25 56 83 90 76 37 16 30 20 31 23 90
2021 12 11 88
2022 12 13 95
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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 22.7 5 3.6 1 2 5 1 20.0
2017 23.9 3 4.3 -1 0 4 2 66.7
2018 23.3 10 10.3 0 6 8 4 40.0
2019 22.6 15 16.5 -2 11 11 8 53.3
2020 21.9 2 2.3 0 3 0 2 100.0
2021 21.9 3 4.5 -2 4 2 3 100.0
2022 -- 0 0.8 -1 0 1 0 --
Player 22.8 38 42.4 -4 26 31 20 52.6
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 4 5 5 4 3 4 1 4 1 4 5 3 1 3 5 1 2 4 4 3 2 7 5 2 4 4 7 4 5 3
2017 3 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 5 3 5 6 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 6 4 3 6 4 4 3 4 6 3 5 3
2018 10 11 7 10 11 10 12 9 9 8 11 16 12 9 10 11 10 10 9 12 9 12 13 11 8 9 10 11 11 11 7
2019 15 21 18 19 18 17 18 16 15 9 13 21 18 14 13 17 11 12 18 18 16 21 22 19 13 14 15 20 21 15 13
2020 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2
2021 3 5 5 5 6 4 6 4 3 3 3 7 4 4 4 5 3 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 3 6 5 4 4 6
2022 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
Player 38 48 43 47 48 42 48 37 39 26 39 58 43 35 37 46 32 34 43 49 39 46 57 47 34 35 43 53 46 43 35
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 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.6 91.8 0.2 ↑ 91.4 -0.4 ↓ 90.4 -1.0 ↓ 92.1 1.7 ↑ 90.7 -1.4 ↓ 91.0 0.3 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 85.3 85.6 0.3 ↑ 85.2 -0.4 ↓ 84.3 -0.9 ↓ 85.0 0.7 ↑ 83.8 -1.2 ↓ 85.2 1.4 ↑
Breaking Velocity 83.9 81.8 -2.1 ↓ 80.4 -1.4 ↓ 79.7 -0.7 ↓ 82.1 2.4 ↑ 80.9 -1.2 ↓ 81.9 1.0 ↑
Exit Velocity 89.5 86.4 -3.1 ↓ 88.4 2.0 ↑ 90.5 2.1 ↑ 85.8 -4.7 ↓ 89.1 3.3 ↑ 92.9 3.8 ↑
Launch Angle 9.8 14.3 4.5 ↑ 10.5 -3.8 ↓ 10.2 -0.3 ↓ 8.2 -2.0 ↓ 10.5 2.3 ↑ 11.0 0.5 ↑
Barrel % 4.2 4.1 -0.1 ↓ 6.8 2.7 ↑ 6.1 -0.7 ↓ 4.4 -1.7 ↓ 9.5 5.1 ↑ 4.0 -5.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 29.7 32.8 3.1 ↑ 34.6 1.8 ↑ 38.7 4.1 ↑ 32.7 -6.0 ↓ 44.2 11.5 ↑ 36.0 -8.2 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.7 29.3 -0.4 ↓ 30.8 1.5 ↑ 34.3 3.5 ↑ 31.9 -2.4 ↓ 30.5 -1.4 ↓ 28.0 -2.5 ↓
xBA .259 .273 0.014 ↑ .247 -0.026 ↓ .255 0.008 ↑ .228 -0.027 ↓ .276 0.048 ↑ .164 -0.112 ↓
BA .313 .287 -0.026 ↓ .244 -0.043 ↓ .265 0.021 ↑ .195 -0.070 ↓ .292 0.097 ↑ .242 -0.050 ↓
xwOBA .329 .337 0.008 ↑ .345 0.008 ↑ .336 -0.009 ↓ .320 -0.016 ↓ .363 0.043 ↑ .263 -0.100 ↓
wOBA .383 .339 -0.044 ↓ .332 -0.007 ↓ .338 0.006 ↑ .267 -0.071 ↓ .366 0.099 ↑ .336 -0.030 ↓
xSLG .396 .426 0.030 ↑ .410 -0.016 ↓ .435 0.025 ↑ .355 -0.080 ↓ .507 0.152 ↑ .267 -0.240 ↓
SLG .500 .434 -0.066 ↓ .384 -0.050 ↓ .438 0.054 ↑ .248 -0.190 ↓ .504 0.256 ↑ .394 -0.110 ↓
K% 17.5 14.2 -3.3 ↓ 19.8 5.6 ↑ 19.8 0.0 21.3 1.5 ↑ 15.0 -6.3 ↓ 20.5 5.5 ↑
BB% 10.2 8.6 -1.6 ↓ 14.0 5.4 ↑ 10.5 -3.5 ↓ 12.4 1.9 ↑ 9.4 -3.0 ↓ 12.8 3.4 ↑
Swing % 44.1 47.3 3.2 ↑ 44.8 -2.5 ↓ 45.3 0.5 ↑ 41.0 -4.3 ↓ 48.8 7.8 ↑ 40.8 -8.0 ↓
Whiff% 25.0 18.8 -6.2 ↓ 24.5 5.7 ↑ 23.3 -1.2 ↓ 23.9 0.6 ↑ 20.6 -3.3 ↓ 29.7 9.1 ↑
In Zone % 46.4 49.2 2.8 ↑ 47.2 -2.0 ↓ 46.2 -1.0 ↓ 43.2 -3.0 ↓ 45.8 2.6 ↑ 43.9 -1.9 ↓
Out of Zone % 53.6 50.8 -2.8 ↓ 52.8 2.0 ↑ 53.8 1.0 ↑ 56.8 3.0 ↑ 54.2 -2.6 ↓ 56.1 1.9 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 21.4 25.3 3.9 ↑ 24.0 -1.3 ↓ 27.1 3.1 ↑ 24.3 -2.8 ↓ 27.8 3.5 ↑ 22.7 -5.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 22.9 24.8 1.9 ↑ 29.7 4.9 ↑ 27.1 -2.6 ↓ 20.8 -6.3 ↓ 24.4 3.6 ↑ 17.9 -6.5 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 48.2 52.8 4.6 ↑ 57.4 4.6 ↑ 56.4 -1.0 ↓ 54.5 -1.9 ↓ 51.2 -3.3 ↓ 43.6 -7.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 150 .367 127 15 11.8 23 0 0.0
2017 Shifts 160 .334 121 10 8.3 39 7 17.9
2018 Shifts 410 .332 278 18 6.5 132 21 15.9
2019 Shifts 503 .338 390 43 11.0 113 41 36.3
2020 Shifts 178 .267 150 51 34.0 28 17 60.7
2021 Shifts 125 .366 107 0 0.0 18 9 50.0
2022 Shifts 39 .336 20 2 10.0 19 5 26.3
! 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 %
2016 162 16.0 38.3% 1.2% 144 23.0 9.7% 17.4%
2017 131 15.1 49.6% 0.0% 169 21.7 0.0% 7.7%
2018 462 16.9 25.8% 0.4% 312 23.6 0.3% 8.7%
2019 561 16.4 26.9% 0.5% 372 24.7 0.3% 13.4%
2020 241 15.3 44.4% 0.0% 143 24.4 0.0% 11.2%
2021 118 15.6 39.8% 1.7% 102 23.0 0.0% 6.9%
2022 32 18.3 3.1% 0.0% 38 22.5 0.0% 5.3%

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Pitch Distribution

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