Kyle Wright
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 215LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 1, #5, Atlanta Braves | Vanderbilt
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 0 1 9.95 2 2 0 6.1 6 1.89
2022 21 5 3.19 30 30 0 180.1 174 1.16
2023 1 3 6.97 9 7 0 31 34 1.84
6 Seasons 24 16 4.45 60 51 0 281.1 267 1.36
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 2 0-1 9.95 6.1 6 1.89
2022 30 21-5 3.19 180.1 174 1.16
2023 9 1-3 6.97 31 34 1.84
6 Seasons 60 24-16 4.45 281.1 267 1.36
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
2018 22 128 17 2 11.8 7.1 85.8 107.9 12.3 17.6 .213 .409 .356 .356 .343 23.5 17.9 21.4 4.50 5.55
2019 23 351 61 6 9.8 6.5 90.9 113.7 12.0 41.0 .299 .549 .401 .400 .456 45.9 19.4 14.0 8.70 7.65
2020 24 641 114 9 7.9 5.4 87.1 109.3 10.1 40.4 .282 .512 .340 .387 .425 36.8 17.9 14.3 5.21 6.78
2021 25 133 20 6 30.0 17.1 96.0 111.2 13.2 30.0 .265 .678 .455 .476 .518 55.0 17.1 14.3 9.95 11.68
2022 26 2697 501 34 6.8 4.6 89.0 122.4 4.4 31.1 .244 .383 .288 .306 .365 41.1 23.6 7.2 3.19 3.89
2023 27 575 100 12 12.0 7.7 91.1 112.0 -1.4 32.0 .258 .444 .382 .352 .398 46.0 21.9 11.0 6.97 5.37
Player 4525 813 69 8.5 5.7 89.3 122.4 5.4 33.0 .255 .428 .322 .336 .388 41.5 21.9 9.7
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

Wright relies on 5 pitches.
Knuckle Curve
(47.3%) ,
Sinker
(29.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(15.5%) ,
Changeup
(6.3%) ,
Slider
(1.4%) ,


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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
2018 41.2 41.2 11.8 5.9 29.4 23.5 47.1 5.9 29.4 29.4 23.5 0.0 11.8 7.1
2019 42.6 21.3 32.8 3.3 26.2 45.9 27.9 3.3 29.5 18.0 32.8 6.6 9.8 6.5
2020 46.5 18.4 30.7 4.4 38.6 44.7 16.7 6.1 39.5 21.1 21.1 4.4 7.9 5.4
2021 45.0 45.0 10.0 0.0 50.0 35.0 15.0 5.0 35.0 20.0 5.0 5.0 30.0 17.1
2022 55.5 18.4 22.2 4.0 40.5 38.7 20.8 4.2 40.3 16.2 25.7 5.8 6.8 4.6
2023 61.0 14.0 24.0 1.0 41.0 39.0 20.0 4.0 51.0 5.0 21.0 7.0 12.0 7.7
Player 53.4 19.2 23.9 3.6 39.2 39.7 21.0 4.4 40.3 16.0 24.5 5.7 8.5 5.7
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
2023 Changeup ATL R 36 88.3 34.1 3.8 13.6ARM -1.0 0.8 4.6 13.6ARM -0.8
2023 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 89 93.3 21.0 -4.8 8.9ARM 0.7 10.2 -5.6 8.9ARM 1.5
2023 Sinker ATL R 170 92.7 27.3 2.9 14.7ARM -0.6 4.5 3.1 14.7ARM -0.3
2023 Slider ATL R 8 87.1 29.2 -4.5 0.9GLV -3.4 6.6 -5.1 0.9GLV -4.4
2023 Curveball ATL R 272 84.0 46.6 0.1 5.9GLV -1.8 -8.0 -1.9 5.9GLV -3.0
2022 Sinker ATL R 643 94.4 25.9 3.7 16.6ARM 1.1 4.9 3.4 16.6ARM 1.8
2022 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 521 95.1 17.7 -3.1 11.4ARM 3.2 12.5 -3.7 11.4ARM 4.1
2022 Curveball ATL R 918 84.7 46.6 0.3 9.0GLV 2.2 -8.6 -1.3 9.0GLV -0.1
2022 Changeup ATL R 418 88.1 35.0 5.3 15.9ARM 1.4 0.3 5.6 15.9ARM 1.7
2022 Slider ATL R 195 90.1 25.5 -4.9 1.0ARM -4.5 8.0 -6.2 1.0ARM -6.7
! 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 Curveball 1.1 3 272 47.3 75 .162 .382 .288 32.1 30.7 24.2 .222 .387 .293 39.1
2023 Sinker -4.9 -8 170 29.6 49 .568 .676 .591 7.9 4.1 5.4 .319 .493 .424 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.7 -2 89 15.5 21 .300 .500 .360 23.8 38.1 33.3 .267 .561 .360 58.3
2023 Changeup -0.7 0 36 6.3 8 .000 .000 .263 9.1 12.5 10.0 .181 .291 .387 50.0
2023 Slider -19.1 -2 8 1.4 2 1.000 1.500 1.075 33.3 0.0 -- .446 .696 .492 50.0
2022 Curveball 1.1 10 919 34.1 268 .211 .307 .263 33.9 33.2 27.3 .220 .323 .262 40.5
2022 Sinker 1.9 12 644 23.9 199 .232 .305 .303 15.7 12.1 17.9 .259 .352 .315 37.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball -2.8 -15 521 19.3 120 .356 .584 .450 23.9 18.3 14.0 .285 .537 .406 54.4
2022 Changeup 2.0 8 418 15.5 113 .151 .283 .209 31.4 31.0 24.3 .224 .386 .283 41.7
2022 Slider 1.1 2 195 7.2 38 .270 .432 .313 24.7 10.5 44.4 .280 .510 .345 27.3
! 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 35 88.3 93 14.6 2:15 3:00 -45
2023 Curveball 271 84.0 57 11.9 7:45 7:00 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 89 93.3 70 13.4 1:45 1:30 15
2023 Sinker 169 92.7 72 15.8 1:45 2:30 -45
2022 Changeup 406 88.2 94 16.9 2:30 3:15 -45
2022 Curveball 911 84.7 60 14.4 7:45 7:15 30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 517 95.1 83 16.8 1:45 1:30 15
2022 Sinker 636 94.4 82 17.9 1:45 2:30 -45
2022 Slider 192 90.1 45 7.2 1:15 12:15 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
2018 28 128 4 0 -3 -2 -1
2019 92 351 -2 1 -2 -3 -5
2020 200 757 2 7 -7 -4 -2
2021 58 220 4 2 -1 -2 2
2022 759 2,780 9 32 -9 -10 21
2023 155 575 -2 -1 -2 -5 -10
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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 %
2018 128 35.9 65.2 83.3 19.5 43.8 44.5 57.1 35.9 28.3 5.5 71.4
2019 351 42.2 67.6 88.0 22.7 45.7 35.3 49.5 41.6 24.0 7.1 68.0
2020 641 44.8 65.5 81.4 26.0 64.1 39.9 64.3 43.7 23.9 6.7 65.1
2021 133 46.6 61.3 81.6 18.3 38.5 32.3 54.3 38.3 29.4 8.3 90.9
2022 2,697 52.7 66.0 81.6 29.7 52.8 42.1 64.6 48.8 26.5 8.2 70.9
2023 575 47.8 65.8 86.7 30.3 56.0 42.3 60.0 47.3 23.2 6.4 78.4
Player 4,525 49.5 65.9 82.6 27.9 53.8 41.1 62.4 46.7 25.7 7.6 71.4
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
2018 66 91 56
2019 72 81 43
2020 5 13 9 13 5 28 38 71 51 16 7 30 32 66 60 75 37
2021 40 77 57
2022 47 42 46 53 47 13 60 35 23 55 57 58 52 65 72 81 75
2023 31 58 61 75
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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 %
2018 22.1 2 1.1 1 1 0 1 50.0
2019 20.6 4 2.7 1 2 4 0 0.0
2020 22.8 9 8.8 0 2 4 5 55.6
2021 26.4 3 3.0 0 1 1 2 66.7
2022 24.1 19 17.5 2 7 14 8 42.1
2023 26.9 5 4.4 1 2 4 2 40.0
Player 23.9 42 37.5 5 15 27 18 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
2018 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2019 4 3 2 3 3 2 4 4 2 1 2 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 1 3 3 3 1 0
2020 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 10 6 8 8 8 10 8 9 9 9 10 8 9 9 10 10 9 8 8 8 9 10 9 7
2021 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2022 19 18 12 19 17 17 20 16 14 12 12 19 19 19 18 20 18 18 20 18 20 17 22 21 12 15 20 19 21 18 15
2023 5 3 3 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 6 2 4 6 5 6 4 4 6 5 4 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 3
Player 42 38 30 40 38 37 42 38 30 29 30 41 39 38 40 41 40 38 39 40 41 40 46 44 30 31 38 39 43 36 29
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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.9 94.6 0.7 94.2 -0.4 93.0 -1.2 94.7 1.7 92.9 -1.8
Offspeed Velocity 84.0 85.6 1.6 87.7 2.1 86.8 -0.9 88.1 1.3 88.3 0.2
Breaking Velocity 82.1 85.1 3.0 86.1 1.0 84.8 -1.3 85.7 0.9 84.1 -1.6
Exit Velocity 85.8 90.9 5.1 87.1 -3.8 96.0 8.9 89.0 -7.0 91.1 2.1
Launch Angle 12.3 12.0 -0.3 10.1 -1.9 13.2 3.1 4.4 -8.8 -1.4 -5.8
Barrel % 11.8 9.8 -2.0 7.9 -1.9 30.0 22.1 6.8 -23.2 12.0 5.2
Hard Hit % 23.5 45.9 22.4 36.8 -9.1 55.0 18.2 41.1 -13.9 46.0 4.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 17.6 41.0 23.4 40.4 -0.6 30.0 -10.4 31.1 1.1 32.0 0.9
xBA .213 .299 0.086 .282 -0.017 .265 -0.017 .244 -0.021 .258 0.014
BA .182 .304 0.122 .243 -0.061 .292 0.049 .232 -0.060 .303 0.071
xwOBA .356 .400 0.044 .387 -0.013 .476 0.089 .306 -0.170 .352 0.046
wOBA .356 .401 0.045 .340 -0.061 .455 0.115 .288 -0.167 .382 0.094
xSLG .409 .549 0.140 .512 -0.037 .678 0.166 .383 -0.295 .444 0.061
SLG .455 .557 0.102 .431 -0.126 .625 0.194 .351 -0.274 .485 0.134
K% 17.9 19.4 1.5 17.9 -1.5 17.1 -0.8 23.6 6.5 21.9 -1.7
BB% 21.4 14.0 -7.4 14.3 0.3 14.3 0.0 7.2 -7.1 11.0 3.8
Swing % 35.9 41.6 5.7 43.7 2.1 38.3 -5.4 48.8 10.5 47.3 -1.5
Whiff% 28.3 24.0 -4.3 23.9 -0.1 29.4 5.5 26.5 -2.9 23.2 -3.3
In Zone % 35.9 42.2 6.3 44.8 2.6 46.6 1.8 52.7 6.1 47.8 -4.9
Out of Zone % 64.1 57.8 -6.3 55.2 -2.6 53.4 -1.8 47.3 -6.1 52.2 4.9
Out of Zone Swing % 19.5 22.7 3.2 26.0 3.3 18.3 -7.7 29.7 11.4 30.3 0.6
First Pitch Swing % 21.4 22.6 1.2 27.4 4.8 22.9 -4.5 33.5 10.6 31.6 -1.9
First Pitch Strike % 57.1 49.5 -7.6 64.3 14.8 54.3 -10.0 64.6 10.3 60.0 -4.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 28 .356 16 3 18.8 12 1 8.3
2019 Shifts 92 .401 53 3 5.7 39 11 28.2
2020 Shifts 167 .340 81 9 11.1 86 11 12.8
2021 Shifts 35 .455 15 7 46.7 20 9 45.0
2022 Shifts 738 .288 343 101 29.4 395 119 30.1
2023 Shades 155 .382 90 2 2.2 65 27 41.5
! 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 %
2018 39 15.2 48.7% 0.0% 29 27.3 0.0% 24.1%
2019 102 17.1 26.5% 0.0% 70 25.7 0.0% 12.9%
2020 202 17.0 22.3% 1.0% 106 26.7 0.0% 21.7%
2021 24 16.4 29.2% 0.0% 41 25.8 0.0% 14.6%
2022 811 16.0 36.4% 0.6% 421 23.8 0.0% 8.6%
2023 135 12.6 86.7% 0.0% 122 18.6 1.6% 1.6%

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Pitch Distribution