P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 11" 247 lbs | Age: 28
Draft: 2018 | Rd. 2, No. 45, San Francisco Giants | Kentucky
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 2 1 6.52 15 0 0 29 31 1.76
2024 3 4 3.90 58 0 0 80.2 75 1.21
2025 1 1 7.80 12 1 0 15 11 2.00
4 Seasons 7 8 5.11 93 1 0 149.2 145 1.47
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 15 2-1 6.52 29 31 1.76
2024 58 3-4 3.90 80.2 75 1.21
2025 12 1-1 7.80 15 11 2.00
4 Seasons 93 7-8 5.11 149.2 145 1.47
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
2022 25 474 78 5 6.4 4.3 89.5 109.6 3.2 39.7 .267 .395 .349 .317 .388 44.9 24.3 7.0 5.76 4.20
2023 26 516 91 6 6.6 4.3 88.6 111.8 2.7 36.3 .262 .389 .372 .327 .373 41.8 22.3 9.4 6.52 4.55
2024 27 1209 243 13 5.3 3.9 88.7 111.8 2.3 29.6 .249 .380 .306 .293 .356 37.4 22.3 4.2 3.90 3.56
2025 28 254 53 4 7.5 5.5 90.6 110.3 9.9 34.0 .298 .450 .399 .353 .383 49.1 15.1 12.3 7.80 5.38
Player 2453 465 28 6.0 4.2 89.0 111.8 3.4 33.1 .260 .392 .337 .311 .368 40.9 21.8 6.6
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Hjelle relies on 3 pitches.
Sinker
(50.0%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(35.8%) ,
Cutter
(14.2%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2022 59.0 41.0 10.3 29.5 1.3 38.5 37.2 24.4 26.9 23.1 9.0 11.5 14.1 15.4
2023 53.8 46.2 13.2 28.6 4.4 30.8 41.8 27.5 18.7 27.5 7.7 12.1 14.3 19.8
2024 59.3 40.7 16.9 21.0 2.9 37.9 33.7 28.4 26.7 19.3 13.2 11.1 14.4 15.2
2025 43.4 56.6 18.9 30.2 7.5 32.1 47.2 20.8 17.0 24.5 1.9 15.1 22.6 18.9
Player 56.3 43.7 15.3 24.9 3.4 35.9 37.4 26.7 24.1 22.2 10.1 11.8 15.3 16.6
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 6.4 37.2 14.1 33.3 2.6 6.4 4.3
2023 6.6 39.6 17.6 27.5 2.2 6.6 4.3
2024 4.9 45.3 13.6 26.3 4.5 5.3 3.9
2025 7.5 32.1 18.9 26.4 5.7 7.5 5.5
Player 5.8 41.3 15.1 27.7 3.9 6.0 4.2
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! 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
2025 Curveball SF R 91 85.8 39.0 -8.1 3.8GLV -2.4 -2.0 -7.9 3.8GLV -5.3
2025 Cutter SF R 36 89.6 28.2 -2.1 1.3ARM -4.0 5.6 -2.7 1.3ARM -3.5
2025 Sinker SF R 127 93.6 26.3 5.1 14.2ARM -0.1 4.9 2.5 14.2ARM -0.9
2024 Curveball SF R 416 85.8 39.5 -5.2 3.4GLV -2.1 -2.5 -7.5 3.4GLV -6.0
2024 Sinker SF R 671 94.6 26.3 5.9 15.4ARM 1.0 4.2 3.0 15.4ARM 0.5
2024 Cutter SF R 122 92.1 23.7 -0.8 3.2ARM -5.8 8.3 0.0 3.2ARM -5.9
! 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 %
2025 Sinker 0.3 0 127 50.0 34 .333 .444 .395 8.7 8.8 16.7 .307 .393 .354 46.2
2025 Curveball -3.4 -3 91 35.8 24 .318 .591 .410 41.9 29.2 17.1 .242 .448 .327 53.3
2025 Cutter -7.2 -3 36 14.2 13 .385 .615 .431 16.7 7.7 14.3 .376 .567 .404 50.0
2024 Sinker 0.8 5 671 55.5 186 .318 .438 .351 11.2 14.5 20.0 .281 .421 .321 39.7
2024 Curveball -0.2 -1 416 34.4 124 .200 .348 .262 38.0 37.1 25.1 .213 .341 .268 38.6
2024 Cutter 0.6 1 122 10.1 25 .217 .348 .263 11.5 8.0 15.4 .174 .266 .211 18.2
! 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
2025 Cutter 36 89.6 44 5.2 12:45 12:30 15
2025 Knuckle Curve 91 85.8 52 5.7 7:45 7:30 15
2025 Sinker 120 93.6 71 15.4 1:15 2:30 -75
2024 Cutter 122 92.1 57 8.5 1:15 12:45 30
2024 Knuckle Curve 413 85.8 53 5.8 7:30 7:30 0
2024 Sinker 636 94.7 76 16.4 1:30 2:45 -75
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

! Note: Data is available from 2020 through the present.
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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 115 474 -1 -1 -2 -2 -7
2023 138 516 -2 -1 -1 -3 -7
2024 335 1,209 2 12 -5 -4 5
2025 71 254 -2 -1 -2 -1 -5
Player 659 2,453 -3 9 -10 -3 -14
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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 %
2022 474 54.9 60.8 87.3 22.4 54.2 40.9 60.0 43.5 20.4 11.0 78.8
2023 516 51.4 63.0 88.6 24.7 48.4 39.1 64.5 44.4 22.3 10.7 70.9
2024 1,209 51.2 62.8 87.4 26.6 56.7 44.3 68.7 45.2 21.4 7.8 76.6
2025 254 49.6 60.3 90.8 24.2 41.9 44.1 69.4 42.1 23.4 8.7 77.3
Player 2,453 51.8 62.2 88.0 25.2 53.0 42.6 66.4 44.4 21.6 9.1 75.8
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 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
2022 48 6 1 76
2023 64 17 1 57
2024 68 33 57 70 74 64 86 53 61 44 96 16 25 59 42 3 69
2025 37 53 2 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 %
2022 22.53 3 2.4 1 1 1 2 66.7
2023 22.26 3 2.1 1 0 2 1 33.3
2024 23.37 10 9.7 0 4 4 6 60.0
2025 22.28 2 2.1 0 1 0 2 100.0
Player 22.92 18 16.3 2 6 7 11 61.1
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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
2022 3 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 3
2023 3 1 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 3 3 3 2
2024 10 11 10 7 9 11 10 10 7 7 10 9 11 9 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 10 13 13 9 9 8 10 12 10 10
2025 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 18 16 18 14 16 17 16 16 13 12 16 17 17 16 15 16 15 14 16 17 18 17 22 20 16 14 16 17 19 17 17
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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

2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023 +/-   2022
Results
BA .339 +.071 .268 -.049 .317 +.006 .311
xBA .298 +.049 .249 -.013 .262 -.005 .267
OBP .417 +.109 .308 -.091 .399 +.034 .365
xOBP .383 +.092 .291 -.061 .352 +.028 .324
SLG .532 +.134 .398 -.060 .458 +.033 .425
xSLG .450 +.070 .380 -.009 .389 -.006 .395
ISO .194 +.063 .131 -.011 .142 +.029 .113
xISO .152 +.021 .131 +.004 .127 -.001 .128
BABIP .380 +.058 .322 -.080 .402 +.002 .400
wOBA .399 +.093 .306 -.066 .372 +.023 .349
xwOBA .353 +.060 .293 -.034 .327 +.010 .317
wOBACON .443 +.069 .374 -.068 .442 +.008 .434
xwOBACON .383 +.027 .356 -.017 .373 -.015 .388
BACON .404 +.054 .350 -.072 .422 -.001 .423
xBACON .357 +.031 .326 -.026 .352 -.010 .362
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 49.1 +11.7 37.4 -4.4 41.8 -3.1 44.9
Avg Exit Velocity 90.6 +1.9 88.7 +0.1 88.6 -0.9 89.5
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 34.0 +4.4 29.6 -6.7 36.3 -3.4 39.7
Barrel % 7.5 +2.2 5.3 -1.3 6.6 +0.2 6.4
Avg Launch Angle 9.9 +7.6 2.3 -0.4 2.7 -0.5 3.2
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.1 +0.6 70.5 -1.3 71.8 -- --
Attack Angle -1° +1° -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 52.7 +1.7 51.0 +6.6 44.4 -- --
Attack Direction -1° +2° -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 31° -2° 33° 33° -- --
Swing Length 7.1 -0.1 7.2 -0.3 7.5 -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 92.7 -1.6 94.3 -0.5 94.8 +1.0 93.8
Breaking Velocity 85.8 0.0 85.8 +0.2 85.6 -0.1 85.7
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 -- -- -- 89.5 +1.0 88.5
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 4 -9 13 +7 6 +1 5
Popup % 7.5 +4.6 2.9 -1.5 4.4 +3.1 1.3
Flyball % 18.9 +2.0 16.9 +3.7 13.2 +2.9 10.3
Line Drive % 30.2 +9.2 21.0 -7.6 28.6 -0.9 29.5
Groundball % 43.4 -15.9 59.3 +5.5 53.8 -5.2 59.0
Pull % 32.1 -5.8 37.9 +7.1 30.8 -7.7 38.5
Straight Away % 47.2 +13.5 33.7 -8.1 41.8 +4.6 37.2
Opposite Field % 20.8 -7.6 28.4 +0.9 27.5 +3.1 24.4
Weak Contact % 7.5 +2.6 4.9 -1.7 6.6 +0.2 6.4
Pull Airball % 15.1 +4.0 11.1 -1.0 12.1 +0.6 11.5
Topped Contact % 32.1 -13.2 45.3 +5.7 39.6 +2.4 37.2
Under Contact % 18.9 +5.3 13.6 -4.0 17.6 +3.5 14.1
Flare/Burner Contact % 26.4 +0.1 26.3 -1.2 27.5 -5.8 33.3
Solid Contact % 5.7 +1.2 4.5 +2.3 2.2 -0.4 2.6
HR/FB % 20.0 -4.4 24.4 -0.6 25.0 -12.5 37.5
Popups 4 -3 7 +3 4 +3 1
Flyballs 10 -31 41 +29 12 +4 8
Line Drives 16 -35 51 +25 26 +3 23
Groundballs 23 -121 144 +95 49 +3 46
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 49.6 -1.6 51.2 -0.2 51.4 -3.5 54.9
Out of Zone % 50.4 +1.6 48.8 +0.2 48.6 +3.5 45.1
Edge % 44.1 -0.2 44.3 +5.2 39.1 -1.8 40.9
Zone Swing % 60.3 -2.5 62.8 -0.2 63.0 +2.2 60.8
Out of Zone Swing % 24.2 -2.4 26.6 +1.9 24.7 +2.3 22.4
In Zone Contact % 90.8 +3.4 87.4 -1.2 88.6 +1.3 87.3
Out of Zone Contact % 41.9 -14.8 56.7 +8.3 48.4 -5.8 54.2
Whiff % 23.4 +2.0 21.4 -0.9 22.3 +1.9 20.4
First Strike % 69.4 +0.7 68.7 +4.2 64.5 +4.5 60.0
First Pitch Swing % 19.4 -3.3 22.7 -4.1 26.8 +3.3 23.5
Swing % 42.1 -3.1 45.2 +0.8 44.4 +0.9 43.5
Meatball Swing % 77.3 +0.7 76.6 +5.7 70.9 -7.9 78.8
Meatball % 8.7 +0.9 7.8 -2.9 10.7 -0.3 11.0
Zone Swing & Miss % 9.2 -3.4 12.6 +1.2 11.4 -1.3 12.7
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 58.1 +14.8 43.3 -8.3 51.6 +5.8 45.8
In Zone 126 -493 619 +354 265 +5 260
Out of Zone 128 -462 590 +339 251 +37 214
Edge 112 -424 536 +334 202 +8 194
In Zone Swings 76 -313 389 +222 167 +9 158
Out of Zone Swings 31 -126 157 +95 62 +14 48
In Zone Swing & Misses 7 -42 49 +30 19 -1 20
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 18 -50 68 +36 32 +10 22
Basic
Pitches 254 -955 1,209 +693 516 +42 474
PA 73 -264 337 +198 139 +24 115
AB 62 -252 314 +194 120 +14 106
Hits 21 -63 84 +46 38 +5 33
Singles 13 -51 64 +36 28 +1 27
Doubles 6 -3 9 +3 6 +3 3
Triples 0 -1 1 0 1 +1 0
Home Runs 2 -8 10 +7 3 0 3
Walks 9 -5 14 +1 13 +5 8
Strikeouts 11 -64 75 +44 31 +3 28
K% 15.1 -7.2 22.3 0.0 22.3 -2.0 24.3
BB% 12.3 +8.1 4.2 -5.2 9.4 +2.4 7.0
HBP 0 -5 5 +1 4 +3 1
Batted Balls 53 -190 243 +152 91 +13 78
Number of Fastballs 163 -630 793 +518 275 +16 259
Number of Offspeed 0 0 0 -18 18 -15 33
Number of Breaking 91 -325 416 +193 223 +41 182
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 115 .349 76 8 10.5 39 20 51.3
2023 Shades 138 .372 79 6 7.6 59 18 30.5
2024 Shades 332 .301 182 2 1.1 150 22 14.7
2025 Shades 71 .399 39 0 0.0 32 5 15.6
! 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 %
2022 145 15.6 43.4% 2.1% 84 22.1 0.0% 7.1%
2023 115 12.9 71.3% 0.0% 109 18.5 2.8% 4.6%
2024 354 12.3 80.2% 0.0% 207 17.1 13.0% 0.5%
2025 78 14.2 56.4% 0.0% 49 17.3 8.2% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution