James Naile
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 185LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 20, #608, Oakland Athletics | Alabama - Birmingham
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 0 5.00 7 0 0 9 5 1.11
2023 0 0 8.80 10 0 0 15.1 7 2.35
2 Seasons 0 0 7.40 17 0 0 24.1 12 1.89
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 7 0-0 5.00 9 5 1.11
2023 10 0-0 8.80 15.1 7 2.35
2 Seasons 17 0-0 7.40 24.1 12 1.89
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2022 29 126 30 2 6.7 5.4 90.1 107.6 9.2 26.7 .299 .493 .293 .362 .400 53.3 13.5 5.4 5.00 5.67
2023 30 308 64 2 3.1 2.5 91.9 110.0 5.4 35.9 .361 .484 .408 .402 .405 48.4 8.8 11.3 8.80 7.40
Player 434 94 4 4.3 3.4 91.3 110.0 6.6 33.0 .341 .487 .372 .389 .403 50.0 10.3 9.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Naile relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(55.2%) ,
Curveball
(38.6%) ,
Changeup
(3.6%) ,
Cutter
(1.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(1.0%) ,


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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
2022 50.0 23.3 23.3 3.3 36.7 33.3 30.0 3.3 36.7 16.7 30.0 6.7 6.7 5.4
2023 54.7 10.9 31.3 3.1 43.8 34.4 21.9 1.6 43.8 12.5 34.4 4.7 3.1 2.5
Player 53.2 14.9 28.7 3.2 41.5 34.0 24.5 2.1 41.5 13.8 33.0 5.3 4.3 3.4
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2023 Sinker STL R 170 91.7 29.0 5.7 24 13.3 -1.5 -10
2023 Curveball STL R 119 83.1 42.6 -5.6 -12 15.6 7.4 91
2023 Cutter STL R 5 86.9 29.8 -0.2 -1 2.4 -0.6 -20
2023 4-Seam Fastball STL R 3 92.6 19.5 -3.9 -25 6.4 0.0 0
2023 Changeup STL R 11 86.3 33.9 3.2 11 11.6 -2.7 -19
2022 Sinker STL R 56 91.8 28.3 5.7 25 14.5 0.0 0
2022 4-Seam Fastball STL R 12 91.2 26.7 -10.4 -63 7.0 0.3 5
2022 Changeup STL R 10 86.5 34.2 4.4 15 10.9 -3.1 -22
2022 Cutter STL R 16 88.2 29.6 -2.3 -8 1.5 -1.2 -44
2022 Curveball STL R 32 82.3 44.0 -5.9 -12 12.3 4.8 63
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 Sinker -3.9 -7 170 55.2 44 .459 .622 .508 12.2 4.5 5.4 .378 .530 .439 60.0
2023 Curveball -1.0 -1 119 38.6 31 .276 .310 .318 18.4 16.1 10.4 .335 .431 .355 29.2
2023 Changeup 1.8 0 11 3.6 3 .333 .333 .300 16.7 0.0 0.0 .240 .264 .223 33.3
2023 Cutter -8.2 0 5 1.6 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .603 .699 .560 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 13.1 0 3 1.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .643 .759 .618 100.0
2022 Sinker 4.3 2 56 44.4 16 .133 .133 .213 23.3 6.3 10.0 .269 .409 .317 57.1
2022 Curveball 2.9 1 32 25.4 10 .200 .200 .180 25.0 20.0 11.8 .283 .334 .276 50.0
2022 Cutter 1.9 0 16 12.7 4 .250 .250 .225 0.0 25.0 50.0 .313 .353 .299 33.3
2022 4-Seam Fastball -20.9 -3 12 9.5 3 .500 2.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .496 1.312 .743 100.0
2022 Changeup -7.3 -1 10 7.9 4 .500 1.250 .725 33.3 25.0 33.3 .340 .933 .537 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 11 86.3 85 12.2 1:45 2:45 -60
2023 Curveball 119 83.1 57 17.3 8:00 8:30 -30
2023 Sinker 141 91.8 79 14.2 1:15 2:30 -75
2022 Curveball 30 82.2 58 14.3 7:45 8:15 -30
2022 Cutter 16 88.2 38 4.6 12:15 11:30 45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 12 91.2 68 9.1 1:00 1:45 -45
2022 Sinker 51 91.7 76 15.5 1:15 2:30 -75
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 37 126 -1 1 1 0 0
2023 80 308 -1 -4 -2 -1 -8
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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 126 50.8 71.9 87.0 32.3 65.0 47.6 73.0 52.4 19.7 9.5 66.7
2023 308 54.2 64.7 89.8 22.0 71.0 40.9 67.5 45.1 14.4 8.1 76.0
Player 434 53.2 66.7 89.0 25.1 68.6 42.9 69.2 47.2 16.1 8.5 73.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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 18 1 69
2023 16 1 76 56
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 25.5 2 2.0 0 0 0 2 100.0
2023 25.5 1 1.0 0 1 0 1 100.0
Player 25.5 3 3.0 0 1 0 3 100.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2023 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.0 91.6 0.6
Offspeed Velocity 86.5 86.3 -0.2
Breaking Velocity 82.3 83.1 0.8
Exit Velocity 90.1 91.9 1.8
Launch Angle 9.2 5.4 -3.8
Barrel % 6.7 3.1 -3.6
Hard Hit % 53.3 48.4 -4.9
Sweet Spot % 26.7 35.9 9.2
xBA .299 .361 0.062
BA .229 .380 0.151
xwOBA .362 .402 0.040
wOBA .293 .408 0.115
xSLG .493 .484 -0.009
SLG .400 .479 0.079
K% 13.5 8.8 -4.7
BB% 5.4 11.3 5.9
Swing % 52.4 45.1 -7.3
Whiff% 19.7 14.4 -5.3
In Zone % 50.8 54.2 3.4
Out of Zone % 49.2 45.8 -3.4
Out of Zone Swing % 32.3 22.0 -10.3
First Pitch Swing % 35.1 31.3 -3.8
First Pitch Strike % 73.0 67.5 -5.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 37 .293 23 8 34.8 14 6 42.9
2023 Shades 80 .408 52 0 0.0 28 14 50.0
! 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 32 18.8 6.3% 9.4% 23 22.1 0.0% 0.0%
2023 57 16.2 40.4% 0.0% 90 17.6 3.3% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution