Javier Assad
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 200LBS | Age: 26
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 2 2 3.11 9 8 0 37.2 30 1.46
2023 5 3 3.05 32 10 0 109.1 94 1.23
2 Seasons 7 5 3.06 41 18 0 147 124 1.29
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 9 2-2 3.11 37.2 30 1.46
2023 32 5-3 3.05 109.1 94 1.23
2 Seasons 41 7-5 3.06 147 124 1.29
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 24 690 116 6 5.2 3.6 87.5 113.0 17.8 32.8 .255 .388 .314 .327 .350 33.6 18.1 12.0 3.11 4.49
2023 25 1710 311 28 9.0 6.2 87.6 112.4 11.4 31.2 .259 .418 .303 .330 .379 41.2 20.9 9.1 3.05 4.64
Player 2400 427 34 8.0 5.5 87.6 113.0 13.2 31.6 .258 .410 .306 .329 .371 39.1 20.2 9.9
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

Assad relies on 6 pitches.
Sinker
(30.8%) ,
Cutter
(27.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(19.2%) ,
Slider
(13.2%) ,
Curveball
(5.3%) ,
Changeup
(4.0%) ,


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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 41.4 23.3 21.6 13.8 40.5 30.2 29.3 5.2 30.2 30.2 25.9 3.4 5.2 3.6
2023 47.3 22.8 21.9 8.0 30.9 40.5 28.6 7.1 34.1 20.6 23.5 5.8 9.0 6.2
Player 45.7 23.0 21.8 9.6 33.5 37.7 28.8 6.6 33.0 23.2 24.1 5.2 8.0 5.5
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 Changeup CHC R 68 85.0 28.7 -2.6 -8 13.0 -1.0 -7
2023 Cutter CHC R 471 89.1 26.1 0.8 3 3.3 0.6 20
2023 Sinker CHC R 526 92.7 21.1 -1.2 -5 13.8 -1.0 -7
2023 Curveball CHC R 91 76.6 55.7 -2.4 -4 9.4 -0.1 -1
2023 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 328 93.1 15.7 -0.2 -2 5.3 -1.4 -21
2023 Slider CHC R 226 80.6 41.4 -0.2 0 13.4 4.5 50
2022 Sinker CHC R 215 92.3 20.0 -2.1 -10 14.2 -0.3 -2
2022 Changeup CHC R 46 85.4 29.6 -1.0 -3 14.2 0.1 1
2022 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 147 92.9 15.2 0.0 0 6.9 -0.1 -2
2022 Slider CHC R 67 81.2 37.7 -3.1 -8 10.8 2.4 28
2022 Curveball CHC R 29 75.9 58.3 -0.8 -1 10.8 0.7 7
2022 Cutter CHC R 186 88.1 28.2 -0.9 -3 3.6 0.9 36
! 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 2.3 12 526 30.8 160 .219 .336 .272 14.1 23.1 30.6 .271 .405 .319 46.8
2023 Cutter 1.2 5 471 27.5 127 .216 .414 .335 18.2 11.8 17.2 .273 .473 .363 43.8
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 328 19.2 75 .306 .468 .401 19.2 18.7 15.6 .273 .414 .378 42.9
2023 Slider 0.0 0 226 13.2 48 .149 .255 .183 44.9 39.6 21.3 .144 .288 .191 17.9
2023 Curveball -2.5 -2 91 5.3 24 .273 .545 .373 29.4 25.0 18.8 .277 .467 .348 31.3
2023 Changeup -2.3 -2 68 4.0 14 .357 .571 .396 29.2 21.4 15.0 .310 .492 .343 27.3
2022 Sinker 1.6 3 215 31.2 50 .171 .171 .252 16.8 18.0 14.1 .220 .259 .299 28.1
2022 Cutter 1.4 3 186 27.0 44 .256 .359 .338 22.6 11.4 11.4 .260 .346 .314 32.4
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 0 147 21.3 36 .281 .531 .382 24.6 16.7 12.5 .280 .548 .392 38.5
2022 Slider -2.3 -2 67 9.7 18 .294 .647 .411 26.7 22.2 13.8 .329 .621 .418 30.8
2022 Changeup -3.6 -2 46 6.7 10 .333 .444 .375 37.5 30.0 16.7 .264 .354 .314 66.7
2022 Curveball 3.1 1 29 4.2 8 .125 .125 .113 42.9 37.5 27.3 .142 .159 .132 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.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 68 85.0 99 15.8 1:45 2:00 -15
2023 Curveball 91 76.6 71 15.3 7:30 7:15 15
2023 Cutter 462 89.1 57 8.2 12:00 11:00 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 323 93.1 89 16.2 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Sinker 514 92.7 90 17.4 1:00 1:45 -45
2023 Slider 219 80.6 50 14.3 8:00 8:45 -45
2022 Changeup 43 85.4 94 16.3 1:45 2:15 -30
2022 Curveball 28 76.0 74 17.6 7:30 7:15 15
2022 Cutter 183 88.1 51 7.3 12:00 10:45 75
2022 4-Seam Fastball 145 92.9 90 17.5 1:00 12:45 15
2022 Sinker 203 92.3 90 18.7 12:45 1:45 -60
2022 Slider 65 81.3 43 11.9 8:30 9:30 -60
! 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 166 690 5 7 -5 -2 3
2023 448 1,710 17 18 -15 -7 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 690 44.3 68.6 83.3 28.4 64.2 44.9 59.6 46.2 23.2 6.2 62.8
2023 1,710 47.8 64.6 86.0 23.1 60.7 42.6 57.0 42.9 20.7 6.5 75.9
Player 2,400 46.8 65.7 85.2 24.7 61.9 43.3 57.7 43.9 21.5 6.5 72.3
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 28 18 69
2023 30 28 37 50 29 28 29 78 36 33 38 11 4 30 4 27 46
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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 21.7 4 4.1 0 0 4 1 25.0
2023 22.8 13 12.0 1 3 7 7 53.8
Player 22.6 17 16.2 1 3 11 8 47.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 4
2023 13 13 10 13 12 12 11 12 10 12 11 11 13 12 13 12 14 13 11 12 12 13 15 13 12 11 10 11 13 13 11
Player 17 16 14 16 16 16 15 16 13 16 15 14 17 17 17 17 18 17 15 16 17 18 20 18 16 15 15 15 18 17 15
! 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 91.1 91.5 0.4
Offspeed Velocity 85.4 85.0 -0.4
Breaking Velocity 79.6 79.5 -0.1
Exit Velocity 87.5 87.6 0.1
Launch Angle 17.8 11.4 -6.4
Barrel % 5.2 9.0 3.8
Hard Hit % 33.6 41.2 7.6
Sweet Spot % 32.8 31.2 -1.6
xBA .255 .259 0.004
BA .240 .231 -0.009
xwOBA .327 .330 0.003
wOBA .314 .303 -0.011
xSLG .388 .418 0.030
SLG .370 .388 0.018
K% 18.1 20.9 2.8
BB% 12.0 9.1 -2.9
Swing % 46.2 42.9 -3.3
Whiff% 23.2 20.7 -2.5
In Zone % 44.3 47.8 3.5
Out of Zone % 55.7 52.2 -3.5
Out of Zone Swing % 28.4 23.1 -5.3
First Pitch Swing % 29.5 30.1 0.6
First Pitch Strike % 59.6 57.0 -2.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 166 .314 93 23 24.7 73 37 50.7
2023 Shades 448 .303 239 6 2.5 209 38 18.2
! 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 198 17.7 16.2% 3.0% 113 24.8 0.0% 10.6%
2023 507 17.0 23.1% 0.4% 285 20.5 1.1% 1.1%
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Pitch Distribution