Zack Thompson
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 215LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 1, #19, St. Louis Cardinals | Kentucky
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 1 1 2.08 22 1 1 34.2 27 0.98
2023 5 7 4.48 25 9 0 66.1 72 1.42
2 Seasons 6 8 3.65 47 10 1 101 99 1.27
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 22 1-1 2.08 34.2 27 0.98
2023 25 5-7 4.48 66.1 72 1.42
2 Seasons 47 6-8 3.65 101 99 1.27
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 24 575 95 6 6.3 4.4 87.0 108.0 5.4 30.5 .233 .352 .235 .300 .329 37.9 19.9 10.3 2.08 3.72
2023 25 1168 188 13 6.9 4.5 90.3 112.5 11.6 35.6 .257 .419 .329 .329 .402 43.6 25.1 8.7 4.48 4.61
Player 1743 283 19 6.7 4.5 89.2 112.5 9.5 33.9 .250 .398 .299 .320 .378 41.7 23.4 9.2
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

Thompson relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(53.7%) ,
Curveball
(27.1%) ,
Slider
(17.0%) ,
Changeup
(2.1%) ,
Slow Curve
(0.2%) ,


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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 54.7 22.1 20.0 3.2 38.9 35.8 25.3 4.2 43.2 20.0 21.1 3.2 6.3 4.4
2023 45.7 22.3 25.5 6.4 31.4 38.3 30.3 3.7 31.9 21.8 29.3 5.9 6.9 4.5
Player 48.8 22.3 23.7 5.3 33.9 37.5 28.6 3.9 35.7 21.2 26.5 4.9 6.7 4.5
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 Slider STL L 198 85.7 32.3 -3.3 -9 1.6 -3.2 -67
2023 4-Seam Fastball STL L 627 93.6 16.2 -1.0 -7 7.1 0.2 4
2023 Curveball STL L 319 75.4 67.6 7.4 12 6.6 -3.5 -35
2023 Changeup STL L 24 86.1 24.9 -5.8 -19 9.1 -5.2 -37
2022 Slider STL L 35 88.1 29.5 -3.1 -10 0.8 -3.2 -79
2022 4-Seam Fastball STL L 312 94.8 14.5 -0.3 -2 7.9 0.6 8
2022 Changeup STL L 48 87.7 26.1 -3.2 -11 12.3 -2.1 -14
2022 Curveball STL L 180 75.0 67.4 6.1 10 7.8 -2.8 -26
! 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 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -2 627 53.7 164 .327 .476 .374 20.6 22.0 19.9 .303 .476 .365 52.6
2023 Curveball 1.8 6 319 27.3 74 .185 .246 .244 22.9 29.7 19.6 .190 .246 .251 25.0
2023 Slider 0.1 0 198 17.0 44 .205 .462 .347 33.0 29.5 27.7 .200 .445 .317 38.5
2023 Changeup -0.7 0 24 2.1 4 .250 1.000 .500 12.5 0.0 0.0 .271 .939 .489 25.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 5 312 54.3 72 .172 .250 .247 15.5 18.1 12.5 .216 .321 .287 41.2
2022 Curveball 1.8 3 180 31.3 39 .108 .216 .165 16.9 20.5 13.3 .244 .346 .282 24.1
2022 Changeup -3.2 -2 48 8.3 19 .188 .375 .311 16.0 21.1 36.4 .285 .534 .406 58.3
2022 Slider -0.5 0 35 6.1 6 .400 .400 .417 43.8 33.3 15.4 .199 .201 .268 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 24 86.1 97 14.7 10:45 10:30 15
2023 Curveball 314 75.4 94 23.4 5:30 5:30 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 622 93.6 98 16.1 11:00 11:00 0
2023 Slider 198 85.7 25 4.3 12:00 1:00 -60
2022 Changeup 44 87.7 94 15.4 10:45 10:00 45
2022 Curveball 174 75.0 92 23.1 5:15 5:15 0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 300 94.8 97 17.5 11:00 11:00 0
2022 Slider 35 88.1 28 5.0 12:00 12:30 -30
! 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 136 575 8 3 -2 -2 6
2023 286 1,168 4 12 -7 -5 4
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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 575 55.1 65.6 86.5 22.9 67.8 44.5 58.8 46.4 17.6 9.0 78.8
2023 1,168 49.9 60.7 83.3 26.8 58.0 44.7 58.2 43.8 23.7 8.7 73.5
Player 1,743 51.6 62.4 84.5 25.6 60.6 44.6 58.4 44.6 21.6 8.8 75.3
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 66 8 88 86
2023 32 31 36 48 33 65 68 17 19 62 45 32 24 42 1 90 90
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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 22.5 3 3.8 -1 1 4 1 33.3
2023 23.5 8 9.1 -1 1 10 2 25.0
Player 23.2 11 12.9 -2 2 14 3 27.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 3 5 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 2 3 6 5 5 4 4
2023 8 6 6 8 11 8 11 10 10 7 9 9 6 8 12 11 11 9 10 12 9 6 12 11 7 6 11 10 9 9 9
Player 11 10 9 11 15 12 15 13 12 10 13 12 11 12 15 15 14 12 14 16 13 10 17 15 9 9 17 15 14 13 13
! 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 94.8 93.6 -1.2
Offspeed Velocity 87.7 86.1 -1.6
Breaking Velocity 77.1 79.3 2.2
Exit Velocity 87.0 90.3 3.3
Launch Angle 5.4 11.6 6.2
Barrel % 6.3 6.9 0.6
Hard Hit % 37.9 43.6 5.7
Sweet Spot % 30.5 35.6 5.1
xBA .233 .257 0.024
BA .164 .270 0.106
xwOBA .300 .329 0.029
wOBA .235 .329 0.094
xSLG .352 .419 0.067
SLG .262 .422 0.160
K% 19.9 25.1 5.2
BB% 10.3 8.7 -1.6
Swing % 46.4 43.8 -2.6
Whiff% 17.6 23.7 6.1
In Zone % 55.1 49.9 -5.2
Out of Zone % 44.9 50.1 5.2
Out of Zone Swing % 22.9 26.8 3.9
First Pitch Swing % 29.4 25.4 -4.0
First Pitch Strike % 58.8 58.2 -0.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 136 .235 83 18 21.7 53 24 45.3
2023 Shades 286 .330 206 104 50.5 80 27 33.8
! 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 199 18.2 12.6% 2.0% 69 21.1 0.0% 7.2%
2023 361 14.7 57.3% 0.3% 201 18.1 4.5% 1.0%
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Pitch Distribution