Hayden Wesneski
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 210LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 6, #195, New York Yankees | Sam Houston State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 3 2 2.18 6 4 0 33 33 0.94
2023 3 5 4.63 34 11 0 89.1 83 1.28
2 Seasons 6 7 3.97 40 15 0 122.1 116 1.19
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 6 3-2 2.18 33 33 0.94
2023 34 3-5 4.63 89.1 83 1.28
2 Seasons 40 6-7 3.97 122.1 116 1.19
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 24 495 89 4 4.5 3.0 84.5 110.2 14.0 23.6 .182 .263 .258 .231 .264 27.0 25.0 5.3 2.18 2.18
2023 25 1479 260 32 12.3 8.4 88.7 112.0 14.1 37.3 .266 .475 .330 .348 .414 38.1 21.9 8.4 4.63 5.23
Player 1974 349 36 10.3 7.0 87.6 112.0 14.1 33.8 .243 .419 .311 .317 .375 35.2 22.7 7.6
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

Wesneski relies on 6 pitches.
Sweeper
(36.1%) ,
Four Seamer
(29.6%) ,
Sinker
(18.9%) ,
Cutter
(10.0%) ,
Changeup
(4.9%) ,
Slider
(0.5%) ,


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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 47.2 29.2 13.5 10.1 41.6 33.7 24.7 9.0 34.8 33.7 15.7 2.2 4.5 3.0
2023 41.2 26.5 26.2 6.2 42.3 33.5 24.2 6.2 28.5 21.2 26.2 5.0 12.3 8.4
Player 42.7 27.2 22.9 7.2 42.1 33.5 24.4 6.9 30.1 24.4 23.5 4.3 10.3 7.0
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 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 433 94.3 18.6 -3.4 -23 6.9 -0.6 -8
2023 Slider CHC R 7 84.6 39.9 3.1 8 6.0 0.7 14
2023 Cutter CHC R 145 88.8 30.8 -3.5 -13 5.0 2.2 78
2023 Changeup CHC R 73 84.5 35.6 1.7 5 14.6 0.2 2
2023 Sinker CHC R 277 92.9 25.7 1.8 8 15.6 0.4 2
2023 Sweeper CHC R 526 82.0 40.5 1.0 3 17.4 3.0 20
2022 Sinker CHC R 111 91.9 25.8 2.1 9 16.8 1.7 11
2022 Cutter CHC R 61 88.7 29.0 -2.3 -9 4.0 1.6 63
2022 Changeup CHC R 38 87.2 32.0 1.0 3 15.4 0.9 6
2022 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 127 93.1 18.6 -3.2 -21 6.4 -1.0 -14
2022 Sweeper CHC R 158 81.2 40.3 -0.4 -1 18.1 2.4 15
! 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 Sweeper 1.5 8 534 36.1 129 .140 .231 .196 37.6 41.1 25.2 .196 .278 .230 23.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -7 438 29.6 115 .327 .636 .438 16.5 15.7 14.5 .326 .633 .423 49.4
2023 Sinker -1.1 -3 279 18.9 78 .273 .545 .421 14.5 6.4 11.6 .281 .481 .375 39.7
2023 Cutter -1.8 -3 148 10.0 37 .308 .654 .486 20.0 10.8 10.8 .360 .830 .552 43.5
2023 Changeup 0.0 0 73 4.9 16 .188 .188 .169 13.3 6.3 4.0 .180 .265 .188 20.0
2023 Slider -15.8 -1 7 0.5 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .629 2.102 1.109 100.0
2022 Sweeper 1.1 2 158 31.9 47 .119 .310 .232 33.3 42.6 28.2 .154 .299 .248 18.2
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.8 2 127 25.7 26 .120 .200 .158 24.2 26.9 14.0 .102 .142 .128 27.8
2022 Sinker -0.7 -1 111 22.4 34 .300 .367 .368 12.7 2.9 7.7 .238 .274 .282 34.5
2022 Cutter 2.0 1 61 12.3 16 .250 .438 .294 30.6 25.0 30.8 .266 .363 .275 33.3
2022 Changeup 1.5 1 38 7.7 9 .375 .375 .300 35.0 11.1 9.1 .191 .216 .167 12.5
! 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 66 84.6 92 15.6 2:00 2:45 -45
2023 Cutter 142 88.8 36 6.2 11:00 9:45 75
2023 4-Seam Fastball 423 94.3 80 13.6 1:15 1:00 15
2023 Sinker 263 93.0 84 17.1 1:30 2:30 -60
2023 Sweeper 507 82.0 62 18.5 8:00 8:45 -45
2022 Changeup 34 87.2 88 16.2 1:45 2:45 -60
2022 Cutter 61 88.7 37 6.5 11:30 10:30 60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 127 93.1 76 14.1 1:00 1:00 0
2022 Sinker 103 91.9 84 18.7 1:30 2:30 -60
2022 Sweeper 157 81.2 59 19.2 8:00 9:00 -60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 132 495 3 6 -2 -2 5
2023 376 1,479 5 1 -8 -4 -6
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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 495 53.5 70.9 78.2 28.3 63.1 45.5 62.9 51.1 25.7 9.5 80.9
2023 1,479 50.6 61.7 82.9 27.1 63.1 43.1 62.4 44.6 22.7 6.3 63.4
Player 1,974 51.4 64.1 81.5 27.4 63.1 43.7 62.5 46.3 23.5 7.1 69.3
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 19 83
2023 16 22 12 10 27 20 1 57 57 38 49 26 26 44 16 80
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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 23.5 3 3.8 -1 0 3 1 33.3
2023 22.6 20 15.7 4 6 15 5 25.0
Player 22.7 23 19.5 4 6 18 6 26.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
2023 20 11 10 15 16 14 17 11 13 12 16 15 18 14 17 16 16 13 18 21 16 18 25 19 11 12 18 18 19 17 16
Player 23 13 14 19 20 18 21 15 16 16 20 19 22 18 21 20 20 17 22 25 20 20 29 23 15 15 22 22 23 21 20
! 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 91.8 92.9 1.1
Offspeed Velocity 87.2 84.5 -2.7
Breaking Velocity 81.2 82.0 0.8
Exit Velocity 84.5 88.7 4.2
Launch Angle 14.0 14.1 0.1
Barrel % 4.5 12.3 7.8
Hard Hit % 27.0 38.1 11.1
Sweet Spot % 23.6 37.3 13.7
xBA .182 .266 0.084
BA .198 .242 0.044
xwOBA .231 .348 0.117
wOBA .258 .330 0.072
xSLG .263 .475 0.212
SLG .322 .460 0.138
K% 25.0 21.9 -3.1
BB% 5.3 8.4 3.1
Swing % 51.1 44.6 -6.5
Whiff% 25.7 22.7 -3.0
In Zone % 53.5 50.6 -2.9
Out of Zone % 46.5 49.4 2.9
Out of Zone Swing % 28.3 27.1 -1.2
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 29.4 -3.9
First Pitch Strike % 62.9 62.4 -0.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 132 .258 85 21 24.7 47 26 55.3
2023 Shades 372 .331 215 1 0.5 157 67 42.7
! 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 153 17.8 13.7% 2.0% 65 23.6 0.0% 9.2%
2023 458 15.0 49.8% 0.2% 231 21.0 0.9% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution