Cody Bolton
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 210LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 6, #178, Pittsburgh Pirates | Tracy (CA) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 1 0 6.33 16 0 0 21.1 22 2.11
2024 0 0 3.00 4 0 0 6 3 0.83
2 Seasons 1 0 5.60 20 0 0 27.1 25 1.83
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 16 1-0 6.33 21.1 22 2.11
2024 4 0-0 3.00 6 3 0.83
2 Seasons 20 1-0 5.60 27.1 25 1.83
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
2023 25 455 69 7 10.1 6.5 92.6 111.1 8.8 42.0 .301 .491 .414 .392 .447 43.5 20.6 14.0 6.33 6.95
2024 26 74 17 2 11.8 9.1 89.3 109.6 15.8 35.3 .265 .462 .241 .341 .358 35.3 13.6 9.1 3.00 4.70
Player 529 86 9 10.5 7.0 91.9 111.1 10.2 40.7 .295 .486 .384 .383 .429 41.9 19.4 13.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Bolton relies on 5 pitches.
Sweeper
(31.1%) ,
Cutter
(28.4%) ,
Changeup
(20.3%) ,
Sinker
(18.9%) ,
Four Seamer
(1.4%) ,


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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
2023 39.1 21.7 37.7 1.4 40.6 39.1 20.3 2.9 29.0 14.5 36.2 5.8 10.1 6.5
2024 35.3 17.6 23.5 23.5 23.5 29.4 47.1 5.9 29.4 29.4 17.6 5.9 11.8 9.1
Player 38.4 20.9 34.9 5.8 37.2 37.2 25.6 3.5 29.1 17.4 32.6 5.8 10.5 7.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 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
2024 Sweeper SEA R 23 83.4 35.4 -2.1 -6 12.5 -1.3 -9
2024 Sinker SEA R 14 94.3 24.9 1.3 5 14.3 -1.7 -11
2024 Changeup SEA R 15 91.0 33.0 2.5 8 16.5 0.4 3
2024 Cutter SEA R 21 88.9 30.5 -4.1 -16 5.8 3.6 169
2024 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 1 93.9 14.9 0.3 2 6.6 -1.3 -16
2023 Sweeper PIT R 131 83.6 37.5 -0.8 -2 13.2 -0.4 -3
2023 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 249 95.2 16.1 -1.3 -9 5.9 -2.2 -27
2023 Changeup PIT R 75 91.7 32.9 3.6 12 14.1 -1.6 -10
! 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 %
2024 Sweeper -0.9 0 23 31.1 8 .143 .571 .338 22.2 25.0 28.6 .148 .503 .319 20.0
2024 Cutter 10.6 2 21 28.4 5 .000 .000 .000 37.5 20.0 50.0 .152 .157 .139 25.0
2024 Changeup -5.2 -1 15 20.3 6 .400 .400 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .468 .603 .423 50.0
2024 Sinker 3.7 1 14 18.9 3 .000 .000 .233 0.0 0.0 0.0 .450 .722 .571 50.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 1 1.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -3 249 54.7 58 .378 .667 .498 18.1 13.8 13.6 .331 .618 .462 57.9
2023 Sweeper -2.1 -3 131 28.8 40 .297 .351 .340 31.4 30.0 31.6 .274 .350 .303 24.0
2023 Changeup -3.0 -2 75 16.5 9 .250 .500 .400 21.4 22.2 10.5 .254 .423 .339 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
2024 Changeup 14 91.0 80 17.4 2:15 3:15 -60
2024 Cutter 21 88.9 36 7.0 10:30 9:45 45
2024 Sinker 14 94.3 70 16.0 1:15 2:15 -60
2024 Sweeper 22 83.5 55 13.5 8:45 9:15 -30
2023 Changeup 63 91.7 76 14.7 2:00 3:15 -75
2023 4-Seam Fastball 237 95.3 82 14.8 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Sweeper 124 83.6 59 13.9 8:30 9:00 -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
2023 107 455 0 0 -6 -2 -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 %
2023 455 44.2 69.7 85.0 19.3 51.0 44.0 50.5 41.5 23.3 7.3 90.9
2024 74 56.8 54.8 87.0 15.6 60.0 33.8 72.7 37.8 17.9 9.5 42.9
Player 529 45.9 67.1 85.3 18.9 51.9 42.5 54.3 41.0 22.6 7.6 82.5
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 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
2023 71 80 50
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 23.7 3 3.4 0 2 2 2 66.7
2024 18.8 1 0.8 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 22.5 4 4.3 0 2 3 2 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3
2024 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
Player 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 6 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 3 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 4 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 2023 2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.2 91.2 -4.0
Offspeed Velocity 91.7 91.0 -0.7
Breaking Velocity 83.6 83.4 -0.2
Exit Velocity 92.6 89.3 -3.3
Launch Angle 8.8 15.8 7.0
Barrel % 10.1 11.8 1.7
Hard Hit % 43.5 35.3 -8.2
Sweet Spot % 42.0 35.3 -6.7
xBA .301 .265 -0.036
BA .333 .158 -0.175
xwOBA .392 .341 -0.051
wOBA .414 .241 -0.173
xSLG .491 .462 -0.029
SLG .522 .316 -0.206
K% 20.6 13.6 -7.0
BB% 14.0 9.1 -4.9
Swing % 41.5 37.8 -3.7
Whiff% 23.3 17.9 -5.4
In Zone % 44.2 56.8 12.6
Out of Zone % 55.8 43.2 -12.6
Out of Zone Swing % 19.3 15.6 -3.7
First Pitch Swing % 19.6 18.2 -1.4
First Pitch Strike % 50.5 72.7 22.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 107 .414 61 7 11.5 46 28 60.9
2024 Shades 22 .241 9 0 0.0 13 7 53.8
! 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 %
2023 110 13.7 70.0% 0.0% 111 16.6 25.2% 0.9%
2024 25 15.5 40.0% 0.0% 12 18.2 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution


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