P | Houston Astros
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 210 lbs | Age: 27
Draft: 2017 | Rd. 6, No. 178, Pittsburgh Pirates | Tracy (CA) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 0 0 4.34 17 0 0 18.2 17 1.45
2025 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 2 1 2.00
2026 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 3 5 1.33
4 Seasons 1 0 5.60 35 0 1 45 45 1.78
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 17 0-0 4.34 18.2 17 1.45
2025 1 0-0 13.50 2 1 2.00
2026 1 0-0 3.00 3 5 1.33
4 Seasons 35 1-0 5.60 45 45 1.78
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA 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 .295 .498 .414 .391 .447 43.5 20.6 14.0 6.33 6.90
2024 26 312 57 4 7.0 4.8 87.0 113.4 15.1 33.3 .232 .388 .330 .310 .343 35.1 20.5 10.8 4.34 3.91
2025 27 40 9 1 11.1 10.0 91.3 107.2 12.7 33.3 .360 .532 .390 .382 .425 44.4 10.0 0.0 13.50 6.43
2026 28 50 7 1 14.3 7.7 91.8 101.5 10.4 42.9 .196 .320 .357 .257 .377 57.1 38.5 7.7 3.00 2.64
Player 857 142 13 9.2 6.1 90.2 113.4 11.7 38.0 .267 .444 .377 .351 .400 40.8 21.1 11.7
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .243 .408 .315 .316 .369 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Bolton relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(34.0%) ,
Sinker
(30.0%) ,
Cutter
(16.0%) ,
Changeup
(12.0%) ,
Curveball
(6.0%) ,
Sweeper
(2.0%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2023 39.1 60.9 21.7 37.7 1.4 40.6 39.1 20.3 18.8 11.6 8.7 21.7 27.5 11.6
2024 42.1 57.9 21.1 21.1 15.8 36.8 35.1 28.1 12.3 19.3 10.5 24.6 15.8 17.5
2025 33.3 66.7 11.1 44.4 11.1 22.2 44.4 33.3 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.1 33.3 22.2
2026 42.9 57.1 14.3 28.6 14.3 28.6 42.9 28.6 28.6 14.3 0.0 0.0 28.6 28.6
Player 40.1 59.9 20.4 31.0 8.5 37.3 38.0 24.6 16.2 14.8 9.2 21.1 23.2 15.5
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.1 24.6 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.7 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 2.9 29.0 14.5 36.2 5.8 10.1 6.5
2024 3.5 33.3 29.8 19.3 7.0 7.0 4.8
2025 0.0 22.2 33.3 33.3 0.0 11.1 10.0
2026 0.0 28.6 14.3 28.6 14.3 14.3 7.7
Player 2.8 30.3 21.8 28.9 6.3 9.2 6.1
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2026 Sinker HOU R 15 94.8 21.6 -0.8 16.1ARM 0.3 9.2 -1.6 16.1ARM 0.5
2026 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 17 95.3 14.1 0.1 5.1ARM -2.8 16.3 0.2 5.1ARM -2.7
2026 Changeup HOU R 6 90.3 34.9 4.1 16.4ARM 0.7 -0.9 4.7 16.4ARM 1.7
2026 Sweeper HOU R 1 83.0 38.0 -0.6 18.5GLV 5.2 2.6 -1.3 18.5GLV 4.9
2026 Curveball HOU R 3 80.0 54.0 0.3 12.6GLV 3.3 -10.8 0.2 12.6GLV 3.5
2026 Cutter HOU R 8 91.3 25.0 -0.2 5.6GLV 3.9 7.8 -0.2 5.6GLV 3.5
2025 Sinker CLE R 17 93.9 22.0 -1.1 14.4ARM -0.9 9.1 -1.7 14.4ARM -0.7
2025 Cutter CLE R 3 88.9 34.9 -8.4 7.0GLV 5.0 -0.4 -8.7 7.0GLV 4.8
2025 Sweeper CLE R 15 82.9 37.9 -1.4 14.2GLV 0.5 2.0 -1.0 14.2GLV 0.2
2025 4-Seam Fastball CLE R 5 94.3 17.0 -1.9 7.6ARM -0.1 13.7 -2.1 7.6ARM 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2026 4-Seam Fastball 2.6 0 17 34.0 4 .000 .000 .175 42.9 75.0 37.5 -- -- .175 --
2026 Sinker -4.8 -1 15 30.0 6 .333 .833 .483 11.1 16.7 25.0 .212 .383 .253 60.0
2026 Cutter -2.2 0 8 16.0 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 50.0 25.0 .326 .378 .304 0.0
2026 Changeup 5.9 0 6 12.0 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .431 .781 .510 100.0
2026 Curveball -1.2 0 3 6.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2026 Sweeper -3.5 0 1 2.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2025 Sinker -1.3 0 17 42.5 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .392 .424 .357 50.0
2025 Sweeper -2.3 0 15 37.5 5 .400 .600 .430 20.0 20.0 12.5 .314 .599 .384 50.0
2025 4-Seam Fastball -9.3 0 5 12.5 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 -- .594 .704 .564 50.0
2025 Cutter 9.5 0 3 7.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .060 .064 .059 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 4-Seam Fastball 17 95.3 84 16.6 1:00 12:45 15
2026 Sinker 15 94.8 81 18.8 1:15 2:15 -60
2025 Sinker 16 94.0 75 17.1 1:00 2:00 -60
2025 Sweeper 15 82.9 60 15.0 8:15 9:00 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 107 455 0 0 -6 -2 -8
2024 83 312 -1 2 -2 -1 -3
2025 10 40 -1 0 0 0 -1
2026 13 50 -1 1 0 0 0
Player 213 857 -3 3 -8 -3 -12
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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 53.1 44.2 50.5 41.5 23.3 7.3 90.9
2024 312 44.9 58.6 84.1 29.7 60.8 43.3 66.3 42.6 24.8 6.1 63.2
2025 40 60.0 66.7 93.8 25.0 75.0 47.5 60.0 50.0 10.0 7.5 66.7
2026 50 50.0 48.0 91.7 40.0 50.0 52.0 53.8 44.0 27.3 4.0 100.0
Player 857 45.5 64.1 85.6 24.4 57.0 44.5 57.3 42.5 23.4 6.7 80.7
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.4 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Year Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed
xERA Fastball
MPH
Fastball
Spin
Curve
Spin
Avg
EV
Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit%
GB% Extension
2023 71 80 49
2024 61 55 51
2025
2026 39 35 38 65 76 25 92 54 92 60 18 11 48
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 23.69 3 3.4 0 2 2 2 66.7
2024 23.46 3 2.9 0 1 2 1 33.3
2026 24.46 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0.0
Player 23.70 7 6.6 0 3 5 3 42.9
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3
2024 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
2026 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 7 7 5 7 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 8 6 7 6 6 7 7 6 5
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023
Results
BA .250 -.150 .400 +.153 .247 -.086 .333
xBA .196 -.164 .360 +.128 .232 -.063 .295
OBP .308 -.092 .400 +.075 .325 -.109 .434
xOBP .258 -.102 .360 +.046 .314 -.088 .402
SLG .500 .000 .500 +.062 .438 -.084 .522
xSLG .320 -.212 .532 +.144 .388 -.110 .498
ISO .250 +.150 .100 -.092 .192 +.003 .189
xISO .124 -.048 .172 +.016 .156 -.047 .203
BABIP .333 -.111 .444 +.166 .278 -.137 .415
wOBA .357 -.033 .390 +.060 .330 -.084 .414
xwOBA .257 -.125 .382 +.072 .310 -.081 .391
wOBAcon .562 +.129 .433 +.061 .372 -.109 .481
xwOBAcon .377 -.048 .425 +.082 .343 -.104 .447
BACON .429 -.015 .444 +.128 .316 -.125 .441
xBACON .336 -.064 .400 +.100 .300 -.092 .392
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 57.1 +12.7 44.4 +9.3 35.1 -8.4 43.5
Avg Exit Velocity 91.8 +0.5 91.3 +4.3 87.0 -5.6 92.6
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 42.9 +9.6 33.3 0.0 33.3 -8.7 42.0
Barrel % 14.3 +3.2 11.1 +4.1 7.0 -3.1 10.1
Avg Launch Angle 10.4 -2.3 12.7 -2.4 15.1 +6.3 8.8
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 70.6 -1.5 72.1 +0.3 71.8 +2.0 69.8
Attack Angle -7° 11° +3° +2°
Ideal Attack Angle % 40.0 -13.8 53.8 -1.8 55.6 +1.6 54.0
Attack Direction 10° +6° +4° -3°
Swing Path - Tilt 28° -5° 33° -1° 34° +2° 33°
Swing Length 7.0 -0.3 7.3 0.0 7.3 +0.2 7.1
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 94.3 +0.9 93.4 +1.5 91.9 -3.3 95.2
Breaking Velocity 80.7 -2.2 82.9 -0.8 83.7 +0.1 83.6
Offspeed Velocity 90.3 -- -- -- 91.5 -0.2 91.7
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 1 0 1 -3 4 -3 7
Popup % 14.3 +3.2 11.1 -4.7 15.8 +14.4 1.4
Flyball % 14.3 +3.2 11.1 -10.0 21.1 -0.6 21.7
Line Drive % 28.6 -15.8 44.4 +23.3 21.1 -16.6 37.7
Groundball % 42.9 +9.6 33.3 -8.8 42.1 +3.0 39.1
Pull % 28.6 +6.4 22.2 -14.6 36.8 -3.8 40.6
Straight Away % 42.9 -1.5 44.4 +9.3 35.1 -4.0 39.1
Opposite Field % 28.6 -4.7 33.3 +5.2 28.1 +7.8 20.3
Weak Contact % 0.0 0.0 0.0 -3.5 3.5 +0.6 2.9
Pull Airball % 0.0 -11.1 11.1 -13.5 24.6 +2.9 21.7
Topped Contact % 28.6 +6.4 22.2 -11.1 33.3 +4.3 29.0
Under Contact % 14.3 -19.0 33.3 +3.5 29.8 +15.3 14.5
Flare/Burner Contact % 28.6 -4.7 33.3 +14.0 19.3 -16.9 36.2
Solid Contact % 14.3 +14.3 0.0 -7.0 7.0 +1.2 5.8
HR/FB % 100.0 +100.0 0.0 -25.0 25.0 +5.0 20.0
Popups 1 0 1 -8 9 +8 1
Flyballs 1 0 1 -11 12 -3 15
Line Drives 2 -2 4 -8 12 -14 26
Groundballs 3 0 3 -21 24 -3 27
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 50.0 -10.0 60.0 +15.1 44.9 +0.7 44.2
Out of Zone % 50.0 +10.0 40.0 -15.1 55.1 -0.7 55.8
Edge % 52.0 +4.5 47.5 +4.2 43.3 -0.9 44.2
Zone Swing % 48.0 -18.7 66.7 +8.1 58.6 -11.1 69.7
Out of Zone Swing % 40.0 +15.0 25.0 -4.7 29.7 +10.4 19.3
In Zone Contact % 91.7 -2.1 93.8 +9.7 84.1 -0.9 85.0
Out of Zone Contact % 50.0 -25.0 75.0 +14.2 60.8 +7.7 53.1
Whiff % 27.3 +17.3 10.0 -14.8 24.8 +1.5 23.3
First Strike % 53.8 -6.2 60.0 -6.3 66.3 +15.8 50.5
First Pitch Swing % 15.4 -24.6 40.0 +8.7 31.3 +11.7 19.6
Swing % 44.0 -6.0 50.0 +7.4 42.6 +1.1 41.5
Meatball Swing % 100.0 +33.3 66.7 +3.5 63.2 -27.7 90.9
Meatball % 4.0 -3.5 7.5 +1.4 6.1 -1.2 7.3
Zone Swing & Miss % 8.3 +2.0 6.3 -9.6 15.9 +0.9 15.0
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 50.0 +25.0 25.0 -14.2 39.2 -7.7 46.9
In Zone 25 +1 24 -116 140 -61 201
Out of Zone 25 +9 16 -156 172 -82 254
Edge 26 +7 19 -116 135 -66 201
In Zone Swings 12 -4 16 -66 82 -58 140
Out of Zone Swings 10 +6 4 -47 51 +2 49
In Zone Swing & Misses 1 0 1 -12 13 -8 21
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 5 +4 1 -19 20 -3 23
Basic
Pitches 50 +10 40 -272 312 -143 455
PA 13 +3 10 -73 83 -24 107
AB 12 +2 10 -63 73 -17 90
Hits 3 -1 4 -14 18 -12 30
Singles 2 -1 3 -8 11 -8 19
Doubles 0 -1 1 -2 3 -5 8
Triples 0 0 0 -1 1 +1 0
Home Runs 1 +1 0 -3 3 0 3
Walks 1 +1 0 -9 9 -6 15
Strikeouts 5 +4 1 -16 17 -5 22
K% 38.5 +28.5 10.0 -10.5 20.5 -0.1 20.6
BB% 7.7 +7.7 0.0 -10.8 10.8 -3.2 14.0
HBP 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Batted Balls 7 -2 9 -48 57 -12 69
Number of Fastballs 40 +15 25 -173 198 -51 249
Number of Offspeed 6 +6 0 -37 37 -38 75
Number of Breaking 3 +3 0 0 0 0 0
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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 83 .330 43 4 9.3 40 28 70.0
2025 Shades 10 .390 7 0 0.0 3 3 100.0
2026 Shades 13 .357 7 1 14.3 6 5 83.3
! 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 85 15.6 37.6% 0.0% 62 18.2 6.5% 3.2%
2025 6 16.4 33.3% 0.0% 14 18.7 0.0% 0.0%
2026 15 14.2 80.0% 0.0% 9 17.7 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution