Adam Kolarek
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 215LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 11, #332, New York Mets | Maryland
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 0 0 8.00 12 0 0 9 4 2.22
2022 0 1 4.58 15 0 0 17.2 9 1.58
2023 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 6 7 0.50
7 Seasons 11 4 3.62 175 0 4 149.1 101 1.25
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 12 0-0 8.00 9 4 2.22
2022 15 0-1 4.58 17.2 9 1.58
2023 5 0-0 0.00 6 7 0.50
7 Seasons 175 11-4 3.62 149.1 101 1.25
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
2017 28 135 28 1 3.6 2.5 87.6 106.1 6.5 28.6 .231 .383 .408 .334 .299 39.3 10.0 10.0 6.48 4.86
2018 29 504 116 3 2.6 2.1 87.5 110.6 2.2 27.6 .238 .344 .295 .272 .298 32.8 13.5 3.5 3.93 3.08
2019 30 794 165 10 6.1 4.4 87.6 116.8 0.3 23.0 .227 .360 .280 .281 .320 35.8 19.7 7.0 3.27 3.43
2020 31 252 55 0 0.0 0.0 84.0 105.7 -0.2 18.2 .222 .269 .194 .252 .279 20.0 18.1 5.6 0.95 2.64
2021 32 190 41 3 7.3 5.9 90.1 112.0 -2.0 19.5 .286 .428 .407 .356 .341 34.1 7.8 9.8 8.00 5.54
2022 33 319 59 3 5.1 3.8 87.5 110.8 0.5 25.4 .255 .380 .359 .334 .317 39.0 11.4 10.1 4.58 4.71
2023 34 83 13 0 0.0 0.0 81.3 108.3 -1.5 15.4 .155 .195 .152 .202 .235 15.4 31.8 4.5 0.00 1.71
Player 2277 477 20 4.2 3.2 87.2 116.8 0.9 23.7 .235 .349 .297 .289 .308 33.1 15.9 6.8
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

Kolarek relies on 2 pitches.
Sinker
(77.1%) ,
Slider
(22.9%) ,


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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
2017 60.7 21.4 17.9 0.0 25.0 39.3 35.7 3.6 46.4 10.7 17.9 14.3 3.6 2.5
2018 58.6 14.7 22.4 4.3 31.0 42.2 26.7 3.4 46.6 17.2 23.3 6.9 2.6 2.1
2019 66.7 12.1 17.6 3.6 35.2 33.3 31.5 3.6 56.4 9.7 19.4 4.2 6.1 4.4
2020 63.6 16.4 16.4 3.6 47.3 34.5 18.2 9.1 47.3 20.0 23.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 70.7 9.8 17.1 2.4 26.8 51.2 22.0 9.8 43.9 9.8 29.3 0.0 7.3 5.9
2022 69.5 11.9 15.3 3.4 39.0 35.6 25.4 6.8 52.5 8.5 22.0 5.1 5.1 3.8
2023 69.2 23.1 7.7 0.0 53.8 30.8 15.4 15.4 38.5 23.1 15.4 7.7 0.0 0.0
Player 64.8 13.8 18.0 3.4 35.2 37.7 27.0 5.5 50.3 13.0 21.8 4.8 4.2 3.2
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 Sinker NYM L 64 88.4 34.9 -2.8 -7 12.4 -3.8 -23
2023 Slider NYM L 19 77.4 38.5 0.3 1 13.4 0.4 3
2022 Changeup OAK L 27 81.3 45.2 4.5 11 17.8 0.9 5
2022 Slider OAK L 52 77.2 44.3 2.9 7 8.2 -5.1 -38
2022 4-Seam Fastball OAK L 17 89.3 26.0 -1.7 -7 15.6 8.3 114
2022 Sinker OAK L 223 87.5 38.1 1.3 4 17.7 0.7 4
2021 Changeup OAK L 35 82.0 42.7 1.9 5 18.7 1.9 11
2021 Slider OAK L 20 75.9 42.5 3.0 8 9.5 -4.3 -31
2021 Sinker OAK L 133 88.6 35.4 0.3 1 18.3 0.8 4
2021 4-Seam Fastball OAK L 2 88.7 23.3 -4.3 -22 13.6 7.0 107
2020 Sinker LAD L 201 89.1 37.4 0.5 1 16.8 0.0 0
2020 Changeup LAD L 18 81.4 43.4 0.6 1 18.2 1.7 10
2020 4-Seam Fastball LAD L 10 91.2 19.6 -2.7 -16 12.1 4.6 62
2020 Slider LAD L 23 77.6 37.9 -1.9 -5 5.0 -6.2 -56
2019 4-Seam Fastball LAD L 84 91.6 19.1 -1.8 -10 13.3 5.4 69
2019 Cutter LAD L 8 83.0 36.0 -2.3 -7 2.0 -5.4 -158
2019 Sinker LAD L 566 88.9 39.3 1.6 4 18.6 0.2 1
2019 Slider LAD L 63 75.7 41.0 -3.1 -7 9.3 -0.3 -3
2019 Changeup LAD L 73 81.4 44.2 0.7 2 19.9 1.2 6
2018 4-Seam Fastball TB L 55 92.1 18.8 -1.9 -11 14.0 6.4 83
2018 Changeup TB L 111 82.4 41.1 2.0 5 20.6 4.3 26
2018 Sinker TB L 266 89.6 38.6 3.9 11 18.9 0.8 5
2018 Slider TB L 70 78.2 44.7 2.1 5 5.2 -5.1 -49
2018 Curveball TB L 1 71.8 65.9 1.5 2 8.1 -3.8 -32
2017 4-Seam Fastball TB L 14 91.4 18.2 -2.3 -15 13.5 5.6 71
2017 Sinker TB L 105 87.7 39.9 4.1 11 16.5 -0.8 -5
2017 Slider TB L 2 74.6 46.7 -1.7 -4 7.7 -4.7 -38
2017 Curveball TB L 5 66.9 62.3 1.6 3 14.8 4.7 46
2017 Changeup TB L 9 77.8 49.3 1.8 4 15.5 0.4 2
! 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 0.6 0 64 77.1 13 .182 .182 .208 17.9 23.1 21.4 .189 .248 .227 22.2
2023 Slider 5.4 1 19 22.9 9 .000 .000 .078 37.5 44.4 33.3 .108 .121 .167 0.0
2022 Sinker 0.8 2 223 69.9 60 .288 .308 .324 8.2 10.0 11.3 .257 .348 .322 34.8
2022 Slider -1.3 -1 52 16.3 8 .143 .429 .288 22.2 25.0 11.1 .098 .224 .205 20.0
2022 Changeup -0.5 0 27 8.5 6 .250 .500 .442 18.2 0.0 0.0 .171 .240 .350 50.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -9.8 -2 17 5.3 5 .600 1.400 .830 10.0 20.0 9.1 .518 1.049 .662 100.0
2021 Sinker -3.3 -4 133 70.0 40 .353 .471 .450 10.5 7.5 11.5 .258 .325 .315 28.1
2021 Changeup -3.1 -1 35 18.4 8 .286 .429 .356 17.6 0.0 0.0 .334 .491 .396 42.9
2021 Slider 0.4 0 20 10.5 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 50.0 14.3 .276 .315 .260 100.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -52.5 -1 2 1.1 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .934 3.731 1.880 100.0
2020 Sinker 4.5 9 201 79.8 60 .145 .218 .206 20.0 16.7 30.3 .206 .249 .245 23.9
2020 Slider 0.7 0 23 9.1 7 .143 .143 .129 0.0 28.6 12.5 .164 .241 .176 0.0
2020 Changeup -5.0 -1 18 7.1 4 .500 .500 .450 11.1 0.0 0.0 .587 .653 .559 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 0 10 4.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2019 Sinker 1.4 8 566 71.3 164 .250 .368 .316 21.4 14.0 22.5 .257 .361 .299 38.8
2019 4-Seam Fastball 2.7 2 84 10.6 25 .125 .375 .224 31.7 48.0 26.7 .114 .286 .184 16.7
2019 Changeup 0.2 0 73 9.2 19 .176 .412 .292 29.7 15.8 13.6 .216 .556 .355 35.7
2019 Slider -1.2 -1 63 7.9 15 .200 .400 .207 35.0 40.0 27.3 .139 .285 .173 22.2
2019 Cutter -5.2 0 8 1.0 2 .500 .500 .450 50.0 50.0 16.7 .083 .097 .079 0.0
2018 Sinker 2.3 6 266 52.8 74 .290 .348 .312 18.4 9.5 13.2 .230 .345 .282 33.3
2018 Changeup -1.7 -2 111 22.0 34 .324 .441 .332 19.6 11.8 13.8 .270 .383 .283 36.7
2018 Slider 0.1 0 70 13.9 18 .278 .444 .308 23.3 11.1 9.1 .244 .355 .256 18.8
2018 4-Seam Fastball 2.4 1 55 10.9 14 .154 .231 .204 28.0 42.9 18.2 .189 .220 .216 42.9
2018 Curveball 3.6 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 Sinker -3.8 -4 105 77.8 27 .391 .739 .538 12.5 3.7 5.6 .285 .488 .371 47.8
2017 4-Seam Fastball 7.6 1 14 10.4 7 .000 .000 .100 30.0 42.9 23.1 .086 .091 .167 0.0
2017 Changeup -2.0 0 9 6.7 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Curveball -11.4 -1 5 3.7 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .047 .064 .374 0.0
2017 Slider -6.7 0 2 1.5 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .027 .035 .362 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.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Sinker 58 88.5 77 14.5 9:15 8:45 30
2023 Slider 19 77.4 68 15.2 3:00 2:15 45
2022 Changeup 27 81.3 99 19.6 8:45 8:30 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 17 89.3 88 18.0 9:30 9:45 -15
2022 Sinker 215 87.5 93 19.1 9:15 8:30 45
2022 Slider 51 77.2 37 8.9 3:15 3:00 15
2021 Changeup 34 82.0 98 20.1 9:00 8:45 15
2021 Sinker 126 88.6 93 19.3 9:30 8:45 45
2021 Slider 19 75.9 43 10.6 3:00 2:30 30
2020 Changeup 17 81.3 100 19.5 8:45 8:30 15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 10 91.2 96 17.8 10:30 10:30 0
2020 Sinker 194 89.1 94 18.3 9:00 8:30 30
2020 Slider 22 77.6 33 8.0 2:30 1:30 60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 38 135 0 0 -1 -2 -4
2018 140 503 1 8 -2 -1 6
2019 228 812 5 14 -4 -5 10
2020 93 322 2 6 -2 -1 5
2021 51 190 -6 2 -1 -1 -6
2022 79 319 2 3 -4 -2 -1
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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 %
2017 135 49.6 68.7 91.3 23.5 56.3 39.3 65.8 45.9 16.1 11.1 73.3
2018 504 53.1 64.8 86.7 33.5 62.0 42.3 62.1 50.0 20.2 6.8 70.6
2019 794 46.0 65.5 83.3 33.3 60.8 44.2 64.4 48.1 24.3 5.8 63.0
2020 252 45.2 66.7 86.8 31.2 72.1 44.4 58.3 47.2 17.6 5.6 71.4
2021 190 46.8 62.9 94.6 22.8 69.6 34.7 62.7 41.6 12.7 9.5 66.7
2022 319 41.4 67.4 92.1 25.7 81.3 37.9 55.7 42.9 10.9 5.6 61.1
2023 83 44.6 62.2 73.9 28.3 69.2 47.0 59.1 43.4 22.2 8.4 100.0
Player 2,277 47.1 65.5 86.8 30.3 65.8 42.0 61.9 46.9 19.5 6.7 68.4
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
2017 5 43 47
2018 13 36 52
2019 81 70 79 84 76 74 67 75 56 24 67 43 86 6 28 51
2020 8 27 66
2021 4 38 74
2022 2 33 72
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 24.4 2 1.4 1 0 2 0 0.0
2018 -- 0 0.7 -1 4 1 0 --
2019 22.3 7 6.7 0 2 6 3 42.9
2020 23.8 2 2.9 -1 0 2 2 100.0
2021 24.8 2 2.0 0 0 1 1 50.0
2022 18.8 1 1.8 -1 2 1 1 100.0
Player 22.9 14 15.5 -2 8 13 7 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 1
2018 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
2019 7 7 6 10 7 6 7 5 6 4 5 10 9 6 5 8 6 4 6 9 6 6 11 7 7 6 5 9 8 6 4
2020 2 3 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 2 2 4 2 2 3 4 3 3 2 4 2 2 4 3 2 2 4 4 2 2 2
2021 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2022 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1
Player 14 16 11 21 17 15 17 15 15 9 11 23 18 13 13 20 15 13 14 19 14 14 24 19 15 11 13 19 17 13 10
! 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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 88.1 90.0 1.9 89.2 -0.8 89.2 0.0 88.6 -0.6 87.7 -0.9 88.4 0.7
Offspeed Velocity 77.8 82.4 4.6 81.4 -1.0 81.4 0.0 82.0 0.6 81.3 -0.7 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 69.1 78.1 9.0 75.7 -2.4 77.6 1.9 75.9 -1.7 77.2 1.3 77.4 0.2
Exit Velocity 87.6 87.5 -0.1 87.6 0.1 84.0 -3.6 90.1 6.1 87.5 -2.6 81.3 -6.2
Launch Angle 6.5 2.2 -4.3 0.3 -1.9 -0.2 -0.5 -2.0 -1.8 0.5 2.5 -1.5 -2.0
Barrel % 3.6 2.6 -1.0 6.1 3.5 0.0 -6.1 7.3 7.3 5.1 -2.2 0.0 -5.1
Hard Hit % 39.3 32.8 -6.5 35.8 3.0 20.0 -15.8 34.1 14.1 39.0 4.9 15.4 -23.6
Sweet Spot % 28.6 27.6 -1.0 23.0 -4.6 18.2 -4.8 19.5 1.3 25.4 5.9 15.4 -10.0
xBA .231 .238 0.007 .227 -0.011 .222 -0.005 .286 0.064 .255 -0.031 .155 -0.100
BA .290 .284 -0.006 .229 -0.055 .164 -0.065 .341 0.177 .294 -0.047 .105 -0.189
xwOBA .334 .272 -0.062 .281 0.009 .252 -0.029 .356 0.104 .334 -0.022 .202 -0.132
wOBA .408 .295 -0.113 .280 -0.015 .194 -0.086 .407 0.213 .359 -0.048 .152 -0.207
xSLG .383 .344 -0.039 .360 0.016 .269 -0.091 .428 0.159 .380 -0.048 .195 -0.185
SLG .548 .373 -0.175 .376 0.003 .224 -0.152 .523 0.299 .412 -0.111 .105 -0.307
K% 10.0 13.5 3.5 19.7 6.2 18.1 -1.6 7.8 -10.3 11.4 3.6 31.8 20.4
BB% 10.0 3.5 -6.5 7.0 3.5 5.6 -1.4 9.8 4.2 10.1 0.3 4.5 -5.6
Swing % 45.9 50.0 4.1 48.1 -1.9 47.2 -0.9 41.6 -5.6 42.9 1.3 43.4 0.5
Whiff% 16.1 20.2 4.1 24.3 4.1 17.6 -6.7 12.7 -4.9 10.9 -1.8 22.2 11.3
In Zone % 49.6 53.1 3.5 46.0 -7.1 45.2 -0.8 46.8 1.6 41.4 -5.4 44.6 3.2
Out of Zone % 50.4 46.9 -3.5 54.0 7.1 54.8 0.8 53.2 -1.6 58.6 5.4 55.4 -3.2
Out of Zone Swing % 23.5 33.5 10.0 33.3 -0.2 31.2 -2.1 22.8 -8.4 25.7 2.9 28.3 2.6
First Pitch Swing % 34.2 26.4 -7.8 36.0 9.6 23.6 -12.4 17.6 -6.0 21.5 3.9 36.4 14.9
First Pitch Strike % 65.8 62.1 -3.7 64.4 2.3 58.3 -6.1 62.7 4.4 55.7 -7.0 59.1 3.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 38 .408 24 0 0.0 14 3 21.4
2018 Shifts 140 .295 86 1 1.2 54 8 14.8
2019 Shifts 225 .280 112 2 1.8 113 20 17.7
2020 Shifts 72 .194 32 10 31.3 40 17 42.5
2021 Shifts 51 .407 29 4 13.8 22 15 68.2
2022 Shifts 79 .359 45 6 13.3 34 22 64.7
2023 Shades 22 .152 7 0 0.0 15 9 60.0
! 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 %
2017 25 17.4 12.0% 4.0% 36 20.5 2.8% 5.6%
2018 136 17.6 10.3% 0.7% 96 21.6 0.0% 7.3%
2019 222 18.7 5.9% 0.0% 147 21.4 0.7% 10.2%
2020 66 19.8 0.0% 1.5% 52 23.5 0.0% 5.8%
2021 37 20.4 0.0% 0.0% 66 22.9 0.0% 6.1%
2022 87 19.9 0.0% 2.3% 69 22.2 0.0% 8.7%
2023 29 18.0 3.4% 0.0% 9 20.0 11.1% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution