Alec Marsh
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2019 | Rd: CB-B, #70, Kansas City Royals | Arizona State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 3 9 5.69 17 8 0 74.1 85 1.56
2024 8 9 4.65 25 24 0 124 121 1.27
2 Seasons 11 18 5.04 42 32 0 198.1 206 1.38
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 17 3-9 5.69 74.1 85 1.56
2024 25 8-9 4.65 124 121 1.27
2 Seasons 42 11-18 5.04 198.1 206 1.38
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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 1342 208 20 9.6 5.8 89.7 111.8 14.2 40.4 .257 .486 .381 .367 .441 41.8 24.9 11.4 5.69 5.92
2024 26 2084 357 35 9.8 6.6 89.8 113.6 14.9 38.9 .269 .467 .325 .347 .417 41.7 23.0 7.4 4.64 5.08
Player 3426 565 55 9.7 6.3 89.7 113.6 14.6 39.5 .264 .474 .347 .355 .426 41.8 23.7 9.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Marsh relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(37.5%) ,
Slider
(18.0%) ,
Curveball
(16.2%) ,
Sinker
(13.4%) ,
Changeup
(10.3%) ,
Sweeper
(4.7%) ,


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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 36.1 32.7 27.4 3.8 39.4 42.3 18.3 3.8 26.0 25.0 25.0 10.1 9.6 5.8
2024 38.7 26.6 26.1 8.7 39.8 35.0 25.2 4.8 26.6 23.8 25.8 8.7 9.8 6.6
Player 37.7 28.8 26.5 6.9 39.6 37.7 22.7 4.4 26.4 24.2 25.5 9.2 9.7 6.3
MLB 44.5 23.8 24.7 7.0 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 Sinker KC R 279 93.6 24.1 0.3 1 16.9 1.6 11
2024 Sweeper KC R 97 86.0 38.5 2.4 7 11.1 -2.3 -18
2024 Curveball KC R 336 82.8 46.9 -1.7 -3 7.5 -1.1 -13
2024 Slider KC R 375 86.6 36.0 1.3 4 3.3 -1.3 -28
2024 4-Seam Fastball KC R 782 94.1 15.9 -0.5 -3 9.7 1.8 23
2024 Changeup KC R 214 86.4 33.2 1.3 4 14.7 0.4 3
2023 Changeup KC R 200 87.0 31.2 0.2 1 14.4 -0.1 -1
2023 Curveball KC R 200 81.1 51.1 0.0 0 9.0 0.7 8
2023 Slider KC R 132 87.3 32.6 -1.2 -4 0.2 -4.0 -94
2023 Sweeper KC R 214 85.4 39.2 2.1 6 8.8 -3.8 -30
2023 Sinker KC R 96 94.1 23.8 1.1 5 16.9 1.6 10
2023 4-Seam Fastball KC R 500 94.2 15.5 -0.3 -2 8.8 1.1 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 3 782 37.5 169 .208 .389 .313 22.2 29.0 21.4 .216 .416 .318 40.0
2024 Slider -1.4 -5 375 18.0 95 .297 .473 .355 30.1 22.1 17.4 .282 .433 .322 32.9
2024 Curveball -1.9 -6 337 16.2 85 .260 .506 .354 28.1 28.2 19.4 .285 .494 .358 48.1
2024 Sinker -1.2 -3 279 13.4 92 .325 .545 .420 10.0 9.8 18.0 .334 .599 .439 51.4
2024 Changeup 1.2 3 214 10.3 57 .204 .296 .246 17.1 7.0 8.2 .330 .516 .367 39.2
2024 Sweeper -0.1 0 97 4.7 28 .154 .308 .230 46.9 50.0 30.4 .160 .301 .230 33.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -1 500 37.3 112 .256 .523 .410 25.8 28.6 23.4 .241 .489 .394 41.8
2023 Sweeper 0.1 0 214 15.9 62 .208 .472 .325 45.5 38.7 32.4 .202 .455 .320 35.5
2023 Curveball -1.7 -3 200 14.9 41 .263 .474 .341 30.4 19.5 16.7 .248 .435 .320 40.0
2023 Changeup -4.1 -8 200 14.9 59 .346 .654 .501 26.8 15.3 16.4 .300 .525 .391 37.2
2023 Slider -0.6 -1 132 9.8 34 .233 .533 .365 36.5 26.5 18.4 .253 .450 .345 47.6
2023 Sinker 2.7 3 96 7.2 34 .290 .452 .364 6.1 8.8 25.0 .341 .568 .415 53.6
! 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 205 86.4 89 15.9 2:00 2:45 -45
2024 Curveball 337 82.8 64 12.3 7:30 7:15 15
2024 4-Seam Fastball 779 94.1 85 17.5 1:15 1:15 0
2024 Sinker 271 93.6 85 18.7 1:30 2:30 -60
2024 Slider 368 86.6 18 4.4 7:45 8:30 -45
2024 Sweeper 94 86.0 34 12.3 7:45 8:30 -45
2023 Changeup 198 87.0 89 15.5 2:00 2:30 -30
2023 Curveball 199 81.1 78 15.3 7:15 7:15 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 500 94.2 85 17.3 1:15 1:00 15
2023 Sinker 95 94.1 86 18.7 1:30 2:15 -45
2023 Slider 132 87.3 15 3.6 11:00 11:30 -30
2023 Sweeper 210 85.4 34 10.2 7:30 8:15 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 342 1,342 -4 10 -9 -8 -11
2024 526 2,084 9 3 -13 -9 -10
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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 1,342 46.6 64.8 81.7 28.7 47.1 40.8 60.5 45.5 29.5 7.5 68.3
2024 2,084 50.4 67.1 85.5 27.1 52.1 42.8 61.3 47.3 23.7 8.1 78.7
Player 3,426 48.9 66.3 84.1 27.8 50.0 42.0 61.0 46.6 25.9 7.9 74.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! 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 5 31 9 3 6 44 23 30 30 61 12 74 47 53 93 55 44
2024 9 14 7 11 20 13 14 24 25 51 59 36 31 50 93 47 26
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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 23.5 16 17.2 -1 6 15 6 37.5
2024 24.3 18 20.7 -3 7 10 13 72.2
Player 23.9 34 37.9 -4 13 25 19 55.9
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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 16 13 14 21 21 17 18 16 18 15 14 19 18 15 18 21 18 13 17 21 15 18 23 19 16 14 20 19 19 14 11
2024 18 21 15 21 20 21 23 22 19 17 19 19 22 18 20 19 20 20 23 24 22 22 26 25 18 20 20 22 24 20 20
Player 34 34 29 42 41 38 41 38 37 32 33 38 40 33 38 40 38 33 40 45 37 40 49 44 34 34 40 41 43 34 31
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.2 94.0 -0.2
Offspeed Velocity 87.0 86.4 -0.6
Breaking Velocity 84.3 85.0 0.7
Exit Velocity 89.7 89.8 0.1
Launch Angle 14.2 14.9 0.7
Barrel % 9.6 9.8 0.2
Hard Hit % 41.8 41.7 -0.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 40.4 38.9 -1.5
xBA .257 .269 0.012
BA .266 .249 -0.017
xwOBA .367 .347 -0.020
wOBA .381 .325 -0.056
xSLG .486 .467 -0.019
SLG .524 .435 -0.089
K% 24.9 23.0 -1.9
BB% 11.4 7.4 -4.0
Swing % 45.5 47.3 1.8
Whiff% 29.5 23.7 -5.8
In Zone % 46.6 50.4 3.8
Out of Zone % 53.4 49.6 -3.8
Out of Zone Swing % 28.7 27.1 -1.6
First Pitch Swing % 30.4 31.9 1.5
First Pitch Strike % 60.5 61.3 0.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 342 .381 178 6 3.4 164 88 53.7
2024 Shades 526 .325 222 4 1.8 304 142 46.7
! 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 %
2023 355 15.7 39.7% 0.8% 240 19.8 0.4% 2.1%
2024 580 15.1 47.9% 0.3% 309 19.1 1.0% 0.3%

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Pitch Distribution