Anthony Banda
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 221LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 10, #335, Milwaukee Brewers | San Jacinto College
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 1 1 6.75 32 1 0 26.2 30 2.10
2023 0 0 6.43 10 0 0 7 6 2.00
2024 1 2 2.48 27 1 0 29 29 1.28
8 Seasons 8 8 5.06 117 7 1 147.2 138 1.56
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 32 1-1 6.75 26.2 30 2.10
2023 10 0-0 6.43 7 6 2.00
2024 27 1-2 2.48 29 29 1.28
8 Seasons 117 8-8 5.06 147.2 138 1.56
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
2017 23 418 77 3 3.9 2.6 88.5 108.5 16.3 26.0 .236 .374 .329 .304 .342 35.1 21.7 8.7 5.96 3.95
2018 24 190 43 2 4.7 3.6 90.7 110.9 14.3 25.6 .261 .410 .283 .307 .353 44.2 17.9 5.4 3.68 3.98
2019 25 59 16 3 18.8 16.7 91.3 109.9 21.3 43.8 .313 .582 .367 .374 .421 43.8 11.1 0.0 6.75 6.49
2020 26 139 25 3 12.0 8.3 88.5 109.6 9.9 32.0 .288 .547 .471 .424 .411 40.0 11.1 13.9 10.29 8.53
2021 27 610 106 5 4.7 3.3 88.5 111.6 15.5 38.7 .230 .364 .353 .292 .327 36.8 20.9 8.5 4.28 3.57
2022 28 551 90 6 6.7 4.4 84.9 109.0 15.1 44.4 .277 .431 .415 .343 .407 32.2 22.2 9.6 6.75 5.01
2023 29 160 23 2 8.7 5.7 91.1 108.5 9.6 39.1 .365 .562 .379 .479 .547 43.5 17.1 14.3 6.43 11.83
2024 30 441 78 5 6.4 4.1 86.7 117.0 15.3 33.3 .223 .359 .277 .287 .338 35.9 23.6 11.4 2.48 3.27
Player 2568 458 29 6.3 4.3 87.9 117.0 15.0 35.4 .254 .407 .350 .324 .368 36.9 20.6 9.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .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

Banda relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(39.0%) ,
Sinker
(26.3%) ,
Slider
(22.4%) ,
Changeup
(12.0%) ,
Cutter
(0.2%) ,


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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 39.0 28.6 24.7 7.8 37.7 36.4 26.0 6.5 27.3 29.9 19.5 11.7 3.9 2.6
2018 48.8 16.3 23.3 11.6 39.5 32.6 27.9 2.3 34.9 23.3 23.3 9.3 4.7 3.6
2019 25.0 43.8 25.0 6.3 50.0 37.5 12.5 0.0 25.0 31.3 12.5 12.5 18.8 16.7
2020 52.0 28.0 16.0 4.0 48.0 44.0 8.0 4.0 32.0 16.0 24.0 8.0 12.0 8.3
2021 38.7 25.5 27.4 8.5 36.8 36.8 26.4 1.9 30.2 32.1 25.5 5.7 4.7 3.3
2022 33.3 24.4 32.2 10.0 31.1 45.6 23.3 12.2 23.3 21.1 31.1 5.6 6.7 4.4
2023 43.5 17.4 30.4 8.7 34.8 34.8 30.4 4.3 34.8 4.3 39.1 8.7 8.7 5.7
2024 38.5 28.2 26.9 6.4 33.3 44.9 21.8 12.8 28.2 32.1 15.4 5.1 6.4 4.1
Player 39.1 25.8 26.9 8.3 36.5 39.7 23.8 6.8 28.6 26.4 23.8 7.4 6.3 4.3
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 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 Slider LAD L 99 85.4 39.2 3.3 9 7.0 1.4 25
2024 4-Seam Fastball LAD L 172 95.8 15.6 -1.0 -7 10.0 1.7 21
2024 Cutter LAD L 1 83.2 38.9 -5.2 -16 4.9 -9.1 -218
2024 Changeup LAD L 53 89.2 29.3 -1.0 -3 15.4 0.6 4
2024 Sinker LAD L 116 95.9 21.4 -1.2 -5 15.8 0.3 2
2023 Sinker WSH L 4 95.2 18.7 -2.5 -12 17.1 1.9 13
2023 Changeup WSH L 39 88.3 28.1 -1.5 -5 13.7 -0.9 -6
2023 4-Seam Fastball WSH L 97 95.3 15.7 -1.3 -9 11.9 4.3 57
2023 Cutter WSH L 2 90.4 26.0 -0.7 -3 2.5 -4.7 -213
2023 Slider WSH L 18 86.4 36.5 1.6 5 1.1 -3.5 -77
2022 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 175 95.2 15.0 -0.7 -5 10.9 3.3 43
2022 Changeup NYY L 206 86.6 31.6 1.0 3 14.6 0.4 3
2022 Curveball NYY L 49 81.1 48.9 -2.1 -4 7.1 -1.6 -19
2022 Sinker NYY L 115 93.0 22.7 -0.6 -3 17.5 2.3 15
2022 Slider NYY L 6 84.7 37.4 0.8 2 0.1 -5.5 -103
2021 Slider PIT L 2 80.3 46.7 4.1 10 7.5 -0.1 -1
2021 Cutter PIT L 6 85.5 34.2 -4.2 -14 0.6 -3.3 -120
2021 Curveball PIT L 83 81.0 49.3 -2.1 -4 8.8 0.1 1
2021 Changeup PIT L 227 86.2 30.6 0.4 1 15.0 0.8 6
2021 4-Seam Fastball PIT L 292 94.1 15.2 -0.4 -2 11.3 3.8 51
2020 Curveball TB L 1 79.3 50.5 -2.5 -5 9.1 -0.2 -2
2020 Changeup TB L 72 84.5 32.1 0.9 3 13.8 0.5 4
2020 Cutter TB L 7 84.5 32.8 -1.3 -4 0.2 -3.3 -105
2020 4-Seam Fastball TB L 59 92.3 17.4 -1.5 -9 11.7 4.5 63
2019 Cutter TB L 4 85.5 31.1 -0.6 -2 0.2 -2.3 -91
2019 4-Seam Fastball TB L 33 92.6 16.9 -0.3 -2 10.9 3.2 41
2019 Curveball TB L 2 80.4 48.8 -3.8 -7 6.2 -2.7 -31
2019 Changeup TB L 20 85.1 32.4 1.5 5 17.1 3.4 24
2018 Changeup TB L 31 87.2 28.9 -1.0 -3 15.3 1.4 10
2018 Cutter TB L 11 83.9 39.7 -7.6 -24 3.9 0.3 9
2018 4-Seam Fastball TB L 148 94.5 14.8 0.6 4 11.1 3.4 43
2017 Curveball AZ L 72 80.2 49.4 -1.9 -4 10.6 3.0 39
2017 4-Seam Fastball AZ L 265 93.9 15.3 -1.1 -8 10.9 2.5 30
2017 Changeup AZ L 81 85.3 29.0 -0.4 -1 13.6 -0.1 -1
! 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 1.0 2 172 39.0 45 .263 .474 .358 22.0 20.0 20.0 .247 .520 .365 50.0
2024 Sinker 2.6 3 116 26.3 33 .259 .296 .305 9.1 3.0 7.1 .285 .372 .337 32.1
2024 Slider 2.6 3 99 22.4 29 .143 .214 .148 53.3 58.6 38.6 .093 .116 .091 16.7
2024 Changeup 0.3 0 53 12.0 11 .200 .200 .227 33.3 18.2 14.3 .328 .390 .348 25.0
2024 Cutter -3.5 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -2 97 60.6 24 .316 .474 .417 20.8 20.8 12.5 .281 .500 .408 42.9
2023 Changeup 1.2 0 39 24.4 6 .250 .250 .267 21.1 0.0 0.0 .449 .651 .677 60.0
2023 Slider -1.9 0 18 11.3 5 .400 .400 .360 20.0 20.0 16.7 .616 .723 .584 25.0
2023 Sinker 2.4 0 4 2.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 Cutter 2.4 0 2 1.3 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 Changeup -4.0 -8 206 37.4 51 .400 .580 .429 20.4 21.6 18.0 .260 .456 .315 28.2
2022 4-Seam Fastball -2.8 -5 175 31.8 37 .452 .710 .514 23.3 27.0 16.1 .327 .455 .385 31.8
2022 Sinker -0.4 0 115 20.9 32 .231 .269 .311 13.7 15.6 15.6 .292 .372 .367 33.3
2022 Curveball -3.6 -2 49 8.9 12 .273 .545 .375 31.3 25.0 30.0 .206 .426 .302 50.0
2022 Slider 2.2 0 6 1.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -1 292 47.9 73 .313 .578 .398 22.4 27.4 23.3 .256 .436 .328 47.8
2021 Changeup 0.5 1 227 37.2 59 .255 .400 .325 28.8 13.6 12.5 .206 .311 .252 31.9
2021 Curveball -1.4 -1 83 13.6 18 .267 .333 .386 33.3 22.2 16.0 .164 .208 .250 18.2
2021 Cutter -18.2 -1 6 1.0 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .960 1.107 .919 0.0
2021 Slider 12.1 0 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .201 .227 .187 0.0
2020 Changeup -2.8 -2 72 51.8 21 .350 .550 .403 24.4 4.8 4.5 .300 .513 .366 36.8
2020 4-Seam Fastball -4.6 -3 59 42.4 14 .333 .889 .571 15.4 21.4 23.1 .263 .620 .482 50.0
2020 Cutter -5.3 0 7 5.0 1 -- -- .700 100.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2020 Curveball -8.8 0 1 0.7 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -6.2 -2 33 55.9 10 .500 .800 .555 5.6 10.0 25.0 .422 .724 .483 55.6
2019 Changeup 6.5 1 20 33.9 7 .143 .286 .179 0.0 0.0 0.0 .200 .463 .273 28.6
2019 Cutter 0.3 0 4 6.8 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 Curveball -3.1 0 2 3.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 2.3 3 148 77.9 41 .211 .342 .243 17.7 17.1 21.2 .249 .357 .270 39.4
2018 Changeup -4.4 -1 31 16.3 12 .273 .455 .342 25.0 16.7 20.0 .300 .567 .394 55.6
2018 Cutter -1.2 0 11 5.8 3 .500 1.000 .650 40.0 33.3 25.0 .283 .552 .464 100.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 3 265 63.4 72 .227 .364 .319 23.6 20.8 20.0 .228 .326 .275 37.3
2017 Changeup -3.7 -3 81 19.4 23 .350 .550 .426 32.5 21.7 16.7 .267 .434 .346 20.0
2017 Curveball -5.5 -4 72 17.2 19 .250 .563 .442 24.0 26.3 23.8 .231 .497 .362 45.5
! 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
2024 Changeup 53 89.2 99 16.6 9:45 9:30 15
2024 4-Seam Fastball 172 95.8 95 17.2 10:30 10:45 -15
2024 Sinker 114 95.9 95 18.1 10:30 9:45 45
2024 Slider 99 85.4 25 8.7 4:30 3:45 45
2023 Changeup 37 88.2 95 15.6 9:45 9:45 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 90 95.2 99 18.8 10:45 10:30 15
2023 Slider 17 86.3 19 3.8 5:45 5:00 45
2022 Changeup 205 86.6 97 16.1 9:45 9:30 15
2022 Curveball 48 81.1 41 12.7 5:15 4:45 30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 175 95.2 100 18.7 10:45 10:45 0
2022 Sinker 115 93.0 99 20.1 10:15 9:45 30
2021 Changeup 227 86.2 96 16.7 9:45 9:30 15
2021 Curveball 81 81.0 46 13.8 5:15 4:30 45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 292 94.1 100 19.1 10:45 10:45 0
2020 Changeup 72 84.5 97 15.4 9:45 9:30 15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 59 92.3 100 18.7 10:30 10:30 0
! 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
2017 114 418 2 0 -3 -2 -4
2018 56 190 3 1 -1 -1 2
2020 36 139 1 -4 -1 -1 -5
2021 152 610 -3 7 -4 -2 -2
2022 133 551 -7 1 -8 -2 -15
2023 35 160 1 2 -3 -1 -1
2024 118 441 7 3 -1 -1 7
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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 418 47.4 63.6 77.0 28.2 64.5 40.7 65.2 45.0 25.5 7.9 72.7
2018 190 57.9 75.5 83.1 21.3 58.8 43.2 64.3 52.6 20.0 5.8 90.9
2019 59 57.6 73.5 96.0 28.0 85.7 30.5 50.0 54.2 6.3 11.9 71.4
2020 139 48.2 61.2 80.5 19.4 64.3 46.8 58.3 39.6 23.6 7.2 70.0
2021 610 50.0 69.5 79.7 28.2 58.1 42.8 55.3 48.9 25.8 7.2 81.8
2022 551 47.0 66.0 84.2 31.2 69.2 44.5 55.2 47.5 21.0 8.9 67.3
2023 160 55.6 67.4 81.7 32.4 69.6 41.3 60.0 51.9 21.7 9.4 73.3
2024 441 52.6 69.4 81.4 25.8 48.1 43.1 63.0 48.8 26.5 6.3 60.7
Player 2,568 50.4 67.9 81.5 27.8 62.1 42.7 59.4 48.0 23.5 7.7 72.6
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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 65 54 12 18
2018 74 32 30
2020 35 9 57
2021 62 25 6 44
2022 57 19 37
2023 73 24 51
2024 79 27 42
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR

Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.9 93.8 -0.1 91.8 -2.0 91.4 -0.4 93.9 2.5 94.3 0.4 95.2 0.9 95.8 0.6
Offspeed Velocity 85.3 87.2 1.9 85.1 -2.1 84.5 -0.6 86.2 1.7 86.6 0.4 88.3 1.7 89.2 0.9
Breaking Velocity 80.2 0.0 0.0 80.4 0.0 79.3 -1.1 81.0 1.7 81.5 0.5 86.4 4.9 85.4 -1.0
Exit Velocity 88.5 90.7 2.2 91.3 0.6 88.5 -2.8 88.5 0.0 84.9 -3.6 91.1 6.2 86.7 -4.4
Launch Angle 16.3 14.3 -2.0 21.3 7.0 9.9 -11.4 15.5 5.6 15.1 -0.4 9.6 -5.5 15.3 5.7
Barrel % 3.9 4.7 0.8 18.8 14.1 12.0 -6.8 4.7 -7.3 6.7 2.0 8.7 2.0 6.4 -2.3
Hard Hit % 35.1 44.2 9.1 43.8 -0.4 40.0 -3.8 36.8 -3.2 32.2 -4.6 43.5 11.3 35.9 -7.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.0 25.6 -0.4 43.8 18.2 32.0 -11.8 38.7 6.7 44.4 5.7 39.1 -5.3 33.3 -5.8
xBA .236 .261 0.025 .313 0.052 .288 -0.025 .230 -0.058 .277 0.047 .365 0.088 .223 -0.142
BA .255 .235 -0.020 .333 0.098 .345 0.012 .287 -0.058 .361 0.074 .321 -0.040 .223 -0.098
xwOBA .304 .307 0.003 .374 0.067 .424 0.050 .292 -0.132 .343 0.051 .479 0.136 .287 -0.192
wOBA .329 .283 -0.046 .367 0.084 .471 0.104 .353 -0.118 .415 0.062 .379 -0.036 .277 -0.102
xSLG .374 .410 0.036 .582 0.172 .547 -0.035 .364 -0.183 .431 0.067 .561 0.131 .359 -0.202
SLG .431 .392 -0.039 .556 0.164 .655 0.099 .478 -0.177 .538 0.060 .429 -0.109 .330 -0.099
K% 21.7 17.9 -3.8 11.1 -6.8 11.1 0.0 20.9 9.8 22.2 1.3 17.1 -5.1 23.6 6.5
BB% 8.7 5.4 -3.3 0.0 -5.4 13.9 13.9 8.5 -5.4 9.6 1.1 14.3 4.7 11.4 -2.9
Swing % 45.0 52.6 7.6 54.2 1.6 39.6 -14.6 48.9 9.3 47.5 -1.4 51.9 4.4 48.8 -3.1
Whiff% 25.5 20.0 -5.5 6.3 -13.7 23.6 17.3 25.8 2.2 21.0 -4.8 21.7 0.7 26.5 4.8
In Zone % 47.4 57.9 10.5 57.6 -0.3 48.2 -9.4 50.0 1.8 47.0 -3.0 55.6 8.6 52.6 -3.0
Out of Zone % 52.6 42.1 -10.5 42.4 0.3 51.8 9.4 50.0 -1.8 53.0 3.0 44.4 -8.6 47.4 3.0
Out of Zone Swing % 28.2 21.3 -6.9 28.0 6.7 19.4 -8.6 28.2 8.8 31.2 3.0 32.4 1.2 25.8 -6.6
First Pitch Swing % 33.0 30.4 -2.6 33.3 2.9 19.4 -13.9 32.9 13.5 25.4 -7.5 25.7 0.3 32.8 7.1
First Pitch Strike % 65.2 64.3 -0.9 50.0 -14.3 58.3 8.3 55.3 -3.0 55.2 -0.1 60.0 4.8 63.0 3.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 114 .329 72 0 0.0 42 5 11.9
2018 Shifts 56 .283 42 15 35.7 14 3 21.4
2019 Shifts 18 .367 13 7 53.8 5 3 60.0
2020 Shifts 36 .471 24 10 41.7 12 4 33.3
2021 Shifts 152 .353 95 17 17.9 57 42 73.7
2022 Shifts 133 .415 77 9 11.7 56 30 53.6
2023 Shades 35 .379 21 0 0.0 14 0 0.0
2024 Shades 118 .277 67 1 1.5 51 26 51.0
! 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 128 15.5 45.3% 0.8% 73 23.4 0.0% 6.8%
2018 49 11.9 77.6% 0.0% 33 21.7 0.0% 3.0%
2019 22 13.2 72.7% 0.0% 5 15.1 40.0% 0.0%
2020 34 17.5 20.6% 2.9% 39 19.9 10.3% 5.1%
2021 140 14.6 52.9% 0.7% 125 24.1 0.0% 16.0%
2022 117 18.9 6.0% 1.7% 126 23.0 2.4% 15.1%
2023 28 15.4 42.9% 0.0% 36 20.3 0.0% 0.0%
2024 72 14.4 61.1% 0.0% 86 17.8 5.8% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution