P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 225 lbs | Age: 30
Draft: 2016 | Rd. 1, No. 31, New York Mets | Connecticut
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 1 2 5.61 11 5 0 33.2 39 1.66
2022 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2 3 1.50
2023 0 0 6.14 16 0 0 14.2 11 1.50
5 Seasons 4 2 5.59 44 7 0 85.1 88 1.61
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 11 1-2 5.61 33.2 39 1.66
2022 1 0-0 4.50 2 3 1.50
2023 16 0-0 6.14 14.2 11 1.50
5 Seasons 44 4-2 5.59 85.1 88 1.61
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
2019 24 258 44 2 4.5 3.2 85.6 104.5 6.8 29.5 .272 .398 .290 .324 .369 29.5 20.6 7.9 5.79 4.66
2020 25 409 62 5 8.1 5.1 88.7 111.8 15.4 35.5 .267 .465 .364 .358 .416 37.1 22.4 14.3 5.14 5.63
2021 26 649 96 8 8.3 5.1 86.7 111.2 7.3 46.9 .254 .428 .384 .344 .407 33.3 25.0 11.5 5.61 5.16
2022 27 39 5 1 20.0 10.0 104.8 116.2 17.8 60.0 .291 .374 .393 .435 .588 100.0 30.0 10.0 4.50 8.96
2023 28 242 44 5 11.4 7.6 90.2 109.9 19.3 45.5 .305 .488 .352 .393 .414 40.9 16.7 13.6 6.14 6.99
Player 1597 251 21 8.4 5.3 87.9 116.2 11.5 41.0 .269 .441 .359 .355 .407 36.3 22.4 12.0
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Kay relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(54.5%) ,
Slider
(28.5%) ,
Sweeper
(13.2%) ,
Changeup
(3.7%) ,


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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 %
2019 54.5 45.5 13.6 22.7 9.1 36.4 43.2 20.5 27.3 20.5 6.8 9.1 22.7 13.6
2020 37.1 62.9 25.8 29.0 8.1 30.6 41.9 27.4 14.5 19.4 3.2 16.1 22.6 24.2
2021 47.9 52.1 21.9 27.1 3.1 35.4 31.3 33.3 22.9 15.6 9.4 12.5 15.6 24.0
2022 20.0 80.0 20.0 60.0 0.0 80.0 20.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 60.0 20.0 0.0
2023 31.8 68.2 15.9 36.4 15.9 45.5 40.9 13.6 20.5 11.4 0.0 25.0 29.5 13.6
Player 43.0 57.0 20.3 29.1 7.6 37.1 37.5 25.5 21.1 16.3 5.6 15.9 21.1 19.9
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 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
2019 6.8 40.9 13.6 27.3 6.8 4.5 3.2
2020 6.5 17.7 32.3 27.4 4.8 8.1 5.1
2021 4.2 39.6 16.7 25.0 6.3 8.3 5.1
2022 0.0 0.0 20.0 60.0 0.0 20.0 10.0
2023 2.3 20.5 25.0 31.8 9.1 11.4 7.6
Player 4.8 30.3 21.5 27.9 6.4 8.4 5.3
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
2023 Sweeper NYM L 32 81.4 40.2 -0.7 14.2GLV -0.3 1.3 -0.1 14.2GLV 0.1
2023 Slider NYM L 69 88.3 33.8 0.8 3.6GLV -0.3 1.1 0.5 3.6GLV -1.6
2023 4-Seam Fastball NYM L 132 94.5 15.7 -0.6 6.8ARM -1.4 14.9 -0.7 6.8ARM -0.7
2023 Changeup NYM L 9 86.7 31.8 0.3 13.2ARM -1.4 4.6 1.7 13.2ARM -0.9
2022 Curveball TOR L 2 79.1 58.1 3.7 9.5GLV 0.9 -14.0 4.9 9.5GLV 1.4
2022 Slider TOR L 13 83.0 44.8 5.7 6.9GLV 0.4 -4.8 6.7 6.9GLV 2.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball TOR L 24 94.5 16.9 -2.2 3.7ARM -3.9 13.9 -2.2 3.7ARM -3.9
! 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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 2 132 54.5 40 .226 .323 .324 14.3 7.5 9.1 .310 .495 .406 34.5
2023 Slider -1.9 -1 69 28.5 15 .231 .615 .393 18.8 20.0 18.8 .284 .473 .371 30.0
2023 Sweeper -4.0 -1 32 13.2 9 .250 .625 .400 50.0 55.6 33.3 .261 .452 .345 100.0
2023 Changeup -4.7 0 9 3.7 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 0.0 .547 .620 .511 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 2.5 1 24 61.5 7 .200 .400 .279 54.5 42.9 50.0 .152 .189 .336 100.0
2022 Slider -3.9 -1 13 33.3 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .637 .838 .644 100.0
2022 Curveball -19.1 0 2 5.1 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
! 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
2023 4-Seam Fastball 122 94.6 76 15.9 10:45 11:00 -15
2023 Slider 66 88.3 23 4.6 2:15 3:00 -45
2023 Sweeper 32 81.4 55 15.2 4:00 3:00 60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 24 94.5 69 13.7 10:45 11:30 -45
2022 Slider 13 83.0 50 10.2 4:15 4:30 -15
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

! Note: Data is available from 2020 through the present.
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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 63 258 2 2 -2 -1 1
2020 97 409 2 3 -5 -3 -4
2021 156 649 -4 2 -6 -4 -12
2022 10 39 0 0 0 0 0
2023 66 242 -1 4 -2 -2 -1
Player 392 1,597 0 10 -15 0 -15
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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 %
2019 258 44.2 76.3 86.2 31.9 56.5 46.5 55.6 51.6 24.1 5.4 92.9
2020 409 46.9 72.9 79.3 18.4 55.0 42.3 45.4 44.0 26.1 6.6 88.9
2021 649 46.7 72.3 81.3 26.6 57.6 42.2 59.0 47.9 25.7 7.7 86.0
2022 39 35.9 42.9 83.3 44.0 54.5 43.6 60.0 43.6 35.3 2.6 0.0
2023 242 41.7 78.2 89.9 34.8 63.3 34.7 56.1 52.9 20.3 5.0 75.0
Player 1,597 45.3 73.3 82.9 27.3 58.0 41.8 54.6 48.2 24.8 6.5 85.6
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 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
2019 51 62 29
2020 15 24 20 24 10 56 35 43 49 45 7 45 2 54 74 49 19
2021 68 85 34 11
2023 60 94 12
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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 %
2019 -- 0 0.4 0 0 1 0 --
2020 24.86 3 3.4 0 0 2 2 66.7
2021 23.56 7 4.4 3 2 2 3 42.9
2023 21.36 2 1.9 0 1 1 1 50.0
Player 23.52 12 10.2 2 3 6 6 50.0
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
2019 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
2020 3 4 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
2021 7 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 4
2023 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
Player 12 11 9 12 9 11 11 11 8 9 9 9 12 11 9 11 10 9 12 11 11 9 13 12 9 9 10 10 12 8 8
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Year to Year Changes

2023 +/-   2022 +/-   2021 +/-   2020 +/-   2019
Results
BA .241 -.045 .286 +.005 .281 +.013 .268 +.005 .263
xBA .305 +.014 .291 +.037 .254 -.013 .267 -.005 .272
OBP .364 -.036 .400 +.022 .378 +.011 .367 +.034 .333
xOBP .417 -.069 .486 +.132 .354 -.015 .369 +.028 .341
SLG .444 -.127 .571 +.052 .519 +.019 .500 +.184 .316
xSLG .488 +.114 .374 -.054 .428 -.037 .465 +.067 .398
ISO .204 -.082 .286 +.049 .237 +.005 .232 +.179 .053
xISO .183 +.099 .084 -.091 .175 -.023 .198 +.072 .126
BABIP .262 -.138 .400 +.052 .348 +.026 .322 -.019 .341
wOBA .352 -.041 .393 +.009 .384 +.020 .364 +.074 .290
xwOBA .393 -.042 .435 +.091 .344 -.014 .358 +.034 .324
wOBACON .353 -.152 .505 +.034 .471 +.048 .423 +.103 .320
xwOBACON .414 -.174 .588 +.181 .407 -.009 .416 +.047 .369
BACON .295 -.105 .400 +.004 .396 +.041 .355 +.014 .341
xBACON .375 -.196 .571 +.214 .357 -.001 .358 +.006 .352
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 40.9 -59.1 100.0 +66.7 33.3 -3.8 37.1 +7.6 29.5
Avg Exit Velocity 90.2 -14.6 104.8 +18.1 86.7 -2.0 88.7 +3.1 85.6
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 45.5 -14.5 60.0 +13.1 46.9 +11.4 35.5 +6.0 29.5
Barrel % 11.4 -8.6 20.0 +11.7 8.3 +0.2 8.1 +3.6 4.5
Avg Launch Angle 19.3 +1.5 17.8 +10.5 7.3 -8.1 15.4 +8.6 6.8
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle 12° -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 57.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -2° -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 32° -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 7.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 94.6 +0.1 94.5 +1.0 93.5 +0.1 93.4 0.0 93.4
Breaking Velocity 86.2 +3.8 82.4 +2.4 80.0 +2.1 77.9 -0.2 78.1
Offspeed Velocity 86.8 -- -- -- 86.2 -0.1 86.3 +0.9 85.4
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 5 +4 1 -7 8 +3 5 +3 2
Popup % 15.9 +15.9 0.0 -3.1 3.1 -5.0 8.1 -1.0 9.1
Flyball % 15.9 -4.1 20.0 -1.9 21.9 -3.9 25.8 +12.2 13.6
Line Drive % 36.4 -23.6 60.0 +32.9 27.1 -1.9 29.0 +6.3 22.7
Groundball % 31.8 +11.8 20.0 -27.9 47.9 +10.8 37.1 -17.4 54.5
Pull % 45.5 -34.5 80.0 +44.6 35.4 +4.8 30.6 -5.8 36.4
Straight Away % 40.9 +20.9 20.0 -11.3 31.3 -10.6 41.9 -1.3 43.2
Opposite Field % 13.6 +13.6 0.0 -33.3 33.3 +5.9 27.4 +6.9 20.5
Weak Contact % 2.3 +2.3 0.0 -4.2 4.2 -2.3 6.5 -0.3 6.8
Pull Airball % 25.0 -35.0 60.0 +47.5 12.5 -3.6 16.1 +7.0 9.1
Topped Contact % 20.5 +20.5 0.0 -39.6 39.6 +21.9 17.7 -23.2 40.9
Under Contact % 25.0 +5.0 20.0 +3.3 16.7 -15.6 32.3 +18.7 13.6
Flare/Burner Contact % 31.8 -28.2 60.0 +35.0 25.0 -2.4 27.4 +0.1 27.3
Solid Contact % 9.1 +9.1 0.0 -6.3 6.3 +1.5 4.8 -2.0 6.8
HR/FB % 28.6 +28.6 0.0 -33.3 33.3 +14.5 18.8 +18.8 0.0
Popups 7 +7 0 -3 3 -2 5 +1 4
Flyballs 7 +6 1 -20 21 +5 16 +10 6
Line Drives 16 +13 3 -23 26 +8 18 +8 10
Groundballs 14 +13 1 -45 46 +23 23 -1 24
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 41.7 +5.8 35.9 -10.8 46.7 -0.2 46.9 +2.7 44.2
Out of Zone % 58.3 -5.8 64.1 +10.8 53.3 +0.2 53.1 -2.7 55.8
Edge % 34.7 -8.9 43.6 +1.4 42.2 -0.1 42.3 -4.2 46.5
Zone Swing % 78.2 +35.3 42.9 -29.4 72.3 -0.6 72.9 -3.4 76.3
Out of Zone Swing % 34.8 -9.2 44.0 +17.4 26.6 +8.2 18.4 -13.5 31.9
In Zone Contact % 89.9 +6.6 83.3 +2.0 81.3 +2.0 79.3 -6.9 86.2
Out of Zone Contact % 63.3 +8.8 54.5 -3.1 57.6 +2.6 55.0 -1.5 56.5
Whiff % 20.3 -15.0 35.3 +9.6 25.7 -0.4 26.1 +2.0 24.1
First Strike % 56.1 -3.9 60.0 +1.0 59.0 +13.6 45.4 -10.2 55.6
First Pitch Swing % 37.9 +17.9 20.0 -11.4 31.4 +6.7 24.7 -7.0 31.7
Swing % 52.9 +9.3 43.6 -4.3 47.9 +3.9 44.0 -7.6 51.6
Meatball Swing % 75.0 +75.0 0.0 -86.0 86.0 -2.9 88.9 -4.0 92.9
Meatball % 5.0 +2.4 2.6 -5.1 7.7 +1.1 6.6 +1.2 5.4
Zone Swing & Miss % 10.1 -6.6 16.7 -2.0 18.7 -2.0 20.7 +6.9 13.8
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 36.7 -8.8 45.5 +3.1 42.4 -2.6 45.0 +1.5 43.5
In Zone 101 +87 14 -289 303 +111 192 +78 114
Out of Zone 141 +116 25 -321 346 +129 217 +73 144
Edge 84 +67 17 -257 274 +101 173 +53 120
In Zone Swings 79 +73 6 -213 219 +79 140 +53 87
Out of Zone Swings 49 +38 11 -81 92 +52 40 -6 46
In Zone Swing & Misses 8 +7 1 -40 41 +12 29 +17 12
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 18 +13 5 -34 39 +21 18 -2 20
Basic
Pitches 242 +203 39 -610 649 +240 409 +151 258
PA 66 +56 10 -146 156 +58 98 +35 63
AB 54 +47 7 -128 135 +53 82 +25 57
Hits 13 +11 2 -36 38 +16 22 +7 15
Singles 6 +6 0 -21 21 +11 10 -2 12
Doubles 5 +3 2 -7 9 +1 8 +5 3
Triples 0 0 0 -1 1 0 1 +1 0
Home Runs 2 +2 0 -7 7 +4 3 +3 0
Walks 9 +8 1 -17 18 +4 14 +9 5
Strikeouts 11 +8 3 -36 39 +17 22 +9 13
K% 16.7 -13.3 30.0 +5.0 25.0 +2.6 22.4 +1.8 20.6
BB% 13.6 +3.6 10.0 -1.5 11.5 -2.8 14.3 +6.4 7.9
HBP 2 +1 1 -2 3 +3 0 -1 1
Batted Balls 44 +39 5 -91 96 +34 62 +18 44
Number of Fastballs 132 +108 24 -425 449 +209 240 +81 159
Number of Offspeed 9 +9 0 -74 74 0 74 +24 50
Number of Breaking 69 +54 15 -111 126 +31 95 +46 49
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 63 .290 51 6 11.8 12 6 50.0
2020 Shifts 96 .368 49 11 22.4 47 24 51.1
2021 Shifts 151 .392 105 9 8.6 46 18 39.1
2022 Shifts 10 .393 9 7 77.8 1 0 0.0
2023 Shades 63 .369 41 2 4.9 22 4 18.2
! 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 %
2019 71 15.6 42.3% 1.4% 34 20.8 0.0% 2.9%
2020 106 15.6 40.6% 2.8% 89 24.4 0.0% 10.1%
2021 146 16.9 25.3% 2.1% 136 24.8 0.0% 13.2%
2022 6 13.7 50.0% 0.0% 10 23.0 0.0% 10.0%
2023 46 13.4 67.4% 0.0% 48 18.2 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution