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Anthony Kay
P | B/T: L/L | 6' 0" 225LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #31, New York Mets | Connecticut
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 1 2 5.61 11 5 0 33.2 39 1.66
3 Seasons 4 2 5.50 27 7 0 68.2 74 1.63
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 11 1-2 5.61 33.2 39 1.66
3 Seasons 27 4-2 5.50 68.2 74 1.63

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2019 24 258 44 2 4.5 85.6 104.5 6.8 29.5 .272 .399 .290 .325 .370 29.5 20.6 7.9 5.79 4.79
2020 25 409 62 5 8.1 88.7 111.8 15.4 35.5 .262 .455 .364 .352 .404 37.1 22.4 14.3 5.14 5.45
2021 26 649 96 8 8.3 86.7 111.2 7.3 46.9 .254 .426 .384 .346 .410 33.3 25 11.5 5.61 5.29
1316 202 15 7.4 87 111.8 9.6 39.6 .260 .429 .359 .344 .399 33.7 23.3 11.7
6.6 88.3 122.2 12 32.9 .242 .402 .317 .312 .363 35.6 22 8.4

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Kay relies on 5 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(58.4%) ,
Changeup
(11.4%) ,
Curveball
(10.8%) ,
Cutter
(10.8%) ,
Slider
(8.6%) ,


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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # # RHB # LHB % MPH PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Spin Ext. Whiff% PutAway%
2021 4-Seam Fastball 379 248 131 58.4 94.5 102 87 27 16 6 1 4 22 65 .310 .274 .540 .461 .407 .370 86.3 12 2383 5.8 20.5 18.2
2021 Changeup 74 70 4 11.4 86.2 13 12 3 3 0 0 0 2 10 .250 .267 .250 .301 .256 .289 80.3 -10 1774 5.8 33.3 15.4
2021 Curveball 70 42 28 10.8 77.8 14 12 3 1 1 0 1 4 8 .250 .218 .583 .448 .394 .340 95.1 0 2373 5.8 36.4 20.0
2021 Cutter 70 33 37 10.8 88.0 15 12 2 1 1 0 0 5 7 .167 .176 .250 .226 .284 .283 85.7 7 2473 5.8 24.2 15.6
2021 Slider 56 26 30 8.6 82.6 12 12 3 0 1 0 2 6 6 .250 .203 .833 .478 .438 .287 91.8 -4 2529 5.8 50.0 35.3
2020 4-Seam Fastball 231 126 105 56.5 93.6 63 50 15 5 7 0 3 16 35 .300 .247 .620 .507 .435 .384 91.3 22 2367 6.0 27.7 23.9
2020 Curveball 95 17 78 23.2 77.9 18 18 4 3 0 1 0 4 14 .222 .273 .333 .363 .234 .277 84.0 2 2540 5.9 27.3 16.7
2020 Changeup 74 70 4 18.1 86.3 13 11 2 1 1 0 0 0 12 .182 .352 .273 .451 .217 .353 87.8 9 1771 5.8 17.2 0.0
2020 Cutter 9 6 3 2.2 86.9 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .118 .333 .153 .294 .123 70.2 44 2530 5.8 33.3 40.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2019 54.5 13.6 22.7 9.1 36.4 43.2 20.5 6.8 40.9 13.6 27.3 6.8 4.5
2020 37.1 19.4 35.5 8.1 30.6 41.9 27.4 6.5 17.7 32.3 27.4 4.8 8.1
2021 47.9 21.9 27.1 3.1 35.4 31.3 33.3 4.2 39.6 16.7 25 6.3 8.3
46 19.3 28.7 5.9 34.2 37.1 28.7 5.4 33.2 20.8 26.2 5.9 7.4
45.1 22.5 25.4 7.1 36.6 37.8 25.5 3.7 33.2 24.4 24.4 5.7 6.6

Pitch Movement

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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
2021 Changeup TOR L 74 86.2 27.5 -3 -10 11.1 -3.1 -22
2021 Cutter TOR L 70 88 31.1 -3.5 -13 1.9 -0.5 -21
2021 Slider TOR L 55 82.6 44.5 5.4 14 6.5 -0.9 -12
2021 Curveball TOR L 70 77.8 55.2 0 0 8.5 -0.6 -7
2021 4-Seamer TOR L 379 94.5 15.3 -0.5 -4 5.8 -1.4 -20
2020 Cutter TOR L 9 86.9 31.6 -3.6 -13 4.8 2.3 94
2020 Curveball TOR L 95 77.9 55.7 1.3 2 10.6 1.2 12
2020 Changeup TOR L 74 86.3 26.6 -4.1 -13 10.9 -3 -22
2020 4-Seamer TOR L 231 93.6 15.7 -0.4 -2 6.4 -0.9 -12
2019 Curveball TOR L 49 78.1 54.7 -0.9 -2 10.7 0.4 4
2019 Changeup TOR L 50 85.4 29 -1.9 -6 16.4 2.4 17
2019 4-Seamer TOR L 159 93.4 15.6 0.6 4 9.5 1.6 20
! 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 %
2021 Slider 2.8 2 56 8.6 12 .25 .833 .438 50 50 35.3 .203 .478 .287 33.3
2021 Changeup 1.3 1 74 11.4 13 .25 .25 .331 33.3 15.4 15.4 .267 .301 .29 30
2021 Curveball 1.7 1 70 10.8 14 .25 .583 .396 36.4 28.6 20 .218 .448 .341 50
2021 Cutter -1.2 -1 70 10.8 15 .167 .25 .283 24.2 33.3 15.6 .176 .226 .281 42.9
2021 4-Seamer 1.1 4 379 58.4 102 .31 .54 .412 20.5 21.6 18.2 .274 .461 .371 30.8
2020 Cutter -0.1 0 9 2.2 3 .333 .333 .3 33.3 66.7 40 .118 .153 .123 0
2020 Changeup -2.3 -2 74 18.1 13 .182 .273 .219 17.2 0 0 .352 .451 .353 25
2020 Curveball 0.1 0 95 23.2 18 .222 .333 .289 27.3 22.2 16.7 .273 .363 .277 42.9
2020 4-Seamer 2.4 5 231 56.5 63 .3 .62 .453 27.7 25.4 23.9 .247 .507 .384 40
2019 Curveball -5.5 -3 49 19 13 .077 .077 .069 20 53.8 25.9 .159 .33 .198 66.7
2019 Changeup 2 1 50 19.4 13 .417 .5 .481 44.4 15.4 11.8 .306 .463 .412 10
2019 4-Seamer 0 0 159 61.6 37 .281 .344 .332 18.6 10.8 8.5 .306 .403 .358 28.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 73 86.3 91 15 10:15 10:15 0
2020 Curveball 92 78 71 17.3 4:30 4:45 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 225 93.6 83 16.5 10:45 11:15 -30
2021 Changeup 74 86.2 90 14.5 10:15 10:15 0
2021 Curveball 70 77.8 72 15.3 4:45 4:45 0
2021 Cutter 70 88 24 4.8 12:30 1:30 -60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 359 94.5 82 15.9 10:45 11:15 -30
2021 Slider 53 82.6 53 9.5 4:00 4:30 -30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 63 258 -4 -1 2 1 -2
2020 97 409 -2 -4 7 3 4
2021 156 649 4 -6 5 4 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 %
2019 258 44.2 76.3 85.1 31.9 56.5 46.5 55.6 51.6 24.1 5.4 92.9
2020 409 47.2 72.5 79.3 18.5 55 42.1 44.9 44 26.1 6.6 88.9
2021 649 46.8 72.4 80.9 26.4 56 42.2 59 47.9 25.7 7.7 86
1316 46.4 73.2 81.2 25.1 55.9 43 53.9 47.4 25.5 6.9 87.9
48.5 66.8 82 28.3 58.5 42.6 60.6 47 24.6 7.2 76

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2019 56 59 45
2020 19 27 24 26 12 56 35 43 49 45 7 46 19 56 71 54
2021 53 83 37
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 0 0.6 -1 1 1 0
2020 24.9 3 3.6 -1 0 1 3 100
2021 23.6 7 6.1 1 0 3 4 57.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
2020 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2021 7 7 6 7 7 7 6 6 7 5 7 7 6 5 5 6 6 7 5 6 5 6 5 7 6 7 6 6 5 6 7
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.4 93.4 0 93.5 0.1 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 85.4 86.3 0.9 ↑ 86.2 -0.1 ↓
Breaking Velocity 78.1 77.9 -0.2 ↓ 80 2.1 ↑
Exit Velocity 85.6 88.7 3.1 ↑ 86.7 -2 ↓
Launch Angle 6.8 15.4 8.6 ↑ 7.3 -8.1 ↓
Barrel % 4.5 8.1 3.6 ↑ 8.3 0.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 29.5 37.1 7.6 ↑ 33.3 -3.8 ↓
Sweet Spot % 29.5 35.5 6 ↑ 46.9 11.4 ↑
xBA .272 .262 -0.01 ↓ .254 -0.008 ↓
BA .263 .268 0.005 ↑ .281 0.013 ↑
xwOBA .325 .352 0.027 ↑ .346 -0.006 ↓
wOBA .29 .364 0.074 ↑ .384 0.02 ↑
xSLG .399 .455 0.056 ↑ .426 -0.029 ↓
SLG .316 .5 0.184 ↑ .519 0.019 ↑
K% 20.6 22.4 1.8 ↑ 25 2.6 ↑
BB% 7.9 14.3 6.4 ↑ 11.5 -2.8 ↓
Swing % 51.6 44 -7.6 ↓ 47.9 3.9 ↑
Whiff% 24.1 26.1 2 ↑ 25.7 -0.4 ↓
In Zone % 44.2 47.2 3 ↑ 46.8 -0.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 55.8 52.8 -3 ↓ 53.2 0.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 31.9 18.5 -13.4 ↓ 26.4 7.9 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 31.7 24.5 -7.2 ↓ 31.4 6.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 55.6 44.9 -10.7 ↓ 59 14.1 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2019 63 .290 51 6 11.8 12 6 50.0
2020 96 .368 49 11 22.4 47 24 51.1
2021 151 .392 105 9 8.6 46 18 39.1

Pitch Distribution

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