Austin Adams
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 205LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 5, #155, Cleveland Indians | Faulkner University
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 2 0 3.78 28 0 1 33.1 23 1.50
2016 0 0 9.82 19 0 0 18.1 17 1.85
2019 0 0 7.02 15 0 0 16.2 14 1.86
4 Seasons 2 0 6.45 68 0 1 75.1 58 1.66
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 28 2-0 3.78 33.1 23 1.50
2016 19 0-0 9.82 18.1 17 1.85
2019 15 0-0 7.02 16.2 14 1.86
4 Seasons 68 2-0 6.45 75.1 58 1.66
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
2015 28 528 113 6 5.3 4.0 89.2 111.9 10.5 34.5 .260 .421 .334 .330 .357 37.2 15.4 8.7 3.78 4.55
2016 29 317 64 5 7.8 5.7 93.9 112.0 10.1 34.4 .289 .530 .439 .370 .444 39.1 19.3 8.0 9.82 6.05
2019 32 318 53 5 9.4 6.3 91.3 108.3 16.2 32.1 .261 .535 .379 .387 .421 49.1 17.5 16.3 7.02 7.05
Player 1163 230 16 7.0 5.0 91.0 112.0 11.8 33.9 .268 .479 .374 .356 .396 40.4 17.0 10.4
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

Adams relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(54.6%) ,
Slider
(38.7%) ,
Changeup
(6.7%) ,


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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
2015 47.8 22.1 23.9 6.2 27.4 41.6 31.0 4.4 31.0 24.8 23.0 7.1 5.3 4.0
2016 45.3 21.9 29.7 3.1 37.5 45.3 17.2 0.0 35.9 17.2 23.4 7.8 7.8 5.7
2019 41.5 28.3 20.8 9.4 34.0 35.8 30.2 1.9 32.1 26.4 24.5 5.7 9.4 6.3
Player 45.7 23.5 24.8 6.1 31.7 41.3 27.0 2.6 32.6 23.0 23.5 7.0 7.0 5.0
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
2019 4-Seam Fastball DET R 172 96.2 12.6 1.8 12 3.6 -4.3 -54
2019 Changeup DET R 21 89.9 26.3 -1.3 -5 14.2 -0.2 -1
2019 Slider DET R 122 86.8 38.4 4.2 12 4.7 0.8 19
2016 Changeup CLE R 27 89.4 29.9 1.2 4 10.2 -2.5 -20
2016 4-Seam Fastball CLE R 193 96.8 13.8 0.7 5 4.4 -2.9 -40
2016 Slider CLE R 86 86.7 39.8 6.0 18 6.5 2.2 49
2015 Slider CLE R 103 87.5 37.5 4.5 14 6.8 2.4 55
2015 4-Seam Fastball CLE R 376 97.6 12.1 2.3 16 3.4 -4.3 -56
2015 Changeup CLE R 42 90.0 26.6 -2.4 -8 12.0 -0.3 -3
! 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 %
2019 4-Seam Fastball -4.5 -8 172 54.1 54 .349 .651 .480 13.7 11.1 16.7 .309 .602 .442 54.1
2019 Slider 1.9 2 122 38.4 20 .111 .333 .198 37.7 30.0 15.8 .211 .515 .337 46.2
2019 Changeup -2.1 0 21 6.6 5 .200 .200 .180 50.0 40.0 25.0 .022 .029 .025 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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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 30 100 -1 -2 0 0 -3
2015 149 528 6 -3 -3 -1 0
2016 87 313 -2 -7 -4 -1 -13
2019 79 315 -2 3 -5 -1 -6
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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 %
2015 528 54.5 72.2 82.7 32.1 57.1 40.0 70.5 54.0 24.2 9.3 83.7
2016 317 47.0 65.1 88.7 29.2 46.9 41.0 63.6 46.1 24.7 7.3 69.6
2019 318 47.3 63.1 86.2 25.3 47.6 44.8 57.0 43.1 26.3 7.3 69.6
Player 1,163 50.5 68.1 85.0 29.3 51.8 41.6 65.2 48.8 24.8 8.2 76.8
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
2015 97 78 71
2016 94 64 77
2019 89 39 68
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.6 5 4.5 1 2 3 2 40.0
2019 23.4 4 3.6 0 5 0 3 75.0
Player 23.0 9 8.1 1 7 3 5 55.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 3 5 5 4 4 5 5 3 5 5 5 4 3 6 6 4 5 4 6 4 5 3
2019 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 3 3
Player 9 7 7 9 8 7 8 8 7 6 8 9 11 7 8 8 6 8 8 9 8 9 11 9 7 8 7 11 9 8 6
! 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 2015 2016 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.6 96.7 -0.9
Offspeed Velocity 90.0 89.4 -0.6
Breaking Velocity 87.5 86.7 -0.8
Exit Velocity 89.2 93.9 4.7
Launch Angle 10.5 10.1 -0.4
Barrel % 5.3 7.8 2.5
Hard Hit % 37.2 39.1 1.9
Sweet Spot % 34.5 34.4 -0.1
xBA .260 .289 0.029
BA .276 .333 0.057
xwOBA .330 .370 0.040
wOBA .334 .439 0.105
xSLG .421 .530 0.109
SLG .425 .679 0.254
K% 15.4 19.3 3.9
BB% 8.7 8.0 -0.7
Swing % 54.0 46.1 -7.9
Whiff% 24.2 24.7 0.5
In Zone % 54.5 47.0 -7.5
Out of Zone % 45.5 53.0 7.5
Out of Zone Swing % 32.1 29.2 -2.9
First Pitch Swing % 44.3 35.2 -9.1
First Pitch Strike % 70.5 63.6 -6.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 82 .425 43 0 0.0 39 5 12.8
2019 Shifts 71 .402 37 5 13.5 34 23 67.6
! 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 %
2014 25 17.8 12.0% 0.0% 15 20.0 6.7% 0.0%
2015 110 19.0 17.3% 10.0% 107 24.2 2.8% 17.8%
2016 83 17.9 18.1% 2.4% 69 24.3 0.0% 21.7%
2019 88 16.6 19.3% 1.1% 55 21.1 0.0% 10.9%
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Pitch Distribution