Ben Joyce
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 225LBS | Age: 23
Draft: 2022 | Rd: 3, #89, Los Angeles Angels | Tennessee
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 1 1 5.40 12 0 0 10 10 1.80
2024 1 0 3.65 11 1 0 12.1 12 1.38
2 Seasons 2 1 4.43 23 1 0 22.1 22 1.57
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 12 1-1 5.40 10 10 1.80
2024 11 1-0 3.65 12.1 12 1.38
2 Seasons 23 2-1 4.43 22.1 22 1.57
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Pitch Distribution
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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
2023 22 202 28 2 7.1 4.2 89.6 107.0 14.7 25.0 .214 .351 .342 .337 .328 42.9 20.8 18.8 5.40 4.86
2024 23 214 35 1 2.9 1.9 88.5 110.0 0.5 31.4 .230 .301 .277 .290 .308 34.3 22.2 11.1 3.65 3.35
Player 416 63 3 4.8 2.9 89.0 110.0 6.9 28.6 .223 .323 .308 .312 .317 38.1 21.6 14.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.4 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Joyce relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(49.1%) ,
Sinker
(31.3%) ,
Slider
(18.7%) ,
Changeup
(0.9%) ,


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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 46.4 35.7 14.3 3.6 21.4 28.6 50.0 3.6 32.1 32.1 21.4 3.6 7.1 4.2
2024 60.0 11.4 25.7 2.9 37.1 31.4 31.4 11.4 45.7 8.6 25.7 5.7 2.9 1.9
Player 54.0 22.2 20.6 3.2 30.2 30.2 39.7 7.9 39.7 19.0 23.8 4.8 4.8 2.9
MLB 44.5 23.6 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

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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
2024 Sinker LAA R 67 97.8 24.7 2.7 12 13.2 -2.4 -16
2024 Changeup LAA R 2 89.6 35.2 4.8 16 6.9 -7.8 -53
2024 Slider LAA R 40 85.5 39.5 3.6 10 9.3 4.0 76
2024 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 105 101.5 13.0 -0.7 -6 11.6 1.3 13
2023 Slider LAA R 40 87.6 35.4 2.4 7 6.5 1.1 19
2023 Sweeper LAA R 1 79.4 37.8 -2.4 -6 19.5 5.0 35
2023 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 160 100.9 14.9 -0.5 -3 13.8 1.7 14
! 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 1.3 1 105 49.1 31 .214 .250 .253 29.5 35.5 25.0 .205 .291 .260 35.3
2024 Sinker 5.3 4 67 31.3 14 .182 .182 .279 21.9 0.0 0.0 .220 .275 .318 45.5
2024 Slider -4.6 -2 40 18.7 7 .500 .500 .486 10.0 0.0 0.0 .428 .484 .443 16.7
2024 Changeup 23.5 0 2 0.9 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 100.0 .035 .044 .032 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 161 79.7 38 .207 .310 .318 23.5 21.1 18.6 .194 .354 .332 45.5
2023 Slider -0.4 0 40 19.8 9 .286 .286 .356 31.3 22.2 14.3 .223 .248 .316 20.0
2023 Sweeper -42.5 0 1 0.5 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .734 .985 .738 100.0
! 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 4-Seam Fastball 99 101.5 95 17.8 1:30 1:30 0
2024 Sinker 56 97.8 87 14.6 1:45 2:30 -45
2024 Slider 40 85.5 59 10.6 8:45 8:15 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 129 101.0 93 18.4 1:45 1:45 0
2023 Slider 32 87.6 43 7.1 9:15 8:45 30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 48 202 0 3 -2 -1 0
2024 54 214 2 4 -1 -1 3
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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 202 49.5 60.0 81.7 24.5 60.0 43.1 52.1 42.1 24.7 7.9 75.0
2024 214 52.3 69.6 75.6 26.5 70.4 42.1 53.7 49.1 25.7 7.9 82.4
Player 416 51.0 65.1 78.3 25.5 65.4 42.5 52.9 45.7 25.3 7.9 78.8
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
2023 100 80 94
2024 99 12 83
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 21.8 1 1.5 -1 0 2 0 0.0
2024 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
Player 21.8 1 1.5 -1 1 2 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 1
2024 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 1
! 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 2023 2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 100.9 100.1 -0.8 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 89.6 0.0
Breaking Velocity 87.4 85.5 -1.9 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.6 88.5 -1.1 ↓
Launch Angle 14.7 0.5 -14.2 ↓
Barrel % 7.1 2.9 -4.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 42.9 34.3 -8.6 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.0 31.4 6.4 ↑
xBA .214 .230 0.016 ↑
BA .243 .234 -0.009 ↓
xwOBA .337 .290 -0.047 ↓
wOBA .342 .277 -0.065 ↓
xSLG .351 .301 -0.050 ↓
SLG .351 .255 -0.096 ↓
K% 20.8 22.2 1.4 ↑
BB% 18.8 11.1 -7.7 ↓
Swing % 42.1 49.1 7.0 ↑
Whiff% 24.7 25.7 1.0 ↑
In Zone % 49.5 52.3 2.8 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.5 47.7 -2.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 24.5 26.5 2.0 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 25.0 25.9 0.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 52.1 53.7 1.6 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 48 .342 29 0 0.0 19 3 15.8
2024 Shades 54 .277 32 8 25.0 22 16 72.7
! 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 52 14.0 73.1% 0.0% 44 16.6 18.2% 0.0%
2024 35 15.3 40.0% 0.0% 45 16.9 13.3% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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