Blake Wood
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 233LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 3, #77, Kansas City Royals | Georgia Tech
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 6 5 3.99 70 0 1 76.2 81 1.43
2017 3 4 5.45 72 0 0 74.1 84 1.57
2018 1 0 2.31 13 0 0 11.2 10 1.29
7 Seasons 16 16 4.47 270 0 2 289.2 276 1.49
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 70 6-5 3.99 76.2 81 1.43
2017 72 3-4 5.45 74.1 84 1.57
2018 13 1-0 2.31 11.2 10 1.29
7 Seasons 270 16-16 4.47 289.2 276 1.49
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
2016 30 1313 209 13 6.2 3.9 89.9 114.4 6.1 26.8 .232 .371 .325 .307 .358 37.3 24.5 11.5 3.99 3.96
2017 31 1283 214 9 4.2 2.7 87.0 112.2 6.0 29.4 .249 .356 .334 .301 .362 31.9 25.3 9.9 5.45 3.87
2018 32 193 29 2 6.9 4.3 88.9 110.0 12.8 24.1 .235 .378 .291 .326 .363 41.4 21.3 14.9 2.31 4.54
Player 2789 452 24 5.3 3.4 88.5 114.4 6.5 27.9 .240 .364 .327 .305 .360 35.0 24.7 11.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Wood relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(47.7%) ,
Four Seamer
(30.6%) ,
Sinker
(16.6%) ,
Split Finger
(5.2%) ,


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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
2016 52.2 16.3 26.8 4.3 30.1 41.6 27.3 1.9 44.5 21.1 23.4 2.4 6.2 3.9
2017 53.3 17.3 25.7 3.7 33.6 43.0 23.4 4.2 39.3 20.1 29.9 0.9 4.2 2.7
2018 58.6 20.7 13.8 6.9 27.6 37.9 34.5 0.0 34.5 20.7 34.5 3.4 6.9 4.3
Player 53.1 17.0 25.4 4.2 31.6 42.0 25.9 2.9 41.4 20.6 27.2 1.8 5.3 3.4
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 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
2018 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 59 95.2 13.5 0.7 5 3.6 -3.4 -49
2018 Split-Finger LAA R 10 84.7 34.8 0.7 2 6.8 -2.8 -29
2018 Sinker LAA R 32 95.3 16.4 -3.1 -16 13.9 -0.1 -1
2018 Slider LAA R 92 88.7 31.9 0.5 2 4.5 1.0 30
2017 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 282 96.1 12.5 -0.3 -3 6.2 -1.7 -21
2017 Slider LAA R 435 89.7 28.5 0.5 2 3.9 1.2 46
2017 Changeup LAA R 1 90.6 25.6 1.7 7 4.8 -8.8 -65
2017 Split-Finger LAA R 134 85.1 33.4 2.9 10 8.0 -2.3 -23
2017 Sinker LAA R 426 96.1 14.2 -2.9 -17 13.4 -1.1 -8
2016 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 596 96.7 18.0 -4.0 -28 10.9 3.7 51
2016 Changeup CIN R 87 87.4 34.8 5.8 20 9.0 -3.3 -27
2016 Slider CIN R 493 90.4 31.0 2.1 7 5.6 1.5 36
2016 Sinker CIN R 108 96.7 22.2 2.8 15 12.3 -1.5 -11
! 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 %
2018 Slider -0.1 0 92 47.7 20 .294 .588 .385 41.9 25.0 18.5 .236 .483 .351 46.2
2018 4-Seam Fastball 3.6 2 59 30.6 15 .077 .077 .153 3.8 20.0 17.6 .224 .305 .295 50.0
2018 Sinker 1.4 0 32 16.6 8 .286 .286 .313 0.0 12.5 14.3 .289 .315 .323 16.7
2018 Split-Finger -3.0 0 10 5.2 2 .000 .000 .350 50.0 50.0 16.7 -- -- .350 --
2017 Slider -0.8 -3 435 33.9 117 .266 .413 .335 36.4 26.5 25.8 .257 .368 .298 28.2
2017 Sinker 0.9 4 426 33.2 96 .266 .342 .332 17.9 20.8 24.7 .263 .356 .334 37.7
2017 4-Seam Fastball -3.4 -10 282 22.0 70 .443 .590 .486 15.3 15.7 19.0 .304 .424 .354 35.3
2017 Split-Finger 1.8 2 134 10.4 46 .136 .295 .192 47.9 47.8 30.6 .124 .230 .163 21.7
2017 Changeup -3.1 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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
2010 214 782 3 1 -1 -7 -4
2011 296 1,176 6 7 -5 -5 2
2014 28 118 1 3 -3 -2 -1
2016 327 1,295 12 4 -9 -5 3
2017 329 1,278 4 6 -11 -6 -7
2018 45 193 3 1 -1 -1 2
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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 %
2016 1,313 50.5 63.7 83.4 26.5 51.7 41.0 56.4 45.2 25.8 9.1 75.0
2017 1,283 49.8 60.6 79.0 26.4 51.8 43.9 58.2 43.4 28.5 7.4 67.4
2018 193 44.6 64.0 90.9 28.0 46.7 39.9 42.2 44.0 24.7 7.3 71.4
Player 2,789 49.7 62.3 81.9 26.6 51.3 42.2 56.3 44.3 26.9 8.2 71.6
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 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
2016 54 71 68 65 36 55 44 12 24 74 8 73 21 94 42 53
2017 64 47 78 91 40 72 83 55 61 71 25 79 37 91 49 44
2018 82 61 46
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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 22.4 9 8.9 0 3 10 1 11.1
2017 22.9 8 5.3 3 3 5 2 25.0
2018 21.2 1 0.8 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 22.6 18 15.1 3 6 16 3 16.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 9 10 5 10 9 8 9 9 4 9 8 8 8 9 10 11 8 9 10 9 10 5 11 12 10 10 10 11 10 9 7
2017 8 5 6 4 5 5 6 5 3 4 6 7 5 7 5 5 4 4 5 4 7 6 8 7 6 5 3 7 7 6 3
2018 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Player 18 16 11 15 15 14 16 15 8 13 15 16 14 16 16 17 13 14 15 14 17 12 20 20 17 16 14 19 18 16 10
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.7 96.1 -0.6 95.2 -0.9
Offspeed Velocity 87.4 85.2 -2.2 84.7 -0.5
Breaking Velocity 90.3 89.7 -0.6 88.7 -1.0
Exit Velocity 89.9 87.0 -2.9 88.9 1.9
Launch Angle 6.1 6.0 -0.1 12.8 6.8
Barrel % 6.2 4.2 -2.0 6.9 2.7
Hard Hit % 37.3 31.9 -5.4 41.4 9.5
Sweet Spot % 26.8 29.4 2.6 24.1 -5.3
xBA .232 .249 0.017 .235 -0.014
BA .251 .286 0.035 .211 -0.075
xwOBA .307 .301 -0.006 .326 0.025
wOBA .325 .334 0.009 .291 -0.043
xSLG .371 .356 -0.015 .378 0.022
SLG .411 .422 0.011 .342 -0.080
K% 24.5 25.3 0.8 21.3 -4.0
BB% 11.5 9.9 -1.6 14.9 5.0
Swing % 45.2 43.4 -1.8 44.0 0.6
Whiff% 25.8 28.5 2.7 24.7 -3.8
In Zone % 50.5 49.8 -0.7 44.6 -5.2
Out of Zone % 49.5 50.2 0.7 55.4 5.2
Out of Zone Swing % 26.5 26.4 -0.1 28.0 1.6
First Pitch Swing % 30.3 25.5 -4.8 15.6 -9.9
First Pitch Strike % 56.4 58.2 1.8 42.2 -16.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 323 .324 179 4 2.2 144 34 23.6
2017 Shifts 326 .332 188 4 2.1 138 27 19.6
2018 Shifts 44 .298 29 0 0.0 15 4 26.7
! 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 %
2010 206 18.0 28.6% 1.5% 151 23.0 0.7% 10.6%
2011 311 17.4 7.4% 2.6% 218 21.6 0.9% 5.5%
2013 5 16.7 0.0% 0.0% 13 19.8 0.0% 7.7%
2014 32 18.3 0.0% 3.1% 27 24.2 0.0% 3.7%
2016 328 20.3 7.3% 4.3% 252 23.5 4.0% 13.9%
2017 337 20.0 0.3% 1.8% 261 23.3 0.0% 9.6%
2018 66 21.5 0.0% 0.0% 27 24.1 0.0% 3.7%
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Pitch Distribution


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