Brad Brach
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 215LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 42, #1275, San Diego Padres | Monmouth
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 5 4 5.47 58 0 0 54.1 60 1.62
2020 1 0 5.84 14 0 0 12.1 14 1.78
2021 1 2 6.30 35 0 1 30 33 1.60
11 Seasons 38 29 3.55 531 0 34 552.2 589 1.34
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 58 5-4 5.47 54.1 60 1.62
2020 14 1-0 5.84 12.1 14 1.78
2021 35 1-2 6.30 30 33 1.60
11 Seasons 531 38-29 3.55 552.2 589 1.34
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
2015 29 1307 197 8 4.1 2.5 87.5 111.8 13.0 33.0 .201 .312 .277 .272 .323 27.4 27.5 11.7 2.72 3.03
2016 30 1295 194 9 4.6 2.9 87.2 109.1 13.6 34.0 .204 .323 .254 .260 .330 33.0 29.6 8.0 2.05 2.80
2017 31 1175 179 13 7.3 4.7 86.6 109.8 12.1 34.6 .225 .389 .270 .298 .361 33.5 25.5 9.5 3.18 3.79
2018 32 1160 200 8 4.0 2.8 87.3 109.6 9.8 30.5 .250 .364 .328 .304 .344 29.0 20.8 9.7 3.59 3.90
2019 33 997 150 6 4.0 2.5 88.7 110.7 15.0 30.7 .252 .370 .332 .316 .368 36.7 24.8 12.8 5.47 4.41
2020 34 250 29 1 3.4 1.7 83.9 107.4 18.0 20.7 .180 .279 .353 .334 .292 24.1 23.7 25.4 5.84 4.80
2021 35 579 87 8 9.2 5.8 88.9 113.6 14.3 29.9 .232 .424 .343 .332 .389 35.6 23.7 12.9 6.30 4.73
Player 6763 1036 53 5.1 3.2 87.5 113.6 12.9 32.0 .224 .353 .297 .294 .346 31.8 25.5 11.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Brach relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(47.5%) ,
Changeup
(35.9%) ,
Slider
(13.0%) ,
Sinker
(3.5%) ,
Cutter
(0.2%) ,


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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
2015 46.2 21.3 23.9 8.6 34.5 36.5 28.4 1.5 35.0 28.4 24.4 3.6 4.1 2.5
2016 43.3 25.8 23.7 7.2 47.4 31.4 21.1 3.6 33.5 29.9 22.7 5.2 4.6 2.9
2017 42.5 22.3 26.3 8.9 31.3 42.5 26.3 7.3 29.6 25.1 24.6 5.6 7.3 4.7
2018 47.5 21.0 26.0 5.5 32.5 40.5 26.5 0.5 35.5 23.0 30.5 5.0 4.0 2.8
2019 39.3 24.7 26.7 9.3 33.3 37.3 29.3 3.3 28.7 29.3 28.7 5.3 4.0 2.5
2020 34.5 27.6 17.2 20.7 34.5 41.4 24.1 6.9 24.1 41.4 17.2 6.9 3.4 1.7
2021 43.7 31.0 17.2 8.0 35.6 35.6 28.7 4.6 27.6 28.7 26.4 3.4 9.2 5.8
Player 43.7 23.7 24.3 8.2 35.9 37.5 26.4 3.4 32.0 27.6 25.9 4.8 5.1 3.2
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2021 Slider CIN R 75 83.6 37.9 0.2 6.4GLV 0.8 1.0 0.8 6.4GLV 0.7
2021 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 275 93.6 16.8 -1.5 9.0ARM 1.4 14.5 -1.7 9.0ARM 1.8
2021 Sinker CIN R 20 93.8 17.4 -4.4 13.9ARM -1.2 13.8 -5.0 13.9ARM -0.9
2021 Cutter CIN R 1 91.6 20.1 3.3 0.3GLV -1.5 12.5 4.5 0.3GLV -2.6
2021 Changeup CIN R 208 86.1 36.5 6.1 15.6ARM 1.4 0.5 5.8 15.6ARM 1.7
2020 Cutter NYM R 79 87.1 25.6 2.2 2.7GLV 0.2 10.3 2.1 2.7GLV -0.1
2020 Slider NYM R 19 81.1 41.0 -0.2 7.5GLV 1.2 0.2 1.2 7.5GLV 2.2
2020 Changeup NYM R 60 83.3 39.4 6.5 14.3ARM 0.6 0.3 6.1 14.3ARM 0.9
2020 4-Seam Fastball NYM R 44 90.3 19.3 -2.0 6.1ARM -1.1 14.2 -1.8 6.1ARM -1.2
2020 Sinker NYM R 48 90.4 20.2 -5.0 10.3ARM -5.1 13.4 -4.3 10.3ARM -4.5
! 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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -3 275 47.5 67 .250 .518 .392 24.2 29.9 18.3 .206 .458 .341 40.5
2021 Changeup -1.4 -3 208 35.9 52 .229 .271 .310 38.8 21.2 20.4 .222 .269 .254 24.3
2021 Slider -3.6 -3 75 13.0 11 .364 .909 .609 18.2 0.0 0.0 .419 .980 .580 54.5
2021 Sinker -5.4 -1 20 3.5 7 .333 .333 .429 37.5 28.6 33.3 .197 .223 .467 50.0
2021 Cutter -1.1 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Cutter -3.2 -3 79 31.6 16 .333 .583 .469 21.9 12.5 10.5 .334 .556 .461 20.0
2020 Changeup -1.7 -1 60 24.0 13 .182 .182 .246 36.7 38.5 20.0 .181 .207 .255 16.7
2020 Sinker 3.5 2 48 19.2 15 .000 .000 .280 22.7 20.0 15.0 .079 .105 .328 33.3
2020 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 1 44 17.6 13 .111 .444 .369 45.5 23.1 25.0 .047 .110 .259 16.7
2020 Slider -1.2 0 19 7.6 2 .500 1.000 .625 50.0 50.0 20.0 .296 .557 .352 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 200 86.1 79 16.4 2:00 3:00 -60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 275 93.6 92 16.7 1:15 1:15 0
2021 Sinker 20 93.8 93 19.5 1:30 1:30 0
2021 Slider 75 83.6 34 7.0 10:00 9:00 60
2020 Changeup 50 83.3 73 15.1 2:00 3:15 -75
2020 Cutter 78 87.1 50 9.9 12:15 11:30 45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 41 90.3 85 14.8 1:15 12:45 30
2020 Sinker 47 90.4 85 16.5 1:30 1:15 15
2020 Slider 19 81.1 39 8.1 9:45 8:45 60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 34 140 3 2 -3 -1 1
2012 273 1,141 11 11 -6 -6 9
2013 141 616 2 2 -2 -5 -2
2014 263 1,083 12 8 -6 -5 9
2015 321 1,298 3 16 -6 -6 7
2016 315 1,314 7 18 -3 -6 16
2017 274 1,175 8 12 -7 -5 8
2018 295 1,196 -1 11 -9 -5 -5
2019 240 996 7 2 -7 -4 -3
2020 59 250 5 -1 -2 -3 -1
2021 137 579 0 -3 -4 -3 -10
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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 1,307 41.3 70.0 76.2 32.1 57.3 42.2 58.3 47.7 30.3 5.4 74.6
2016 1,295 44.2 70.8 76.3 34.3 54.4 41.9 60.1 50.4 31.5 6.7 75.9
2017 1,175 49.0 71.2 78.0 27.5 60.6 42.0 58.5 48.9 26.3 7.1 84.5
2018 1,160 44.7 68.1 79.0 31.8 54.9 43.6 57.3 48.0 28.9 4.6 77.4
2019 997 46.7 69.1 79.8 29.6 57.3 39.4 65.4 48.0 27.1 6.6 74.2
2020 250 36.4 71.4 75.4 30.8 57.1 37.2 59.3 45.6 32.5 6.4 87.5
2021 579 48.0 68.3 75.3 22.3 53.7 46.3 61.3 44.4 30.0 7.1 75.6
Player 6,763 45.0 69.8 77.5 30.5 56.5 42.1 59.9 48.2 29.2 6.2 77.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 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
2015 83 93 90 81 66 74 75 66 91 86 4 90 76 75 67 13
2016 91 91 90 81 92 76 75 82 63 92 47 93 92 82 75 11
2017 68 76 60 43 73 54 24 65 48 72 30 64 49 79 79 11
2018 54 35 67 87 33 83 91 76 93 42 26 76 88 65 52 11
2019 47 40 72 92 13 94 95 47 48 61 7 62 55 62 38 16
2020 14 36 9
2021 50 39 26
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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 %
2016 24.7 7 6.8 0 7 5 2 28.6
2017 21.5 7 7.9 -1 5 6 3 42.9
2018 22.8 6 6.0 0 1 4 3 50.0
2019 23.2 4 3.8 0 4 5 1 25.0
2020 23.7 2 1.8 0 1 1 1 50.0
2021 24.1 5 5.0 0 3 4 1 20.0
Player 23.2 31 31.3 0 21 25 11 35.5
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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
2016 7 7 6 10 7 7 7 7 7 5 7 11 6 7 7 6 5 6 7 7 7 3 9 6 6 6 6 12 5 7 5
2017 7 8 4 8 9 7 9 8 8 6 7 8 8 8 8 10 6 6 9 8 9 6 11 9 8 6 8 9 12 7 6
2018 6 7 5 6 7 5 6 6 6 4 7 8 5 6 5 7 5 5 6 8 6 6 8 7 4 4 6 6 6 6 6
2019 4 5 2 4 4 4 6 3 2 1 2 6 7 5 4 4 3 2 3 5 3 4 8 4 3 3 2 4 5 4 3
2020 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 2 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 5 4 5 6 5 5
Player 31 35 25 35 34 30 35 31 27 21 30 40 32 32 31 34 24 27 32 35 33 27 44 32 26 26 28 38 36 31 27
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.6 95.1 0.5 ↑ 94.9 -0.2 ↓ 93.8 -1.1 ↓ 93.5 -0.3 ↓ 88.8 -4.7 ↓ 93.6 4.8 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 86.8 86.8 0.0 87.0 0.2 ↑ 85.9 -1.1 ↓ 86.6 0.7 ↑ 83.3 -3.3 ↓ 86.1 2.8 ↑
Breaking Velocity 85.9 86.8 0.9 ↑ 86.0 -0.8 ↓ 84.6 -1.4 ↓ 85.4 0.8 ↑ 81.1 -4.3 ↓ 83.6 2.5 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.5 87.2 -0.3 ↓ 86.6 -0.6 ↓ 87.3 0.7 ↑ 88.7 1.4 ↑ 83.9 -4.8 ↓ 88.9 5.0 ↑
Launch Angle 13.0 13.6 0.6 ↑ 12.1 -1.5 ↓ 9.8 -2.3 ↓ 15.0 5.2 ↑ 18.0 3.0 ↑ 14.3 -3.7 ↓
Barrel % 4.1 4.6 0.5 ↑ 7.3 2.7 ↑ 4.0 -3.3 ↓ 4.0 0.0 3.4 -0.6 ↓ 9.2 5.8 ↑
Hard Hit % 27.4 33.0 5.6 ↑ 33.5 0.5 ↑ 29.0 -4.5 ↓ 36.7 7.7 ↑ 24.1 -12.6 ↓ 35.6 11.5 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.0 34.0 1.0 ↑ 34.6 0.6 ↑ 30.5 -4.1 ↓ 30.7 0.2 ↑ 20.7 -10.0 ↓ 29.9 9.2 ↑
xBA .201 .204 0.003 ↑ .225 0.021 ↑ .250 0.025 ↑ .252 0.002 ↑ .180 -0.072 ↓ .232 0.052 ↑
BA .203 .201 -0.002 ↓ .208 0.007 ↑ .279 0.071 ↑ .278 -0.001 ↓ .186 -0.092 ↓ .254 0.068 ↑
xwOBA .272 .260 -0.012 ↓ .298 0.038 ↑ .304 0.006 ↑ .316 0.012 ↑ .334 0.018 ↑ .332 -0.002 ↓
wOBA .277 .254 -0.023 ↓ .270 0.016 ↑ .328 0.058 ↑ .332 0.004 ↑ .353 0.021 ↑ .343 -0.010 ↓
xSLG .312 .323 0.011 ↑ .389 0.066 ↑ .364 -0.025 ↓ .370 0.006 ↑ .279 -0.091 ↓ .424 0.145 ↑
SLG .331 .314 -0.017 ↓ .339 0.025 ↑ .403 0.064 ↑ .405 0.002 ↑ .349 -0.056 ↓ .449 0.100 ↑
K% 27.5 29.6 2.1 ↑ 25.5 -4.1 ↓ 20.8 -4.7 ↓ 24.8 4.0 ↑ 23.7 -1.1 ↓ 23.7 0.0
BB% 11.7 8.0 -3.7 ↓ 9.5 1.5 ↑ 9.7 0.2 ↑ 12.8 3.1 ↑ 25.4 12.6 ↑ 12.9 -12.5 ↓
Swing % 47.7 50.4 2.7 ↑ 48.9 -1.5 ↓ 48.0 -0.9 ↓ 48.0 0.0 45.6 -2.4 ↓ 44.4 -1.2 ↓
Whiff% 30.3 31.5 1.2 ↑ 26.3 -5.2 ↓ 28.9 2.6 ↑ 27.1 -1.8 ↓ 32.5 5.4 ↑ 30.0 -2.5 ↓
In Zone % 41.3 44.2 2.9 ↑ 49.0 4.8 ↑ 44.7 -4.3 ↓ 46.7 2.0 ↑ 36.4 -10.3 ↓ 48.0 11.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 58.7 55.8 -2.9 ↓ 51.0 -4.8 ↓ 55.3 4.3 ↑ 53.3 -2.0 ↓ 63.6 10.3 ↑ 52.0 -11.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 32.1 34.3 2.2 ↑ 27.5 -6.8 ↓ 31.8 4.3 ↑ 29.6 -2.2 ↓ 30.8 1.2 ↑ 22.3 -8.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 30.2 31.2 1.0 ↑ 30.2 -1.0 ↓ 28.8 -1.4 ↓ 29.6 0.8 ↑ 37.3 7.7 ↑ 25.5 -11.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 58.3 60.1 1.8 ↑ 58.5 -1.6 ↓ 57.3 -1.2 ↓ 65.4 8.1 ↑ 59.3 -6.1 ↓ 61.3 2.0 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 306 .257 164 18 11.0 142 41 28.9
2017 Shifts 274 .270 146 9 6.2 128 36 28.1
2018 Shifts 287 .328 164 14 8.5 123 37 30.1
2019 Shifts 240 .332 155 6 3.9 85 27 31.8
2020 Shifts 59 .353 40 6 15.0 19 6 31.6
2021 Shifts 137 .343 85 7 8.2 52 27 51.9
! 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 %
2011 25 13.4 72.0% 0.0% 35 17.6 5.7% 5.7%
2012 270 14.1 60.7% 0.7% 213 18.6 6.6% 2.8%
2013 147 14.7 55.8% 0.0% 135 19.4 4.4% 4.4%
2014 260 18.4 8.1% 4.2% 190 21.8 0.5% 5.3%
2015 357 18.5 19.9% 4.5% 216 21.2 5.1% 14.4%
2016 367 19.0 15.8% 3.5% 186 22.8 5.4% 13.4%
2017 360 18.9 5.0% 0.8% 153 22.9 0.0% 11.8%
2018 287 16.9 16.7% 0.7% 227 20.8 0.4% 6.6%
2019 280 17.4 20.4% 1.4% 164 21.5 2.4% 6.1%
2020 64 18.2 17.2% 0.0% 48 20.8 4.2% 6.3%
2021 185 18.2 8.6% 1.6% 85 22.0 0.0% 7.1%

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Pitch Distribution

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