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Brad Brach
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 6" 215LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 42, #1275, San Diego Padres | Monmouth
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 1 2 6.30 35 0 1 30.0 33 1.60
11 Seasons 38 29 3.55 531 0 34 552.2 589 1.34
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 35 1-2 6.30 30.0 33 1.60
11 Seasons 531 38-29 3.55 552.2 589 1.34

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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
2015 29 1307 197 8 4.1 87.5 111.8 13 33 .199 .308 .277 .270 .318 27.6 27.5 11.7 2.72 3.11
2016 30 1295 194 9 4.6 87.2 109.1 13.6 34 .204 .322 .254 .259 .329 33 29.6 8 2.05 2.88
2017 31 1175 179 13 7.3 86.6 109.8 12.1 34.6 .224 .384 .270 .296 .357 33.5 25.5 9.5 3.18 3.81
2018 32 1160 200 8 4 87.7 109.6 9.8 30.5 .248 .361 .328 .302 .340 29 20.8 9.7 3.59 3.89
2019 33 997 150 6 4 88.7 110.7 15 30.7 .252 .371 .332 .316 .368 36.7 24.8 12.8 5.47 4.51
2020 34 250 29 1 3.4 83.9 107.4 18 20.7 .180 .279 .353 .334 .292 24.1 23.7 25.4 5.84 4.83
2021 35 579 87 8 9.2 88.9 113.6 14.3 29.9 .228 .414 .343 .329 .384 35.6 23.7 12.9 6.30 4.73
6763 1036 53 5.1 87.5 113.6 12.9 32 .223 .350 .297 .292 .343 31.8 25.5 11
6.6 88.3 122.2 12 32.9 .242 .402 .317 .312 .363 35.6 22 8.4

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Brach relies on 4 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(47.3%) ,
Changeup
(35.9%) ,
Slider
(13%) ,
Sinker
(3.8%) ,


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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 274 202 72 47.3 93.5 66 55 14 5 6 0 3 20 36 .255 .199 .527 .437 .381 .333 90.0 24 2178 6.0 24.4 18.3
2021 Changeup 208 128 80 35.9 86.1 52 48 11 9 2 0 0 11 37 .229 .223 .271 .269 .254 .253 84.3 1 1908 5.8 38.8 20.4
2021 Slider 75 32 43 13.0 83.6 11 11 4 2 0 0 2 0 11 .364 .411 .909 .951 .525 .572 94.6 22 2538 5.7 18.2 0.0
2021 Sinker 22 12 10 3.8 93.7 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 .250 .197 .250 .371 .369 .460 93.2 21 2227 6.1 33.3 28.6
2020 Cutter 79 60 19 31.6 87.1 16 12 4 3 0 0 1 2 10 .333 .334 .583 .556 .466 .463 78.5 3 2371 5.7 21.9 10.5
2020 Changeup 60 35 25 24.0 83.3 13 11 2 2 0 0 0 5 6 .182 .181 .182 .207 .243 .255 83.9 -1 1869 5.5 36.7 20.0
2020 Sinker 48 28 20 19.2 90.4 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .000 .079 .000 .105 .280 .327 85.0 32 2201 5.8 22.7 15.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 44 32 12 17.6 90.3 13 9 1 0 0 0 1 3 6 .111 .047 .444 .110 .367 .259 88.1 50 2183 5.7 45.5 25.0
2020 Slider 19 17 2 7.6 81.1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 .297 1.000 .557 .619 .352 105.4 17 2514 5.5 50.0 20.0
! 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 %
2015 46.2 21.3 23.9 8.6 34.5 36.5 28.9 1.5 35 28.4 24.4 3.6 4.1
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
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
2018 47.5 21 26 5.5 32.5 40.5 27 0.5 35.5 23 30.5 5 4
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
2020 34.5 24.1 20.7 20.7 34.5 41.4 24.1 6.9 24.1 41.4 17.2 6.9 3.4
2021 43.7 31 17.2 8 35.6 35.6 28.7 4.6 27.6 28.7 26.4 3.4 9.2
43.7 23.6 24.4 8.2 35.9 37.5 26.5 3.4 32 27.6 25.9 4.8 5.1
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 4-Seamer CIN R 274 93.5 16.8 -1.5 -10 8.9 1.4 19
2021 Sinker CIN R 22 93.7 17.5 -4.3 -20 13.7 -1.2 -8
2021 Changeup CIN R 208 86.1 36.5 6.1 20 15.6 1.4 10
2021 Slider CIN R 75 83.6 37.9 0.1 0 6.4 0 0
2020 Cutter NYM R 78 87.1 25.5 2.2 8 2.7 0.2 9
2020 4-Seamer NYM R 44 90.3 19.3 -2 -12 6.1 -1.1 -15
2020 Slider NYM R 19 81.1 41 0 0 7.5 0 0
2020 Sinker NYM R 48 90.4 20.2 -4.9 -20 10.3 -5 -33
2020 Changeup NYM R 60 83.3 39.4 6.5 20 14.3 0.6 5
2019 Cutter NYM R 79 91 25.5 0.2 1 2.6 0.3 15
2019 Sinker NYM R 62 92.5 23.2 -0.2 -1 14.4 -0.7 -5
2019 Slider NYM R 193 85.4 37.6 0.1 0 6.2 1.2 25
2019 4-Seamer NYM R 475 94.1 17.6 -1.8 -11 7.5 -0.4 -5
2019 Changeup NYM R 188 86.6 37.3 6.2 20 14.6 0.5 3
2018 Sinker ATL R 66 92.4 25.3 2.1 9 13.7 -1.3 -9
2018 Changeup ATL R 281 85.9 38.1 6 19 13.8 0.2 2
2018 4-Seamer ATL R 607 94 16.7 -0.8 -5 7.2 -0.6 -8
2018 Slider ATL R 205 84.6 40.1 0.6 1 7.5 2.1 40
2017 4-Seamer BAL R 673 95 14.9 -1.1 -8 8.5 -0.1 -1
2017 Sinker BAL R 42 93.5 27.1 5.3 25 14.5 -1.2 -8
2017 Slider BAL R 165 86 37.8 2.6 7 7.5 3.5 89
2017 Splitter BAL R 1 87.4 41.6 9.1 28 24.2 10.8 81
2017 Cutter BAL R 26 93.2 17.6 3.7 18 2 -0.4 -16
2017 Changeup BAL R 259 87 36.4 6.1 20 16.2 2.4 18
2016 4-Seamer BAL R 733 95.2 13 0.2 2 9 -0.4 -4
2016 Sinker BAL R 38 94.4 18.7 -0.1 -1 16.1 1.3 9
2016 Slider BAL R 234 86.8 32.9 0.3 1 3.4 1.1 48
2016 Splitter BAL R 281 86.8 33.9 3.4 11 16.3 2.9 22
! 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 Sinker 4.1 1 22 3.8 8 .25 .25 .375 33.3 25 28.6 .197 .37 .463 66.7
2021 Slider 3.6 3 75 13 11 .364 .909 .609 18.2 0 0 .411 .951 .572 54.5
2021 Changeup 0.7 2 208 35.9 52 .229 .271 .292 38.8 21.2 20.4 .223 .269 .253 24.3
2021 4-Seamer 1.2 3 274 47.3 66 .255 .527 .398 24.4 30.3 18.3 .199 .437 .334 38.9
2020 Slider 1.3 0 19 7.6 2 .5 1 .625 50 50 20 .296 .557 .352 100
2020 4-Seamer -1.6 -1 44 17.6 13 .111 .444 .369 45.5 23.1 25 .047 .11 .259 16.7
2020 Changeup 1.7 1 60 24 13 .182 .182 .246 36.7 38.5 20 .181 .207 .255 16.7
2020 Sinker -3.4 -2 48 19.2 15 0 0 .28 22.7 20 15 .079 .105 .328 33.3
2020 Cutter 3.2 3 79 31.6 16 .333 .583 .469 21.9 12.5 10.5 .334 .556 .461 20
2019 Sinker 3.1 2 62 6.2 14 .636 1 .654 17.4 7.1 20 .454 .863 .538 36.4
2019 Cutter -3.8 -3 79 7.9 24 .217 .348 .263 30.2 37.5 34.6 .191 .269 .22 35.7
2019 Slider -0.1 0 193 19.4 41 .226 .323 .308 32 14.6 10.5 .246 .35 .322 25
2019 Changeup 1.3 2 188 18.9 53 .292 .396 .337 28.4 18.9 15.2 .268 .332 .302 21.1
2019 4-Seamer 0.5 2 475 47.6 108 .261 .38 .333 25.3 31.5 21.1 .237 .364 .316 52.5
2018 Sinker -0.2 0 66 5.7 16 .429 .5 .447 20 0 0 .277 .438 .356 42.9
2018 Slider -0.7 -1 205 17.7 47 .163 .279 .274 32.6 12.8 13.6 .23 .388 .286 15.8
2018 Changeup 1.8 5 281 24.2 79 .31 .451 .362 35.7 22.8 20 .241 .313 .282 25.9
2018 4-Seamer -0.4 -3 607 52.3 145 .285 .408 .342 24.8 24.8 19.6 .255 .37 .314 34
2017 Cutter 1.2 0 26 2.2 7 .333 .5 .407 11.1 28.6 25 .237 .458 .353 25
2017 Sinker 7.1 3 42 3.6 13 .538 .615 .581 22.7 15.4 28.6 .348 .402 .327 18.2
2017 Slider 0.3 1 165 14 24 .273 .455 .315 24.6 29.2 15.2 .205 .288 .231 12.5
2017 Changeup -0.8 -2 259 22 64 .228 .263 .259 37 23.4 16.3 .227 .279 .27 23.3
2017 4-Seamer -1.4 -10 673 57.3 163 .16 .326 .266 23.1 26.4 17.8 .218 .442 .317 43.7
2017 Splitter 1.8 0 1 0.1
! 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 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
2021 Changeup 200 86.1 79 16.4 2:00 3:00 -60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 274 93.5 91 16.6 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Sinker 22 93.7 93 19.3 1:30 1:30 0
2021 Slider 75 83.6 34 7 10:00 9:00 60
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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 1141 -11 -10 7 6 -9
2013 141 616 -2 -2 2 5 3
2014 263 1083 -12 -8 6 5 -8
2015 320 1290 -3 -16 6 6 -7
2016 314 1311 -7 -18 3 6 -16
2017 274 1175 -8 -13 7 5 -8
2018 295 1196 0 -10 8 5 3
2019 240 996 -7 -2 8 4 3
2020 59 250 -5 1 2 3 1
2021 137 579 0 1 4 3 8
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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 1307 41.2 70.7 75.9 31.9 57.4 42.3 58.3 47.7 30.3 5.3 76.8
2016 1295 43.7 70.7 76.7 34.5 54.6 42 60.1 50.4 31.5 6.7 74.7
2017 1175 49.1 71.2 78.1 27.4 60.4 42 58.5 48.9 26.3 7.1 84.5
2018 1160 44.8 68.2 78.8 31.7 55.2 43.6 57.1 48 28.9 4.6 77.4
2019 997 46.8 69 79.8 29.6 57.3 39.2 64.9 48 27.1 6.5 75.4
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 47.7 68.8 75.3 22.1 53.7 46.6 60.4 44.4 30 7.1 75.6
6763 44.9 70 77.5 30.5 56.6 42.1 59.7 48.2 29.2 6.1 78.1
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
2015 80 91 88 80 62 74 74 66 93 86 4 90 80 77 66
2016 91 90 89 79 91 76 75 82 67 92 46 94 91 83 74
2017 67 76 62 45 72 54 24 65 47 72 30 65 67 80 77
2018 54 33 66 86 33 82 90 70 93 42 26 76 54 68 49
2019 44 37 70 92 12 95 94 47 48 61 7 63 44 58 41
2020 9 49
2021 55 36
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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 23.2 4 3.3 1 4 4 1 25
2020 23.7 2 1.7 0 0 1 1 50
2021 24.1 5 5 0 2 5 1 20

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 4 6 6 5 6 1 2 5 4 2 4 4 1 3 1 4 1 4 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 5 2 2 4 3 6
2020 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2
2021 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 4 2 5 5 3 6 5 5 3 4 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 4 5
! 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 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 87 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 -0.8 ↓ 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 ↓ 87.7 1.1 ↑ 88.7 1 ↑ 83.9 -4.8 ↓ 88.9 5 ↑
Launch Angle 13 13.6 0.6 ↑ 12.1 -1.5 ↓ 9.8 -2.3 ↓ 15 5.2 ↑ 18 3 ↑ 14.3 -3.7 ↓
Barrel % 4.1 4.6 0.5 ↑ 7.3 2.7 ↑ 4 -3.3 ↓ 4 0 3.4 -0.6 ↓ 9.2 5.8 ↑
Hard Hit % 27.6 33 5.4 ↑ 33.5 0.5 ↑ 29 -4.5 ↓ 36.7 7.7 ↑ 24.1 -12.6 ↓ 35.6 11.5 ↑
Sweet Spot % 33 34 1 ↑ 34.6 0.6 ↑ 30.5 -4.1 ↓ 30.7 0.2 ↑ 20.7 -10 ↓ 29.9 9.2 ↑
xBA .199 .204 0.005 ↑ .224 0.02 ↑ .248 0.024 ↑ .252 0.004 ↑ .18 -0.072 ↓ .228 0.048 ↑
BA .203 .201 -0.002 ↓ .208 0.007 ↑ .279 0.071 ↑ .278 -0.001 ↓ .186 -0.092 ↓ .254 0.068 ↑
xwOBA .27 .259 -0.011 ↓ .296 0.037 ↑ .302 0.006 ↑ .316 0.014 ↑ .334 0.018 ↑ .329 -0.005 ↓
wOBA .277 .254 -0.023 ↓ .27 0.016 ↑ .328 0.058 ↑ .332 0.004 ↑ .353 0.021 ↑ .343 -0.01 ↓
xSLG .308 .322 0.014 ↑ .384 0.062 ↑ .361 -0.023 ↓ .371 0.01 ↑ .279 -0.092 ↓ .414 0.135 ↑
SLG .331 .314 -0.017 ↓ .339 0.025 ↑ .403 0.064 ↑ .405 0.002 ↑ .349 -0.056 ↓ .449 0.1 ↑
K% 27.5 29.6 2.1 ↑ 25.5 -4.1 ↓ 20.8 -4.7 ↓ 24.8 4 ↑ 23.7 -1.1 ↓ 23.7 0
BB% 11.7 8 -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 -0.9 ↓ 48 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 -2.5 ↓
In Zone % 41.2 43.7 2.5 ↑ 49.1 5.4 ↑ 44.8 -4.3 ↓ 46.8 2 ↑ 36.4 -10.4 ↓ 47.7 11.3 ↑
Out of Zone % 58.8 56.3 -2.5 ↓ 50.9 -5.4 ↓ 55.2 4.3 ↑ 53.2 -2 ↓ 63.6 10.4 ↑ 52.3 -11.3 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 31.9 34.5 2.6 ↑ 27.4 -7.1 ↓ 31.7 4.3 ↑ 29.6 -2.1 ↓ 30.8 1.2 ↑ 22.1 -8.7 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 30.2 31.2 1 ↑ 30.2 -1 ↓ 28.7 -1.5 ↓ 29.3 0.6 ↑ 37.3 8 ↑ 25.2 -12.1 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 58.3 60.1 1.8 ↑ 58.5 -1.6 ↓ 57.1 -1.4 ↓ 64.9 7.8 ↑ 59.3 -5.6 ↓ 60.4 1.1 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 306 .257 164 18 11.0 142 41 28.9
2017 274 .270 146 9 6.2 128 36 28.1
2018 287 .328 164 14 8.5 123 37 30.1
2019 240 .332 155 6 3.9 85 27 31.8
2020 59 .353 40 6 15.0 19 6 31.6
2021 137 .343 85 7 8.2 52 27 51.9

Pitch Distribution

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