Brad Hand
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 224LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 2, #52, Florida Marlins | Chaska HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 6 7 3.90 68 0 21 64.2 61 1.27
2022 3 2 2.80 55 0 5 45 38 1.33
2023 5 3 5.53 60 0 1 53.2 59 1.42
13 Seasons 40 55 3.75 579 43 132 772 782 1.26
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 68 6-7 3.90 64.2 61 1.27
2022 55 3-2 2.80 45 38 1.33
2023 60 5-3 5.53 53.2 59 1.42
13 Seasons 579 40-55 3.75 772 782 1.26
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 25 1553 306 17 5.6 4.2 88.7 111.4 8.3 34.0 .277 .434 .342 .340 .377 36.3 16.4 7.8 5.30 4.90
2016 26 1447 216 12 5.6 3.3 88.5 113.7 10.6 28.2 .198 .331 .258 .268 .343 37.5 30.5 9.9 2.92 2.98
2017 27 1201 180 9 5.0 2.9 86.1 112.1 11.5 29.4 .192 .302 .255 .251 .331 26.7 33.4 6.4 2.15 2.66
2018 28 1210 158 10 6.3 3.3 85.7 112.0 12.1 33.5 .193 .327 .289 .279 .377 28.8 35.2 9.3 2.75 3.25
2019 29 946 136 9 6.6 3.7 88.2 114.1 20.7 47.8 .226 .379 .292 .284 .409 38.2 34.7 7.4 3.30 3.51
2020 30 363 49 4 8.2 4.7 87.5 108.0 24.2 32.7 .174 .316 .216 .247 .336 32.7 33.7 4.7 2.04 2.54
2021 31 1076 185 16 8.6 5.8 88.2 114.2 14.4 36.2 .250 .431 .310 .329 .383 37.3 21.9 9.4 3.90 4.63
2022 32 817 131 7 5.3 3.5 87.2 107.4 14.3 32.8 .232 .367 .297 .324 .339 26.9 19.2 11.6 2.80 4.40
2023 33 969 150 11 7.3 4.7 88.8 109.6 14.2 38.0 .257 .400 .344 .328 .400 37.3 25.0 9.3 5.53 4.58
Player 9582 1511 95 6.3 3.9 87.8 114.2 12.9 34.3 .226 .369 .295 .298 .368 34.0 27.2 8.6
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

Hand relies on 3 pitches.
Sweeper
(49.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(33.2%) ,
Sinker
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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 48.4 19.9 28.8 2.9 34.6 35.6 29.1 3.9 35.3 21.2 27.1 4.9 5.6 4.2
2016 47.2 22.7 22.2 7.9 31.9 40.3 25.0 1.4 38.4 23.1 21.3 8.3 5.6 3.3
2017 46.1 23.3 21.7 8.9 31.7 39.4 28.9 3.9 35.6 28.3 23.3 3.9 5.0 2.9
2018 46.2 19.0 27.2 7.6 34.2 37.3 28.5 3.8 36.1 23.4 22.8 4.4 6.3 3.3
2019 27.9 26.5 36.0 9.6 43.4 30.1 26.5 3.7 22.1 30.1 28.7 8.8 6.6 3.7
2020 26.5 42.9 22.4 8.2 32.7 38.8 28.6 4.1 14.3 42.9 20.4 10.2 8.2 4.7
2021 42.2 31.9 21.6 4.3 38.4 37.3 24.3 6.5 28.1 26.5 20.5 9.7 8.6 5.8
2022 42.0 24.4 26.0 7.6 47.3 31.3 21.4 6.1 32.1 26.7 21.4 6.1 5.3 3.5
2023 39.3 21.3 32.7 6.7 45.3 29.3 25.3 6.7 26.0 24.0 31.3 4.7 7.3 4.7
Player 43.0 24.0 26.5 6.6 37.2 35.7 26.5 4.3 31.9 25.5 24.4 6.4 6.3 3.9
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
2023 Sweeper ATL L 483 81.0 41.8 -0.3 14.3GLV 0.0 -0.1 1.2 14.3GLV 0.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball ATL L 322 92.6 19.6 -4.0 11.2ARM 4.3 12.2 -3.1 11.2ARM 3.3
2023 Sinker ATL L 164 92.7 23.5 1.9 15.6ARM 1.3 8.3 0.0 15.6ARM 0.5
2022 Sinker PHI L 161 92.4 21.6 0.3 16.9ARM 3.0 10.8 -1.9 16.9ARM 1.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball PHI L 230 92.6 17.0 -2.0 10.0ARM 3.4 15.2 -0.8 10.0ARM 2.4
2022 Sweeper PHI L 425 79.3 47.9 2.4 16.4GLV 0.9 -4.0 4.3 16.4GLV 0.5
! 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 %
2023 Sweeper -0.6 -3 483 49.8 119 .236 .415 .314 28.6 32.8 20.2 .213 .317 .270 29.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 1 322 33.2 74 .298 .474 .369 15.0 20.3 17.9 .259 .410 .359 36.7
2023 Sinker -1.0 -2 164 16.9 40 .324 .568 .404 17.3 12.5 20.8 .378 .624 .444 56.3
2022 Sweeper -0.8 -3 425 52.0 95 .222 .321 .289 22.0 25.3 16.7 .214 .297 .289 16.9
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 0 230 28.2 61 .200 .280 .318 18.3 19.7 15.6 .243 .487 .382 36.8
2022 Sinker 1.5 2 161 19.7 40 .235 .353 .342 11.1 5.0 8.0 .261 .361 .324 33.3
! 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
2023 4-Seam Fastball 311 92.6 88 16.4 10:15 10:30 -15
2023 Sinker 155 92.7 91 17.8 10:30 9:45 45
2023 Sweeper 477 81.0 58 15.2 4:00 3:15 45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 230 92.6 86 17.9 10:30 10:45 -15
2022 Sinker 160 92.4 88 20.2 10:45 10:00 45
2022 Sweeper 425 79.3 68 18.4 4:15 3:45 30
! 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 262 1,082 -1 7 -8 -6 -8
2013 82 300 5 0 -1 0 4
2014 471 1,778 9 0 -7 -7 -4
2015 405 1,546 -1 9 -12 -5 -9
2016 360 1,434 8 19 -3 -4 21
2017 310 1,199 15 17 -3 -5 23
2018 299 1,201 12 6 -8 -6 5
2019 237 946 0 14 -3 -2 9
2020 92 392 7 3 -4 -2 5
2021 274 1,076 6 8 -11 -6 -3
2022 221 917 7 10 -10 -8 -2
2023 238 992 0 8 -6 -5 -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 %
2015 1,553 48.5 68.4 86.0 25.3 59.9 43.4 52.2 46.3 19.9 6.8 74.3
2016 1,447 47.3 61.9 80.0 29.3 53.4 41.1 58.5 44.7 28.9 6.6 76.0
2017 1,201 47.2 61.8 81.4 30.8 46.2 42.1 57.7 45.5 31.0 7.1 67.1
2018 1,210 50.2 57.9 76.5 25.7 46.7 41.6 59.5 42.1 32.6 8.8 62.1
2019 946 50.7 63.1 78.9 31.3 49.3 42.4 67.4 47.5 30.7 7.7 79.5
2020 363 51.2 59.7 81.1 26.0 60.9 44.4 57.0 43.3 24.8 7.2 57.7
2021 1,076 51.1 62.4 83.7 22.2 60.7 39.7 62.7 42.8 20.9 7.5 80.2
2022 817 49.6 59.0 85.8 21.9 68.9 38.5 56.3 40.4 18.5 6.9 76.8
2023 969 49.0 62.3 86.5 28.1 54.0 40.9 60.0 44.9 22.3 8.0 73.1
Player 9,582 49.1 62.3 82.3 27.0 54.1 41.5 58.7 44.4 25.8 7.4 72.5
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 14 11 17 31 13 41 33 30 20 22 43 25 10 50 77 77 1
2016 89 93 87 71 87 61 60 51 22 93 21 86 56 57 88 84 1
2017 94 93 94 89 94 72 68 78 94 96 83 87 81 56 94 1
2018 82 93 85 67 70 72 51 96 93 96 32 91 24 60 91 1
2019 78 71 67 65 70 80 58 61 37 95 61 81 73 41 85 1
2020 95 95 85 62 98 65 34 64 76 92 92 37 32 21 88 2
2021 29 34 31 29 24 54 37 64 61 37 34 14 2 40 80 5
2022 27 74 5
2023 33 31 53 69 16 74 61 55 62 61 35 22 40 27 62 10
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Expected Home Runs

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Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.0 8 9.2 -1 4 6 4 50.0
2017 24.3 9 7.7 1 1 4 5 55.6
2018 24.8 9 8.7 0 2 7 3 33.3
2019 21.5 6 6.5 -1 2 5 3 50.0
2020 -- 0 0.6 -1 2 1 0 --
2021 24.2 9 9.3 0 2 8 4 44.4
2022 26.1 3 4.1 -1 4 3 2 66.7
2023 24.2 7 5.9 1 3 8 0 0.0
Player 24.0 51 52.0 -1 20 42 21 41.2
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 8 10 8 11 10 9 10 9 6 8 9 11 10 10 9 11 5 9 10 10 9 6 10 10 10 9 9 11 10 10 6
2017 9 8 8 7 7 6 9 8 6 6 7 7 9 9 7 8 7 7 9 7 9 8 9 9 8 7 6 9 10 8 5
2018 9 11 5 9 9 9 10 8 8 7 9 11 9 6 9 9 8 8 9 10 9 8 10 9 8 8 10 10 10 9 7
2019 6 9 5 6 7 5 8 5 5 4 6 9 8 7 7 6 7 5 8 7 7 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 8 6 5
2020 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
2021 9 12 8 8 9 9 11 10 7 5 8 8 10 7 10 10 9 11 12 10 9 8 12 10 9 9 11 10 9 9 8
2022 3 4 4 5 4 4 5 2 4 2 3 4 6 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 4 6 7 5 2 2 5 6 5 4 3
2023 7 3 6 3 6 5 8 3 6 5 8 4 5 5 8 7 7 4 7 7 6 9 8 9 3 4 7 6 6 7 6
Player 51 57 46 49 52 47 62 45 42 37 50 54 59 48 54 57 47 48 59 55 53 54 66 59 47 45 54 59 59 54 41
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 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.7 93.4 0.7 ↑ 93.3 -0.1 ↓ 93.6 0.3 ↑ 92.7 -0.9 ↓ 91.4 -1.3 ↓ 93.0 1.6 ↑ 92.5 -0.5 ↓ 92.6 0.1 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 86.2 87.7 1.5 ↑ 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 0.0
Breaking Velocity 81.2 82.7 1.5 ↑ 81.5 -1.2 ↓ 82.0 0.5 ↑ 81.2 -0.8 ↓ 79.5 -1.7 ↓ 80.1 0.6 ↑ 79.3 -0.8 ↓ 81.0 1.7 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.7 88.5 -0.2 ↓ 86.1 -2.4 ↓ 85.7 -0.4 ↓ 88.2 2.5 ↑ 87.5 -0.7 ↓ 88.2 0.7 ↑ 87.2 -1.0 ↓ 88.8 1.6 ↑
Launch Angle 8.3 10.6 2.3 ↑ 11.5 0.9 ↑ 12.1 0.6 ↑ 20.7 8.6 ↑ 24.2 3.5 ↑ 14.4 -9.8 ↓ 14.3 -0.1 ↓ 14.2 -0.1 ↓
Barrel % 5.6 5.6 0.0 5.0 -0.6 ↓ 6.3 1.3 ↑ 6.6 0.3 ↑ 8.2 1.6 ↑ 8.6 0.4 ↑ 5.3 -3.3 ↓ 7.3 2.0 ↑
Hard Hit % 36.3 37.5 1.2 ↑ 26.7 -10.8 ↓ 28.8 2.1 ↑ 38.2 9.4 ↑ 32.7 -5.5 ↓ 37.3 4.6 ↑ 26.9 -10.4 ↓ 37.3 10.4 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.0 28.2 -5.8 ↓ 29.4 1.2 ↑ 33.5 4.1 ↑ 47.8 14.3 ↑ 32.7 -15.1 ↓ 36.2 3.5 ↑ 32.8 -3.4 ↓ 38.0 5.2 ↑
xBA .277 .198 -0.079 ↓ .192 -0.006 ↓ .193 0.001 ↑ .226 0.033 ↑ .174 -0.052 ↓ .250 0.076 ↑ .232 -0.018 ↓ .257 0.025 ↑
BA .292 .195 -0.097 ↓ .191 -0.004 ↓ .198 0.007 ↑ .242 0.044 ↑ .169 -0.073 ↓ .235 0.066 ↑ .223 -0.012 ↓ .270 0.047 ↑
xwOBA .340 .268 -0.072 ↓ .251 -0.017 ↓ .279 0.028 ↑ .284 0.005 ↑ .247 -0.037 ↓ .329 0.082 ↑ .324 -0.005 ↓ .328 0.004 ↑
wOBA .342 .258 -0.084 ↓ .255 -0.003 ↓ .289 0.034 ↑ .292 0.003 ↑ .216 -0.076 ↓ .310 0.094 ↑ .297 -0.013 ↓ .344 0.047 ↑
xSLG .434 .331 -0.103 ↓ .302 -0.029 ↓ .327 0.025 ↑ .379 0.052 ↑ .316 -0.063 ↓ .431 0.115 ↑ .367 -0.064 ↓ .400 0.033 ↑
SLG .432 .313 -0.119 ↓ .319 0.006 ↑ .359 0.040 ↑ .384 0.025 ↑ .260 -0.124 ↓ .408 0.148 ↑ .319 -0.089 ↓ .460 0.141 ↑
K% 16.4 30.5 14.1 ↑ 33.4 2.9 ↑ 35.2 1.8 ↑ 34.7 -0.5 ↓ 33.7 -1.0 ↓ 21.9 -11.8 ↓ 19.2 -2.7 ↓ 25.0 5.8 ↑
BB% 7.8 9.9 2.1 ↑ 6.4 -3.5 ↓ 9.3 2.9 ↑ 7.4 -1.9 ↓ 4.7 -2.7 ↓ 9.4 4.7 ↑ 11.6 2.2 ↑ 9.3 -2.3 ↓
Swing % 46.3 44.7 -1.6 ↓ 45.5 0.8 ↑ 42.1 -3.4 ↓ 47.5 5.4 ↑ 43.3 -4.2 ↓ 42.8 -0.5 ↓ 40.4 -2.4 ↓ 44.9 4.5 ↑
Whiff% 19.9 28.9 9.0 ↑ 31.0 2.1 ↑ 32.6 1.6 ↑ 30.7 -1.9 ↓ 24.8 -5.9 ↓ 20.9 -3.9 ↓ 18.5 -2.4 ↓ 22.3 3.8 ↑
In Zone % 48.5 47.3 -1.2 ↓ 47.2 -0.1 ↓ 50.2 3.0 ↑ 50.7 0.5 ↑ 51.2 0.5 ↑ 51.1 -0.1 ↓ 49.6 -1.5 ↓ 49.0 -0.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.5 52.7 1.2 ↑ 52.8 0.1 ↑ 49.8 -3.0 ↓ 49.3 -0.5 ↓ 48.8 -0.5 ↓ 48.9 0.1 ↑ 50.4 1.5 ↑ 51.0 0.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 25.3 29.3 4.0 ↑ 30.8 1.5 ↑ 25.7 -5.1 ↓ 31.3 5.6 ↑ 26.0 -5.3 ↓ 22.2 -3.8 ↓ 21.9 -0.3 ↓ 28.1 6.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 25.0 26.6 1.6 ↑ 26.8 0.2 ↑ 21.7 -5.1 ↓ 27.2 5.5 ↑ 22.1 -5.1 ↓ 26.1 4.0 ↑ 19.8 -6.3 ↓ 28.9 9.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 52.2 58.5 6.3 ↑ 57.7 -0.8 ↓ 59.5 1.8 ↑ 67.4 7.9 ↑ 57.0 -10.4 ↓ 62.7 5.7 ↑ 56.3 -6.4 ↓ 60.0 3.7 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 349 .261 220 7 3.2 129 40 31.0
2017 Shifts 310 .255 219 5 2.3 91 23 25.3
2018 Shifts 292 .293 183 0 0.0 109 10 9.2
2019 Shifts 237 .292 174 2 1.1 63 17 27.0
2020 Shifts 86 .216 77 5 6.5 9 2 22.2
2021 Shifts 272 .312 190 34 17.9 82 30 36.6
2022 Shifts 197 .297 124 19 15.3 73 22 30.1
2023 Shades 233 .344 140 12 8.6 93 21 22.6
! 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 %
2011 340 14.8 52.4% 0.3% 187 21.7 1.6% 5.3%
2012 21 12.6 81.0% 0.0% 25 19.3 4.0% 12.0%
2013 97 14.0 57.7% 1.0% 47 21.3 0.0% 14.9%
2014 532 15.2 47.9% 0.6% 302 23.0 0.7% 8.3%
2015 444 18.9 21.2% 4.5% 274 25.8 4.0% 29.6%
2016 369 22.1 6.2% 9.2% 280 27.8 1.8% 34.6%
2017 325 23.5 0.0% 9.2% 213 28.7 0.0% 37.6%
2018 331 24.7 0.0% 11.8% 245 30.1 0.0% 50.2%
2019 258 22.4 0.0% 6.6% 164 28.6 0.0% 40.9%
2020 90 23.0 0.0% 11.1% 81 27.4 0.0% 29.6%
2021 323 23.8 0.0% 9.0% 202 29.5 0.0% 47.0%
2022 228 22.9 0.4% 8.3% 180 26.3 0.0% 21.7%
2023 236 17.7 8.5% 0.0% 210 20.7 0.5% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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