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Brandon Kintzler
Popularity: ↑ 7%
P | B/T: R/R | 5' 10" 200LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2004 | Rd: 40, #1182, San Diego Padres | Dixie State
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 2 3 2.22 24 0 12 24.1 14 1.32
11 Seasons 22 23 3.31 454 0 61 448.2 313 1.25
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 24 2-3 2.22 24.1 14 1.32
11 Seasons 454 22-23 3.31 448.2 313 1.25

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Statcast Statistics

Season Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON Hard Hit % K % BB % ERA xERA
2015 149 24 1 4.2 87.9 -1.5 29.2 .305 .452 .443 .384 .435 29.2 19.4 13.9 6.43 6.21
2016 828 179 7 3.9 88.6 1.4 24.0 .279 .407 .304 .316 .360 40.2 15.6 3.6 3.15 4.02
2017 1110 230 10 4.3 85.6 5 31.3 .266 .407 .276 .316 .342 27.8 13.5 5.6 3.03 4.10
2018 981 194 11 5.7 88.5 7.5 34.0 .290 .441 .335 .348 .388 40.2 16.3 8.4 4.60 5.05
2019 855 162 11 6.8 89.4 8.4 27.8 .238 .397 .265 .297 .351 42.6 21.1 5.7 2.68 3.70
2020 343 76 5 6.6 86.6 3.5 31.6 .257 .425 .293 .316 .335 34.2 13.9 10.9 2.22 4.58
ALL 4266 865 45 5.2 87.8 5.1 29.7 .269 .416 .300 .322 .359 36.5 16.3 6.6
MLB 43640 6.4 88.3 11.9 32.8 .250 .414 .317 .321 .376 34.9 21.8 8.3

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Kintzler relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(74.3%) ,
Changeup
(13.7%) ,
Slider
(10.5%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(1.5%) ,


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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 Whiff% PutAway%
2020 Sinker 255 141 114 74.3 91.3 70 62 15 9 4 0 2 8 55 .242 .284 .403 .482 .306 .354 89.1 0 1942 11.2 14.5
2020 Changeup 47 8 39 13.7 86.0 17 16 5 4 1 0 0 3 13 .313 .247 .375 .296 .317 .257 80.7 11 2068 22.7 20.0
2020 Slider 36 33 3 10.5 84.6 11 11 1 0 0 0 1 3 8 .091 .124 .364 .296 .176 .165 71.1 21 2322 28.6 21.4
2020 4-Seam Fastball 5 3 2 1.5 92.0 1903 0.0
2019 Sinker 586 397 189 68.5 92.6 153 143 33 22 7 1 3 29 115 .231 .267 .357 .418 .270 .318 90.3 7 2018 12.5 22.1
2019 Changeup 150 65 85 17.5 87.5 48 47 8 4 2 1 1 13 34 .170 .162 .319 .296 .210 .203 86.8 10 2130 30.1 22.0
2019 Slider 87 61 26 10.2 86.7 16 15 3 1 0 1 1 6 9 .200 .183 .533 .433 .314 .279 86.3 23 2297 43.8 14.6
2019 4-Seam Fastball 32 17 15 3.7 93.1 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .257 .250 .676 .428 .523 92.3 14 2021 0.0 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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
2020 Changeup MIA R 47 86 27.9 -2.1 -7 17.7 4.4 33
2020 4-Seamer MIA R 5 92 19.8 -3.8 -24 9.4 2.6 38
2020 Slider MIA R 36 84.6 35.7 -1.2 -3 1.1 -4.2 -79
2020 Sinker MIA R 255 91.3 23.7 1.3 6 15.6 1.1 8
2019 Changeup CHC R 150 87.5 27 -1.8 -6 16.8 2.9 21
2019 Sinker CHC R 586 92.6 23 0.8 4 15.8 1.3 9
2019 Slider CHC R 87 86.7 33.3 -0.8 -2 1.2 -5.1 -130
2019 4-Seamer CHC R 32 93.1 18.1 -2.2 -13 11 3.7 50
2018 4-Seamer CHC R 31 92.7 17.7 -1.6 -10 7.9 0.7 10
2018 Slider CHC R 82 86.8 32.5 -0.8 -2 0.5 -4.5 -113
2018 Sinker CHC R 780 92.6 21.9 0.3 1 15.1 0.7 5
2018 Changeup CHC R 84 87.8 25.8 -3 -10 16.7 2.9 21
2017 Changeup WSH R 56 88.9 22.8 -2.8 -11 16.9 3.1 22
2017 Slider WSH R 154 87.2 29.3 -1.9 -6 1.8 -1.3 -42
2017 4-Seamer WSH R 236 93.7 13.7 0.2 2 11.5 3.9 52
2017 Sinker WSH R 662 93.4 19.3 -0.3 -2 16 1.4 9
2016 Changeup MIN R 44 87.8 25.9 -0.9 -3 13.7 0.3 2
2016 Slider MIN R 56 86 30.4 -1.7 -5 2.7 0.3 14
2016 Sinker MIN R 684 93.3 18 -0.6 -3 12.6 -1.9 -13
2016 4-Seamer MIN R 41 93.1 14.3 -0.4 -3 7.8 -0.5 -6
2015 4-Seamer MIL R 5 91.2 18.2 -3.2 -22 11.2 3.5 45
2015 Changeup MIL R 22 86.5 29.2 2.6 10 18.2 5 38
2015 Slider MIL R 26 83.8 37.5 2.5 7 0.4 -2.7 -87
2015 Sinker MIL R 95 91.4 22.9 2.6 13 15.3 0.8 5
! 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 %
2020 Slider -7.5 -3 36 10.5 11 .091 .364 .182 28.6 27.3 21.4 .124 .296 .165 12.5
2020 Changeup 2.8 1 47 13.7 17 .313 .375 .326 22.7 17.6 20.0 .247 .296 .257 15.4
2020 Sinker -1.3 -3 255 74.3 70 .242 .403 .353 11.2 11.4 14.5 .284 .482 .355 41.8
2020 4-Seamer 2.5 0 5 1.5 0.0 0.0
2019 4-Seamer -1.7 -1 32 3.7 7 .250 .250 .429 0.0 0.0 0.0 .257 .676 .519 25.0
2019 Slider 1.2 1 87 10.2 16 .200 .533 .325 43.8 37.5 14.6 .183 .433 .280 33.3
2019 Changeup -1.5 -2 150 17.5 48 .170 .319 .221 30.1 27.1 22.0 .162 .296 .203 29.4
2019 Sinker -2.1 -12 586 68.5 153 .231 .357 .307 12.5 19.0 22.1 .267 .418 .318 47.8
2018 4-Seamer 0.1 0 31 3.2 4 .333 .333 .400 27.3 50.0 11.1 .271 .305 .363 0.0
2018 Changeup -0.1 0 84 8.6 18 .118 .235 .178 24.4 22.2 11.1 .175 .242 .213 15.4
2018 Slider 0.8 1 82 8.4 21 .278 .389 .314 41.2 33.3 16.3 .284 .461 .341 41.7
2018 Sinker 0.3 3 780 79.5 215 .301 .454 .358 13.7 14.0 14.0 .301 .458 .360 42.3
2018 N/A 0.0 0 1 0.1 0.0
2017 Changeup -2.1 -1 56 5.0 13 .154 .154 .138 37.5 30.8 20.0 .150 .174 .146 11.1
2017 Slider 1.6 2 154 13.9 27 .269 .423 .313 38.2 29.6 12.7 .198 .406 .267 22.2
2017 4-Seamer -2.3 -5 236 21.3 74 .246 .304 .271 12.1 8.1 7.2 .253 .357 .290 25.0
2017 Sinker -0.9 -6 662 59.6 172 .253 .361 .306 7.0 12.2 11.9 .293 .448 .348 30.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Observed Spin-Based Gap Observed Spin-Based
2020 Slider 36 84.6 15 2.7 10:30 10:45 15
2020 Sinker 254 91.3 86 18.2 2:15 1:15 -60
2020 Changeup 47 86.0 97 20.2 2:15 1:45 -30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 221 818 -4 -2 1 1 -3
2017 294 1155 -9 -12 5 4 -11
2018 254 973 7 -11 4 3 3
2019 220 846 -8 -13 4 4 -14
2020 110 394 -4 -6 3 1 -6
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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 149 26.2 56.4 90.9 39.1 72.1 34.2 55.6 43.6 21.5 2.0 66.7
2016 828 46.9 56.7 90.5 33.6 72.3 45.8 65.2 44.4 16.8 5.7 59.6
2017 1110 50.2 63.0 92.9 27.7 72.5 39.1 62.5 45.4 13.3 8.3 72.8
2018 981 48.2 63.6 89.4 28.1 69.2 43.0 62.4 45.3 17.1 7.3 70.8
2019 855 48.4 62.1 87.2 28.1 69.4 44.8 60.8 44.6 18.6 7.6 66.2
2020 343 47.8 61.0 95.0 28.5 64.7 48.1 71.3 44.0 15.2 6.1 66.7
ALL 4266 47.7 61.5 90.6 29.7 70.5 43.0 63.2 44.8 16.4 7.0 68.3
MLB 48.4 66.1 82.8 28.2 59.4 42.6 60.6 46.6 24.5 7.2 75.1

Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2015 66.7 8.3 25.0 0.0 33.3 41.7 25.0 4.2 54.2 0.0 29.2 4.2 4.2
2016 62.6 14.0 20.7 2.8 25.1 41.3 33.5 3.4 49.2 11.2 26.8 3.9 3.9
2017 55.2 14.3 23.5 7.0 28.3 47.4 24.3 6.5 41.3 19.6 23.0 3.9 4.3
2018 50.5 17.0 28.4 4.1 29.9 44.3 25.8 3.6 38.7 16.5 30.4 4.6 5.7
2019 56.2 20.4 19.1 4.3 38.3 40.1 21.6 2.5 41.4 19.1 22.8 6.8 6.8
2020 56.6 14.5 25.0 3.9 32.9 47.4 19.7 3.9 47.4 18.4 22.4 1.3 6.6
ALL 56.3 15.8 23.4 4.5 30.4 43.9 25.7 4.2 43.2 16.4 25.5 4.4 5.2
MLB 45.3 22.0 25.7 7.1 36.6 38.0 25.5 3.2 33.6 24.3 24.6 5.6 6.4

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2015
2016 52 11 50 77 59 87 86 49 9 12 98 6 52 58 1
2017 54 28 53 70 58 66 80 88 89 5 91 1 54 62 5
2018 14 4 23 51 6 68 65 44 11 12 46 3 14 50 4
2019 75 60 63 63 76 69 53 28 7 36 85 6 75 44 7
2020 39 33 39 44 32 56 56 81 65 4 26 1 39 27 2
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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 22.8 5 5.3 -0.3 3 6 1 20.0
2020 21.4 3 3.9 -0.9 1 3 2 66.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 5 6 7 6 6 4 6 7 5 8 5 5 3 4 5 6 2 5 6 7 3 5 4 7 4 6 5 4 7 3 7
2020 3 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 2 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 5 3 3 4 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.4 93.3 1.9 ↑ 93.5 0.2 ↑ 92.6 -0.9 ↓ 92.6 0 91.3 -1.3 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 86.5 87.8 1.3 ↑ 88.9 1.1 ↑ 87.8 -1.1 ↓ 87.5 -0.3 ↓ 86 -1.5 ↓
Breaking Velocity 83.8 86 2.2 ↑ 87.2 1.2 ↑ 86.8 -0.4 ↓ 86.7 -0.1 ↓ 84.6 -2.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.9 88.6 0.7 ↑ 85.6 -3 ↓ 88.5 2.9 ↑ 89.4 0.9 ↑ 86.6 -2.8 ↓
Launch Angle -1.5 1.4 2.9 ↑ 5 3.6 ↑ 7.5 2.5 ↑ 8.4 0.9 ↑ 3.5 -4.9 ↓
Barrel % 4.2 3.9 -0.3 ↓ 4.3 0.4 ↑ 5.7 1.4 ↑ 6.8 1.1 ↑ 6.6 -0.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 29.2 40.2 11 ↑ 27.8 -12.4 ↓ 40.2 12.4 ↑ 42.6 2.4 ↑ 34.2 -8.4 ↓
Sweet Spot % 29.2 24 -5.2 ↓ 31.3 7.3 ↑ 34 2.7 ↑ 27.8 -6.2 ↓ 31.6 3.8 ↑
xBA .305 .279 -0.026 ↓ .266 -0.013 ↓ .29 0.024 ↑ .238 -0.052 ↓ .257 0.019 ↑
BA .387 .276 -0.111 ↓ .248 -0.028 ↓ .286 0.038 ↑ .215 -0.071 ↓ .236 0.021 ↑
xwOBA .384 .316 -0.068 ↓ .316 0 .348 0.032 ↑ .297 -0.051 ↓ .316 0.019 ↑
wOBA .443 .304 -0.139 ↓ .276 -0.028 ↓ .335 0.059 ↑ .265 -0.07 ↓ .293 0.028 ↑
xSLG .452 .407 -0.045 ↓ .407 0 .441 0.034 ↑ .397 -0.044 ↓ .425 0.028 ↑
SLG .548 .397 -0.151 ↓ .342 -0.055 ↓ .432 0.09 ↑ .359 -0.073 ↓ .393 0.034 ↑
K% 19.4 15.6 -3.8 ↓ 13.5 -2.1 ↓ 16.3 2.8 ↑ 21.1 4.8 ↑ 13.9 -7.2 ↓
BB% 13.9 3.6 -10.3 ↓ 5.6 2 ↑ 8.4 2.8 ↑ 5.7 -2.7 ↓ 10.9 5.2 ↑
Swing % 43.6 44.4 0.8 ↑ 45.4 1 ↑ 45.3 -0.1 ↓ 44.6 -0.7 ↓ 44 -0.6 ↓
Whiff% 21.5 16.8 -4.7 ↓ 13.3 -3.5 ↓ 17.1 3.8 ↑ 18.6 1.5 ↑ 15.2 -3.4 ↓
In Zone Swing % 26.2 46.9 20.7 ↑ 50.2 3.3 ↑ 48.2 -2 ↓ 48.4 0.2 ↑ 47.8 -0.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 73.8 53.1 -20.7 ↓ 49.8 -3.3 ↓ 51.8 2 ↑ 51.6 -0.2 ↓ 52.2 0.6 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 21.9 -11.4 ↓ 24 2.1 ↑ 28.9 4.9 ↑ 24.7 -4.2 ↓ 28.7 4 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 55.6 65.2 9.6 ↑ 62.5 -2.7 ↓ 62.4 -0.1 ↓ 60.8 -1.6 ↓ 71.3 10.5 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 224 .304 128 6 4.7 96 15 15.6
2017 286 .276 149 16 10.7 137 19 13.9
2018 258 .335 157 4 2.5 101 10 9.9
2019 224 .265 138 15 10.9 86 19 22.1
2020 98 .293 52 11 21.2 46 12 26.1

Pitch Distribution

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