Brandon Kintzler
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 10" 200LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2004 | Rd: 40, #1182, San Diego Padres | Dixie State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 3 3 2.68 62 0 1 57 48 1.02
2020 2 3 2.22 24 0 12 24.1 14 1.32
2021 2 1 6.37 29 1 0 29.2 22 1.79
12 Seasons 24 24 3.50 483 1 61 478.1 335 1.28
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 62 3-3 2.68 57 48 1.02
2020 24 2-3 2.22 24.1 14 1.32
2021 29 2-1 6.37 29.2 22 1.79
12 Seasons 483 24-24 3.50 478.1 335 1.28
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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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
2015 30 149 24 1 4.2 2.8 87.9 108.0 -1.5 29.2 .296 .450 .443 .378 .426 29.2 19.4 13.9 6.43 6.23
2016 31 828 179 7 3.9 3.1 88.6 111.8 1.4 24.0 .273 .398 .304 .305 .345 40.2 15.6 3.6 3.15 3.91
2017 32 1110 230 10 4.3 3.5 85.6 111.1 5.0 31.3 .252 .388 .276 .299 .320 27.8 13.5 5.6 3.03 3.81
2018 33 981 194 11 5.7 4.2 88.5 113.9 7.5 34.0 .284 .429 .335 .339 .376 40.2 16.3 8.4 4.60 4.96
2019 34 855 162 11 6.8 4.8 89.4 111.8 8.4 27.8 .234 .390 .265 .291 .342 42.6 21.1 5.7 2.68 3.69
2020 35 343 76 5 6.6 5.0 86.6 109.3 3.5 31.6 .258 .424 .298 .325 .346 34.2 13.9 10.9 2.22 4.51
2021 36 510 110 8 7.3 5.7 91.7 114.4 3.1 33.6 .315 .519 .402 .376 .431 48.2 15.6 5.7 6.37 6.31
Player 4776 975 53 5.4 4.1 88.2 114.4 4.9 30.2 .267 .417 .311 .319 .356 37.8 16.3 6.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Kintzler relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(74.5%) ,
Slider
(13.9%) ,
Changeup
(11.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.6%) ,


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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 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 2.8
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 3.1
2017 55.2 14.3 23.5 7.0 28.3 47.4 24.3 7.0 41.3 19.6 23.0 3.9 4.3 3.5
2018 50.5 17.0 28.4 4.1 29.9 44.3 25.3 3.6 38.7 16.5 30.4 4.6 5.7 4.2
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 4.8
2020 56.6 19.7 19.7 3.9 32.9 47.4 19.7 3.9 47.4 18.4 22.4 1.3 6.6 5.0
2021 58.2 14.5 24.5 2.7 41.8 40.0 18.2 2.7 40.0 15.5 27.3 6.4 7.3 5.7
Player 56.5 16.1 23.1 4.3 31.7 43.5 24.7 4.1 42.9 16.3 25.7 4.6 5.4 4.1
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

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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 Sinker PHI R 380 92.0 21.6 -0.4 -2 16.0 1.4 10
2021 Slider PHI R 71 85.4 33.8 -1.8 -5 1.0 -3.9 -80
2021 Changeup PHI R 56 86.8 25.6 -3.5 -12 17.2 3.4 24
2021 4-Seam Fastball PHI R 3 92.2 18.3 -2.9 -19 10.2 3.2 46
2020 Slider MIA R 36 84.6 35.7 -1.3 -4 1.1 -3.9 -77
2020 Changeup MIA R 45 85.9 27.9 -2.0 -7 17.6 4.3 33
2020 4-Seam Fastball MIA R 5 92.0 19.8 -3.8 -24 9.4 2.5 36
2020 Sinker MIA R 257 91.3 23.8 1.0 4 15.6 1.0 7
2019 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 32 93.1 18.1 -2.2 -14 11.0 3.6 49
2019 Changeup CHC R 150 87.5 27.0 -1.7 -6 16.8 2.9 20
2019 Sinker CHC R 586 92.6 23.0 0.8 4 15.8 1.3 9
2019 Slider CHC R 87 86.7 33.3 -0.7 -2 1.2 -5.0 -131
2018 Sinker CHC R 780 92.6 21.9 0.3 1 15.1 0.7 5
2018 Slider CHC R 82 86.8 32.5 -0.7 -2 0.5 -4.5 -114
2018 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 31 92.7 17.7 -1.6 -10 7.9 0.7 9
2018 Changeup CHC R 84 87.9 25.8 -2.9 -10 16.7 2.9 21
2017 Slider WSH R 155 87.2 29.4 -1.8 -6 1.8 -1.2 -40
2017 Sinker WSH R 662 93.4 19.3 -0.3 -1 16.0 1.4 9
2017 Changeup WSH R 56 88.9 22.8 -2.8 -11 16.9 3.1 22
2017 4-Seam Fastball WSH R 236 93.7 13.7 0.2 2 11.5 3.9 52
2016 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 41 93.1 18.2 -2.2 -13 6.1 -1.0 -14
2016 Changeup MIN R 44 87.8 30.3 0.9 3 12.7 0.1 1
2016 Slider MIN R 56 86.0 35.5 0.9 3 5.6 0.9 21
2016 Sinker MIN R 684 93.3 22.7 1.5 7 11.3 -2.5 -18
2015 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 5 91.1 20.0 -2.9 -17 9.5 2.9 43
2015 Slider MIL R 26 83.8 40.3 2.3 6 3.0 -2.2 -43
2015 Changeup MIL R 22 86.5 33.1 3.6 12 17.4 4.9 39
2015 Sinker MIL R 95 91.4 26.0 2.8 12 14.1 0.3 2
! 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 -2.2 -8 380 74.5 103 .368 .611 .465 12.1 16.5 18.5 .315 .533 .388 53.2
2021 Slider -0.3 0 71 13.9 13 .154 .385 .223 34.4 23.1 11.1 .231 .320 .237 20.0
2021 Changeup -0.5 0 56 11.0 22 .364 .591 .409 17.6 9.1 20.0 .375 .591 .413 45.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 9.1 0 3 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .066 .195 .100 0.0
2020 Sinker 1.7 4 257 74.9 71 .238 .397 .348 11.1 11.3 14.0 .282 .476 .360 41.1
2020 Changeup -2.8 -1 45 13.1 16 .333 .400 .347 23.8 18.8 23.1 .256 .301 .273 16.7
2020 Slider 7.7 3 36 10.5 11 .091 .364 .182 28.6 27.3 21.4 .125 .297 .178 12.5
2020 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 0 5 1.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Sinker 2.1 12 586 68.5 153 .231 .357 .313 12.3 19.0 22.1 .263 .411 .312 47.8
2019 Changeup 1.7 3 150 17.5 48 .170 .319 .221 29.8 27.1 22.0 .157 .286 .194 29.4
2019 Slider -1.1 -1 87 10.2 16 .200 .533 .325 43.8 37.5 14.6 .183 .431 .279 33.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 0 32 3.7 7 .250 .250 .429 0.0 0.0 0.0 .256 .662 .512 25.0
2018 Sinker -0.4 -3 780 79.5 215 .301 .454 .358 13.6 14.0 14.0 .294 .446 .351 42.3
2018 Changeup 0.3 0 84 8.6 18 .118 .235 .178 24.4 22.2 11.1 .165 .234 .203 15.4
2018 Slider -0.7 -1 82 8.4 21 .278 .389 .314 41.2 33.3 16.3 .282 .443 .334 41.7
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 0 31 3.2 4 .333 .333 .400 27.3 50.0 11.1 .284 .331 .377 0.0
2017 Sinker 1.0 6 662 59.6 172 .253 .361 .306 7.0 12.2 11.9 .274 .421 .326 30.9
2017 4-Seam Fastball 2.1 5 236 21.3 74 .246 .304 .267 12.1 8.1 7.2 .240 .348 .276 25.0
2017 Slider -1.3 -2 155 14.0 27 .269 .423 .313 38.2 29.6 12.7 .198 .399 .264 22.2
2017 Changeup 2.1 1 56 5.0 13 .154 .154 .138 37.5 30.8 20.0 .152 .177 .142 11.1
! 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 56 86.8 97 20.4 1:30 2:00 -30
2021 Sinker 378 92.0 92 19.3 1:15 2:00 -45
2021 Slider 71 85.4 18 3.4 11:00 11:00 0
2020 Changeup 43 85.9 97 20.2 1:45 2:15 -30
2020 Sinker 249 91.3 86 18.2 1:15 2:15 -60
2020 Slider 35 84.6 15 2.6 10:45 10:30 15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 32 119 -3 2 -1 0 -3
2011 61 228 1 0 -1 0 0
2012 71 294 1 3 -1 -2 1
2013 303 1,095 6 11 -1 -4 13
2014 236 853 -7 10 -3 -3 -3
2015 36 149 -2 1 -2 -1 -4
2016 223 825 3 5 -1 -3 4
2017 298 1,163 9 12 -5 -5 11
2018 258 977 -7 11 -3 -4 -3
2019 224 855 8 14 -4 -4 14
2020 110 394 5 6 -2 -1 7
2021 139 510 -6 2 -3 -2 -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 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 57.2 89.6 34.3 70.9 45.7 65.2 45.0 16.6 5.7 61.7
2017 1,110 50.1 63.5 92.4 27.8 72.1 39.0 62.9 45.7 13.2 8.3 71.7
2018 981 48.4 64.1 88.8 28.5 68.8 43.0 63.6 45.6 17.0 7.4 70.8
2019 855 48.3 63.2 85.8 28.3 68.8 44.8 61.6 45.1 18.4 7.6 66.2
2020 343 47.8 61.0 95.0 28.5 64.7 48.1 72.7 44.0 15.2 6.1 66.7
2021 510 49.0 68.0 90.0 24.6 67.2 42.2 59.7 45.9 15.8 6.3 78.1
Player 4,776 47.8 62.7 89.9 29.4 69.7 42.9 63.4 45.3 16.2 7.0 69.3
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
2015 29 1 87
2016 58 15 52 76 62 87 86 48 9 12 98 6 92 55 2 62
2017 67 42 61 72 69 66 80 88 89 5 91 1 55 59 6 75
2018 15 4 25 52 7 68 65 44 10 12 46 4 57 45 5 70
2019 75 60 61 63 76 69 53 28 7 36 85 6 41 39 8 73
2020 40 31 39 45 31 56 56 81 65 4 26 1 58 21 3 74
2021 25 6 68
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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 5 4.5 1 4 2 3 60.0
2017 22.6 5 5.4 0 1 5 2 40.0
2018 22.5 5 5.8 -1 6 4 2 40.0
2019 22.8 5 5.6 -1 4 5 1 20.0
2020 21.4 3 3.3 0 2 3 1 33.3
2021 23.8 7 7.3 0 1 5 3 42.9
Player 22.8 30 32.0 -2 18 24 12 40.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 5 5 4 5 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 7 4 4 4 5 3 3 6 5 4 5 7 6 3 3 5 7 5 5 4
2017 5 6 6 4 6 5 7 5 4 5 5 5 5 7 5 5 5 4 6 4 6 5 7 7 6 5 5 6 7 6 3
2018 5 8 4 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 4 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 7 7 7 5 5 6 6 9 6 2
2019 5 7 5 5 5 5 7 5 4 4 6 6 7 6 5 6 4 4 6 7 6 6 7 6 4 4 6 8 7 6 5
2020 3 3 4 5 4 3 4 3 1 3 2 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 3 2 4 2 4 2 4 4 3 4 2
2021 7 9 6 7 7 7 9 7 6 6 7 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 7 6 7
Player 30 38 29 32 32 28 38 30 24 26 29 39 35 31 30 33 29 26 35 34 31 33 40 36 29 26 34 39 38 33 23
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.4 93.3 1.9 ↑ 93.5 0.2 ↑ 92.6 -0.9 ↓ 92.6 0.0 91.3 -1.3 ↓ 92.0 0.7 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 86.5 87.8 1.3 ↑ 88.9 1.1 ↑ 87.9 -1.0 ↓ 87.5 -0.4 ↓ 85.9 -1.6 ↓ 86.8 0.9 ↑
Breaking Velocity 83.8 86.0 2.2 ↑ 87.2 1.2 ↑ 86.8 -0.4 ↓ 86.7 -0.1 ↓ 84.6 -2.1 ↓ 85.4 0.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.9 88.6 0.7 ↑ 85.6 -3.0 ↓ 88.5 2.9 ↑ 89.4 0.9 ↑ 86.6 -2.8 ↓ 91.7 5.1 ↑
Launch Angle -1.5 1.4 2.9 ↑ 5.0 3.6 ↑ 7.5 2.5 ↑ 8.4 0.9 ↑ 3.5 -4.9 ↓ 3.1 -0.4 ↓
Barrel % 4.2 3.9 -0.3 ↓ 4.3 0.4 ↑ 5.7 1.4 ↑ 6.8 1.1 ↑ 6.6 -0.2 ↓ 7.3 0.7 ↑
Hard Hit % 29.2 40.2 11.0 ↑ 27.8 -12.4 ↓ 40.2 12.4 ↑ 42.6 2.4 ↑ 34.2 -8.4 ↓ 48.2 14.0 ↑
Sweet Spot % 29.2 24.0 -5.2 ↓ 31.3 7.3 ↑ 34.0 2.7 ↑ 27.8 -6.2 ↓ 31.6 3.8 ↑ 33.6 2.0 ↑
xBA .297 .273 -0.024 ↓ .252 -0.021 ↓ .284 0.032 ↑ .234 -0.050 ↓ .258 0.024 ↑ .315 0.057 ↑
BA .387 .276 -0.111 ↓ .248 -0.028 ↓ .286 0.038 ↑ .215 -0.071 ↓ .236 0.021 ↑ .344 0.108 ↑
xwOBA .378 .305 -0.073 ↓ .299 -0.006 ↓ .339 0.040 ↑ .291 -0.048 ↓ .325 0.034 ↑ .376 0.051 ↑
wOBA .443 .304 -0.139 ↓ .276 -0.028 ↓ .335 0.059 ↑ .265 -0.070 ↓ .298 0.033 ↑ .402 0.104 ↑
xSLG .450 .398 -0.052 ↓ .388 -0.010 ↓ .429 0.041 ↑ .390 -0.039 ↓ .424 0.034 ↑ .519 0.095 ↑
SLG .548 .397 -0.151 ↓ .342 -0.055 ↓ .432 0.090 ↑ .359 -0.073 ↓ .393 0.034 ↑ .580 0.187 ↑
K% 19.4 15.6 -3.8 ↓ 13.5 -2.1 ↓ 16.3 2.8 ↑ 21.1 4.8 ↑ 13.9 -7.2 ↓ 15.6 1.7 ↑
BB% 13.9 3.6 -10.3 ↓ 5.6 2.0 ↑ 8.4 2.8 ↑ 5.7 -2.7 ↓ 10.9 5.2 ↑ 5.7 -5.2 ↓
Swing % 43.6 45.0 1.4 ↑ 45.7 0.7 ↑ 45.6 -0.1 ↓ 45.1 -0.5 ↓ 44.0 -1.1 ↓ 45.9 1.9 ↑
Whiff% 21.5 16.6 -4.9 ↓ 13.2 -3.4 ↓ 17.0 3.8 ↑ 18.4 1.4 ↑ 15.2 -3.2 ↓ 15.8 0.6 ↑
In Zone % 26.2 46.9 20.7 ↑ 50.1 3.2 ↑ 48.4 -1.7 ↓ 48.3 -0.1 ↓ 47.8 -0.5 ↓ 49.0 1.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 73.8 53.1 -20.7 ↓ 49.9 -3.2 ↓ 51.6 1.7 ↑ 51.7 0.1 ↑ 52.2 0.5 ↑ 51.0 -1.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 39.1 34.3 -4.8 ↓ 27.8 -6.5 ↓ 28.5 0.7 ↑ 28.3 -0.2 ↓ 28.5 0.2 ↑ 24.6 -3.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 22.3 -11.0 ↓ 24.5 2.2 ↑ 30.6 6.1 ↑ 26.3 -4.3 ↓ 29.3 3.0 ↑ 30.9 1.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 55.6 65.2 9.6 ↑ 62.9 -2.3 ↓ 63.6 0.7 ↑ 61.6 -2.0 ↓ 72.7 11.1 ↑ 59.7 -13.0 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 223 .304 128 9 7.0 95 15 15.8
2017 Shifts 286 .276 149 21 14.1 137 27 19.7
2018 Shifts 258 .335 157 4 2.5 101 20 19.8
2019 Shifts 224 .265 138 17 12.3 86 26 30.2
2020 Shifts 98 .298 52 17 32.7 46 16 34.8
2021 Shifts 134 .404 80 9 11.3 54 17 31.5
! 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 25 15.0 40.0% 4.0% 27 21.0 3.7% 0.0%
2011 68 16.2 26.5% 0.0% 32 21.1 0.0% 15.6%
2012 82 14.8 51.2% 0.0% 39 22.4 0.0% 2.6%
2013 332 16.1 33.4% 0.3% 169 24.3 0.0% 10.1%
2014 218 16.7 24.8% 0.5% 161 24.0 1.9% 9.3%
2015 39 16.8 35.9% 10.3% 25 22.4 4.0% 12.0%
2016 250 19.5 12.4% 6.8% 162 22.9 8.0% 15.4%
2017 334 21.4 0.3% 3.0% 190 26.3 0.0% 23.2%
2018 262 20.7 0.8% 2.3% 185 25.5 0.0% 16.2%
2019 231 18.6 6.9% 3.0% 177 24.0 0.0% 13.6%
2020 89 18.9 3.4% 0.0% 75 24.1 0.0% 14.7%
2021 130 18.9 3.1% 1.5% 104 22.8 0.0% 6.7%
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Pitch Distribution

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