Brandon Pfaadt
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 220LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2020 | Rd: 5, #149, Arizona Diamondbacks | Bellarmine University
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 3 9 5.72 19 18 0 96 94 1.41
2024 4 6 3.74 20 20 0 120.1 111 1.11
2 Seasons 7 15 4.62 39 38 0 216.1 205 1.24
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 19 3-9 5.72 96 94 1.41
2024 20 4-6 3.74 120.1 111 1.11
2 Seasons 39 7-15 4.62 216.1 205 1.24
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		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2023 24 1612 298 35 11.7 8.3 90.1 113.4 18.2 37.2 .253 .457 .362 .325 .391 44.0 22.3 6.2 5.72 4.48
2024 25 1767 348 23 6.6 4.7 89.1 114.4 15.4 31.0 .237 .376 .285 .286 .345 39.9 22.7 5.5 3.74 3.25
Player 3379 646 58 9.0 6.4 89.6 114.4 16.7 33.9 .245 .413 .321 .304 .367 41.8 22.5 5.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Pfaadt relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(35.0%) ,
Sweeper
(28.4%) ,
Sinker
(21.1%) ,
Changeup
(10.6%) ,
Curveball
(4.1%) ,
Split Finger
(0.9%) ,


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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
2023 32.6 33.9 25.2 8.4 42.6 35.2 22.1 3.0 22.5 31.5 25.5 5.7 11.7 8.3
2024 42.8 28.7 21.0 7.5 43.7 31.6 24.7 2.9 28.4 29.0 27.6 4.6 6.6 4.7
Player 38.1 31.1 22.9 7.9 43.2 33.3 23.5 2.9 25.7 30.2 26.6 5.1 9.0 6.4
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! 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
2024 Changeup AZ R 187 87.6 32.4 0.6 2 15.5 1.1 8
2024 Split-Finger AZ R 16 89.6 25.7 -5.5 -18 4.1 -7.4 -64
2024 Curveball AZ R 72 80.2 49.2 -2.7 -5 14.1 4.8 51
2024 Sweeper AZ R 501 84.6 31.7 -4.7 -13 11.5 -1.7 -13
2024 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 619 93.5 16.5 -0.9 -6 5.3 -2.3 -31
2024 Sinker AZ R 371 93.4 25.0 1.8 8 14.9 0.0 0
2023 Curveball AZ R 89 78.8 51.9 -2.1 -4 13.2 3.5 36
2023 Sinker AZ R 160 93.1 24.4 0.8 4 15.5 0.3 2
2023 Changeup AZ R 196 86.7 33.2 0.9 3 15.8 1.3 9
2023 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 730 93.7 15.7 -0.1 -1 6.3 -1.2 -16
2023 Sweeper AZ R 435 83.8 33.0 -4.5 -12 11.8 -1.5 -11
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 10 619 35.0 158 .232 .366 .304 19.9 15.2 16.9 .257 .426 .332 47.5
2024 Sweeper -1.2 -6 501 28.4 153 .177 .401 .257 34.9 34.6 24.1 .172 .314 .216 31.3
2024 Sinker -0.3 -1 372 21.1 121 .272 .360 .328 11.9 23.1 26.2 .272 .380 .306 40.7
2024 Changeup 0.3 1 187 10.6 41 .268 .293 .272 32.2 12.2 14.7 .262 .319 .251 33.3
2024 Curveball -1.2 -1 72 4.1 10 .500 .500 .500 29.2 10.0 12.5 .456 .694 .534 57.1
2024 Split-Finger -3.8 -1 16 0.9 5 .200 .800 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 .282 .676 .397 40.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -10 730 45.3 175 .327 .654 .430 17.6 14.9 13.4 .286 .543 .371 49.3
2023 Sweeper 1.7 8 435 27.0 147 .180 .323 .264 33.7 32.0 25.1 .180 .316 .245 36.0
2023 Changeup -4.0 -8 196 12.2 46 .400 .711 .497 33.0 19.6 16.7 .362 .592 .411 52.8
2023 Sinker -2.1 -3 160 9.9 35 .313 .563 .426 18.8 20.0 33.3 .274 .507 .362 40.0
2023 Curveball -1.9 -2 89 5.5 18 .294 .529 .369 29.4 27.8 27.8 .185 .314 .239 25.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 182 87.6 81 16.4 1:45 2:45 -60
2024 Curveball 72 80.2 72 17.4 8:00 8:00 0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 618 93.5 70 15.1 1:00 12:45 15
2024 Split-Finger 15 89.7 78 8.6 1:30 1:00 30
2024 Sinker 369 93.4 76 16.6 1:15 2:15 -60
2024 Sweeper 499 84.6 40 13.5 8:45 9:45 -60
2023 Changeup 192 86.7 86 16.7 1:45 2:45 -60
2023 Curveball 89 78.8 76 17.4 7:45 7:45 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 730 93.7 77 16.2 1:15 12:45 30
2023 Sinker 160 93.1 83 17.4 1:15 2:15 -60
2023 Sweeper 434 83.8 43 13.5 8:45 9:45 -60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 508 1,940 -6 6 -10 -5 -15
2024 488 1,767 1 16 -10 -5 2
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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 %
2023 1,612 53.1 67.2 82.1 29.1 54.5 43.2 63.9 49.3 25.0 8.2 76.7
2024 1,767 53.7 67.1 83.2 29.4 55.6 44.7 70.6 49.6 24.2 8.1 80.4
Player 3,379 53.4 67.1 82.7 29.3 55.1 44.0 67.5 49.5 24.6 8.2 78.6
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
2023 37 35 19 12 67 16 3 20 16 40 82 42 53 41 92 49 80
2024 77 58 62 65 82 19 67 44 41 53 85 41 59 41 94 62 75
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR

Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.5 93.5 0.0
Offspeed Velocity 86.7 87.7 1.0 ↑
Breaking Velocity 82.9 84.0 1.1 ↑
Exit Velocity 90.1 89.1 -1.0 ↓
Launch Angle 18.2 15.4 -2.8 ↓
Barrel % 11.7 6.6 -5.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 44.0 39.9 -4.1 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.2 31.0 -6.2 ↓
xBA .253 .237 -0.016 ↓
BA .282 .232 -0.050 ↓
xwOBA .325 .286 -0.039 ↓
wOBA .362 .285 -0.077 ↓
xSLG .457 .376 -0.081 ↓
SLG .534 .376 -0.158 ↓
K% 22.3 22.7 0.4 ↑
BB% 6.2 5.5 -0.7 ↓
Swing % 49.3 49.6 0.3 ↑
Whiff% 25.0 24.2 -0.8 ↓
In Zone % 53.1 53.7 0.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 46.9 46.3 -0.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 29.1 29.4 0.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 34.0 39.7 5.7 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 63.9 70.6 6.7 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 421 .362 226 5 2.2 195 118 60.5
2024 Shades 488 .285 244 3 1.2 244 96 39.3
! 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 %
2023 458 16.2 26.2% 0.4% 259 20.0 1.5% 0.4%
2024 482 15.6 33.6% 0.2% 245 20.1 0.0% 0.4%
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Pitch Distribution

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