Brandon Woodruff
P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 4" 242LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 11, #326, Milwaukee Brewers | Mississippi State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 9 10 2.56 30 30 0 179.1 211 0.96
2022 13 4 3.05 27 27 0 153.1 190 1.07
2023 5 1 2.28 11 11 0 67 74 0.82
7 Seasons 46 26 3.10 130 115 1 680.1 788 1.05
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 30 9-10 2.56 179.1 211 0.96
2022 27 13-4 3.05 153.1 190 1.07
2023 11 5-1 2.28 67 74 0.82
7 Seasons 130 46-26 3.10 680.1 788 1.05
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
2017 24 716 135 4 3.0 2.2 83.4 111.2 9.7 28.9 .251 .378 .313 .306 .332 28.9 17.4 7.6 4.81 4.01
2018 25 750 113 8 7.1 4.5 87.7 111.4 5.3 31.0 .230 .362 .284 .297 .365 35.4 26.7 8.0 3.61 3.71
2019 26 1979 315 13 4.1 2.6 86.1 113.3 12.4 38.1 .232 .360 .281 .283 .366 30.2 29.0 6.1 3.63 3.48
2020 27 1211 180 13 7.2 4.4 86.7 115.3 13.3 26.1 .198 .339 .264 .264 .345 33.9 31.1 6.1 3.05 2.90
2021 28 2810 447 26 5.8 3.7 86.2 114.0 10.6 36.0 .226 .353 .252 .279 .365 32.7 29.8 6.1 2.56 3.27
2022 29 2538 381 27 7.1 4.4 88.8 118.4 16.8 34.1 .212 .348 .282 .277 .364 37.5 30.6 6.8 3.05 3.15
2023 30 1043 161 11 6.8 4.3 89.0 114.8 18.3 32.9 .207 .326 .241 .260 .331 41.6 29.2 5.9 2.28 2.79
Player 11047 1732 102 5.9 3.7 86.9 118.4 12.9 33.8 .221 .351 .270 .279 .357 34.1 28.9 6.5
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Woodruff relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(41.4%) ,
Sinker
(21.6%) ,
Changeup
(19.7%) ,
Slider
(9.5%) ,
Curveball
(7.9%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2017 49.6 50.4 22.2 19.3 8.9 26.7 40.0 33.3 14.8 20.7 14.1 11.9 19.3 19.3
2018 54.0 46.0 21.2 20.4 4.4 32.7 41.6 25.7 21.2 20.4 12.4 11.5 21.2 13.3
2019 45.7 54.3 20.3 26.7 7.3 32.7 38.7 28.6 17.1 19.4 9.2 15.6 19.4 19.4
2020 51.1 48.9 20.6 17.2 11.1 35.0 36.1 28.9 23.9 19.4 7.8 11.1 16.7 21.1
2021 43.4 56.6 22.6 27.5 6.5 31.8 41.8 26.4 18.6 19.9 4.9 13.2 21.9 21.5
2022 38.3 61.7 30.2 22.8 8.7 35.7 33.1 31.2 20.5 12.9 5.0 15.2 20.2 26.2
2023 37.3 62.7 29.8 23.6 9.3 41.0 35.4 23.6 19.3 13.7 4.3 21.7 21.7 19.3
Player 44.1 55.9 24.2 23.8 7.9 33.7 38.0 28.3 19.2 17.7 7.2 14.4 20.3 21.2
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 7.4 37.0 24.4 20.7 6.7 3.0 2.2
2018 4.4 38.9 16.8 29.2 3.5 7.1 4.5
2019 6.0 32.7 22.2 28.3 6.3 4.1 2.6
2020 4.4 35.6 26.1 22.2 2.8 7.2 4.4
2021 7.2 31.5 24.8 25.3 5.4 5.8 3.7
2022 5.2 25.5 30.4 23.9 7.3 7.1 4.4
2023 7.5 23.0 33.5 23.0 5.6 6.8 4.3
Player 6.1 30.9 26.0 24.9 5.7 5.9 3.7
MLB 3.9 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 Sinker MIL R 225 94.9 17.4 -3.7 14.1ARM -0.9 13.0 -5.3 14.1ARM -0.8
2023 Curveball MIL R 82 82.9 46.3 -2.5 2.1GLV -5.2 -6.6 -3.3 2.1GLV -6.8
2023 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 432 95.8 11.8 2.2 5.5ARM -2.1 18.1 2.3 5.5ARM -1.9
2023 Changeup MIL R 205 85.8 28.5 -2.7 15.8ARM 1.5 8.8 -3.4 15.8ARM 1.4
2023 Slider MIL R 99 86.9 32.3 -2.0 3.1GLV -1.2 3.8 -2.3 3.1GLV -2.1
2022 Curveball MIL R 319 84.0 46.0 -1.8 2.5GLV -4.1 -7.3 -2.6 2.5GLV -6.6
2022 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 970 96.3 12.1 1.5 6.0ARM -1.7 17.5 1.3 6.0ARM -1.4
2022 Slider MIL R 286 88.0 32.0 -0.6 3.8GLV -0.2 3.2 -1.4 3.8GLV -1.8
2022 Sinker MIL R 548 95.8 16.0 -4.1 13.9ARM -1.2 13.9 -5.6 13.9ARM -0.8
2022 Changeup MIL R 413 86.1 28.0 -2.3 15.8ARM 1.6 8.9 -3.0 15.8ARM 1.6
! 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 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 2 432 41.4 106 .175 .381 .272 31.4 44.3 24.1 .168 .288 .236 48.0
2023 Sinker 2.9 7 225 21.6 66 .196 .286 .280 11.9 7.6 11.1 .257 .371 .321 45.3
2023 Changeup 3.7 8 205 19.7 52 .098 .118 .107 38.0 30.8 20.8 .163 .228 .179 14.3
2023 Slider -0.1 0 99 9.5 18 .278 .611 .372 26.8 22.2 19.0 .335 .490 .351 57.1
2023 Curveball -0.2 0 82 7.9 11 .182 .455 .264 40.9 18.2 11.8 .288 .616 .380 66.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 7 972 38.3 273 .183 .378 .287 28.8 35.9 23.4 .190 .372 .291 46.5
2022 Sinker 0.8 4 548 21.6 147 .271 .368 .320 14.5 14.3 19.3 .276 .380 .326 31.6
2022 Changeup 0.5 2 413 16.3 91 .207 .345 .259 54.0 42.9 27.7 .192 .297 .233 25.0
2022 Curveball 0.1 0 319 12.6 54 .231 .481 .330 25.2 24.1 16.7 .229 .374 .274 43.6
2022 Slider 0.9 3 286 11.3 55 .218 .236 .203 45.1 34.5 18.3 .166 .229 .172 30.6
! 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 Changeup 204 85.8 86 18.3 1:30 2:15 -45
2023 Curveball 82 82.9 50 9.6 7:15 6:30 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 432 95.8 90 18.5 12:45 12:30 15
2023 Sinker 225 94.9 89 19.2 1:00 1:45 -45
2023 Slider 99 86.9 25 4.9 10:45 10:15 30
2022 Changeup 402 86.1 92 18.4 1:30 2:15 -45
2022 Curveball 317 84.0 48 9.9 7:15 6:30 45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 952 96.3 90 18.1 1:00 12:45 15
2022 Sinker 536 95.8 92 19.7 1:00 1:30 -30
2022 Slider 282 88.0 25 5.1 11:00 9:45 75
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 183 716 -3 10 -2 -4 1
2018 174 746 9 5 -6 -2 5
2019 493 1,978 11 32 -9 -8 25
2020 293 1,211 6 20 -7 -6 13
2021 708 2,810 20 40 -17 -8 35
2022 620 2,538 13 23 -13 -7 16
2023 253 1,043 3 20 -4 -3 16
Player 2,724 11,042 57 150 -60 57 112
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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 %
2017 716 50.7 70.2 85.1 31.7 68.8 43.7 62.0 51.3 19.3 7.3 63.5
2018 750 51.6 65.5 80.2 24.1 56.3 43.7 56.3 45.6 25.4 7.8 82.8
2019 1,979 50.2 72.5 80.1 30.0 59.5 45.9 61.1 51.3 25.5 7.2 78.3
2020 1,211 50.1 69.9 74.5 26.7 60.9 43.2 66.6 48.3 28.9 6.4 75.6
2021 2,810 52.1 68.5 75.8 32.1 59.7 43.5 66.0 51.1 28.2 8.5 78.8
2022 2,538 50.6 66.9 76.4 31.4 51.4 44.3 65.6 49.4 31.1 9.0 71.5
2023 1,043 54.6 67.0 77.7 30.0 54.9 45.1 66.4 50.1 28.3 8.8 75.0
Player 11,047 51.3 68.7 77.7 30.2 57.8 44.2 64.2 50.0 27.7 8.1 75.5
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 61.1 47.3 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
2017 70 24 77
2018 83 28 64
2019 80 64 79 86 81 60 93 97 92 81 78 50 60 89 43 68
2020 89 84 78 63 93 11 48 79 67 84 80 65 40 90 83 61 78
2021 83 67 77 79 83 29 81 92 90 86 81 66 88 89 73 74 64
2022 79 78 71 56 84 26 52 41 54 89 63 84 70 85 75 49 73
2023 96 89 90 84 99 74 71 49 32 87 85 67 65 76 85 60 72
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 23.43 5 4.3 1 1 4 1 20.0
2018 21.48 4 3.4 1 4 3 1 25.0
2019 23.29 13 10.7 2 6 7 5 38.5
2020 22.58 9 8.8 0 3 7 3 33.3
2021 21.83 19 18.2 1 3 17 5 26.3
2022 23.72 18 16.9 1 4 14 7 38.9
2023 23.06 9 7.2 2 1 9 0 0.0
Player 22.86 77 69.4 8 22 61 22 28.6
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
2017 5 4 3 5 4 4 6 5 3 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 6 4 5 4 6 5 5 3 4 6 5 5 3
2018 4 7 2 3 4 2 4 4 4 1 2 4 6 2 4 3 2 4 2 4 3 5 6 4 1 1 4 3 6 2 2
2019 13 12 10 7 11 12 12 12 8 8 10 12 11 10 11 11 10 9 11 14 11 14 14 14 8 9 8 10 13 9 9
2020 9 10 10 9 9 10 9 10 5 8 8 11 9 8 10 9 10 10 8 10 9 9 10 8 9 8 8 8 9 8 6
2021 19 22 12 18 18 17 22 21 13 12 17 18 19 15 20 22 20 19 20 19 18 16 23 20 18 17 20 21 18 16 14
2022 18 13 16 18 19 17 19 16 12 14 14 18 18 17 17 19 17 16 16 17 16 19 21 19 15 13 18 19 18 18 17
2023 9 5 5 7 8 8 9 5 8 6 8 8 7 7 9 9 8 5 8 8 7 7 9 10 5 5 7 8 8 7 5
Player 77 73 58 67 73 70 81 73 53 52 62 75 75 63 75 77 71 66 71 76 69 74 89 80 61 56 69 75 77 65 56
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 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023
Fastball Velocity 94.3 1.0 ↑ 95.3 0.9 ↑ 96.2 0.2 ↑ 96.4 0.0 96.4 -0.3 ↓ 96.1 -0.6 ↓ 95.5
Offspeed Velocity 84.7 0.0 84.7 2.3 ↑ 87.0 -0.3 ↓ 86.7 -0.2 ↓ 86.5 -0.4 ↓ 86.1 -0.3 ↓ 85.8
Breaking Velocity 85.8 0.7 ↑ 86.5 1.3 ↑ 87.8 -1.4 ↓ 86.4 -1.7 ↓ 84.7 1.2 ↑ 85.9 -0.8 ↓ 85.1
Exit Velocity 83.4 4.3 ↑ 87.7 -1.6 ↓ 86.1 0.6 ↑ 86.7 -0.5 ↓ 86.2 2.6 ↑ 88.8 0.2 ↑ 89.0
Launch Angle 9.7 -4.4 ↓ 5.3 7.1 ↑ 12.4 0.9 ↑ 13.3 -2.7 ↓ 10.6 6.2 ↑ 16.8 1.5 ↑ 18.3
Barrel % 3.0 4.1 ↑ 7.1 -3.0 ↓ 4.1 3.1 ↑ 7.2 -1.4 ↓ 5.8 1.3 ↑ 7.1 -0.3 ↓ 6.8
Hard Hit % 28.9 6.5 ↑ 35.4 -5.2 ↓ 30.2 3.7 ↑ 33.9 -1.2 ↓ 32.7 4.8 ↑ 37.5 4.1 ↑ 41.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 28.9 2.1 ↑ 31.0 7.1 ↑ 38.1 -12.0 ↓ 26.1 9.9 ↑ 36.0 -1.9 ↓ 34.1 -1.2 ↓ 32.9
xBA .251 -0.021 ↓ .230 0.002 ↑ .232 -0.034 ↓ .198 0.028 ↑ .226 -0.014 ↓ .212 -0.005 ↓ .207
BA .259 -0.033 ↓ .226 0.014 ↑ .240 -0.036 ↓ .204 -0.004 ↓ .200 0.015 ↑ .215 -0.043 ↓ .172
xwOBA .306 -0.009 ↓ .297 -0.014 ↓ .283 -0.019 ↓ .264 0.015 ↑ .279 -0.002 ↓ .277 -0.017 ↓ .260
wOBA .313 -0.029 ↓ .284 -0.003 ↓ .281 -0.017 ↓ .264 -0.012 ↓ .252 0.030 ↑ .282 -0.041 ↓ .241
xSLG .378 -0.016 ↓ .362 -0.002 ↓ .360 -0.021 ↓ .339 0.014 ↑ .353 -0.005 ↓ .348 -0.022 ↓ .326
SLG .392 -0.046 ↓ .346 0.011 ↑ .357 -0.016 ↓ .341 -0.024 ↓ .317 0.049 ↑ .366 -0.044 ↓ .322
K% 17.4 9.3 ↑ 26.7 2.3 ↑ 29.0 2.1 ↑ 31.1 -1.3 ↓ 29.8 0.8 ↑ 30.6 -1.4 ↓ 29.2
BB% 7.6 0.4 ↑ 8.0 -1.9 ↓ 6.1 0.0 6.1 0.0 6.1 0.7 ↑ 6.8 -0.9 ↓ 5.9
Swing % 51.3 -5.7 ↓ 45.6 5.7 ↑ 51.3 -3.0 ↓ 48.3 2.8 ↑ 51.1 -1.7 ↓ 49.4 0.7 ↑ 50.1
Whiff% 19.3 6.1 ↑ 25.4 0.1 ↑ 25.5 3.4 ↑ 28.9 -0.7 ↓ 28.2 2.9 ↑ 31.1 -2.8 ↓ 28.3
In Zone % 50.7 0.9 ↑ 51.6 -1.4 ↓ 50.2 -0.1 ↓ 50.1 2.0 ↑ 52.1 -1.5 ↓ 50.6 4.0 ↑ 54.6
Out of Zone % 49.3 -0.9 ↓ 48.4 1.4 ↑ 49.8 0.1 ↑ 49.9 -2.0 ↓ 47.9 1.5 ↑ 49.4 -4.0 ↓ 45.4
Out of Zone Swing % 31.7 -7.6 ↓ 24.1 5.9 ↑ 30.0 -3.3 ↓ 26.7 5.4 ↑ 32.1 -0.7 ↓ 31.4 -1.4 ↓ 30.0
First Pitch Swing % 32.1 -6.5 ↓ 25.6 8.3 ↑ 33.9 0.2 ↑ 34.1 0.1 ↑ 34.2 -1.9 ↓ 32.3 -0.3 ↓ 32.0
First Pitch Strike % 62.0 -5.7 ↓ 56.3 4.8 ↑ 61.1 5.5 ↑ 66.6 -0.6 ↓ 66.0 -0.4 ↓ 65.6 0.8 ↑ 66.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 183 .313 92 14 15.2 91 32 35.2
2018 Shifts 176 .284 89 6 6.7 87 22 25.3
2019 Shifts 493 .281 261 36 13.8 232 67 28.9
2020 Shifts 293 .264 112 27 24.1 181 117 64.6
2021 Shifts 708 .252 348 4 1.1 360 81 22.5
2022 Shifts 620 .282 327 30 9.2 293 142 48.5
2023 Shades 253 .241 120 0 0.0 133 18 13.5
! 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 %
2017 206 17.3 19.9% 0.0% 98 25.1 0.0% 11.2%
2018 255 18.5 9.8% 0.8% 102 25.1 0.0% 13.7%
2019 563 18.2 8.7% 0.9% 273 24.1 0.4% 8.4%
2020 376 20.2 1.9% 1.9% 153 25.7 0.0% 20.3%
2021 859 20.7 0.9% 3.6% 352 25.6 0.0% 18.2%
2022 791 19.8 2.3% 2.4% 337 24.3 0.0% 15.7%
2023 348 17.1 8.0% 0.3% 107 19.6 0.9% 1.9%

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Pitch Distribution

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