Brian Duensing
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 200LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 3, #84, Minnesota Twins | Nebraska Lincoln
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 1 0 4.05 14 0 0 13.1 10 1.20
2017 1 1 2.74 68 0 0 62.1 61 1.22
2018 3 0 7.65 48 0 1 37.2 24 1.88
10 Seasons 46 38 4.19 484 61 3 762.2 523 1.39
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 14 1-0 4.05 13.1 10 1.20
2017 68 1-1 2.74 62.1 61 1.22
2018 48 3-0 7.65 37.2 24 1.88
10 Seasons 484 46-38 4.19 762.2 523 1.39
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 32 779 160 8 5.0 3.8 86.9 110.8 9.0 30.6 .268 .420 .321 .341 .346 29.4 11.5 10.0 4.25 4.90
2016 33 209 42 0 0.0 0.0 88.9 112.2 17.0 38.1 .269 .379 .299 .295 .353 31.0 18.2 5.5 4.05 3.64
2017 34 1032 176 8 4.5 3.1 85.7 109.4 10.1 29.5 .223 .341 .292 .274 .324 28.4 23.7 7.0 2.74 3.17
2018 35 720 127 7 5.5 3.9 87.2 111.6 10.3 33.1 .264 .381 .372 .348 .339 33.3 13.3 16.0 7.65 5.26
Player 2740 505 23 4.6 3.3 86.7 112.2 10.3 31.5 .250 .377 .322 .315 .337 30.2 17.0 10.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Duensing relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(32.3%) ,
Sinker
(22.0%) ,
Slider
(18.2%) ,
Changeup
(14.9%) ,
Curveball
(12.5%) ,


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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 53.1 17.5 21.9 7.5 40.6 34.4 25.0 3.8 40.6 21.3 23.8 3.1 5.0 3.8
2016 26.2 26.2 33.3 14.3 26.2 45.2 28.6 2.4 19.0 26.2 31.0 9.5 0.0 0.0
2017 49.4 16.5 25.0 9.1 30.1 36.4 33.5 5.7 36.4 23.3 22.7 5.7 4.5 3.1
2018 43.3 20.5 30.7 5.5 44.1 39.4 16.5 2.4 37.8 22.8 24.4 6.3 5.5 3.9
Player 47.1 18.6 26.1 8.1 36.6 37.2 26.1 4.0 36.6 22.8 24.2 5.3 4.6 3.3
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
2018 Sinker CHC L 158 90.5 24.3 1.2 5 14.3 0.0 0
2018 Curveball CHC L 90 71.7 68.9 2.8 4 10.6 0.4 4
2018 Slider CHC L 131 80.8 41.3 -1.2 -3 9.9 3.4 53
2018 Changeup CHC L 107 85.1 29.7 -1.1 -4 14.8 1.5 11
2018 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 232 91.3 19.0 -2.2 -13 4.5 -2.4 -35
2017 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 305 92.2 16.4 -1.5 -10 6.4 -1.3 -17
2017 Curveball CHC L 137 72.4 65.6 2.5 4 10.2 -0.5 -4
2017 Slider CHC L 249 81.4 39.0 -1.1 -3 8.5 2.4 40
2017 Sinker CHC L 194 91.7 20.6 -0.3 -2 15.3 0.7 5
2017 Changeup CHC L 133 85.2 27.9 -0.9 -3 15.0 1.5 11
2016 Curveball BAL L 18 73.1 66.7 2.7 4 9.3 -2.6 -22
2016 4-Seam Fastball BAL L 42 92.6 17.1 -0.9 -6 8.4 1.2 17
2016 Slider BAL L 40 81.4 40.0 -0.9 -2 6.0 -0.8 -12
2016 Sinker BAL L 62 92.5 20.3 -1.1 -5 16.2 2.4 18
2016 Changeup BAL L 21 85.7 29.4 -1.0 -3 18.2 5.6 45
2015 Changeup MIN L 125 85.4 28.3 -2.2 -7 17.2 4.6 36
2015 Curveball MIN L 59 72.9 63.9 0.2 0 6.5 -4.0 -38
2015 4-Seam Fastball MIN L 156 92.3 16.8 -0.5 -3 9.0 1.8 26
2015 Sinker MIN L 245 91.9 20.5 -2.0 -9 15.8 1.8 13
2015 Slider MIN L 173 81.4 41.5 0.0 0 5.3 -0.7 -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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -2.9 -7 232 32.2 57 .326 .674 .461 13.0 15.8 12.7 .261 .457 .371 50.0
2018 Sinker 1.1 2 158 21.9 41 .188 .188 .307 15.7 4.9 6.3 .266 .327 .357 20.0
2018 Slider -3.0 -4 131 18.2 36 .375 .531 .400 30.4 25.0 14.8 .285 .369 .336 36.0
2018 Changeup -2.3 -2 107 14.9 35 .286 .464 .403 30.0 11.4 12.1 .236 .342 .327 24.0
2018 Curveball 2.4 2 90 12.5 9 .125 .125 .178 29.2 0.0 0.0 .291 .337 .327 25.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 0 306 29.7 67 .322 .475 .388 13.1 19.4 12.6 .283 .472 .360 34.0
2017 Slider 1.3 3 252 24.4 69 .188 .344 .277 39.2 34.8 23.5 .139 .232 .195 22.5
2017 Sinker 4.6 9 196 19.0 58 .236 .345 .275 17.6 10.3 18.8 .260 .373 .292 32.7
2017 Curveball 0.3 0 137 13.3 18 .353 .529 .397 23.3 11.1 12.5 .290 .412 .326 33.3
2017 Changeup 2.2 3 136 13.2 43 .200 .225 .224 38.5 34.9 31.3 .194 .257 .229 16.0
! 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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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 379 1,395 0 18 -6 -7 4
2010 546 1,923 10 18 -9 -3 16
2011 705 2,653 -4 -2 -10 -7 -24
2012 469 1,694 2 0 -8 -5 -10
2013 264 980 6 1 -3 -5 -1
2014 226 864 2 10 -3 -4 6
2015 205 764 5 5 -6 -3 1
2016 55 210 0 4 -1 0 3
2017 275 1,107 8 17 -4 -3 18
2018 178 718 1 4 -11 -3 -9
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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 779 44.8 67.3 90.2 30.9 64.7 38.8 59.8 47.2 17.9 6.7 82.7
2016 209 49.3 66.0 89.7 29.2 58.1 40.7 65.5 47.4 20.2 8.6 66.7
2017 1,032 45.0 65.9 83.6 27.4 56.1 41.0 57.8 44.8 25.5 5.8 65.0
2018 720 46.0 68.8 83.3 25.3 67.3 39.6 56.4 45.4 21.1 7.8 80.4
Player 2,740 45.5 67.1 85.9 28.0 61.6 40.0 58.7 45.8 21.7 6.8 74.7
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 12 17 26 38 2 74 50 84 78 2 12 14 65 39 12 71 28
2016 42 12 40
2017 86 78 86 84 85 78 77 85 85 64 73 59 48 35 10 63 53
2018 23 10 56 43
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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 -- 2 0.9 1 1 1 0 0.0
2017 22.0 6 5.0 1 5 6 1 16.7
2018 21.7 6 6.5 -1 4 6 2 33.3
Player 21.9 14 12.4 2 10 13 3 21.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 0
2017 6 6 4 4 5 4 8 6 3 3 3 7 4 4 5 6 4 5 7 4 5 6 8 8 6 5 2 5 7 5 1
2018 6 8 3 7 7 7 8 6 7 4 6 10 7 5 7 8 6 7 7 8 6 5 8 6 6 6 6 5 7 7 6
Player 14 15 7 12 13 12 17 13 11 8 10 19 11 9 13 15 10 13 15 13 11 12 17 15 13 12 9 12 15 14 7
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.0 92.5 0.5 ↑ 92.0 -0.5 ↓ 91.0 -1.0 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 85.4 85.7 0.3 ↑ 85.2 -0.5 ↓ 85.1 -0.1 ↓
Breaking Velocity 79.3 78.9 -0.4 ↓ 78.2 -0.7 ↓ 77.1 -1.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 86.9 88.9 2.0 ↑ 85.7 -3.2 ↓ 87.2 1.5 ↑
Launch Angle 9.0 17.0 8.0 ↑ 10.1 -6.9 ↓ 10.3 0.2 ↑
Barrel % 5.0 0.0 -5.0 ↓ 4.5 4.5 ↑ 5.5 1.0 ↑
Hard Hit % 29.4 31.0 1.6 ↑ 28.4 -2.6 ↓ 33.3 4.9 ↑
Sweet Spot % 30.6 38.1 7.5 ↑ 29.5 -8.6 ↓ 33.1 3.6 ↑
xBA .268 .269 0.001 ↑ .223 -0.046 ↓ .264 0.041 ↑
BA .254 .250 -0.004 ↓ .246 -0.004 ↓ .286 0.040 ↑
xwOBA .341 .295 -0.046 ↓ .274 -0.021 ↓ .348 0.074 ↑
wOBA .321 .299 -0.022 ↓ .292 -0.007 ↓ .372 0.080 ↑
xSLG .420 .379 -0.041 ↓ .341 -0.038 ↓ .381 0.040 ↑
SLG .398 .423 0.025 ↑ .369 -0.054 ↓ .463 0.094 ↑
K% 11.5 18.2 6.7 ↑ 23.7 5.5 ↑ 13.3 -10.4 ↓
BB% 10.0 5.5 -4.5 ↓ 7.0 1.5 ↑ 16.0 9.0 ↑
Swing % 47.2 47.4 0.2 ↑ 44.8 -2.6 ↓ 45.4 0.6 ↑
Whiff% 17.9 20.2 2.3 ↑ 25.5 5.3 ↑ 21.1 -4.4 ↓
In Zone % 44.8 49.3 4.5 ↑ 45.0 -4.3 ↓ 46.0 1.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 55.2 50.7 -4.5 ↓ 55.0 4.3 ↑ 54.0 -1.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30.9 29.2 -1.7 ↓ 27.4 -1.8 ↓ 25.3 -2.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 30.1 38.2 8.1 ↑ 25.0 -13.2 ↓ 30.7 5.7 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.8 65.5 5.7 ↑ 57.8 -7.7 ↓ 56.4 -1.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 48 .238 28 0 0.0 20 3 15.0
2017 Shifts 256 .292 152 3 2.0 104 11 10.6
2018 Shifts 179 .372 98 8 8.2 81 1 1.2
! 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 584 16.0 39.6% 2.2% 333 23.0 2.1% 7.8%
2011 761 14.3 61.1% 0.5% 445 22.1 2.5% 8.5%
2012 442 16.1 34.6% 0.5% 319 22.6 1.3% 8.8%
2013 249 19.3 8.4% 6.0% 178 24.8 0.0% 11.2%
2014 217 17.8 12.9% 2.3% 162 22.3 0.0% 12.3%
2015 188 20.2 16.0% 12.2% 146 23.1 8.9% 19.9%
2016 63 19.9 15.9% 6.3% 35 23.2 2.9% 14.3%
2017 315 18.1 14.0% 1.6% 183 22.4 0.5% 7.1%
2018 181 18.9 10.5% 1.7% 146 21.7 0.0% 8.9%
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Pitch Distribution

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