Brooks Pounders
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 265LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 2, #53, Pittsburgh Pirates | Temecula Valley HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 1 0 10.45 11 0 0 10.1 12 2.13
2018 0 1 7.63 14 0 0 15.1 17 1.76
2019 1 0 6.14 7 0 0 7.1 5 1.50
4 Seasons 4 2 8.47 45 0 0 45.2 47 1.80
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 11 1-0 10.45 10.1 12 2.13
2018 14 0-1 7.63 15.1 17 1.76
2019 7 1-0 6.14 7.1 5 1.50
4 Seasons 45 4-2 8.47 45.2 47 1.80
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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
2016 25 249 42 5 11.9 8.6 89.6 112.1 24.3 21.4 .261 .555 .447 .353 .438 35.7 22.4 5.2 9.24 5.42
2017 26 214 36 2 5.6 3.7 92.0 109.4 21.7 41.7 .298 .487 .472 .368 .447 47.2 22.2 9.3 10.45 6.08
2018 27 293 51 5 9.8 6.9 91.6 107.3 15.8 49.0 .296 .506 .448 .363 .457 43.1 23.6 2.8 7.63 5.81
2019 28 135 26 1 3.8 2.9 89.7 111.1 9.5 34.6 .293 .481 .364 .357 .388 46.2 14.7 5.9 6.14 5.81
Player 891 155 13 8.4 6.0 90.8 112.1 18.5 37.4 .287 .511 .441 .360 .438 42.6 21.6 5.5
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

Pounders relies on 3 pitches.
Slider
(60.7%) ,
Four Seamer
(34.8%) ,
Changeup
(4.4%) ,


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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
2016 33.3 38.1 16.7 11.9 45.2 28.6 26.2 0.0 23.8 42.9 19.0 2.4 11.9 8.6
2017 27.8 19.4 38.9 13.9 41.7 19.4 38.9 5.6 13.9 30.6 30.6 13.9 5.6 3.7
2018 33.3 19.6 39.2 7.8 33.3 41.2 25.5 2.0 29.4 21.6 27.5 9.8 9.8 6.9
2019 42.3 7.7 42.3 7.7 53.8 19.2 26.9 0.0 38.5 15.4 26.9 11.5 3.8 2.9
Player 33.5 22.6 33.5 10.3 41.9 29.0 29.0 1.9 25.8 28.4 25.8 9.0 8.4 6.0
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


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
2019 Changeup NYM R 6 84.9 35.1 4.8 16 0.1 -13.1 -99
2019 4-Seam Fastball NYM R 47 91.7 16.3 0.0 0 5.3 -1.5 -22
2019 Slider NYM R 82 86.2 33.2 -1.4 -4 6.5 2.6 65
2018 Slider COL R 114 85.9 35.1 0.6 2 8.1 3.9 95
2018 4-Seam Fastball COL R 142 92.4 16.7 -0.8 -5 2.3 -4.4 -65
2018 Changeup COL R 37 87.1 29.7 0.7 2 3.1 -10.5 -77
2017 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 89 92.7 14.6 -0.3 -2 6.3 -1.0 -14
2017 Sinker LAA R 25 92.0 20.3 0.0 0 13.0 -1.4 -10
2017 Changeup LAA R 6 86.0 29.7 1.9 7 11.5 -2.1 -16
2017 Slider LAA R 87 86.3 32.6 0.2 1 8.3 5.1 158
2017 Curveball LAA R 7 79.4 55.0 2.8 5 8.0 0.3 4
2016 Curveball KC R 6 78.5 52.7 -2.6 -5 5.0 -6.0 -55
2016 4-Seam Fastball KC R 109 93.2 15.8 0.1 1 6.8 0.0 0
2016 Slider KC R 106 86.4 33.8 0.0 0 8.0 3.6 84
2016 Changeup KC R 15 86.6 27.2 -2.7 -9 10.1 -2.6 -21
2016 Sinker KC R 13 93.8 18.0 -2.8 -14 12.4 -1.3 -9
! 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 %
2019 Slider 0.7 1 82 60.7 23 .227 .409 .328 27.1 17.4 16.0 .232 .388 .277 33.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball -3.3 -2 47 34.8 10 .571 .857 .633 14.3 10.0 16.7 .475 .713 .541 71.4
2019 Changeup 6.4 0 6 4.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .373 .911 .547 100.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -4.6 -7 142 48.5 29 .400 .800 .531 27.6 17.2 13.2 .361 .662 .470 50.0
2018 Slider -2.3 -3 114 38.9 31 .387 .645 .440 30.2 35.5 25.0 .289 .458 .319 45.0
2018 Changeup 1.9 1 37 12.6 12 .250 .417 .283 26.1 8.3 10.0 .184 .302 .214 27.3
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -1 89 41.6 21 .412 .882 .565 14.3 14.3 15.0 .324 .575 .427 46.7
2017 Slider -0.7 -1 87 40.7 18 .294 .294 .289 44.2 33.3 17.6 .235 .273 .251 36.4
2017 Sinker -4.6 -1 25 11.7 8 .286 .571 .400 33.3 25.0 40.0 .381 .475 .415 60.0
2017 Curveball -50.9 -4 7 3.3 4 .750 2.500 1.313 0.0 25.0 20.0 .440 1.260 .675 100.0
2017 Changeup 9.1 1 6 2.8 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .037 .040 .033 0.0
! 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
2016 58 249 -3 -2 -1 -1 -6
2017 53 214 -5 0 0 -1 -6
2018 72 293 -5 -2 -1 -1 -8
2019 34 135 -1 1 0 -1 -1
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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 %
2016 249 50.6 64.3 84.0 32.5 67.5 47.0 65.5 48.6 21.5 6.0 86.7
2017 214 51.9 77.5 81.4 23.3 41.7 33.6 50.9 51.4 27.3 9.8 100.0
2018 293 51.9 65.8 78.0 31.2 56.8 47.1 52.8 49.1 28.5 7.2 71.4
2019 135 49.6 73.1 81.6 20.6 57.1 40.0 55.9 46.7 23.8 8.9 58.3
Player 891 51.2 69.3 81.0 28.0 57.4 42.8 56.2 49.2 25.6 7.7 81.2
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
2016 55 29 89
2017 45 55 81
2018 42 48 89
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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 23.8 6 5.7 0 1 4 3 50.0
2017 22.0 4 3.1 1 2 1 2 50.0
2018 21.8 3 2.4 1 1 3 0 0.0
2019 20.5 1 0.9 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 22.5 14 12.2 2 4 9 5 35.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 6 6 6 6 7 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 3 7 5 6 5 7 8 4 7 5
2017 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3
2018 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 1 3 4 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 2
2019 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Player 14 14 10 13 14 11 13 11 12 11 13 15 13 10 11 13 11 11 11 14 10 10 15 12 12 11 14 16 11 13 10
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.3 92.6 -0.7 92.4 -0.2 91.7 -0.7
Offspeed Velocity 86.6 86.0 -0.6 87.1 1.1 84.9 -2.2
Breaking Velocity 86.0 85.8 -0.2 85.9 0.1 86.2 0.3
Exit Velocity 89.6 92.0 2.4 91.6 -0.4 89.7 -1.9
Launch Angle 24.3 21.7 -2.6 15.8 -5.9 9.5 -6.3
Barrel % 11.9 5.6 -6.3 9.8 4.2 3.8 -6.0
Hard Hit % 35.7 47.2 11.5 43.1 -4.1 46.2 3.1
Sweet Spot % 21.4 41.7 20.3 49.0 7.3 34.6 -14.4
xBA .261 .298 0.037 .296 -0.002 .293 -0.003
BA .352 .362 0.010 .368 0.006 .300 -0.068
xwOBA .353 .368 0.015 .363 -0.005 .357 -0.006
wOBA .447 .472 0.025 .448 -0.024 .364 -0.084
xSLG .555 .487 -0.068 .506 0.019 .481 -0.025
SLG .704 .723 0.019 .662 -0.061 .500 -0.162
K% 22.4 22.2 -0.2 23.6 1.4 14.7 -8.9
BB% 5.2 9.3 4.1 2.8 -6.5 5.9 3.1
Swing % 48.6 51.4 2.8 49.1 -2.3 46.7 -2.4
Whiff% 21.5 27.3 5.8 28.5 1.2 23.8 -4.7
In Zone % 50.6 51.9 1.3 51.9 0.0 49.6 -2.3
Out of Zone % 49.4 48.1 -1.3 48.1 0.0 50.4 2.3
Out of Zone Swing % 32.5 23.3 -9.2 31.2 7.9 20.6 -10.6
First Pitch Swing % 27.6 28.3 0.7 19.4 -8.9 20.6 1.2
First Pitch Strike % 65.5 50.9 -14.6 52.8 1.9 55.9 3.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 57 .420 29 1 3.4 28 7 25.0
2017 Shifts 52 .481 28 1 3.6 24 5 20.8
2018 Shifts 72 .448 37 4 10.8 35 11 31.4
2019 Shifts 34 .364 21 2 9.5 13 2 15.4
! 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 %
2016 77 17.2 29.9% 2.6% 41 20.6 2.4% 4.9%
2017 42 17.7 11.9% 2.4% 46 22.1 0.0% 8.7%
2018 72 17.0 18.1% 0.0% 60 21.0 3.3% 1.7%
2019 20 18.3 10.0% 0.0% 42 20.4 2.4% 2.4%
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Pitch Distribution


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