Clay Holmes
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 5" 245LBS | Age: 30

Draft: 2011 | Rd: 9, #272, Pittsburgh Pirates | Slocomb (AL) HS

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 7 4 2.54 62 0 20 63.2 65 1.02
5 Seasons 17 13 4.13 178 4 20 211.1 221 1.34
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 62 7-4 2.54 63.2 65 1.02
5 Seasons 178 17-13 4.13 211.1 221 1.34

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
2018 25 499 83 4 4.8 3.1 89.6 110.1 3.9 25.3 .256 .349 .368 .349 .338 38.6 16.3 17.8 6.83 5.30
2019 26 915 138 7 5.1 2.9 88.6 109.2 0.4 31.2 .231 .368 .332 .336 .358 39.3 23.3 15.0 5.58 5.06
2020 27 22 5 0 0.0 0.0 75.9 98.6 1.2 20.0 .278 .301 .294 .258 .310 20.0 16.7 0.0 0.00 2.77
2021 28 1124 181 7 3.9 2.4 87.1 111.4 -6.5 21.0 .198 .292 .262 .264 .304 34.8 26.7 9.9 3.60 2.90
2022 29 981 165 3 1.8 1.2 89.0 112.2 -8.1 17.6 .186 .246 .251 .243 .265 43.8 25.0 7.7 2.54 2.41
Player 3541 572 21 3.7 2.3 88.3 112.2 -3.7 23.1 .211 .304 .292 .288 .311 38.9 23.8 11.7
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Holmes relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(80.1%) ,
Sweeper
(13.2%) ,
Slider
(6.6%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(0.1%) ,


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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
2018 57.8 15.7 24.1 2.4 38.6 33.7 27.7 0.0 47.0 16.9 28.9 1.2 4.8 3.1
2019 60.1 15.2 22.5 2.2 41.3 39.9 18.8 4.3 44.2 13.8 24.6 4.3 5.1 2.9
2020 60.0 20.0 0.0 20.0 60.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 20.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 68.5 13.3 14.4 3.9 29.8 43.1 27.1 6.6 54.1 12.7 19.9 2.8 3.9 2.4
2022 77.0 6.1 15.2 1.8 37.6 41.8 20.6 2.4 63.6 7.3 17.6 5.5 1.8 1.2
Player 67.3 12.1 17.8 2.8 36.4 40.6 23.1 3.8 53.3 12.1 21.9 3.7 3.7 2.3
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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
2022 4-Seamer NYY R 1 98.0 17.0 -4.8 -39 8.6 1.2 16
2022 Sweeper NYY R 129 84.9 39.5 0.4 1 15.2 2.8 22
2022 Slider NYY R 64 88.3 38.6 6.4 20 2.7 -1.1 -29
2022 Sinker NYY R 781 97.0 23.9 4.1 21 16.8 1.8 12
2021 4-Seamer NYY R 1 96.0 16.1 -3.1 -24 4.7 -1.9 -29
2021 Slider NYY R 311 87.7 36.9 4.2 13 2.5 -1.1 -31
2021 Curveball NYY R 150 82.7 53.8 4.2 8 7.5 0.8 12
2021 Sinker NYY R 661 96.0 23.9 4.7 24 15.2 0.6 4
2020 Sinker PIT R 7 92.4 25.9 4.8 22 15.1 0.9 6
2020 Curveball PIT R 13 79.5 58.2 4.0 7 8.2 0.1 1
2020 Slider PIT R 2 84.4 39.2 2.1 6 2.3 -2.5 -52
2019 Curveball PIT R 207 81.6 55.2 3.5 7 9.9 2.4 33
2019 Sinker PIT R 460 94.3 27.8 6.7 32 14.6 -0.1 0
2019 Slider PIT R 104 86.8 38.1 3.7 11 2.8 -1.1 -29
2019 4-Seamer PIT R 90 94.0 20.5 -5.2 -34 9.4 2.0 27
2019 Changeup PIT R 11 87.1 30.5 1.4 5 11.6 -2.3 -17
2018 4-Seamer PIT R 113 94.5 18.4 -3.6 -24 8.9 1.9 27
2018 Curveball PIT R 68 81.6 54.4 2.4 5 7.2 0.2 3
2018 Cutter PIT R 56 89.5 29.5 -3.0 -11 0.6 -1.7 -75
2018 Changeup PIT R 17 86.3 32.6 3.2 11 11.6 -1.7 -13
2018 Slider PIT R 3 87.4 37.1 4.3 13 2.5 -1.2 -33
2018 Sinker PIT R 242 94.2 24.8 4.4 22 15.1 0.8 6
! 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 %
2022 Sinker -1.2 -10 783 79.8 206 .199 .254 .265 26.2 21.4 22.7 .199 .262 .262 46.3
2022 Sweeper 1.5 2 129 13.1 40 .162 .270 .224 41.8 45.0 31.6 .138 .188 .184 36.8
2022 Slider -0.3 0 64 6.5 9 .222 .333 .239 45.2 33.3 33.3 .126 .160 .124 16.7
2022 4-Seamer -12.9 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .246 .311 .226 0.0
2021 Sinker -0.9 -6 662 58.9 187 .206 .269 .280 21.6 23.5 27.0 .195 .282 .275 35.0
2021 Slider -0.4 -1 311 27.7 76 .178 .260 .225 37.8 35.5 23.9 .180 .243 .208 25.5
2021 Curveball 1.3 2 150 13.3 27 .292 .458 .365 31.1 25.9 17.5 .276 .512 .372 58.8
2021 4-Seamer 0.8 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 Curveball 3.9 1 13 59.1 3 .667 .667 .600 66.7 33.3 50.0 .362 .405 .338 50.0
2020 Sinker -7.7 -1 7 31.8 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .087 .092 .084 0.0
2020 Slider -5.7 0 2 9.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .407 .407 .366 0.0
2019 Sinker 1.2 5 460 50.3 107 .247 .376 .404 17.4 8.4 13.2 .252 .418 .369 40.8
2019 Curveball 0.5 1 208 22.7 63 .217 .333 .284 43.1 52.4 44.6 .198 .267 .235 37.0
2019 Slider -3.9 -4 104 11.4 27 .167 .333 .265 34.7 29.6 29.6 .206 .456 .316 37.5
2019 4-Seamer 3.7 3 90 9.8 29 .313 .563 .536 15.2 6.9 13.3 .338 .420 .498 35.7
2019 Changeup 2.3 0 11 1.2 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .272 .557 .340 50.0
2018 Sinker -0.2 0 242 48.5 64 .213 .234 .337 16.3 12.5 19.5 .231 .293 .357 33.3
2018 4-Seamer 4.7 5 113 22.6 32 .480 .720 .536 5.3 3.1 5.3 .325 .471 .426 48.0
2018 Curveball 0.2 0 68 13.6 17 .235 .471 .297 42.3 47.1 34.8 .210 .347 .238 55.6
2018 Cutter 1.3 1 56 11.2 12 .182 .182 .208 30.4 25.0 27.3 .208 .245 .245 12.5
2018 Changeup 4.9 1 17 3.4 3 .667 .667 .600 50.0 33.3 20.0 .507 .576 .474 50.0
2018 Slider -0.7 0 3 0.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Curveball 12 79.4 76 19.5 7:15 7:00 15
2021 Curveball 148 82.7 72 18.0 7:15 6:45 30
2021 Sinker 646 96.1 77 16.8 1:15 2:30 -75
2021 Slider 309 87.7 20 4.8 8:30 7:30 60
2022 Sinker 764 97.0 82 18.3 1:30 2:30 -60
2022 Slider 64 88.3 27 6.3 8:00 7:00 60
2022 Sweeper 128 84.9 47 16.5 7:45 8:30 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 128 499 -5 0 6 5 7
2019 228 872 -6 -3 6 9 6
2021 295 1,140 -5 -16 7 7 -7
2022 278 1,062 -6 -17 5 7 -10
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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 %
2018 499 43.7 61.0 84.2 18.1 60.8 46.5 49.2 36.9 21.2 5.8 86.2
2019 915 45.4 56.1 86.5 22.4 48.6 40.1 55.6 37.6 27.3 7.6 65.2
2020 22 27.3 66.7 100.0 31.3 20.0 36.4 50.0 40.9 44.4 4.5 100.0
2021 1,124 51.7 60.1 80.8 22.3 42.1 41.9 61.0 41.8 27.4 7.9 65.2
2022 981 47.1 64.8 80.9 30.0 47.7 40.0 56.0 46.5 29.6 7.0 76.5
Player 3,541 47.5 60.6 82.6 23.9 47.6 41.5 56.5 41.3 27.4 7.2 70.8
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.2 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
2018 65 25 59 45
2019 25 65 75 81 2 92 84 50 25 55 2 64 2 70 8 72 57
2021 91 90 95 96 78 92 96 83 79 71 28 62 3 88 44 76 34
2022 96 94 99 99 80 99 100 35 11 65 51 77 55 93 41 27
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 23.1 2 2.0 0 1 0 2 100.0
2019 22.9 5 5.9 -1 3 3 3 60.0
2021 21.1 5 5.1 0 0 4 2 40.0
2022 28.8 2 2.0 0 1 2 1 50.0
Player 23.1 14 15.0 -1 5 9 8 57.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
2019 5 7 7 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 5 7
2021 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 5 4 3 4 6 6 5 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 6
2022 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 4
Player 14 16 17 15 14 16 15 14 16 16 16 13 12 11 13 17 17 15 12 14 18 14 13 14 15 18 17 14 16 13 19
! 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 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.6 94.3 0.7 ↑ 92.4 -1.9 ↓ 96 3.6 ↑ 97 1 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 86.3 87.1 0.8 ↑ 0 0 0 0 0 0
Breaking Velocity 81.8 83.3 1.5 ↑ 80.1 -3.2 ↓ 86.1 6 ↑ 86 -0.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.6 88.6 -1 ↓ 75.9 -12.7 ↓ 87.1 11.2 ↑ 89 1.9 ↑
Launch Angle 3.9 .4 -3.5 ↓ 1.2 0.8 ↑ -6.5 -7.7 ↓ -8.1 -1.6 ↓
Barrel % 4.8 5.1 0.3 ↑ 0 -5.1 ↓ 3.9 3.9 ↑ 1.8 -2.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 38.6 39.3 0.7 ↑ 20 -19.3 ↓ 34.8 14.8 ↑ 43.8 9 ↑
Sweet Spot % 25.3 31.2 5.9 ↑ 20 -11.2 ↓ 21 1 ↑ 17.6 -3.4 ↓
xBA .256 .231 -0.025 ↓ .278 0.047 ↑ .198 -0.08 ↓ .186 -0.012 ↓
BA .291 .232 -0.059 ↓ .333 0.101 ↑ .206 -0.127 ↓ .196 -0.01 ↓
xwOBA .349 .336 -0.013 ↓ .258 -0.078 ↓ .264 0.006 ↑ .243 -0.021 ↓
wOBA .368 .332 -0.036 ↓ .294 -0.038 ↓ .262 -0.032 ↓ .251 -0.011 ↓
xSLG .349 .368 0.019 ↑ .301 -0.067 ↓ .292 -0.009 ↓ .246 -0.046 ↓
SLG .398 .366 -0.032 ↓ .333 -0.033 ↓ .284 -0.049 ↓ .261 -0.023 ↓
K% 16.3 23.3 7 ↑ 16.7 -6.6 ↓ 26.7 10 ↑ 25 -1.7 ↓
BB% 17.8 15 -2.8 ↓ 0 -15 ↓ 9.9 9.9 ↑ 7.7 -2.2 ↓
Swing % 36.9 37.6 0.7 ↑ 40.9 3.3 ↑ 41.8 0.9 ↑ 46.5 4.7 ↑
Whiff% 21.2 27.3 6.1 ↑ 44.4 17.1 ↑ 27.4 -17 ↓ 29.6 2.2 ↑
In Zone % 43.7 45.4 1.7 ↑ 27.3 -18.1 ↓ 51.7 24.4 ↑ 47.1 -4.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 56.3 54.6 -1.7 ↓ 72.7 18.1 ↑ 48.3 -24.4 ↓ 52.9 4.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 18.1 22.4 4.3 ↑ 31.3 8.9 ↑ 22.3 -9 ↓ 30 7.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 20.3 21.3 1 ↑ 33.3 12 ↑ 21.7 -11.6 ↓ 25.9 4.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 49.2 55.6 6.4 ↑ 50 -5.6 ↓ 61 11 ↑ 56 -5 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2018 128 .368 69 3 4.3 59 14 23.7
2019 229 .333 135 41 30.4 94 48 51.1
2020 6 .294 3 2 66.7 3 1 33.3
2021 277 .257 182 9 4.9 95 31 32.6
2022 258 .251 153 10 6.5 105 43 41.0

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2018 122 17.0 14.8% 1.6% 154 25.5 0.0% 20.8%
2019 220 21.3 0.9% 0.9% 234 27.3 0.0% 26.5%
2020 9 20.3 0.0% 0.0% 3 32.4 0.0% 66.7%
2021 335 22.4 0.0% 4.8% 230 26.1 0.0% 21.7%
2022 268 21.8 0.0% 2.6% 188 25.2 0.0% 16.0%
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Pitch Distribution