Dakota Hudson
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 215LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #34, St. Louis Cardinals | Mississippi State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 8 7 4.45 27 26 0 139.2 78 1.45
2023 6 3 4.98 18 12 0 81.1 45 1.50
2024 2 12 5.84 17 17 0 86.1 48 1.64
7 Seasons 40 32 4.15 131 96 1 557 363 1.43
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 27 8-7 4.45 139.2 78 1.45
2023 18 6-3 4.98 81.1 45 1.50
2024 17 2-12 5.84 86.1 48 1.64
7 Seasons 131 40-32 4.15 557 363 1.43
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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
2018 23 433 80 1 1.3 0.8 83.9 109.0 3.1 25.0 .212 .275 .265 .294 .269 20.0 16.1 15.3 2.63 3.63
2019 24 2848 526 36 6.8 4.8 89.3 114.6 3.3 31.4 .263 .421 .316 .337 .365 38.8 18.0 11.4 3.35 5.09
2020 25 589 104 5 4.8 3.3 89.1 110.8 8.2 26.0 .221 .357 .257 .293 .321 40.4 20.5 9.9 2.77 3.60
2021 26 131 26 0 0.0 0.0 80.1 110.0 3.7 23.1 .195 .234 .244 .219 .232 15.4 17.6 2.9 2.08 2.00
2022 27 2253 448 27 6.0 4.5 89.0 116.9 6.3 31.7 .276 .409 .326 .343 .348 40.4 13.1 10.2 4.45 5.01
2023 28 1317 269 24 8.9 6.8 90.5 115.2 4.6 30.9 .292 .482 .350 .369 .382 45.4 12.7 9.6 4.98 6.00
2024 29 1448 292 18 6.2 4.6 90.1 116.4 7.4 31.8 .293 .456 .356 .369 .373 42.5 12.3 11.8 5.84 5.73
Player 9019 1745 111 6.4 4.6 89.1 116.9 5.2 30.7 .269 .419 .323 .342 .356 39.7 15.1 10.9
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

Hudson relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(32.1%) ,
Slider
(25.5%) ,
Curveball
(16.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(15.6%) ,
Changeup
(10.2%) ,


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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 63.7 12.5 18.8 5.0 26.3 45.0 28.7 6.3 51.2 15.0 20.0 5.0 1.3 0.8
2019 57.4 13.9 24.9 3.8 38.2 39.5 22.2 2.9 46.6 13.7 23.4 5.9 6.8 4.8
2020 57.7 17.3 17.3 7.7 41.3 38.5 20.2 3.8 40.4 19.2 22.1 8.7 4.8 3.3
2021 65.4 19.2 11.5 3.8 38.5 46.2 15.4 3.8 50.0 26.9 15.4 3.8 0.0 0.0
2022 54.2 19.2 22.5 4.0 40.8 37.7 21.4 3.8 40.8 19.0 24.8 5.6 6.0 4.5
2023 51.7 21.2 24.5 2.6 42.0 40.1 17.8 3.7 38.7 17.1 24.9 6.7 8.9 6.8
2024 52.4 23.3 21.9 2.4 40.8 37.0 22.3 5.5 35.3 18.5 28.4 5.8 6.2 4.6
Player 55.3 18.2 22.8 3.7 39.5 39.0 21.4 3.9 41.9 17.0 24.5 6.0 6.4 4.6
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


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 Sinker COL R 462 90.3 28.2 4.2 17 13.3 -1.2 -8
2024 4-Seam Fastball COL R 226 89.9 25.6 -8.5 -50 5.6 -0.6 -10
2024 Changeup COL R 148 83.4 36.2 4.4 14 12.6 -1.0 -7
2024 Slider COL R 369 84.1 37.5 0.0 0 0.4 -5.5 -93
2024 Curveball COL R 240 80.2 47.8 -4.5 -9 12.3 3.7 44
2023 Slider STL R 423 85.1 36.4 -0.1 0 1.3 -3.4 -72
2023 Changeup STL R 32 84.4 33.3 2.3 8 13.0 -0.7 -5
2023 4-Seam Fastball STL R 292 91.1 23.4 -7.0 -42 3.1 -2.6 -46
2023 Curveball STL R 73 81.4 45.5 -6.1 -12 8.1 0.9 12
2023 Sinker STL R 497 91.6 25.4 2.7 12 12.5 -2.1 -14
2022 Changeup STL R 91 86.5 28.8 -0.6 -2 12.4 -1.4 -10
2022 Curveball STL R 306 80.5 46.9 -6.0 -11 7.4 -0.2 -3
2022 Sinker STL R 810 91.9 26.3 4.4 20 12.4 -1.7 -12
2022 4-Seam Fastball STL R 454 91.3 24.3 -8.3 -52 4.2 -2.3 -35
2022 Slider STL R 592 87.8 30.7 -2.3 -7 0.5 -3.7 -89
2021 4-Seam Fastball STL R 15 91.6 23.5 -7.9 -51 5.0 -1.5 -23
2021 Curveball STL R 21 80.7 45.8 -6.4 -12 7.6 -0.1 -1
2021 Slider STL R 32 88.2 28.6 -3.5 -11 1.5 -2.2 -60
2021 Changeup STL R 5 86.6 28.1 -0.6 -2 13.5 0.0 0
2021 Sinker STL R 58 92.1 23.5 2.4 11 12.2 -2.2 -15
2020 Sinker STL R 214 93.0 20.7 0.2 1 14.4 0.2 1
2020 Changeup STL R 13 86.6 27.3 -1.0 -3 12.8 -0.2 -2
2020 4-Seam Fastball STL R 132 92.6 22.1 -6.9 -45 5.0 -1.6 -24
2020 Slider STL R 119 88.3 29.2 -2.8 -9 0.2 -3.6 -105
2020 Curveball STL R 110 82.1 44.4 -5.6 -11 5.7 -1.1 -16
2019 4-Seam Fastball STL R 371 93.9 19.2 -4.2 -28 4.8 -2.2 -32
2019 Sinker STL R 1,386 93.5 23.6 2.6 12 12.8 -1.6 -11
2019 Changeup STL R 75 88.1 27.1 -1.0 -3 11.6 -2.2 -16
2019 Curveball STL R 284 81.9 44.5 -6.9 -13 9.4 2.0 27
2019 Slider STL R 730 87.4 34.9 1.7 5 2.3 -1.3 -36
2018 Curveball STL R 48 86.4 38.4 -6.3 -14 7.0 1.6 31
2018 Sinker STL R 252 95.9 22.3 3.7 20 13.0 -0.9 -6
2018 Slider STL R 120 91.3 29.0 1.7 6 2.8 -0.2 -6
2018 4-Seam Fastball STL R 13 96.7 16.4 -3.1 -23 4.0 -2.9 -41
! 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 Sinker -0.3 -2 464 32.0 147 .315 .465 .391 7.0 2.7 4.5 .342 .550 .423 53.2
2024 Slider 0.5 2 369 25.5 96 .289 .361 .331 31.3 19.8 18.3 .277 .360 .325 33.3
2024 Curveball 0.2 1 240 16.6 49 .114 .205 .193 33.3 34.7 17.0 .168 .303 .250 29.6
2024 4-Seam Fastball -3.3 -8 226 15.6 68 .296 .500 .415 7.9 7.4 10.6 .288 .456 .396 32.7
2024 Changeup -4.7 -7 148 10.2 31 .379 .690 .469 14.6 9.7 12.5 .322 .552 .394 46.2
2023 Sinker 0.3 1 497 37.7 148 .308 .526 .391 7.2 1.4 3.0 .325 .561 .407 51.9
2023 Slider -1.4 -6 423 32.1 107 .258 .430 .331 39.3 31.8 22.5 .238 .442 .326 45.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 2 292 22.2 75 .281 .328 .333 12.9 5.3 6.1 .329 .440 .386 35.0
2023 Curveball 0.1 0 73 5.5 17 .250 .250 .253 30.6 29.4 15.6 .193 .286 .232 36.4
2023 Changeup -1.4 0 32 2.4 7 .200 .400 .379 0.0 0.0 0.0 .254 .283 .364 20.0
2022 Sinker -0.8 -6 810 36.0 244 .319 .422 .379 7.2 7.0 9.3 .317 .454 .389 47.6
2022 Slider 1.1 6 592 26.3 161 .194 .299 .254 25.4 16.8 15.5 .219 .358 .283 35.5
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -6 454 20.2 111 .323 .385 .362 17.2 16.2 13.2 .287 .388 .344 40.5
2022 Curveball 0.0 0 306 13.6 54 .224 .306 .292 32.7 27.8 15.3 .245 .357 .302 23.5
2022 Changeup -1.1 -1 91 4.0 26 .250 .542 .358 13.5 3.8 12.5 .297 .522 .380 30.4
2021 Sinker 5.1 3 58 44.3 19 .176 .176 .216 12.1 15.8 18.8 .167 .190 .214 14.3
2021 Slider 0.4 0 32 24.4 10 .200 .400 .250 25.0 20.0 16.7 .208 .274 .213 12.5
2021 Curveball 1.1 0 21 16.0 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 16.7 .116 .155 .119 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -5.2 -1 15 11.5 3 .667 .667 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 .361 .402 .328 33.3
2021 Changeup -1.4 0 5 3.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 Sinker 1.2 2 214 36.3 53 .250 .364 .346 10.1 11.3 11.5 .234 .318 .320 36.8
2020 4-Seam Fastball 4.7 6 133 22.6 41 .103 .128 .130 11.1 12.2 13.5 .260 .382 .298 44.1
2020 Slider -2.9 -3 119 20.2 29 .269 .654 .416 37.1 31.0 18.8 .220 .458 .324 47.1
2020 Curveball 2.5 3 110 18.7 25 .083 .208 .144 38.8 44.0 28.2 .142 .296 .204 38.5
2020 Changeup 0.1 0 13 2.2 2 .000 .000 .000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .126 .127 .117 0.0
2019 Sinker -0.5 -6 1,386 48.7 408 .289 .466 .380 13.2 10.3 14.3 .302 .471 .377 43.9
2019 Slider 0.6 4 730 25.6 195 .190 .345 .292 41.8 34.9 26.9 .184 .337 .280 28.4
2019 4-Seam Fastball 3.6 14 371 13.0 107 .190 .270 .226 16.8 14.0 12.8 .247 .364 .283 30.2
2019 Curveball -0.2 0 284 10.0 31 .259 .481 .353 40.0 35.5 25.0 .280 .518 .365 52.9
2019 Changeup -0.4 0 75 2.6 8 .143 .286 .244 26.1 0.0 0.0 .322 .377 .357 28.6
2018 Sinker -0.5 -1 252 58.2 68 .255 .273 .346 14.2 8.8 13.3 .267 .330 .336 24.0
2018 Slider 3.8 5 120 27.7 31 .043 .043 .216 33.3 16.1 15.2 .145 .175 .291 10.5
2018 Curveball -1.6 -1 48 11.1 14 .214 .357 .243 27.8 35.7 22.7 .118 .155 .118 11.1
2018 4-Seam Fastball -5.0 -1 13 3.0 5 .200 .400 .250 50.0 60.0 30.0 .181 .475 .275 50.0
! 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 121 83.5 88 13.5 2:00 2:45 -45
2024 Curveball 227 80.1 58 14.9 7:30 8:00 -30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 204 89.9 79 9.5 1:30 1:15 15
2024 Sinker 424 90.3 85 14.5 1:45 2:30 -45
2024 Slider 332 84.1 13 2.9 11:15 8:00 195
2023 Changeup 31 84.4 86 14.3 1:30 2:30 -60
2023 Curveball 70 81.4 65 10.8 7:30 7:45 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 292 91.1 73 9.4 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Sinker 497 91.6 81 14.5 1:15 2:15 -60
2023 Slider 422 85.1 12 2.5 9:15 9:15 0
2022 Changeup 90 86.5 97 14.7 1:30 2:15 -45
2022 Curveball 304 80.5 64 10.6 7:30 7:30 0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 452 91.3 63 8.9 1:15 1:00 15
2022 Sinker 795 91.9 76 14.0 1:15 2:15 -60
2022 Slider 592 87.8 27 4.6 12:15 11:45 30
2021 Curveball 21 80.7 62 10.0 7:15 7:45 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 15 91.6 76 10.4 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Sinker 58 92.1 91 15.0 1:15 2:00 -45
2021 Slider 32 88.2 35 5.6 1:00 11:30 90
2020 Changeup 12 86.5 97 15.2 1:30 2:00 -30
2020 Curveball 95 82.1 64 8.7 7:30 7:30 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 117 92.6 77 10.6 1:00 1:00 0
2020 Sinker 175 92.9 89 17.9 1:00 2:00 -60
2020 Slider 103 88.3 25 5.4 11:30 12:00 -30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 118 433 5 5 -5 -3 2
2019 776 2,935 21 25 -24 -18 4
2020 150 589 6 6 -1 -3 8
2021 34 131 1 4 -1 -1 2
2022 596 2,253 10 14 -18 -13 -7
2023 354 1,317 4 10 -9 -7 -2
2024 391 1,447 -6 11 -9 -9 -14
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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 433 48.3 63.2 87.1 25.4 52.6 40.4 59.3 43.6 22.8 6.7 65.5
2019 2,848 47.0 65.8 85.2 25.1 52.5 41.0 56.1 44.2 23.6 7.1 75.7
2020 589 46.0 68.6 87.1 28.6 57.1 42.3 62.3 47.0 21.7 5.9 80.0
2021 131 52.7 66.7 93.5 25.8 56.3 42.0 67.6 47.3 16.1 6.1 62.5
2022 2,253 48.2 66.5 89.7 23.2 61.6 42.3 59.2 44.0 17.6 6.3 80.3
2023 1,317 49.3 70.3 87.9 24.6 57.3 40.8 54.8 47.1 20.2 8.7 75.4
2024 1,448 48.8 64.2 88.1 22.0 59.5 42.5 60.4 42.6 18.5 6.6 76.0
Player 9,019 48.0 66.4 87.6 24.3 56.8 41.6 58.1 44.5 20.5 6.9 76.4
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
2018 89 41 84
2019 24 25 43 60 9 10 53 31 29 16 12 37 10 55 25 13 79
2020 68 68 68 68 62 56 78 35 28 32 35 17 59 42 21 19 71
2021 24 4 70
2022 11 6 30 61 1 26 74 35 28 1 17 3 1 18 19 38 52
2023 4 4 10 20 3 36 33 12 7 1 32 9 9 15 18 46 57
2024 3 2 13 40 1 29 74 19 22 1 12 6 2 5 11 57 36
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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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.9 93.6 -2.3 92.9 -0.7 92.0 -0.9 91.7 -0.3 91.4 -0.3 90.2 -1.2
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 88.1 0.0 86.6 -1.5 86.6 0.0 86.5 -0.1 84.4 -2.1 83.4 -1.0
Breaking Velocity 89.9 85.9 -4.0 85.3 -0.6 85.2 -0.1 85.3 0.1 84.5 -0.8 82.5 -2.0
Exit Velocity 83.9 89.3 5.4 89.1 -0.2 80.1 -9.0 89.0 8.9 90.5 1.5 90.1 -0.4
Launch Angle 3.1 3.3 0.2 8.2 4.9 3.7 -4.5 6.3 2.6 4.6 -1.7 7.4 2.8
Barrel % 1.3 6.8 5.5 4.8 -2.0 0.0 -4.8 6.0 6.0 8.9 2.9 6.2 -2.7
Hard Hit % 20.0 38.8 18.8 40.4 1.6 15.4 -25.0 40.4 25.0 45.4 5.0 42.5 -2.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.0 31.4 6.4 26.0 -5.4 23.1 -2.9 31.7 8.6 30.9 -0.8 31.8 0.9
xBA .212 .263 0.051 .221 -0.042 .195 -0.026 .276 0.081 .292 0.016 .293 0.001
BA .196 .245 0.049 .178 -0.067 .219 0.041 .273 0.054 .283 0.010 .285 0.002
xwOBA .294 .337 0.043 .293 -0.044 .219 -0.074 .343 0.124 .369 0.026 .369 0.000
wOBA .265 .316 0.051 .257 -0.059 .244 -0.013 .326 0.082 .350 0.024 .356 0.006
xSLG .275 .421 0.146 .357 -0.064 .234 -0.123 .409 0.175 .482 0.073 .456 -0.026
SLG .237 .403 0.166 .319 -0.084 .281 -0.038 .375 0.094 .441 0.066 .430 -0.011
K% 16.1 18.0 1.9 20.5 2.5 17.6 -2.9 13.1 -4.5 12.7 -0.4 12.3 -0.4
BB% 15.3 11.4 -3.9 9.9 -1.5 2.9 -7.0 10.2 7.3 9.6 -0.6 11.8 2.2
Swing % 43.6 44.2 0.6 47.0 2.8 47.3 0.3 44.0 -3.3 47.1 3.1 42.6 -4.5
Whiff% 22.8 23.6 0.8 21.7 -1.9 16.1 -5.6 17.6 1.5 20.2 2.6 18.5 -1.7
In Zone % 48.3 47.0 -1.3 46.0 -1.0 52.7 6.7 48.2 -4.5 49.3 1.1 48.8 -0.5
Out of Zone % 51.7 53.0 1.3 54.0 1.0 47.3 -6.7 51.8 4.5 50.7 -1.1 51.2 0.5
Out of Zone Swing % 25.4 25.1 -0.3 28.6 3.5 25.8 -2.8 23.2 -2.6 24.6 1.4 22.0 -2.6
First Pitch Swing % 27.1 26.9 -0.2 33.1 6.2 26.5 -6.6 29.7 3.2 29.1 -0.6 28.9 -0.2
First Pitch Strike % 59.3 56.1 -3.2 62.3 6.2 67.6 5.3 59.2 -8.4 54.8 -4.4 60.4 5.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 118 .265 65 1 1.5 53 6 11.3
2019 Shifts 749 .316 376 20 5.3 373 144 38.6
2020 Shifts 150 .257 68 15 22.1 82 41 50.0
2021 Shifts 34 .244 20 2 10.0 14 8 57.1
2022 Shifts 596 .326 319 57 17.9 277 140 50.5
2023 Shades 354 .350 180 19 10.6 174 145 83.3
2024 Shades 390 .357 203 2 1.0 187 105 56.1
! 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 %
2018 116 19.8 0.9% 6.0% 84 24.6 0.0% 13.1%
2019 903 17.9 14.7% 0.6% 456 26.4 0.0% 19.3%
2020 180 19.0 7.2% 2.2% 85 26.3 0.0% 18.8%
2021 43 19.0 7.0% 0.0% 18 24.0 0.0% 5.6%
2022 668 16.4 29.0% 2.1% 417 24.2 0.0% 12.5%
2023 365 14.4 60.8% 0.5% 214 20.3 0.0% 1.4%
2024 424 15.0 50.0% 0.2% 268 19.9 0.0% 1.1%
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Pitch Distribution