Dakota Hudson
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 215LBS | Age: 30
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 6.17 18 18 0 89 49 1.67
7 Seasons 40 32 4.21 132 97 1 559.2 364 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 18 2-12 6.17 89 49 1.67
7 Seasons 132 40-32 4.21 559.2 364 1.43
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
2018 23 433 80 1 1.3 0.8 83.9 109.0 3.1 25.0 .211 .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 2.02
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 .291 .481 .350 .369 .381 45.4 12.7 9.6 4.98 6.00
2024 29 1512 300 19 6.3 4.7 89.9 116.4 7.6 31.7 .290 .449 .360 .370 .371 42.0 12.1 12.4 6.17 6.01
Player 9083 1753 112 6.4 4.6 89.1 116.9 5.3 30.7 .269 .418 .324 .342 .355 39.6 15.1 11.0
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Hudson relies on 6 pitches.
Sinker
(32.6%) ,
Slider
(24.3%) ,
Curveball
(17.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(15.6%) ,
Changeup
(10.1%) ,
Cutter
(0.5%) ,


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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 %
2018 63.7 36.3 12.5 18.8 5.0 26.3 45.0 28.7 22.5 30.0 11.3 3.8 15.0 17.5
2019 57.4 42.6 13.9 24.9 3.8 38.2 39.5 22.2 24.9 25.7 6.8 13.3 13.9 15.4
2020 57.7 42.3 17.3 17.3 7.7 41.3 38.5 20.2 28.8 21.2 7.7 12.5 17.3 12.5
2021 65.4 34.6 19.2 11.5 3.8 38.5 46.2 15.4 26.9 30.8 7.7 11.5 15.4 7.7
2022 54.2 45.8 19.2 22.5 4.0 40.8 37.7 21.4 28.6 20.3 5.4 12.3 17.4 16.1
2023 51.7 48.3 21.2 24.5 2.6 42.0 40.1 17.8 24.9 20.1 6.7 17.1 20.1 11.2
2024 52.3 47.7 23.3 21.7 2.7 41.3 36.7 22.0 29.0 18.0 5.3 12.3 18.7 16.7
Player 55.3 44.7 18.2 22.8 3.8 39.6 39.0 21.4 26.7 22.1 6.4 12.9 16.8 14.9
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 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
2018 6.3 51.2 15.0 20.0 5.0 1.3 0.8
2019 2.9 46.6 13.7 23.4 5.9 6.8 4.8
2020 3.8 40.4 19.2 22.1 8.7 4.8 3.3
2021 3.8 50.0 26.9 15.4 3.8 0.0 0.0
2022 3.8 40.8 19.0 24.8 5.6 6.0 4.5
2023 3.7 38.7 17.1 24.9 6.7 8.9 6.8
2024 5.3 35.3 18.7 28.0 5.7 6.3 4.7
Player 3.9 41.9 17.0 24.4 6.0 6.4 4.6
MLB 4.0 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
2024 Cutter COL R 7 86.9 34.3 -5.3 0.3GLV -3.1 1.7 -6.6 0.3GLV -2.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball COL R 235 90.0 25.5 -8.5 5.6ARM -0.6 8.0 -7.7 5.6ARM -2.0
2024 Sinker COL R 490 90.4 28.4 4.3 13.1ARM -1.3 4.9 2.3 13.1ARM -1.8
2024 Changeup COL R 152 83.5 36.1 4.2 12.5ARM -1.0 2.8 2.1 12.5ARM -1.7
2024 Slider COL R 367 84.0 37.5 0.0 0.5GLV -4.9 1.2 0.4 0.5GLV -4.3
2024 Curveball COL R 257 80.2 47.7 -4.9 12.3GLV 3.9 -5.3 -4.7 12.3GLV 2.9
2023 Sinker STL R 495 91.6 25.4 2.6 12.5ARM -2.0 7.1 0.6 12.5ARM -2.4
2023 4-Seam Fastball STL R 294 91.1 23.4 -7.0 3.2ARM -2.6 9.5 -6.3 3.2ARM -4.2
2023 Changeup STL R 32 84.4 33.3 2.3 13.0ARM -0.7 5.0 0.4 13.0ARM -1.4
2023 Slider STL R 427 85.1 36.5 0.0 1.4GLV -3.2 1.4 0.2 1.4GLV -3.7
2023 Curveball STL R 69 81.3 45.6 -6.1 8.4GLV 1.2 -4.4 -5.5 8.4GLV -0.5
! 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 %
2024 Sinker -0.3 -1 492 32.5 155 .299 .433 .375 8.0 3.2 5.3 .334 .526 .414 50.8
2024 Slider -0.1 0 367 24.3 96 .289 .361 .331 31.8 19.8 18.3 .278 .356 .325 33.3
2024 Curveball 0.7 2 257 17.0 52 .130 .217 .213 33.0 32.7 15.5 .168 .292 .254 27.6
2024 4-Seam Fastball -3.0 -7 235 15.5 69 .321 .547 .447 6.8 7.2 9.8 .290 .458 .409 35.4
2024 Changeup -5.4 -8 152 10.1 31 .379 .690 .469 14.6 9.7 12.5 .314 .538 .384 46.2
2024 Cutter -13.7 -1 7 0.5 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .551 2.211 1.157 100.0
2023 Sinker -0.1 -1 495 37.6 147 .303 .523 .387 7.3 1.4 3.1 .322 .559 .406 51.5
2023 Slider -0.9 -4 427 32.4 109 .263 .432 .333 39.0 32.1 22.9 .236 .436 .323 44.4
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 1 294 22.3 76 .292 .338 .340 12.7 5.3 5.9 .333 .443 .388 36.1
2023 Curveball 0.3 0 69 5.2 15 .214 .214 .227 31.3 26.7 13.3 .195 .300 .241 40.0
2023 Changeup -3.5 -1 32 2.4 7 .200 .400 .379 0.0 0.0 0.0 .254 .283 .364 20.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 123 83.6 89 13.4 2:00 2:45 -45
2024 Curveball 247 80.2 58 14.9 7:30 8:00 -30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 215 90.0 79 9.6 1:30 1:15 15
2024 Sinker 446 90.4 84 14.3 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 66 81.4 66 11.1 7:30 7:45 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 294 91.1 73 9.4 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Sinker 495 91.6 81 14.5 1:15 2:15 -60
2023 Slider 426 85.1 12 2.5 9:00 9:00 0
! 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
2018 118 433 6 5 -4 -2 4
2019 749 2,846 17 26 -22 -19 2
2020 150 589 6 5 -2 -3 6
2021 34 131 1 4 0 -1 3
2022 596 2,253 12 17 -22 -13 -6
2023 354 1,317 5 7 -9 -7 -4
2024 404 1,510 -1 7 -12 -11 -16
Player 2,405 9,079 45 72 -71 45 -11
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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 23.3 6.7 65.5
2019 2,848 47.0 65.8 85.2 25.1 52.5 41.0 56.1 44.2 23.7 7.1 75.7
2020 589 46.0 68.6 87.1 28.6 57.1 42.3 62.3 47.0 22.0 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 1,512 48.9 63.9 87.7 21.2 61.6 42.3 60.6 42.1 18.6 6.8 74.5
Player 9,083 48.0 66.4 87.5 24.2 57.1 41.6 58.2 44.4 20.6 7.0 76.1
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
2018 89 41 84
2019 24 25 43 60 9 10 53 31 29 16 12 36 10 55 25 13 79
2020 68 68 68 68 62 56 78 35 28 32 35 18 59 42 21 18 71
2021 25 4 70
2022 11 6 30 61 1 26 74 35 28 1 17 3 1 18 19 38 51
2023 4 5 10 20 3 36 33 12 7 1 32 8 9 15 18 44 57
2024 1 2 11 36 1 42 76 21 21 1 6 4 1 6 12 58 36
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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 %
2018 -- 0 0.2 0 3 0 0 --
2019 22.92 23 22.8 0 6 18 11 47.8
2020 23.41 5 5.4 0 0 3 3 60.0
2022 22.96 9 10.1 -1 8 10 3 33.3
2023 25.50 9 10.7 -2 3 5 7 77.8
2024 23.34 11 9.4 2 4 8 4 36.4
Player 23.46 57 58.6 -2 24 44 28 49.1
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
2018 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 23 28 17 21 24 23 26 22 21 15 19 23 26 24 22 22 19 18 22 24 27 27 29 27 21 22 18 26 28 24 18
2020 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 5 6 4 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 5
2022 9 6 11 9 11 10 12 7 8 6 9 16 11 8 10 12 8 7 10 10 12 11 18 10 4 6 12 14 13 10 11
2023 9 10 10 12 11 11 12 9 11 9 11 13 9 10 12 11 14 9 12 12 11 10 14 12 8 7 11 11 11 11 8
2024 11 8 9 10 8 10 11 9 7 7 9 13 11 8 9 8 9 8 9 13 9 8 15 11 7 9 7 13 10 11 7
Player 57 57 54 59 60 60 67 52 51 42 53 73 61 55 58 59 56 47 58 66 64 61 83 65 46 49 54 70 67 62 49
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 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024
Fastball Velocity 95.9 -2.3 ↓ 93.6 -0.7 ↓ 92.9 -0.9 ↓ 92.0 -0.3 ↓ 91.7 -0.3 ↓ 91.4 -1.2 ↓ 90.2
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 88.1 -1.5 ↓ 86.6 0.0 86.6 -0.1 ↓ 86.5 -2.1 ↓ 84.4 -0.9 ↓ 83.5
Breaking Velocity 89.9 -4.0 ↓ 85.9 -0.6 ↓ 85.3 -0.1 ↓ 85.2 0.1 ↑ 85.3 -0.8 ↓ 84.5 -2.0 ↓ 82.5
Exit Velocity 83.9 5.4 ↑ 89.3 -0.2 ↓ 89.1 -9.0 ↓ 80.1 8.9 ↑ 89.0 1.5 ↑ 90.5 -0.6 ↓ 89.9
Launch Angle 3.1 0.2 ↑ 3.3 4.9 ↑ 8.2 -4.5 ↓ 3.7 2.6 ↑ 6.3 -1.7 ↓ 4.6 3.0 ↑ 7.6
Barrel % 1.3 5.5 ↑ 6.8 -2.0 ↓ 4.8 -4.8 ↓ 0.0 6.0 ↑ 6.0 2.9 ↑ 8.9 -2.6 ↓ 6.3
Hard Hit % 20.0 18.8 ↑ 38.8 1.6 ↑ 40.4 -25.0 ↓ 15.4 25.0 ↑ 40.4 5.0 ↑ 45.4 -3.4 ↓ 42.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.0 6.4 ↑ 31.4 -5.4 ↓ 26.0 -2.9 ↓ 23.1 8.6 ↑ 31.7 -0.8 ↓ 30.9 0.8 ↑ 31.7
xBA .211 0.052 ↑ .263 -0.042 ↓ .221 -0.026 ↓ .195 0.081 ↑ .276 0.015 ↑ .291 -0.001 ↓ .290
BA .196 0.049 ↑ .245 -0.067 ↓ .178 0.041 ↑ .219 0.054 ↑ .273 0.010 ↑ .283 0.003 ↑ .286
xwOBA .294 0.043 ↑ .337 -0.044 ↓ .293 -0.074 ↓ .219 0.124 ↑ .343 0.026 ↑ .369 0.001 ↑ .370
wOBA .265 0.051 ↑ .316 -0.059 ↓ .257 -0.013 ↓ .244 0.082 ↑ .326 0.024 ↑ .350 0.010 ↑ .360
xSLG .275 0.146 ↑ .421 -0.064 ↓ .357 -0.123 ↓ .234 0.175 ↑ .409 0.072 ↑ .481 -0.032 ↓ .449
SLG .237 0.166 ↑ .403 -0.084 ↓ .319 -0.038 ↓ .281 0.094 ↑ .375 0.066 ↑ .441 -0.005 ↓ .436
K% 16.1 1.9 ↑ 18.0 2.5 ↑ 20.5 -2.9 ↓ 17.6 -4.5 ↓ 13.1 -0.4 ↓ 12.7 -0.6 ↓ 12.1
BB% 15.3 -3.9 ↓ 11.4 -1.5 ↓ 9.9 -7.0 ↓ 2.9 7.3 ↑ 10.2 -0.6 ↓ 9.6 2.8 ↑ 12.4
Swing % 43.6 0.6 ↑ 44.2 2.8 ↑ 47.0 0.3 ↑ 47.3 -3.3 ↓ 44.0 3.1 ↑ 47.1 -5.0 ↓ 42.1
Whiff% 23.3 0.4 ↑ 23.7 -1.7 ↓ 22.0 -5.9 ↓ 16.1 1.5 ↑ 17.6 2.6 ↑ 20.2 -1.6 ↓ 18.6
In Zone % 48.3 -1.3 ↓ 47.0 -1.0 ↓ 46.0 6.7 ↑ 52.7 -4.5 ↓ 48.2 1.1 ↑ 49.3 -0.4 ↓ 48.9
Out of Zone % 51.7 1.3 ↑ 53.0 1.0 ↑ 54.0 -6.7 ↓ 47.3 4.5 ↑ 51.8 -1.1 ↓ 50.7 0.4 ↑ 51.1
Out of Zone Swing % 25.4 -0.3 ↓ 25.1 3.5 ↑ 28.6 -2.8 ↓ 25.8 -2.6 ↓ 23.2 1.4 ↑ 24.6 -3.4 ↓ 21.2
First Pitch Swing % 27.1 -0.2 ↓ 26.9 6.2 ↑ 33.1 -6.6 ↓ 26.5 3.2 ↑ 29.7 -0.6 ↓ 29.1 -0.4 ↓ 28.7
First Pitch Strike % 59.3 -3.2 ↓ 56.1 6.2 ↑ 62.3 5.3 ↑ 67.6 -8.4 ↓ 59.2 -4.4 ↓ 54.8 5.8 ↑ 60.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 118 .265 65 1 1.5 53 1 1.9
2019 Shifts 749 .316 376 16 4.3 373 110 29.5
2020 Shifts 150 .257 68 13 19.1 82 30 36.6
2021 Shifts 34 .244 20 1 5.0 14 8 57.1
2022 Shifts 596 .326 319 56 17.6 277 127 45.8
2023 Shades 354 .350 180 19 10.6 174 145 83.3
2024 Shades 403 .361 213 2 0.9 190 108 56.8
! 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 441 15.0 49.9% 0.2% 287 19.9 0.0% 1.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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