David Bednar
P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 225LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 35, #1044, San Diego Padres | Lafayette College
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 3 1 2.23 61 0 3 60.2 77 0.97
2022 3 4 2.61 45 0 19 51.2 69 1.12
2023 3 3 2.04 65 0 38 66.1 78 1.12
5 Seasons 9 10 2.66 188 0 60 196 243 1.12
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 61 3-1 2.23 60.2 77 0.97
2022 45 3-4 2.61 51.2 69 1.12
2023 65 3-3 2.04 66.1 78 1.12
5 Seasons 188 9-10 2.66 196 243 1.12
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
2019 24 196 29 2 6.9 4.2 88.6 112.5 17.6 37.9 .229 .431 .356 .315 .408 31.0 29.2 10.4 6.54 4.38
2020 25 118 25 2 8.0 6.3 93.7 108.8 13.5 40.0 .341 .628 .415 .424 .486 56.0 15.6 6.3 7.11 8.53
2021 26 934 140 8 5.7 3.4 87.2 111.3 15.4 38.6 .188 .304 .249 .246 .323 31.4 32.5 8.0 2.23 2.51
2022 27 842 124 9 7.3 4.3 90.5 112.5 15.3 37.9 .224 .349 .271 .280 .388 46.0 32.9 7.6 2.61 3.22
2023 28 1090 172 9 5.2 3.3 88.1 109.0 15.7 29.7 .197 .321 .262 .264 .335 40.7 28.5 7.7 2.04 2.86
Player 3180 490 30 6.1 3.7 88.8 112.5 15.5 35.3 .210 .342 .272 .272 .357 39.6 30.3 7.9
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Bednar relies on 3 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
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Curveball
(25.3%) ,
Split Finger
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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
2019 34.5 41.4 24.1 0.0 48.3 27.6 24.1 3.4 27.6 34.5 20.7 3.4 6.9 4.2
2020 36.0 24.0 36.0 4.0 52.0 44.0 4.0 0.0 28.0 16.0 24.0 24.0 8.0 6.3
2021 42.1 25.7 23.6 8.6 26.4 39.3 34.3 4.3 27.9 32.9 23.6 5.7 5.7 3.4
2022 33.9 26.6 32.3 7.3 38.7 41.1 20.2 1.6 28.2 29.0 26.6 5.6 7.3 4.3
2023 41.9 30.2 18.6 9.3 37.8 38.4 23.8 5.8 28.5 29.7 21.5 9.3 5.2 3.3
Player 39.2 28.4 24.7 7.8 36.1 39.0 24.9 3.9 28.2 30.0 23.5 7.8 6.1 3.7
MLB 44.7 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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
2023 Curveball PIT R 275 77.9 53.6 -2.1 -4 8.1 -1.6 -17
2023 4-Seamer PIT R 631 96.6 11.7 1.8 13 8.3 0.6 8
2023 Splitter PIT R 180 91.6 28.4 -1.0 -3 7.3 -3.7 -34
2022 4-Seamer PIT R 451 96.4 12.4 1.1 8 10.2 2.5 32
2022 Splitter PIT R 142 89.8 28.8 -1.0 -3 4.5 -5.9 -57
2022 Curveball PIT R 248 77.1 56.7 0.1 0 8.3 -1.7 -17
2022 Sinker PIT R 1 95.2 15.7 -5.1 -25 16.7 1.4 9
2021 Curveball PIT R 220 77.5 58.0 2.2 4 9.2 -0.5 -5
2021 4-Seamer PIT R 521 96.7 12.7 0.6 4 8.9 1.0 13
2021 Splitter PIT R 193 89.6 29.2 -0.7 -2 3.1 -6.1 -66
2020 Curveball SD R 17 75.2 61.1 1.0 2 9.1 -1.5 -14
2020 Splitter SD R 31 88.9 29.9 0.0 0 2.6 -8.2 -76
2020 4-Seamer SD R 70 95.7 14.2 0.0 0 9.1 1.3 17
2019 Curveball SD R 44 76.8 56.7 -1.2 -2 7.5 -3.0 -29
2019 Cutter SD R 2 93.2 21.8 -1.0 -5 1.3 -0.7 -34
2019 4-Seamer SD R 82 95.3 15.5 -0.9 -6 5.7 -2.0 -26
2019 Splitter SD R 68 88.1 33.6 2.0 6 0.2 -10.4 -102
! 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 %
2023 4-Seamer 1.8 11 634 58.2 163 .190 .320 .257 30.3 28.8 21.1 .182 .335 .258 45.2
2023 Curveball -0.4 -1 276 25.3 62 .200 .273 .269 39.4 35.5 25.3 .190 .240 .238 23.5
2023 Splitter 0.2 0 180 16.5 45 .333 .381 .347 33.0 20.0 16.1 .262 .378 .323 44.1
2022 4-Seamer 0.3 1 451 53.6 112 .245 .415 .299 32.5 31.3 25.4 .239 .416 .303 52.1
2022 Curveball 1.4 4 248 29.5 48 .190 .286 .268 38.1 41.7 27.4 .217 .308 .288 40.9
2022 Splitter 2.8 4 142 16.9 47 .182 .205 .210 30.9 29.8 24.1 .198 .232 .224 36.7
2022 Sinker 25.6 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .091 .108 .082 0.0
2021 4-Seamer 1.8 9 521 55.8 134 .195 .350 .269 27.9 29.9 24.4 .198 .325 .261 32.5
2021 Curveball 2.2 5 220 23.6 44 .128 .282 .215 46.8 43.2 27.9 .178 .286 .239 19.0
2021 Splitter 2.1 4 193 20.7 57 .204 .296 .242 35.8 31.6 20.0 .173 .268 .217 36.1
2020 4-Seamer 0.1 0 70 59.3 22 .300 .550 .391 28.6 18.2 21.1 .301 .598 .402 62.5
2020 Splitter 0.4 0 31 26.3 8 .375 .500 .381 25.0 12.5 7.1 .405 .724 .475 57.1
2020 Curveball -9.4 -2 17 14.4 2 1.000 1.000 .900 33.3 0.0 -- .487 .537 .458 0.0
2019 4-Seamer -4.3 -4 82 41.8 23 .313 .563 .460 19.0 8.7 9.1 .296 .422 .368 35.3
2019 Splitter -2.7 -2 68 34.7 22 .190 .571 .327 35.9 50.0 31.4 .165 .445 .267 30.0
2019 Curveball 0.8 0 44 22.4 3 .333 .333 .300 72.7 33.3 20.0 .322 .382 .306 0.0
2019 Cutter 0.0 0 2 1.0 -- -- -- -- -- 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Curveball 270 77.9 66 13.9 7:45 7:15 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 617 96.6 97 19.3 1:00 1:00 0
2023 Splitter 166 91.5 69 8.2 1:15 2:15 -60
2022 Curveball 245 77.1 70 15.8 7:30 7:00 30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 449 96.4 99 19.7 1:15 1:00 15
2022 Splitter 139 89.8 62 6.6 1:15 1:45 -30
2021 Curveball 219 77.5 77 17.9 7:30 7:00 30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 520 96.7 97 18.6 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Splitter 191 89.6 49 5.5 1:15 1:15 0
2020 Curveball 17 75.2 76 17.8 7:30 7:00 30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 58 95.8 93 18.3 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Splitter 29 88.8 47 5.2 1:00 1:15 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 48 196 2 -5 -1 -1 -5
2020 32 118 -2 1 0 -1 -1
2021 235 934 8 13 -1 -3 18
2022 208 842 2 12 -2 -2 9
2023 270 1,090 9 14 -8 -4 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 %
2019 196 51.5 72.3 74.0 20.0 42.1 42.9 56.3 46.9 32.6 8.2 56.3
2020 118 56.8 77.6 75.0 25.5 61.5 39.8 59.4 55.1 27.7 12.7 80.0
2021 934 53.3 72.9 75.8 31.4 45.3 42.1 66.9 53.5 32.6 10.6 84.8
2022 842 50.1 70.9 74.6 29.0 46.7 41.7 60.6 50.0 33.3 9.5 78.8
2023 1,090 47.7 75.8 74.6 34.6 53.3 42.8 60.0 54.2 32.5 7.2 77.2
Player 3,180 50.6 73.4 74.9 31.0 49.2 42.2 62.0 52.5 32.5 9.1 79.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 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
2019 80 39 77
2020 86 56 76
2021 97 93 94 87 96 90 82 82 92 94 54 87 82 92 66 49 82
2022 76 66 70 71 71 82 48 7 4 94 52 92 45 87 68 42 71
2023 95 93 91 81 95 82 86 71 38 83 62 89 95 90 93 44 71
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 24.2 3 3.8 -1 0 2 2 66.7
2020 20.0 1 1.6 -1 0 2 0 0.0
2021 22.6 5 4.7 0 3 5 1 20.0
2022 24.6 4 5.2 -1 2 5 1 25.0
2023 22.1 3 4.8 -2 5 5 1 33.3
Player 23.1 16 20.1 -4 10 19 5 31.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4
2020 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1
2021 5 4 4 6 5 5 6 6 3 2 2 7 5 3 5 6 5 5 7 6 5 4 6 6 4 3 6 6 4 3 3
2022 4 3 5 5 5 6 6 5 3 4 3 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 8 5 5 5 6 6 5 6
2023 3 5 3 5 5 4 4 5 4 3 3 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 6 9 5 3 3 4 4 7 4 2
Player 16 17 17 22 20 21 22 22 14 14 13 22 23 18 21 23 22 21 22 24 23 19 27 25 18 16 21 22 23 16 16
! 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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.3 95.7 0.4 ↑ 96.7 1.0 ↑ 96.4 -0.3 ↓ 96.6 0.2 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 88.1 88.9 0.8 ↑ 89.6 0.7 ↑ 89.8 0.2 ↑ 91.6 1.8 ↑
Breaking Velocity 76.8 75.2 -1.6 ↓ 77.5 2.3 ↑ 77.1 -0.4 ↓ 77.9 0.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.6 93.7 5.1 ↑ 87.2 -6.5 ↓ 90.5 3.3 ↑ 88.1 -2.4 ↓
Launch Angle 17.6 13.5 -4.1 ↓ 15.4 1.9 ↑ 15.3 -0.1 ↓ 15.7 0.4 ↑
Barrel % 6.9 8.0 1.1 ↑ 5.7 -2.3 ↓ 7.3 1.6 ↑ 5.2 -2.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 31.0 56.0 25.0 ↑ 31.4 -24.6 ↓ 46.0 14.6 ↑ 40.7 -5.3 ↓
Sweet Spot % 37.9 40.0 2.1 ↑ 38.6 -1.4 ↓ 37.9 -0.7 ↓ 29.7 -8.2 ↓
xBA .229 .341 0.112 ↑ .188 -0.153 ↓ .224 0.036 ↑ .197 -0.027 ↓
BA .250 .367 0.117 ↑ .185 -0.182 ↓ .218 0.033 ↑ .217 -0.001 ↓
xwOBA .315 .424 0.109 ↑ .246 -0.178 ↓ .280 0.034 ↑ .264 -0.016 ↓
wOBA .356 .415 0.059 ↑ .249 -0.166 ↓ .271 0.022 ↑ .262 -0.009 ↓
xSLG .431 .628 0.197 ↑ .304 -0.324 ↓ .349 0.045 ↑ .321 -0.028 ↓
SLG .550 .567 0.017 ↑ .324 -0.243 ↓ .337 0.013 ↑ .320 -0.017 ↓
K% 29.2 15.6 -13.6 ↓ 32.5 16.9 ↑ 32.9 0.4 ↑ 28.5 -4.4 ↓
BB% 10.4 6.3 -4.1 ↓ 8.0 1.7 ↑ 7.6 -0.4 ↓ 7.7 0.1 ↑
Swing % 46.9 55.1 8.2 ↑ 53.5 -1.6 ↓ 50.0 -3.5 ↓ 54.2 4.2 ↑
Whiff% 32.6 27.7 -4.9 ↓ 32.6 4.9 ↑ 33.3 0.7 ↑ 32.5 -0.8 ↓
In Zone % 51.5 56.8 5.3 ↑ 53.3 -3.5 ↓ 50.1 -3.2 ↓ 47.7 -2.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 48.5 43.2 -5.3 ↓ 46.7 3.5 ↑ 49.9 3.2 ↑ 52.3 2.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 20.0 25.5 5.5 ↑ 31.4 5.9 ↑ 29.0 -2.4 ↓ 34.6 5.6 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 27.1 31.3 4.2 ↑ 40.3 9.0 ↑ 30.8 -9.5 ↓ 32.6 1.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 56.3 59.4 3.1 ↑ 66.9 7.5 ↑ 60.6 -6.3 ↓ 60.0 -0.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 48 .356 21 1 4.8 27 11 40.7
2020 Shifts 32 .415 15 0 0.0 17 5 29.4
2021 Shifts 224 .252 132 16 12.1 92 70 76.1
2022 Shifts 207 .272 119 18 15.1 88 59 67.0
2023 Shades 269 .259 141 9 6.4 128 53 41.4
! 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 %
2019 68 18.0 7.4% 0.0% 22 23.1 0.0% 13.6%
2020 19 18.1 15.8% 0.0% 21 21.8 0.0% 4.8%
2021 240 21.9 0.0% 3.3% 130 29.5 0.0% 46.9%
2022 232 20.5 2.2% 4.7% 135 24.7 0.0% 14.1%
2023 232 16.2 25.4% 0.0% 179 19.5 3.4% 1.1%
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Pitch Distribution

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