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David Hess
Popularity: ↑ 77%
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 1" 215LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 5, #151, Baltimore Orioles | Tullahoma (TN) HS
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 0 0 6.43 3 0 0 7.0 1 1.71
3 Seasons 4 20 5.86 47 33 0 190.1 143 1.47
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 3 0-0 6.43 7.0 1 1.71
3 Seasons 47 4-20 5.86 190.1 143 1.47

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Statcast Statistics

Season Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON Hard Hit % K % BB % ERA xERA
2018 1752 335 30 9.0 88.2 18.3 33.7 .250 .460 .350 .339 .368 34.6 16.3 8.1 4.88 4.75
2019 1430 265 35 13.2 92.3 18.2 43.0 .308 .617 .390 .406 .476 49.8 18.6 8.2 7.09 7.62
2020 117 29 3 10.3 89.7 17.3 34.5 .325 .581 .402 .383 .375 34.5 3.1 6.3 6.43 7.13
ALL 3299 629 68 10.8 90 18.2 37.7 .278 .532 .369 .369 .414 41.0 16.8 8.1
MLB 43640 6.4 88.3 11.9 32.8 .250 .414 .317 .321 .376 34.9 21.8 8.3

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Hess relies on 4 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(67.5%) ,
Slider
(21.4%) ,
Changeup
(7.7%) ,
Curveball
(3.4%) ,


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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # # RHB # LHB % MPH PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Spin Whiff% PutAway%
2020 4-Seam Fastball 79 47 32 67.5 92.8 24 22 7 3 2 1 1 1 21 .318 .321 .636 .653 .412 .407 91.7 18 2049 7.0 4.8
2020 Slider 25 18 7 21.4 79.7 4 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 .750 .454 1.000 .513 .739 .415 89.0 16 2296 7.7 0.0
2020 Changeup 9 1 8 7.7 85.5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .263 .000 .320 .000 .245 80.1 4 1499 0.0 0.0
2020 Curveball 4 0 4 3.4 76.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .183 .000 .197 .000 .171 79.2 28 2387 25.0 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 764 432 332 53.4 93.0 196 167 48 25 5 1 17 37 135 .287 .312 .635 .676 .409 .437 93.3 20 2184 15.1 16.2
2019 Slider 352 299 53 24.6 83.4 91 85 25 10 7 0 8 25 61 .294 .273 .659 .550 .398 .354 91.2 25 2322 30.8 20.8
2019 Changeup 167 40 127 11.7 85.5 52 49 15 9 4 0 2 6 43 .306 .360 .510 .601 .359 .419 93.0 11 1595 15.0 13.6
2019 Sinker 82 69 13 5.7 92.5 19 19 4 2 1 1 0 0 19 .211 .295 .368 .390 .236 .296 88.5 2 2039 9.8 0.0
2019 Curveball 65 12 53 4.5 77.3 7 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 7 .286 .294 .714 .766 .401 .427 88.1 15 2351 31.8 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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
2020 Changeup BAL R 9 85.5 27.6 -3.4 -11 10.5 -3.3 -24
2020 Slider BAL R 24 79.7 41.6 -1.4 -3 9.6 0.1 1
2020 Curveball BAL R 4 76 58.3 0.2 0 7.8 -1.2 -14
2020 4-Seamer BAL R 78 92.8 14.8 1 6 5.4 -1.9 -26
2019 Changeup BAL R 167 85.5 29.1 -2.2 -7 13 -1 -7
2019 Sinker BAL R 82 92.5 18 -5.2 -22 13.2 -1.9 -12
2019 4-Seamer BAL R 764 93 15 1.6 10 3.7 -4.2 -53
2019 Curveball BAL R 65 77.3 52.2 -5.4 -9 7.9 -1.6 -17
2019 Slider BAL R 352 83.4 36.9 -2.9 -7 5.1 -1.6 -24
2018 Changeup BAL R 158 83.6 31.3 -1.6 -5 10.3 -3.3 -24
2018 4-Seamer BAL R 1023 91.9 15.8 1.3 7 2.9 -4.8 -62
2018 Curveball BAL R 130 72.2 64.5 -0.7 -1 12.2 1.2 11
2018 Sinker BAL R 5 93 17.8 -5.1 -22 12.7 -2.3 -15
2018 Slider BAL R 434 80 42.3 -2 -4 7.5 -0.9 -10
! 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 %
2020 Curveball -5.7 0 4 3.4 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .183 .197 .171 0.0
2020 Changeup -7.0 -1 9 7.7 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .263 .320 .245 0.0
2020 Slider 6.2 2 25 21.4 4 .750 1.000 .763 7.7 0.0 0.0 .454 .513 .415 25.0
2020 4-Seamer 1.6 1 79 67.5 24 .318 .636 .425 7.0 4.2 4.8 .321 .653 .408 42.9
2019 Curveball -0.4 0 65 4.5 7 .286 .714 .483 31.8 0.0 0.0 .294 .766 .427 28.6
2019 Sinker 0.3 0 82 5.7 19 .211 .368 .292 9.8 0.0 0.0 .295 .390 .296 21.1
2019 Changeup 4.2 7 167 11.7 52 .306 .510 .387 15.0 11.5 13.6 .360 .601 .419 53.5
2019 Slider 2.2 8 352 24.6 91 .294 .659 .409 30.8 27.5 20.8 .273 .550 .354 44.3
2019 4-Seamer 1.8 13 764 53.4 196 .287 .635 .439 15.1 18.9 16.2 .312 .676 .438 56.3
2018 Sinker 13.2 1 5 0.3 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .471 .522 .449 100.0
2018 Curveball 0.3 0 130 7.4 21 .222 .333 .348 25.6 14.3 16.7 .192 .315 .288 33.3
2018 Changeup 0.2 0 158 9.0 47 .222 .533 .361 18.3 17.0 17.8 .236 .446 .299 39.5
2018 Slider -0.9 -4 434 24.8 127 .227 .403 .284 30.7 25.2 19.3 .202 .339 .253 21.3
2018 4-Seamer 0.9 9 1023 58.4 255 .291 .536 .395 13.4 12.2 11.8 .282 .540 .393 39.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Observed Spin-Based Gap Observed Spin-Based
2020 Slider 24 79.7 46 10.4 8:45 8:30 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 76 92.8 96 17.3 12:45 12:45 0
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 444 1740 -8 -3 12 6 7
2019 363 1424 8 3 11 6 28
2020 32 117 -2 2 2 0 2
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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 1752 49.6 70.3 86.9 25.1 64.3 44.3 61.5 47.4 19.1 7.7 77.0
2019 1430 46.7 74.1 86.9 26.8 65.2 42.9 62.5 48.9 19.5 7.3 83.8
2020 117 47.9 80.4 95.6 32.8 85.0 45.3 59.4 55.6 7.7 8.5 90.0
ALL 3299 48.3 72.2 87.2 26.1 65.6 43.7 61.8 48.3 18.8 7.6 80.4
MLB 48.4 66.1 82.8 28.2 59.4 42.6 60.6 46.6 24.5 7.2 75.1

Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2018 35.2 29.6 24.5 10.7 36.7 35.8 27.5 2.4 28.4 35.8 19.4 4.5 9.0
2019 33.6 29.4 28.7 8.3 32.1 40.0 27.9 1.5 23.4 27.9 26.0 6.4 13.2
2020 37.9 27.6 27.6 6.9 44.8 27.6 27.6 0.0 24.1 27.6 34.5 3.4 10.3
ALL 34.7 29.4 26.4 9.5 35.1 37.2 27.7 1.9 26.1 32.1 22.9 5.2 10.8
MLB 45.3 22.0 25.7 7.1 36.6 38.0 25.5 3.2 33.6 24.3 24.6 5.6 6.4

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2018 22 41 13 6 38 18 10 53 56 12 51 9 22 38 35 32
2019 1 2 0 0 6 12 0 0 0 18 48 8 1 50 28 30
2020
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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 23.7 28 21.9 6.1 10 16 11 39.3
2020 21.5 1 1.2 -0.2 1 2 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 28 25 23 25 27 19 23 30 23 23 25 23 15 15 21 25 14 23 20 24 14 21 17 22 24 24 21 21 23 22 26
2020 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.9 92.9 1 ↑ 92.8 -0.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.6 85.5 1.9 ↑ 85.5 0
Breaking Velocity 78.2 82.4 4.2 ↑ 79.2 -3.2 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.2 92.3 4.1 ↑ 89.7 -2.6 ↓
Launch Angle 18.3 18.2 -0.1 ↓ 17.3 -0.9 ↓
Barrel % 9 13.2 4.2 ↑ 10.3 -2.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.6 49.8 15.2 ↑ 34.5 -15.3 ↓
Sweet Spot % 33.7 43 9.3 ↑ 34.5 -8.5 ↓
xBA .25 .308 0.058 ↑ .325 0.017 ↑
BA .262 .287 0.025 ↑ .333 0.046 ↑
xwOBA .339 .406 0.067 ↑ .383 -0.023 ↓
wOBA .35 .39 0.04 ↑ .402 0.012 ↑
xSLG .46 .617 0.157 ↑ .581 -0.036 ↓
SLG .488 .609 0.121 ↑ .6 -0.009 ↓
K% 16.3 18.6 2.3 ↑ 3.1 -15.5 ↓
BB% 8.1 8.2 0.1 ↑ 6.3 -1.9 ↓
Swing % 47.4 48.9 1.5 ↑ 55.6 6.7 ↑
Whiff% 19.1 19.5 0.4 ↑ 7.7 -11.8 ↓
In Zone Swing % 49.6 46.7 -2.9 ↓ 47.9 1.2 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 50.4 53.3 2.9 ↑ 52.1 -1.2 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 30.4 38.1 7.7 ↑ 46.9 8.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 61.5 62.5 1 ↑ 59.4 -3.1 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2018 452 .350 222 39 17.6 230 71 30.9
2019 365 .390 221 57 25.8 144 95 66.0
2020 32 .402 18 4 22.2 14 11 78.6

Pitch Distribution

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