David Hess
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 215LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 5, #151, Baltimore Orioles | Tullahoma (TN) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 1 10 7.09 23 14 0 80 68 1.55
2020 0 0 6.43 3 0 0 7 1 1.71
2021 2 2 9.90 15 1 0 20 18 2.15
4 Seasons 6 22 6.25 62 34 0 210.1 161 1.53
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 23 1-10 7.09 80 68 1.55
2020 3 0-0 6.43 7 1 1.71
2021 15 2-2 9.90 20 18 2.15
4 Seasons 62 6-22 6.25 210.1 161 1.53
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
2018 24 1752 335 30 9.0 6.6 88.2 111.8 18.3 33.7 .242 .446 .349 .329 .355 34.6 16.3 8.1 4.88 4.63
2019 25 1430 265 35 13.2 9.6 92.3 115.4 18.2 43.4 .303 .611 .390 .401 .470 49.8 18.6 8.2 7.09 7.70
2020 26 117 29 3 10.3 9.4 89.9 107.3 17.3 31.0 .297 .554 .408 .381 .372 35.7 3.1 6.3 6.43 6.52
2021 27 367 72 11 15.3 10.8 94.7 116.5 21.2 40.3 .306 .622 .491 .429 .495 50.0 17.6 10.8 9.90 8.79
Player 3666 701 79 11.3 8.3 90.5 116.5 18.5 37.9 .274 .532 .382 .369 .413 42.0 16.9 8.4
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

Hess relies on 4 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(58%) ,
Slider
(38.1%) ,
Changeup
(3.5%) ,
Curveball
(0.3%) ,


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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 35.2 29.6 24.5 10.7 36.7 35.2 27.5 2.7 28.4 35.8 19.4 4.5 9.0 6.6
2019 33.6 29.4 28.7 8.3 32.1 40.0 27.9 2.3 23.4 27.9 26.0 6.4 13.2 9.6
2020 37.9 27.6 27.6 6.9 44.8 27.6 27.6 0.0 24.1 27.6 31.0 3.4 10.3 9.4
2021 25.0 44.4 27.8 2.8 37.5 34.7 27.8 1.4 16.7 30.6 26.4 9.7 15.3 10.8
Player 33.7 31.0 26.5 8.8 35.4 36.7 27.7 2.3 25.1 32.0 23.1 5.7 11.3 8.3
MLB 44.6 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
2021 4-Seamer TB R 213 94.0 14.4 0.9 6 5.0 -2.7 -35
2021 Curveball TB R 1 75.3 48.1 -11.4 -19 12.9 3.4 36
2021 Slider TB R 140 82.0 41.6 1.6 4 6.5 -0.6 -8
2021 Changeup TB R 13 86.6 27.2 -3.5 -11 13.0 -1.6 -11
2020 4-Seamer BAL R 78 92.8 14.8 1.0 6 5.4 -1.9 -26
2020 Changeup BAL R 9 85.5 27.6 -3.2 -10 10.5 -3.3 -24
2020 Slider BAL R 27 79.1 44.0 0.4 1 9.5 0.7 8
2019 Slider BAL R 352 83.4 36.9 -2.9 -7 5.1 -0.8 -14
2019 4-Seamer BAL R 764 93.0 15.0 1.6 10 3.7 -4.2 -53
2019 Changeup BAL R 167 85.5 29.1 -2.0 -7 13.0 -1.0 -7
2019 Sinker BAL R 82 92.5 18.0 -5.3 -23 13.2 -1.9 -13
2019 Curveball BAL R 65 77.3 52.2 -5.4 -9 7.9 -1.6 -17
2018 Changeup BAL R 158 83.6 31.3 -1.5 -5 10.3 -3.3 -24
2018 Sinker BAL R 5 93.0 17.8 -5.1 -22 12.7 -2.3 -15
2018 4-Seamer BAL R 1,023 91.9 15.8 1.2 7 2.9 -4.8 -62
2018 Curveball BAL R 130 72.2 64.5 -0.6 -1 12.2 1.3 11
2018 Slider BAL R 434 80.0 42.3 -1.8 -4 7.5 -0.4 -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 %
2021 4-Seamer -4.3 -9 213 58.0 59 .333 .708 .489 16.5 16.9 14.5 .301 .625 .450 53.8
2021 Slider -5.9 -8 140 38.1 38 .444 .972 .579 32.4 21.1 19.5 .311 .637 .408 48.3
2021 Changeup 10.8 1 13 3.5 4 .000 .000 .000 28.6 0.0 0.0 .315 .459 .328 25.0
2021 Curveball -3.9 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seamer -1.3 -1 79 67.5 24 .318 .636 .425 7.0 4.2 4.8 .313 .639 .423 42.9
2020 Slider -4.0 -1 28 23.9 5 .400 .600 .430 12.5 0.0 0.0 .240 .279 .226 20.0
2020 Changeup 8.3 1 9 7.7 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .259 .311 .255 0.0
2019 4-Seamer -1.8 -14 764 53.4 196 .287 .635 .439 15.0 18.9 16.2 .306 .671 .433 56.3
2019 Slider -2.0 -7 352 24.6 91 .294 .659 .409 30.6 27.5 20.8 .268 .539 .348 44.3
2019 Changeup -4.2 -7 167 11.7 52 .306 .510 .387 15.0 11.5 13.6 .354 .595 .414 53.5
2019 Sinker -0.2 0 82 5.7 19 .211 .368 .292 9.8 0.0 0.0 .294 .377 .290 21.1
2019 Curveball 0.6 0 65 4.5 7 .286 .714 .483 31.8 0.0 0.0 .329 .850 .482 28.6
2018 4-Seamer -1.0 -10 1,023 58.4 255 .291 .536 .397 13.3 12.2 11.8 .276 .529 .385 39.3
2018 Slider 0.6 2 434 24.8 127 .227 .403 .291 30.7 25.2 19.3 .192 .320 .240 21.3
2018 Changeup 0.1 0 158 9.0 47 .222 .533 .361 18.3 17.0 17.8 .227 .433 .293 39.5
2018 Curveball -1.4 -2 130 7.4 21 .222 .333 .381 25.6 14.3 16.7 .182 .296 .308 33.3
2018 Sinker -13.1 -1 5 0.3 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .455 .492 .427 100.0
! 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
2021 Changeup 12 86.6 99 16.4 1:45 2:00 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 213 94.0 94 16.8 12:45 12:30 15
2021 Slider 140 82.0 41 8.3 9:15 8:30 45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 76 92.8 96 17.3 12:45 12:45 0
2020 Slider 27 79.1 50 11.3 8:30 8:45 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 452 1,750 8 2 -12 -8 -10
2019 365 1,430 -7 -4 -11 -6 -28
2020 31 116 2 -2 -2 0 -1
2021 101 367 -11 1 -3 -2 -16
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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 1,752 49.7 70.3 86.7 25.2 64.0 44.2 61.5 47.5 19.1 7.7 77.0
2019 1,430 46.8 74.4 86.3 26.9 64.9 42.6 62.5 49.2 19.3 7.3 83.8
2020 117 47.4 80.0 95.5 32.8 85.0 44.8 59.4 55.6 7.7 8.6 90.0
2021 367 49.3 77.3 80.0 22.0 65.9 39.2 58.4 49.3 23.2 9.0 78.8
Player 3,666 48.4 72.9 86.2 25.8 65.4 43.1 61.4 48.6 19.2 7.7 80.2
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
2018 26 47 16 7 42 18 10 53 56 12 50 10 18 34 38 30 13
2019 1 2 1 1 5 12 1 1 1 18 48 8 23 44 30 27 13
2020 41 11 13
2021 60 20 9
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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 22.8 22 19.9 2 13 12 10 45.5
2019 23.7 28 22.7 5 10 16 11 39.3
2020 21.5 1 1.3 0 0 2 0 0.0
2021 23.7 10 9.7 0 5 9 3 30.0
Player 23.3 61 53.6 7 28 39 24 39.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 22 22 16 21 19 18 22 21 18 13 16 25 25 16 19 25 19 21 20 24 22 19 26 24 13 15 19 20 25 19 16
2019 28 30 18 21 26 25 26 21 18 18 19 20 28 23 22 23 21 17 20 24 23 23 28 24 22 20 16 30 29 25 20
2020 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1
2021 10 10 11 8 11 9 11 10 6 8 9 11 9 8 9 12 8 8 11 11 10 10 13 10 7 8 12 13 10 8 10
Player 61 64 46 51 57 54 61 53 43 39 44 57 63 48 52 61 50 48 52 60 57 53 69 59 44 44 48 65 65 54 47
! 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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.9 92.9 1.0 ↑ 92.8 -0.1 ↓ 94.0 1.2 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 83.6 85.5 1.9 ↑ 85.5 0.0 86.6 1.1 ↑
Breaking Velocity 78.2 82.5 4.3 ↑ 79.1 -3.4 ↓ 81.9 2.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.2 92.3 4.1 ↑ 89.9 -2.4 ↓ 94.7 4.8 ↑
Launch Angle 18.3 18.2 -0.1 ↓ 17.3 -0.9 ↓ 21.2 3.9 ↑
Barrel % 9.0 13.2 4.2 ↑ 10.3 -2.9 ↓ 15.3 5.0 ↑
Hard Hit % 34.6 49.8 15.2 ↑ 35.7 -14.1 ↓ 50.0 14.3 ↑
Sweet Spot % 33.7 43.4 9.7 ↑ 31.0 -12.4 ↓ 40.3 9.3 ↑
xBA .242 .303 0.061 ↑ .297 -0.006 ↓ .306 0.009 ↑
BA .262 .287 0.025 ↑ .333 0.046 ↑ .364 0.031 ↑
xwOBA .329 .401 0.072 ↑ .381 -0.020 ↓ .429 0.048 ↑
wOBA .349 .390 0.041 ↑ .408 0.018 ↑ .491 0.083 ↑
xSLG .446 .611 0.165 ↑ .554 -0.057 ↓ .622 0.068 ↑
SLG .488 .609 0.121 ↑ .600 -0.009 ↓ .784 0.184 ↑
K% 16.3 18.6 2.3 ↑ 3.1 -15.5 ↓ 17.6 14.5 ↑
BB% 8.1 8.2 0.1 ↑ 6.3 -1.9 ↓ 10.8 4.5 ↑
Swing % 47.5 49.2 1.7 ↑ 55.6 6.4 ↑ 49.3 -6.3 ↓
Whiff% 19.1 19.3 0.2 ↑ 7.7 -11.6 ↓ 23.2 15.5 ↑
In Zone % 49.7 46.8 -2.9 ↓ 47.4 0.6 ↑ 49.3 1.9 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.3 53.2 2.9 ↑ 52.6 -0.6 ↓ 50.7 -1.9 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 25.2 26.9 1.7 ↑ 32.8 5.9 ↑ 22.0 -10.8 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 30.4 38.6 8.2 ↑ 46.9 8.3 ↑ 34.7 -12.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.5 62.5 1.0 ↑ 59.4 -3.1 ↓ 58.4 -1.0 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 452 .349 222 47 21.2 230 78 33.9
2019 Shifts 365 .390 221 72 32.6 144 110 76.4
2020 Shifts 31 .393 18 4 22.2 13 11 84.6
2021 Shifts 86 .447 42 17 40.5 44 16 36.4
! 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 %
2018 534 15.8 39.3% 0.6% 275 24.0 0.0% 6.2%
2019 423 16.2 35.0% 0.9% 198 23.9 2.0% 8.6%
2020 34 17.6 17.6% 0.0% 16 20.9 0.0% 0.0%
2021 84 16.3 34.5% 0.0% 71 22.5 0.0% 12.7%
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Pitch Distribution

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