David Phelps
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 200LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 14, #440, New York Yankees | Notre Dame
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 2 4 6.53 22 0 0 20.2 31 1.16
2021 0 0 0.87 11 1 0 10.1 15 1.16
2022 0 2 2.83 65 1 1 63.2 64 1.30
10 Seasons 34 40 3.80 367 67 7 682.2 666 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 22 2-4 6.53 20.2 31 1.16
2021 11 0-0 0.87 10.1 15 1.16
2022 65 0-2 2.83 63.2 64 1.30
10 Seasons 367 34-40 3.80 682.2 666 1.32
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
2015 28 1858 368 15 4.1 3.1 89.6 114.7 12.0 34.2 .274 .429 .318 .334 .369 35.9 16.0 6.8 4.50 4.67
2016 29 1497 198 10 5.1 2.8 87.4 109.8 10.1 28.8 .191 .305 .256 .259 .335 35.4 32.4 10.8 2.29 2.78
2017 30 971 149 8 5.4 3.4 87.8 110.1 8.0 36.2 .246 .386 .301 .312 .382 31.8 26.1 10.9 3.40 4.18
2019 32 641 93 9 9.7 6.1 88.7 112.4 16.4 33.3 .236 .404 .320 .317 .371 36.6 24.5 11.6 3.41 4.44
2020 33 357 48 7 14.6 8.2 85.0 108.9 13.5 35.4 .221 .487 .341 .323 .485 37.5 36.5 5.9 6.53 4.45
2021 34 189 22 0 0.0 0.0 91.7 107.2 13.5 22.7 .176 .232 .259 .239 .298 36.4 35.7 9.5 0.87 2.37
2022 35 1151 173 9 5.2 3.3 88.4 111.9 16.1 36.4 .231 .346 .286 .307 .343 34.7 23.5 11.4 2.83 3.91
Player 6664 1051 58 5.5 3.6 88.5 114.7 12.3 33.6 .236 .379 .297 .305 .364 35.1 24.7 9.5
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

Phelps relies on 5 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(29.2%) ,
Curveball
(26.4%) ,
Cutter
(24.7%) ,
Sinker
(12.3%) ,
Changeup
(7.5%) ,


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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
2015 42.7 21.5 31.0 4.9 32.6 41.3 26.1 1.6 33.2 22.8 27.4 8.2 4.1 3.1
2016 47.5 21.2 25.8 5.6 29.8 45.5 24.7 4.5 38.9 23.7 18.7 6.1 5.1 2.8
2017 47.7 22.8 28.2 1.3 29.5 40.3 30.2 2.0 36.9 20.8 27.5 4.7 5.4 3.4
2019 38.7 28.0 22.6 10.8 26.9 46.2 26.9 2.2 31.2 30.1 23.7 3.2 9.7 6.1
2020 47.9 27.1 18.8 6.3 33.3 39.6 27.1 10.4 31.3 14.6 20.8 8.3 14.6 8.2
2021 40.9 18.2 27.3 13.6 31.8 40.9 27.3 0.0 31.8 31.8 27.3 9.1 0.0 0.0
2022 37.6 28.9 27.2 6.4 22.0 46.2 31.8 4.6 24.9 30.6 27.7 6.4 5.2 3.3
Player 43.3 23.6 27.6 5.5 29.4 43.1 27.5 3.1 33.1 24.5 25.2 6.6 5.5 3.6
MLB 44.6 23.5 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
2022 Sinker TOR R 141 93.2 18.1 -3.7 -17 15.5 0.5 4
2022 4-Seamer TOR R 336 93.2 13.6 1.2 8 8.7 1.5 20
2022 Curveball TOR R 304 81.7 48.4 -1.9 -4 3.4 -2.1 -38
2022 Changeup TOR R 86 86.5 28.3 -1.9 -6 18.0 3.8 27
2022 Cutter TOR R 284 89.8 19.6 4.4 18 0.7 -0.9 -54
2021 Curveball TOR R 48 81.8 48.8 -1.1 -2 4.0 -3.6 -47
2021 Cutter TOR R 56 90.4 18.3 7.0 28 0.8 -2.6 -141
2021 Sinker TOR R 20 93.1 18.1 -5.0 -22 17.0 2.0 13
2021 Changeup TOR R 8 86.6 28.1 -2.6 -8 18.7 4.4 31
2021 4-Seamer TOR R 56 93.6 13.9 1.5 10 9.8 2.3 30
2020 Curveball PHI R 95 81.6 51.4 2.4 5 7.1 0.2 3
2020 4-Seamer PHI R 82 94.1 14.4 0.5 3 8.6 1.2 16
2020 Cutter PHI R 96 90.2 21.9 2.7 11 1.7 0.0 2
2020 Sinker PHI R 84 94.0 19.2 -2.6 -12 15.6 0.5 3
2019 Sinker CHC R 111 92.6 21.2 -1.9 -8 15.1 -0.1 0
2019 Cutter CHC R 185 89.5 24.1 3.0 11 3.1 1.1 51
2019 4-Seamer CHC R 162 92.7 16.9 -0.3 -2 5.8 -2.0 -26
2019 Curveball CHC R 178 80.1 55.5 2.5 5 10.1 1.7 20
2019 Changeup CHC R 4 86.4 32.5 2.5 8 17.2 3.5 25
2017 Sinker SEA R 195 93.9 17.8 -3.5 -17 16.1 0.5 3
2017 4-Seamer SEA R 312 94.7 12.4 1.8 13 7.8 -0.9 -11
2017 Curveball SEA R 187 81.6 51.5 -1.0 -2 8.1 0.9 12
2017 Cutter SEA R 272 91.0 20.3 3.4 14 2.1 0.3 19
2017 Changeup SEA R 3 86.2 31.4 1.7 6 18.5 4.9 36
2016 Changeup MIA R 19 85.0 30.9 1.5 5 15.2 2.6 21
2016 Sinker MIA R 342 93.7 18.5 -0.5 -3 14.9 0.8 6
2016 4-Seamer MIA R 543 94.3 13.2 0.7 5 6.3 -1.6 -20
2016 Slider MIA R 141 89.7 21.1 -7.4 -26 4.5 0.3 8
2016 Cutter MIA R 237 92.2 18.0 3.3 16 1.6 -0.8 -33
2016 Curveball MIA R 164 80.3 54.1 3.2 6 13.2 4.3 48
2015 4-Seamer MIA R 533 91.1 -- -- 7.6 0.0 0
2015 Slider MIA R 300 87.9 -- -- 2.6 -1.9 -42
2015 Sinker MIA R 521 90.5 -- -- 14.2 0.0 0
2015 Cutter MIA R 75 90.9 -- -- 2.1 -4.0 -210
2015 Curveball MIA R 272 79.0 -- -- 9.6 -0.1 -1
2015 Changeup MIA R 138 83.2 -- -- 15.7 2.9 22
! 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 %
2022 4-Seamer 1.7 6 336 29.2 79 .197 .295 .323 21.3 19.0 13.5 .252 .450 .391 47.8
2022 Curveball 0.8 3 304 26.4 63 .207 .259 .244 22.5 20.6 15.5 .257 .382 .310 48.9
2022 Cutter -0.7 -2 284 24.7 72 .292 .415 .345 17.4 31.9 25.3 .216 .308 .268 16.3
2022 Sinker 2.1 3 141 12.3 36 .161 .161 .222 11.5 25.0 20.0 .183 .220 .250 22.7
2022 Changeup 2.0 2 86 7.5 22 .190 .286 .268 19.0 18.2 19.0 .215 .250 .225 23.5
2021 4-Seamer -1.8 -1 56 29.6 7 .400 .600 .507 30.4 28.6 9.1 .314 .500 .444 66.7
2021 Cutter 4.0 2 56 29.6 12 .182 .182 .208 29.6 25.0 18.8 .125 .166 .176 25.0
2021 Curveball 2.3 1 49 25.9 13 .083 .083 .123 46.7 53.8 46.7 .083 .092 .126 40.0
2021 Sinker -0.3 0 20 10.6 8 .429 .429 .425 12.5 25.0 28.6 .368 .447 .400 40.0
2021 Changeup 7.0 1 8 4.2 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 50.0 .002 .003 .002 0.0
2020 Cutter -4.5 -4 96 26.9 23 .318 .864 .535 12.8 30.4 33.3 .291 .682 .417 33.3
2020 Curveball 1.2 1 95 26.6 23 .174 .304 .204 29.8 30.4 20.0 .208 .439 .270 50.0
2020 Sinker 0.2 0 84 23.5 18 .294 .471 .350 16.7 44.4 26.7 .193 .325 .246 11.1
2020 4-Seamer 0.5 0 82 23.0 21 .176 .412 .331 41.9 42.9 29.0 .175 .458 .344 50.0
2019 Cutter -1.0 -2 185 28.9 42 .289 .526 .380 17.9 19.0 12.7 .236 .384 .303 30.0
2019 Curveball 0.1 0 178 27.8 40 .222 .583 .350 26.8 25.0 16.1 .241 .515 .335 44.4
2019 4-Seamer 1.6 3 162 25.3 36 .241 .241 .311 16.7 16.7 10.3 .320 .510 .417 39.1
2019 Sinker 4.4 5 111 17.3 27 .208 .250 .257 17.6 40.7 31.4 .137 .158 .196 30.8
2019 Changeup 3.8 0 4 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 4-Seamer -0.6 -2 312 32.1 72 .211 .456 .362 24.6 27.8 19.0 .252 .481 .381 36.8
2017 Cutter 1.6 4 272 28.0 77 .246 .319 .283 19.3 29.9 24.5 .238 .329 .275 28.6
2017 Sinker -0.1 0 195 20.1 43 .350 .475 .370 18.6 11.6 8.2 .298 .517 .367 40.0
2017 Curveball 1.9 4 187 19.3 41 .179 .179 .188 38.6 34.1 28.6 .188 .211 .199 20.0
2017 Changeup -10.2 0 3 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .647 .694 .591 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
2022 Changeup 86 86.5 93 20.2 1:45 2:15 -30
2022 Cutter 284 89.8 64 13.6 12:30 11:45 45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 334 93.2 93 19.7 1:00 1:00 0
2022 Knuckle Curve 304 81.7 40 10.3 7:30 6:45 45
2022 Sinker 139 93.2 94 20.6 1:00 1:45 -45
2021 Cutter 56 90.4 61 14.5 12:30 12:00 30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 56 93.6 90 19.7 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Knuckle Curve 48 81.8 49 10.9 7:30 6:45 45
2021 Sinker 20 93.1 92 22.0 1:00 1:45 -45
2020 Cutter 94 90.2 56 10.8 12:15 11:45 30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 80 94.1 91 18.3 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Knuckle Curve 93 81.6 61 14.6 7:30 7:00 30
2020 Sinker 78 94.0 91 19.7 1:00 1:45 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 430 1,747 12 9 -9 -8 4
2013 374 1,497 2 8 -14 -6 -11
2014 493 1,916 7 5 -15 -10 -13
2015 480 1,854 11 4 -13 -6 -3
2016 346 1,481 17 16 -7 -5 20
2017 234 969 3 18 -11 -4 6
2019 146 640 3 10 -4 -4 6
2020 85 357 -4 4 0 -2 -3
2021 42 189 4 2 -2 -1 3
2022 272 1,151 18 11 -11 -7 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 %
2015 1,858 53.8 58.5 89.6 23.7 76.8 44.0 64.7 42.4 12.1 9.1 68.6
2016 1,497 52.1 62.2 76.7 19.9 63.6 44.4 55.7 42.0 25.6 8.6 77.5
2017 971 49.7 62.7 79.8 21.8 58.5 43.2 61.3 42.1 24.2 7.7 69.3
2019 641 45.6 61.0 87.1 25.5 65.2 45.7 59.2 41.7 20.2 5.3 67.6
2020 357 45.4 65.4 81.1 27.2 54.7 40.1 60.0 44.5 26.4 8.7 74.2
2021 189 43.4 62.2 74.5 23.4 56.0 42.9 54.8 40.2 31.6 5.3 60.0
2022 1,151 44.0 60.9 86.7 23.7 65.4 44.3 59.6 40.1 19.3 5.6 67.7
Player 6,664 49.6 61.0 83.5 23.0 66.1 44.0 60.4 41.8 20.2 7.7 71.0
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
2015 18 13 19 32 21 47 75 10 22 19 63 1 3 23 37 69 7
2016 93 96 95 84 84 72 68 78 41 96 11 72 1 68 64 80 15
2017 51 50 62 69 31 78 60 34 61 76 15 50 1 73 74 67 9
2019 41 62 69 10
2020 43 68 14 2 85 38 2 94 47 95 82 48 46 65 64 61 2
2021 49 76 3
2022 46 57 73 81 20 82 83 52 75 54 9 8 3 38 73 56 1
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 20.0 6 5.8 0 2 6 1 16.7
2017 21.6 5 4.3 1 4 2 2 40.0
2019 23.4 5 4.9 0 1 5 2 40.0
2020 22.8 7 6.9 0 1 4 4 57.1
2022 23.9 2 2.8 -1 2 3 1 50.0
Player 22.1 25 24.6 0 10 20 10 40.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 6 5 4 7 7 5 7 8 3 4 6 6 6 5 6 7 3 6 5 7 7 4 8 7 6 6 6 7 7 6 2
2017 5 4 4 3 5 4 5 5 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 5 7 6 4 4 2 4 7 4 3
2019 5 8 3 5 5 5 7 5 5 3 4 6 6 3 5 3 4 4 5 6 6 5 7 6 3 4 4 5 7 4 4
2020 7 7 6 8 7 8 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 6 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 6 9 7 7 6 7 7 7 6 5
2022 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 6 3 2 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 6 3 2 3 2 6 4 4 4
Player 25 27 20 26 26 24 29 27 17 18 21 23 29 21 24 25 21 24 23 26 30 22 37 29 22 23 21 29 32 24 18
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.8 93.6 2.8 ↑ -- -0.4 ↓ -- -- 91.4 -- 92.7 1.3 ↑ 92.2 -0.5 ↓ 91.9 -0.3 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.2 85.0 1.8 ↑ -- 1.2 ↑ -- -- 86.4 -- 0.0 0.0 86.6 0.0 86.5 -0.1 ↓
Breaking Velocity 83.7 84.6 0.9 ↑ -- -3.0 ↓ -- -- 80.1 -- 81.6 1.5 ↑ 81.8 0.2 ↑ 81.7 -0.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.6 87.4 -2.2 ↓ -- 0.4 ↑ -- -- 88.7 -- 85.0 -3.7 ↓ 91.7 6.7 ↑ 88.4 -3.3 ↓
Launch Angle 12.0 10.1 -1.9 ↓ -- -2.1 ↓ -- -- 16.4 -- 13.5 -2.9 ↓ 13.5 0.0 16.1 2.6 ↑
Barrel % 4.1 5.1 1.0 ↑ -- 0.3 ↑ -- -- 9.7 -- 14.6 4.9 ↑ 0.0 -14.6 ↓ 5.2 5.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 35.9 35.4 -0.5 ↓ -- -3.6 ↓ -- -- 36.6 -- 37.5 0.9 ↑ 36.4 -1.1 ↓ 34.7 -1.7 ↓
Sweet Spot % 34.2 28.8 -5.4 ↓ -- 7.4 ↑ -- -- 33.3 -- 35.4 2.1 ↑ 22.7 -12.7 ↓ 36.4 13.7 ↑
xBA .274 .191 -0.083 ↓ -- 0.055 ↑ -- -- .236 -- .221 -0.015 ↓ .176 -0.045 ↓ .231 0.055 ↑
BA .272 .197 -0.075 ↓ -- 0.049 ↑ -- -- .242 -- .241 -0.001 ↓ .216 -0.025 ↓ .220 0.004 ↑
xwOBA .334 .259 -0.075 ↓ -- 0.053 ↑ -- -- .317 -- .323 0.006 ↑ .239 -0.084 ↓ .307 0.068 ↑
wOBA .318 .256 -0.062 ↓ -- 0.045 ↑ -- -- .320 -- .341 0.021 ↑ .259 -0.082 ↓ .286 0.027 ↑
xSLG .429 .305 -0.124 ↓ -- 0.081 ↑ -- -- .404 -- .487 0.083 ↑ .232 -0.255 ↓ .346 0.114 ↑
SLG .404 .294 -0.110 ↓ -- 0.068 ↑ -- -- .422 -- .519 0.097 ↑ .243 -0.276 ↓ .301 0.058 ↑
K% 16.0 32.4 16.4 ↑ -- -6.3 ↓ -- -- 24.5 -- 36.5 12.0 ↑ 35.7 -0.8 ↓ 23.5 -12.2 ↓
BB% 6.8 10.8 4.0 ↑ -- 0.1 ↑ -- -- 11.6 -- 5.9 -5.7 ↓ 9.5 3.6 ↑ 11.4 1.9 ↑
Swing % 42.4 42.0 -0.4 ↓ -- 0.1 ↑ -- -- 41.7 -- 44.5 2.8 ↑ 40.2 -4.3 ↓ 40.1 -0.1 ↓
Whiff% 12.1 25.6 13.5 ↑ -- -1.4 ↓ -- -- 20.2 -- 26.4 6.2 ↑ 31.6 5.2 ↑ 19.3 -12.3 ↓
In Zone % 53.8 52.1 -1.7 ↓ -- -2.4 ↓ -- -- 45.6 -- 45.4 -0.2 ↓ 43.4 -2.0 ↓ 44.0 0.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 46.2 47.9 1.7 ↑ -- 2.4 ↑ -- -- 54.4 -- 54.6 0.2 ↑ 56.6 2.0 ↑ 56.0 -0.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 23.7 19.9 -3.8 ↓ -- 1.9 ↑ -- -- 25.5 -- 27.2 1.7 ↑ 23.4 -3.8 ↓ 23.7 0.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 25.9 24.4 -1.5 ↓ -- -0.1 ↓ -- -- 21.8 -- 27.1 5.3 ↑ 16.7 -10.4 ↓ 19.5 2.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 64.7 55.7 -9.0 ↓ -- 5.6 ↑ -- -- 59.2 -- 60.0 0.8 ↑ 54.8 -5.2 ↓ 59.6 4.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 336 .260 184 0 0.0 152 10 6.6
2017 Shifts 234 .302 117 2 1.7 117 39 33.3
2019 Shifts 146 .320 97 12 12.4 49 19 38.8
2020 Shifts 85 .341 40 11 27.5 45 29 64.4
2021 Shifts 35 .266 21 3 14.3 14 13 92.9
2022 Shifts 272 .286 158 56 35.4 114 75 65.8
! 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