Deck McGuire
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 220LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 1, #11, Toronto Blue Jays | Georgia Tech
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 1 1 2.63 6 2 0 13.2 11 0.88
2018 0 2 6.16 21 4 0 38 33 1.68
2 Seasons 1 3 5.23 27 6 0 51.2 44 1.47
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 6 1-1 2.63 13.2 11 0.88
2018 21 0-2 6.16 38 33 1.68
2 Seasons 27 1-3 5.23 51.2 44 1.47
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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
2017 28 210 42 3 7.1 5.4 88.2 113.3 22.0 35.7 .233 .420 .227 .299 .348 33.3 19.6 3.6 2.63 3.81
2018 29 715 113 10 8.8 5.6 90.8 110.3 15.7 37.2 .273 .491 .385 .389 .418 43.4 18.6 14.7 6.16 6.86
Player 925 155 13 8.4 5.6 90.1 113.3 17.5 36.8 .262 .471 .347 .367 .399 40.6 18.9 12.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

McGuire relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(56.1%) ,
Slider
(21.4%) ,
Curveball
(12.4%) ,
Changeup
(9.8%) ,
Sinker
(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
2017 26.2 38.1 28.6 7.1 45.2 31.0 23.8 2.4 19.0 45.2 21.4 4.8 7.1 5.4
2018 37.2 28.3 27.4 7.1 46.0 36.3 16.8 0.0 32.7 27.4 23.0 7.1 8.8 5.6
Player 34.2 31.0 27.7 7.1 45.8 34.8 18.7 0.6 29.0 32.3 22.6 6.5 8.4 5.6
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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
2018 Curveball LAA R 89 76.7 63.1 4.2 7 12.9 3.7 40
2018 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 401 93.3 15.4 0.8 5 8.9 1.2 16
2018 Sinker LAA R 2 93.0 22.7 0.0 0 16.4 1.3 9
2018 Slider LAA R 153 83.8 44.6 5.2 13 5.2 0.1 1
2018 Changeup LAA R 70 87.0 27.8 -3.0 -10 16.0 2.2 16
2017 Slider CIN R 37 83.7 39.6 2.3 6 3.9 -0.7 -16
2017 Changeup CIN R 24 85.2 28.5 -1.7 -5 17.1 3.3 24
2017 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 126 92.7 13.7 1.4 9 10.0 1.7 20
2017 Curveball CIN R 15 75.6 60.1 2.2 4 11.9 2.3 24
2017 Sinker CIN R 7 91.8 22.2 0.2 1 18.2 3.3 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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -2 401 56.1 116 .223 .457 .370 19.0 16.4 17.1 .256 .491 .378 42.3
2018 Slider -3.4 -5 153 21.4 28 .480 1.000 .619 29.5 21.4 13.3 .377 .646 .464 52.6
2018 Curveball -2.6 -2 89 12.4 23 .235 .235 .339 30.0 34.8 20.5 .162 .204 .302 33.3
2018 Changeup 0.6 0 70 9.8 9 .143 .143 .256 17.1 0.0 0.0 .411 .647 .511 42.9
2018 Sinker -1.9 0 2 0.3 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 2.7 3 126 60.0 33 .226 .290 .282 16.1 12.1 15.4 .241 .385 .294 33.3
2017 Slider -5.0 -2 37 17.6 5 .400 1.000 .580 18.2 20.0 11.1 .391 1.136 .613 50.0
2017 Changeup 2.9 1 24 11.4 7 .000 .000 .129 36.4 28.6 33.3 .172 .246 .177 40.0
2017 Curveball 3.2 0 15 7.1 7 .167 .167 .229 30.0 42.9 30.0 .167 .201 .239 0.0
2017 Sinker 0.7 0 7 3.3 4 .000 .000 .225 40.0 25.0 50.0 .186 .428 .265 33.3
! 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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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 56 209 3 2 -2 -1 3
2018 177 715 1 4 -9 -5 -10
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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 %
2017 210 51.2 64.5 85.5 23.5 58.3 41.6 58.9 44.8 22.3 10.0 76.2
2018 715 48.5 64.6 84.8 23.4 60.5 46.6 54.8 43.4 21.9 5.9 76.2
Player 925 49.1 64.5 85.0 23.4 60.0 45.5 55.8 43.7 22.0 6.8 76.2
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
2017 45 68 33
2018 56 86 73 19
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 22.8 1 1.1 0 2 0 1 100.0
2018 23.4 9 7.7 1 3 4 5 55.6
Player 23.3 10 8.8 1 5 4 6 60.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2018 9 8 8 9 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 10 9 7 7 9 7 7 7 10 8 7 11 8 6 7 7 9 8 7 6
Player 10 9 9 11 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 12 10 8 8 10 8 8 8 11 9 9 12 9 7 8 8 10 9 8 7
! 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 2017 2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.6 93.3 0.7
Offspeed Velocity 85.2 87.0 1.8
Breaking Velocity 81.4 81.2 -0.2
Exit Velocity 88.2 90.8 2.6
Launch Angle 22.0 15.7 -6.3
Barrel % 7.1 8.8 1.7
Hard Hit % 33.3 43.4 10.1
Sweet Spot % 35.7 37.2 1.5
xBA .233 .273 0.040
BA .189 .266 0.077
xwOBA .299 .389 0.090
wOBA .227 .385 0.158
xSLG .420 .491 0.071
SLG .283 .510 0.227
K% 19.6 18.6 -1.0
BB% 3.6 14.7 11.1
Swing % 44.8 43.4 -1.4
Whiff% 22.3 21.9 -0.4
In Zone % 51.2 48.5 -2.7
Out of Zone % 48.8 51.5 2.7
Out of Zone Swing % 23.5 23.4 -0.1
First Pitch Swing % 32.1 25.4 -6.7
First Pitch Strike % 58.9 54.8 -4.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 56 .227 27 1 3.7 29 9 31.0
2018 Shifts 177 .385 92 2 2.2 85 21 24.7
! 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 %
2017 55 15.6 45.5% 3.6% 44 22.3 0.0% 4.5%
2018 192 18.5 15.6% 5.2% 133 23.2 0.8% 5.3%
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Pitch Distribution