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Devin Smeltzer
P | B/T: R/L | 6' 3" 195LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 5, #161, Los Angeles Dodgers | San Jacinto College
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 4.2 3 0.43
3 Seasons 4 2 4.26 19 7 1 69.2 56 1.26
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 1 0-0 0.00 4.2 3 0.43
3 Seasons 19 4-2 4.26 69.2 56 1.26

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2019 24 732 151 11 7.3 90.2 113.2 16.7 31.1 .280 .486 .326 .344 .400 35.1 18.8 5.9 3.86 5.45
2020 25 268 51 2 3.9 88.7 109.5 17 33.3 .244 .403 .356 .310 .356 45.1 20.8 6.9 6.75 4.10
2021 26 52 11 0 0 89.4 106.9 17.4 9.1 .244 .304 .177 .316 .294 45.5 17.6 5.9 0.00 4.30
1052 213 13 6.1 89.8 113.2 16.8 30.5 .269 .457 .324 .334 .384 38 19.2 6.2
6.6 88.3 122.2 12 32.9 .242 .402 .317 .312 .363 35.6 22 8.4

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Smeltzer relies on 4 pitches.
Changeup
(50%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(40.4%) ,
Slider
(7.7%) ,
Curveball
(1.9%) ,


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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 Ext. Whiff% PutAway%
2021 Changeup 26 14 12 50.0 79.0 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 3 5 .143 .240 .143 .274 .175 .266 90.7 9 1571 6.1 46.2 33.3
2021 4-Seam Fastball 21 6 15 40.4 85.5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .297 .000 .406 .000 .305 87.7 16 2283 5.9 7.7 0.0
2021 Slider 4 1 3 7.7 78.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .003 .000 .004 .361 .362 91.7 69 2077 6.0 0.0 0.0
2021 Curveball 1 1 0 1.9 72.8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .722 .722 2743 5.9
2020 Changeup 99 90 9 36.9 80.6 31 29 8 7 1 0 0 7 23 .276 .249 .310 .320 .270 .264 82.3 3 1681 5.9 26.5 25.9
2020 4-Seam Fastball 89 63 26 33.2 87.5 26 21 5 2 1 1 1 6 15 .238 .197 .524 .492 .387 .362 96.8 30 2397 5.9 18.9 28.6
2020 Slider 45 31 14 16.8 77.8 10 10 4 2 2 0 0 1 9 .400 .297 .600 .393 .424 .296 85.7 27 2141 5.9 27.3 12.5
2020 Curveball 35 32 3 13.1 73.4 5 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 .400 .312 1.000 .527 .572 .352 91.5 10 2690 5.8 33.3 20.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2019 39.1 28.5 25.8 6.6 43 35.8 21.2 2.6 26.5 28.5 29.1 6 7.3
2020 37.3 15.7 33.3 13.7 37.3 33.3 29.4 7.8 19.6 31.4 25.5 9.8 3.9
2021 45.5 36.4 9.1 9.1 45.5 36.4 18.2 9.1 18.2 36.4 36.4 0 0
39 25.8 26.8 8.5 41.8 35.2 23 4.2 24.4 29.6 28.6 6.6 6.1
45.1 22.5 25.4 7.1 36.6 37.8 25.5 3.7 33.2 24.4 24.4 5.7 6.6

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 Curveball MIN L 1 72.8 62.5 -0.9 -1 16.4 4.6 39
2021 Changeup MIN L 26 79 40.6 5.3 15 13 -0.5 -4
2021 4-Seamer MIN L 21 85.5 20.1 0.1 0 9.6 2.4 33
2021 Slider MIN L 4 78 40.2 -4.6 -10 4.6 -7.7 -63
2020 Changeup MIN L 86 80.7 37.9 5.3 16 12.6 -0.2 -1
2020 Slider MIN L 45 77.8 41.5 -3.6 -8 5.6 -5 -47
2020 4-Seamer MIN L 89 87.5 19 -0.4 -2 8.9 2.4 37
2020 Curveball MIN L 32 73.4 62.6 -0.6 -1 12.8 1.7 15
2019 Changeup MIN L 187 82.8 36.1 3.6 11 14.5 0.9 7
2019 Slider MIN L 30 82.8 36.6 -3.3 -8 4.4 -3.2 -42
2019 Curveball MIN L 179 76.8 57.8 0.3 1 12.4 1.5 13
2019 4-Seamer MIN L 336 89.1 18.8 -0.4 -2 10.7 3.8 55
! 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 Curveball 26.3 0 1 1.9 1 .7 0 .7
2021 Slider 11.1 0 4 7.7 2 0 0 .35 0 0 0 .003 .004 .351 0
2021 4-Seamer -6.7 -1 21 40.4 5 0 0 0 7.7 0 0 .297 .406 .305 40
2021 Changeup -7.5 -2 26 50 9 .143 .143 .178 46.2 33.3 33.3 .24 .274 .267 60
2020 Curveball 3.7 1 35 13.1 5 .4 1 .58 33.3 20 20 .312 .527 .352 75
2020 Slider 2.3 1 45 16.8 10 .4 .6 .43 27.3 10 12.5 .296 .393 .296 44.4
2020 4-Seamer 4.2 4 89 33.2 26 .238 .524 .39 18.9 23.1 28.6 .197 .492 .361 53.3
2020 Changeup -0.6 -1 99 36.9 31 .276 .31 .305 26.5 22.6 25.9 .249 .32 .264 34.8
2019 Slider -4.6 -1 30 4.1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .348 .717 .437 60
2019 Curveball -1.3 -2 179 24.5 44 .256 .372 .302 25.3 25 19.6 .286 .399 .303 50
2019 Changeup 0.2 0 187 25.5 64 .279 .426 .323 24.5 23.4 27.8 .281 .417 .314 28.3
2019 4-Seamer 0.7 3 336 45.9 89 .275 .575 .39 17.1 13.5 13 .271 .572 .381 30.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 69 80.8 89 13.4 10:15 9:15 60
2020 Curveball 27 73.6 76 20 4:30 4:30 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 83 87.5 91 18.5 11:00 11:00 0
2020 Slider 23 77.6 39 7.1 12:30 2:30 -120
2021 Changeup 24 79 85 13.9 10:15 9:15 60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 21 85.5 94 19.3 10:45 11:00 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 216 793 -3 -6 5 3 -2
2020 72 268 2 1 2 1 5
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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 732 51.6 66.4 86.5 31.9 61.9 42.8 65.3 49.7 20.6 7.5 80
2020 268 48.5 69.2 81.1 21.7 56.7 42.2 50 44.8 25 8.2 72.7
2021 52 51.9 77.8 81 24 50 48.1 52.9 51.9 25.9 7.7 100
1052 50.9 67.7 84.8 28.8 60.4 42.9 60.8 48.6 21.9 7.7 79
48.5 66.8 82 28.3 58.5 42.6 60.6 47 24.6 7.2 76

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2019 6 86 81
2020 4 76 71
2021
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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 24.1 8 8.5 -1 5 6 5 62.5
2020 21.4 2 1.5 1 1 1 1 50

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 8 9 10 11 11 5 7 11 7 11 10 9 5 7 7 10 6 9 8 11 5 7 5 11 10 9 10 7 9 8 10
2020 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 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 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 89.1 87.5 -1.6 ↓ 85.5 -2 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 82.8 80.6 -2.2 ↓ 79 -1.6 ↓
Breaking Velocity 77.7 75.9 -1.8 ↓ 77 1.1 ↑
Exit Velocity 90.2 88.7 -1.5 ↓ 89.4 0.7 ↑
Launch Angle 16.7 17 0.3 ↑ 17.4 0.4 ↑
Barrel % 7.3 3.9 -3.4 ↓ 0 -3.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 35.1 45.1 10 ↑ 45.5 0.4 ↑
Sweet Spot % 31.1 33.3 2.2 ↑ 9.1 -24.2 ↓
xBA .28 .244 -0.036 ↓ .244 0
BA .265 .292 0.027 ↑ .077 -0.215 ↓
xwOBA .344 .31 -0.034 ↓ .316 0.006 ↑
wOBA .326 .356 0.03 ↑ .177 -0.179 ↓
xSLG .486 .403 -0.083 ↓ .304 -0.099 ↓
SLG .466 .477 0.011 ↑ .077 -0.4 ↓
K% 18.8 20.8 2 ↑ 17.6 -3.2 ↓
BB% 5.9 6.9 1 ↑ 5.9 -1 ↓
Swing % 49.7 44.8 -4.9 ↓ 51.9 7.1 ↑
Whiff% 20.6 25 4.4 ↑ 25.9 0.9 ↑
In Zone % 51.6 48.5 -3.1 ↓ 51.9 3.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 48.4 51.5 3.1 ↑ 48.1 -3.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 31.9 21.7 -10.2 ↓ 24 2.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 30.2 22.2 -8 ↓ 41.2 19 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 65.3 50 -15.3 ↓ 52.9 2.9 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2019 202 .326 159 53 33.3 43 15 34.9
2020 72 .356 56 24 42.9 16 8 50.0
2021 17 .177 9 2 22.2 8 8 100.0

Pitch Distribution

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