P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 8" 210 lbs | Age: 41
Draft: 2006 | Rd. 7, No. 201, Seattle Mariners | Fresno State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 12 13 4.64 32 32 0 180.1 115 1.43
2017 5 9 4.88 18 15 0 90.1 83 1.38
2018 1 7 4.50 12 12 0 66 40 1.39
10 Seasons 83 92 3.72 242 226 1 1,422.1 970 1.26
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 32 12-13 4.64 180.1 115 1.43
2017 18 5-9 4.88 90.1 83 1.38
2018 12 1-7 4.50 66 40 1.39
10 Seasons 242 83-92 3.72 1,422.1 970 1.26
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 31 1654 356 19 5.3 4.2 88.2 112.5 10.5 36.0 .273 .434 .341 .329 .361 32.6 14.0 5.3 4.19 4.55
2016 32 3000 594 27 4.5 3.5 87.5 114.3 10.7 34.2 .268 .429 .340 .331 .354 35.7 14.8 8.0 4.64 4.68
2017 33 1531 268 13 4.9 3.3 86.8 113.2 7.4 29.9 .246 .380 .312 .310 .353 34.8 21.2 9.7 4.88 4.12
2018 34 1116 224 17 7.6 5.9 87.6 114.2 8.7 34.4 .286 .452 .344 .353 .377 41.1 13.8 6.6 4.50 5.44
Player 7301 1442 76 5.3 4.0 87.5 114.3 9.7 33.8 .268 .424 .335 .330 .359 35.6 15.8 7.5
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Fister relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(62.1%) ,
Cutter
(14.6%) ,
Curveball
(13.2%) ,
Changeup
(9.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.6%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 46.6 53.4 18.0 30.3 5.1 40.7 37.1 22.2 20.5 18.3 7.9 20.2 18.8 14.3
2016 46.6 53.4 23.2 24.2 5.9 33.7 38.7 26.8 19.4 19.9 7.4 14.3 18.9 19.4
2017 53.0 47.0 18.7 23.5 4.9 35.4 42.2 22.0 21.6 23.5 7.5 13.8 18.7 14.6
2018 50.9 49.1 19.2 25.4 4.5 41.1 39.3 18.8 23.7 21.4 5.4 17.4 17.9 13.4
Player 48.5 51.5 20.5 25.8 5.3 36.9 39.0 23.5 20.7 20.4 7.2 16.2 18.7 16.3
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 3.9 31.5 24.2 27.8 3.4 5.3 4.2
2016 4.9 34.7 22.4 24.4 8.1 4.5 3.5
2017 7.1 35.4 18.7 26.9 6.3 4.9 3.3
2018 7.6 36.6 19.2 25.4 3.6 7.6 5.9
Player 5.5 34.3 21.6 25.9 5.9 5.3 4.0
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2018 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 7 87.5 23.3 -4.6 8.2ARM 2.6 12.5 -3.2 8.2ARM 1.0
2018 Cutter TEX R 162 84.8 31.1 -0.1 2.5GLV -0.7 7.1 -1.2 2.5GLV -0.1
2018 Sinker TEX R 691 88.4 26.8 2.1 16.4ARM 2.8 8.2 1.1 16.4ARM 1.7
2018 Changeup TEX R 106 82.1 33.5 0.8 15.9ARM 2.9 7.2 -0.5 15.9ARM 2.6
2018 Curveball TEX R 147 73.0 65.6 0.9 8.1GLV -1.9 -12.6 3.0 8.1GLV -1.1
2017 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 11 88.3 19.9 -2.7 6.6ARM 0.4 15.1 -2.0 6.6ARM -1.5
2017 Sinker BOS R 905 89.8 22.9 1.1 15.1ARM 1.3 10.8 0.0 15.1ARM -0.3
2017 Cutter BOS R 250 85.1 31.2 -1.3 2.6GLV 0.2 6.5 -2.8 2.6GLV 0.3
2017 Curveball BOS R 256 73.4 63.6 2.1 7.0GLV -3.2 -11.8 3.8 7.0GLV -1.6
2017 Changeup BOS R 107 82.6 31.4 1.6 14.8ARM 1.8 8.3 0.2 14.8ARM 1.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 Sinker -0.8 -5 691 62.1 176 .269 .455 .366 10.0 15.3 16.7 .296 .481 .376 43.8
2018 Cutter -2.5 -4 162 14.6 48 .267 .422 .358 15.4 8.3 8.7 .292 .475 .353 46.3
2018 Curveball 0.6 1 147 13.2 33 .242 .303 .267 26.9 24.2 16.7 .212 .254 .206 24.0
2018 Changeup -1.9 -2 106 9.5 30 .357 .571 .418 11.1 3.3 4.5 .308 .447 .350 33.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball -35.4 -2 7 0.6 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .433 1.570 .814 100.0
2017 Sinker 0.2 2 905 59.2 231 .282 .406 .343 14.9 22.9 20.3 .270 .423 .337 42.2
2017 Curveball 0.7 2 256 16.7 63 .214 .464 .324 29.7 23.8 17.4 .212 .336 .277 23.8
2017 Cutter 0.9 2 250 16.4 70 .169 .292 .225 23.3 21.4 20.5 .194 .288 .234 23.5
2017 Changeup -1.0 -1 107 7.0 23 .333 .444 .387 19.0 0.0 0.0 .240 .347 .357 31.6
2017 4-Seam Fastball -4.0 0 11 0.7 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .620 .693 .577 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.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 254 957 8 -2 -6 -3 -3
2010 718 2,692 18 5 -13 -6 4
2011 871 3,182 5 28 1 -10 25
2012 672 2,513 8 13 -10 -7 3
2013 878 3,342 19 14 -12 -13 9
2014 662 2,467 8 23 -12 -7 12
2015 446 1,644 0 -2 -5 -6 -13
2016 777 2,999 8 9 -17 -12 -12
2017 388 1,529 8 15 -12 -7 4
2018 289 1,114 -4 5 -9 -5 -14
Player 5,955 22,439 77 109 -95 77 15
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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 1,654 49.9 58.0 91.2 30.9 79.3 43.7 62.4 44.4 12.9 6.8 62.8
2016 3,000 45.0 55.8 91.1 28.0 73.4 44.4 59.6 40.5 15.6 5.4 58.9
2017 1,531 47.1 58.6 86.0 27.1 70.3 42.1 60.2 41.9 19.3 6.3 71.9
2018 1,116 46.6 59.2 89.9 26.1 79.4 44.7 59.2 41.4 13.6 5.1 66.7
Player 7,301 46.8 57.4 89.9 28.1 75.0 43.8 60.3 41.8 15.5 5.9 63.9
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 21 14 17 26 30 35 41 46 52 10 83 1 65 2 6 14 92
2016 26 21 32 44 27 25 76 77 38 9 47 3 39 3 7 9 77
2017 53 50 66 74 36 54 70 59 34 45 28 14 44 11 8 9 85
2018 7 3 12 34 9 46 26 71 6 2 78 1 27 4 2 3 76
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.97 24 23.3 1 14 18 9 37.5
2017 22.25 10 7.6 2 7 7 2 20.0
2018 22.91 11 9.3 2 5 10 1 9.1
Player 22.80 45 40.2 5 26 35 12 26.7
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 24 25 18 26 26 20 26 25 21 16 20 28 23 18 24 24 14 21 25 26 22 18 30 33 22 23 23 35 27 25 16
2017 10 8 7 9 11 8 9 7 7 5 8 12 6 6 8 9 6 6 6 9 6 8 10 10 6 7 8 10 8 7 2
2018 11 10 7 11 10 9 11 9 8 6 9 13 11 7 10 14 8 10 7 11 8 7 14 11 6 7 8 10 11 9 6
Player 45 43 32 46 47 37 46 41 36 27 37 53 40 31 42 47 28 37 38 46 36 33 54 54 34 37 39 55 46 41 24
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2018 +/-   2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .278 +.024 .254 -.022 .276 -.019 .295
xBA .286 +.040 .246 -.022 .268 -.005 .273
OBP .339 +.010 .329 -.010 .339 .000 .339
xOBP .349 +.021 .328 -.005 .333 +.011 .322
SLG .456 +.059 .397 -.052 .449 -.008 .457
xSLG .452 +.072 .380 -.049 .429 -.005 .434
ISO .179 +.036 .143 -.030 .173 +.011 .162
xISO .166 +.032 .134 -.027 .161 .000 .161
BABIP .291 -.014 .305 +.005 .300 -.016 .316
wOBA .344 +.032 .312 -.028 .340 -.001 .341
xwOBA .353 +.043 .310 -.021 .331 +.002 .329
wOBACON .366 +.011 .355 -.010 .365 -.011 .376
xwOBACON .377 +.024 .353 -.001 .354 -.007 .361
BACON .326 -.002 .328 .000 .328 -.016 .344
xBACON .339 +.012 .327 +.007 .320 -.001 .321
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 41.1 +6.3 34.8 -0.9 35.7 +3.1 32.6
Avg Exit Velocity 87.6 +0.8 86.8 -0.7 87.5 -0.7 88.2
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 34.4 +4.5 29.9 -4.3 34.2 -1.8 36.0
Barrel % 7.6 +2.7 4.9 +0.4 4.5 -0.8 5.3
Avg Launch Angle 8.7 +1.3 7.4 -3.3 10.7 +0.2 10.5
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 87.7 -1.0 88.7 +1.9 86.8 +0.7 86.1
Breaking Velocity 73.0 -0.4 73.4 +2.5 70.9 -0.7 71.6
Offspeed Velocity 82.1 -0.5 82.6 +3.1 79.5 +0.5 79.0
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 17 +4 13 -14 27 +8 19
Popup % 4.5 -0.4 4.9 -1.0 5.9 +0.8 5.1
Flyball % 19.2 +0.5 18.7 -4.5 23.2 +5.2 18.0
Line Drive % 25.4 +1.9 23.5 -0.7 24.2 -6.1 30.3
Groundball % 50.9 -2.1 53.0 +6.4 46.6 0.0 46.6
Pull % 41.1 +5.7 35.4 +1.7 33.7 -7.0 40.7
Straight Away % 39.3 -2.9 42.2 +3.5 38.7 +1.6 37.1
Opposite Field % 18.8 -3.2 22.0 -4.8 26.8 +4.6 22.2
Weak Contact % 7.6 +0.5 7.1 +2.2 4.9 +1.0 3.9
Pull Airball % 17.4 +3.6 13.8 -0.5 14.3 -5.9 20.2
Topped Contact % 36.6 +1.2 35.4 +0.7 34.7 +3.2 31.5
Under Contact % 19.2 +0.5 18.7 -3.7 22.4 -1.8 24.2
Flare/Burner Contact % 25.4 -1.5 26.9 +2.5 24.4 -3.4 27.8
Solid Contact % 3.6 -2.7 6.3 -1.8 8.1 +4.7 3.4
HR/FB % 25.6 +7.6 18.0 +0.6 17.4 -4.5 21.9
Popups 10 -3 13 -22 35 +17 18
Flyballs 43 -7 50 -88 138 +74 64
Line Drives 57 -6 63 -81 144 +36 108
Groundballs 114 -28 142 -135 277 +111 166
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 46.6 -0.5 47.1 +2.1 45.0 -4.9 49.9
Out of Zone % 53.4 +0.5 52.9 -2.1 55.0 +4.9 50.1
Edge % 44.7 +2.6 42.1 -2.3 44.4 +0.7 43.7
Zone Swing % 59.2 +0.6 58.6 +2.8 55.8 -2.2 58.0
Out of Zone Swing % 26.1 -1.0 27.1 -0.9 28.0 -2.9 30.9
In Zone Contact % 89.9 +3.9 86.0 -5.1 91.1 -0.1 91.2
Out of Zone Contact % 79.4 +9.1 70.3 -3.1 73.4 -5.9 79.3
Whiff % 13.6 -5.7 19.3 +3.7 15.6 +2.7 12.9
First Strike % 59.2 -1.0 60.2 +0.6 59.6 -2.8 62.4
First Pitch Swing % 21.1 -1.3 22.4 0.0 22.4 -1.9 24.3
Swing % 41.4 -0.5 41.9 +1.4 40.5 -3.9 44.4
Meatball Swing % 66.7 -5.2 71.9 +13.0 58.9 -3.9 62.8
Meatball % 5.1 -1.2 6.3 +0.9 5.4 -1.4 6.8
Zone Swing & Miss % 10.1 -3.9 14.0 +5.1 8.9 +0.1 8.8
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 20.6 -9.1 29.7 +3.1 26.6 +5.9 20.7
In Zone 519 -201 720 -629 1,349 +523 826
Out of Zone 595 -214 809 -842 1,651 +823 828
Edge 498 -146 644 -689 1,333 +610 723
In Zone Swings 307 -115 422 -331 753 +274 479
Out of Zone Swings 155 -64 219 -243 462 +206 256
In Zone Swing & Misses 31 -28 59 -8 67 +25 42
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 32 -33 65 -58 123 +70 53
Basic
Pitches 1,116 -415 1,531 -1,469 3,000 +1,346 1,654
PA 289 -103 392 -386 778 +329 449
AB 263 -80 343 -363 706 +299 407
Hits 73 -14 87 -108 195 +75 120
Singles 48 -10 58 -66 124 +39 85
Doubles 14 -4 18 -26 44 +26 18
Triples 0 -2 2 -1 3 0 3
Home Runs 11 +2 9 -15 24 +10 14
Walks 19 -19 38 -24 62 +38 24
Strikeouts 40 -43 83 -32 115 +52 63
K% 13.8 -7.4 21.2 +6.4 14.8 +0.8 14.0
BB% 6.6 -3.1 9.7 +1.7 8.0 +2.7 5.3
HBP 6 +3 3 -4 7 +1 6
Batted Balls 224 -44 268 -326 594 +238 356
Number of Fastballs 860 -306 1,166 -1,197 2,363 +1,035 1,328
Number of Offspeed 106 -1 107 -84 191 -14 205
Number of Breaking 147 -109 256 -184 440 +329 111
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 764 .343 348 60 17.2 416 204 49.0
2017 Shifts 388 .313 193 0 0.0 195 30 15.4
2018 Shifts 289 .344 158 1 0.6 131 14 10.7
! 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 %
2010 930 14.0 66.5% 0.9% 462 18.6 9.7% 4.8%
2011 938 13.6 65.9% 0.6% 488 18.8 11.5% 6.4%
2012 804 14.6 54.9% 0.5% 431 19.3 7.4% 5.8%
2013 1060 14.9 51.3% 0.7% 595 19.7 5.9% 5.4%
2014 815 14.1 62.3% 0.9% 332 18.0 12.3% 2.1%
2015 518 14.3 54.2% 1.5% 276 19.9 17.4% 14.1%
2016 979 15.3 47.4% 3.3% 578 20.6 13.8% 10.4%
2017 474 13.4 69.8% 0.4% 280 18.8 10.0% 6.8%
2018 330 13.1 74.8% 0.0% 214 18.3 12.1% 5.1%

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Pitch Distribution