Drew Smyly
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 188LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 2, #68, Detroit Tigers | Arkansas
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 11 4 4.48 29 23 0 126.2 117 1.37
2022 7 8 3.47 22 22 0 106.1 91 1.19
2023 11 11 5.00 41 23 0 142.1 141 1.43
10 Seasons 64 58 4.22 280 179 3 1,086 1,063 1.29
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 29 11-4 4.48 126.2 117 1.37
2022 22 7-8 3.47 106.1 91 1.19
2023 41 11-11 5.00 142.1 141 1.43
10 Seasons 280 64-58 4.22 1,086 1,063 1.29
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 26 1136 177 19 10.7 6.9 88.2 111.2 16.1 31.1 .235 .443 .305 .320 .416 35.6 28.0 7.3 3.10 4.25
2016 27 2893 520 35 6.7 4.7 87.8 114.6 21.4 34.0 .233 .407 .323 .300 .360 31.0 22.6 6.6 4.88 3.77
2019 30 2130 337 33 9.8 6.4 89.0 114.2 17.8 35.9 .262 .516 .379 .362 .435 38.6 23.3 10.7 6.24 6.00
2020 31 482 60 8 13.3 7.2 90.6 114.6 11.4 41.7 .220 .380 .248 .295 .443 45.0 37.8 8.1 3.42 3.66
2021 32 2139 385 39 10.1 7.1 88.8 111.6 14.9 36.1 .267 .471 .342 .342 .411 39.0 21.4 7.5 4.48 5.05
2022 33 1814 325 28 8.6 6.3 86.7 114.3 16.3 34.5 .248 .415 .312 .316 .370 35.6 20.4 5.8 3.47 4.17
2023 34 2401 423 31 7.3 5.0 87.6 118.1 19.2 35.9 .241 .401 .348 .313 .361 33.6 22.5 8.9 5.00 4.13
Player 12995 2227 193 8.7 5.9 88.1 118.1 17.9 35.1 .246 .437 .334 .323 .389 35.4 23.2 7.9
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

Smyly relies on 3 pitches.
Curveball
(49.4%) ,
Sinker
(38.9%) ,
Cutter
(11.7%) ,


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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 39.0 25.4 25.4 10.2 39.5 40.1 20.3 5.1 24.9 28.2 24.9 5.6 10.7 6.9
2016 32.9 32.7 21.5 12.9 39.4 33.1 26.3 3.7 22.3 37.3 23.3 5.4 6.7 4.7
2019 34.7 32.3 25.8 7.1 47.8 33.5 18.4 1.8 24.9 30.9 23.1 8.6 9.8 6.4
2020 41.7 26.7 28.3 3.3 40.0 40.0 20.0 0.0 30.0 18.3 30.0 6.7 13.3 7.2
2021 40.8 28.1 24.7 6.5 40.3 35.3 24.4 6.8 26.0 25.5 26.0 5.2 10.1 7.1
2022 40.6 25.2 23.7 10.5 46.2 32.6 21.2 5.5 26.2 27.4 23.4 5.8 8.6 6.3
2023 35.9 28.1 24.3 11.6 43.0 34.5 22.5 5.4 23.2 32.9 25.3 5.9 7.3 5.0
Player 37.0 29.1 24.1 9.8 42.5 34.5 22.7 4.5 24.5 30.8 24.4 6.1 8.7 5.9
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
2023 Sinker CHC L 932 91.9 16.0 -5.2 -24 8.2 -5.2 -39
2023 Curveball CHC L 1,186 78.6 46.3 -8.2 -15 3.2 -8.7 -156
2023 Cutter CHC L 282 88.6 26.4 0.8 3 3.6 -6.2 -241
2022 Cutter CHC L 340 88.6 23.6 3.3 12 3.6 -6.3 -231
2022 Changeup CHC L 6 82.6 29.2 -1.8 -6 6.0 -7.5 -55
2022 Curveball CHC L 740 78.7 44.2 -10.8 -20 2.6 -9.6 -138
2022 Sinker CHC L 637 92.6 14.8 -6.3 -30 8.0 -5.8 -42
2021 Sinker ATL L 995 92.1 14.1 -6.3 -31 6.8 -6.5 -49
2021 Cutter ATL L 246 87.6 24.4 3.7 13 3.5 -6.6 -215
2021 Curveball ATL L 897 78.9 44.2 -9.3 -17 2.9 -9.2 -147
2020 Curveball SF L 176 80.0 46.0 -7.4 -14 3.4 -9.0 -161
2020 4-Seamer SF L 3 93.6 11.6 2.5 18 6.7 0.3 5
2020 Sinker SF L 217 93.8 12.8 -7.0 -35 5.7 -7.9 -58
2020 Cutter SF L 86 89.3 23.7 2.0 8 0.6 -1.9 -75
2019 Changeup PHI L 103 82.4 27.1 -4.0 -13 3.5 -8.9 -72
2019 Cutter PHI L 389 86.7 26.6 3.0 10 1.8 -3.8 -191
2019 Curveball PHI L 621 77.4 49.3 -7.3 -13 4.1 -10.1 -168
2019 Sinker PHI L 1,016 91.2 14.7 -7.4 -34 5.5 -7.6 -58
2016 Slider TB L 17 76.6 43.6 -3.2 -7 8.8 -8.2 1483
2016 4-Seamer TB L 1,610 90.8 13.0 1.5 10 9.8 2.6 37
2016 Changeup TB L 163 80.3 28.5 -1.5 -5 12.8 1.7 15
2016 Cutter TB L 439 85.6 25.1 0.5 2 7.6 -8.4 -1062
2016 Curveball TB L 638 76.2 48.3 -8.4 -15 8.0 -14.7 -221
2015 Slider TB L 1 76.7 -- -- 2.3 -8.8 -136
2015 4-Seamer TB L 605 90.8 -- -- 9.0 2.0 28
2015 Cutter TB L 223 83.7 -- -- 5.6 -8.7 -276
2015 Curveball TB L 264 76.8 -- -- 6.0 -13.8 -178
2015 Changeup TB L 22 79.5 -- -- 10.5 0.4 4
! 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 %
2023 Curveball -0.3 -4 1,186 49.4 330 .229 .399 .311 36.0 30.0 23.6 .193 .308 .247 24.5
2023 Sinker -1.1 -11 933 38.9 246 .314 .600 .426 17.3 15.0 15.9 .297 .524 .389 44.6
2023 Cutter 0.7 2 282 11.7 48 .293 .463 .379 21.6 6.3 12.0 .314 .476 .392 31.6
2022 Curveball 0.5 4 740 40.8 206 .225 .340 .266 32.7 29.1 19.0 .243 .366 .276 30.7
2022 Sinker -0.1 -1 637 35.1 129 .263 .518 .386 21.8 14.0 9.4 .241 .443 .339 40.6
2022 Cutter 0.2 1 340 18.7 90 .268 .537 .363 14.4 4.4 4.9 .300 .542 .393 38.0
2022 Changeup -2.1 0 6 0.3 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Sinker -0.7 -7 995 46.5 249 .330 .588 .428 13.7 11.6 11.4 .313 .550 .398 48.5
2021 Curveball 0.2 2 897 41.9 233 .218 .382 .288 38.8 33.9 21.2 .210 .355 .264 24.5
2021 Cutter -0.5 -1 246 11.5 61 .226 .434 .341 21.9 14.8 14.8 .318 .620 .429 43.5
2020 Sinker 1.9 4 217 45.0 45 .237 .263 .301 22.5 20.0 15.5 .280 .440 .369 46.7
2020 Curveball 0.8 1 176 36.5 50 .184 .367 .264 50.0 54.0 36.0 .160 .329 .214 45.5
2020 Cutter 0.6 1 86 17.8 16 .143 .143 .256 32.5 37.5 20.0 .258 .394 .334 37.5
2020 4-Seamer 3.8 0 3 0.6 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Sinker -0.9 -9 1,016 47.7 246 .268 .641 .429 19.7 19.1 15.3 .277 .602 .406 43.3
2019 Curveball -0.4 -3 622 29.2 160 .253 .356 .316 38.8 33.8 22.3 .202 .314 .261 21.7
2019 Cutter -1.2 -5 389 18.3 81 .360 .707 .476 21.4 14.8 16.4 .358 .681 .447 48.4
2019 Changeup -1.6 -2 103 4.8 27 .261 .609 .385 33.3 25.9 25.0 .184 .459 .313 47.1
! 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
2023 Cutter 282 88.6 64 8.7 10:45 11:00 -15
2023 Knuckle Curve 1,184 78.6 36 5.7 6:15 7:15 -60
2023 Sinker 925 91.9 99 17.9 10:45 11:00 -15
2022 Cutter 332 88.6 73 11.1 10:45 11:15 -30
2022 Knuckle Curve 715 78.7 25 4.1 7:15 7:45 -30
2022 Sinker 618 92.6 99 18.5 10:45 11:00 -15
2021 Cutter 245 87.6 71 11.0 10:45 11:15 -30
2021 Knuckle Curve 894 78.9 27 4.4 7:00 7:45 -45
2021 Sinker 992 92.1 99 18.9 11:00 11:15 -15
2020 Cutter 62 89.4 58 9.7 11:15 12:15 -60
2020 Knuckle Curve 118 80.0 38 7.0 6:30 7:15 -45
2020 Sinker 164 93.7 98 18.8 11:15 11:30 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 430 1,812 3 11 -8 -5 1
2013 315 1,345 12 13 -3 -4 17
2014 616 2,586 18 8 -7 -7 12
2015 275 1,134 5 9 -3 -2 8
2016 736 2,890 9 3 -18 -6 -12
2019 514 2,130 5 0 -16 -7 -18
2020 111 482 0 7 -1 1 6
2021 577 2,265 -6 19 -12 -7 -5
2022 425 1,723 10 7 -9 -4 4
2023 624 2,401 -5 13 -13 -6 -12
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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 1,136 51.4 63.6 83.3 31.4 53.8 44.7 60.7 48.0 25.9 8.0 68.1
2016 2,893 49.9 66.4 80.9 28.6 59.7 42.2 58.4 47.5 24.7 7.7 73.4
2019 2,130 48.3 64.9 80.5 25.3 57.3 42.0 59.7 44.5 25.9 7.5 72.5
2020 482 53.3 65.4 76.2 25.8 32.8 40.7 69.4 46.9 34.5 9.8 74.5
2021 2,139 49.7 69.1 83.4 30.9 53.2 43.8 64.9 49.9 24.9 7.7 79.4
2022 1,814 51.8 70.5 80.6 32.3 60.1 42.4 68.5 52.0 26.0 8.3 81.1
2023 2,401 45.6 64.4 81.7 31.8 57.3 43.0 62.6 46.6 27.1 7.0 75.0
Player 12,995 49.3 66.6 81.4 29.7 56.4 42.8 62.5 47.9 26.0 7.7 75.2
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
2015 30 59 13 3 68 35 1 46 24 88 51 76 69 23 46 7 2
2016 64 70 46 29 82 10 32 69 76 63 69 62 46 19 40 1 1
2019 7 27 6 3 18 16 10 39 31 55 17 53 11 19 15 1 6
2020 67 70 58 48 77 33 4 13 11 97 57 89 30 59 48 13 10
2021 19 17 14 13 32 7 13 51 47 33 62 40 78 26 20 9 12
2022 35 36 27 23 57 24 27 85 69 32 82 55 78 28 32 8 14
2023 51 54 53 49 52 22 61 78 84 43 42 59 81 18 11 7 5
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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 23.3 32 33.8 -2 11 20 18 56.3
2019 23.2 32 31.2 1 9 20 16 50.0
2020 23.4 2 3.0 -1 1 1 2 100.0
2021 24.0 28 29.7 -2 12 15 16 57.1
2022 22.4 16 16.5 -1 4 10 9 56.3
2023 23.2 26 23.4 3 5 13 14 53.8
Player 23.3 136 137.6 -2 42 79 75 55.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 32 37 27 35 39 32 38 31 33 26 34 41 33 30 36 34 24 28 37 36 32 28 37 39 30 34 36 44 35 38 31
2019 32 36 29 29 36 33 35 30 29 23 31 34 32 28 33 30 29 27 31 37 30 31 39 34 28 27 29 33 35 31 27
2020 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
2021 28 32 28 29 31 28 31 30 21 26 28 31 30 27 29 33 29 28 31 30 28 34 35 32 30 28 33 31 31 28 29
2022 16 15 15 13 18 19 19 14 13 13 15 16 16 16 18 17 15 16 15 17 16 18 19 19 15 17 18 19 18 18 18
2023 26 18 22 26 26 23 25 22 21 18 22 26 21 20 26 27 27 21 27 27 20 26 29 26 19 20 24 23 24 25 21
Player 136 141 124 135 153 138 151 130 120 109 133 151 135 124 145 144 127 123 144 150 129 140 162 153 125 129 143 153 146 143 128
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 88.9 -- 0.7 ↑ -- -- -- -- 89.9 -- 92.5 2.6 ↑ 91.2 -1.3 ↓ 91.2 0.0 91.2 0.0
Offspeed Velocity 79.5 -- 0.8 ↑ -- -- -- -- 82.4 -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 82.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 76.8 -- -0.6 ↓ -- -- -- -- 77.4 -- 80.0 2.6 ↑ 78.9 -1.1 ↓ 78.7 -0.2 ↓ 78.6 -0.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.2 -- -0.4 ↓ -- -- -- -- 89.0 -- 90.6 1.6 ↑ 88.8 -1.8 ↓ 86.7 -2.1 ↓ 87.6 0.9 ↑
Launch Angle 16.1 -- 5.3 ↑ -- -- -- -- 17.8 -- 11.4 -6.4 ↓ 14.9 3.5 ↑ 16.3 1.4 ↑ 19.2 2.9 ↑
Barrel % 10.7 -- -4.0 ↓ -- -- -- -- 9.8 -- 13.3 3.5 ↑ 10.1 -3.2 ↓ 8.6 -1.5 ↓ 7.3 -1.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 35.6 -- -4.6 ↓ -- -- -- -- 38.6 -- 45.0 6.4 ↑ 39.0 -6.0 ↓ 35.6 -3.4 ↓ 33.6 -2.0 ↓
Sweet Spot % 31.1 -- 2.9 ↑ -- -- -- -- 35.9 -- 41.7 5.8 ↑ 36.1 -5.6 ↓ 34.5 -1.6 ↓ 35.9 1.4 ↑
xBA .235 -- -0.002 ↓ -- -- -- -- .262 -- .220 -0.042 ↓ .267 0.047 ↑ .248 -0.019 ↓ .241 -0.007 ↓
BA .230 -- 0.029 ↑ -- -- -- -- .278 -- .198 -0.080 ↓ .269 0.071 ↑ .243 -0.026 ↓ .265 0.022 ↑
xwOBA .320 -- -0.020 ↓ -- -- -- -- .362 -- .295 -0.067 ↓ .342 0.047 ↑ .316 -0.026 ↓ .313 -0.003 ↓
wOBA .305 -- 0.018 ↑ -- -- -- -- .379 -- .248 -0.131 ↓ .342 0.094 ↑ .312 -0.030 ↓ .348 0.036 ↑
xSLG .443 -- -0.036 ↓ -- -- -- -- .516 -- .380 -0.136 ↓ .470 0.091 ↑ .415 -0.055 ↓ .401 -0.014 ↓
SLG .413 -- 0.043 ↑ -- -- -- -- .558 -- .297 -0.261 ↓ .480 0.183 ↑ .422 -0.058 ↓ .478 0.056 ↑
K% 28.0 -- -5.4 ↓ -- -- -- -- 23.3 -- 37.8 14.5 ↑ 21.4 -16.4 ↓ 20.4 -1.0 ↓ 22.5 2.1 ↑
BB% 7.3 -- -0.7 ↓ -- -- -- -- 10.7 -- 8.1 -2.6 ↓ 7.5 -0.6 ↓ 5.8 -1.7 ↓ 8.9 3.1 ↑
Swing % 48.0 -- -0.5 ↓ -- -- -- -- 44.5 -- 46.9 2.4 ↑ 49.9 3.0 ↑ 52.0 2.1 ↑ 46.6 -5.4 ↓
Whiff% 25.9 -- -1.2 ↓ -- -- -- -- 25.9 -- 34.5 8.6 ↑ 24.9 -9.6 ↓ 26.0 1.1 ↑ 27.1 1.1 ↑
In Zone % 51.4 -- -1.5 ↓ -- -- -- -- 48.3 -- 53.3 5.0 ↑ 49.7 -3.6 ↓ 51.8 2.1 ↑ 45.6 -6.2 ↓
Out of Zone % 48.6 -- 1.5 ↑ -- -- -- -- 51.7 -- 46.7 -5.0 ↓ 50.3 3.6 ↑ 48.2 -2.1 ↓ 54.4 6.2 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 31.4 -- -2.8 ↓ -- -- -- -- 25.3 -- 25.8 0.5 ↑ 30.9 5.1 ↑ 32.3 1.4 ↑ 31.8 -0.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 23.3 -- -0.3 ↓ -- -- -- -- 24.7 -- 32.4 7.7 ↑ 33.5 1.1 ↑ 32.9 -0.6 ↓ 30.5 -2.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.7 -- -2.3 ↓ -- -- -- -- 59.7 -- 69.4 9.7 ↑ 64.9 -4.5 ↓ 68.5 3.6 ↑ 62.6 -5.9 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 714 .324 570 39 6.8 144 30 20.8
2019 Shifts 514 .379 401 106 26.4 113 42 37.2
2020 Shifts 111 .248 72 27 37.5 39 24 61.5
2021 Shifts 530 .337 386 154 39.9 144 67 46.5
2022 Shifts 424 .316 327 123 37.6 97 65 67.0
2023 Shades 624 .349 464 20 4.3 160 62 38.8
! 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