Duane Underwood Jr.
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 225LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 2, #67, Chicago Cubs | Pope HS (GA)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 2 3 4.33 43 0 0 72.2 65 1.43
2022 1 6 4.40 51 1 1 57.1 57 1.43
2023 1 0 5.18 20 0 2 24.1 14 1.44
6 Seasons 5 10 4.63 144 2 3 190.2 179 1.43
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 43 2-3 4.33 72.2 65 1.43
2022 51 1-6 4.40 57.1 57 1.43
2023 20 1-0 5.18 24.1 14 1.44
6 Seasons 144 5-10 4.63 190.2 179 1.43
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
2018 23 77 10 1 10.0 6.3 93.7 115.3 11.5 40.0 .253 .548 .311 .405 .440 40.0 18.8 18.8 2.25 7.58
2019 24 211 34 1 2.9 2.0 90.8 106.7 8.7 26.5 .240 .407 .358 .305 .377 47.1 25.5 5.9 5.40 4.08
2020 25 335 54 5 9.3 5.7 92.0 108.5 11.9 42.6 .252 .460 .390 .324 .444 46.3 30.7 6.8 5.66 4.48
2021 26 1177 224 17 7.6 5.3 89.3 111.5 8.8 36.6 .276 .443 .333 .344 .397 42.9 20.3 8.4 4.33 5.12
2022 27 1004 172 6 3.5 2.3 87.8 113.3 7.3 36.0 .256 .354 .295 .314 .353 36.0 22.0 9.7 4.39 4.11
2023 28 337 75 6 8.0 6.0 88.4 109.6 11.6 37.3 .313 .503 .347 .386 .413 38.7 14.0 11.0 5.18 6.69
Player 3141 569 36 6.3 4.3 89.2 115.3 9.1 36.6 .269 .424 .330 .336 .390 40.8 21.5 9.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Underwood relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(25.8%) ,
Changeup
(25.8%) ,
Cutter
(24.3%) ,
Curveball
(20.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(3.6%) ,


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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
2018 50.0 20.0 20.0 10.0 50.0 30.0 20.0 0.0 40.0 20.0 10.0 20.0 10.0 6.3
2019 52.9 20.6 20.6 5.9 23.5 44.1 32.4 2.9 38.2 11.8 23.5 17.6 2.9 2.0
2020 38.9 31.5 29.6 0.0 25.9 38.9 35.2 3.7 25.9 22.2 29.6 9.3 9.3 5.7
2021 44.2 24.1 25.9 5.8 38.8 30.8 30.4 4.0 32.1 18.8 29.9 6.7 7.6 5.3
2022 50.6 19.2 26.2 4.1 41.3 38.4 20.3 4.7 39.5 18.0 29.1 5.2 3.5 2.3
2023 44.0 26.7 26.7 2.7 46.7 33.3 20.0 2.7 34.7 20.0 32.0 2.7 8.0 6.0
Player 46.2 23.4 26.0 4.4 38.7 35.0 26.4 3.9 34.6 18.6 29.2 6.9 6.3 4.3
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 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 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 12 93.6 17.2 -2.2 -15 5.5 -1.2 -18
2023 Changeup PIT R 87 88.7 27.8 -0.8 -3 14.9 0.5 3
2023 Cutter PIT R 82 92.5 20.9 1.5 7 0.4 -2.7 -117
2023 Sinker PIT R 87 93.6 21.0 -0.4 -2 14.4 -0.4 -2
2023 Curveball PIT R 69 83.2 47.4 -1.7 -4 6.9 0.1 1
2022 Cutter PIT R 271 92.4 25.2 -2.6 -11 0.3 -2.0 -86
2022 Sinker PIT R 263 95.3 19.0 -0.9 -4 14.1 -0.6 -4
2022 Curveball PIT R 134 82.7 51.2 1.1 2 7.4 0.8 11
2022 Changeup PIT R 218 89.6 27.9 0.5 2 14.8 0.5 3
2022 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 118 95.9 14.9 -1.6 -12 7.2 0.3 4
2021 Sinker PIT R 119 93.3 20.6 -0.2 -1 14.2 -0.3 -2
2021 Curveball PIT R 293 80.6 53.3 0.8 2 8.5 0.8 10
2021 Slider PIT R 9 85.2 35.6 -0.1 0 5.6 0.7 14
2021 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 425 94.1 15.4 -1.2 -8 8.4 1.6 23
2021 Cutter PIT R 10 90.1 24.2 1.0 4 0.8 -3.2 -134
2021 Changeup PIT R 321 87.8 28.1 -0.1 0 14.5 0.9 7
2020 Changeup CHC R 95 87.2 29.9 1.7 6 14.0 0.9 7
2020 Curveball CHC R 82 81.4 50.4 -0.6 -1 7.4 -0.1 -1
2020 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 143 94.5 15.7 -1.5 -11 7.8 0.8 11
2020 Sinker CHC R 11 94.2 20.3 0.7 4 13.9 -0.3 -2
2020 Slider CHC R 3 85.3 29.4 -6.4 -18 0.5 -5.0 -111
2019 Curveball CHC R 32 82.0 53.3 2.2 4 6.9 -0.5 -6
2019 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 118 94.8 16.4 -1.7 -11 8.8 1.4 19
2019 Changeup CHC R 52 88.3 30.0 1.9 7 14.1 0.2 1
2019 Sinker CHC R 8 92.9 25.1 3.4 15 14.9 0.5 4
2018 Curveball CHC R 15 74.5 63.4 0.8 1 10.0 0.2 3
2018 Sinker CHC R 8 90.6 22.9 0.2 1 14.1 0.1 0
2018 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 33 92.7 16.7 -0.8 -5 7.8 0.8 11
2018 Changeup CHC R 21 84.9 27.7 -2.8 -9 12.9 -0.2 -2
! 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 Changeup -3.8 -3 87 25.8 29 .200 .440 .326 27.5 24.1 18.4 .290 .583 .412 44.4
2023 Sinker -2.9 -2 87 25.8 22 .421 .579 .473 20.9 9.1 18.2 .328 .458 .388 35.3
2023 Cutter 5.4 4 82 24.3 19 .000 .000 .074 19.4 15.8 27.3 .147 .229 .231 42.9
2023 Curveball -6.9 -5 69 20.5 24 .391 .609 .442 12.1 8.3 8.3 .438 .638 .473 28.6
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.6 0 12 3.6 5 .400 .800 .500 14.3 0.0 0.0 .322 .532 .356 60.0
2022 Cutter -0.1 0 271 27.0 68 .246 .295 .313 24.8 14.7 14.7 .303 .387 .343 27.5
2022 Sinker 0.6 2 263 26.2 78 .273 .318 .363 17.6 15.4 30.0 .256 .337 .328 33.3
2022 Changeup -0.6 -1 218 21.7 54 .191 .319 .301 44.3 33.3 18.6 .200 .308 .271 43.3
2022 Curveball -1.9 -2 134 13.3 32 .300 .333 .308 32.1 28.1 18.8 .282 .418 .330 42.9
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 1 118 11.8 26 .250 .333 .288 20.0 30.8 17.4 .216 .327 .269 50.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -2 425 36.1 110 .250 .380 .346 16.6 13.6 13.0 .274 .467 .366 40.0
2021 Changeup 0.0 0 321 27.3 90 .241 .422 .327 34.2 31.1 28.9 .236 .383 .295 44.6
2021 Curveball -1.0 -3 293 24.9 76 .250 .375 .292 26.8 25.0 21.1 .277 .437 .326 52.8
2021 Sinker -1.9 -2 119 10.1 40 .429 .771 .555 12.5 5.0 9.1 .359 .519 .421 27.3
2021 Cutter -6.2 -1 10 0.8 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 0.0 .803 .933 .760 100.0
2021 Slider 6.0 1 9 0.8 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .333 .386 .318 100.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 -3 144 43.0 43 .368 .711 .469 26.5 23.3 26.3 .288 .557 .379 55.2
2020 Changeup 2.2 2 95 28.4 21 .200 .400 .274 52.1 52.4 36.7 .139 .299 .205 33.3
2020 Curveball 0.3 0 82 24.5 18 .278 .500 .328 31.0 27.8 21.7 .271 .442 .300 38.5
2020 Sinker 0.1 0 11 3.3 4 .500 .500 .450 33.3 25.0 50.0 .395 .424 .366 33.3
2020 Slider -3.6 0 3 0.9 1 -- -- .700 100.0 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -3 118 55.9 26 .360 .800 .490 22.2 30.8 27.6 .269 .515 .339 70.6
2019 Changeup 4.8 2 52 24.6 15 .077 .154 .189 34.5 33.3 22.7 .177 .275 .263 25.0
2019 Curveball -4.0 -1 32 15.2 6 .600 .600 .567 25.0 0.0 0.0 .373 .409 .397 40.0
2019 Sinker 17.2 1 8 3.8 4 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .082 .132 .095 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -2.5 -1 33 42.9 9 .286 .714 .478 5.9 0.0 0.0 .411 .913 .590 57.1
2018 Changeup 3.7 1 21 27.3 5 .000 .000 .140 37.5 60.0 27.3 .052 .127 .199 0.0
2018 Curveball 1.4 0 15 19.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .044 .044 .062 0.0
2018 Sinker 6.0 0 8 10.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .155 .179 .140 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
2023 Changeup 86 88.7 89 16.9 1:45 2:15 -30
2023 Curveball 69 83.2 59 12.4 8:00 7:15 45
2023 Cutter 80 92.5 65 10.4 12:45 12:00 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 12 93.6 76 14.4 12:45 12:45 0
2023 Sinker 87 93.6 84 17.8 1:00 2:00 -60
2022 Changeup 217 89.6 93 16.3 1:45 2:30 -45
2022 Curveball 134 82.7 69 15.5 7:30 7:00 30
2022 Cutter 269 92.4 53 6.5 12:15 11:45 30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 118 95.9 85 16.2 1:00 1:00 0
2022 Sinker 259 95.3 85 18.1 1:00 1:45 -45
2021 Changeup 315 87.8 92 16.5 1:45 2:15 -30
2021 Curveball 288 80.7 73 16.2 7:30 7:00 30
2021 Cutter 10 90.1 44 8.8 11:45 12:00 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 424 94.1 92 17.2 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Sinker 117 93.3 85 17.9 1:00 2:00 -60
2020 Changeup 72 87.3 89 15.5 1:30 2:30 -60
2020 Curveball 72 81.5 69 13.8 7:30 7:00 30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 129 94.5 90 16.3 1:15 1:00 15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 51 210 -1 3 -2 -1 0
2020 87 335 -4 3 1 -1 -1
2021 319 1,177 0 7 -7 -6 -7
2022 258 1,004 5 6 -7 -6 -2
2023 99 337 -3 2 -4 -1 -6
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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 %
2018 77 48.1 67.6 84.0 20.0 100.0 36.4 37.5 42.9 12.1 6.5 100.0
2019 211 48.6 67.6 79.7 29.6 53.1 46.2 51.0 48.3 26.5 8.1 94.1
2020 335 46.0 59.1 71.4 33.7 50.8 42.7 65.5 45.4 36.2 5.1 47.1
2021 1,177 50.6 66.1 82.7 24.2 53.2 39.9 62.1 45.4 23.8 7.6 74.2
2022 1,004 46.2 70.9 81.8 30.6 53.9 42.2 57.8 49.2 27.3 6.9 73.9
2023 337 49.0 62.0 85.4 32.4 69.6 43.1 62.0 47.2 20.1 8.0 77.8
Player 3,141 48.3 66.5 81.5 28.5 55.9 41.6 59.9 46.9 25.8 7.1 74.6
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
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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
2019 74 37 80
2020 41 36 23 20 57 56 22 2 8 83 74 92 91 71 25 23 67
2021 18 12 25 43 12 50 52 36 19 27 47 32 11 58 30 38 67
2022 37 24 67 92 12 95 97 65 66 44 25 62 62 76 27 37 63
2023 42 7 24 44
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 19.7 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2019 23.4 2 2.0 0 0 0 2 100.0
2020 23.3 5 4.8 0 4 4 2 40.0
2021 23.4 9 9.9 -1 6 10 3 33.3
2022 22.0 1 2.8 -2 1 4 0 0.0
2023 23.8 3 3.4 0 1 2 2 66.7
Player 23.2 21 23.9 -3 12 20 10 47.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2019 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2020 5 6 4 5 3 6 5 5 4 3 4 5 6 4 5 4 6 6 5 4 6 5 7 6 5 4 4 5 6 4 3
2021 9 13 7 13 11 11 13 12 5 5 8 14 8 6 10 12 10 10 10 13 8 10 14 13 11 5 14 12 8 5 6
2022 1 2 1 1 4 4 5 2 2 1 3 4 1 2 4 4 1 2 2 4 2 3 5 3 1 2 3 5 3 4 3
2023 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4
Player 21 28 18 25 24 27 29 26 17 15 21 29 21 18 26 27 24 25 23 28 23 24 33 29 23 17 27 28 24 19 19
! 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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.3 94.7 2.4 ↑ 94.5 -0.2 ↓ 93.8 -0.7 ↓ 94.2 0.4 ↑ 93.1 -1.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 84.9 88.3 3.4 ↑ 87.2 -1.1 ↓ 87.8 0.6 ↑ 89.6 1.8 ↑ 88.7 -0.9 ↓
Breaking Velocity 74.5 82.0 7.5 ↑ 81.6 -0.4 ↓ 80.8 -0.8 ↓ 82.7 1.9 ↑ 83.2 0.5 ↑
Exit Velocity 93.7 90.8 -2.9 ↓ 92.0 1.2 ↑ 89.3 -2.7 ↓ 87.8 -1.5 ↓ 88.4 0.6 ↑
Launch Angle 11.5 8.7 -2.8 ↓ 11.9 3.2 ↑ 8.8 -3.1 ↓ 7.3 -1.5 ↓ 11.6 4.3 ↑
Barrel % 10.0 2.9 -7.1 ↓ 9.3 6.4 ↑ 7.6 -1.7 ↓ 3.5 -4.1 ↓ 8.0 4.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 40.0 47.1 7.1 ↑ 46.3 -0.8 ↓ 42.9 -3.4 ↓ 36.0 -6.9 ↓ 38.7 2.7 ↑
Sweet Spot % 40.0 26.5 -13.5 ↓ 42.6 16.1 ↑ 36.6 -6.0 ↓ 36.0 -0.6 ↓ 37.3 1.3 ↑
xBA .253 .240 -0.013 ↓ .252 0.012 ↑ .276 0.024 ↑ .256 -0.020 ↓ .313 0.057 ↑
BA .154 .277 0.123 ↑ .313 0.036 ↑ .270 -0.043 ↓ .250 -0.020 ↓ .273 0.023 ↑
xwOBA .405 .305 -0.100 ↓ .324 0.019 ↑ .344 0.020 ↑ .314 -0.030 ↓ .386 0.072 ↑
wOBA .311 .358 0.047 ↑ .390 0.032 ↑ .333 -0.057 ↓ .295 -0.038 ↓ .347 0.052 ↑
xSLG .548 .407 -0.141 ↓ .460 0.053 ↑ .443 -0.017 ↓ .354 -0.089 ↓ .503 0.149 ↑
SLG .385 .532 0.147 ↑ .575 0.043 ↑ .439 -0.136 ↓ .316 -0.123 ↓ .455 0.139 ↑
K% 18.8 25.5 6.7 ↑ 30.7 5.2 ↑ 20.3 -10.4 ↓ 22.0 1.7 ↑ 14.0 -8.0 ↓
BB% 18.8 5.9 -12.9 ↓ 6.8 0.9 ↑ 8.4 1.6 ↑ 9.7 1.3 ↑ 11.0 1.3 ↑
Swing % 42.9 48.3 5.4 ↑ 45.4 -2.9 ↓ 45.4 0.0 49.2 3.8 ↑ 47.2 -2.0 ↓
Whiff% 12.1 26.5 14.4 ↑ 36.2 9.7 ↑ 23.8 -12.4 ↓ 27.3 3.5 ↑ 20.1 -7.2 ↓
In Zone % 48.1 48.6 0.5 ↑ 46.0 -2.6 ↓ 50.6 4.6 ↑ 46.2 -4.4 ↓ 49.0 2.8 ↑
Out of Zone % 51.9 51.4 -0.5 ↓ 54.0 2.6 ↑ 49.4 -4.6 ↓ 53.8 4.4 ↑ 51.0 -2.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 20.0 29.6 9.6 ↑ 33.7 4.1 ↑ 24.2 -9.5 ↓ 30.6 6.4 ↑ 32.4 1.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 12.5 17.6 5.1 ↑ 24.1 6.5 ↑ 31.7 7.6 ↑ 32.2 0.5 ↑ 27.0 -5.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 37.5 51.0 13.5 ↑ 65.5 14.5 ↑ 62.1 -3.4 ↓ 57.8 -4.3 ↓ 62.0 4.2 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 16 .311 8 0 0.0 8 2 25.0
2019 Shifts 51 .358 35 5 14.3 16 5 31.3
2020 Shifts 86 .384 43 10 23.3 43 24 55.8
2021 Shifts 318 .334 178 27 15.2 140 105 75.0
2022 Shifts 258 .295 155 38 24.5 103 63 61.2
2023 Shades 99 .343 53 5 9.4 46 19 41.3
! 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 %
2018 27 15.4 33.3% 3.7% 10 23.4 0.0% 20.0%
2019 37 15.2 45.9% 0.0% 56 23.0 0.0% 5.4%
2020 84 18.2 4.8% 2.4% 68 22.2 0.0% 2.9%
2021 336 18.1 13.4% 1.2% 187 23.8 0.0% 9.1%
2022 223 20.1 0.0% 3.1% 189 22.6 0.0% 5.8%
2023 89 15.0 49.4% 0.0% 57 18.0 14.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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