Eric Yardley
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 170LBS | Age: 33
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 0 1 2.31 10 0 0 11.2 7 1.29
2020 2 0 1.54 24 0 0 23.1 19 1.24
2021 0 0 6.75 17 0 0 18.2 5 1.82
3 Seasons 2 1 3.52 51 0 0 53.2 31 1.45
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 10 0-1 2.31 11.2 7 1.29
2020 24 2-0 1.54 23.1 19 1.24
2021 17 0-0 6.75 18.2 5 1.82
3 Seasons 51 2-1 3.52 53.2 31 1.45
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
2019 28 181 41 2 4.9 3.8 89.7 106.0 -0.7 17.1 .226 .320 .293 .273 .279 31.7 13.5 5.8 2.31 3.23
2020 29 410 67 3 4.5 3.1 88.5 109.8 3.9 22.4 .225 .359 .293 .300 .320 38.8 19.6 10.3 1.54 3.79
2021 30 315 71 5 7.0 5.6 85.6 112.3 0.5 26.8 .280 .457 .408 .362 .335 40.8 5.6 11.2 6.75 5.77
Player 906 179 10 5.6 4.2 87.6 112.3 1.5 22.9 .245 .386 .336 .317 .317 38.0 13.0 9.7
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

Yardley relies on 3 pitches.
Sinker
(73.0%) ,
Curveball
(20.6%) ,
Changeup
(6.3%) ,


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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
2019 65.9 17.1 14.6 2.4 41.5 39.0 19.5 4.9 56.1 14.6 17.1 2.4 4.9 3.8
2020 62.7 11.9 17.9 7.5 26.9 41.8 31.3 4.5 49.3 17.9 19.4 3.0 4.5 3.1
2021 59.2 19.7 18.3 2.8 33.8 38.0 28.2 9.9 40.8 19.7 18.3 4.2 7.0 5.6
Player 62.0 16.2 17.3 4.5 33.0 39.7 27.4 6.7 47.5 17.9 18.4 3.4 5.6 4.2
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
2021 Sinker MIL R 230 87.0 43.3 -1.3 -3 16.7 2.6 18
2021 Changeup MIL R 20 78.9 53.8 0.1 0 11.2 -0.1 -1
2021 Curveball MIL R 65 72.9 40.2 0.0 0 14.8 0.2 1
2020 Curveball MIL R 140 73.0 40.7 0.1 0 15.9 0.1 1
2020 Changeup MIL R 3 80.4 51.8 -0.4 -1 12.2 0.6 5
2020 Sinker MIL R 267 87.8 42.2 0.0 0 16.8 0.2 1
2019 Sinker SD R 121 86.1 45.2 0.2 1 15.6 0.1 0
2019 Curveball SD R 59 72.1 42.2 0.1 0 15.6 0.0 0
2019 4-Seam Fastball SD R 1 86.3 41.9 -3.2 -8 17.6 -0.2 -1
! 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 Sinker 0.9 2 230 73.0 63 .231 .346 .325 8.6 3.2 4.7 .263 .393 .342 44.2
2021 Curveball -13.7 -9 65 20.6 18 .563 1.188 .728 18.2 16.7 13.0 .266 .560 .382 30.8
2021 Changeup -6.0 -1 20 6.3 6 .500 .667 .508 18.2 0.0 0.0 .459 .731 .511 33.3
2020 Sinker 1.6 4 267 65.1 71 .266 .422 .353 14.9 12.7 10.3 .274 .449 .349 45.5
2020 Curveball 0.2 0 140 34.1 26 .095 .143 .225 31.8 38.5 18.9 .075 .089 .168 8.3
2020 Changeup -2.4 0 3 0.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 Sinker 1.3 2 121 66.9 32 .241 .276 .318 15.5 3.1 3.7 .253 .345 .290 41.4
2019 Curveball -4.7 -3 59 32.6 20 .294 .471 .416 36.7 30.0 23.1 .181 .277 .246 8.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball 3.7 0 1 0.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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
2021 Changeup 20 78.9 99 17.0 4:00 4:30 -30
2021 Curveball 57 72.9 71 18.4 9:30 10:00 -30
2021 Sinker 225 87.0 99 19.7 3:45 4:00 -15
2020 Curveball 117 72.9 78 18.8 9:30 10:00 -30
2020 Sinker 259 87.8 99 19.6 3:45 3:45 0
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 52 181 1 -2 0 -1 -1
2020 104 436 7 5 -4 -2 6
2021 87 315 -1 1 -3 -5 -8
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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 181 45.9 65.1 79.6 34.7 73.5 48.6 71.2 48.6 22.7 3.9 85.7
2020 410 45.6 66.3 87.9 27.4 65.6 42.9 54.6 45.1 18.9 5.6 73.9
2021 315 44.1 64.7 94.4 20.5 72.2 36.8 50.6 40.0 11.1 7.0 90.9
Player 906 45.1 65.5 88.4 26.4 69.5 41.9 56.7 44.0 17.3 5.7 82.7
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 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
2019 1 5 90 41
2020 63 64 68 69 55 74 81 47 39 27 32 6 48 3 11 83 45
2021 2 15 82 36
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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 24.0 1 1.0 0 1 1 0 0.0
2020 21.8 2 2.6 -1 1 1 2 100.0
2021 25.0 3 2.8 0 1 1 2 66.7
Player 23.7 6 6.3 0 3 3 4 66.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2020 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
2021 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3
Player 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 86.1 87.8 1.7 ↑ 87.0 -0.8 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 80.4 0.0 78.9 -1.5 ↓
Breaking Velocity 72.1 73.0 0.9 ↑ 72.9 -0.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.7 88.5 -1.2 ↓ 85.6 -2.9 ↓
Launch Angle -0.7 3.9 4.6 ↑ 0.5 -3.4 ↓
Barrel % 4.9 4.5 -0.4 ↓ 7.0 2.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 31.7 38.8 7.1 ↑ 40.8 2.0 ↑
Sweet Spot % 17.1 22.4 5.3 ↑ 26.8 4.4 ↑
xBA .226 .225 -0.001 ↓ .280 0.055 ↑
BA .261 .224 -0.037 ↓ .324 0.100 ↑
xwOBA .273 .300 0.027 ↑ .362 0.062 ↑
wOBA .293 .293 0.000 .408 0.115 ↑
xSLG .320 .359 0.039 ↑ .457 0.098 ↑
SLG .348 .353 0.005 ↑ .554 0.201 ↑
K% 13.5 19.6 6.1 ↑ 5.6 -14.0 ↓
BB% 5.8 10.3 4.5 ↑ 11.2 0.9 ↑
Swing % 48.6 45.1 -3.5 ↓ 40.0 -5.1 ↓
Whiff% 22.7 18.9 -3.8 ↓ 11.1 -7.8 ↓
In Zone % 45.9 45.6 -0.3 ↓ 44.1 -1.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 54.1 54.4 0.3 ↑ 55.9 1.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 34.7 27.4 -7.3 ↓ 20.5 -6.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 34.6 22.7 -11.9 ↓ 27.0 4.3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 71.2 54.6 -16.6 ↓ 50.6 -4.0 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 52 .293 36 1 2.8 16 5 31.3
2020 Shifts 97 .293 54 16 29.6 43 24 55.8
2021 Shifts 87 .408 59 7 11.9 28 13 46.4
! 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 %
2019 55 15.8 34.5% 0.0% 32 18.5 0.0% 0.0%
2020 118 14.9 53.4% 0.0% 84 18.4 3.6% 3.6%
2021 71 16.0 31.0% 1.4% 97 19.7 1.0% 1.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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