Evan Phillips
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 215LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 17, #510, Atlanta Braves | UNC Wilmington
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 7 3 1.14 64 0 2 63 77 0.76
2023 2 4 2.05 62 0 24 61.1 66 0.83
2024 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 1 1 0.00
7 Seasons 11 11 3.36 183 1 28 192.2 223 1.11
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 64 7-3 1.14 63 77 0.76
2023 62 2-4 2.05 61.1 66 0.83
2024 1 0-0 0.00 1 1 0.00
7 Seasons 183 11-11 3.36 192.2 223 1.11
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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 23 219 40 5 12.5 8.5 91.6 111.8 15.2 30.0 .243 .510 .445 .387 .380 47.5 13.6 16.9 13.11 6.77
2019 24 567 75 4 5.3 2.9 91.7 111.9 13.1 38.7 .256 .392 .361 .346 .415 41.3 28.6 14.3 6.43 5.41
2020 25 284 36 1 2.8 1.5 85.1 106.8 14.9 36.1 .214 .295 .322 .307 .345 36.1 29.4 13.2 5.02 3.98
2021 26 244 41 2 4.9 3.4 89.2 114.4 8.8 46.3 .284 .406 .263 .332 .376 39.0 19.0 8.6 3.38 4.73
2022 27 923 138 6 4.3 2.6 86.1 109.8 15.0 31.2 .175 .266 .197 .231 .304 31.2 33.0 6.4 1.14 2.18
2023 28 915 152 10 6.6 4.3 88.2 115.1 15.0 29.6 .227 .353 .232 .274 .355 36.8 28.2 5.6 2.05 3.11
2024 29 12 2 0 0.0 0.0 73.5 85.3 -6.8 50.0 .075 .097 .000 .075 .112 0.0 33.3 0.0 0.00 0.30
Player 3164 484 28 5.8 3.5 88.2 115.1 14.1 33.5 .220 .342 .269 .289 .352 36.8 28.1 9.1
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

Phillips relies on 4 pitches.
Sweeper
(58.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(25.0%) ,
Sinker
(8.3%) ,
Cutter
(8.3%) ,


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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
2018 40.0 37.5 17.5 5.0 35.0 40.0 25.0 2.5 30.0 27.5 20.0 7.5 12.5 8.5
2019 40.0 17.3 36.0 6.7 29.3 36.0 34.7 1.3 26.7 22.7 28.0 14.7 5.3 2.9
2020 47.2 22.2 22.2 8.3 33.3 33.3 33.3 5.6 30.6 25.0 30.6 2.8 2.8 1.5
2021 51.2 12.2 34.1 2.4 36.6 36.6 26.8 4.9 36.6 19.5 26.8 7.3 4.9 3.4
2022 46.4 20.3 22.5 10.9 32.6 40.6 26.8 4.3 37.0 27.5 18.1 7.2 4.3 2.6
2023 44.1 27.0 24.3 4.6 40.1 35.5 24.3 4.6 31.6 25.0 25.7 6.6 6.6 4.3
2024 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 44.6 22.9 25.6 6.8 34.9 37.4 27.7 3.9 32.6 25.2 23.8 7.9 5.8 3.5
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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
2024 Sinker LAD R 1 95.8 25.2 1.0 4 18.8 1.5 9
2024 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 3 95.3 14.5 -0.8 -6 7.8 -0.4 -5
2024 Sweeper LAD R 7 84.1 39.5 -1.5 -4 17.3 -0.1 0
2024 Cutter LAD R 1 92.3 22.7 -0.3 -1 1.3 0.3 34
2023 Sinker LAD R 100 95.5 22.7 -0.3 -2 16.6 0.8 5
2023 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 179 96.4 14.9 -0.1 -1 10.8 1.9 22
2023 Sweeper LAD R 416 85.4 35.3 -1.4 -4 14.7 1.9 15
2023 Cutter LAD R 220 93.1 21.5 0.7 3 0.8 -1.5 -210
2022 Cutter LAD R 250 93.3 21.9 -1.0 -5 1.1 -0.7 -38
2022 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 172 96.1 15.5 -1.1 -8 5.3 -3.3 -38
2022 Sweeper LAD R 408 85.3 36.2 0.7 2 15.3 2.5 19
2022 Sinker LAD R 93 96.2 21.2 0.1 1 15.1 -0.6 -4
2021 Sweeper LAD R 108 84.4 38.0 -0.9 -2 15.3 1.7 12
2021 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 106 95.4 15.7 -1.1 -7 7.8 -0.4 -4
2021 Sinker LAD R 4 95.6 18.1 -2.4 -12 13.0 -2.0 -13
2021 Changeup LAD R 26 85.6 35.8 4.3 14 4.7 -9.6 -67
2020 Sweeper BAL R 75 83.6 42.0 1.7 4 15.8 1.3 9
2020 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 188 94.5 14.0 0.8 5 8.2 0.7 10
2020 Changeup BAL R 21 85.9 34.1 4.1 14 7.8 -5.6 -42
2019 Slider BAL R 107 84.3 46.3 8.1 21 5.1 0.1 2
2019 Sweeper BAL R 41 85.6 41.3 2.2 6 13.4 -0.3 -2
2019 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 367 94.1 15.7 0.1 1 10.1 2.2 28
2019 Changeup BAL R 42 85.5 34.5 3.6 12 10.9 -2.8 -20
2019 Sinker BAL R 10 94.2 19.9 -1.7 -8 16.2 1.1 8
2018 Sinker BAL R 9 94.4 16.6 -4.4 -21 14.1 -0.7 -4
2018 Changeup BAL R 39 87.9 26.2 -3.2 -11 11.2 -2.8 -20
2018 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 131 94.0 15.8 -0.1 -1 8.9 1.3 17
2018 Slider BAL R 40 86.7 36.7 2.0 6 4.0 -0.2 -5
! 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 %
2024 Sweeper 10.8 1 7 58.3 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 25.0 .038 .070 .044 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 0 3 25.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Cutter 3.4 0 1 8.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 Sinker 13.9 0 1 8.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .149 .149 .135 0.0
2023 Sweeper 2.9 12 416 45.5 111 .111 .194 .165 42.1 43.2 29.4 .169 .267 .196 37.7
2023 Cutter 0.8 2 220 24.0 68 .270 .429 .327 13.2 5.9 7.7 .323 .508 .365 36.1
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 4 179 19.6 32 .154 .154 .244 30.3 37.5 25.0 .193 .290 .299 42.9
2023 Sinker -0.3 0 100 10.9 21 .278 .722 .452 18.2 9.5 20.0 .279 .416 .356 31.3
2022 Sweeper 1.5 6 408 44.2 101 .160 .245 .213 42.5 40.6 24.3 .155 .264 .215 35.2
2022 Cutter 3.3 8 250 27.1 71 .167 .197 .191 17.3 19.7 29.2 .209 .282 .246 22.6
2022 4-Seam Fastball 2.7 5 172 18.6 45 .105 .158 .204 31.6 44.4 34.5 .146 .243 .250 33.3
2022 Sinker 3.8 3 93 10.1 15 .200 .200 .193 10.3 13.3 20.0 .230 .263 .217 46.2
2021 Sweeper 0.0 0 108 44.3 27 .160 .320 .272 28.6 29.6 16.0 .224 .382 .290 29.4
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 0 106 43.4 22 .368 .421 .398 16.9 9.1 6.7 .359 .466 .403 47.1
2021 Changeup 4.1 1 26 10.7 8 .000 .000 .000 27.3 12.5 10.0 .296 .340 .274 42.9
2021 Sinker 1.7 0 4 1.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -1 188 66.2 44 .265 .353 .377 24.7 25.0 20.8 .252 .371 .368 34.8
2020 Sweeper -1.4 -1 75 26.4 18 .188 .188 .228 33.3 50.0 29.0 .139 .159 .195 42.9
2020 Changeup 1.3 0 21 7.4 6 .333 .333 .300 27.3 0.0 0.0 .207 .242 .196 33.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -1 367 64.7 87 .304 .420 .394 32.3 28.7 27.2 .252 .371 .340 43.5
2019 Slider -5.2 -6 107 18.9 24 .294 .529 .423 28.6 29.2 20.0 .166 .435 .357 36.4
2019 Changeup -0.5 0 42 7.4 14 .273 .364 .368 27.8 21.4 23.1 .376 .490 .441 37.5
2019 Sweeper -0.4 0 41 7.2 13 .231 .308 .304 17.6 30.8 30.8 .326 .427 .324 44.4
2019 Sinker 8.6 1 10 1.8 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 50.0 .015 .017 .015 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -4.3 -6 131 59.8 28 .261 .739 .461 19.3 17.9 18.5 .196 .408 .333 66.7
2018 Slider -8.1 -3 40 18.3 15 .250 .583 .477 23.5 13.3 16.7 .293 .661 .458 20.0
2018 Changeup -7.8 -3 39 17.8 14 .333 .667 .461 22.2 7.1 12.5 .295 .587 .422 45.5
2018 Sinker -1.8 0 9 4.1 2 .000 .000 .350 33.3 0.0 0.0 .109 .125 .399 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 Cutter 201 93.1 56 9.1 1:00 12:00 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 174 96.3 93 18.0 1:15 1:15 0
2023 Sinker 100 95.5 92 18.5 1:30 2:15 -45
2023 Sweeper 393 85.3 47 15.6 8:15 9:00 -45
2022 Cutter 249 93.3 54 8.7 12:30 11:45 45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 172 96.1 83 14.7 1:00 12:45 15
2022 Sinker 91 96.2 86 17.4 1:15 2:15 -60
2022 Sweeper 406 85.4 49 16.2 8:15 9:00 -45
2021 Changeup 26 85.6 64 5.2 1:30 3:15 -105
2021 4-Seam Fastball 106 95.4 90 16.1 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Sweeper 108 84.4 50 16.2 8:00 8:45 -45
2020 Changeup 19 86.0 76 8.2 1:30 2:30 -60
2020 4-Seam Fastball 176 94.6 96 18.3 1:00 1:00 0
2020 Sweeper 74 83.6 52 17.4 7:45 8:30 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 59 219 -9 1 -2 -2 -12
2019 140 567 6 1 -11 -2 -6
2020 68 284 1 1 -3 -2 -2
2021 69 293 2 2 -1 -1 2
2022 243 977 17 15 -4 -4 24
2023 243 958 13 10 -3 -2 18
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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 219 44.3 71.1 84.1 21.3 65.4 41.6 61.0 43.4 21.1 9.1 80.0
2019 567 48.3 65.3 76.0 22.2 52.3 38.6 57.9 43.0 30.3 7.1 77.5
2020 284 52.8 60.0 74.4 16.4 63.6 41.2 61.8 39.4 26.8 6.7 78.9
2021 244 56.1 70.8 83.5 29.0 58.1 38.1 68.4 52.5 22.7 11.5 75.0
2022 923 50.5 62.9 76.8 28.2 48.1 42.8 67.7 45.7 30.1 8.0 74.3
2023 915 50.2 63.8 81.2 31.4 46.2 42.1 60.3 47.7 29.4 9.1 74.7
2024 12 66.7 37.5 100.0 50.0 50.0 75.0 66.7 41.7 20.0 8.3 0.0
Player 3,164 50.3 64.4 78.9 26.6 50.7 41.4 62.8 45.6 28.4 8.4 75.5
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
2018 69 61 29
2019 65 48 31
2020 71 49 46
2021 80 48 65
2022 98 98 98 94 98 95 92 93 93 94 72 80 34 85 50 67
2023 90 70 79 81 91 79 73 67 65 83 88 73 78 85 70 59
2024 100 95 100 95 95 45 45 100 91 82 64 36 91
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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 26.3 5 3.0 2 0 1 2 40.0
2019 25.0 2 2.0 0 0 1 1 50.0
2020 24.1 1 0.1 1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 24.4 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2022 24.3 2 2.2 0 0 2 1 50.0
2023 27.0 6 4.5 2 3 4 2 33.3
Player 26.0 17 12.7 4 4 8 7 41.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
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 1
2020 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 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
2022 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 2
2023 6 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 5 6 4 4 5 5 3 4 7 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 5
Player 17 11 12 13 14 13 14 11 12 12 12 15 12 11 13 14 12 12 13 14 11 13 16 13 11 12 14 13 13 13 12
! 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 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.1 94.1 0.0 94.5 0.4 95.4 0.9 94.8 -0.6 94.8 0.0 94.8 0.0
Offspeed Velocity 87.9 85.5 -2.4 85.9 0.4 85.6 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 86.7 84.6 -2.1 83.6 -1.0 84.4 0.8 85.3 0.9 85.4 0.1 84.1 -1.3
Exit Velocity 91.6 91.7 0.1 85.1 -6.6 89.2 4.1 86.1 -3.1 88.2 2.1 73.5 -14.7
Launch Angle 15.2 13.1 -2.1 14.9 1.8 8.8 -6.1 15.0 6.2 15.0 0.0 -6.8 -21.8
Barrel % 12.5 5.3 -7.2 2.8 -2.5 4.9 2.1 4.3 -0.6 6.6 2.3 0.0 -6.6
Hard Hit % 47.5 41.3 -6.2 36.1 -5.2 39.0 2.9 31.2 -7.8 36.8 5.6 0.0 -36.8
Sweet Spot % 30.0 38.7 8.7 36.1 -2.6 46.3 10.2 31.2 -15.1 29.6 -1.6 50.0 20.4
xBA .243 .256 0.013 .214 -0.042 .284 0.070 .175 -0.109 .227 0.052 .075 -0.152
BA .271 .286 0.015 .250 -0.036 .212 -0.038 .155 -0.057 .177 0.022 .000 -0.177
xwOBA .387 .346 -0.041 .307 -0.039 .332 0.025 .231 -0.101 .274 0.043 .075 -0.199
wOBA .445 .361 -0.084 .322 -0.039 .263 -0.059 .197 -0.066 .232 0.035 .000 -0.232
xSLG .510 .392 -0.118 .295 -0.097 .406 0.111 .266 -0.140 .353 0.087 .097 -0.256
SLG .667 .411 -0.256 .304 -0.107 .308 0.004 .211 -0.097 .302 0.091 .000 -0.302
K% 13.6 28.6 15.0 29.4 0.8 19.0 -10.4 33.0 14.0 28.2 -4.8 33.3 5.1
BB% 16.9 14.3 -2.6 13.2 -1.1 8.6 -4.6 6.4 -2.2 5.6 -0.8 0.0 -5.6
Swing % 43.4 43.0 -0.4 39.4 -3.6 52.5 13.1 45.7 -6.8 47.7 2.0 41.7 -6.0
Whiff% 21.1 30.3 9.2 26.8 -3.5 22.7 -4.1 30.1 7.4 29.4 -0.7 20.0 -9.4
In Zone % 44.3 48.3 4.0 52.8 4.5 56.1 3.3 50.5 -5.6 50.2 -0.3 66.7 16.5
Out of Zone % 55.7 51.7 -4.0 47.2 -4.5 43.9 -3.3 49.5 5.6 49.8 0.3 33.3 -16.5
Out of Zone Swing % 21.3 22.2 0.9 16.4 -5.8 29.0 12.6 28.2 -0.8 31.4 3.2 50.0 18.6
First Pitch Swing % 30.5 25.0 -5.5 20.6 -4.4 26.3 5.7 31.0 4.7 20.7 -10.3 0.0 -20.7
First Pitch Strike % 61.0 57.9 -3.1 61.8 3.9 68.4 6.6 67.7 -0.7 60.3 -7.4 66.7 6.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 59 .445 32 1 3.1 27 9 33.3
2019 Shifts 140 .361 84 22 26.2 56 36 64.3
2020 Shifts 68 .322 44 21 47.7 24 12 50.0
2021 Shifts 57 .263 30 11 36.7 27 19 70.4
2022 Shifts 232 .197 124 46 37.1 108 90 83.3
2023 Shades 228 .233 114 7 6.1 114 66 57.9
! 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 55 19.6 0.0% 0.0% 51 22.2 2.0% 2.0%
2019 107 21.0 0.0% 0.9% 142 25.6 0.0% 14.8%
2020 79 19.7 0.0% 2.5% 53 26.5 0.0% 18.9%
2021 66 20.0 0.0% 4.5% 34 25.5 0.0% 20.6%
2022 285 20.7 0.0% 3.9% 148 24.0 0.0% 9.5%
2023 266 15.8 30.1% 0.0% 153 18.7 3.9% 0.7%
2024 7 16.2 28.6% 0.0% 0 -- -- --
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Pitch Distribution