Foster Griffin
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 3" 225LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 1, #28, Kansas City Royals | The First Academy (FL) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.2 1 0.00
2022 0 0 8.53 6 0 0 6.1 4 1.89
2 Seasons 1 0 6.75 7 0 0 8 5 1.50
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 1 1-0 0.00 1.2 1 0.00
2022 6 0-0 8.53 6.1 4 1.89
2 Seasons 7 1-0 6.75 8 5 1.50
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
2020 24 23 5 0 0.0 0.0 73.5 92.4 3.2 20.0 .087 .092 .000 .086 .103 0.0 16.7 0.0 0.00 0.39
2022 26 111 22 4 18.2 12.5 92.8 111.0 8.9 45.5 .338 .570 .408 .465 .490 50.0 12.5 15.6 8.53 10.75
Player 134 27 4 14.8 10.5 88.9 111.0 7.8 40.7 .286 .471 .340 .402 .413 40.7 13.2 13.2
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

Griffin relies on 4 pitches.
Cutter
(45.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(24.3%) ,
Curveball
(17.1%) ,
Changeup
(13.5%) ,


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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
2020 80.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 60.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 80.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2022 50.0 9.1 36.4 4.5 36.4 22.7 40.9 13.6 22.7 13.6 31.8 0.0 18.2 12.5
Player 55.6 7.4 29.6 7.4 40.7 18.5 40.7 11.1 33.3 14.8 25.9 0.0 14.8 10.5
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
2022 Changeup TOR L 15 85.1 29.0 -2.2 -7 13.9 -0.1 -1
2022 Curveball TOR L 19 79.8 58.1 5.6 11 7.1 -2.0 -22
2022 Cutter TOR L 50 88.9 28.2 -1.9 -7 4.9 2.7 119
2022 4-Seam Fastball TOR L 27 93.6 15.5 -0.2 -1 4.9 -3.0 -38
2020 Changeup KC L 3 85.2 29.4 -1.2 -4 14.2 0.7 5
2020 4-Seam Fastball KC L 7 91.8 16.9 -0.7 -4 5.3 -1.8 -25
2020 Curveball KC L 1 79.9 49.0 -3.4 -7 4.8 -4.1 -46
2020 Cutter KC L 12 86.2 35.3 -6.0 -21 3.3 0.4 13
! 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 %
2022 Cutter -6.1 -3 50 45.0 17 .400 .733 .503 20.8 11.8 22.2 .385 .710 .494 46.2
2022 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 -1 27 24.3 10 .167 .167 .256 12.5 20.0 20.0 .255 .323 .420 50.0
2022 Curveball 2.7 1 19 17.1 4 .000 .000 .233 28.6 0.0 0.0 .232 .255 .377 66.7
2022 Changeup 0.1 0 15 13.5 1 -- -- .700 60.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2020 Cutter 3.0 0 12 52.2 4 .000 .000 .225 20.0 25.0 33.3 .064 .068 .062 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 3.2 0 7 30.4 -- -- -- 60.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Changeup 9.0 0 3 13.0 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .132 .139 .134 0.0
2020 Curveball 0.0 0 1 4.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 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
2022 Changeup 15 85.1 93 16.4 10:15 10:00 15
2022 Curveball 19 79.8 83 19.3 5:00 5:15 -15
2022 Cutter 48 88.8 49 7.7 12:15 1:30 -75
2022 4-Seam Fastball 27 93.6 91 15.9 11:00 11:15 -15
2020 Cutter 12 86.2 49 6.0 1:15 2:45 -90
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 32 111 -1 -1 -1 -1 -3
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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 %
2020 23 39.1 88.9 75.0 35.7 60.0 43.5 50.0 56.5 30.8 4.3 100.0
2022 111 54.1 60.0 80.6 15.7 50.0 50.5 53.1 39.6 25.0 9.0 50.0
Player 134 51.5 63.8 79.5 20.0 53.8 49.3 52.6 42.5 26.3 8.2 54.5
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.

Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 -- 0 0.7 -1 1 1 0 --
Player -- 0 0.7 -1 1 1 0 --

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Player 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
! 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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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 6 .000 6 2 33.3 0 0 0.0
2022 Shifts 31 .397 22 1 4.5 9 3 33.3
! 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 %
2020 8 19.0 0.0% 0.0% 2 19.5 0.0% 50.0%
2022 25 17.4 12.0% 0.0% 25 19.9 0.0% 4.0%
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Pitch Distribution