Gabe Speier
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 11" 200LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 19, #563, Boston Red Sox | Dos Pueblos (CA) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 0 0 1.17 7 0 0 7.2 5 1.30
2022 0 1 2.33 17 1 0 19.1 14 1.09
2023 2 2 3.88 68 0 1 53.1 61 1.09
5 Seasons 2 4 3.86 109 1 1 93.1 96 1.21
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 7 0-0 1.17 7.2 5 1.30
2022 17 0-1 2.33 19.1 14 1.09
2023 68 2-2 3.88 53.1 61 1.09
5 Seasons 109 2-4 3.86 93.1 96 1.21
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 24 153 17 3 17.6 9.1 91.4 111.6 27.9 47.1 .222 .495 .333 .364 .463 41.2 30.3 18.2 7.36 6.08
2020 25 122 20 1 5.0 3.3 89.1 104.4 9.6 45.0 .365 .491 .418 .418 .491 45.0 20.0 13.3 7.94 8.22
2021 26 105 27 0 0.0 0.0 83.6 104.6 11.9 37.0 .233 .298 .288 .245 .273 18.5 15.2 0.0 1.17 2.49
2022 27 298 58 2 3.4 2.6 88.0 109.7 14.9 34.5 .205 .330 .273 .260 .286 32.8 18.2 6.5 2.33 2.76
2023 28 746 135 12 8.9 5.8 88.6 109.2 7.1 30.4 .253 .405 .290 .303 .404 43.0 28.0 5.3 4.01 3.83
Player 1424 257 18 7.0 4.7 88.2 111.6 10.9 34.2 .247 .393 .300 .303 .374 38.1 24.5 6.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Speier relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(47.1%) ,
Slider
(30.7%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(20.5%) ,
Changeup
(1.7%) ,


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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
2019 29.4 41.2 11.8 17.6 35.3 35.3 29.4 5.9 23.5 35.3 17.6 0.0 17.6 9.1
2020 45.0 10.0 40.0 5.0 45.0 35.0 20.0 0.0 30.0 10.0 50.0 0.0 5.0 3.3
2021 44.4 18.5 33.3 3.7 25.9 33.3 40.7 3.7 37.0 29.6 25.9 3.7 0.0 0.0
2022 46.6 25.9 19.0 8.6 29.3 51.7 19.0 0.0 39.7 31.0 15.5 8.6 3.4 2.6
2023 55.6 20.7 20.7 3.0 40.7 37.0 22.2 8.1 38.5 13.3 27.4 3.0 8.9 5.8
Player 49.8 22.2 22.6 5.4 36.6 39.7 23.7 5.1 37.0 20.2 25.7 3.9 7.0 4.7
MLB 44.7 23.4 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 Slider SEA L 229 84.3 39.7 2.4 6 3.3 -2.9 -47
2023 4-Seamer SEA L 153 95.1 15.0 0.1 1 9.8 0.9 10
2023 Changeup SEA L 13 88.4 32.1 1.1 4 13.9 -1.3 -8
2023 Sinker SEA L 351 94.4 24.1 0.3 1 17.7 2.3 15
2022 Slider KC L 122 81.9 43.3 3.5 9 4.6 -3.5 -43
2022 Sinker KC L 93 93.7 24.6 1.5 6 16.7 1.3 8
2022 4-Seamer KC L 73 93.6 17.5 -2.0 -13 10.3 2.0 24
2022 Changeup KC L 10 87.3 34.6 3.7 12 12.4 -2.2 -15
2021 4-Seamer KC L 26 93.9 18.3 -2.3 -14 9.6 1.3 15
2021 Sinker KC L 38 93.9 25.3 2.3 10 16.5 1.3 9
2021 Slider KC L 38 83.2 40.5 2.1 5 3.6 -3.4 -48
2021 Changeup KC L 3 88.1 32.6 2.7 9 12.4 -2.4 -16
2020 Sinker KC L 40 91.8 26.0 1.4 6 16.0 0.6 4
2020 Curveball KC L 26 77.9 45.2 -8.1 -15 9.4 -0.6 -6
2020 4-Seamer KC L 26 92.4 17.6 -1.1 -7 10.0 1.6 19
2020 Slider KC L 29 84.1 36.5 -1.1 -3 4.5 -0.9 -16
2019 Slider KC L 56 82.6 43.6 3.1 8 6.0 -1.3 -18
2019 Changeup KC L 2 84.0 32.3 -1.1 -3 14.6 0.1 1
2019 Sinker KC L 15 93.7 19.2 -3.8 -16 14.2 -1.3 -8
2019 4-Seamer KC L 80 94.4 16.8 -0.7 -4 11.4 2.7 31
! 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 Sinker 0.9 3 351 47.1 103 .299 .443 .344 18.8 14.6 20.5 .279 .415 .324 37.8
2023 Slider 0.6 1 229 30.7 57 .204 .333 .250 41.9 43.9 24.8 .237 .350 .260 41.9
2023 4-Seamer 3.5 5 153 20.5 40 .135 .243 .201 34.8 45.0 21.7 .196 .412 .288 63.2
2023 Changeup -11.4 -1 13 1.7 3 .667 1.667 .967 0.0 0.0 0.0 .383 .972 .561 66.7
2022 Slider 2.2 3 122 40.9 35 .152 .152 .174 23.2 22.9 21.1 .176 .243 .195 34.6
2022 Sinker 0.9 1 93 31.2 29 .222 .333 .250 15.6 20.7 25.0 .175 .272 .229 28.6
2022 4-Seamer -2.1 -2 73 24.5 13 .455 1.000 .619 21.9 0.0 0.0 .362 .727 .502 36.4
2022 Changeup -2.5 0 10 3.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Slider -0.1 0 38 36.2 10 .333 .333 .340 35.7 20.0 22.2 .333 .405 .360 14.3
2021 Sinker 8.1 3 38 36.2 16 .250 .250 .225 13.6 6.3 33.3 .201 .264 .203 20.0
2021 4-Seamer -4.6 -1 26 24.8 7 .429 .429 .386 15.4 28.6 33.3 .176 .237 .173 20.0
2021 Changeup -0.4 0 3 2.9 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 Sinker 1.9 1 40 32.8 15 .333 .400 .346 26.3 20.0 37.5 .280 .338 .274 41.7
2020 Slider -2.5 -1 29 23.8 4 .333 .667 .488 50.0 25.0 14.3 .360 .408 .429 50.0
2020 Curveball 6.0 2 27 22.1 5 .200 .200 .180 33.3 40.0 28.6 .439 .558 .435 66.7
2020 4-Seamer -5.6 -1 26 21.3 6 .667 1.667 .833 14.3 0.0 0.0 .642 1.176 .736 33.3
2019 4-Seamer -0.3 0 80 52.3 19 .143 .429 .355 18.8 21.1 16.0 .193 .531 .399 30.0
2019 Slider -1.4 -1 56 36.6 11 .300 .600 .409 28.6 36.4 18.2 .328 .592 .408 66.7
2019 Sinker 4.4 1 15 9.8 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 66.7 25.0 .002 .002 .002 0.0
2019 Changeup -6.7 0 2 1.3 -- -- -- -- -- 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 12 88.5 92 15.3 10:00 9:15 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 151 95.1 91 17.9 10:30 10:45 -15
2023 Sinker 349 94.3 92 19.4 10:30 9:30 60
2023 Slider 225 84.3 27 4.8 2:45 4:15 -90
2022 4-Seam Fastball 73 93.6 92 16.9 10:15 10:45 -30
2022 Sinker 92 93.7 95 18.5 10:15 9:30 45
2022 Slider 121 81.9 33 6.8 3:15 4:30 -75
2021 4-Seam Fastball 26 93.9 85 15.5 10:30 10:45 -15
2021 Sinker 36 93.9 91 18.0 10:30 9:30 60
2021 Slider 38 83.2 30 5.1 3:00 4:15 -75
2020 Curveball 15 78.0 52 10.8 3:45 3:30 15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 14 92.3 86 17.3 10:30 10:45 -15
2020 Sinker 23 91.5 86 17.8 10:30 9:30 60
2020 Slider 17 84.5 27 5.2 1:30 2:45 -75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 33 153 0 1 -1 -1 -1
2020 30 122 0 2 0 -1 0
2021 33 105 3 0 -1 0 2
2022 77 298 5 0 -1 -2 2
2023 203 746 4 9 -1 -4 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 153 47.1 65.3 85.1 27.2 54.5 41.8 54.5 45.1 24.6 6.5 70.0
2020 122 41.8 56.9 82.8 23.9 47.1 35.2 50.0 37.7 30.4 4.1 100.0
2021 105 58.1 62.3 84.2 27.3 58.3 46.7 69.7 47.6 22.0 11.4 58.3
2022 298 49.0 67.1 87.8 23.7 55.6 40.3 45.5 45.0 20.1 6.0 61.1
2023 746 47.9 67.2 81.3 39.3 53.6 37.5 78.9 52.7 28.5 6.3 66.0
Player 1,424 48.2 65.8 83.4 32.6 53.8 39.0 66.8 48.6 26.2 6.5 66.3
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
2019 68 90 14
2020 29 41 14
2021 58 8 12
2022 47 12 16
2023 62 34 47 59 66 67 31 58 22 81 90 69 100 59 14 10
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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 25.4 2 2.4 0 0 3 0 0.0
2020 23.4 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2022 20.9 2 0.9 1 1 1 0 0.0
2023 23.1 7 6.6 0 2 4 3 42.9
Player 23.2 12 11.0 1 3 8 4 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 0 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 1
2020 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 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
2023 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 6 7 6 6 8 6 7 6 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 8 6 6 7 6 7 7 6
Player 12 11 9 11 12 10 12 11 8 10 9 12 11 11 10 13 11 11 12 12 11 11 12 13 11 10 11 12 12 11 9
! 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 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.3 92.0 -2.3 ↓ 93.9 1.9 ↑ 93.7 -0.2 ↓ 94.6 0.9 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 84.0 0.0 0.0 88.1 0.0 87.3 -0.8 ↓ 88.4 1.1 ↑
Breaking Velocity 82.6 81.1 -1.5 ↓ 83.2 2.1 ↑ 81.9 -1.3 ↓ 84.3 2.4 ↑
Exit Velocity 91.4 89.1 -2.3 ↓ 83.6 -5.5 ↓ 88.0 4.4 ↑ 88.6 0.6 ↑
Launch Angle 27.9 9.6 -18.3 ↓ 11.9 2.3 ↑ 14.9 3.0 ↑ 7.1 -7.8 ↓
Barrel % 17.6 5.0 -12.6 ↓ 0.0 -5.0 ↓ 3.4 3.4 ↑ 8.9 5.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 41.2 45.0 3.8 ↑ 18.5 -26.5 ↓ 32.8 14.3 ↑ 43.0 10.2 ↑
Sweet Spot % 47.1 45.0 -2.1 ↓ 37.0 -8.0 ↓ 34.5 -2.5 ↓ 30.4 -4.1 ↓
xBA .222 .365 0.143 ↑ .233 -0.132 ↓ .205 -0.028 ↓ .253 0.048 ↑
BA .185 .346 0.161 ↑ .313 -0.033 ↓ .225 -0.088 ↓ .246 0.021 ↑
xwOBA .364 .418 0.054 ↑ .245 -0.173 ↓ .260 0.015 ↑ .303 0.043 ↑
wOBA .333 .418 0.085 ↑ .288 -0.130 ↓ .273 -0.015 ↓ .290 0.017 ↑
xSLG .495 .491 -0.004 ↓ .298 -0.193 ↓ .330 0.032 ↑ .405 0.075 ↑
SLG .444 .538 0.094 ↑ .313 -0.225 ↓ .352 0.039 ↑ .393 0.041 ↑
K% 30.3 20.0 -10.3 ↓ 15.2 -4.8 ↓ 18.2 3.0 ↑ 28.0 9.8 ↑
BB% 18.2 13.3 -4.9 ↓ 0.0 -13.3 ↓ 6.5 6.5 ↑ 5.3 -1.2 ↓
Swing % 45.1 37.7 -7.4 ↓ 47.6 9.9 ↑ 45.0 -2.6 ↓ 52.7 7.7 ↑
Whiff% 24.6 30.4 5.8 ↑ 22.0 -8.4 ↓ 20.1 -1.9 ↓ 28.5 8.4 ↑
In Zone % 47.1 41.8 -5.3 ↓ 58.1 16.3 ↑ 49.0 -9.1 ↓ 47.9 -1.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 52.9 58.2 5.3 ↑ 41.9 -16.3 ↓ 51.0 9.1 ↑ 52.1 1.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 27.2 23.9 -3.3 ↓ 27.3 3.4 ↑ 23.7 -3.6 ↓ 39.3 15.6 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 16.7 -16.6 ↓ 30.3 13.6 ↑ 27.3 -3.0 ↓ 42.2 14.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 54.5 50.0 -4.5 ↓ 69.7 19.7 ↑ 45.5 -24.2 ↓ 78.9 33.4 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 33 .333 19 0 0.0 14 3 21.4
2020 Shifts 30 .418 19 5 26.3 11 6 54.5
2021 Shifts 33 .288 19 4 21.1 14 4 28.6
2022 Shifts 77 .273 48 4 8.3 29 18 62.1
2023 Shades 203 .290 104 14 13.5 99 52 52.5
! 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 57 19.3 0.0% 5.3% 14 25.1 0.0% 7.1%
2020 43 19.8 9.3% 2.3% 19 20.0 0.0% 10.5%
2021 26 21.1 0.0% 0.0% 22 23.3 0.0% 9.1%
2022 78 18.8 2.6% 2.6% 67 22.2 1.5% 7.5%
2023 189 16.5 24.9% 0.5% 100 17.5 15.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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