Garrett Whitlock
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 5" 225LBS | Age: 26

Draft: 2017 | Rd: 18, #542, New York Yankees | Alabama-Birmingham

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 2 2 5.14 4 4 0 21.0 15 1.19
3 Seasons 14 8 3.02 81 13 8 172.2 178 1.08
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 4 2-2 5.14 21.0 15 1.19
3 Seasons 81 14-8 3.02 172.2 178 1.08

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
2021 25 1150 197 8 4.1 2.7 87.7 111.7 7.5 34.5 .227 .332 .272 .266 .335 37.1 27.2 5.7 1.96 2.94
2022 26 1166 213 17 8.0 5.5 88.8 113.0 15.3 35.2 .227 .366 .278 .278 .354 39.0 26.4 4.8 3.45 3.17
2023 27 357 64 7 10.9 8.4 87.9 105.9 13.3 31.3 .271 .467 .364 .333 .387 35.9 18.1 3.6 5.14 4.58
Player 2673 474 32 6.8 4.6 88.2 113.0 11.8 34.4 .233 .364 .286 .279 .351 37.8 25.7 5.1
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Whitlock relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(52.4%) ,
Changeup
(24.9%) ,
Sweeper
(22.4%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(0.3%) ,


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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
2021 49.7 17.8 25.9 6.6 35.5 29.4 35.0 4.6 37.6 19.8 26.4 7.6 4.1 2.7
2022 40.8 25.8 22.5 10.8 37.6 33.8 28.6 3.3 31.0 27.2 23.0 7.0 8.0 5.5
2023 42.2 28.1 23.4 6.3 42.2 31.3 26.6 1.6 32.8 28.1 23.4 3.1 10.9 8.4
Player 44.7 22.8 24.1 8.4 37.3 31.6 31.0 3.6 34.0 24.3 24.5 6.8 6.8 4.6
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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
2023 Sinker BOS R 187 93.6 18.5 -3.1 -14 15.8 0.6 4
2023 Sweeper BOS R 80 79.3 47.6 4.8 11 9.8 -4.4 -31
2023 4-Seamer BOS R 1 93.7 14.9 -0.3 -2 9.9 2.7 37
2023 Changeup BOS R 89 83.8 33.3 0.6 2 17.1 2.0 13
2022 4-Seamer BOS R 33 95.1 14.2 -0.2 -1 10.7 3.2 42
2022 Slider BOS R 210 83.2 40.9 3.1 8 1.6 -4.8 -75
2022 Changeup BOS R 231 84.6 33.3 0.9 3 18.0 3.2 22
2022 Sinker BOS R 692 95.3 17.2 -2.6 -13 15.3 0.2 2
2021 Slider BOS R 190 83.7 38.4 0.9 2 4.4 -2.0 -32
2021 Sinker BOS R 613 95.9 18.2 -0.7 -4 16.0 1.1 7
2021 4-Seamer BOS R 109 96.3 14.6 -1.0 -7 11.0 3.3 42
2021 Changeup BOS R 237 83.1 36.3 1.9 6 16.9 2.8 20
! 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 1.0 2 187 52.4 30 .333 .630 .437 12.3 0.0 0.0 .313 .579 .410 29.6
2023 Changeup 3.2 3 89 24.9 32 .313 .625 .394 23.5 21.9 15.9 .282 .496 .330 36.0
2023 Sweeper -2.9 -2 80 22.4 21 .150 .300 .214 47.5 38.1 27.6 .199 .270 .226 50.0
2023 4-Seamer 1.8 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 Sinker -1.0 -7 692 59.3 178 .244 .372 .301 25.2 23.0 22.3 .232 .366 .289 39.5
2022 Changeup -1.9 -4 231 19.8 75 .113 .225 .175 27.3 22.7 18.3 .208 .306 .244 29.1
2022 Slider 1.3 3 210 18.0 52 .308 .577 .382 45.8 42.3 28.9 .240 .434 .288 56.7
2022 4-Seamer 0.3 0 33 2.8 6 .167 .667 .333 28.6 33.3 22.2 .221 .520 .312 25.0
2021 Sinker -1.6 -10 614 53.4 164 .291 .417 .335 21.8 18.9 18.1 .265 .379 .302 41.0
2021 Changeup 0.0 0 237 20.6 58 .185 .259 .232 31.0 32.8 22.6 .201 .266 .225 25.0
2021 Slider -3.6 -7 190 16.5 38 .216 .297 .236 39.2 34.2 22.4 .211 .289 .229 33.3
2021 4-Seamer -3.4 -4 109 9.5 36 .061 .242 .169 37.9 50.0 31.0 .116 .272 .207 40.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 235 83.1 91 18.0 2:30 2:45 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 108 96.3 98 18.3 1:30 1:15 15
2021 Sinker 594 95.9 98 19.9 1:30 2:00 -30
2021 Slider 187 83.8 30 5.3 9:15 8:45 30
2022 Changeup 231 84.6 95 19.4 2:30 2:45 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 33 95.1 99 19.1 1:30 1:15 15
2022 Sinker 688 95.3 100 20.2 1:45 1:45 0
2022 Slider 205 83.2 26 4.9 8:15 7:00 75
2023 Changeup 89 83.8 94 18.8 2:30 2:30 0
2023 Sinker 187 93.6 98 20.5 1:30 1:45 -15
2023 Sweeper 80 79.3 67 12.2 7:45 8:00 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 325 1,249 -15 -17 4 4 -23
2022 311 1,166 -7 -7 6 0 -8
2023 83 357 1 0 1 1 2
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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 %
2021 1,150 53.0 68.5 77.8 29.8 58.4 42.8 64.9 50.3 27.6 8.4 80.4
2022 1,166 54.0 70.5 76.8 28.7 50.6 44.4 65.9 51.3 29.4 8.1 83.0
2023 357 49.9 64.0 86.8 32.4 55.2 45.9 77.1 48.2 23.8 8.4 90.0
Player 2,673 53.0 68.8 78.4 29.7 54.7 43.9 66.8 50.5 27.9 8.3 82.8
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 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
2021 90 66 85 91 86 90 95 74 63 74 86 63 67 87 21 99
2022 78 62 58 53 88 49 36 41 41 72 91 75 43 77 27 99
2023 36 23 21 23 58 43 18 69 69 20 94 36 83 55 4 99
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 21.9 8 7.5 1 4 4 4 50.0
2022 23.2 10 9.8 0 6 11 3 30.0
2023 26.7 5 4.2 1 1 4 2 40.0
Player 23.5 23 21.5 2 11 19 9 39.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 8 7 7 11 8 7 8 8 5 7 7 9 8 7 8 9 7 6 8 7 7 6 9 6 7 7 9 7 8 8 6
2022 10 8 8 11 9 10 12 9 5 6 7 9 11 10 10 14 7 10 12 9 12 12 14 14 5 8 12 10 12 8 9
2023 5 3 3 5 5 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 6 5 4 3 6 5 4 4 7 6 3 4 4 4 6 5 3
Player 23 18 18 27 22 21 24 20 14 16 17 22 23 20 24 28 18 19 26 21 23 22 30 26 15 19 25 21 26 21 18
! 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.9 95.3 -0.6 93.6 -1.7
Offspeed Velocity 83.1 84.6 1.5 83.8 -0.8
Breaking Velocity 83.7 83.2 -0.5 79.3 -3.9
Exit Velocity 87.7 88.8 1.1 87.9 -0.9
Launch Angle 7.5 15.3 7.8 13.3 -2.0
Barrel % 4.1 8.0 3.9 10.9 2.9
Hard Hit % 37.1 39.0 1.9 35.9 -3.1
Sweet Spot % 34.5 35.2 0.7 31.3 -3.9
xBA .227 .227 0.000 .271 0.044
BA .233 .222 -0.011 .278 0.056
xwOBA .266 .278 0.012 .333 0.055
wOBA .272 .278 0.006 .364 0.086
xSLG .332 .366 0.034 .467 0.101
SLG .349 .379 0.030 .544 0.165
K% 27.2 26.4 -0.8 18.1 -8.3
BB% 5.7 4.8 -0.9 3.6 -1.2
Swing % 50.3 51.3 1.0 48.2 -3.1
Whiff% 27.6 29.4 1.8 23.8 -5.6
In Zone % 53.0 54.0 1.0 49.9 -4.1
Out of Zone % 47.0 46.0 -1.0 50.1 4.1
Out of Zone Swing % 29.8 28.7 -1.1 32.4 3.7
First Pitch Swing % 30.7 34.4 3.7 30.1 -4.3
First Pitch Strike % 64.9 65.9 1.0 77.1 11.2
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2021 286 .262 182 30 16.5 104 64 61.5
2022 311 .278 181 12 6.6 130 92 70.8
2023 83 .364 41 0 0.0 42 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 303 15.7 41.9% 0.7% 208 21.9 0.5% 6.7%
2022 355 16.4 28.5% 0.8% 134 21.9 0.0% 13.4%
2023 78 12.3 91.0% 0.0% 42 17.3 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution