Hunter Strickland
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 225LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 18, #564, Boston Red Sox | Pike County (GA) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 3 2 2.61 57 0 0 58.2 58 1.16
2022 3 3 4.91 66 0 7 62.1 60 1.51
2024 3 2 3.31 72 0 1 73.1 57 1.09
10 Seasons 25 23 3.40 480 0 29 448 408 1.22
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 57 3-2 2.61 58.2 58 1.16
2022 66 3-3 4.91 62.1 60 1.51
2024 72 3-2 3.31 73.1 57 1.09
10 Seasons 480 25-23 3.40 448 408 1.22
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 26 736 129 7 5.4 3.7 88.1 110.4 15.0 27.9 .208 .350 .238 .268 .338 31.8 26.2 5.2 2.46 2.94
2016 27 1019 172 9 5.2 3.6 89.5 113.6 9.9 32.6 .232 .380 .257 .291 .348 34.3 22.8 7.6 3.10 3.53
2017 28 984 179 14 7.8 5.2 87.3 112.9 18.4 33.5 .236 .429 .303 .319 .367 29.8 21.6 10.8 2.64 4.39
2018 29 796 142 11 7.7 5.5 89.0 109.9 15.7 34.5 .259 .428 .323 .337 .375 39.4 18.4 10.4 3.97 4.89
2019 30 391 76 7 9.2 6.7 87.8 116.4 18.4 32.9 .256 .495 .336 .350 .384 28.8 17.1 7.6 5.55 5.55
2020 31 61 11 0 0.0 0.0 80.7 105.7 -1.5 36.4 .244 .296 .364 .267 .325 27.3 25.0 6.3 8.10 2.97
2021 32 981 160 14 8.8 5.8 86.9 112.4 20.3 33.8 .214 .396 .292 .300 .350 29.4 24.0 9.1 2.61 3.78
2022 33 1099 184 18 9.8 6.3 89.8 112.5 17.6 38.0 .254 .447 .346 .354 .398 37.9 21.1 11.6 4.91 5.38
2024 35 1157 211 19 9.0 6.5 88.9 111.4 21.7 30.3 .213 .382 .286 .290 .321 35.5 19.4 8.2 3.31 3.49
Player 7224 1264 99 7.8 5.3 88.4 116.4 17.1 33.1 .232 .407 .297 .312 .358 33.7 21.6 9.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Strickland relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(31.9%) ,
Cutter
(31.4%) ,
Slider
(13.1%) ,
Sinker
(9.0%) ,
Sweeper
(8.5%) ,
Changeup
(6.1%) ,


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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
2015 39.5 21.7 30.2 8.5 25.6 39.5 34.9 3.9 29.5 30.2 24.8 3.1 5.4 3.7
2016 47.1 18.6 28.5 5.8 33.7 41.3 25.0 1.2 36.0 24.4 23.8 4.1 5.2 3.6
2017 38.5 26.3 23.5 11.7 26.3 42.5 30.2 2.2 27.9 31.8 24.0 5.6 7.8 5.2
2018 40.1 25.4 23.2 11.3 33.8 47.9 18.3 2.8 26.8 27.5 28.2 5.6 7.7 5.5
2019 32.9 32.9 26.3 7.9 46.1 13.2 40.8 2.6 25.0 32.9 22.4 3.9 9.2 6.7
2020 72.7 0.0 27.3 0.0 18.2 72.7 9.1 9.1 36.4 9.1 36.4 9.1 0.0 0.0
2021 35.0 28.7 22.5 13.8 39.4 30.6 30.0 4.4 25.0 36.3 21.3 3.8 8.8 5.8
2022 34.2 29.3 25.5 10.9 39.7 38.0 22.3 2.2 26.1 31.0 23.4 6.5 9.8 6.3
2024 35.1 35.1 18.0 11.8 40.8 36.5 22.7 1.9 25.1 37.4 20.4 5.7 9.0 6.5
Player 38.3 27.1 24.3 10.4 35.2 38.0 26.7 2.6 27.8 31.4 23.5 5.0 7.8 5.3
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Sweeper LAA R 98 81.5 42.9 1.9 18.4GLV 4.1 -1.4 3.0 18.4GLV 4.1
2024 Cutter LAA R 363 84.0 34.5 -2.4 13.0GLV 8.2 4.5 -3.8 13.0GLV 10.3
2024 Sinker LAA R 104 92.6 27.0 3.1 15.8ARM 0.8 5.0 2.3 15.8ARM 1.0
2024 Slider LAA R 152 85.1 39.0 2.6 6.3GLV 1.0 -1.1 2.7 6.3GLV 1.2
2024 Changeup LAA R 71 88.1 27.6 -2.3 14.3ARM 0.0 7.7 -2.8 14.3ARM 0.1
2024 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 369 94.2 16.0 -1.1 8.1ARM 0.4 15.0 -0.8 8.1ARM 0.6
2022 Cutter CIN R 2 87.8 27.3 0.3 3.5GLV 0.9 8.5 0.2 3.5GLV 0.8
2022 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 539 95.0 16.9 -2.4 5.0ARM -2.7 13.4 -2.7 5.0ARM -2.3
2022 Sinker CIN R 74 94.4 20.3 -1.6 12.6ARM -2.6 10.6 -2.2 12.6ARM -2.1
2022 Slider CIN R 415 84.8 39.4 2.7 8.5GLV 3.3 -1.3 3.1 8.5GLV 2.8
2022 Changeup CIN R 38 90.1 25.6 -2.5 13.4ARM -1.3 8.1 -2.2 13.4ARM -0.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 369 31.9 90 .205 .397 .314 19.2 22.2 17.7 .192 .400 .310 50.0
2024 Cutter 1.7 6 363 31.4 98 .185 .348 .268 25.6 23.5 20.7 .205 .372 .269 30.0
2024 Slider 1.8 3 152 13.1 34 .250 .344 .294 27.5 14.7 13.5 .172 .244 .214 18.5
2024 Sinker -5.2 -5 104 9.0 26 .375 .667 .435 17.6 3.8 8.3 .384 .642 .430 50.0
2024 Sweeper -0.6 -1 98 8.5 21 .211 .421 .307 19.5 19.0 11.4 .252 .448 .338 33.3
2024 Changeup 1.7 1 71 6.1 23 .095 .095 .139 29.0 17.4 14.8 .150 .201 .201 17.6
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -7 545 49.6 145 .243 .417 .365 22.7 16.6 15.3 .297 .539 .421 45.2
2022 Slider -0.5 -2 420 38.2 103 .245 .468 .329 36.8 28.2 21.8 .213 .393 .293 30.3
2022 Sinker 3.7 3 76 6.9 19 .235 .294 .282 18.9 5.3 7.7 .264 .297 .297 25.0
2022 Changeup -4.0 -2 39 3.5 10 .500 .700 .520 27.8 30.0 60.0 .207 .288 .212 42.9
2022 Cutter 9.7 0 2 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 71 88.1 93 16.4 1:30 2:15 -45
2024 Cutter 363 84.0 45 14.3 8:30 9:30 -60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 344 94.2 80 16.7 1:30 1:00 30
2024 Sinker 101 92.6 85 17.0 1:30 2:30 -60
2024 Slider 152 85.1 39 7.8 8:45 8:15 30
2024 Sweeper 97 81.5 63 19.7 8:00 8:45 -45
2022 Changeup 37 90.1 83 16.0 1:15 2:00 -45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 538 95.0 78 13.9 1:15 12:45 30
2022 Sinker 70 94.3 78 16.8 1:15 1:45 -30
2022 Slider 407 84.8 46 9.6 8:45 8:15 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 59 249 -2 1 -1 0 -1
2015 190 732 13 6 -3 -3 13
2016 256 1,038 12 9 -5 -4 12
2017 263 982 14 6 -8 -4 9
2018 199 794 4 2 -6 -3 -2
2019 110 424 -9 6 -2 -3 -8
2021 252 1,013 10 12 -6 -4 12
2022 278 1,082 8 2 -8 -9 -7
2024 292 1,157 13 3 -8 -4 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 %
2015 736 57.3 75.1 75.1 26.4 51.8 41.6 65.4 54.3 29.8 12.2 86.7
2016 1,019 50.6 72.5 79.1 27.2 58.4 41.1 56.8 50.1 25.4 7.2 75.3
2017 984 47.8 68.2 80.9 27.5 60.3 42.4 62.6 47.0 24.9 8.4 80.5
2018 796 48.4 70.1 78.4 25.9 62.3 42.1 56.5 47.2 25.3 7.9 77.8
2019 391 48.5 73.2 80.2 28.9 63.6 42.5 57.1 50.4 25.4 4.3 81.3
2020 61 55.7 76.5 76.9 22.2 66.7 55.7 56.3 52.5 25.0 4.9 66.7
2021 981 50.4 71.7 77.4 26.7 56.9 41.5 59.1 49.3 27.5 8.1 75.9
2022 1,099 47.3 70.5 80.9 26.3 50.0 41.2 61.8 47.3 28.3 8.9 80.2
2024 1,157 49.3 66.7 82.9 27.9 64.0 44.2 55.6 47.0 22.8 8.0 76.3
Player 7,224 49.9 70.7 79.4 27.0 58.3 42.2 59.4 48.8 26.1 8.3 79.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
2015 97 91 29 50
2016 73 71 61 58 74 76 66 24 53 64 54 67 28 97 89 69 56
2017 43 62 34 21 42 51 15 47 76 49 16 54 49 87 91 50
2018 78 84 35
2019 84 71 25
2021 65 80 50 29 75 61 33 84 97 54 38 61 36 72 79 32
2022 5 27 13 6 3 47 11 16 51 38 8 70 15 68 78 21
2024 72 83 56 25 83 42 23 47 76 21 47 28 41 47 63 13
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.3 4 3.1 1 4 3 1 25.0
2017 21.8 4 7.2 -3 7 3 4 100.0
2018 22.9 5 6.0 -1 2 4 3 60.0
2019 23.3 9 8.9 0 1 5 5 55.6
2021 22.5 8 7.6 0 5 6 3 37.5
2022 25.3 8 8.7 -1 4 6 4 50.0
2024 23.6 10 10.2 0 5 9 3 30.0
Player 23.5 48 51.7 -4 28 36 23 47.9
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 4 4 2 5 2 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 1 3 4 3 4 2 5 4 4 3 2 3 4 4 3
2017 4 7 6 9 7 7 7 8 5 6 7 8 7 7 6 9 7 6 8 7 7 8 10 10 7 7 6 10 7 7 4
2018 5 7 6 5 6 6 7 7 4 3 6 6 7 6 4 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 3 7 6 7 7 5
2019 9 10 8 10 10 8 10 9 9 6 8 10 9 8 8 10 8 8 10 10 9 10 10 10 8 8 10 10 9 8 6
2021 8 9 8 6 8 7 9 9 4 5 7 10 9 6 8 8 7 6 9 9 8 7 9 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 7
2022 8 10 6 8 8 9 9 8 7 7 8 11 9 8 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 10 10 8 7 10 12 9 8 8
2024 10 8 10 7 9 11 12 8 8 7 9 9 11 9 11 8 9 9 12 11 11 12 16 13 8 10 9 11 14 12 11
Player 48 55 46 50 50 50 57 53 39 36 47 57 56 47 49 55 47 47 59 56 55 54 67 61 47 45 52 60 58 53 44
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.5 97.4 -0.1 95.6 -1.8 94.8 -0.8 95.8 1.0 95.3 -0.5 94.8 -0.5 94.9 0.1
Offspeed Velocity 88.3 89.6 1.3 89.0 -0.6 87.8 -1.2 89.4 1.6 87.9 -1.5 89.3 1.4 90.1 0.8
Breaking Velocity 85.6 84.8 -0.8 84.0 -0.8 82.6 -1.4 83.6 1.0 84.0 0.4 83.8 -0.2 84.8 1.0
Exit Velocity 88.1 89.5 1.4 87.3 -2.2 89.0 1.7 87.8 -1.2 80.7 -7.1 86.9 6.2 89.8 2.9
Launch Angle 15.0 9.9 -5.1 18.4 8.5 15.7 -2.7 18.4 2.7 -1.5 -19.9 20.3 21.8 17.6 -2.7
Barrel % 5.4 5.2 -0.2 7.8 2.6 7.7 -0.1 9.2 1.5 0.0 -9.2 8.8 8.8 9.8 1.0
Hard Hit % 31.8 34.3 2.5 29.8 -4.5 39.4 9.6 28.8 -10.6 27.3 -1.5 29.4 2.1 37.9 8.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 27.9 32.6 4.7 33.5 0.9 34.5 1.0 32.9 -1.6 36.4 3.5 33.8 -2.6 38.0 4.2
xBA .208 .232 0.024 .236 0.004 .259 0.023 .256 -0.003 .244 -0.012 .214 -0.030 .254 0.040
BA .190 .221 0.031 .253 0.032 .247 -0.006 .237 -0.010 .333 0.096 .213 -0.120 .253 0.040
xwOBA .268 .291 0.023 .319 0.028 .337 0.018 .350 0.013 .267 -0.083 .300 0.033 .354 0.054
wOBA .238 .257 0.019 .303 0.046 .323 0.020 .336 0.013 .364 0.028 .292 -0.072 .346 0.054
xSLG .350 .380 0.030 .429 0.049 .428 -0.001 .495 0.067 .296 -0.199 .396 0.100 .447 0.051
SLG .302 .305 0.003 .365 0.060 .431 0.066 .495 0.064 .467 -0.028 .380 -0.087 .436 0.056
K% 26.2 22.8 -3.4 21.6 -1.2 18.4 -3.2 17.1 -1.3 25.0 7.9 24.0 -1.0 21.1 -2.9
BB% 5.2 7.6 2.4 10.8 3.2 10.4 -0.4 7.6 -2.8 6.3 -1.3 9.1 2.8 11.6 2.5
Swing % 54.3 50.1 -4.2 47.0 -3.1 47.2 0.2 50.4 3.2 52.5 2.1 49.3 -3.2 47.3 -2.0
Whiff% 29.8 25.4 -4.4 24.9 -0.5 25.3 0.4 25.4 0.1 25.0 -0.4 27.5 2.5 28.3 0.8
In Zone % 57.3 50.6 -6.7 47.8 -2.8 48.4 0.6 48.5 0.1 55.7 7.2 50.4 -5.3 47.3 -3.1
Out of Zone % 42.7 49.4 6.7 52.2 2.8 51.6 -0.6 51.5 -0.1 44.3 -7.2 49.6 5.3 52.7 3.1
Out of Zone Swing % 26.4 27.2 0.8 27.5 0.3 25.9 -1.6 28.9 3.0 22.2 -6.7 26.7 4.5 26.3 -0.4
First Pitch Swing % 31.9 28.0 -3.9 32.1 4.1 30.5 -1.6 29.5 -1.0 43.8 14.3 31.4 -12.4 33.2 1.8
First Pitch Strike % 65.4 56.8 -8.6 62.6 5.8 56.5 -6.1 57.1 0.6 56.3 -0.8 59.1 2.8 61.8 2.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 239 .266 161 0 0.0 78 4 5.1
2017 Shifts 263 .298 158 0 0.0 105 10 9.5
2018 Shifts 199 .323 102 4 3.9 97 20 20.6
2019 Shifts 99 .357 55 0 0.0 44 18 40.9
2020 Shifts 16 .364 8 0 0.0 8 5 62.5
2021 Shifts 242 .292 158 32 20.3 84 40 47.6
2022 Shifts 278 .347 155 10 6.5 123 68 55.3
2024 Shades 291 .283 187 78 41.7 104 70 67.3
! 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 %
2014 20 21.9 0.0% 0.0% 11 27.5 0.0% 36.4%
2015 176 22.9 4.0% 14.8% 125 27.7 8.0% 32.8%
2016 269 23.2 5.9% 15.6% 171 28.3 1.8% 38.0%
2017 232 22.3 0.4% 6.9% 221 27.3 0.0% 19.9%
2018 208 21.4 1.0% 11.5% 159 26.0 0.0% 15.7%
2019 99 24.4 0.0% 17.2% 58 27.0 0.0% 27.6%
2020 9 21.7 0.0% 11.1% 15 22.9 0.0% 6.7%
2021 267 24.2 0.0% 14.6% 164 28.1 0.0% 39.0%
2022 263 24.3 0.0% 18.3% 208 25.7 0.0% 21.2%
2024 325 16.8 8.3% 0.3% 204 19.1 0.0% 0.5%

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Pitch Distribution