Jack Flaherty
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 4" 225LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 1, #34, St. Louis Cardinals | Harvard-Westlake (CA) HS

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 2 1 4.25 9 8 0 36.0 33 1.61
6 Seasons 34 25 3.41 102 98 0 523.1 600 1.11
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 9 2-1 4.25 36.0 33 1.61
6 Seasons 102 34-25 3.41 523.1 600 1.11

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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
2017 21 358 63 4 6.3 4.3 84.3 109.3 9.5 41.3 .253 .435 .354 .334 .383 22.6 21.3 10.6 6.33 4.86
2018 22 2587 363 24 6.6 3.9 86.9 110.8 15.6 30.9 .203 .325 .281 .279 .343 34.7 29.6 9.6 3.34 3.25
2019 23 3179 479 33 6.9 4.3 86.6 116.3 15.5 33.4 .215 .367 .254 .279 .362 30.3 29.9 7.1 2.75 3.38
2020 24 719 102 7 6.9 4.1 87.7 110.4 9.3 37.3 .262 .432 .299 .341 .438 32.4 28.8 9.4 4.91 5.03
2021 25 1353 205 19 9.3 5.9 89.8 113.2 13.4 38.0 .245 .457 .280 .337 .423 41.5 26.4 8.1 3.22 4.89
2022 26 662 107 6 5.6 3.6 87.2 111.4 11.8 38.3 .242 .390 .358 .341 .358 30.8 19.8 13.2 4.25 4.94
Player 8858 1319 93 7.1 4.3 87.2 116.3 14.1 34.5 .223 .378 .282 .300 .373 33.1 28.0 8.8
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Flaherty relies on 6 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(48.3%) ,
Slider
(25.2%) ,
Curveball
(16.5%) ,
Sinker
(5.9%) ,
Cutter
(3.3%) ,
Changeup
(0.8%) ,


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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
2017 49.2 25.4 25.4 0.0 33.3 49.2 17.5 6.3 41.3 20.6 20.6 3.2 6.3 4.3
2018 43.3 23.4 23.7 9.6 43.0 34.7 22.3 4.7 32.0 27.8 23.7 4.1 6.6 3.9
2019 40.7 23.0 24.6 11.7 37.8 35.1 27.1 4.6 30.5 27.3 23.6 6.3 6.9 4.3
2020 45.1 16.7 32.4 5.9 33.3 43.1 23.5 5.9 33.3 14.7 30.4 8.8 6.9 4.1
2021 40.0 28.3 25.9 5.9 37.1 36.6 26.3 4.9 29.8 22.9 23.4 9.8 9.3 5.9
2022 44.9 23.4 27.1 4.7 47.7 32.7 19.6 6.5 34.6 22.4 22.4 8.4 5.6 3.6
Player 42.4 23.6 25.4 8.6 39.3 36.3 24.3 5.0 31.8 25.1 23.9 6.4 7.1 4.3
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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
2022 Slider STL R 167 83.8 37.6 0.5 1 7.4 -0.5 -6
2022 Cutter STL R 22 88.2 28.8 -1.4 -5 5.3 3.1 138
2022 Curveball STL R 109 77.2 56.6 1.5 3 13.6 2.0 17
2022 4-Seamer STL R 320 93.3 17.5 -1.6 -10 3.6 -4.7 -56
2022 Sinker STL R 39 91.0 24.9 -0.3 -1 11.5 -3.5 -23
2022 Changeup STL R 5 86.2 29.5 -2.4 -8 12.2 -2.1 -15
2021 4-Seamer STL R 685 93.6 15.8 -0.4 -3 4.0 -3.8 -48
2021 Sinker STL R 84 90.9 24.1 0.5 2 11.7 -3.0 -20
2021 Curveball STL R 177 76.2 60.1 2.5 4 12.1 1.5 14
2021 Slider STL R 383 83.7 34.8 -3.1 -8 7.4 0.1 1
2021 Changeup STL R 24 84.5 31.2 -0.9 -3 11.1 -2.9 -21
2020 Curveball STL R 98 77.3 58.1 2.4 4 13.0 2.4 23
2020 Sinker STL R 82 92.1 24.0 1.3 6 11.9 -2.8 -19
2020 Changeup STL R 15 85.7 29.7 -1.6 -5 13.4 0.0 0
2020 Slider STL R 206 84.4 35.3 -2.4 -6 6.4 0.5 9
2020 4-Seamer STL R 318 94.0 15.9 -0.5 -3 5.8 -2.1 -27
2019 Curveball STL R 383 78.2 56.5 1.4 3 12.9 1.8 16
2019 Sinker STL R 379 92.0 23.5 0.4 2 11.5 -2.9 -20
2019 Slider STL R 876 84.8 33.3 -3.0 -8 6.4 0.7 13
2019 Changeup STL R 64 86.2 29.5 -0.8 -3 11.7 -2.5 -18
2019 4-Seamer STL R 1,476 94.3 15.8 -0.2 -1 4.8 -3.1 -39
2018 4-Seamer STL R 1,034 93.2 16.7 -0.3 -2 4.7 -2.9 -38
2018 Sinker STL R 412 91.1 24.2 0.5 2 12.1 -2.1 -15
2018 Slider STL R 774 83.6 34.7 -2.6 -7 5.4 -0.2 -4
2018 Curveball STL R 289 77.2 57.4 2.3 4 13.3 1.9 17
2018 Changeup STL R 77 85.3 30.0 -1.2 -4 12.5 -1.5 -11
2017 Sinker STL R 92 92.6 18.6 -2.3 -11 12.5 -2.2 -15
2017 Changeup STL R 21 87.4 22.7 -5.1 -18 13.6 -0.6 -4
2017 4-Seamer STL R 105 93.4 14.0 1.1 7 4.8 -3.4 -41
2017 Slider STL R 89 84.5 33.5 -1.4 -4 2.5 -2.0 -43
2017 Curveball STL R 48 77.6 57.4 6.1 12 10.8 0.9 9
! 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 4-Seamer 2.4 8 320 48.3 89 .319 .594 .467 19.9 19.1 17.0 .260 .441 .392 32.7
2022 Slider -1.7 -3 167 25.2 45 .214 .286 .281 35.4 24.4 21.6 .235 .380 .283 34.4
2022 Curveball -3.3 -4 109 16.5 21 .150 .200 .179 35.9 23.8 18.5 .240 .335 .269 20.0
2022 Sinker -1.3 -1 39 5.9 6 .333 .333 .300 7.1 0.0 0.0 .147 .167 .139 33.3
2022 Cutter 3.7 1 22 3.3 5 .000 .000 .420 11.1 0.0 0.0 .096 .096 .456 0.0
2022 Changeup 5.6 0 5 0.8 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2021 4-Seamer -0.8 -6 685 50.6 166 .193 .379 .307 17.0 22.9 17.3 .259 .485 .357 44.5
2021 Slider -0.1 0 383 28.3 104 .215 .366 .306 40.5 29.8 23.3 .241 .481 .346 36.5
2021 Curveball -0.3 0 177 13.1 31 .167 .300 .215 39.3 41.9 23.2 .207 .345 .252 35.3
2021 Sinker -0.7 -1 84 6.2 14 .154 .231 .204 33.3 14.3 20.0 .210 .315 .259 54.5
2021 Changeup 2.8 1 24 1.8 6 .400 .600 .475 33.3 16.7 100.0 .194 .228 .277 25.0
2020 4-Seamer 0.2 1 318 44.2 74 .238 .397 .331 24.3 28.4 21.6 .305 .562 .410 37.2
2020 Slider -0.5 -1 206 28.7 57 .176 .314 .276 49.5 36.8 22.3 .179 .289 .252 23.3
2020 Curveball 2.4 2 98 13.6 21 .263 .421 .300 34.2 28.6 27.3 .266 .363 .294 28.6
2020 Sinker -2.2 -2 82 11.4 14 .167 .250 .254 30.0 7.1 9.1 .317 .394 .369 45.5
2020 Changeup 5.4 1 15 2.1 4 .500 .750 .538 16.7 0.0 0.0 .452 .657 .479 25.0
2019 4-Seamer -1.5 -22 1,477 46.5 399 .194 .343 .274 21.9 26.8 20.4 .234 .422 .309 36.4
2019 Slider -1.3 -11 876 27.6 223 .184 .324 .255 45.2 40.8 28.2 .168 .282 .226 19.0
2019 Curveball 0.2 1 383 12.0 50 .250 .354 .297 40.5 38.0 25.0 .214 .296 .246 33.3
2019 Sinker -2.1 -8 379 11.9 81 .153 .250 .234 23.2 17.3 16.9 .215 .294 .264 22.0
2019 Changeup 1.1 1 64 2.0 17 .250 .625 .382 22.6 0.0 0.0 .386 .750 .484 37.5
2018 4-Seamer -1.1 -11 1,034 40.0 237 .198 .377 .292 19.6 24.5 17.3 .224 .374 .302 39.7
2018 Slider -0.5 -4 774 29.9 215 .181 .356 .292 45.6 39.5 27.5 .168 .290 .258 26.0
2018 Sinker -0.3 -1 412 15.9 96 .268 .354 .338 20.2 12.5 14.5 .278 .382 .347 35.7
2018 Curveball 0.5 1 289 11.2 48 .178 .178 .213 49.0 50.0 30.8 .141 .178 .174 38.1
2018 Changeup -0.3 0 77 3.0 16 .133 .200 .178 37.9 18.8 23.1 .138 .196 .182 33.3
2017 4-Seamer 2.0 2 105 29.3 24 .435 .609 .465 10.7 4.2 5.6 .347 .574 .406 36.4
2017 Sinker 1.7 2 92 25.7 25 .222 .333 .368 25.6 16.0 12.9 .219 .289 .354 7.1
2017 Slider -6.2 -5 89 24.9 30 .172 .276 .187 49.1 43.3 35.1 .173 .289 .199 5.9
2017 Curveball 1.0 1 49 13.7 9 .286 .429 .317 38.9 22.2 15.4 .256 .364 .299 33.3
2017 Changeup 18.0 4 21 5.9 4 .667 2.667 1.175 11.1 0.0 0.0 .504 1.815 .872 66.7
! 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
2020 Changeup 11 85.8 78 14.4 1:15 2:00 -45
2020 Curveball 97 77.3 88 20.1 7:30 7:30 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 302 94.0 85 15.7 1:00 12:45 15
2020 Sinker 73 92.1 78 14.4 12:45 2:00 -75
2020 Slider 201 84.4 47 7.4 9:45 9:30 15
2021 Changeup 23 84.5 76 13.3 12:45 2:00 -75
2021 Curveball 177 76.2 86 20.2 7:30 7:15 15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 680 93.6 79 15.4 12:45 12:30 15
2021 Sinker 83 90.9 74 14.6 12:45 2:00 -75
2021 Slider 380 83.7 51 8.8 9:30 9:30 0
2022 Curveball 109 77.2 86 19.5 7:45 7:30 15
2022 Cutter 22 88.2 48 7.5 11:30 10:30 60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 320 93.3 73 13.8 12:45 12:30 15
2022 Sinker 38 91.0 72 14.0 12:45 2:00 -75
2022 Slider 167 83.8 55 8.1 9:30 9:00 30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 92 356 -2 -1 3 3 2
2018 612 2,586 -19 -22 16 10 -15
2019 842 3,478 -29 -37 11 15 -40
2020 196 829 -4 -6 6 3 -1
2021 321 1,353 -8 -15 10 7 -7
2022 167 662 -2 -6 4 6 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 %
2017 358 49.7 72.9 76.0 25.7 50.0 39.0 63.8 49.2 28.4 8.1 69.0
2018 2,587 47.7 66.9 76.7 27.9 47.4 42.0 57.2 46.5 31.2 7.0 79.0
2019 3,179 48.3 67.5 77.6 29.8 50.3 44.1 60.4 48.0 30.7 6.5 74.5
2020 719 46.3 67.9 77.9 25.1 36.1 40.9 61.8 44.9 34.4 7.2 73.1
2021 1,353 48.3 67.1 81.1 24.0 47.6 42.1 58.9 44.8 27.9 6.8 83.7
2022 662 46.7 68.6 80.2 22.1 53.8 40.3 54.5 43.8 25.5 7.6 88.0
Player 8,858 47.9 67.6 78.0 27.2 48.2 42.4 59.0 46.6 30.3 6.9 77.9
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.2 76.1
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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
2017 55 37 98
2018 82 87 86 82 68 29 45 85 55 87 27 84 48 50 27 44 99
2019 84 80 75 68 87 16 52 93 91 85 65 82 58 63 31 47 94
2020 28 28 35 42 25 38 53 61 79 76 41 88 24 60 30 34 84
2021 22 42 19 9 38 45 22 25 27 68 52 65 10 52 47 40 85
2022 39 53 35 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 %
2017 21.8 4 3.2 1 1 0 3 75.0
2018 22.8 20 18.5 2 6 13 8 40.0
2019 23.2 27 25.3 2 10 16 12 44.4
2020 23.2 6 5.8 0 3 3 3 50.0
2021 23.7 12 12.8 -1 7 7 7 58.3
2022 25.4 4 3.6 0 1 2 2 50.0
Player 23.2 73 69.3 4 28 41 35 47.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 4
2018 20 18 25 17 18 20 16 21 21 16 17 18 13 17 18 21 21 19 15 18 20 17 19 18 19 22 20 15 20 14 23
2019 27 29 28 23 26 27 26 30 25 22 25 27 20 20 23 27 24 31 19 23 31 23 23 25 27 25 26 24 28 24 29
2020 6 6 6 6 6 5 0 6 6 6 7 6 6 3 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 7 6 6
2021 12 10 15 7 14 16 14 14 13 12 16 16 8 13 12 14 13 12 12 13 13 10 13 14 12 13 13 12 13 10 17
2022 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 5 4 3 3 3 4 5 4 2 3 5 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 5
Player 73 71 80 60 71 75 62 79 71 61 73 75 53 59 64 75 72 76 56 66 77 63 68 69 71 72 72 63 74 62 84
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93 92.6 -0.4 ↓ 93.8 1.2 ↑ 93.6 -0.2 ↓ 93.3 -0.3 ↓ 92.8 -0.5 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 87.4 85.3 -2.1 ↓ 86.2 0.9 ↑ 85.7 -0.5 ↓ 84.5 -1.2 ↓ 86.2 1.7 ↑
Breaking Velocity 82.1 81.9 -0.2 ↓ 82.8 0.9 ↑ 82.1 -0.7 ↓ 81.3 -0.8 ↓ 81.2 -0.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 84.3 86.9 2.6 ↑ 86.6 -0.3 ↓ 87.7 1.1 ↑ 89.8 2.1 ↑ 87.2 -2.6 ↓
Launch Angle 9.5 15.6 6.1 ↑ 15.5 -0.1 ↓ 9.3 -6.2 ↓ 13.4 4.1 ↑ 11.8 -1.6 ↓
Barrel % 6.3 6.6 0.3 ↑ 6.9 0.3 ↑ 6.9 0 9.3 2.4 ↑ 5.6 -3.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 22.6 34.7 12.1 ↑ 30.3 -4.4 ↓ 32.4 2.1 ↑ 41.5 9.1 ↑ 30.8 -10.7 ↓
Sweet Spot % 41.3 30.9 -10.4 ↓ 33.4 2.5 ↑ 37.3 3.9 ↑ 38 0.7 ↑ 38.3 0.3 ↑
xBA .253 .203 -0.05 ↓ .215 0.012 ↑ .262 0.047 ↑ .245 -0.017 ↓ .242 -0.003 ↓
BA .284 .199 -0.085 ↓ .192 -0.007 ↓ .221 0.029 ↑ .199 -0.022 ↓ .259 0.06 ↑
xwOBA .334 .279 -0.055 ↓ .279 0 .341 0.062 ↑ .337 -0.004 ↓ .341 0.004 ↑
wOBA .354 .281 -0.073 ↓ .254 -0.027 ↓ .299 0.045 ↑ .28 -0.019 ↓ .358 0.078 ↑
xSLG .435 .325 -0.11 ↓ .367 0.042 ↑ .432 0.065 ↑ .457 0.025 ↑ .39 -0.067 ↓
SLG .481 .345 -0.136 ↓ .335 -0.01 ↓ .369 0.034 ↑ .364 -0.005 ↓ .424 0.06 ↑
K% 21.3 29.6 8.3 ↑ 29.9 0.3 ↑ 28.8 -1.1 ↓ 26.4 -2.4 ↓ 19.8 -6.6 ↓
BB% 10.6 9.6 -1 ↓ 7.1 -2.5 ↓ 9.4 2.3 ↑ 8.1 -1.3 ↓ 13.2 5.1 ↑
Swing % 49.2 46.5 -2.7 ↓ 48 1.5 ↑ 44.9 -3.1 ↓ 44.8 -0.1 ↓ 43.8 -1 ↓
Whiff% 28.4 31.2 2.8 ↑ 30.7 -0.5 ↓ 34.4 3.7 ↑ 27.9 -6.5 ↓ 25.5 -2.4 ↓
In Zone % 49.7 47.7 -2 ↓ 48.3 0.6 ↑ 46.3 -2 ↓ 48.3 2 ↑ 46.7 -1.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.3 52.3 2 ↑ 51.7 -0.6 ↓ 53.7 2 ↑ 51.7 -2 ↓ 53.3 1.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 25.7 27.9 2.2 ↑ 29.8 1.9 ↑ 25.1 -4.7 ↓ 24 -1.1 ↓ 22.1 -1.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 33 27.2 -5.8 ↓ 30.6 3.4 ↑ 27.6 -3 ↓ 29.9 2.3 ↑ 29.3 -0.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63.8 57.2 -6.6 ↓ 60.4 3.2 ↑ 61.8 1.4 ↑ 58.9 -2.9 ↓ 54.5 -4.4 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2017 93 .354 48 0 0.0 45 3 6.7
2018 612 .281 303 5 1.7 309 40 12.9
2019 770 .254 383 8 2.1 387 149 38.5
2020 170 .299 76 6 7.9 94 27 28.7
2021 321 .280 155 15 9.7 166 74 44.6
2022 167 .358 71 6 8.5 96 42 43.8

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2017 91 15.5 42.9% 0.0% 63 24.0 0.0% 6.3%
2018 862 16.9 24.6% 1.7% 345 25.6 0.0% 20.6%
2019 1043 17.2 22.9% 1.4% 402 25.7 0.2% 20.6%
2020 227 16.8 25.1% 0.4% 119 24.8 0.0% 15.1%
2021 449 17.9 15.6% 2.0% 195 26.3 0.0% 20.5%
2022 174 17.5 19.0% 2.9% 143 24.0 0.0% 14.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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