Jacob Barnes
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 231LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 14, #431, Milwaukee Brewers | Florida Gulf Coast
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 3 1 5.64 23 0 0 22.1 12 1.43
2023 0 1 5.93 13 0 0 13.2 8 1.54
2024 8 3 4.36 63 0 0 66 55 1.32
9 Seasons 16 20 4.68 328 1 7 328.2 317 1.39
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 23 3-1 5.64 22.1 12 1.43
2023 13 0-1 5.93 13.2 8 1.54
2024 63 8-3 4.36 66 55 1.32
9 Seasons 328 16-20 4.68 328.2 317 1.39
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
2016 26 405 74 3 4.1 2.8 86.7 109.0 9.3 28.4 .219 .324 .264 .255 .316 25.7 24.5 5.7 2.70 2.69
2017 27 1228 188 8 4.3 2.6 86.2 113.9 6.0 30.3 .206 .315 .287 .276 .322 30.3 26.3 10.9 4.00 3.22
2018 28 840 147 9 6.1 4.1 88.1 109.0 8.0 25.9 .246 .369 .316 .307 .352 34.7 21.7 10.6 3.33 3.98
2019 29 661 106 8 7.5 5.0 89.2 110.7 7.3 38.7 .263 .455 .352 .349 .386 37.7 20.0 13.8 7.44 5.51
2020 30 309 48 3 6.3 3.8 90.2 107.5 12.8 41.7 .248 .433 .310 .323 .439 47.9 30.8 5.1 5.50 4.45
2021 31 570 83 8 9.6 6.3 90.0 112.4 10.3 25.3 .229 .436 .359 .319 .392 39.8 25.8 8.6 6.28 4.32
2022 32 361 74 5 6.8 5.2 90.0 108.0 6.6 29.7 .258 .413 .360 .336 .337 43.2 12.4 9.3 5.64 4.78
2023 33 209 49 3 6.1 4.9 88.9 111.3 15.8 28.6 .254 .402 .360 .307 .325 34.7 13.1 4.9 5.93 3.96
2024 34 1117 202 13 6.4 4.7 89.0 113.0 12.8 43.6 .277 .465 .323 .339 .400 41.6 19.9 7.2 4.36 4.91
Player 5700 971 60 6.2 4.2 88.4 113.9 9.4 33.2 .243 .397 .320 .311 .363 36.7 22.2 9.2
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

Barnes relies on 3 pitches.
Cutter
(49.1%) ,
Four Seamer
(47.2%) ,
Slider
(3.7%) ,


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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
2016 48.6 20.3 24.3 6.8 29.7 33.8 36.5 2.7 37.8 25.7 21.6 6.8 4.1 2.8
2017 54.3 18.6 22.3 4.8 30.9 45.2 23.4 4.8 43.1 20.2 20.7 6.4 4.3 2.6
2018 51.0 15.6 25.2 8.2 29.3 45.6 24.5 2.0 38.8 20.4 27.9 2.0 6.1 4.1
2019 48.1 19.8 27.4 4.7 38.7 34.9 26.4 0.9 39.6 20.8 28.3 2.8 7.5 5.0
2020 41.7 18.8 33.3 6.3 33.3 45.8 20.8 2.1 33.3 22.9 25.0 10.4 6.3 3.8
2021 44.6 27.7 21.7 6.0 24.1 42.2 33.7 4.8 36.1 22.9 22.9 3.6 9.6 6.3
2022 51.4 21.6 23.0 4.1 33.8 39.2 27.0 2.7 40.5 17.6 24.3 8.1 6.8 5.2
2023 40.8 30.6 20.4 8.2 26.5 42.9 30.6 0.0 34.7 30.6 20.4 8.2 6.1 4.9
2024 38.1 26.2 31.7 4.0 32.7 40.1 27.2 3.5 28.7 24.3 28.2 8.9 6.4 4.7
Player 47.0 21.6 25.8 5.6 31.3 41.4 27.1 3.0 37.0 22.2 24.9 6.1 6.2 4.2
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 4-Seam Fastball WSH R 527 95.4 13.3 1.0 2.2ARM -5.3 16.7 0.9 2.2ARM -5.3
2024 Slider WSH R 41 83.7 40.1 2.2 5.8GLV -0.2 -1.1 2.7 5.8GLV 0.7
2024 Cutter WSH R 549 89.8 26.1 -0.3 4.9GLV 2.3 7.5 -0.8 4.9GLV 2.2
2023 Cutter STL R 98 89.0 29.1 -2.1 5.1GLV 2.3 5.3 -2.6 5.1GLV 2.5
2023 4-Seam Fastball STL R 105 94.8 13.9 0.7 1.5ARM -5.8 16.5 0.7 1.5ARM -5.9
2023 Changeup STL R 4 87.5 27.6 -2.4 4.9ARM -9.6 8.0 -2.6 4.9ARM -9.5
2023 Slider STL R 1 84.0 35.8 -1.9 5.4GLV 0.0 2.7 -1.2 5.4GLV 0.1
! 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 Cutter 0.3 2 549 49.1 139 .269 .408 .322 29.6 19.4 18.8 .276 .403 .313 31.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -3 527 47.2 129 .267 .500 .379 19.6 18.6 13.6 .281 .544 .375 52.1
2024 Slider 0.8 0 41 3.7 7 .167 .167 .129 50.0 57.1 22.2 .228 .271 .217 66.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -2 105 50.2 30 .310 .448 .370 17.5 13.3 12.9 .293 .464 .334 40.0
2023 Cutter -2.4 -2 99 47.4 29 .333 .519 .390 26.4 13.8 13.8 .220 .350 .275 30.4
2023 Changeup -14.5 -1 4 1.9 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .017 .031 .360 0.0
2023 Slider -2.2 0 1 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- 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.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Cutter 549 89.8 48 8.6 11:45 10:45 60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 527 95.4 83 16.3 12:30 12:15 15
2024 Slider 41 83.7 37 6.9 9:45 8:15 90
2023 Cutter 99 89.0 45 7.3 11:30 10:15 75
2023 4-Seam Fastball 105 94.8 84 16.0 12:30 12:15 15
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 105 404 2 5 -1 -1 5
2017 300 1,227 9 9 -6 -6 5
2018 215 840 -1 5 -6 -3 -5
2019 159 660 -6 8 -9 -3 -10
2020 78 309 1 3 -1 -2 1
2021 128 570 -6 8 -4 -4 -6
2022 97 361 -5 6 -4 -2 -5
2023 61 209 -2 0 -2 -1 -5
2024 275 1,117 0 10 -8 -4 -1
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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 %
2016 405 48.6 71.6 77.3 31.3 38.5 42.2 62.3 50.9 33.5 6.7 81.5
2017 1,228 42.8 71.4 77.9 31.9 46.4 42.4 60.5 48.9 33.8 6.2 81.6
2018 840 47.4 72.9 76.9 26.2 51.7 42.7 58.1 48.3 30.3 7.7 80.0
2019 661 41.2 66.2 86.1 24.0 59.1 40.0 57.9 41.5 23.4 4.5 86.7
2020 309 45.3 68.6 76.0 31.4 43.4 37.2 55.1 48.2 33.6 7.8 75.0
2021 570 44.2 68.3 82.0 30.8 53.1 44.0 60.9 47.4 27.4 3.9 77.3
2022 361 45.2 76.1 87.1 26.3 57.7 45.2 70.1 48.8 21.0 6.4 87.0
2023 209 48.8 75.5 87.0 32.7 60.0 45.5 62.3 53.6 21.4 4.8 80.0
2024 1,117 46.6 72.1 83.2 29.3 56.6 40.0 63.4 49.2 25.1 8.7 76.3
Player 5,700 45.1 71.2 80.9 29.1 51.5 41.9 61.0 48.1 28.5 6.6 79.9
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
2016 82 82 95
2017 84 89 90 89 70 78 80 76 72 77 15 93 88 94 85 95
2018 51 41 62 79 32 77 56 56 55 47 17 80 28 83 88 93
2019 55 91 91
2020 43 40 35 32 60 74 59 17 5 83 89 85 81 81 78 74
2021 72 87 85
2022 72 89 84
2023 64 79 73
2024 13 7 6 10 26 64 75 42 25 25 63 46 56 71 92 76
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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 23.0 1 1.1 0 2 2 0 0.0
2017 22.4 8 4.6 3 4 4 2 25.0
2018 23.3 4 3.0 1 1 3 1 25.0
2019 23.8 7 7.7 -1 3 5 3 42.9
2020 24.5 1 1.2 0 2 1 0 0.0
2021 24.8 7 6.2 1 1 6 2 28.6
2022 25.5 3 3.5 -1 2 2 2 66.7
2023 23.5 1 1.1 0 0 2 0 0.0
2024 25.5 10 9.4 1 5 2 7 70.0
Player 24.1 42 37.8 4 20 27 17 40.5
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 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 4 2 0 0 2 3 1 3 0
2017 8 5 3 5 5 5 6 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 3 6 7 4 5 3 5 5 4 3
2018 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 5 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 5 2 3 4 3 1 2 3 4 3 3 3
2019 7 8 7 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 7 10 8 8 7 8 8 7 7 9 8 9 10 8 8 8 6 10 8 7 5
2020 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
2021 7 8 6 5 6 7 7 7 4 3 6 5 7 5 8 6 6 7 5 6 6 6 9 7 7 6 7 8 7 6 4
2022 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4
2023 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0
2024 10 9 9 11 9 9 9 10 9 8 9 10 11 8 9 9 9 9 11 10 10 10 11 11 9 9 9 9 11 9 7
Player 42 42 34 36 37 38 42 37 32 27 35 44 38 33 39 37 36 37 40 43 38 37 52 45 35 34 36 44 42 37 27
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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.2 94.0 -1.2 92.7 -1.3 90.8 -1.9 92.2 1.4 92.3 0.1 92.3 0.0 92.0 -0.3 92.6 0.6
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 87.8 0.0 87.2 -0.6 0.0 0.0 87.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 88.9 81.6 -7.3 85.0 3.4 82.1 -2.9 0.0 0.0 84.4 0.0 84.3 -0.1 84.0 -0.3 83.7 -0.3
Exit Velocity 86.7 86.2 -0.5 88.1 1.9 89.2 1.1 90.2 1.0 90.0 -0.2 90.0 0.0 88.9 -1.1 89.0 0.1
Launch Angle 9.3 6.0 -3.3 8.0 2.0 7.3 -0.7 12.8 5.5 10.3 -2.5 6.6 -3.7 15.8 9.2 12.8 -3.0
Barrel % 4.1 4.3 0.2 6.1 1.8 7.5 1.4 6.3 -1.2 9.6 3.3 6.8 -2.8 6.1 -0.7 6.4 0.3
Hard Hit % 25.7 30.3 4.6 34.7 4.4 37.7 3.0 47.9 10.2 39.8 -8.1 43.2 3.4 34.7 -8.5 41.6 6.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 28.4 30.3 1.9 25.9 -4.4 38.7 12.8 41.7 3.0 25.3 -16.4 29.7 4.4 28.6 -1.1 43.6 15.0
xBA .219 .206 -0.013 .246 0.040 .263 0.017 .248 -0.015 .229 -0.019 .258 0.029 .254 -0.004 .277 0.023
BA .245 .215 -0.030 .266 0.051 .265 -0.001 .275 0.010 .270 -0.005 .271 0.001 .316 0.045 .266 -0.050
xwOBA .255 .276 0.021 .307 0.031 .349 0.042 .323 -0.026 .319 -0.004 .336 0.017 .307 -0.029 .339 0.032
wOBA .264 .287 0.023 .316 0.029 .352 0.036 .310 -0.042 .359 0.049 .360 0.001 .360 0.000 .323 -0.037
xSLG .324 .315 -0.009 .369 0.054 .455 0.086 .433 -0.022 .436 0.003 .413 -0.023 .402 -0.011 .465 0.063
SLG .327 .358 0.031 .380 0.022 .478 0.098 .391 -0.087 .504 0.113 .471 -0.033 .474 0.003 .444 -0.030
K% 24.5 26.3 1.8 21.7 -4.6 20.0 -1.7 30.8 10.8 25.8 -5.0 12.4 -13.4 13.1 0.7 19.9 6.8
BB% 5.7 10.9 5.2 10.6 -0.3 13.8 3.2 5.1 -8.7 8.6 3.5 9.3 0.7 4.9 -4.4 7.2 2.3
Swing % 50.9 48.9 -2.0 48.3 -0.6 41.5 -6.8 48.2 6.7 47.4 -0.8 48.8 1.4 53.6 4.8 49.2 -4.4
Whiff% 33.5 33.8 0.3 30.3 -3.5 23.4 -6.9 33.6 10.2 27.4 -6.2 21.0 -6.4 21.4 0.4 25.1 3.7
In Zone % 48.6 42.8 -5.8 47.4 4.6 41.2 -6.2 45.3 4.1 44.2 -1.1 45.2 1.0 48.8 3.6 46.6 -2.2
Out of Zone % 51.4 57.2 5.8 52.6 -4.6 58.8 6.2 54.7 -4.1 55.8 1.1 54.8 -1.0 51.2 -3.6 53.4 2.2
Out of Zone Swing % 31.3 31.9 0.6 26.2 -5.7 24.0 -2.2 31.4 7.4 30.8 -0.6 26.3 -4.5 32.7 6.4 29.3 -3.4
First Pitch Swing % 36.8 35.2 -1.6 35.3 0.1 25.8 -9.5 25.6 -0.2 34.4 8.8 40.2 5.8 41.0 0.8 34.1 -6.9
First Pitch Strike % 62.3 60.5 -1.8 58.1 -2.4 57.9 -0.2 55.1 -2.8 60.9 5.8 70.1 9.2 62.3 -7.8 63.4 1.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 104 .267 56 2 3.6 48 15 31.3
2017 Shifts 300 .287 164 11 6.7 136 41 30.1
2018 Shifts 215 .316 116 4 3.4 99 32 32.3
2019 Shifts 159 .352 93 12 12.9 66 40 60.6
2020 Shifts 78 .310 52 10 19.2 26 13 50.0
2021 Shifts 128 .359 76 22 28.9 52 29 55.8
2022 Shifts 97 .360 62 5 8.1 35 27 77.1
2023 Shades 61 .360 42 0 0.0 19 18 94.7
2024 Shades 275 .323 189 0 0.0 86 17 19.8
! 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 %
2016 111 17.0 30.6% 3.6% 63 24.8 3.2% 22.2%
2017 350 19.4 12.6% 5.7% 171 25.5 0.0% 26.3%
2018 194 21.0 6.7% 4.6% 168 27.6 0.0% 29.8%
2019 190 22.5 0.0% 9.5% 129 26.7 0.0% 24.0%
2020 61 21.9 1.6% 4.9% 63 25.4 0.0% 12.7%
2021 144 23.0 1.4% 14.6% 115 26.4 0.0% 24.3%
2022 99 21.5 0.0% 6.1% 60 24.0 0.0% 10.0%
2023 48 16.5 33.3% 0.0% 37 18.1 2.7% 0.0%
2024 271 16.8 21.4% 0.0% 208 19.2 1.4% 1.0%

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Pitch Distribution