Jake Bird
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 200LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 5, #156, Colorado Rockies | UCLA
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 2 4 4.91 38 0 0 47.2 42 1.43
2023 3 3 4.40 67 3 0 86 75 1.35
2 Seasons 5 7 4.58 105 3 0 133.2 117 1.38
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 38 2-4 4.91 47.2 42 1.43
2023 67 3-3 4.40 86 75 1.35
2 Seasons 105 5-7 4.58 133.2 117 1.38
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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
2022 26 745 142 9 6.3 4.3 91.2 108.3 5.4 31.0 .254 .414 .331 .336 .375 42.3 19.9 10.9 4.91 4.78
2023 27 1346 258 22 8.5 6.0 89.9 111.7 5.4 32.6 .259 .395 .321 .325 .371 43.8 20.5 7.1 4.39 4.47
Player 2091 400 31 7.8 5.4 90.4 111.7 5.4 32.0 .257 .402 .325 .329 .372 43.3 20.3 8.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Bird relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(60.2%) ,
Curveball
(19.5%) ,
Cutter
(14.7%) ,
Slider
(5.3%) ,
Changeup
(0.2%) ,


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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
2022 55.6 21.8 21.1 1.4 38.0 39.4 22.5 2.8 38.7 14.1 29.6 6.3 6.3 4.3
2023 52.3 20.5 23.3 3.9 40.7 38.0 21.3 2.3 42.2 15.9 25.2 5.8 8.5 6.0
Player 53.5 21.0 22.5 3.0 39.8 38.5 21.8 2.5 41.0 15.3 26.8 6.0 7.8 5.4
MLB 44.7 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 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 Cutter COL R 197 89.5 27.4 -1.7 -7 4.0 2.8 223
2023 Slider COL R 78 86.1 34.5 -0.8 -2 6.5 1.8 40
2023 Changeup COL R 3 87.3 32.5 0.8 3 10.4 -4.8 -32
2023 Sinker COL R 804 94.4 29.5 4.5 18 8.7 -6.6 -43
2023 Curveball COL R 264 81.7 49.1 0.5 1 15.4 6.3 68
2022 Changeup COL R 15 88.0 34.4 4.0 13 10.4 -4.2 -29
2022 Cutter COL R 187 91.4 24.9 -1.6 -7 0.6 0.0 3
2022 Curveball COL R 113 81.7 50.0 -0.1 0 14.4 5.8 68
2022 Sinker COL R 430 95.0 30.0 6.5 27 11.1 -4.8 -30
! 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 -0.5 -4 804 59.7 213 .323 .409 .365 13.4 8.9 14.1 .301 .417 .360 47.7
2023 Curveball 1.5 4 264 19.6 83 .114 .253 .171 39.7 50.6 26.4 .120 .250 .176 31.6
2023 Cutter -2.3 -5 197 14.6 52 .340 .596 .426 23.3 21.2 22.9 .299 .494 .374 38.9
2023 Slider -1.3 -1 78 5.8 16 .231 .308 .322 38.7 18.8 13.6 .286 .469 .394 30.0
2023 Changeup -32.5 -1 3 0.2 2 1.000 1.500 1.075 0.0 0.0 0.0 .766 1.228 .842 100.0
2022 Sinker 0.0 0 430 57.7 126 .233 .359 .330 10.4 6.3 12.1 .278 .425 .369 44.9
2022 Cutter -2.0 -4 187 25.1 40 .351 .568 .416 24.4 22.5 18.8 .303 .509 .376 39.3
2022 Curveball -1.5 -2 113 15.2 39 .211 .474 .296 53.5 61.5 36.9 .161 .316 .216 35.7
2022 Changeup 2.0 0 15 2.0 3 .000 .000 .000 40.0 33.3 25.0 .057 .065 .054 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 Curveball 259 81.7 83 19.2 8:15 8:00 15
2023 Cutter 195 89.6 43 7.2 12:00 10:45 75
2023 Sinker 782 94.4 73 9.3 2:15 3:00 -45
2023 Slider 77 86.1 44 7.2 10:30 9:15 75
2022 Changeup 14 88.0 84 11.3 2:30 3:00 -30
2022 Curveball 107 81.7 80 18.7 8:00 7:45 15
2022 Cutter 185 91.4 47 7.2 12:45 11:45 60
2022 Sinker 412 95.0 85 11.7 2:15 3:15 -60
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 208 745 5 -2 -4 -5 -5
2023 366 1,346 -12 18 -5 -8 -7
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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 %
2022 745 52.3 63.3 89.9 16.9 35.0 40.7 53.1 41.2 20.8 8.6 73.4
2023 1,346 52.0 66.3 85.8 22.9 56.1 39.5 56.8 45.5 21.2 9.6 77.5
Player 2,091 52.1 65.2 87.2 20.8 50.0 39.9 55.5 44.0 21.1 9.2 76.2
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
2022 15 27 27 30 6 82 69 2 17 28 12 13 1 70 4 89 6
2023 39 28 55 73 34 38 38 26 17 31 69 15 3 56 5 91 3
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 24.5 7 7.1 0 0 4 4 57.1
2023 22.8 6 7.6 -2 6 6 3 50.0
Player 23.7 13 14.6 -2 6 10 7 53.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 7 6 6 8 8 8 8 6 5 7 6 8 7 7 8 8 7 6 6 8 7 6 8 8 7 7 8 8 7 7 6
2023 6 6 6 10 8 7 8 6 9 5 7 9 6 6 10 9 6 7 8 11 7 8 13 10 5 5 8 7 7 7 6
Player 13 12 12 18 16 15 16 12 14 12 13 17 13 13 18 17 13 13 14 19 14 14 21 18 12 12 16 15 14 14 12
! 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 2022 2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.9 93.4 -0.5 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 88.0 87.3 -0.7 ↓
Breaking Velocity 81.7 82.7 1.0 ↑
Exit Velocity 91.2 89.9 -1.3 ↓
Launch Angle 5.4 5.4 0.0
Barrel % 6.3 8.5 2.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 42.3 43.8 1.5 ↑
Sweet Spot % 31.0 32.6 1.6 ↑
xBA .254 .259 0.005 ↑
BA .249 .275 0.026 ↑
xwOBA .336 .325 -0.011 ↓
wOBA .331 .321 -0.010 ↓
xSLG .414 .395 -0.019 ↓
SLG .420 .401 -0.019 ↓
K% 19.9 20.5 0.6 ↑
BB% 10.9 7.1 -3.8 ↓
Swing % 41.2 45.5 4.3 ↑
Whiff% 20.8 21.2 0.4 ↑
In Zone % 52.3 52.0 -0.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 47.7 48.0 0.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 16.9 22.9 6.0 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 26.8 24.9 -1.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 53.1 56.8 3.7 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 208 .331 108 12 11.1 100 30 30.0
2023 Shades 366 .321 210 5 2.4 156 48 30.8
! 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

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