Jake Bird
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 3" 200LBS | Age: 27

Draft: 2018 | Rd: 5, #156, Colorado Rockies | UCLA

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 1 0 2.79 28 0 0 38.2 40 1.16
2 Seasons 3 4 3.96 66 0 0 86.1 82 1.31
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 28 1-0 2.79 38.2 40 1.16
2 Seasons 66 3-4 3.96 86.1 82 1.31

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 .376 42.3 19.9 10.9 4.91 4.78
2023 27 582 105 6 5.7 3.8 89.2 107.4 4.8 24.8 .225 .324 .276 .280 .327 42.9 25.0 8.1 2.79 3.15
Player 1327 247 15 6.1 4.0 90.3 108.3 5.2 28.3 .241 .373 .307 .311 .354 42.5 22.1 9.7
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

Bird relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(61.7%) ,
Curveball
(20.1%) ,
Cutter
(17.9%) ,
Changeup
(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
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 57.1 21.0 18.1 3.8 41.0 39.0 20.0 1.9 46.7 19.0 22.9 3.8 5.7 3.8
Player 56.3 21.5 19.8 2.4 39.3 39.3 21.5 2.4 42.1 16.2 26.7 5.3 6.1 4.0
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.6 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 Changeup COL R 2 87.9 34.7 3.6 12 12.8 -3.2 -20
2023 Sinker COL R 359 94.2 29.6 4.6 19 9.1 -6.5 -42
2023 Curveball COL R 117 81.3 50.1 1.4 3 16.1 6.7 70
2023 Cutter COL R 104 89.8 26.5 -1.0 -4 3.8 2.5 204
2022 Curveball COL R 113 81.7 50.0 -0.2 0 14.4 5.8 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 0.1 11
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 -0.8 -3 359 61.7 91 .293 .378 .354 11.0 8.8 13.8 .290 .379 .331 44.6
2023 Curveball -2.0 -2 117 20.1 40 .077 .179 .104 50.8 62.5 34.7 .091 .209 .128 40.0
2023 Cutter -0.4 0 104 17.9 28 .182 .318 .316 30.0 25.0 35.0 .193 .286 .313 33.3
2023 Changeup 8.5 0 2 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .863 1.089 .824 100.0
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 .317 .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.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
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
2023 Curveball 115 81.3 85 20.2 8:15 8:00 15
2023 Cutter 102 89.9 45 7.6 12:00 10:45 75
2023 Sinker 344 94.2 74 9.7 2:00 3:00 -60
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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 160 582 -3 -8 2 2 -6
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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 582 52.6 66.3 83.3 22.5 56.5 40.9 58.8 45.5 23.0 10.1 78.0
Player 1,327 52.4 64.7 86.9 19.3 45.9 40.8 55.6 43.1 21.9 9.3 75.6
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
2022 15 27 27 30 6 82 69 2 17 28 12 13 1 56 13 89 7
2023 79 71 83 88 69 53 75 43 28 61 53 27 8 48 16 90 5
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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 23.8 2 2.2 0 1 2 1 50.0
Player 24.3 9 9.3 0 1 6 5 55.6

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 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 1
Player 9 8 8 11 11 10 10 8 8 9 8 11 9 9 11 10 9 8 8 11 9 8 11 11 8 9 11 10 9 9 7
! 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 93.2 -0.7
Offspeed Velocity 88.0 87.9 -0.1
Breaking Velocity 81.7 81.3 -0.4
Exit Velocity 91.2 89.2 -2.0
Launch Angle 5.4 4.8 -0.6
Barrel % 6.3 5.7 -0.6
Hard Hit % 42.3 42.9 0.6
Sweet Spot % 31.0 24.8 -6.2
xBA .254 .225 -0.029
BA .249 .222 -0.027
xwOBA .336 .280 -0.056
wOBA .331 .276 -0.055
xSLG .414 .324 -0.090
SLG .420 .319 -0.101
K% 19.9 25.0 5.1
BB% 10.9 8.1 -2.8
Swing % 41.2 45.5 4.3
Whiff% 20.8 23.0 2.2
In Zone % 52.3 52.6 0.3
Out of Zone % 47.7 47.4 -0.3
Out of Zone Swing % 16.9 22.5 5.6
First Pitch Swing % 26.8 25.0 -1.8
First Pitch Strike % 53.1 58.8 5.7
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2022 208 .331 108 11 10.2 100 23 23.0
2023 160 .276 88 0 0.0 72 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 220 18.0 5.0% 1.4% 151 22.1 0.0% 2.0%
2023 92 16.5 18.5% 0.0% 48 18.9 2.1% 2.1%
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Pitch Distribution