Jake Faria
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 238LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 10, #330, Tampa Bay Rays | Gahr (CA) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 0 1 6.75 16 0 0 18.2 19 2.14
2021 0 0 5.51 23 3 0 32.2 32 1.59
2023 0 0 22.50 1 0 0 2 3 4.00
5 Seasons 9 9 4.87 73 29 0 205 188 1.44
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 16 0-1 6.75 18.2 19 2.14
2021 23 0-0 5.51 32.2 32 1.59
2023 1 0-0 22.50 2 3 4.00
5 Seasons 73 9-9 4.87 205 188 1.44
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
2017 23 1445 237 15 6.3 4.2 87.7 110.6 18.0 34.2 .235 .384 .294 .307 .356 36.3 23.5 8.7 3.43 4.04
2018 24 1117 195 17 8.7 6.0 89.7 113.3 17.0 34.4 .263 .453 .335 .354 .384 39.0 17.8 11.7 5.40 5.48
2019 25 408 63 8 12.7 8.4 88.2 113.8 11.2 47.6 .273 .476 .433 .377 .427 41.3 20.0 12.6 6.75 6.61
2021 27 639 107 10 9.3 6.5 90.1 107.5 14.8 34.6 .232 .417 .359 .315 .356 40.2 20.8 8.4 5.51 4.21
2023 29 65 7 0 0.0 0.0 93.9 104.0 31.5 42.9 .219 .317 .500 .347 .296 57.1 21.4 28.6 22.50 5.20
Player 3674 609 50 8.2 5.5 88.9 113.8 16.6 35.8 .247 .420 .336 .331 .372 38.6 20.9 10.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Faria relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(75.4%) ,
Slider
(20.0%) ,
Split Finger
(3.1%) ,
Curveball
(1.5%) ,


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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 38.8 19.4 28.7 13.1 35.4 36.3 28.3 5.5 26.6 29.1 24.1 8.0 6.3 4.2
2018 35.4 29.7 25.1 9.7 40.0 30.8 28.7 2.6 28.2 28.7 24.1 7.7 8.7 6.0
2019 42.9 20.6 28.6 7.9 34.9 36.5 28.6 4.8 34.9 20.6 23.8 1.6 12.7 8.4
2021 41.1 32.7 21.5 4.7 38.3 30.8 30.8 4.7 28.0 26.2 22.4 9.3 9.3 6.5
2023 14.3 57.1 28.6 0.0 0.0 57.1 42.9 0.0 14.3 57.1 28.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 38.3 25.6 26.3 9.9 36.9 33.8 29.1 4.3 28.1 27.9 23.8 7.4 8.2 5.5
MLB 44.6 23.5 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 Curveball BOS R 1 80.4 57.6 4.5 9 3.5 -4.2 -55
2023 Slider BOS R 13 86.7 31.2 -3.3 -10 4.8 0.4 8
2023 Split-Finger BOS R 2 84.9 34.2 -0.5 -1 12.5 1.9 18
2023 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 49 93.4 13.9 1.0 7 3.0 -3.3 -53
2021 Sinker AZ R 1 93.2 11.7 -9.2 -44 9.5 -4.9 -34
2021 Split-Finger AZ R 131 82.4 36.4 0.3 1 10.0 -0.5 -5
2021 Slider AZ R 48 84.7 33.7 -2.8 -8 1.7 -3.2 -65
2021 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 358 92.3 13.8 1.3 8 4.3 -2.2 -33
2021 Curveball AZ R 101 75.9 64.8 5.6 10 6.0 -3.2 -35
2019 Slider MIL R 48 84.3 36.3 -1.0 -3 3.5 -1.1 -23
2019 Split-Finger MIL R 111 82.4 38.4 2.5 7 8.7 -0.3 -4
2019 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 249 93.5 14.1 1.4 9 3.8 -3.3 -46
2018 Slider TB R 196 83.0 37.5 -1.9 -5 4.3 -0.8 -16
2018 Split-Finger TB R 208 81.0 37.8 -1.2 -3 9.4 -0.4 -5
2018 Curveball TB R 34 75.3 58.7 -2.5 -4 5.3 -4.1 -44
2018 4-Seam Fastball TB R 675 91.5 14.8 1.8 11 1.5 -5.2 -78
2017 Slider TB R 352 83.3 36.1 -1.3 -3 3.3 -1.6 -32
2017 Split-Finger TB R 245 81.3 35.8 0.2 1 11.6 1.4 14
2017 4-Seam Fastball TB R 776 91.8 13.6 1.2 8 1.7 -5.6 -77
2017 Curveball TB R 63 75.1 59.5 0.5 1 3.1 -6.3 -67
! 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 4-Seam Fastball -4.9 -2 49 75.4 10 .500 .500 .480 43.8 20.0 16.7 .309 .409 .397 60.0
2023 Slider -8.2 -1 13 20.0 4 .333 1.000 .575 40.0 25.0 33.3 .041 .132 .226 50.0
2023 Split-Finger -11.5 0 2 3.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Curveball -9.7 0 1 1.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -3.2 -12 358 56.0 85 .397 .726 .516 15.5 14.1 13.6 .304 .603 .420 56.5
2021 Split-Finger 3.0 4 131 20.5 35 .156 .188 .199 33.8 25.7 13.6 .130 .148 .177 12.5
2021 Curveball 1.0 1 101 15.8 19 .222 .389 .329 27.6 31.6 30.0 .200 .342 .256 25.0
2021 Slider 5.5 3 48 7.5 15 .071 .071 .107 34.8 33.3 29.4 .136 .164 .170 22.2
2021 Sinker 3.8 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -5 249 61.0 54 .409 .795 .544 18.3 14.8 8.2 .314 .606 .441 38.9
2019 Split-Finger 1.5 2 111 27.2 27 .208 .375 .306 45.5 29.6 17.4 .199 .280 .285 29.4
2019 Slider -0.9 0 48 11.8 14 .385 .462 .358 36.0 21.4 20.0 .271 .394 .312 70.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -3 675 60.4 165 .269 .507 .398 15.8 10.9 11.4 .289 .544 .417 45.7
2018 Split-Finger -0.7 -1 208 18.6 62 .196 .250 .240 32.4 38.7 20.7 .148 .237 .205 22.9
2018 Slider 0.2 0 196 17.5 46 .239 .413 .278 19.3 17.4 17.0 .323 .448 .332 34.2
2018 Curveball -4.7 -2 34 3.0 7 .333 .667 .457 21.4 0.0 0.0 .291 .462 .371 33.3
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 2 776 53.7 183 .273 .480 .386 21.2 17.5 16.4 .294 .512 .397 45.1
2017 Slider 0.9 3 352 24.4 85 .235 .383 .280 29.7 17.6 17.6 .210 .300 .234 29.9
2017 Split-Finger 2.5 6 245 17.0 77 .135 .203 .179 46.3 45.5 28.7 .154 .241 .189 23.1
2017 Curveball 1.5 1 63 4.4 10 .100 .100 .090 29.4 20.0 20.0 .141 .217 .154 25.0
! 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 4-Seam Fastball 49 93.4 95 17.2 12:30 12:15 15
2023 Slider 13 86.7 39 6.5 11:15 10:15 60
2021 Curveball 101 75.9 94 20.8 6:45 6:30 15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 357 92.3 99 18.4 12:45 12:30 15
2021 Splitter 123 82.4 92 10.9 1:45 2:30 -45
2021 Slider 48 84.7 41 3.9 11:45 11:00 45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 356 1,439 12 15 -9 -6 12
2018 280 1,113 4 7 -10 -7 -6
2019 95 408 3 0 -3 -3 -3
2021 154 639 -1 7 -5 -5 -4
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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 1,445 49.3 67.4 79.3 26.0 50.5 40.2 54.6 46.4 28.8 7.8 79.6
2018 1,117 47.8 66.9 86.0 23.4 63.2 40.9 57.7 44.1 20.1 7.5 84.3
2019 408 41.9 70.2 78.3 29.1 58.0 40.7 78.9 46.3 28.6 7.1 86.2
2021 639 48.0 65.8 83.2 21.1 57.1 40.1 51.3 42.6 23.2 6.1 84.6
2023 65 40.0 69.2 61.1 10.3 50.0 38.5 28.6 33.8 40.9 4.6 100.0
Player 3,674 47.6 67.3 81.6 24.4 56.3 40.4 57.2 44.8 25.4 7.3 82.8
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
2017 56 63 64 62 57 47 42 37 20 63 43 79 31 32 35 9 19
2018 7 17 11 14 4 46 13 12 19 19 8 15 6 29 22 26
2019 53 22 28
2021 27 23 24 41
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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 23.0 11 7.4 4 6 7 2 18.2
2018 22.7 9 11.5 -3 2 12 4 44.4
2019 22.7 5 3.2 2 3 4 1 20.0
2021 23.9 5 4.3 1 7 3 2 40.0
2023 -- 0 0.7 -1 0 1 0 --
Player 23.0 30 27.2 3 18 27 9 30.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 11 8 5 6 11 8 9 6 6 4 8 9 7 6 8 6 5 6 9 9 8 8 10 8 7 6 8 9 10 9 4
2018 9 16 8 8 13 11 14 12 12 4 12 13 11 7 12 15 12 10 11 14 10 11 17 13 9 6 13 13 12 13 13
2019 5 3 1 5 5 4 4 4 4 1 2 6 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 5 3 2 6 4 2 1 2 5 5 2 1
2021 5 6 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 8 5 3 4 6 3 3 6 5 5 6 7 6 2 3 5 4 4 3 3
2023 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Player 30 34 18 25 34 26 32 27 26 13 26 37 28 20 28 30 23 22 29 34 26 27 41 31 21 16 29 31 32 28 22
! 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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.8 91.5 -0.3 93.5 2.0
Offspeed Velocity 81.3 81.0 -0.3 82.4 1.4
Breaking Velocity 82.0 81.8 -0.2 84.3 2.5
Exit Velocity 87.7 89.7 2.0 88.2 -1.5
Launch Angle 18.0 17.0 -1.0 11.2 -5.8
Barrel % 6.3 8.7 2.4 12.7 4.0
Hard Hit % 36.3 39.0 2.7 41.3 2.3
Sweet Spot % 34.2 34.4 0.2 47.6 13.2
xBA .235 .263 0.028 .273 0.010
BA .225 .248 0.023 .346 0.098
xwOBA .307 .354 0.047 .377 0.023
wOBA .294 .335 0.041 .433 0.098
xSLG .384 .453 0.069 .476 0.023
SLG .377 .434 0.057 .617 0.183
K% 23.5 17.8 -5.7 20.0 2.2
BB% 8.7 11.7 3.0 12.6 0.9
Swing % 46.4 44.1 -2.3 46.3 2.2
Whiff% 28.8 20.1 -8.7 28.6 8.5
In Zone % 49.3 47.8 -1.5 41.9 -5.9
Out of Zone % 50.7 52.2 1.5 58.1 5.9
Out of Zone Swing % 26.0 23.4 -2.6 29.1 5.7
First Pitch Swing % 29.1 24.9 -4.2 46.3 21.4
First Pitch Strike % 54.6 57.7 3.1 78.9 21.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 357 .294 236 135 57.2 121 49 40.5
2018 Shifts 280 .335 158 105 66.5 122 62 50.8
2019 Shifts 95 .433 43 10 23.3 52 31 59.6
2021 Shifts 153 .351 80 12 15.0 73 38 52.1
2023 Shades 14 .500 9 4 44.4 5 4 80.0
! 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 %
2017 445 16.8 23.4% 0.7% 224 26.2 0.0% 15.6%
2018 359 16.4 33.4% 0.3% 168 26.3 0.0% 17.3%
2019 104 20.4 5.8% 0.0% 86 25.9 0.0% 17.4%
2021 191 19.3 2.6% 2.1% 114 25.6 0.0% 15.8%
2023 5 13.8 80.0% 0.0% 31 18.1 0.0% 3.2%
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Pitch Distribution