James Hoyt
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 230LBS | Age: 37
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 0 0 2.16 8 0 0 8.1 10 0.96
2020 2 0 1.23 24 0 0 14.2 20 1.16
2021 0 0 6.75 9 0 0 8 11 2.38
6 Seasons 4 1 3.94 107 0 0 102.2 135 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 8 0-0 2.16 8.1 10 0.96
2020 24 2-0 1.23 14.2 20 1.16
2021 9 0-0 6.75 8 11 2.38
6 Seasons 107 4-1 3.94 102.2 135 1.32
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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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
2016 29 375 53 5 9.4 5.5 87.8 112.0 5.1 22.6 .200 .369 .300 .288 .383 30.2 30.8 9.9 4.50 3.46
2017 30 850 129 7 5.4 3.3 89.3 111.7 13.3 31.8 .245 .395 .321 .303 .412 37.5 31.3 6.6 4.38 3.92
2018 31 15 2 0 0.0 0.0 70.4 70.5 -18.4 0.0 .137 .153 .523 .319 .134 0.0 0.0 33.3 0.00 4.33
2019 32 123 20 2 10.0 6.3 92.5 108.1 11.8 25.0 .255 .496 .294 .335 .467 50.0 31.3 6.3 2.16 5.02
2020 33 244 33 4 12.1 6.5 87.7 112.9 14.8 39.4 .210 .359 .264 .301 .386 36.4 32.3 12.9 1.23 3.82
2021 34 182 26 2 7.7 4.3 87.9 108.7 15.7 42.3 .212 .355 .405 .330 .342 30.8 23.9 15.2 6.75 4.66
Player 1789 263 20 7.6 4.5 88.8 112.9 11.9 31.2 .229 .388 .317 .305 .398 35.9 30.3 9.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Hoyt relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(64.8%) ,
Sinker
(24.7%) ,
Four Seamer
(8.2%) ,
Changeup
(2.2%) ,


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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
2016 54.7 24.5 20.8 0.0 45.3 37.7 17.0 1.9 43.4 17.0 15.1 1.9 9.4 5.5
2017 40.3 24.8 29.5 5.4 38.8 41.9 19.4 3.1 26.4 23.3 32.6 7.8 5.4 3.3
2018 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 45.0 25.0 25.0 5.0 30.0 35.0 35.0 0.0 40.0 15.0 25.0 10.0 10.0 6.3
2020 45.5 21.2 21.2 12.1 39.4 39.4 21.2 3.0 36.4 24.2 21.2 3.0 12.1 6.5
2021 38.5 30.8 26.9 3.8 38.5 42.3 19.2 0.0 30.8 34.6 23.1 3.8 7.7 4.3
Player 44.5 24.7 25.9 4.9 39.2 40.3 20.5 2.3 33.1 22.4 25.9 5.7 7.6 4.5
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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
2021 Slider LAA R 118 84.2 36.7 -0.6 -2 0.7 -4.4 -86
2021 Changeup LAA R 4 89.4 30.7 4.9 19 11.5 -1.9 -14
2021 Sinker LAA R 45 91.2 23.3 2.3 11 16.8 2.9 20
2021 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 15 92.3 18.4 -3.6 -24 8.9 2.6 41
2020 4-Seam Fastball MIA R 42 87.8 18.9 -1.2 -7 10.1 4.8 90
2020 Changeup MIA R 4 84.5 30.5 1.7 6 14.2 1.7 13
2020 Slider MIA R 163 80.5 41.0 -1.3 -3 2.3 -4.5 -66
2020 Sinker MIA R 34 88.9 23.9 0.4 1 16.6 2.8 20
2019 4-Seam Fastball CLE R 8 93.5 17.3 -2.0 -13 11.7 4.9 73
2019 Changeup CLE R 19 89.9 28.4 0.8 3 13.6 -0.4 -3
2019 Sinker CLE R 41 94.0 22.3 1.5 7 16.3 1.9 13
2019 Slider CLE R 55 84.3 41.4 4.0 11 4.0 -0.6 -12
2018 Sinker HOU R 1 92.2 17.4 -4.1 -19 16.4 2.2 15
2018 Slider HOU R 4 85.5 35.1 -0.3 -1 2.0 -2.2 -53
2018 Changeup HOU R 1 86.9 27.8 -1.6 -5 18.6 5.3 40
2018 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 9 93.0 14.2 1.3 8 12.4 5.6 83
2017 Sinker HOU R 49 93.5 22.6 3.8 20 17.7 3.2 22
2017 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 290 93.4 16.1 -2.4 -17 10.9 3.6 50
2017 Changeup HOU R 83 88.6 31.6 5.9 23 13.1 -0.2 -1
2017 Slider HOU R 425 84.3 42.7 7.2 20 1.7 -2.4 -58
2016 Sinker HOU R 21 94.2 20.8 0.5 2 13.2 -0.5 -3
2016 Changeup HOU R 23 88.8 31.1 3.5 13 6.9 -5.1 -43
2016 Slider HOU R 187 86.5 36.9 3.0 9 3.9 -0.7 -16
2016 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 117 94.0 13.4 1.4 10 6.8 -0.1 -1
! 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 %
2021 Slider -2.8 -3 118 64.8 31 .286 .393 .334 41.4 32.3 28.6 .179 .281 .245 22.2
2021 Sinker -3.3 -1 45 24.7 9 .333 .333 .567 25.0 11.1 16.7 .240 .261 .542 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -14.9 -2 15 8.2 4 .500 .750 .538 28.6 0.0 0.0 .451 1.026 .608 75.0
2021 Changeup -42.6 -2 4 2.2 2 .500 1.000 1.075 0.0 0.0 0.0 .157 .177 .143 50.0
2020 Slider 1.6 3 164 67.2 48 .205 .364 .279 42.4 41.7 36.4 .206 .335 .270 45.8
2020 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 1 42 17.2 6 .000 .000 .350 14.3 0.0 0.0 .252 .854 .572 33.3
2020 Sinker 6.4 2 34 13.9 7 .000 .000 .100 13.3 0.0 0.0 .218 .272 .279 0.0
2020 Changeup 0.1 0 4 1.6 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Slider 5.0 3 55 44.7 12 .000 .000 .000 56.7 66.7 44.4 .151 .181 .141 25.0
2019 Sinker -2.8 -1 41 33.3 14 .385 1.000 .579 25.0 14.3 16.7 .341 .855 .501 54.5
2019 Changeup 2.4 0 19 15.4 5 .000 .000 .140 14.3 0.0 0.0 .251 .284 .329 50.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -3.9 0 8 6.5 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .418 .450 .376 100.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -6.1 -1 9 60.0 3 .500 .500 .533 0.0 0.0 0.0 .137 .153 .323 0.0
2018 Slider -0.7 0 4 26.7 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Sinker -16.9 0 1 6.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 Changeup -10.6 0 1 6.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 Slider 1.8 7 425 50.0 125 .210 .361 .272 49.0 42.4 31.7 .192 .294 .231 34.8
2017 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 -6 290 34.1 58 .420 .700 .504 8.7 6.9 7.5 .395 .712 .498 54.3
2017 Changeup 2.6 2 83 9.8 15 .067 .067 .060 50.0 53.3 27.6 .128 .172 .128 0.0
2017 Sinker -2.7 -1 49 5.8 12 .400 .500 .446 9.5 8.3 7.7 .320 .370 .362 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
2021 4-Seam Fastball 15 92.3 84 16.1 1:15 1:15 0
2021 Sinker 44 91.2 87 19.7 1:15 2:00 -45
2021 Slider 116 84.2 15 2.0 9:45 9:45 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 41 87.8 90 19.1 1:30 1:15 15
2020 Sinker 33 88.9 93 20.1 1:15 2:00 -45
2020 Slider 154 80.5 11 3.1 7:45 8:30 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 90 371 -3 7 -1 -1 2
2017 210 847 3 2 1 -3 2
2019 32 123 1 1 0 -1 2
2020 65 253 4 0 2 -2 4
2021 46 182 -4 -1 -2 -2 -9
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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 375 41.1 63.6 84.7 38.5 47.1 41.6 61.5 48.8 31.7 6.9 65.4
2017 850 46.2 67.3 76.0 34.6 42.4 41.1 62.6 49.6 36.0 6.4 72.2
2018 15 33.3 20.0 100.0 30.0 66.7 26.7 66.7 26.7 25.0 0.0 --
2019 123 44.7 56.4 80.6 35.3 33.3 40.7 65.6 44.7 40.0 5.7 57.1
2020 244 42.2 62.1 73.4 36.9 53.8 37.7 59.0 47.5 35.3 5.3 84.6
2021 182 46.2 61.9 82.7 23.5 17.4 39.0 50.0 41.2 37.3 7.1 53.8
Player 1,789 44.3 64.3 78.4 34.7 43.2 40.4 60.8 47.8 35.3 6.3 69.0
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 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
2016 70 34 57
2017 62 51 56 62 69 85 60 7 13 92 80 98 96 58 28 59
2020 5 58 33
2021 20 41 60
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 24.9 5 3.9 1 1 2 2 40.0
2017 21.9 7 5.8 1 4 3 3 42.9
2019 22.5 2 2.6 -1 0 2 1 50.0
2020 23.9 2 1.8 0 3 2 0 0.0
2021 -- 0 0.6 -1 0 1 0 --
Player 23.2 16 14.6 1 8 10 6 37.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4
2017 7 6 5 7 6 6 7 5 6 5 6 8 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 7 6 7 5 5 6 7 6 6 3
2019 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2
2020 2 2 2 4 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1
2021 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
Player 16 15 13 18 14 15 17 14 10 11 14 17 16 14 15 16 13 14 15 15 15 16 17 17 14 13 14 17 17 13 10
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.1 93.4 -0.7 ↓ 92.9 -0.5 ↓ 93.9 1.0 ↑ 88.3 -5.6 ↓ 91.5 3.2 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 88.8 88.6 -0.2 ↓ 86.9 -1.7 ↓ 89.9 3.0 ↑ 84.5 -5.4 ↓ 89.4 4.9 ↑
Breaking Velocity 86.5 84.3 -2.2 ↓ 85.5 1.2 ↑ 84.3 -1.2 ↓ 80.5 -3.8 ↓ 84.2 3.7 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.8 89.3 1.5 ↑ 70.4 -18.9 ↓ 92.5 22.1 ↑ 87.7 -4.8 ↓ 87.9 0.2 ↑
Launch Angle 5.1 13.3 8.2 ↑ -18.4 -31.7 ↓ 11.8 30.2 ↑ 14.8 3.0 ↑ 15.7 0.9 ↑
Barrel % 9.4 5.4 -4.0 ↓ 0.0 -5.4 ↓ 10.0 10.0 ↑ 12.1 2.1 ↑ 7.7 -4.4 ↓
Hard Hit % 30.2 37.5 7.3 ↑ 0.0 -37.5 ↓ 50.0 50.0 ↑ 36.4 -13.6 ↓ 30.8 -5.6 ↓
Sweet Spot % 22.6 31.8 9.2 ↑ 0.0 -31.8 ↓ 25.0 25.0 ↑ 39.4 14.4 ↑ 42.3 2.9 ↑
xBA .200 .245 0.045 ↑ .137 -0.108 ↓ .255 0.118 ↑ .210 -0.045 ↓ .212 0.002 ↑
BA .203 .262 0.059 ↑ .500 0.238 ↑ .200 -0.300 ↓ .173 -0.027 ↓ .324 0.151 ↑
xwOBA .288 .303 0.015 ↑ .319 0.016 ↑ .335 0.016 ↑ .301 -0.034 ↓ .330 0.029 ↑
wOBA .300 .321 0.021 ↑ .523 0.202 ↑ .294 -0.229 ↓ .264 -0.030 ↓ .405 0.141 ↑
xSLG .369 .395 0.026 ↑ .153 -0.242 ↓ .496 0.343 ↑ .359 -0.137 ↓ .355 -0.004 ↓
SLG .418 .431 0.013 ↑ .500 0.069 ↑ .467 -0.033 ↓ .308 -0.159 ↓ .459 0.151 ↑
K% 30.8 31.3 0.5 ↑ 0.0 -31.3 ↓ 31.3 31.3 ↑ 32.3 1.0 ↑ 23.9 -8.4 ↓
BB% 9.9 6.6 -3.3 ↓ 33.3 26.7 ↑ 6.3 -27.0 ↓ 12.9 6.6 ↑ 15.2 2.3 ↑
Swing % 48.8 49.6 0.8 ↑ 26.7 -22.9 ↓ 44.7 18.0 ↑ 47.5 2.8 ↑ 41.2 -6.3 ↓
Whiff% 31.7 36.0 4.3 ↑ 25.0 -11.0 ↓ 40.0 15.0 ↑ 35.3 -4.7 ↓ 37.3 2.0 ↑
In Zone % 41.1 46.2 5.1 ↑ 33.3 -12.9 ↓ 44.7 11.4 ↑ 42.2 -2.5 ↓ 46.2 4.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 58.9 53.8 -5.1 ↓ 66.7 12.9 ↑ 55.3 -11.4 ↓ 57.8 2.5 ↑ 53.8 -4.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 38.5 34.6 -3.9 ↓ 30.0 -4.6 ↓ 35.3 5.3 ↑ 36.9 1.6 ↑ 23.5 -13.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 29.7 30.3 0.6 ↑ 0.0 -30.3 ↓ 28.1 28.1 ↑ 23.0 -5.1 ↓ 21.7 -1.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.5 62.6 1.1 ↑ 66.7 4.1 ↑ 65.6 -1.1 ↓ 59.0 -6.6 ↓ 50.0 -9.0 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 83 .304 52 14 26.9 31 19 61.3
2017 Shifts 211 .321 109 31 28.4 102 44 43.1
2018 Shifts 3 .523 1 1 100.0 2 2 100.0
2019 Shifts 32 .294 15 2 13.3 17 6 35.3
2020 Shifts 61 .264 44 27 61.4 17 6 35.3
2021 Shifts 46 .405 33 8 24.2 13 9 69.2
! 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 85 19.9 11.8% 7.1% 63 24.9 6.3% 25.4%
2017 235 20.7 0.4% 4.3% 129 23.4 0.8% 11.6%
2018 5 22.9 0.0% 0.0% 4 21.8 0.0% 0.0%
2019 43 22.1 0.0% 2.3% 15 23.6 0.0% 0.0%
2020 47 20.9 0.0% 0.0% 58 25.4 0.0% 24.1%
2021 35 22.1 0.0% 2.9% 53 24.4 0.0% 15.1%
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Pitch Distribution

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