Jason Adam
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 229LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 5, #149, Kansas City Royals | Blue Valley Northwest HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 2 3 1.56 67 0 8 63.1 75 0.76
2023 4 2 2.98 56 0 12 54.1 69 1.01
2024 7 2 1.95 65 0 4 64.2 75 0.80
7 Seasons 19 11 2.90 267 0 24 260.2 314 0.99
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 67 2-3 1.56 63.1 75 0.76
2023 56 4-2 2.98 54.1 69 1.01
2024 65 7-2 1.95 64.2 75 0.80
7 Seasons 267 19-11 2.90 260.2 314 0.99
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		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2018 26 571 87 12 13.8 8.5 87.9 109.1 25.8 35.6 .230 .486 .365 .350 .432 35.6 26.1 10.6 6.12 5.33
2019 27 397 60 3 5.0 3.3 85.6 113.9 24.1 31.7 .188 .307 .265 .270 .266 21.7 19.8 11.0 2.91 3.16
2020 28 260 29 1 3.4 1.7 84.9 109.0 16.8 24.1 .164 .273 .295 .258 .324 24.1 36.2 13.8 3.29 2.77
2021 29 218 22 2 9.1 4.0 87.0 105.9 18.4 31.8 .169 .303 .354 .290 .371 36.4 38.0 12.0 5.91 3.52
2022 30 942 138 7 5.1 3.0 85.2 113.0 14.4 29.0 .162 .257 .213 .226 .277 27.5 31.6 7.2 1.56 2.09
2023 31 906 124 15 12.1 6.8 87.2 111.9 14.4 30.6 .217 .403 .283 .320 .407 39.5 31.1 9.0 2.98 4.33
2024 32 959 147 11 7.5 4.5 88.4 117.8 13.8 28.6 .201 .342 .219 .272 .356 37.4 30.7 7.0 1.95 2.99
Player 4253 607 51 8.4 4.9 86.9 117.8 17.1 30.3 .195 .346 .266 .282 .350 33.1 30.1 8.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Adam relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(38.0%) ,
Changeup
(25.9%) ,
Slider
(20.6%) ,
Sweeper
(15.5%) ,


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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
2018 28.7 29.9 21.8 19.5 34.5 35.6 29.9 4.6 16.1 40.2 18.4 6.9 13.8 8.5
2019 26.7 30.0 25.0 18.3 23.3 36.7 40.0 3.3 23.3 45.0 16.7 6.7 5.0 3.3
2020 41.4 37.9 17.2 3.4 34.5 48.3 17.2 6.9 31.0 31.0 20.7 6.9 3.4 1.7
2021 36.4 18.2 27.3 18.2 40.9 36.4 22.7 9.1 22.7 31.8 22.7 4.5 9.1 4.0
2022 44.2 24.6 18.1 13.0 36.2 41.3 22.5 2.2 38.4 32.6 16.7 5.1 5.1 3.0
2023 41.9 29.8 17.7 10.5 39.5 42.7 17.7 4.8 31.5 23.4 21.0 7.3 12.1 6.8
2024 44.2 27.2 18.4 10.2 38.1 37.4 24.5 5.4 29.3 26.5 23.1 7.5 7.5 4.5
Player 39.4 28.0 19.6 13.0 35.9 39.5 24.5 4.4 29.2 31.5 19.8 6.6 8.4 4.9
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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
2024 Changeup SD R 248 89.6 30.3 1.6 6 16.4 1.8 13
2024 Sweeper SD R 149 79.0 47.8 4.8 11 18.0 3.3 23
2024 4-Seam Fastball SD R 364 95.5 11.7 1.9 14 7.7 0.8 11
2024 Slider SD R 198 84.6 41.6 5.0 14 3.0 -2.2 -42
2023 Slider TB R 12 83.8 40.7 2.9 8 4.1 -1.5 -27
2023 Sweeper TB R 271 79.0 46.8 3.8 9 20.4 4.8 31
2023 Changeup TB R 319 89.6 30.7 2.2 8 16.1 1.3 9
2023 4-Seam Fastball TB R 303 94.6 12.6 2.0 14 7.4 0.2 3
2022 4-Seam Fastball TB R 302 94.8 13.0 1.4 9 6.9 -0.6 -8
2022 Sweeper TB R 337 81.3 43.4 2.6 6 13.1 -1.8 -12
2022 Changeup TB R 303 90.0 31.8 4.2 15 16.4 1.8 13
2021 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 125 93.8 14.4 0.5 3 7.0 -0.3 -5
2021 Changeup CHC R 23 87.3 33.2 4.5 16 16.0 2.2 16
2021 Curveball CHC R 36 79.0 56.9 2.1 4 10.5 2.3 27
2021 Slider CHC R 34 82.4 45.3 5.6 14 6.4 0.4 7
2020 Curveball CHC R 28 79.3 57.5 3.8 7 11.8 3.1 35
2020 Slider CHC R 53 82.6 48.1 8.2 21 7.7 1.7 28
2020 Changeup CHC R 40 89.6 31.4 3.5 13 15.5 1.7 13
2020 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 139 94.8 15.0 -0.1 -1 7.3 -0.5 -7
2019 Curveball TOR R 107 77.7 57.5 1.0 2 13.9 5.3 61
2019 Changeup TOR R 46 89.4 29.2 1.4 5 16.6 2.4 17
2019 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 243 94.4 15.0 0.3 2 7.9 0.1 2
2018 Changeup KC R 45 89.1 30.3 2.8 10 14.8 0.9 6
2018 Curveball KC R 177 77.4 55.8 -1.4 -3 14.6 6.0 69
2018 4-Seam Fastball KC R 349 94.1 15.1 0.2 1 7.2 -0.2 -2
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 6 364 38.0 83 .173 .307 .268 25.8 16.9 15.1 .236 .432 .315 46.8
2024 Changeup 3.0 7 248 25.9 84 .154 .192 .193 41.8 39.3 33.7 .176 .255 .230 34.8
2024 Slider 3.7 7 198 20.6 41 .081 .162 .161 57.1 43.9 35.3 .156 .264 .231 26.3
2024 Sweeper -2.8 -4 149 15.5 33 .233 .467 .332 42.1 30.3 18.5 .238 .441 .324 25.0
2023 Changeup 0.0 0 319 35.2 85 .187 .293 .275 33.3 27.1 24.2 .221 .340 .295 36.5
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 303 33.4 73 .246 .541 .389 33.5 30.1 22.7 .247 .561 .395 61.5
2023 Sweeper 1.7 5 272 30.0 63 .089 .179 .189 38.2 38.1 23.5 .165 .303 .265 15.6
2023 Slider -1.7 0 12 1.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .951 1.145 .916 100.0
2022 Sweeper 3.8 13 337 35.8 78 .096 .178 .145 45.8 39.7 32.0 .156 .304 .221 18.6
2022 Changeup 2.0 6 303 32.2 92 .148 .259 .229 34.4 27.2 23.8 .184 .262 .247 33.3
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 5 302 32.1 65 .211 .298 .280 36.3 29.2 20.7 .138 .190 .210 28.9
2021 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 -3 125 57.3 32 .296 .556 .413 21.0 28.1 25.7 .200 .391 .319 33.3
2021 Curveball -0.5 0 36 16.5 5 .000 .000 .140 85.7 80.0 44.4 -- -- .140 --
2021 Slider 2.5 1 34 15.6 8 .143 .143 .200 58.8 75.0 35.3 .128 .159 .196 100.0
2021 Changeup -2.5 -1 23 10.6 5 .333 .333 .460 37.5 0.0 0.0 .214 .243 .403 33.3
2020 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 -3 139 53.5 31 .250 .625 .437 35.3 25.8 17.4 .203 .404 .356 31.3
2020 Slider 3.2 2 53 20.4 11 .100 .200 .177 70.0 63.6 31.8 .079 .088 .131 0.0
2020 Changeup -1.1 0 40 15.4 13 .077 .077 .138 28.6 30.8 25.0 .124 .154 .127 22.2
2020 Curveball 0.0 0 28 10.8 3 .333 .333 .300 66.7 66.7 40.0 .302 .354 .288 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 3.1 7 243 61.2 65 .164 .273 .244 29.4 24.6 25.4 .183 .313 .266 24.4
2019 Curveball -2.7 -3 107 27.0 18 .308 .385 .375 18.2 5.6 3.6 .154 .207 .272 0.0
2019 Changeup 0.2 0 46 11.6 7 .286 .286 .257 25.0 14.3 6.3 .290 .438 .311 50.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -4 349 61.1 89 .267 .653 .415 20.1 16.9 17.9 .264 .598 .408 38.7
2018 Curveball -0.4 -1 177 31.0 40 .171 .257 .271 46.6 52.5 34.4 .131 .230 .221 28.6
2018 Changeup -3.2 -1 45 7.9 12 .333 .583 .392 30.4 8.3 5.6 .307 .537 .366 27.3
! 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
2024 Changeup 237 89.7 80 17.5 1:45 2:45 -60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 347 95.6 88 19.7 1:00 12:45 15
2024 Slider 191 84.7 29 6.8 8:15 7:15 60
2024 Sweeper 145 79.0 59 20.0 7:45 8:30 -45
2023 Changeup 305 89.6 76 17.1 1:45 2:45 -60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 299 94.6 82 19.2 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Slider 12 83.8 25 5.9 9:00 7:45 75
2023 Sweeper 266 79.0 64 22.1 7:45 8:30 -45
2022 Changeup 281 90.0 82 17.4 1:45 3:00 -75
2022 4-Seam Fastball 302 94.8 77 18.6 1:00 12:45 15
2022 Sweeper 336 81.3 51 14.5 7:45 8:30 -45
2021 Changeup 15 87.5 90 16.5 1:45 2:45 -60
2021 Curveball 36 79.0 74 18.9 7:30 7:15 15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 124 93.8 81 17.8 1:00 12:45 15
2021 Slider 31 82.3 45 9.6 8:00 7:30 30
2020 Changeup 32 89.6 87 16.3 1:45 2:45 -60
2020 Curveball 25 79.3 82 20.6 7:15 7:15 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 121 94.7 81 16.6 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Slider 37 82.6 52 12.8 8:00 7:15 45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 141 571 -7 7 -2 -3 -6
2019 90 397 6 7 -3 -6 5
2020 58 260 0 3 -3 -2 -2
2021 50 218 0 1 0 -3 -3
2022 241 963 15 16 -3 -2 25
2023 222 906 7 10 -6 -6 5
2024 241 959 6 17 -1 -5 16
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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 %
2018 571 45.4 74.9 82.5 27.6 53.5 39.8 56.0 49.0 26.4 6.5 78.4
2019 397 43.6 68.8 77.3 26.3 59.3 39.5 46.7 44.8 27.5 7.1 78.6
2020 260 45.0 65.0 69.7 27.3 35.9 36.2 56.9 44.2 41.7 5.4 71.4
2021 218 42.7 65.6 77.0 26.4 45.5 37.6 42.0 43.1 34.0 6.4 100.0
2022 942 47.7 64.6 71.0 36.3 45.3 38.7 64.1 49.8 38.8 8.9 73.8
2023 906 48.2 64.1 70.0 29.0 56.6 38.0 64.9 45.9 34.4 7.7 67.1
2024 959 46.7 70.8 73.5 33.1 38.5 39.5 59.9 50.7 38.7 7.6 76.7
Player 4,253 46.5 67.7 73.8 30.8 47.5 38.7 59.2 47.9 35.1 7.5 75.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.9 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
2018 69 99 56 81
2019 70 98 54 71
2020 75 100 76
2021 55 99 84
2022 99 99 99 93 98 92 84 97 99 92 57 98 96 66 100 81
2023 42 80 49 25 46 60 1 84 46 93 40 94 50 60 100 79
2024 88 92 83 67 88 69 54 63 62 92 63 99 90 74 100 70
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Expected Home Runs

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Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 22.4 9 9.6 -1 2 4 6 66.7
2019 22.8 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0.0
2020 25.1 2 1.8 0 0 2 1 50.0
2021 25.3 1 1.4 0 0 1 1 100.0
2022 23.9 5 4.2 1 4 4 1 20.0
2023 23.8 7 8.2 -1 2 7 3 42.9
2024 26.1 5 7.5 -3 5 3 5 100.0
Player 23.9 30 33.2 -3 13 22 17 56.7
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
2018 9 11 8 8 10 9 10 10 8 8 9 9 12 9 10 11 9 10 8 10 11 9 11 10 9 10 8 10 11 10 9
2019 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
2020 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1
2021 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2
2022 5 3 4 5 5 4 5 3 3 2 4 7 7 4 4 5 4 2 4 5 5 3 8 6 2 2 5 5 5 3 3
2023 7 8 6 7 7 8 9 8 7 7 8 8 9 8 9 8 10 8 10 8 9 9 11 10 8 7 7 8 10 7 6
2024 5 8 9 6 5 9 8 6 5 5 7 8 8 7 7 5 8 6 8 11 9 8 10 9 8 8 5 8 9 7 7
Player 30 34 32 31 30 34 37 31 25 24 31 36 40 31 34 33 34 29 35 40 37 31 46 38 30 29 29 36 39 31 28
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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.1 94.4 0.3 ↑ 94.8 0.4 ↑ 93.8 -1.0 ↓ 94.8 1.0 ↑ 94.6 -0.2 ↓ 95.5 0.9 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 89.1 89.4 0.3 ↑ 89.6 0.2 ↑ 87.3 -2.3 ↓ 90.0 2.7 ↑ 89.6 -0.4 ↓ 89.6 0.0
Breaking Velocity 77.4 77.7 0.3 ↑ 81.4 3.7 ↑ 80.6 -0.8 ↓ 81.3 0.7 ↑ 79.2 -2.1 ↓ 82.2 3.0 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.9 85.6 -2.3 ↓ 84.9 -0.7 ↓ 87.0 2.1 ↑ 85.2 -1.8 ↓ 87.2 2.0 ↑ 88.4 1.2 ↑
Launch Angle 25.8 24.1 -1.7 ↓ 16.8 -7.3 ↓ 18.4 1.6 ↑ 14.4 -4.0 ↓ 14.4 0.0 13.8 -0.6 ↓
Barrel % 13.8 5.0 -8.8 ↓ 3.4 -1.6 ↓ 9.1 5.7 ↑ 5.1 -4.0 ↓ 12.1 7.0 ↑ 7.5 -4.6 ↓
Hard Hit % 35.6 21.7 -13.9 ↓ 24.1 2.4 ↑ 36.4 12.3 ↑ 27.5 -8.9 ↓ 39.5 12.0 ↑ 37.4 -2.1 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.6 31.7 -3.9 ↓ 24.1 -7.6 ↓ 31.8 7.7 ↑ 29.0 -2.8 ↓ 30.6 1.6 ↑ 28.6 -2.0 ↓
xBA .230 .188 -0.042 ↓ .164 -0.024 ↓ .169 0.005 ↑ .162 -0.007 ↓ .217 0.055 ↑ .201 -0.016 ↓
BA .246 .200 -0.046 ↓ .180 -0.020 ↓ .244 0.064 ↑ .147 -0.097 ↓ .181 0.034 ↑ .159 -0.022 ↓
xwOBA .350 .270 -0.080 ↓ .258 -0.012 ↓ .290 0.032 ↑ .226 -0.064 ↓ .320 0.094 ↑ .272 -0.048 ↓
wOBA .365 .265 -0.100 ↓ .295 0.030 ↑ .354 0.059 ↑ .213 -0.141 ↓ .283 0.070 ↑ .219 -0.064 ↓
xSLG .486 .307 -0.179 ↓ .273 -0.034 ↓ .303 0.030 ↑ .257 -0.046