P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 205 lbs | Age: 43
Draft: 2003 | Rd. 19, No. 575, St. Louis Cardinals | Iona
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 8 1 3.91 57 0 6 48.1 34 1.22
2016 0 1 4.94 30 0 0 23.2 24 1.52
2017 1 0 3.54 46 0 0 40.2 27 1.18
9 Seasons 27 15 3.30 444 0 60 397.2 375 1.15
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 57 8-1 3.91 48.1 34 1.22
2016 30 0-1 4.94 23.2 24 1.52
2017 46 1-0 3.54 40.2 27 1.18
9 Seasons 444 27-15 3.30 397.2 375 1.15
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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
2015 33 801 159 5 3.1 2.4 87.4 112.1 21.1 33.3 .238 .382 .290 .282 .324 29.6 16.5 5.3 3.91 3.26
2016 34 462 75 9 12.0 8.3 90.5 107.4 13.4 33.3 .279 .557 .389 .377 .461 42.7 22.0 7.3 4.94 6.33
2017 35 652 116 9 7.8 5.4 85.5 111.5 10.7 29.3 .248 .443 .299 .341 .353 26.7 16.3 12.0 3.54 5.10
Player 1915 350 23 6.6 4.8 87.4 112.1 15.9 32.0 .251 .443 .316 .325 .364 31.4 17.7 8.1
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Motte relies on 4 pitches.
Cutter
(52.5%) ,
Sinker
(26.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(19.4%) ,
Changeup
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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 32.1 67.9 27.7 28.3 11.9 27.7 40.3 32.1 16.4 10.1 5.7 11.3 30.2 26.4
2016 42.7 57.3 21.3 30.7 5.3 38.7 36.0 25.3 22.7 14.7 5.3 16.0 21.3 20.0
2017 45.7 54.3 26.7 21.6 6.0 30.2 42.2 27.6 13.8 25.0 6.9 16.4 17.2 20.7
Player 38.9 61.1 26.0 26.6 8.6 30.9 40.0 29.1 16.9 16.0 6.0 14.0 24.0 23.1
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 2.5 24.5 35.2 20.1 8.8 3.1 2.4
2016 0.0 36.0 21.3 20.0 9.3 12.0 8.3
2017 5.2 34.5 28.4 19.0 3.4 7.8 5.4
Player 2.9 30.3 30.0 19.7 7.1 6.6 4.8
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2017 Changeup ATL R 10 88.7 29.2 -0.4 18.2ARM 3.0 7.0 1.5 18.2ARM 4.6
2017 Sinker ATL R 172 93.1 17.6 -4.6 15.1ARM -0.2 14.6 -3.8 15.1ARM -0.3
2017 Cutter ATL R 341 87.3 30.6 -2.4 1.2GLV -0.8 5.8 -3.5 1.2GLV -1.1
2017 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 126 93.7 12.5 2.4 9.8ARM 1.1 19.4 2.3 9.8ARM 1.7
2016 Changeup COL R 21 82.8 35.2 0.8 9.1ARM -4.0 4.8 2.4 9.1ARM -2.2
2016 Cutter COL R 198 89.4 27.1 -0.3 2.8GLV 0.0 7.2 -1.6 2.8GLV -1.3
2016 4-Seam Fastball COL R 221 94.6 15.2 0.7 6.4ARM -1.4 15.7 -0.1 6.4ARM 0.0
2016 Curveball COL R 21 83.2 38.1 -8.7 3.3GLV -7.1 1.7 -11.7 3.3GLV -7.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2017 Cutter 1.4 5 341 52.5 87 .179 .321 .268 21.1 13.8 12.0 .261 .432 .327 17.9
2017 Sinker -0.3 -1 172 26.5 47 .184 .447 .353 15.9 14.9 11.3 .238 .539 .395 38.7
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 0 126 19.4 28 .261 .478 .357 19.4 28.6 17.4 .197 .312 .276 43.8
2017 Changeup -1.5 0 10 1.5 3 .500 .500 .533 0.0 0.0 0.0 .482 .566 .541 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.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 40 171 4 2 -1 0 5
2009 237 923 1 0 -2 -3 -4
2010 196 826 12 5 -3 -3 11
2011 266 1,109 8 9 -3 -4 11
2012 277 1,120 15 7 -5 -4 14
2014 110 410 -3 -1 -4 -1 -8
2015 201 781 5 6 -2 -3 6
2016 108 461 -2 2 -2 -2 -4
2017 165 651 4 8 -4 -4 4
Player 1,600 6,452 46 39 -26 46 35
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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 %
2015 801 52.6 75.3 89.3 27.4 76.9 44.3 67.5 52.6 13.8 10.0 80.0
2016 462 50.6 72.2 89.9 29.4 62.7 37.7 67.0 51.1 17.8 9.1 78.6
2017 652 43.2 68.7 89.1 29.2 66.7 38.7 65.5 46.3 18.9 6.8 77.3
Player 1,915 48.9 72.5 89.4 28.5 69.5 40.8 66.7 50.1 16.4 8.7 78.9
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 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
2015 77 56 52 47 76 91 90 68 77 23 83 1 26 87 79 30
2016 75 72 35
2017 56 68 29
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.24 6 6.2 0 1 4 4 66.7
2017 22.22 6 6.6 -1 2 4 4 66.7
Player 22.73 12 12.8 -1 3 8 8 66.7
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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
2016 6 8 4 7 5 5 6 8 5 4 5 7 6 5 7 7 4 7 8 6 6 4 8 8 8 6 6 7 6 7 5
2017 6 6 5 6 5 6 9 7 5 5 5 6 8 8 6 7 5 5 8 5 8 8 9 8 8 7 5 8 8 8 5
Player 12 14 9 13 10 11 15 15 10 9 10 13 14 13 13 14 9 12 16 11 14 12 17 16 16 13 11 15 14 15 10
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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

2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .199 -.087 ↓ .286 +.031 ↑ .255
xBA .248 -.031 ↓ .279 +.041 ↑ .238
OBP .307 -.042 ↓ .349 +.049 ↑ .300
xOBP .350 +.006 ↑ .344 +.058 ↑ .286
SLG .383 -.209 ↓ .592 +.204 ↑ .388
xSLG .443 -.114 ↓ .557 +.175 ↑ .382
ISO .184 -.122 ↓ .306 +.173 ↑ .133
xISO .195 -.082 ↓ .277 +.133 ↑ .144
BABIP .200 -.119 ↓ .319 +.030 ↑ .289
wOBA .299 -.090 ↓ .389 +.099 ↑ .290
xwOBA .341 -.036 ↓ .377 +.095 ↑ .282
wOBACON .293 -.184 ↓ .477 +.145 ↑ .332
xwOBACON .353 -.108 ↓ .461 +.137 ↑ .324
BACON .241 -.132 ↓ .373 +.065 ↑ .308
xBACON .302 -.065 ↓ .367 +.078 ↑ .289
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 26.7 -16.0 ↓ 42.7 +13.1 ↑ 29.6
Avg Exit Velocity 85.5 -5.0 ↓ 90.5 +3.1 ↑ 87.4
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 29.3 -4.0 ↓ 33.3 0.0 33.3
Barrel % 7.8 -4.2 ↓ 12.0 +8.9 ↑ 3.1
Avg Launch Angle 10.7 -2.7 ↓ 13.4 -7.7 ↓ 21.1
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Angle 0° -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Direction 0° -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 0° -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 90.1 -2.1 ↓ 92.2 -2.6 ↓ 94.8
Breaking Velocity 0.0 -- 83.2 +1.3 ↑ 81.9
Offspeed Velocity 88.7 +5.9 ↑ 82.8 -- --
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 9 0 9 +4 ↑ 5
Popup % 6.0 +0.7 ↑ 5.3 -6.6 ↓ 11.9
Flyball % 26.7 +5.4 ↑ 21.3 -6.4 ↓ 27.7
Line Drive % 21.6 -9.1 ↓ 30.7 +2.4 ↑ 28.3
Groundball % 45.7 +3.0 ↑ 42.7 +10.6 ↑ 32.1
Pull % 30.2 -8.5 ↓ 38.7 +11.0 ↑ 27.7
Straight Away % 42.2 +6.2 ↑ 36.0 -4.3 ↓ 40.3
Opposite Field % 27.6 +2.3 ↑ 25.3 -6.8 ↓ 32.1
Weak Contact % 5.2 +5.2 ↑ 0.0 -2.5 ↓ 2.5
Pull Airball % 16.4 +0.4 ↑ 16.0 +4.7 ↑ 11.3
Topped Contact % 34.5 -1.5 ↓ 36.0 +11.5 ↑ 24.5
Under Contact % 28.4 +7.1 ↑ 21.3 -13.9 ↓ 35.2
Flare/Burner Contact % 19.0 -1.0 ↓ 20.0 -0.1 ↓ 20.1
Solid Contact % 3.4 -5.9 ↓ 9.3 +0.5 ↑ 8.8
HR/FB % 19.4 -18.1 ↓ 37.5 +28.4 ↑ 9.1
Popups 7 +3 ↑ 4 -15 ↓ 19
Flyballs 31 +15 ↑ 16 -28 ↓ 44
Line Drives 25 +2 ↑ 23 -22 ↓ 45
Groundballs 53 +21 ↑ 32 -19 ↓ 51
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 43.2 -7.4 ↓ 50.6 -2.0 ↓ 52.6
Out of Zone % 56.8 +7.4 ↑ 49.4 +2.0 ↑ 47.4
Edge % 38.7 +1.0 ↑ 37.7 -6.6 ↓ 44.3
Zone Swing % 68.7 -3.5 ↓ 72.2 -3.1 ↓ 75.3
Out of Zone Swing % 29.2 -0.2 ↓ 29.4 +2.0 ↑ 27.4
In Zone Contact % 89.1 -0.8 ↓ 89.9 +0.6 ↑ 89.3
Out of Zone Contact % 66.7 +4.0 ↑ 62.7 -14.2 ↓ 76.9
Whiff % 18.9 +1.1 ↑ 17.8 +4.0 ↑ 13.8
First Strike % 65.5 -1.5 ↓ 67.0 -0.5 ↓ 67.5
First Pitch Swing % 32.1 -2.8 ↓ 34.9 +1.4 ↑ 33.5
Swing % 46.3 -4.8 ↓ 51.1 -1.5 ↓ 52.6
Meatball Swing % 77.3 -1.3 ↓ 78.6 -1.4 ↓ 80.0
Meatball % 6.8 -2.3 ↓ 9.1 -0.9 ↓ 10.0
Zone Swing & Miss % 10.9 +0.8 ↑ 10.1 -0.6 ↓ 10.7
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 33.3 -4.0 ↓ 37.3 +14.2 ↑ 23.1
In Zone 281 +47 ↑ 234 -187 ↓ 421
Out of Zone 370 +142 ↑ 228 -152 ↓ 380
Edge 252 +78 ↑ 174 -181 ↓ 355
In Zone Swings 193 +24 ↑ 169 -148 ↓ 317
Out of Zone Swings 108 +41 ↑ 67 -37 ↓ 104
In Zone Swing & Misses 21 +4 ↑ 17 -17 ↓ 34
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 36 +11 ↑ 25 +1 ↑ 24
Basic
Pitches 652 +190 ↑ 462 -339 ↓ 801
PA 166 +57 ↑ 109 -97 ↓ 206
AB 141 +43 ↑ 98 -90 ↓ 188
Hits 28 0 28 -20 ↓ 48
Singles 14 +3 ↑ 11 -22 ↓ 33
Doubles 8 -2 ↓ 10 +1 ↑ 9
Triples 0 -1 ↓ 1 -1 ↓ 2
Home Runs 6 0 6 +2 ↑ 4
Walks 20 +12 ↑ 8 -3 ↓ 11
Strikeouts 27 +3 ↑ 24 -10 ↓ 34
K% 16.3 -5.7 ↓ 22.0 +5.5 ↑ 16.5
BB% 12.0 +4.7 ↑ 7.3 +2.0 ↑ 5.3
HBP 3 +1 ↑ 2 0 2
Batted Balls 116 +41 ↑ 75 -84 ↓ 159
Number of Fastballs 639 +220 ↑ 419 -344 ↓ 763
Number of Offspeed 10 -11 ↓ 21 +21 ↑ 0
Number of Breaking 0 -21 ↓ 21 +3 ↑ 18
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 106 .366 58 7 12.1 48 19 39.6
2017 Shifts 164 .301 107 1 0.9 57 17 29.8
! 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

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 202 17.0 24.8% 2.0% 161 22.0 2.5% 8.7%
2011 242 18.2 6.2% 4.5% 204 23.0 2.5% 11.3%
2012 302 18.3 9.6% 3.3% 165 22.6 0.0% 8.5%
2014 107 16.1 29.0% 1.9% 76 21.8 0.0% 3.9%
2015 207 18.6 23.2% 7.7% 122 23.3 9.8% 15.6%
2016 117 18.9 17.9% 7.7% 79 23.5 7.6% 11.4%
2017 181 17.6 12.7% 0.6% 115 22.5 0.0% 3.5%

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Pitch Distribution

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