Joe Barlow
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 210LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 11, #339, Texas Rangers | Salt Lake CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 0 2 1.55 31 0 11 29 27 0.83
2022 3 1 3.86 35 0 13 35 28 1.14
2023 1 1 4.66 13 0 0 9.2 6 1.55
3 Seasons 4 4 3.05 79 0 24 73.2 61 1.07
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 31 0-2 1.55 29 27 0.83
2022 35 3-1 3.86 35 28 1.14
2023 13 1-1 4.66 9.2 6 1.55
3 Seasons 79 4-4 3.05 73.2 61 1.07
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
2021 25 455 72 4 5.6 3.6 89.2 107.5 17.2 31.9 .204 .356 .200 .285 .325 36.1 24.3 10.8 1.55 3.39
2022 26 554 101 11 10.9 7.5 91.4 110.1 15.2 37.6 .248 .470 .300 .351 .390 42.6 19.2 8.9 3.86 5.28
2023 27 147 36 3 8.3 6.8 89.2 108.6 22.7 22.2 .243 .411 .360 .297 .325 36.1 13.6 4.5 4.66 3.69
Player 1156 209 18 8.6 6.0 90.3 110.1 17.2 33.0 .231 .419 .272 .319 .356 39.2 20.3 9.0
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

Barlow relies on 3 pitches.
Slider
(61.2%) ,
Four Seamer
(36.1%) ,
Curveball
(2.7%) ,


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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
2021 38.9 27.8 23.6 9.7 40.3 30.6 29.2 1.4 31.9 37.5 16.7 5.6 5.6 3.6
2022 36.6 32.7 22.8 7.9 37.6 39.6 22.8 2.0 28.7 29.7 20.8 7.9 10.9 7.5
2023 33.3 41.7 13.9 11.1 33.3 38.9 27.8 0.0 16.7 41.7 27.8 5.6 8.3 6.8
Player 36.8 32.5 21.5 9.1 37.8 36.4 25.8 1.4 27.8 34.4 20.6 6.7 8.6 6.0
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
2023 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 53 93.3 12.2 3.2 21 4.7 -2.4 -34
2023 Slider TEX R 90 85.9 29.7 -5.9 -17 4.2 -0.6 -12
2023 Curveball TEX R 4 78.6 53.2 -1.6 -3 1.6 -8.1 -84
2022 Sinker TEX R 16 94.7 12.7 -9.0 -42 12.1 -3.2 -21
2022 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 157 94.5 11.6 3.1 21 6.2 -1.5 -19
2022 Slider TEX R 333 87.3 28.5 -5.1 -15 3.9 -0.2 -5
2022 Curveball TEX R 47 81.3 50.3 -0.4 -1 1.8 -6.4 -78
2021 Sinker TEX R 5 94.5 13.5 -7.3 -35 10.3 -4.6 -31
2021 Curveball TEX R 58 79.1 52.7 -1.1 -2 1.3 -7.5 -85
2021 Slider TEX R 185 85.9 28.8 -6.1 -17 2.8 -1.8 -40
2021 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 207 94.4 11.4 3.2 22 5.2 -1.9 -27
! 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 Slider -5.7 -5 90 61.2 31 .300 .533 .366 32.7 16.1 23.8 .234 .386 .279 32.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.7 1 53 36.1 13 .333 .417 .358 13.0 7.7 16.7 .266 .473 .342 45.5
2023 Curveball -0.3 0 4 2.7 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 Slider 1.1 4 333 60.1 100 .193 .295 .263 29.7 19.0 17.4 .246 .409 .330 40.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 0 158 28.5 37 .233 .500 .362 24.3 24.3 23.1 .229 .597 .392 45.5
2022 Curveball -0.5 0 47 8.5 6 .167 .667 .333 15.4 0.0 0.0 .285 .643 .391 50.0
2022 Sinker -7.6 -1 16 2.9 3 .667 1.000 .717 14.3 0.0 0.0 .433 .656 .468 66.7
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 3 207 45.5 56 .160 .320 .260 17.5 17.9 16.9 .231 .421 .320 37.5
2021 Slider 2.5 5 185 40.7 50 .071 .095 .181 35.4 34.0 24.6 .146 .208 .219 33.3
2021 Curveball -0.6 0 58 12.7 4 .250 .250 .225 30.8 0.0 0.0 .504 1.105 .669 50.0
2021 Sinker 3.4 0 5 1.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .174 .399 .242 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
2023 4-Seam Fastball 53 93.3 96 19.5 12:45 12:30 15
2023 Slider 90 85.9 45 7.8 12:00 10:45 75
2022 Curveball 47 81.3 47 11.6 7:00 6:15 45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 158 94.5 96 19.7 12:45 12:45 0
2022 Sinker 16 94.7 96 21.7 12:45 1:15 -30
2022 Slider 333 87.3 42 7.9 12:15 10:45 90
2021 Curveball 58 79.1 60 11.7 6:45 6:15 30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 207 94.4 97 19.6 12:45 12:30 15
2021 Slider 185 85.9 44 7.7 12:15 11:00 75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 111 455 6 7 -4 -2 8
2022 146 554 4 6 -4 -4 2
2023 44 147 -1 -3 0 0 -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 %
2021 455 47.3 71.2 80.4 30.0 59.7 43.3 57.7 49.5 25.8 7.9 80.6
2022 554 49.3 68.9 80.3 29.9 53.6 41.3 63.0 49.1 27.2 10.1 78.6
2023 147 56.5 71.1 81.4 26.6 35.3 41.5 72.7 51.7 27.6 11.6 64.7
Player 1,156 49.4 70.1 80.5 29.6 54.3 42.1 62.5 49.6 26.7 9.4 77.1
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
2021 67 57 16 30
2022 62 76 26
2023 37 86 30
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 23.5 2 2.6 -1 2 1 2 100.0
2022 25.7 5 5.0 0 3 3 2 40.0
2023 24.1 2 2.3 0 0 2 1 50.0
Player 24.9 9 9.9 -1 5 6 5 55.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 5 2 2 2 3 4 2 3 3
2022 5 7 3 5 5 5 6 5 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 3 5 6 4 8 5 5 5 4 5 6 5 4
2023 2 2 3 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2
Player 9 11 9 9 11 11 12 9 8 8 10 10 10 9 11 10 9 10 7 11 10 8 16 9 9 9 9 12 10 11 9
! 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.4 94.5 0.1 ↑ 93.3 -1.2 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 84.3 86.5 2.2 ↑ 85.6 -0.9 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.2 91.4 2.2 ↑ 89.2 -2.2 ↓
Launch Angle 17.2 15.2 -2.0 ↓ 22.7 7.5 ↑
Barrel % 5.6 10.9 5.3 ↑ 8.3 -2.6 ↓
Hard Hit % 36.1 42.6 6.5 ↑ 36.1 -6.5 ↓
Sweet Spot % 31.9 37.6 5.7 ↑ 22.2 -15.4 ↓
xBA .204 .248 0.044 ↑ .243 -0.005 ↓
BA .124 .213 0.089 ↑ .310 0.097 ↑
xwOBA .285 .351 0.066 ↑ .297 -0.054 ↓
wOBA .200 .300 0.100 ↑ .360 0.060 ↑
xSLG .356 .470 0.114 ↑ .411 -0.059 ↓
SLG .216 .378 0.162 ↑ .500 0.122 ↑
K% 24.3 19.2 -5.1 ↓ 13.6 -5.6 ↓
BB% 10.8 8.9 -1.9 ↓ 4.5 -4.4 ↓
Swing % 49.5 49.1 -0.4 ↓ 51.7 2.6 ↑
Whiff% 25.8 27.2 1.4 ↑ 27.6 0.4 ↑
In Zone % 47.3 49.3 2.0 ↑ 56.5 7.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 52.7 50.7 -2.0 ↓ 43.5 -7.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30.0 29.9 -0.1 ↓ 26.6 -3.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.1 34.9 8.8 ↑ 34.1 -0.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 57.7 63.0 5.3 ↑ 72.7 9.7 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 111 .200 62 1 1.6 49 42 85.7
2022 Shifts 146 .300 81 14 17.3 65 54 83.1
2023 Shades 44 .360 30 0 0.0 14 11 78.6
! 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 %
2021 117 21.8 0.9% 7.7% 71 26.5 0.0% 21.1%
2022 138 21.7 0.0% 2.9% 103 26.0 0.0% 17.5%
2023 46 16.4 15.2% 0.0% 17 20.8 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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