Joe Musgrove
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 230LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2011 | Rd: C-A, #46, Toronto Blue Jays | Grossmont (CA) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 10 7 2.93 30 30 0 181 184 1.08
2023 10 3 3.05 17 17 0 97.1 97 1.14
2024 0 0 16.88 1 1 0 2.2 2 3.38
9 Seasons 60 57 3.75 188 162 2 959 951 1.17
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 30 10-7 2.93 181 184 1.08
2023 17 10-3 3.05 97.1 97 1.14
2024 1 0-0 16.88 2.2 2 3.38
9 Seasons 188 60-57 3.75 959 951 1.17
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
2016 23 980 182 11 6.0 4.3 89.3 111.8 11.4 35.7 .253 .422 .324 .315 .371 40.7 21.5 6.3 4.07 4.19
2017 24 1760 331 20 6.0 4.3 86.7 112.1 9.9 36.3 .256 .432 .338 .319 .379 32.7 21.3 6.1 4.77 4.39
2018 25 1628 355 18 5.1 3.7 87.8 111.2 10.6 32.7 .231 .365 .295 .283 .331 34.1 20.6 4.7 4.06 3.35
2019 26 2657 512 33 6.4 4.6 88.9 112.0 11.7 31.6 .250 .424 .309 .308 .367 38.7 21.9 5.4 4.44 4.17
2020 27 673 93 5 5.4 3.0 85.1 107.1 12.4 32.3 .195 .309 .308 .275 .358 32.3 33.1 9.6 3.86 3.16
2021 28 2938 473 34 7.2 4.5 87.8 109.9 11.6 33.8 .236 .387 .284 .304 .378 38.5 27.1 7.2 3.18 3.89
2022 29 2834 499 30 6.0 4.1 86.4 111.2 11.7 34.7 .225 .350 .292 .282 .341 32.5 24.9 5.7 2.93 3.27
2023 30 1550 272 14 5.1 3.5 87.5 111.9 11.1 32.4 .225 .342 .295 .274 .326 33.5 24.3 5.3 3.05 3.11
2024 31 60 13 1 7.7 5.9 92.7 108.7 16.9 69.2 .475 .726 .532 .568 .612 46.2 11.8 11.8 16.88 20.44
Player 15080 2730 166 6.1 4.2 87.6 112.1 11.3 33.8 .237 .385 .303 .297 .358 35.6 23.8 6.0
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

Musgrove relies on 6 pitches.
Slider
(26.7%) ,
Curveball
(21.7%) ,
Cutter
(16.7%) ,
Four Seamer
(16.7%) ,
Changeup
(15.0%) ,
Sinker
(3.3%) ,


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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 42.9 23.1 28.0 6.0 35.2 41.2 22.5 2.2 35.2 24.2 25.3 7.1 6.0 4.3
2017 46.5 21.5 26.9 5.1 38.4 36.9 24.5 4.8 34.7 23.3 23.3 5.7 6.0 4.3
2018 47.9 22.5 22.3 7.3 40.3 35.5 24.2 4.5 35.8 24.5 23.4 5.4 5.1 3.7
2019 44.9 24.6 24.2 6.3 38.7 39.3 22.1 2.7 35.0 25.0 23.8 6.6 6.4 4.6
2020 47.3 19.4 24.7 8.6 36.6 38.7 24.7 6.5 35.5 20.4 22.6 7.5 5.4 3.0
2021 45.0 26.8 22.0 6.1 39.1 38.3 22.6 4.2 31.3 24.1 27.5 5.1 7.2 4.5
2022 45.9 22.8 22.8 8.4 38.9 36.7 24.4 6.8 32.9 24.0 23.0 6.6 6.0 4.1
2023 46.0 24.6 23.9 5.5 43.0 35.3 21.7 4.4 36.4 25.4 23.2 5.5 5.1 3.5
2024 23.1 38.5 38.5 0.0 46.2 38.5 15.4 0.0 15.4 23.1 38.5 15.4 7.7 5.9
Player 45.6 23.8 24.0 6.6 39.1 37.5 23.2 4.5 34.1 24.2 24.2 6.1 6.1 4.2
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
2024 4-Seam Fastball SD R 10 92.5 20.3 -5.4 -36 4.5 -1.1 -20
2024 Curveball SD R 13 81.3 62.1 7.0 13 11.9 4.6 63
2024 Slider SD R 16 82.5 47.4 4.4 10 17.9 8.2 85
2024 Cutter SD R 10 90.5 25.0 0.3 1 3.0 0.5 22
2024 Sinker SD R 2 91.9 29.9 6.4 27 9.3 -4.8 -34
2024 Changeup SD R 9 87.5 34.7 3.5 11 16.5 0.4 3
2023 Curveball SD R 370 81.3 56.4 4.5 9 11.1 4.7 73
2023 Sinker SD R 84 92.8 25.2 4.1 19 10.5 -3.7 -26
2023 Slider SD R 225 82.2 46.1 5.7 14 11.7 4.8 69
2023 Changeup SD R 176 87.1 32.0 2.2 7 13.0 -1.1 -8
2023 Cutter SD R 316 90.1 25.7 0.1 0 2.7 0.2 8
2023 4-Seam Fastball SD R 379 93.1 18.8 -3.7 -24 3.6 -2.9 -45
2022 Cutter SD R 552 90.1 24.5 0.9 4 1.5 -0.7 -32
2022 Changeup SD R 178 86.5 32.8 3.7 13 11.4 -2.2 -16
2022 Curveball SD R 536 81.3 55.5 3.4 7 9.6 3.3 52
2022 Sinker SD R 192 92.4 22.9 1.9 9 12.4 -1.3 -9
2022 Slider SD R 696 82.9 41.9 2.7 7 12.7 6.3 100
2022 4-Seam Fastball SD R 679 92.9 18.3 -3.5 -24 4.2 -2.3 -35
2021 Slider SD R 816 84.1 40.5 3.1 8 14.0 8.9 173
2021 Changeup SD R 142 87.1 31.5 2.5 9 9.2 -4.7 -34
2021 Sinker SD R 150 93.2 24.8 4.1 20 10.5 -3.7 -26
2021 Cutter SD R 535 90.6 24.9 -0.1 0 1.7 -0.8 -31
2021 4-Seam Fastball SD R 597 93.3 18.6 -3.8 -26 5.0 -1.8 -26
2021 Curveball SD R 698 82.1 54.7 4.4 9 11.0 4.3 64
2020 Cutter PIT R 43 88.2 28.2 -1.1 -4 2.7 -0.3 -9
2020 Curveball PIT R 134 80.9 54.6 2.9 6 10.7 4.4 71
2020 Changeup PIT R 72 86.4 31.8 3.3 12 13.1 -0.1 -1
2020 Sinker PIT R 80 92.0 26.6 5.4 26 11.3 -2.7 -19
2020 Slider PIT R 163 82.5 41.9 2.2 5 13.5 7.9 140
2020 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 181 92.7 19.1 -4.1 -27 5.6 -0.8 -12
2019 Slider PIT R 586 83.2 40.4 0.9 2 11.6 6.5 130
2019 Sinker PIT R 316 91.5 26.7 4.8 22 10.6 -3.0 -22
2019 Cutter PIT R 223 88.7 28.0 -0.2 -1 3.1 0.9 44
2019 Changeup PIT R 280 85.3 33.0 2.7 9 7.1 -5.6 -44
2019 Curveball PIT R 252 82.1 52.4 0.5 1 6.9 0.9 16
2019 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 997 92.7 19.7 -3.9 -25 5.2 -1.6 -23
2018 Changeup PIT R 227 85.4 32.7 2.5 8 9.7 -3.3 -26
2018 Sinker PIT R 289 92.0 26.3 4.7 22 10.5 -3.7 -26
2018 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 521 93.5 18.4 -3.1 -20 4.5 -2.4 -35
2018 Curveball PIT R 35 82.3 51.0 0.2 0 5.6 -0.7 -12
2018 Cutter PIT R 251 89.4 27.3 -0.8 -3 3.2 1.0 48
2018 Slider PIT R 304 84.0 41.3 3.4 9 6.3 1.6 34
2017 Curveball HOU R 166 81.1 55.3 4.4 9 7.9 1.5 24
2017 Sinker HOU R 143 91.6 27.6 7.1 35 13.1 -1.3 -9
2017 Changeup HOU R 170 84.3 33.8 5.3 19 13.0 -0.3 -2
2017 Slider HOU R 484 83.2 42.1 4.7 13 9.8 4.8 97
2017 Cutter HOU R 83 90.4 25.6 -2.1 -9 1.6 -0.3 -15
2017 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 713 93.1 18.5 -4.4 -31 6.2 -1.5 -20
2016 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 396 92.4 18.2 -2.1 -13 1.6 -5.4 -77
2016 Changeup HOU R 82 82.9 36.3 4.5 14 8.2 -4.1 -33
2016 Curveball HOU R 77 78.6 58.5 2.9 5 12.7 3.8 43
2016 Slider HOU R 349 82.3 42.9 3.7 9 15.7 9.4 147
2016 Sinker HOU R 75 90.6 28.2 5.9 27 8.8 -4.5 -34
! 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 Slider 7.5 1 16 26.7 5 .333 .333 .460 14.3 0.0 0.0 .211 .297 .412 0.0
2024 Curveball -8.3 -1 13 21.7 4 .250 .500 .313 57.1 50.0 28.6 .225 .728 .395 50.0
2024 Cutter -27.2 -3 10 16.7 4 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .927 1.145 .899 75.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 0 10 16.7 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .909 1.169 .899 100.0
2024 Changeup -8.9 -1 9 15.0 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .137 .217 .448 50.0
2024 Sinker 77.9 2 2 3.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .361 .389 .326 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.2 8 379 24.5 101 .205 .273 .265 22.2 22.8 16.5 .217 .296 .277 27.3
2023 Curveball -0.1 0 370 23.9 88 .207 .329 .262 34.0 36.4 21.1 .198 .319 .254 37.3
2023 Cutter 2.1 7 316 20.4 69 .302 .429 .341 13.0 5.8 16.0 .298 .466 .349 31.7
2023 Slider -2.5 -6 225 14.5 66 .281 .594 .377 33.9 31.8 22.3 .191 .365 .247 39.5
2023 Changeup 1.2 2 176 11.4 47 .267 .333 .301 40.6 34.0 22.9 .214 .282 .234 34.5
2023 Sinker 2.7 2 84 5.4 27 .261 .261 .278 12.5 3.7 9.1 .275 .318 .299 34.8
2022 Slider 0.1 1 696 24.6 184 .222 .359 .290 35.9 31.5 21.4 .224 .345 .286 27.9
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 8 679 24.0 188 .222 .347 .273 24.1 30.3 23.6 .240 .374 .293 36.1
2022 Cutter 1.9 10 552 19.5 105 .229 .469 .330 14.9 5.7 15.0 .216 .381 .288 36.3
2022 Curveball 0.1 1 536 18.9 141 .198 .372 .308 32.4 34.8 22.5 .198 .290 .276 42.5
2022 Sinker 0.9 2 192 6.8 68 .313 .478 .366 8.1 5.9 14.8 .255 .413 .293 22.2
2022 Changeup -0.4 -1 178 6.3 53 .212 .327 .245 25.8 18.9 20.8 .213 .290 .229 23.8
2021 Slider 1.5 12 816 27.8 253 .160 .258 .234 36.6 36.0 25.1 .195 .305 .261 29.2
2021 Curveball 2.4 17 698 23.8 168 .126 .199 .196 35.9 37.5 28.0 .172 .252 .225 40.7
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -2 597 20.3 137 .319 .571 .419 20.8 21.2 19.2 .268 .495 .368 46.2
2021 Cutter 0.1 1 535 18.2 116 .294 .523 .358 21.9 10.3 18.5 .333 .558 .393 39.8
2021 Sinker -1.5 -2 150 5.1 36 .290 .484 .382 15.3 8.3 10.7 .276 .496 .382 39.3
2021 Changeup -1.6 -2 142 4.8 35 .250 .469 .317 27.1 14.3 11.9 .338 .512 .375 46.4
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -2 181 26.9 43 .324 .676 .463 17.0 14.0 12.0 .293 .486 .380 37.5
2020 Slider 1.6 3 163 24.2 51 .178 .289 .259 50.6 54.9 32.6 .118 .169 .191 23.5
2020 Curveball 2.7 4 134 19.9 22 .050 .050 .105 53.2 59.1 31.7 .080 .137 .147 14.3
2020 Sinker 1.0 1 80 11.9 25 .250 .417 .336 10.9 12.0 15.8 .273 .382 .300 42.9
2020 Changeup -3.3 -2 72 10.7 15 .231 .462 .347 33.3 26.7 33.3 .215 .478 .346 22.2
2020 Cutter 1.2 0 43 6.4 10 .429 .571 .445 42.9 10.0 33.3 .221 .247 .390 28.6
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -9 997 37.5 235 .300 .536 .401 14.9 9.8 9.1 .295 .546 .379 39.7
2019 Slider 1.8 10 586 22.1 180 .174 .240 .215 39.1 40.6 26.9 .163 .246 .204 24.0
2019 Sinker -1.7 -5 316 11.9 87 .361 .542 .414 14.9 6.9 16.2 .343 .511 .378 51.9
2019 Changeup 0.7 2 280 10.5 81 .235 .432 .293 32.3 24.7 22.2 .237 .415 .273 42.6
2019 Curveball 0.3 1 252 9.5 68 .203 .422 .288 39.6 42.6 27.1 .187 .350 .253 48.6
2019 Cutter 0.0 0 223 8.4 65 .254 .525 .375 17.6 7.7 14.7 .295 .482 .359 31.5
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 3 521 32.0 149 .225 .364 .307 15.7 16.8 19.4 .276 .452 .359 37.7
2018 Slider 0.5 1 304 18.7 94 .230 .345 .253 37.1 36.2 26.4 .172 .295 .228 33.9
2018 Sinker -1.1 -3 289 17.8 79 .355 .434 .380 11.1 3.8 10.0 .245 .335 .265 35.1
2018 Cutter -0.3 -1 251 15.4 73 .296 .493 .360 14.5 6.8 11.4 .281 .471 .331 30.3
2018 Changeup 1.8 4 227 13.9 83 .190 .342 .259 41.5 38.6 35.2 .162 .236 .191 28.6
2018 Curveball -1.1 0 35 2.1 5 .200 .400 .250 31.3 20.0 11.1 .191 .271 .203 50.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -10 713 40.5 182 .341 .641 .438 20.8 19.2 18.2 .301 .561 .384 42.5
2017 Slider 1.6 8 484 27.5 127 .183 .258 .227 29.4 26.8 18.7 .190 .279 .227 23.3
2017 Changeup -2.8 -5 170 9.7 42 .389 .667 .451 36.8 19.0 16.0 .302 .427 .340 18.8
2017 Curveball -0.7 -1 166 9.4 42 .211 .368 .318 35.1 35.7 19.2 .195 .311 .266 29.2
2017 Sinker 0.5 1 143 8.1 42 .263 .421 .333 14.3 7.1 9.4 .296 .563 .393 42.9
2017 Cutter 2.0 2 83 4.7 24 .273 .318 .272 23.4 12.5 14.3 .241 .280 .269 15.8
! 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 Changeup 165 87.1 65 14.3 1:30 2:30 -60
2023 Curveball 362 81.3 83 21.0 7:30 7:15 15
2023 Cutter 298 90.1 45 7.7 12:15 11:15 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 359 93.0 66 12.9 1:00 12:30 30
2023 Sinker 84 92.8 66 12.4 1:00 2:15 -75
2023 Slider 207 82.1 66 14.8 8:00 8:00 0
2022 Changeup 174 86.5 67 12.4 1:30 2:30 -60
2022 Curveball 531 81.3 74 19.4 7:30 7:00 30
2022 Cutter 552 90.1 47 8.4 12:30 11:30 60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 677 92.9 66 13.4 1:00 12:45 15
2022 Sinker 188 92.4 65 15.5 1:00 2:00 -60
2022 Slider 694 82.9 55 14.2 7:45 8:30 -45
2021 Changeup 140 87.1 62 10.6 1:30 2:15 -45
2021 Curveball 682 82.1 77 20.1 7:30 7:15 15
2021 Cutter 526 90.6 39 7.7 12:30 11:30 60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 593 93.3 63 13.3 1:15 12:45 30
2021 Sinker 149 93.2 64 12.7 1:00 2:15 -75
2021 Slider 804 84.1 57 15.3 7:45 8:30 -45
2020 Changeup 66 86.5 76 14.2 1:30 2:30 -60
2020 Curveball 132 80.9 75 18.9 7:30 7:15 15
2020 Cutter 39 88.2 33 6.6 12:30 11:00 90
2020 4-Seam Fastball 168 92.6 72 13.2 1:30 12:45 45
2020 Sinker 77 92.0 69 12.7 1:15 2:15 -60
2020 Slider 155 82.5 57 14.7 7:45 8:30 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 256 980 5 0 -3 -2 0
2017 485 1,849 2 4 -6 -8 -8
2018 483 1,627 -1 15 -2 -8 5
2019 716 2,654 -11 27 -11 -7 -2
2020 166 673 0 9 -3 -3 3
2021 745 2,938 21 22 -7 -14 23
2022 813 3,120 4 47 -17 -11 23
2023 398 1,550 4 22 -7 -6 13
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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 980 50.3 62.3 87.3 30.2 56.5 42.4 61.7 46.3 22.7 8.2 76.3
2017 1,760 51.7 68.5 80.9 31.9 57.9 43.6 64.1 50.9 25.5 9.3 79.9
2018 1,628 55.7 70.1 81.9 33.1 56.5 45.0 68.6 53.7 23.2 8.4 81.8
2019 2,657 51.2 70.1 83.7 32.8 54.1 45.3 65.6 51.9 24.5 8.0 78.2
2020 673 48.0 61.0 79.7 32.9 45.2 40.1 68.7 46.4 33.0 8.8 64.4
2021 2,938 49.1 63.4 81.1 30.9 46.8 41.2 60.8 46.9 29.3 7.6 65.0
2022 2,834 50.1 61.0 82.9 32.0 57.6 43.6 64.5 46.5 25.5 6.6 72.2
2023 1,550 48.5 64.2 84.2 35.5 55.6 44.3 64.7 49.4 26.0 6.8 72.6
2024 60 50.0 70.0 95.2 30.0 44.4 31.7 64.7 50.0 20.0 11.7 100.0
Player 15,080 50.7 65.5 82.7 32.3 53.9 43.4 64.5 49.1 25.9 7.8 74.2
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
2016 46 41 36 35 60 65 49 28 6 56 75 46 66 36 73 60 40
2017 43 36 33 33 62 34 49 63 55 46 85 59 88 50 76 60 29
2018 77 59 66 69 81 44 74 65 63 40 94 39 93 50 71 38
2019 56 42 41 45 68 16 61 42 29 43 89 45 84 35 79 58 16
2020 81 86 88 82 76 56 70 93 79 90 39 84 88 37 79 71 14
2021 58 54 55 57 56 13 58 72 51 73 67 73 78 46 98 87 17
2022 75 66 69 69 76 21 74 90 89 65 82 51 75 32 99 81 23
2023 90 73 84 85 88 62 87 80 84 56 90 48 99 32 98 84 22
2024 5 16 16 26 21 5 53 16 53 37 42 37 63
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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 23.7 9 10.3 -1 1 13 2 22.2
2017 22.8 21 17.3 4 12 9 10 47.6
2018 22.4 12 14.4 -2 6 11 6 50.0
2019 22.7 21 23.0 -2 11 22 7 33.3
2020 23.1 5 4.7 0 2 1 4 80.0
2021 23.8 22 22.9 -1 5 17 10 45.5
2022 23.0 23 21.9 1 7 21 6 26.1
2023 22.5 10 6.0 4 5 6 1 10.0
Player 23.1 123 120.5 3 49 100 46 37.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 9 12 8 9 8 8 11 11 7 6 9 10 12 9 9 15 6 7 11 11 11 6 14 16 11 13 10 15 14 12 8
2017 21 18 16 19 19 15 19 18 16 14 18 22 15 16 16 17 17 15 19 18 18 18 21 18 16 14 18 21 18 17 12
2018 12 16 8 16 16 15 16 15 13 11 16 18 15 10 14 16 15 14 13 16 14 12 22 17 13 11 14 17 14 13 13
2019 21 30 20 22 24 24 25 22 14 15 19 21 29 22 24 25 20 20 21 26 26 26 32 28 23 20 16 25 29 24 18
2020 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4
2021 22 24 18 22 23 22 26 25 17 19 20 23 24 21 25 26 22 22 25 24 23 22 27 26 22 22 26 25 24 21 21
2022 23 20 15 20 24 23 27 20 16 16 20 24 21 20 27 25 21 23 20 24 21 22 29 26 17 19 28 23 23 23 19
2023 10 6 4 5 7 6 7 5 7 4 6 10 4 5 8 6 6 5 7 8 5 5 8 6 4 4 6 6 6 7 8
Player 123 131 93 117 125 118 136 121 94 89 112 133 125 108 128 134 112 111 121 132 123 116 159 142 111 107 122 137 133 122 103
! 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 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.1 92.7 0.6 92.1 -0.6 91.9 -0.2 91.8 -0.1 92.2 0.4 91.8 -0.4 91.9 0.1 91.5 -0.4
Offspeed Velocity 82.9 84.3 1.4 85.4 1.1 85.3 -0.1 86.4 1.1 87.1 0.7 86.5 -0.6 87.1 0.6 87.5 0.4
Breaking Velocity 81.7 82.7 1.0 83.8 1.1 82.9 -0.9 81.8 -1.1 83.1 1.3 82.2 -0.9 81.7 -0.5 82.0 0.3
Exit Velocity 89.3 86.7 -2.6 87.8 1.1 88.9 1.1 85.1 -3.8 87.8 2.7 86.4 -1.4 87.5 1.1 92.7 5.2
Launch Angle 11.4 9.9 -1.5 10.6 0.7 11.7 1.1 12.4 0.7 11.6 -0.8 11.7 0.1 11.1 -0.6 16.9 5.8
Barrel % 6.0 6.0 0.0 5.1 -0.9 6.4 1.3 5.4 -1.0 7.2 1.8 6.0 -1.2 5.1 -0.9 7.7 2.6
Hard Hit % 40.7 32.7 -8.0 34.1 1.4 38.7 4.6 32.3 -6.4 38.5 6.2 32.5 -6.0 33.5 1.0 46.2 12.7
Sweet Spot % 35.7 36.3 0.6 32.7 -3.6 31.6 -1.1 32.3 0.7 33.8 1.5 34.7 0.9 32.4 -2.3 69.2 36.8
xBA .253 .256 0.003 .231 -0.025 .250 0.019 .195 -0.055 .236 0.041 .225 -0.011 .225 0.000 .475 0.250
BA .250 .277 0.027 .253 -0.024 .254 0.001 .226 -0.028 .213 -0.013 .227 0.014 .247 0.020 .500 0.253
xwOBA .315 .319 0.004 .283 -0.036 .308 0.025 .275 -0.033 .304 0.029 .282 -0.022 .274 -0.008 .568 0.294
wOBA .324 .338 0.014 .295 -0.043 .309 0.014 .308 -0.001 .284 -0.024 .292 0.008 .295 0.003 .532 0.237
xSLG .422 .432 0.010 .365 -0.067 .424 0.059 .309 -0.115 .387 0.078 .350 -0.037 .342 -0.008 .726 0.384
SLG .453 .472 0.019 .389 -0.083 .437 0.048 .404 -0.033 .364 -0.040 .383 0.019 .375 -0.008 .571 0.196
K% 21.5 21.3 -0.2 20.6 -0.7 21.9 1.3 33.1 11.2 27.1 -6.0 24.9 -2.2 24.3 -0.6 11.8 -12.5
BB% 6.3 6.1 -0.2 4.7 -1.4 5.4 0.7 9.6 4.2 7.2 -2.4 5.7 -1.5 5.3 -0.4 11.8 6.5
Swing % 46.3 50.9 4.6 53.7 2.8 51.9 -1.8 46.4 -5.5 46.9 0.5 46.5 -0.4 49.4 2.9 50.0 0.6
Whiff% 22.7 25.5 2.8 23.2 -2.3 24.5 1.3 33.0 8.5 29.3 -3.7 25.5 -3.8 26.0 0.5 20.0 -6.0
In Zone % 50.3 51.7 1.4 55.7 4.0 51.2 -4.5 48.0 -3.2 49.1 1.1 50.1 1.0 48.5 -1.6 50.0 1.5
Out of Zone % 49.7 48.3 -1.4 44.3 -4.0 48.8 4.5 52.0 3.2 50.9 -1.1 49.9 -1.0 51.5 1.6 50.0 -1.5
Out of Zone Swing % 30.2 31.9 1.7 33.1 1.2 32.8 -0.3 32.9 0.1 30.9 -2.0 32.0 1.1 35.5 3.5 30.0 -5.5
First Pitch Swing % 23.8 27.2 3.4 38.4 11.2 33.4 -5.0 28.9 -4.5 28.1 -0.8 25.8 -2.3 28.8 3.0 29.4 0.6
First Pitch Strike % 61.7 64.1 2.4 68.6 4.5 65.6 -3.0 68.7 3.1 60.8 -7.9 64.5 3.7 64.7 0.2 64.7 0.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 256 .324 145 33 22.8 111 76 68.5
2017 Shifts 460 .338 248 51 20.6 212 97 45.8
2018 Shifts 481 .297 263 26 9.9 218 71 32.6
2019 Shifts 717 .309 374 94 25.1 343 228 66.5
2020 Shifts 166 .308 68 38 55.9 98 77 78.6
2021 Shifts 745 .284 361 10 2.8 384 241 62.8
2022 Shifts 739 .292 337 22 6.5 402 345 85.8
2023 Shades 380 .281 183 5 2.7 197 110 55.8
! 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 %
2016 339 15.8 44.2% 2.1% 138 21.0 6.5% 10.1%
2017 482 16.2 31.7% 1.5% 275 23.7 0.4% 10.5%
2018 457 17.4 9.6% 1.1% 196 24.4 0.0% 18.4%
2019 768 18.6 2.7% 2.0% 352 26.9 0.0% 24.1%
2020 210 18.8 1.4% 3.3% 99 28.0 0.0% 37.4%
2021 925 18.7 1.7% 2.9% 389 26.0 0.0% 23.9%
2022 888 16.9 17.8% 1.2% 432 24.7 0.0% 18.5%
2023 445 14.6 58.9% 0.0% 232 19.4 2.2% 1.3%
2024 9 15.6 44.4% 0.0% 14 18.7 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution