Joe Musgrove
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 5" 230LBS | Age: 30

Draft: 2011 | Rd: C-A, #46, Toronto Blue Jays | Grossmont (CA) HS

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 10 7 2.93 30 30 0 181.0 184 1.08
7 Seasons 50 54 3.79 170 144 2 859.0 852 1.17
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 30 10-7 2.93 181.0 184 1.08
7 Seasons 170 50-54 3.79 859.0 852 1.17

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 .433 .338 .319 .379 32.7 21.3 5.9 4.77 4.39
2018 25 1628 355 18 5.1 3.7 87.8 111.2 10.6 32.7 .231 .365 .295 .284 .332 34.1 20.7 4.1 4.06 3.37
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 5.3 4.44 4.17
2020 27 673 93 5 5.4 3.0 85.1 107.1 12.4 32.3 .195 .309 .308 .276 .358 32.3 33.1 9.6 3.86 3.18
2021 28 2938 473 34 7.2 4.6 87.8 109.9 11.6 33.8 .236 .387 .284 .304 .378 38.5 27.2 6.8 3.18 3.89
2022 29 2834 499 30 6.0 4.1 86.4 111.2 11.7 34.7 .225 .351 .292 .282 .341 32.5 24.9 5.5 2.93 3.27
Player 13470 2445 151 6.2 4.2 87.6 112.1 11.3 33.8 .238 .389 .303 .299 .360 35.8 23.9 5.9
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Musgrove relies on 6 pitches.
Slider
(24.4%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(24%) ,
Cutter
(19.4%) ,
Curveball
(19.1%) ,
Sinker
(6.8%) ,
Changeup
(6.3%) ,


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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 4.6
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
Player 45.7 23.6 23.9 6.7 38.7 37.8 23.4 4.5 33.9 24.1 24.3 6.1 6.2 4.2
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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
2022 Sinker SD R 192 92.4 22.9 1.9 9 12.4 -1.3 -9
2022 4-Seamer SD R 680 92.9 18.3 -3.5 -24 4.1 -2.3 -35
2022 Slider SD R 691 82.9 41.8 2.6 7 12.8 6.1 93
2022 Curveball SD R 541 81.3 55.5 3.4 6 9.6 3.2 51
2022 Cutter SD R 551 90.1 24.5 0.9 3 1.6 -0.6 -28
2022 Changeup SD R 179 86.5 32.7 3.6 13 11.4 -2.2 -16
2021 Curveball SD R 698 82.1 54.7 4.4 9 11.0 4.3 64
2021 Sinker SD R 150 93.2 24.8 4.1 20 10.5 -3.7 -26
2021 Slider SD R 816 84.1 40.5 3.1 8 14.0 8.8 169
2021 Changeup SD R 142 87.1 31.5 2.5 9 9.2 -4.7 -34
2021 4-Seamer SD R 597 93.3 18.6 -3.8 -26 5.0 -1.8 -26
2021 Cutter SD R 535 90.6 24.9 -0.1 0 1.7 -0.8 -30
2020 Slider PIT R 163 82.5 41.9 2.1 5 13.5 7.6 128
2020 4-Seamer PIT R 181 92.7 19.1 -4.1 -27 5.6 -0.8 -12
2020 Cutter PIT R 43 88.2 28.2 -1.1 -4 2.7 -0.3 -10
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
2019 Changeup PIT R 280 85.3 33.0 2.6 9 7.1 -5.5 -44
2019 Cutter PIT R 223 88.7 28.0 -0.2 -1 3.1 0.9 44
2019 Sinker PIT R 316 91.5 26.7 4.8 22 10.6 -3.0 -22
2019 Slider PIT R 586 83.2 40.4 0.9 2 11.6 6.3 121
2019 Curveball PIT R 252 82.1 52.4 0.5 1 6.9 0.9 16
2019 4-Seamer PIT R 997 92.7 19.7 -3.9 -25 5.2 -1.6 -23
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 49
2018 4-Seamer PIT R 521 93.5 18.4 -3.1 -20 4.5 -2.4 -35
2018 Changeup PIT R 227 85.4 32.7 2.4 8 9.7 -3.3 -25
2018 Slider PIT R 304 84.0 41.3 3.4 9 6.3 1.5 31
2018 Sinker PIT R 289 92.0 26.3 4.7 22 10.5 -3.7 -26
2017 Sinker HOU R 143 91.6 27.6 7.1 35 13.1 -1.3 -9
2017 Slider HOU R 484 83.2 42.1 4.7 12 9.8 4.7 93
2017 4-Seamer HOU R 713 93.1 18.5 -4.4 -31 6.2 -1.5 -20
2017 Changeup HOU R 170 84.3 33.8 5.3 18 13.0 -0.3 -2
2017 Curveball HOU R 166 81.1 55.3 4.4 9 7.9 1.5 24
2017 Cutter HOU R 83 90.4 25.6 -2.1 -9 1.6 -0.3 -15
2016 Sinker HOU R 75 90.6 27.6 7.4 37 8.8 -4.5 -34
2016 4-Seamer HOU R 396 92.4 19.4 -5.4 -38 1.6 -5.3 -77
2016 Curveball HOU R 77 78.6 59.7 5.9 11 12.7 4.2 49
2016 Changeup HOU R 82 82.9 36.7 7.1 24 8.2 -3.9 -32
2016 Slider HOU R 349 82.3 43.8 6.6 18 15.7 9.3 146
! 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 %
2022 Slider -0.2 -1 691 24.4 183 .217 .355 .286 36.0 31.7 21.4 .220 .340 .283 27.3
2022 4-Seamer -1.2 -8 680 24.0 188 .222 .347 .273 24.1 30.3 23.6 .240 .374 .293 36.1
2022 Cutter -1.9 -10 551 19.4 105 .229 .469 .330 14.9 5.7 15.0 .216 .381 .288 36.3
2022 Curveball 0.0 0 541 19.1 142 .205 .377 .312 32.4 34.5 22.5 .203 .298 .280 43.2
2022 Sinker -0.9 -2 192 6.8 68 .313 .478 .366 8.1 5.9 14.8 .256 .413 .294 22.2
2022 Changeup 0.4 1 179 6.3 53 .212 .327 .245 25.8 18.9 20.8 .215 .292 .231 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 .173 .253 .225 40.7
2021 4-Seamer 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 .559 .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 .339 .513 .376 46.4
2020 4-Seamer 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 .170 .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 .274 .383 .301 42.9
2020 Changeup 3.3 2 72 10.7 15 .231 .462 .347 33.3 26.7 33.3 .216 .479 .347 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-Seamer 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 -11 586 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 .296 .482 .360 31.5
2018 4-Seamer -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 .246 .336 .266 35.1
2018 Cutter 0.3 1 251 15.4 73 .296 .493 .360 14.5 6.8 11.4 .282 .472 .332 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-Seamer 1.4 10 713 40.5 182 .341 .641 .438 20.8 19.2 18.2 .301 .561 .384 42.5
2017 Slider -1.5 -7 484 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 0.8 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 .564 .394 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.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
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
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
2022 Changeup 175 86.5 67 12.4 1:30 2:30 -60
2022 Curveball 536 81.3 74 19.3 7:30 7:00 30
2022 Cutter 551 90.1 47 8.4 12:30 11:30 60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 678 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 689 82.9 55 14.2 7:45 8:30 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 35 110 -3 -1 -1 0 -5
2019 61 191 -2 -7 0 1 -8
2021 57 191 -4 -8 0 1 -11
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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 68.7 53.7 23.2 8.4 81.8
2019 2,657 51.2 70.1 83.7 32.8 54.1 45.3 65.7 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 61.1 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
Player 13,470 50.9 65.6 82.5 32.0 53.7 43.3 64.6 49.1 26.0 7.9 74.2
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.7 7.2 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 59 65 49 29 6 56 75 46 66 40 73 60 41
2017 43 36 32 34 59 34 49 63 55 45 82 59 88 50 76 60 31
2018 76 59 66 67 82 44 74 65 63 40 96 39 93 41 75 38
2019 56 42 41 45 66 16 61 42 29 42 85 45 84 34 81 58 16
2020 80 86 88 82 73 56 70 93 79 90 35 84 88 35 81 71 14
2021 58 54 55 57 57 13 58 72 51 73 67 73 78 33 99 87 17
2022 75 66 69 69 73 21 74 90 88 64 82 51 75 25 98 82 24
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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 10.4 -1 1 13 2 22.2
2017 22.8 21 17.9 3 9 11 9 42.9
2018 22.4 12 14.3 -2 6 11 6 50.0
2019 22.7 21 22.5 -2 10 24 6 28.6
2020 23.1 5 4.7 0 1 2 4 80.0
2021 23.8 22 23.6 -2 5 17 10 45.5
2022 23.0 23 22.6 0 7 21 6 26.1
Player 23.1 113 116.1 -3 39 99 43 38.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 9 13 10 8 9 15 8 12 8 10 9 12 6 7 8 10 10 15 8 12 15 6 7 11 12 11 15 11 6 12 15
2017 21 16 23 17 17 17 16 18 19 19 20 18 15 16 19 20 18 19 12 18 21 18 16 19 19 19 19 15 17 16 22
2018 12 15 18 10 14 15 15 16 15 8 16 15 11 13 15 16 13 15 14 13 17 15 14 13 14 16 16 11 12 13 22
2019 21 30 22 21 22 24 24 31 26 21 21 22 13 14 18 26 17 30 16 23 25 19 18 18 24 25 27 19 25 23 32
2020 5 5 5 4 5 4 0 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 6
2021 22 26 25 22 24 26 22 25 26 21 23 25 20 17 21 27 26 25 21 21 25 22 24 25 25 25 26 22 22 23 27
2022 23 21 27 20 27 25 25 21 25 18 21 23 18 17 21 28 29 22 17 23 25 26 23 17 20 26 26 18 22 17 29
Player 113 126 130 102 118 126 110 128 124 102 114 120 87 88 106 132 118 131 92 115 133 111 107 107 119 127 133 100 109 109 153
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
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
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
Breaking Velocity 81.7 82.7 1 83.8 1.1 82.9 -0.9 81.8 -1.1 83.1 1.3 82.2 -0.9
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
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
Barrel % 6 6 0 5.1 -0.9 6.4 1.3 5.4 -1 7.2 1.8 6 -1.2
Hard Hit % 40.7 32.7 -8 34.1 1.4 38.7 4.6 32.3 -6.4 38.5 6.2 32.5 -6
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
xBA .253 .256 0.003 .231 -0.025 .25 0.019 .195 -0.055 .236 0.041 .225 -0.011
BA .25 .277 0.027 .253 -0.024 .254 0.001 .226 -0.028 .213 -0.013 .227 0.014
xwOBA .315 .319 0.004 .284 -0.035 .308 0.024 .276 -0.032 .304 0.028 .282 -0.022
wOBA .324 .338 0.014 .295 -0.043 .309 0.014 .308 -0.001 .284 -0.024 .292 0.008
xSLG .422 .433 0.011 .365 -0.068 .424 0.059 .309 -0.115 .387 0.078 .351 -0.036
SLG .453 .472 0.019 .389 -0.083 .437 0.048 .404 -0.033 .364 -0.04 .383 0.019
K% 21.5 21.3 -0.2 20.7 -0.6 21.9 1.2 33.1 11.2 27.2 -5.9 24.9 -2.3
BB% 6.3 5.9 -0.4 4.1 -1.8 5.3 1.2 9.6 4.3 6.8 -2.8 5.5 -1.3
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
Whiff% 22.7 25.5 2.8 23.2 -2.3 24.5 1.3 33 8.5 29.3 -3.7 25.5 -3.8
In Zone % 50.3 51.7 1.4 55.7 4 51.2 -4.5 48 -3.2 49.1 1.1 50.1 1
Out of Zone % 49.7 48.3 -1.4 44.3 -4 48.8 4.5 52 3.2 50.9 -1.1 49.9 -1
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 32 1.1
First Pitch Swing % 23.8 27.2 3.4 38.5 11.3 33.5 -5 28.9 -4.6 28.2 -0.7 25.8 -2.4
First Pitch Strike % 61.7 64.1 2.4 68.7 4.6 65.7 -3 68.7 3 61.1 -7.6 64.5 3.4
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 256 .324 145 28 19.3 111 76 68.5
2017 460 .338 248 50 20.2 212 94 44.3
2018 481 .297 263 26 9.9 218 57 26.1
2019 717 .309 374 84 22.5 343 149 43.4
2020 166 .308 68 38 55.9 98 60 61.2
2021 745 .284 361 7 1.9 384 225 58.6
2022 739 .292 337 17 5.0 402 285 70.9

Pitch Tempo