Joel Payamps
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 30
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 3 6 3.23 41 0 0 55.2 41 1.37
2023 7 5 2.55 69 0 3 70.2 77 1.05
2024 1 1 3.38 12 0 4 10.2 9 0.75
6 Seasons 12 15 3.06 163 1 7 194.1 170 1.17
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 41 3-6 3.23 55.2 41 1.37
2023 69 7-5 2.55 70.2 77 1.05
2024 12 1-1 3.38 10.2 9 0.75
6 Seasons 163 12-15 3.06 194.1 170 1.17
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
2019 25 66 11 2 18.2 11.8 89.4 106.1 19.3 45.5 .372 .730 .347 .496 .586 45.5 17.6 17.6 4.50 13.72
2020 26 59 8 2 25.0 15.4 100.3 108.3 17.5 62.5 .430 .778 .324 .550 .632 87.5 15.4 23.1 3.00 18.25
2021 27 826 152 8 5.3 3.9 86.3 110.9 13.9 28.9 .215 .337 .286 .266 .296 30.3 18.5 6.8 3.40 2.94
2022 28 952 182 14 7.7 5.8 89.0 113.0 6.5 29.7 .243 .394 .325 .304 .339 43.4 17.0 6.6 3.23 3.83
2023 29 1120 187 9 4.8 3.1 87.8 110.0 13.8 34.2 .227 .345 .272 .279 .348 33.7 26.8 5.9 2.55 3.23
2024 30 147 27 1 3.7 2.6 86.5 109.1 13.1 33.3 .219 .321 .176 .256 .308 40.7 23.7 2.6 4.15 2.89
Player 3170 567 36 6.3 4.5 87.9 113.0 11.6 31.9 .234 .369 .289 .291 .337 37.2 21.2 6.7
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

Payamps relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(32.0%) ,
Slider
(30.6%) ,
Sinker
(25.9%) ,
Changeup
(11.6%) ,


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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
2019 18.2 36.4 45.5 0.0 27.3 45.5 27.3 9.1 0.0 27.3 27.3 9.1 18.2 11.8
2020 12.5 25.0 62.5 0.0 37.5 37.5 25.0 0.0 12.5 12.5 37.5 12.5 25.0 15.4
2021 45.4 26.3 18.4 9.9 39.5 32.9 27.6 7.2 30.9 32.2 20.4 3.3 5.3 3.9
2022 54.4 17.6 18.7 9.3 42.3 36.8 20.9 6.0 39.6 18.1 21.4 6.0 7.7 5.8
2023 47.6 22.5 21.4 8.6 35.8 35.3 28.9 5.9 32.6 25.7 24.6 5.9 4.8 3.1
2024 37.0 25.9 29.6 7.4 40.7 33.3 25.9 3.7 29.6 25.9 25.9 11.1 3.7 2.6
Player 47.6 22.4 21.2 8.8 39.0 35.3 25.7 6.2 33.3 24.9 22.8 5.6 6.3 4.5
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
2024 Slider MIL R 45 83.4 38.5 0.7 2 10.3 3.5 51
2024 Sinker MIL R 38 94.5 21.3 -0.8 -4 16.2 0.7 4
2024 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 47 94.2 14.8 0.2 1 9.4 1.5 19
2024 Changeup MIL R 17 89.3 29.9 0.1 0 16.9 1.6 10
2023 Sinker MIL R 248 95.3 22.2 0.3 2 15.5 0.2 1
2023 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 245 95.4 15.4 -0.7 -5 8.9 0.6 7
2023 Changeup MIL R 137 89.1 32.3 2.5 8 15.2 0.2 1
2023 Slider MIL R 490 84.2 39.6 2.1 6 11.9 5.8 93
2022 Sinker OAK R 218 94.3 21.8 -0.1 -1 15.7 0.4 3
2022 4-Seam Fastball OAK R 260 94.8 14.7 -0.1 -1 8.9 1.2 15
2022 Slider OAK R 344 82.2 44.4 4.4 11 10.3 3.0 40
2022 Changeup OAK R 130 88.9 30.8 1.5 5 16.6 2.0 14
2021 Sinker KC R 163 94.4 20.0 -1.3 -6 15.9 0.9 6
2021 4-Seam Fastball KC R 337 94.8 14.0 0.7 5 9.0 1.6 22
2021 Changeup KC R 81 87.0 30.3 0.6 2 16.0 1.8 13
2021 Slider KC R 244 81.6 42.2 1.8 4 9.3 2.7 42
2020 Changeup AZ R 3 86.1 29.6 -0.5 -2 17.1 3.3 24
2020 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 29 94.2 13.6 1.3 9 6.6 -0.7 -10
2020 Sinker AZ R 8 93.9 17.8 -3.6 -17 15.0 0.2 1
2020 Slider AZ R 19 82.9 38.1 -0.8 -2 6.2 0.6 11
2019 Slider AZ R 24 80.2 44.5 1.3 3 10.4 2.5 32
2019 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 32 93.2 16.2 0.0 0 7.3 -0.5 -7
2019 Changeup AZ R 3 82.6 30.9 -1.6 -5 11.5 -2.1 -16
2019 Sinker AZ R 7 92.3 25.8 2.7 12 15.3 0.5 3
! 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 5.5 3 47 32.0 13 .077 .077 .069 29.2 53.8 28.0 .156 .191 .151 50.0
2024 Slider -3.1 -1 45 30.6 14 .231 .385 .357 10.5 14.3 16.7 .287 .430 .334 45.5
2024 Sinker -1.3 0 38 25.9 7 .167 .167 .357 12.5 0.0 0.0 .235 .256 .284 0.0
2024 Changeup 3.0 1 17 11.6 4 .000 .000 .000 37.5 0.0 0.0 .185 .486 .270 75.0
2023 Slider 1.0 5 490 43.8 117 .192 .279 .260 28.6 31.6 21.6 .196 .269 .247 27.5
2023 Sinker 1.2 3 248 22.1 65 .322 .542 .396 17.1 7.7 16.1 .341 .558 .406 32.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball 4.8 12 245 21.9 73 .118 .221 .182 38.6 45.2 32.7 .136 .229 .193 40.0
2023 Changeup 0.1 0 137 12.2 30 .345 .448 .335 19.7 6.7 12.5 .322 .451 .341 42.9
2022 Slider -0.6 -2 344 36.1 91 .302 .419 .340 23.2 22.0 17.4 .268 .409 .311 42.6
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 2 260 27.3 55 .234 .511 .362 28.9 23.6 15.9 .190 .452 .325 51.4
2022 Sinker -0.6 -1 218 22.9 64 .317 .483 .393 16.7 6.3 10.8 .277 .402 .322 37.5
2022 Changeup 0.5 1 130 13.7 29 .148 .185 .216 19.6 13.8 11.1 .178 .226 .211 47.8
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 5 337 40.8 77 .225 .380 .305 25.0 26.0 15.7 .200 .322 .259 33.3
2021 Slider -1.2 -3 244 29.5 65 .266 .469 .346 23.1 18.5 13.8 .243 .413 .286 32.7
2021 Sinker -1.2 -2 163 19.7 42 .297 .405 .362 14.0 7.1 10.0 .245 .325 .303 32.4
2021 Changeup 3.1 2 81 9.8 19 .000 .000 .084 31.6 15.8 13.0 .118 .146 .149 6.7
2020 4-Seam Fastball -3.1 -1 29 49.2 10 .286 .429 .425 20.0 10.0 14.3 .436 .883 .593 83.3
2020 Slider -2.3 0 19 32.2 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 Sinker 7.2 1 8 13.6 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 -- .623 .796 .613 100.0
2020 Changeup -0.9 0 3 5.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 5.5 2 32 48.5 9 .143 .143 .256 8.3 11.1 14.3 .313 .875 .520 50.0
2019 Slider -2.7 -1 24 36.4 6 .400 .400 .417 33.3 33.3 33.3 .345 .457 .405 33.3
2019 Sinker -12.5 -1 7 10.6 1 1.000 1.000 .900 66.7 0.0 -- .920 1.071 .852 100.0
2019 Changeup -7.5 0 3 4.5 1 -- -- -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- -- 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
2024 Changeup 16 89.4 75 18.0 1:45 2:30 -45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 47 94.2 80 18.4 1:00 1:00 0
2024 Sinker 38 94.5 79 19.0 1:00 2:00 -60
2024 Slider 45 83.4 39 11.1 8:00 9:00 -60
2023 Changeup 124 89.1 72 16.2 1:45 2:45 -60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 241 95.4 76 16.9 1:15 1:00 15
2023 Sinker 240 95.3 75 17.9 1:15 2:15 -60
2023 Slider 485 84.2 48 13.0 7:45 8:30 -45
2022 Changeup 121 88.9 83 17.7 1:45 2:45 -60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 259 94.8 82 17.8 1:15 1:00 15
2022 Sinker 215 94.3 81 18.4 1:15 2:15 -60
2022 Slider 343 82.2 50 12.6 7:30 8:00 -30
2021 Changeup 80 87.0 80 17.5 1:30 2:30 -60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 329 94.8 85 18.4 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Sinker 157 94.3 86 19.4 1:15 2:00 -45
2021 Slider 240 81.6 42 10.5 7:45 8:30 -45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 29 94.2 86 18.1 1:00 12:45 15
2020 Slider 19 82.9 25 7.4 8:30 9:15 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 203 825 1 12 -5 -4 3
2022 239 952 -1 9 -3 -5 -1
2023 291 1,138 13 18 -6 -4 21
2024 38 147 3 1 -2 -1 1
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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 %
2019 66 50.0 54.5 83.3 12.1 50.0 40.9 47.1 33.3 22.7 7.6 60.0
2020 59 42.4 60.0 73.3 5.9 100.0 42.4 23.1 28.8 23.5 11.9 57.1
2021 826 48.3 69.2 78.6 30.0 72.7 45.0 57.6 48.9 22.8 7.3 78.3
2022 952 47.4 68.7 83.9 27.3 61.3 41.8 53.1 47.0 22.6 7.2 76.8
2023 1,120 48.8 62.7 79.6 25.7 54.4 42.5 64.0 43.8 26.9 7.9 62.5
2024 147 55.8 62.2 76.5 24.6 87.5 38.8 65.8 45.6 20.9 7.5 54.5
Player 3,170 48.5 65.9 80.5 26.6 63.4 42.7 58.2 45.6 24.0 7.6 70.0
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 90 79 83 84 89 90 86 92 94 16 72 24 69 71 84 14
2022 51 43 39 39 58 58 41 35 12 13 68 26 25 63 81 18
2023 88 70 83 85 82 83 91 75 84 75 85 57 14 73 86 19
2024 88 71 77 79 87 73 80 82 38 56 93 23 25 56 77 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 %
2019 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
2020 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
2021 26.0 6 6.0 0 4 5 2 33.3
2022 23.4 7 7.7 -1 2 7 2 28.6
2023 24.3 8 7.1 1 1 6 3 37.5
2024 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
Player 24.5 21 21.3 0 10 18 7 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2020 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2021 6 6 3 7 7 6 7 8 5 3 5 8 5 5 6 9 6 4 7 7 5 4 10 8 5 4 8 7 4 6 6
2022 7 8 5 7 8 7 9 7 6 6 6 7 9 8 9 8 7 8 7 9 9 8 11 9 6 6 9 9 10 7 7
2023 8 4 5 8 8 7 9 5 7 6 9 8 5 6 9 8 9 6 7 9 7 7 10 8 4 6 7 8 7 7 6
2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Player 21 18 13 23 24 20 26 21 18 15 20 24 20 19 24 25 22 18 21 27 21 20 33 26 15 16 24 26 22 20 19
! 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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.1 94.1 1.0 ↑ 94.7 0.6 ↑ 94.6 -0.1 ↓ 95.3 0.7 ↑ 94.3 -1.0 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 82.6 86.1 3.5 ↑ 87.0 0.9 ↑ 88.9 1.9 ↑ 89.1 0.2 ↑ 89.3 0.2 ↑
Breaking Velocity 80.2 82.9 2.7 ↑ 81.6 -1.3 ↓ 82.2 0.6 ↑ 84.2 2.0 ↑ 83.4 -0.8 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.4 100.3 10.9 ↑ 86.3 -14.0 ↓ 89.0 2.7 ↑ 87.8 -1.2 ↓ 86.5 -1.3 ↓
Launch Angle 19.3 17.5 -1.8 ↓ 13.9 -3.6 ↓ 6.5 -7.4 ↓ 13.8 7.3 ↑ 13.1 -0.7 ↓
Barrel % 18.2 25.0 6.8 ↑ 5.3 -19.7 ↓ 7.7 2.4 ↑ 4.8 -2.9 ↓ 3.7 -1.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 45.5 87.5 42.0 ↑ 30.3 -57.2 ↓ 43.4 13.1 ↑ 33.7 -9.7 ↓ 40.7 7.0 ↑
Sweet Spot % 45.5 62.5 17.0 ↑ 28.9 -33.6 ↓ 29.7 0.8 ↑ 34.2 4.5 ↑ 33.3 -0.9 ↓
xBA .372 .430 0.058 ↑ .215 -0.215 ↓ .243 0.028 ↑ .227 -0.016 ↓ .220 -0.007 ↓
BA .308 .200 -0.108 ↓ .232 0.032 ↑ .273 0.041 ↑ .219 -0.054 ↓ .139 -0.080 ↓
xwOBA .496 .550 0.054 ↑ .266 -0.284 ↓ .304 0.038 ↑ .279 -0.025 ↓ .256 -0.023 ↓
wOBA .347 .324 -0.023 ↓ .286 -0.038 ↓ .325 0.039 ↑ .272 -0.053 ↓ .176 -0.096 ↓
xSLG .730 .778 0.048 ↑ .337 -0.441 ↓ .394 0.057 ↑ .345 -0.049 ↓ .321 -0.024 ↓
SLG .308 .300 -0.008 ↓ .379 0.079 ↑ .427 0.048 ↑ .342 -0.085 ↓ .194 -0.148 ↓
K% 17.6 15.4 -2.2 ↓ 18.5 3.1 ↑ 17.0 -1.5 ↓ 26.8 9.8 ↑ 23.7 -3.1 ↓
BB% 17.6 23.1 5.5 ↑ 6.8 -16.3 ↓ 6.6 -0.2 ↓ 5.9 -0.7 ↓ 2.6 -3.3 ↓
Swing % 33.3 28.8 -4.5 ↓ 48.9 20.1 ↑ 47.0 -1.9 ↓ 43.8 -3.2 ↓ 45.6 1.8 ↑
Whiff% 22.7 23.5 0.8 ↑ 22.8 -0.7 ↓ 22.6 -0.2 ↓ 26.9 4.3 ↑ 20.9 -6.0 ↓
In Zone % 50.0 42.4 -7.6 ↓ 48.3 5.9 ↑ 47.4 -0.9 ↓ 48.8 1.4 ↑ 55.8 7.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.0 57.6 7.6 ↑ 51.7 -5.9 ↓ 52.6 0.9 ↑ 51.2 -1.4 ↓ 44.2 -7.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 12.1 5.9 -6.2 ↓ 30.0 24.1 ↑ 27.3 -2.7 ↓ 25.7 -1.6 ↓ 24.6 -1.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 35.3 0.0 -35.3 ↓ 26.6 26.6 ↑ 26.4 -0.2 ↓ 25.2 -1.2 ↓ 23.7 -1.5 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 47.1 23.1 -24.0 ↓ 57.6 34.5 ↑ 53.1 -4.5 ↓ 64.0 10.9 ↑ 65.8 1.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 17 .347 9 0 0.0 8 6 75.0
2020 Shifts 13 .324 8 2 25.0 5 5 100.0
2021 Shifts 182 .279 116 7 6.0 66 47 71.2
2022 Shifts 239 .325 161 31 19.3 78 42 53.8
2023 Shades 285 .270 170 1 0.6 115 30 26.1
2024 Shades 38 .176 19 0 0.0 19 3 15.8
! 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 %
2019 23 18.3 17.4% 4.3% 14 21.1 0.0% 7.1%
2020 15 15.3 40.0% 0.0% 13 21.4 0.0% 15.4%
2021 234 17.1 23.9% 0.9% 136 22.7 0.7% 10.3%
2022 258 18.4 8.5% 1.6% 176 21.2 1.1% 4.0%
2023 336 14.8 55.1% 0.0% 172 16.8 19.2% 0.6%
2024 47 14.7 55.3% 0.0% 18 15.7 22.2% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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