Joey Wentz
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 5" 220LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2016 | Rd: CB-A, #40, Atlanta Braves | Shawnee Mission East (KS) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 3 13 6.90 25 19 0 105.2 98 1.68
2024 1 2 4.68 46 0 1 67.1 73 1.47
2025 2 1 6.32 26 0 0 37 34 1.70
4 Seasons 8 18 5.67 104 26 1 242.2 232 1.55
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 25 3-13 6.90 105.2 98 1.68
2024 46 1-2 4.68 67.1 73 1.47
2025 26 2-1 6.32 37 34 1.70
4 Seasons 104 8-18 5.67 242.2 232 1.55
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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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
2022 24 555 94 7 7.4 5.2 88.8 109.4 12.9 31.9 .214 .346 .270 .296 .322 35.1 20.0 9.6 3.03 3.62
2023 25 1930 347 40 11.5 8.1 89.9 115.2 17.4 36.6 .276 .502 .380 .363 .420 41.5 19.9 9.6 6.90 5.77
2024 26 1224 194 14 7.2 4.6 88.1 110.0 15.5 33.0 .223 .349 .317 .298 .338 36.1 24.0 10.9 4.68 3.70
2025 27 703 118 13 11.0 7.5 92.0 111.4 17.8 34.7 .262 .440 .352 .344 .384 47.5 19.5 12.1 6.32 4.64
Player 4412 753 74 9.8 6.7 89.6 115.2 16.4 34.8 .252 .433 .345 .334 .381 40.2 21.0 10.3
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Wentz relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(47.4%) ,
Cutter
(35.1%) ,
Curveball
(16.4%) ,
Changeup
(1.1%) ,


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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 %
2022 40.4 59.6 29.8 21.3 8.5 40.4 33.0 26.6 20.2 16.0 4.3 20.2 17.0 22.3
2023 36.9 63.1 29.1 24.2 9.8 40.6 36.3 23.1 19.0 13.3 4.6 21.6 23.1 18.4
2024 41.8 58.2 25.3 23.7 9.3 38.7 36.1 25.3 20.1 16.0 5.7 18.6 20.1 19.6
2025 38.1 61.9 25.4 27.1 9.3 44.9 28.8 26.3 27.1 9.3 1.7 17.8 19.5 24.6
Player 38.8 61.2 27.6 24.2 9.4 40.8 34.7 24.6 20.7 13.7 4.4 20.1 21.0 20.2
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 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
2022 4.3 26.6 33.0 20.2 7.4 7.4 5.2
2023 2.0 26.5 28.8 26.2 4.9 11.5 8.1
2024 6.2 29.4 27.8 25.3 4.1 7.2 4.6
2025 2.5 27.1 25.4 24.6 9.3 11.0 7.5
Player 3.5 27.4 28.6 25.0 5.7 9.8 6.7
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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
2025 Cutter ATL L 247 86.7 31.3 -1.7 2.8GLV -0.5 5.0 -3.0 2.8GLV 0.9
2025 4-Seam Fastball ATL L 333 94.1 13.5 0.2 5.4ARM -0.9 17.5 1.6 5.4ARM -2.8
2025 Changeup ATL L 8 86.3 26.7 -6.1 12.5ARM -2.2 10.0 -4.8 12.5ARM -1.8
2025 Curveball ATL L 115 79.9 49.4 -4.6 6.6GLV -0.9 -6.5 -3.1 6.6GLV -1.3
2024 Curveball PIT L 159 79.3 52.1 -1.7 5.3GLV -2.5 -8.6 0.1 5.3GLV -1.8
2024 Cutter PIT L 384 85.9 32.8 -2.6 3.0GLV -1.1 4.0 -3.2 3.0GLV 1.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball PIT L 447 93.7 13.9 0.5 7.9ARM 1.4 17.4 1.7 7.9ARM -0.2
2024 Changeup PIT L 234 85.7 26.7 -4.1 14.0ARM -0.1 10.6 -4.7 14.0ARM -0.1
! 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -6 333 47.4 87 .294 .426 .409 17.7 11.5 9.6 .313 .514 .427 47.5
2025 Cutter 0.3 1 247 35.1 52 .245 .469 .329 29.8 26.9 20.3 .200 .390 .261 44.4
2025 Curveball 0.3 0 115 16.4 29 .241 .276 .229 32.7 34.5 18.2 .220 .292 .223 47.4
2025 Changeup -35.1 -3 8 1.1 4 .750 1.750 1.038 0.0 0.0 -- .442 .872 .545 75.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -6 447 36.5 128 .316 .469 .415 17.5 16.4 16.7 .268 .444 .380 45.1
2024 Cutter 1.0 4 384 31.4 99 .204 .333 .277 36.4 29.3 29.6 .190 .299 .240 32.8
2024 Changeup -1.3 -3 234 19.1 46 .279 .419 .327 40.4 30.4 21.9 .210 .300 .252 27.6
2024 Curveball 1.8 3 159 13.0 30 .143 .143 .167 33.8 30.0 13.0 .191 .258 .226 21.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2025 Curveball 115 79.9 57 11.3 4:15 4:45 -30
2025 Cutter 247 86.7 30 6.1 1:00 1:15 -15
2025 4-Seam Fastball 332 94.1 90 17.8 11:15 11:30 -15
2024 Changeup 234 85.7 98 17.5 10:15 10:00 15
2024 Curveball 159 79.3 59 12.4 4:30 5:00 -30
2024 Cutter 383 86.0 24 4.7 12:45 1:45 -60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 443 93.7 95 18.7 11:00 11:00 0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 135 555 4 6 -4 -2 4
2023 492 1,930 -8 6 -16 -7 -25
2024 303 1,224 11 2 -9 -6 -2
2025 172 703 -2 2 -6 -2 -8
Player 1,102 4,412 5 16 -36 5 -32
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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 %
2022 555 49.0 65.1 83.6 26.5 62.7 46.1 57.8 45.4 21.8 6.8 86.8
2023 1,930 50.5 69.8 82.1 25.4 52.3 44.7 62.2 47.8 25.5 7.4 83.2
2024 1,224 45.6 68.1 81.1 29.6 49.7 42.5 59.7 47.1 29.6 7.1 75.9
2025 703 48.5 70.7 84.6 28.7 53.8 43.5 59.9 49.1 24.3 8.3 84.5
Player 4,412 48.6 68.9 82.4 27.3 53.0 44.1 60.6 47.5 26.0 7.4 81.9
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 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
2022 26 63 24 34
2023 6 12 5 4 16 11 5 26 33 26 32 46 13 40 47 52 43
2024 62 73 75 77 41 61 61 71 73 58 16 80 59 43 47 62 49
2025 21 28 31 35 11 43 14 2 8 33 8 43 55 46 69 44 90
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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 %
2022 24.19 2 3.5 -2 6 5 0 0.0
2023 23.61 25 23.6 1 10 15 11 44.0
2024 24.15 8 7.4 1 4 6 3 37.5
2025 24.47 5 6.3 -1 4 6 1 20.0
Player 23.86 40 40.8 -1 24 32 15 37.5
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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
2022 2 4 2 3 3 4 5 1 2 1 4 5 6 3 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 4 7 4 2 2 3 7 4 3 4
2023 25 20 21 25 24 22 24 22 24 19 21 26 24 20 25 26 26 20 24 29 23 25 31 31 20 18 24 25 28 21 19
2024 8 5 10 5 9 9 9 7 8 4 9 10 6 6 9 7 6 5 8 9 6 6 11 6 4 6 9 7 7 9 9
2025 5 7 3 6 7 6 5 7 7 5 4 8 7 9 7 4 6 7 6 7 5 7 9 7 5 5 6 6 8 6 7
Player 40 36 36 39 43 41 43 37 41 29 38 49 43 38 45 41 42 35 40 48 37 42 58 48 31 31 42 45 47 39 39
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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

2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Results
BA .195 +.100 .295 -.043 .252 +.028 .280
xBA .214 +.062 .276 -.053 .223 +.039 .262
OBP .274 +.088 .362 -.022 .340 +.028 .368
xOBP .299 +.046 .345 -.029 .316 +.039 .355
SLG .339 +.193 .532 -.154 .378 +.069 .447
xSLG .346 +.156 .502 -.153 .349 +.091 .440
ISO .144 +.092 .236 -.110 .126 +.041 .167
xISO .132 +.094 .226 -.100 .126 +.052 .178
BABIP .228 +.101 .329 -.015 .314 +.013 .327
wOBA .270 +.110 .380 -.063 .317 +.035 .352
xwOBA .296 +.067 .363 -.065 .298 +.046 .344
wOBACON .285 +.160 .445 -.078 .367 +.029 .396
xwOBACON .322 +.098 .420 -.082 .338 +.046 .384
BACON .245 +.133 .378 -.036 .342 +.014 .356
xBACON .280 +.074 .354 -.049 .305 +.032 .337
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 35.1 +6.4 41.5 -5.4 36.1 +11.4 47.5
Avg Exit Velocity 88.8 +1.1 89.9 -1.8 88.1 +3.9 92.0
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 31.9 +4.7 36.6 -3.6 33.0 +1.7 34.7
Barrel % 7.4 +4.1 11.5 -4.3 7.2 +3.8 11.0
Avg Launch Angle 12.9 +4.5 17.4 -1.9 15.5 +2.3 17.8
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- 71.1 0.0 71.1 +0.5 71.6
Attack Angle -- -- 11° +1° 12° -1° 10°
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- 48.6 +1.7 50.3 -3.6 46.7
Attack Direction -- -- -5° -1° -6° +2° -4°
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- 33° -1° 32° +1° 33°
Swing Length -- -- 7.4 0.0 7.4 0.0 7.4
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 89.8 +0.8 90.6 -0.5 90.1 +0.8 90.9
Breaking Velocity 75.4 +2.1 77.5 +1.8 79.3 +0.6 79.9
Offspeed Velocity 84.1 +0.9 85.0 +0.7 85.7 +0.6 86.3
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 7 +33 40 -26 14 -1 13
Popup % 8.5 +1.3 9.8 -0.5 9.3 0.0 9.3
Flyball % 29.8 -0.7 29.1 -3.8 25.3 +0.1 25.4
Line Drive % 21.3 +2.9 24.2 -0.5 23.7 +3.4 27.1
Groundball % 40.4 -3.5 36.9 +4.9 41.8 -3.7 38.1
Pull % 40.4 +0.2 40.6 -1.9 38.7 +6.2 44.9
Straight Away % 33.0 +3.3 36.3 -0.2 36.1 -7.3 28.8
Opposite Field % 26.6 -3.5 23.1 +2.2 25.3 +1.0 26.3
Weak Contact % 4.3 -2.3 2.0 +4.2 6.2 -3.7 2.5
Pull Airball % 20.2 +1.4 21.6 -3.0 18.6 -0.8 17.8
Topped Contact % 26.6 -0.1 26.5 +2.9 29.4 -2.3 27.1
Under Contact % 33.0 -4.2 28.8 -1.0 27.8 -2.4 25.4
Flare/Burner Contact % 20.2 +6.0 26.2 -0.9 25.3 -0.7 24.6
Solid Contact % 7.4 -2.5 4.9 -0.8 4.1 +5.2 9.3
HR/FB % 7.1 +17.7 24.8 -8.5 16.3 +0.4 16.7
Popups 8 +26 34 -16 18 -7 11
Flyballs 28 +73 101 -52 49 -19 30
Line Drives 20 +64 84 -38 46 -14 32
Groundballs 38 +90 128 -47 81 -36 45
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 49.0 +1.5 50.5 -4.9 45.6 +2.9 48.5
Out of Zone % 51.0 -1.5 49.5 +4.9 54.4 -2.9 51.5
Edge % 46.1 -1.4 44.7 -2.2 42.5 +1.0 43.5
Zone Swing % 65.1 +4.7 69.8 -1.7 68.1 +2.6 70.7
Out of Zone Swing % 26.5 -1.1 25.4 +4.2 29.6 -0.9 28.7
In Zone Contact % 83.6 -1.5 82.1 -1.0 81.1 +3.5 84.6
Out of Zone Contact % 62.7 -10.4 52.3 -2.6 49.7 +4.1 53.8
Whiff % 21.8 +3.7 25.5 +4.1 29.6 -5.3 24.3
First Strike % 57.8 +4.4 62.2 -2.5 59.7 +0.2 59.9
First Pitch Swing % 30.4 -0.3 30.1 +2.9 33.0 -1.0 32.0
Swing % 45.4 +2.4 47.8 -0.7 47.1 +2.0 49.1
Meatball Swing % 86.8 -3.6 83.2 -7.3 75.9 +8.6 84.5
Meatball % 6.8 +0.6 7.4 -0.3 7.1 +1.2 8.3
Zone Swing & Miss % 15.8 +1.7 17.5 +1.4 18.9 -3.5 15.4
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 36.0 +11.7 47.7 +2.6 50.3 -5.1 45.2
In Zone 272 +702 974 -416 558 -217 341
Out of Zone 283 +673 956 -290 666 -304 362
Edge 256 +607 863 -343 520 -214 306
In Zone Swings 177 +503 680 -300 380 -139 241
Out of Zone Swings 75 +168 243 -46 197 -93 104
In Zone Swing & Misses 28 +91 119 -47 72 -35 37
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 27 +89 116 -17 99 -52 47
Basic
Pitches 555 +1,375 1,930 -706 1,224 -521 703
PA 135 +357 492 -188 304 -130 174
AB 118 +326 444 -182 262 -112 150
Hits 23 +108 131 -65 66 -24 42
Singles 12 +66 78 -29 49 -21 28
Doubles 7 +19 26 -17 9 -1 8
Triples 2 0 2 -2 0 +1 1
Home Runs 2 +23 25 -17 8 -3 5
Walks 13 +34 47 -14 33 -12 21
Strikeouts 27 +71 98 -25 73 -39 34
K% 20.0 -0.1 19.9 +4.1 24.0 -4.5 19.5
BB% 9.6 0.0 9.6 +1.3 10.9 +1.2 12.1
HBP 1 -1 0 +4 4 -3 1
Batted Balls 94 +253 347 -153 194 -76 118
Number of Fastballs 428 +860 1,288 -457 831 -251 580
Number of Offspeed 75 +262 337 -103 234 -226 8
Number of Breaking 52 +253 305 -146 159 -44 115
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 135 .270 100 22 22.0 35 21 60.0
2023 Shades 492 .380 370 39 10.5 122 47 38.5
2024 Shades 303 .317 182 10 5.5 121 59 48.8
2025 Shades 172 .352 106 5 4.7 66 24 36.4
! 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 %
2022 194 17.5 16.5% 0.5% 79 22.9 0.0% 6.3%
2023 548 16.2 31.8% 0.0% 310 18.5 2.9% 0.6%
2024 321 17.3 6.9% 0.0% 211 17.5 9.0% 0.0%
2025 128 18.3 0.0% 0.0% 126 18.8 1.6% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution