Jordan Lyles
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 5" 230LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2008 | Rd: C-A, #38, Houston Astros | Hartsville HS

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 12 11 4.42 32 32 0 179.0 144 1.39
12 Seasons 66 90 5.10 321 214 2 1326.1 1022 1.43
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 32 12-11 4.42 179.0 144 1.39
12 Seasons 321 66-90 5.10 1326.1 1022 1.43

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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
2015 24 767 160 4 2.5 1.9 88.2 115.2 7.5 30.0 .265 .371 .332 .318 .329 36.3 14.2 9.0 5.14 4.19
2016 25 957 208 3 1.4 1.1 87.2 108.1 7.0 32.2 .265 .363 .344 .318 .312 32.2 11.8 10.3 5.83 4.28
2017 26 1259 243 16 6.6 4.9 87.3 111.9 7.0 35.8 .288 .487 .398 .354 .400 37.3 17.0 6.8 7.75 5.55
2018 27 1402 256 17 6.6 4.6 88.2 112.2 11.4 28.5 .220 .374 .308 .293 .346 33.6 22.6 7.5 4.11 3.60
2019 28 2456 397 32 8.1 5.3 89.9 112.7 15.0 31.0 .233 .426 .321 .312 .378 41.3 24.4 9.2 4.15 4.29
2020 29 993 205 16 7.8 6.0 89.6 112.5 14.5 28.8 .272 .467 .356 .352 .371 42.0 13.5 8.6 7.02 5.41
2021 30 2964 560 51 9.1 6.6 89.9 115.5 15.3 35.5 .275 .482 .354 .351 .404 41.6 19.0 7.3 5.15 5.37
2022 31 2988 570 59 10.4 7.6 88.6 118.8 15.3 35.1 .267 .452 .341 .341 .389 38.8 18.6 6.7 4.42 4.94
Player 13786 2599 198 7.6 5.5 88.9 118.8 12.9 32.9 .260 .439 .343 .332 .376 38.7 18.8 7.9
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Lyles relies on 6 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(31.8%) ,
Slider
(23.9%) ,
Sinker
(17.5%) ,
Curveball
(13.4%) ,
Changeup
(10.8%) ,
Cutter
(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
2015 50.6 12.5 30.0 6.9 35.0 35.0 30.0 3.8 40.6 16.3 28.7 5.6 2.5 1.9
2016 51.9 13.0 31.7 3.4 39.4 38.9 21.6 4.3 39.9 22.6 28.8 1.9 1.4 1.1
2017 50.2 21.0 25.1 3.7 32.5 43.2 24.3 6.2 38.3 16.5 23.5 7.4 6.6 4.9
2018 46.5 25.8 18.8 9.0 30.5 43.8 25.8 2.0 35.2 25.4 23.0 6.3 6.6 4.6
2019 41.8 28.5 21.9 7.8 31.0 42.1 26.7 3.0 30.5 28.2 20.7 5.8 8.1 5.3
2020 41.5 30.7 20.5 7.3 36.1 40.5 23.4 2.9 30.2 30.2 23.4 4.4 7.8 6.0
2021 38.8 29.5 25.0 6.8 42.0 35.9 22.1 5.4 24.5 27.7 26.8 6.6 9.1 6.6
2022 40.4 28.2 23.2 8.2 41.1 36.1 22.8 5.1 27.9 25.8 24.6 6.3 10.4 7.6
Player 43.4 25.6 24.0 7.0 37.0 38.9 24.1 4.3 31.2 25.2 24.7 5.8 7.6 5.5
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

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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
2022 Curveball BAL R 400 79.1 58.7 4.6 8 7.6 -1.0 -12
2022 Sinker BAL R 522 90.8 20.8 -2.0 -9 13.4 -0.7 -5
2022 Cutter BAL R 80 84.8 34.6 -2.7 -9 4.8 0.5 11
2022 Changeup BAL R 323 86.3 29.1 -0.4 -1 13.7 -0.2 -1
2022 4-Seamer BAL R 949 91.8 15.5 0.0 0 5.8 -0.4 -7
2022 Slider BAL R 714 80.0 44.2 1.8 4 16.8 5.2 44
2021 Slider TEX R 688 83.3 39.1 0.7 2 10.2 3.7 57
2021 Cutter TEX R 84 86.3 35.1 -5.6 -19 5.6 2.4 74
2021 4-Seamer TEX R 1,170 93.0 13.6 1.1 8 7.0 0.3 5
2021 Curveball TEX R 541 80.3 57.3 4.4 8 6.9 -1.1 -14
2021 Changeup TEX R 217 86.4 27.4 -1.5 -5 13.7 0.1 1
2021 Sinker TEX R 264 91.6 20.3 -1.5 -7 13.4 -0.9 -7
2020 Curveball TEX R 295 79.7 58.0 4.3 8 6.2 -2.1 -25
2020 Slider TEX R 125 85.6 33.3 -2.3 -7 4.6 0.2 4
2020 Sinker TEX R 40 91.8 19.0 -2.6 -12 14.0 -0.3 -2
2020 4-Seamer TEX R 429 92.3 14.5 0.8 5 7.7 1.0 15
2020 Changeup TEX R 99 86.8 26.1 -2.8 -10 13.3 0.4 3
2019 Curveball MIL R 745 80.6 56.8 4.1 8 5.8 -2.4 -29
2019 4-Seamer MIL R 1,194 92.6 14.9 0.5 3 6.9 0.1 2
2019 Slider MIL R 231 87.5 29.9 -2.7 -8 4.4 1.1 34
2019 Sinker MIL R 41 91.7 19.3 -2.7 -12 14.7 0.7 5
2019 Changeup MIL R 166 85.6 29.8 0.6 2 13.7 0.3 2
2018 Slider MIL R 134 89.0 28.4 -0.9 -3 3.0 0.1 4
2018 Sinker MIL R 197 93.1 20.5 -0.5 -2 14.8 0.6 4
2018 Changeup MIL R 185 85.9 32.5 2.5 8 15.0 1.3 10
2018 4-Seamer MIL R 481 93.8 15.1 0.1 0 8.7 1.6 23
2018 Curveball MIL R 402 83.5 51.7 2.9 6 4.3 -2.8 -39
2017 Curveball SD R 250 83.7 46.3 0.2 0 2.5 -4.6 -65
2017 4-Seamer SD R 377 94.0 15.2 -1.6 -12 6.8 -0.7 -9
2017 Sinker SD R 302 93.5 19.7 0.3 1 15.0 0.4 3
2017 Changeup SD R 74 85.7 32.2 4.1 15 13.3 -0.1 -1
2017 Slider SD R 247 89.8 26.0 -1.5 -5 2.3 -0.1 -5
2016 Sinker COL R 223 93.1 20.5 1.8 10 12.9 -1.7 -12
2016 4-Seamer COL R 339 93.8 16.2 -2.7 -20 6.7 -1.6 -19
2016 Changeup COL R 79 84.0 26.9 -2.0 -7 11.4 -1.6 -13
2016 Curveball COL R 87 78.5 54.3 1.0 2 4.8 -2.6 -35
2016 Slider COL R 220 89.3 26.7 -0.8 -3 2.4 0.7 41
! 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 4-Seamer 0.5 5 949 31.8 242 .286 .540 .395 18.8 13.6 13.1 .304 .561 .410 50.0
2022 Slider 0.2 1 714 23.9 199 .254 .368 .293 29.8 19.6 14.0 .238 .383 .299 26.4
2022 Sinker 0.6 3 522 17.5 158 .317 .490 .388 15.4 21.5 26.2 .266 .439 .336 41.4
2022 Curveball 0.0 0 400 13.4 87 .205 .325 .244 24.0 26.4 18.3 .236 .397 .288 46.8
2022 Changeup 2.5 8 323 10.8 67 .302 .540 .404 23.8 16.4 13.9 .266 .416 .319 26.9
2022 Cutter -2.0 -2 80 2.7 21 .286 .333 .274 18.6 19.0 13.8 .281 .364 .280 17.6
2021 4-Seamer 1.0 12 1,170 39.5 283 .298 .603 .416 20.1 17.0 15.6 .272 .548 .388 45.2
2021 Slider -0.8 -6 688 23.2 200 .229 .415 .293 29.5 22.0 17.4 .252 .439 .311 36.1
2021 Curveball 1.7 9 541 18.3 145 .314 .496 .363 24.5 25.5 19.9 .276 .441 .326 44.6
2021 Sinker -1.4 -4 264 8.9 72 .281 .406 .342 16.7 8.3 16.2 .322 .457 .377 32.8
2021 Changeup -0.5 -1 217 7.3 45 .227 .386 .292 24.7 11.1 16.1 .282 .409 .309 33.3
2021 Cutter 5.3 4 84 2.8 24 .364 .591 .471 34.2 25.0 14.0 .337 .604 .422 81.3
2020 4-Seamer 2.4 11 432 43.5 126 .330 .651 .468 8.5 4.8 6.5 .286 .566 .408 44.7
2020 Curveball 0.5 2 296 29.8 77 .235 .338 .295 24.3 28.6 18.0 .215 .329 .277 47.9
2020 Slider -2.6 -3 126 12.7 26 .154 .269 .250 29.5 11.5 11.1 .254 .398 .281 26.1
2020 Changeup 3.9 4 99 10.0 25 .320 .520 .360 17.9 16.0 23.5 .326 .492 .350 42.9
2020 Sinker -1.3 -1 40 4.0 12 .400 .400 .358 17.6 8.3 100.0 .426 .488 .412 20.0
2019 4-Seamer -0.8 -9 1,194 48.6 269 .235 .443 .352 21.8 19.0 14.0 .228 .465 .339 41.5
2019 Curveball -0.9 -7 745 30.3 190 .216 .369 .283 28.9 37.9 21.9 .206 .312 .255 40.4
2019 Slider 1.7 4 231 9.4 64 .323 .645 .420 20.6 15.6 23.3 .307 .576 .367 39.6
2019 Changeup 2.2 4 166 6.8 41 .275 .525 .345 22.1 17.1 15.9 .281 .487 .328 48.5
2019 Sinker 1.6 1 41 1.7 13 .417 .667 .481 4.0 0.0 0.0 .318 .592 .399 33.3
2018 4-Seamer -0.3 -2 481 34.3 99 .314 .488 .374 21.2 16.2 18.6 .242 .432 .337 43.2
2018 Curveball -0.9 -3 403 28.7 127 .208 .317 .262 28.9 35.4 24.2 .184 .293 .233 33.3
2018 Sinker -3.8 -7 197 14.1 43 .184 .184 .212 17.7 11.6 18.5 .239 .340 .297 23.5
2018 Changeup 4.1 8 185 13.2 57 .264 .585 .366 25.0 19.3 15.5 .254 .475 .330 32.6
2018 Slider 0.8 1 134 9.6 42 .278 .500 .367 16.9 16.7 16.7 .215 .392 .321 23.3
2017 4-Seamer 2.1 8 377 29.9 84 .378 .716 .510 12.2 4.8 5.6 .368 .718 .479 49.3
2017 Sinker 1.5 4 302 24.0 67 .333 .614 .432 23.0 14.9 17.5 .318 .505 .388 34.7
2017 Curveball 2.2 5 250 19.9 82 .260 .455 .329 33.9 35.4 21.8 .201 .306 .245 39.6
2017 Slider 2.0 5 247 19.6 64 .349 .540 .388 22.4 12.5 11.6 .281 .437 .310 27.3
2017 Changeup 0.7 1 74 5.9 24 .273 .455 .344 25.6 16.7 12.9 .260 .436 .328 22.2
! 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 93 86.8 99 16.8 1:45 2:00 -15
2020 Curveball 279 79.7 78 18.7 6:45 6:45 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 408 92.3 96 18.8 1:00 12:45 15
2020 Sinker 40 91.8 92 19.3 1:00 1:45 -45
2020 Slider 124 85.6 35 6.0 10:45 9:45 60
2021 Changeup 215 86.4 98 16.8 1:45 2:00 -15
2021 Curveball 539 80.3 80 18.9 7:00 6:45 15
2021 Cutter 84 86.3 29 6.5 10:15 9:00 75
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1,168 93.0 92 19.0 1:00 12:45 15
2021 Sinker 263 91.6 84 18.1 1:00 1:45 -45
2021 Slider 679 83.3 38 11.2 8:30 8:45 -15
2022 Changeup 320 86.3 98 15.9 1:45 2:15 -30
2022 Curveball 399 79.1 83 19.3 7:00 6:45 15
2022 Cutter 80 84.8 31 6.1 10:30 9:30 60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 948 91.8 89 17.5 1:00 12:45 15
2022 Sinker 517 90.8 83 18.2 12:45 1:45 -60
2022 Slider 711 80.0 51 18.1 7:45 8:45 -60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 413 1,568 1 -6 11 8 14
2012 623 2,345 11 -8 12 10 25
2013 641 2,439 -2 4 16 14 32
2014 544 2,091 1 -19 8 10 -1
2015 211 762 -2 -2 4 6 6
2016 270 949 -3 0 8 5 9
2017 321 1,250 12 4 2 6 23
2018 368 1,400 -4 -12 9 3 -4
2019 577 2,377 -2 -28 14 8 -8
2020 266 993 -2 -3 13 5 12
2021 769 2,964 12 -25 15 13 15
2022 774 2,988 1 -15 15 14 16
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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 %
2015 767 46.5 71.5 86.2 26.4 63.9 42.9 58.0 47.2 19.3 7.6 77.6
2016 957 46.0 68.9 87.1 28.2 70.5 41.0 60.3 46.9 17.6 6.8 75.4
2017 1,259 49.4 68.8 85.2 26.6 59.5 41.0 55.2 47.4 21.6 7.7 77.1
2018 1,402 50.9 66.6 86.5 27.6 50.0 41.2 67.8 47.4 23.2 6.9 77.1
2019 2,456 48.2 67.0 84.8 28.9 57.6 45.5 63.5 47.4 23.9 6.4 70.9
2020 993 49.7 65.6 86.1 20.8 73.1 44.7 59.8 43.1 16.8 7.0 75.7
2021 2,964 48.2 70.3 84.1 27.6 56.1 42.1 59.4 48.2 23.5 7.2 77.6
2022 2,988 47.7 65.9 85.4 28.3 62.1 41.5 61.4 46.3 21.9 7.4 66.1
Player 13,786 48.3 67.9 85.3 27.4 59.9 42.5 61.0 47.0 21.9 7.1 73.5
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.8 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
2015 34 21 60 85 12 95 94 46 20 11 22 22 17 53 9 1 91
2016 40 27 72 94 8 97 99 82 69 2 18 10 41 63 12 26 82
2017 12 7 9 16 19 44 36 47 14 18 76 31 38 66 43 48 87
2018 67 73 57 45 76 46 45 53 66 53 61 38 45 65 16 27 96
2019 50 62 39 27 59 17 28 17 12 60 32 39 47 44 27 47 93
2020 20 20 19 26 28 4 40 27 21 4 50 3 7 41 23 47 88
2021 12 13 10 11 25 1 28 24 27 18 65 29 47 36 60 70 87
2022 11 13 10 12 27 1 7 47 43 22 65 20 37 19 35 41 88
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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 24.6 4 2.5 2 5 2 1 25.0
2017 22.8 16 15.3 1 8 12 6 37.5
2018 22.7 12 10.9 1 9 7 5 41.7
2019 22.0 25 23.2 2 12 11 13 52.0
2020 23.0 12 12.2 0 6 10 6 50.0
2021 23.6 38 32.4 6 15 28 12 31.6
2022 23.7 26 30.2 -4 17 26 11 42.3
Player 23.1 133 126.7 6 72 96 54 40.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 4 2 5 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 5 1 1 2 1 3 3 3 1 3 5 1 2 4 2 3 3 2 2 1 4
2017 16 15 20 15 14 19 15 13 17 14 18 16 9 13 14 18 13 18 9 14 21 13 13 19 16 17 18 11 12 15 20
2018 12 14 13 10 10 11 9 15 11 8 9 10 7 10 10 11 11 15 9 12 15 10 10 10 13 13 11 7 11 9 14
2019 25 26 26 20 24 24 24 26 24 19 24 23 20 21 21 24 22 27 18 22 27 23 24 22 20 23 26 21 28 24 24
2020 12 11 15 11 14 12 0 13 13 13 17 11 9 9 10 15 14 11 8 11 13 14 11 12 12 15 12 8 13 10 17
2021 38 32 43 24 35 42 27 39 33 29 33 35 22 21 28 37 42 31 31 29 33 31 27 36 31 34 38 24 35 27 42
2022 26 32 36 31 32 38 31 22 34 29 30 24 18 24 27 35 36 33 29 32 39 29 27 29 29 33 33 23 30 23 39
Player 133 132 158 113 131 148 107 131 135 114 136 120 86 100 111 143 141 138 105 123 153 121 114 132 123 138 141 96 131 109 160
! 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 92.7 93.5 0.8 ↑ 93.8 0.3 ↑ 93.6 -0.2 ↓ 92.6 -1 ↓ 92.2 -0.4 ↓ 92.4 0.2 ↑ 91.1 -1.3 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 82.5 84 1.5 ↑ 85.7 1.7 ↑ 85.9 0.2 ↑ 85.6 -0.3 ↓ 86.8 1.2 ↑ 86.4 -0.4 ↓ 86.3 -0.1 ↓
Breaking Velocity 85.9 86.2 0.3 ↑ 86.7 0.5 ↑ 84.9 -1.8 ↓ 82.2 -2.7 ↓ 81.5 -0.7 ↓ 82 0.5 ↑ 79.7 -2.3 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.2 87.2 -1 ↓ 87.3 0.1 ↑ 88.2 0.9 ↑ 89.9 1.7 ↑ 89.6 -0.3 ↓ 89.9 0.3 ↑ 88.6 -1.3 ↓
Launch Angle 7.5 7 -0.5 ↓ 7 0 11.4 4.4 ↑ 15 3.6 ↑ 14.5 -0.5 ↓ 15.3 0.8 ↑ 15.3 0
Barrel % 2.5 1.4 -1.1 ↓ 6.6 5.2 ↑ 6.6 0 8.1 1.5 ↑ 7.8 -0.3 ↓ 9.1 1.3 ↑ 10.4 1.3 ↑
Hard Hit % 36.3 32.2 -4.1 ↓ 37.3 5.1 ↑ 33.6 -3.7 ↓ 41.3 7.7 ↑ 42 0.7 ↑ 41.6 -0.4 ↓ 38.8 -2.8 ↓
Sweet Spot % 30 32.2 2.2 ↑ 35.8 3.6 ↑ 28.5 -7.3 ↓ 31 2.5 ↑ 28.8 -2.2 ↓ 35.5 6.7 ↑ 35.1 -0.4 ↓
xBA .265 .265 0 .288 0.023 ↑ .22 -0.068 ↓ .233 0.013 ↑ .272 0.039 ↑ .275 0.003 ↑ .267 -0.008 ↓
BA .29 .291 0.001 ↑ .325 0.034 ↑ .249 -0.076 ↓ .243 -0.006 ↓ .285 0.042 ↑ .278 -0.007 ↓ .276 -0.002 ↓
xwOBA .318 .318 0 .354 0.036 ↑ .293 -0.061 ↓ .312 0.019 ↑ .352 0.04 ↑ .351 -0.001 ↓ .341 -0.01 ↓
wOBA .332 .344 0.012 ↑ .398 0.054 ↑ .308 -0.09 ↓ .321 0.013 ↑ .356 0.035 ↑ .354 -0.002 ↓ .341 -0.013 ↓
xSLG .371 .363 -0.008 ↓ .487 0.124 ↑ .374 -0.113 ↓ .426 0.052 ↑ .467 0.041 ↑ .482 0.015 ↑ .452 -0.03 ↓
SLG .387 .418 0.031 ↑ .569 0.151 ↑ .408 -0.161 ↓ .454 0.046 ↑ .494 0.04 ↑