Julian Merryweather
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 215LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 5, #158, Cleveland Indians | Oklahoma Baptist
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 0 1 4.85 13 1 2 13 12 1.31
2022 0 3 6.75 26 1 0 26.2 23 1.43
2023 5 1 3.38 69 0 2 72 98 1.31
4 Seasons 5 5 4.33 116 5 4 124.2 148 1.33
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 13 0-1 4.85 13 12 1.31
2022 26 0-3 6.75 26.2 23 1.43
2023 69 5-1 3.38 72 98 1.31
4 Seasons 116 5-5 4.33 124.2 148 1.33
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
2020 28 233 34 1 2.9 1.8 86.6 111.2 10.2 29.4 .227 .295 .272 .278 .326 32.4 27.3 10.9 4.15 3.23
2021 29 217 38 5 13.2 9.1 90.3 109.7 8.5 31.6 .244 .493 .353 .344 .406 47.4 21.8 7.3 4.85 5.12
2022 30 417 87 9 10.3 7.6 90.3 110.5 14.3 28.7 .246 .456 .355 .327 .382 44.8 19.3 5.9 6.75 4.49
2023 31 1228 168 12 7.1 4.0 89.8 112.1 14.5 32.1 .211 .349 .291 .298 .386 40.5 32.3 11.9 3.38 3.71
Player 2095 327 27 8.3 5.1 89.7 112.1 13.3 30.9 .224 .383 .309 .307 .381 41.6 27.8 10.0
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

Merryweather relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(49.3%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(40.9%) ,
Changeup
(7.5%) ,
Sweeper
(2.4%) ,


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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
2020 47.1 17.6 29.4 5.9 41.2 35.3 23.5 8.8 29.4 26.5 32.4 0.0 2.9 1.8
2021 42.1 34.2 18.4 5.3 44.7 31.6 23.7 5.3 34.2 18.4 18.4 10.5 13.2 9.1
2022 49.4 21.8 16.1 12.6 33.3 36.8 29.9 6.9 32.2 23.0 21.8 4.6 10.3 7.6
2023 41.7 29.8 22.0 6.5 29.8 45.2 25.0 3.6 30.4 29.8 23.2 4.2 7.1 4.0
Player 44.3 26.9 20.8 8.0 33.6 40.4 26.0 5.2 31.2 26.3 23.2 4.6 8.3 5.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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
2023 4-Seamer CHC R 494 98.1 11.9 0.7 6 6.3 -1.8 -22
2023 Slider CHC R 600 87.1 38.8 4.7 14 0.7 -3.6 -83
2023 Sweeper CHC R 29 84.1 41.5 3.2 8 13.3 -0.2 -1
2023 Changeup CHC R 91 81.5 31.4 -1.8 -6 11.4 -2.1 -15
2022 4-Seamer TOR R 215 97.3 12.2 0.6 5 6.5 -1.0 -13
2022 Curveball TOR R 20 80.3 57.4 5.1 10 11.4 3.0 35
2022 Slider TOR R 143 87.7 36.4 3.6 11 1.7 -2.5 -60
2022 Changeup TOR R 39 81.6 31.7 -0.6 -2 11.6 -1.7 -13
2021 Curveball TOR R 26 80.1 60.4 7.5 14 8.5 -0.4 -4
2021 Changeup TOR R 29 81.8 30.0 -2.3 -7 10.5 -2.6 -20
2021 Slider TOR R 44 88.4 33.8 1.8 6 2.2 -1.7 -42
2021 4-Seamer TOR R 118 97.5 11.4 1.3 10 7.7 -0.2 -3
2020 4-Seamer TOR R 132 96.6 12.1 1.3 9 7.1 -0.6 -8
2020 Changeup TOR R 41 80.7 32.2 -0.6 -2 9.9 -2.7 -21
2020 Sinker TOR R 2 97.2 13.8 -4.1 -23 15.7 1.1 7
2020 Slider TOR R 35 85.9 41.5 6.1 17 1.4 -3.1 -69
2020 Curveball TOR R 22 79.3 59.8 6.5 12 6.8 -2.5 -27
! 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 %
2023 Slider 1.4 9 605 49.3 127 .205 .303 .238 45.3 39.4 24.5 .198 .291 .229 29.2
2023 4-Seamer 0.1 0 502 40.9 145 .248 .372 .365 20.6 21.4 22.6 .251 .446 .388 54.2
2023 Changeup 0.7 1 92 7.5 21 .150 .150 .162 52.6 61.9 29.5 .110 .123 .131 0.0
2023 Sweeper -3.6 -1 29 2.4 10 .200 .600 .325 30.8 40.0 17.4 .137 .390 .215 33.3
2022 4-Seamer -5.1 -11 215 51.6 59 .423 .788 .545 14.6 8.5 11.9 .367 .742 .493 63.3
2022 Slider 2.3 3 143 34.3 47 .182 .227 .198 33.8 31.9 27.3 .134 .191 .162 23.3
2022 Changeup 1.4 1 39 9.4 10 .125 .125 .178 26.3 20.0 15.4 .120 .175 .190 14.3
2022 Curveball 2.7 1 20 4.8 2 .000 .000 .000 28.6 50.0 25.0 .121 .133 .114 0.0
2021 4-Seamer 0.5 1 118 54.4 29 .259 .593 .379 19.1 24.1 17.5 .305 .675 .429 60.0
2021 Slider 3.0 1 44 20.3 13 .250 .250 .208 17.6 23.1 20.0 .123 .179 .138 30.0
2021 Changeup -5.7 -2 29 13.4 7 .200 .800 .486 36.4 14.3 9.1 .209 .443 .397 50.0
2021 Curveball 0.3 0 26 12.0 6 .400 .400 .417 33.3 16.7 20.0 .240 .313 .317 25.0
2020 4-Seamer 3.2 4 133 57.1 37 .188 .219 .250 19.2 24.3 21.4 .241 .325 .306 34.8
2020 Changeup 2.4 1 41 17.6 8 .000 .000 .088 42.9 25.0 12.5 .076 .081 .151 0.0
2020 Slider -6.7 -2 35 15.0 7 .571 .714 .564 37.5 42.9 21.4 .338 .414 .324 50.0
2020 Curveball -3.6 -1 22 9.4 3 .333 .667 .417 20.0 33.3 16.7 .174 .197 .159 50.0
2020 Sinker 1.2 0 2 0.9 -- -- -- 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
2023 Changeup 88 81.5 98 14.7 1:30 1:45 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 488 98.1 90 17.4 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Slider 593 87.0 26 4.9 7:45 6:30 75
2023 Sweeper 29 84.1 43 14.8 7:30 8:30 -60
2022 Changeup 39 81.6 97 14.9 1:30 2:00 -30
2022 Curveball 19 80.5 85 21.2 6:45 7:00 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 210 97.3 89 17.7 1:00 12:45 15
2022 Slider 143 87.7 17 3.8 8:15 7:15 60
2021 Changeup 29 81.8 96 14.7 1:30 1:45 -15
2021 Curveball 26 80.1 89 22.2 6:45 6:45 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 118 97.5 94 18.8 1:00 12:45 15
2021 Slider 44 88.4 17 2.9 10:00 8:45 75
2020 Changeup 41 80.7 97 13.4 1:30 1:45 -15
2020 Curveball 22 79.3 92 20.2 6:45 6:45 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 130 96.6 96 18.3 1:00 12:45 15
2020 Slider 35 85.9 31 6.7 8:00 6:30 90
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 55 233 3 1 -1 0 2
2021 55 217 0 2 -1 -1 0
2022 118 417 -4 3 -6 0 -7
2023 303 1,228 4 16 -6 -5 9
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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 %
2020 233 51.1 68.1 80.2 30.7 60.0 48.5 67.3 49.8 25.9 6.0 78.6
2021 217 57.6 67.2 83.3 22.8 57.1 37.3 63.6 48.4 21.9 10.1 81.8
2022 417 53.2 72.5 88.8 31.8 45.2 42.4 68.6 53.5 22.4 7.0 89.7
2023 1,228 47.6 66.4 78.9 30.0 35.8 41.2 65.7 47.3 35.1 7.7 83.0
Player 2,095 50.1 68.0 81.8 29.8 41.8 41.9 66.3 48.9 30.0 7.6 83.6
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
2020 92 65 82
2021 96 59 86
2022 94 66 74
2023 69 85 81 74 57 68 63 28 40 96 10 95 65 96 77 52
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 24.0 4 4.0 0 0 1 3 75.0
2022 25.7 4 4.4 0 1 5 1 25.0
2023 24.9 8 7.7 0 4 3 5 62.5
Player 24.9 16 16.0 0 5 9 9 56.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2022 4 4 3 3 5 5 6 2 3 3 3 3 5 4 4 5 5 4 3 4 3 7 6 6 3 4 5 6 6 6 5
2023 8 6 6 7 9 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 9 7 8 8 9 7 7 8 8 8 9 7 8 7 9 8 9 8 7
Player 16 14 13 14 18 16 18 13 13 14 15 15 18 15 16 17 18 15 14 16 15 19 19 17 15 15 18 18 19 18 16
! 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 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.7 97.5 0.8 ↑ 97.3 -0.2 ↓ 98.1 0.8 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 80.7 81.8 1.1 ↑ 81.6 -0.2 ↓ 81.5 -0.1 ↓
Breaking Velocity 83.4 85.3 1.9 ↑ 86.8 1.5 ↑ 86.9 0.1 ↑
Exit Velocity 86.6 90.3 3.7 ↑ 90.3 0.0 89.8 -0.5 ↓
Launch Angle 10.2 8.5 -1.7 ↓ 14.3 5.8 ↑ 14.5 0.2 ↑
Barrel % 2.9 13.2 10.3 ↑ 10.3 -2.9 ↓ 7.1 -3.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 32.4 47.4 15.0 ↑ 44.8 -2.6 ↓ 40.5 -4.3 ↓
Sweet Spot % 29.4 31.6 2.2 ↑ 28.7 -2.9 ↓ 32.1 3.4 ↑
xBA .227 .244 0.017 ↑ .246 0.002 ↑ .211 -0.035 ↓
BA .224 .265 0.041 ↑ .292 0.027 ↑ .219 -0.073 ↓
xwOBA .278 .344 0.066 ↑ .327 -0.017 ↓ .298 -0.029 ↓
wOBA .272 .353 0.081 ↑ .355 0.002 ↑ .291 -0.064 ↓
xSLG .295 .493 0.198 ↑ .456 -0.037 ↓ .349 -0.107 ↓
SLG .286 .510 0.224 ↑ .491 -0.019 ↓ .332 -0.159 ↓
K% 27.3 21.8 -5.5 ↓ 19.3 -2.5 ↓ 32.3 13.0 ↑
BB% 10.9 7.3 -3.6 ↓ 5.9 -1.4 ↓ 11.9 6.0 ↑
Swing % 49.8 48.4 -1.4 ↓ 53.5 5.1 ↑ 47.3 -6.2 ↓
Whiff% 25.9 21.9 -4.0 ↓ 22.4 0.5 ↑ 35.1 12.7 ↑
In Zone % 51.1 57.6 6.5 ↑ 53.2 -4.4 ↓ 47.6 -5.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 48.9 42.4 -6.5 ↓ 46.8 4.4 ↑ 52.4 5.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.7 22.8 -7.9 ↓ 31.8 9.0 ↑ 30.0 -1.8 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 30.9 32.7 1.8 ↑ 37.3 4.6 ↑ 32.7 -4.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 67.3 63.6 -3.7 ↓ 68.6 5.0 ↑ 65.7 -2.9 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 55 .272 35 5 14.3 20 13 65.0
2021 Shifts 55 .353 36 6 16.7 19 10 52.6
2022 Shifts 118 .355 71 40 56.3 47 38 80.9
2023 Shades 299 .289 168 6 3.6 131 28 21.4
! 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 %
2020 68 17.5 11.8% 0.0% 37 24.9 0.0% 2.7%
2021 45 18.8 8.9% 0.0% 48 24.9 0.0% 10.4%
2022 89 18.4 4.5% 0.0% 80 21.5 0.0% 3.8%
2023 288 16.3 19.1% 1.0% 230 18.9 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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