Julian Merryweather
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 4" 215LBS | Age: 31

Draft: 2014 | Rd: 5, #158, Cleveland Indians | Oklahoma Baptist

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 3 6.75 26 1 0 26.2 23 1.43
3 Seasons 0 4 5.64 47 5 2 52.2 50 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 26 0-3 6.75 26.2 23 1.43
3 Seasons 47 0-4 5.64 52.2 50 1.37

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 .457 .355 .327 .382 44.8 19.3 5.9 6.75 4.49
Player 867 159 15 9.4 6.6 89.5 111.2 12.0 29.6 .241 .426 .334 .319 .375 42.8 21.8 7.4
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

Merryweather relies on 4 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(51.6%) ,
Slider
(34.1%) ,
Changeup
(9.6%) ,
Curveball
(4.8%) ,


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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
Player 47.2 23.9 19.5 9.4 37.7 35.2 27.0 6.9 32.1 22.6 23.3 5.0 9.4 6.6
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 Slider TOR R 142 87.7 36.4 3.7 11 1.7 -2.5 -60
2022 4-Seamer TOR R 215 97.3 12.2 0.6 5 6.5 -0.9 -12
2022 Changeup TOR R 40 81.6 31.7 -0.6 -2 11.4 -1.9 -14
2022 Curveball TOR R 20 80.3 57.4 5.1 10 11.4 2.9 35
2021 4-Seamer TOR R 118 97.5 11.4 1.3 10 7.7 -0.1 -2
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 -1.6 -42
2021 Curveball TOR R 26 80.1 60.4 7.6 14 8.5 -0.4 -5
2020 Curveball TOR R 22 79.3 59.8 6.5 12 6.8 -2.5 -27
2020 Changeup TOR R 41 80.7 32.2 -0.6 -2 9.9 -2.6 -21
2020 Sinker TOR R 2 97.2 13.8 -4.0 -22 15.7 1.3 9
2020 Slider TOR R 35 85.9 41.5 6.0 17 1.4 -3.2 -70
2020 4-Seamer TOR R 132 96.6 12.1 1.2 9 7.1 -0.5 -7
! 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 5.1 11 215 51.6 59 .423 .788 .545 14.6 8.5 11.9 .367 .743 .494 63.3
2022 Slider -2.4 -3 142 34.1 47 .182 .227 .198 33.8 31.9 27.3 .134 .191 .162 23.3
2022 Changeup -1.3 -1 40 9.6 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.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
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
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
2022 Changeup 40 81.6 97 14.6 1:30 1:45 -15
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 142 87.7 17 3.8 8:15 7:15 60
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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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
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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
Player 867 53.7 70.0 85.3 29.4 51.7 42.8 67.1 51.2 23.2 7.5 84.6
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
2020 94 61 83
2021 97 56 87
2022 94 62 74
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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 4.7 -1 2 5 1 25.0
Player 24.8 8 8.7 -1 2 6 4 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 4 4 4 4 4 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
2022 4 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 3 2 3 3 3 6 6 7 5 6 6 5 4 4 3 4 6 5 7 4 6
Player 8 9 8 9 9 10 9 9 9 8 7 6 7 6 7 10 10 11 9 10 10 9 8 8 7 8 10 9 11 8 10
! 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 96.7 97.5 0.8 97.3 -0.2
Offspeed Velocity 80.7 81.8 1.1 81.6 -0.2
Breaking Velocity 83.4 85.3 1.9 86.8 1.5
Exit Velocity 86.6 90.3 3.7 90.3 0
Launch Angle 10.2 8.5 -1.7 14.3 5.8
Barrel % 2.9 13.2 10.3 10.3 -2.9
Hard Hit % 32.4 47.4 15 44.8 -2.6
Sweet Spot % 29.4 31.6 2.2 28.7 -2.9
xBA .227 .244 0.017 .246 0.002
BA .224 .265 0.041 .292 0.027
xwOBA .278 .344 0.066 .327 -0.017
wOBA .272 .353 0.081 .355 0.002
xSLG .295 .493 0.198 .457 -0.036
SLG .286 .51 0.224 .491 -0.019
K% 27.3 21.8 -5.5 19.3 -2.5
BB% 10.9 7.3 -3.6 5.9 -1.4
Swing % 49.8 48.4 -1.4 53.5 5.1
Whiff% 25.9 21.9 -4 22.4 0.5
In Zone % 51.1 57.6 6.5 53.2 -4.4
Out of Zone % 48.9 42.4 -6.5 46.8 4.4
Out of Zone Swing % 30.7 22.8 -7.9 31.8 9
First Pitch Swing % 30.9 32.7 1.8 37.3 4.6
First Pitch Strike % 67.3 63.6 -3.7 68.6 5
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2020 55 .272 35 5 14.3 20 12 60.0
2021 55 .353 36 6 16.7 19 7 36.8
2022 118 .355 71 40 56.3 47 36 76.6

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% 50 25.2 0.0% 14.0%
2022 89 18.4 4.5% 0.0% 83 21.6 0.0% 4.8%
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Pitch Distribution