Justin Bruihl
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 215LBS | Age: 26
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 0 1 2.89 21 2 0 18.2 11 1.07
2022 1 1 3.80 24 0 1 23.2 13 1.18
2023 1 0 5.46 27 0 0 28 22 1.39
3 Seasons 2 2 4.22 72 2 1 70.1 46 1.24
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 21 0-1 2.89 18.2 11 1.07
2022 24 1-1 3.80 23.2 13 1.18
2023 27 1-0 5.46 28 22 1.39
3 Seasons 72 2-2 4.22 70.1 46 1.24
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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
2021 24 255 54 1 1.9 1.4 86.4 107.6 11.0 24.1 .254 .355 .239 .300 .317 29.6 15.1 9.6 2.89 3.78
2022 25 341 78 5 6.4 5.0 86.2 110.3 15.2 33.3 .245 .382 .322 .300 .314 24.4 13.0 6.0 3.80 3.72
2023 26 438 85 5 5.9 4.1 90.2 113.8 10.1 32.9 .268 .413 .325 .332 .365 44.7 18.2 9.1 5.46 4.70
Player 1034 217 11 5.1 3.7 87.9 113.8 12.1 30.9 .257 .388 .303 .313 .335 33.6 15.6 8.2
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

Bruihl relies on 3 pitches.
Cutter
(37.0%) ,
Sinker
(31.7%) ,
Slider
(31.3%) ,


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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
2021 51.9 25.9 16.7 5.6 31.5 38.9 29.6 5.6 33.3 29.6 25.9 3.7 1.9 1.4
2022 41.0 25.6 25.6 7.7 30.8 38.5 30.8 10.3 25.6 34.6 19.2 3.8 6.4 5.0
2023 49.4 21.2 25.9 3.5 52.9 24.7 22.4 3.5 31.8 23.5 22.4 12.9 5.9 4.1
Player 47.0 24.0 23.5 5.5 39.6 33.2 27.2 6.5 30.0 29.0 22.1 7.4 5.1 3.7
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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
2023 Slider COL L 137 78.5 46.2 1.9 4 17.4 5.9 51
2023 Cutter COL L 162 87.1 26.6 2.6 9 2.6 -0.5 -15
2023 Sinker COL L 139 88.4 31.4 3.9 14 15.1 -0.1 0
2022 Cutter LAD L 220 86.4 28.6 0.1 1 3.5 0.7 25
2022 Sinker LAD L 53 88.7 31.6 4.6 17 13.6 -1.6 -10
2022 Slider LAD L 68 77.5 48.0 3.9 9 15.8 4.5 40
2021 Cutter LAD L 148 88.2 27.9 -0.3 -1 3.2 0.6 22
2021 Sinker LAD L 31 90.4 28.9 4.5 18 13.6 -1.2 -8
2021 Slider LAD L 76 78.9 46.5 3.0 7 13.1 2.4 23
! 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 Cutter -1.5 -2 162 37.0 39 .333 .515 .399 22.7 10.3 17.4 .367 .601 .437 50.0
2023 Sinker 0.1 0 139 31.7 40 .242 .303 .303 13.3 7.5 10.0 .247 .357 .332 41.9
2023 Slider 0.4 0 137 31.3 40 .231 .410 .300 35.8 37.5 22.1 .202 .302 .245 41.7
2022 Cutter 0.3 1 220 64.5 60 .269 .481 .347 24.8 10.0 15.8 .262 .431 .328 22.4
2022 Slider -1.5 -1 68 19.9 23 .190 .429 .296 29.7 26.1 14.0 .227 .340 .285 20.0
2022 Sinker 0.9 0 53 15.5 15 .286 .286 .257 11.1 6.7 9.1 .206 .263 .206 35.7
2021 Cutter 2.7 4 148 58.0 38 .219 .219 .265 15.8 7.9 10.3 .275 .344 .327 36.7
2021 Slider 2.6 2 76 29.8 25 .160 .280 .188 31.6 24.0 18.2 .218 .375 .254 15.8
2021 Sinker -1.6 -1 31 12.2 8 .286 .286 .313 20.0 25.0 22.2 .282 .336 .321 40.0
! 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 Cutter 149 87.1 45 8.7 11:30 12:45 -75
2023 Sinker 133 88.4 75 16.1 10:30 9:15 75
2023 Slider 132 78.4 56 18.7 4:00 3:15 45
2022 Cutter 213 86.4 39 7.9 11:30 1:00 -90
2022 Sinker 47 88.6 70 14.4 10:30 9:15 75
2022 Slider 67 77.5 57 17.3 4:00 3:30 30
2021 Cutter 147 88.2 37 7.1 11:45 1:00 -75
2021 Sinker 28 90.4 70 14.6 10:30 9:30 60
2021 Slider 76 78.9 54 14.8 4:15 3:30 45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 78 289 3 7 -1 -2 6
2022 98 341 4 1 -2 -3 0
2023 119 438 3 1 -3 -3 -2
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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 %
2021 255 54.5 74.1 85.4 22.4 53.8 38.0 75.0 50.6 20.9 8.6 90.9
2022 341 54.8 78.6 76.2 22.1 61.8 39.6 63.3 53.1 23.8 8.5 86.2
2023 438 48.4 67.0 86.6 26.5 50.0 39.0 62.2 46.1 24.3 8.2 80.6
Player 1,034 52.0 72.9 82.4 24.2 54.2 39.0 65.7 49.5 23.2 8.4 85.1
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
2022 3 24 82
2023 2 31 66
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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 21.3 1 0.7 0 1 1 0 0.0
2022 23.0 4 2.2 2 1 3 0 0.0
2023 24.3 2 1.6 0 3 2 0 0.0
Player 23.1 7 4.5 3 5 6 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
2022 4 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 4 4 0 2 2 3 4 2 2
2023 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 1 2 4 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 2 3 2 2 2
Player 7 2 4 4 4 4 5 2 4 2 4 7 4 3 5 6 4 4 6 4 5 4 8 7 1 4 4 7 7 4 5
! 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 88.6 86.9 -1.7 87.7 0.8
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 78.9 77.5 -1.4 78.5 1.0
Exit Velocity 86.4 86.2 -0.2 90.2 4.0
Launch Angle 11.0 15.2 4.2 10.1 -5.1
Barrel % 1.9 6.4 4.5 5.9 -0.5
Hard Hit % 29.6 24.4 -5.2 44.7 20.3
Sweet Spot % 24.1 33.3 9.2 32.9 -0.4
xBA .254 .245 -0.009 .268 0.023
BA .203 .253 0.050 .267 0.014
xwOBA .300 .300 0.000 .332 0.032
wOBA .239 .322 0.083 .325 0.003
xSLG .355 .382 0.027 .413 0.031
SLG .250 .437 0.187 .410 -0.027
K% 15.1 13.0 -2.1 18.2 5.2
BB% 9.6 6.0 -3.6 9.1 3.1
Swing % 50.6 53.1 2.5 46.1 -7.0
Whiff% 20.9 23.8 2.9 24.3 0.5
In Zone % 54.5 54.8 0.3 48.4 -6.4
Out of Zone % 45.5 45.2 -0.3 51.6 6.4
Out of Zone Swing % 22.4 22.1 -0.3 26.5 4.4
First Pitch Swing % 41.7 38.8 -2.9 29.4 -9.4
First Pitch Strike % 75.0 63.3 -11.7 62.2 -1.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 71 .239 28 12 42.9 43 32 74.4
2022 Shifts 98 .322 47 22 46.8 51 37 72.5
2023 Shades 119 .325 82 7 8.5 37 9 24.3
! 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 %
2021 65 17.4 16.9% 0.0% 41 20.3 0.0% 4.9%
2022 89 17.7 16.9% 0.0% 51 19.6 0.0% 0.0%
2023 98 15.3 42.9% 0.0% 95 17.9 6.3% 1.1%
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Pitch Distribution