Keegan Akin
P | B/T: L/L | 6' 0" 240LBS | Age: 28

Draft: 2016 | Rd: 2, #54, Baltimore Orioles | Western Michigan

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 2 1 4.50 18 1 0 16.0 15 1.69
4 Seasons 8 16 4.95 95 25 2 218.1 209 1.39
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 18 2-1 4.50 16.0 15 1.69
4 Seasons 95 8-16 4.95 218.1 209 1.39

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 25 500 70 6 8.6 5.2 91.4 109.7 17.9 38.6 .246 .413 .325 .322 .423 50.0 30.2 8.6 4.56 4.42
2021 26 1768 303 29 9.6 6.8 89.8 114.4 17.8 33.7 .264 .470 .361 .349 .397 42.9 19.2 9.4 6.63 5.30
2022 27 1235 230 15 6.5 4.6 87.8 113.9 7.9 35.7 .242 .380 .284 .296 .359 37.4 23.4 6.1 3.20 3.62
2023 28 282 54 6 11.1 8.1 89.7 109.2 13.6 37.0 .297 .483 .336 .349 .428 46.3 20.3 6.8 4.50 5.09
Player 3785 657 56 8.5 5.9 89.3 114.4 14.0 35.2 .257 .432 .328 .327 .389 42.0 22.1 7.9
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Akin relies on 4 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(61.3%) ,
Slider
(23.8%) ,
Changeup
(14.5%) ,
Curveball
(0.4%) ,


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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 34.3 24.3 35.7 5.7 38.6 25.7 35.7 4.3 20.0 30.0 25.7 11.4 8.6 5.2
2021 37.3 33.0 22.1 7.6 37.0 33.0 30.0 3.0 27.1 29.7 22.8 7.3 9.6 6.8
2022 50.0 21.7 25.2 3.0 36.1 41.3 22.6 5.2 36.1 21.7 22.6 7.4 6.5 4.6
2023 37.0 24.1 29.6 9.3 31.5 27.8 40.7 3.7 25.9 22.2 27.8 7.4 11.1 8.1
Player 41.4 27.4 25.3 5.9 36.4 34.7 28.9 4.0 29.4 26.3 23.4 7.8 8.5 5.9
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.9 37.6 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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 Curveball BAL L 1 71.9 62.1 -2.7 -4 13.3 -1.9 -13
2023 Slider BAL L 67 85.9 35.2 -0.2 -1 4.3 -0.4 -9
2023 4-Seamer BAL L 173 93.6 13.9 1.0 7 11.9 4.3 57
2023 Changeup BAL L 41 85.8 29.4 -1.4 -5 16.9 2.0 13
2022 4-Seamer BAL L 642 93.5 13.6 1.3 9 10.7 3.7 52
2022 Changeup BAL L 224 84.1 30.0 -1.6 -5 16.0 2.1 15
2022 Slider BAL L 364 85.3 36.2 0.1 0 5.1 0.1 3
2022 Curveball BAL L 5 75.1 61.9 1.0 2 10.4 -0.4 -3
2021 4-Seamer BAL L 1,011 92.0 14.4 1.5 9 10.7 3.4 46
2021 Changeup BAL L 344 81.9 32.6 -0.6 -2 15.3 1.4 10
2021 Curveball BAL L 66 76.4 51.2 -6.1 -11 6.2 -3.7 -37
2021 Slider BAL L 347 84.1 35.5 -1.6 -4 4.5 -1.2 -21
2020 Curveball BAL L 52 77.2 54.9 -0.2 0 8.7 -1.0 -10
2020 Changeup BAL L 87 81.3 33.1 -1.1 -3 15.8 2.0 15
2020 4-Seamer BAL L 310 91.9 14.5 1.7 11 11.1 3.8 53
2020 Slider BAL L 51 80.7 44.3 2.8 7 6.0 -1.6 -21
! 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 4-Seamer -1.9 -3 173 61.3 39 .289 .342 .336 20.6 28.2 20.8 .273 .475 .328 51.9
2023 Slider 2.0 1 67 23.8 23 .391 .609 .450 33.3 8.7 11.8 .344 .544 .382 38.1
2023 Changeup 2.1 1 41 14.5 10 .250 .250 .410 25.0 20.0 14.3 .279 .349 .362 50.0
2023 Curveball 3.7 0 1 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer -0.9 -6 642 52.0 158 .238 .406 .308 27.0 29.1 25.3 .245 .387 .308 43.4
2022 Slider -0.3 -1 364 29.5 102 .196 .268 .249 22.6 20.6 16.3 .234 .316 .255 35.1
2022 Changeup 2.3 5 224 18.1 69 .250 .469 .346 28.2 14.5 16.7 .249 .464 .335 29.6
2022 Curveball 1.6 0 5 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seamer -0.7 -7 1,011 57.2 231 .250 .451 .331 20.0 22.1 14.2 .253 .487 .353 43.9
2021 Slider 3.5 12 347 19.6 79 .347 .611 .430 21.9 16.5 11.5 .307 .495 .371 48.3
2021 Changeup 2.6 9 344 19.5 100 .333 .494 .405 29.1 16.0 17.6 .248 .425 .334 38.9
2021 Curveball 4.1 3 66 3.7 16 .313 .438 .325 7.7 12.5 7.7 .307 .382 .299 28.6
2020 4-Seamer -1.1 -4 310 62.0 74 .231 .369 .305 28.0 32.4 24.0 .243 .446 .334 55.8
2020 Changeup 2.6 2 87 17.4 23 .333 .667 .483 36.0 26.1 30.0 .231 .365 .290 40.0
2020 Curveball 0.9 0 52 10.4 10 .200 .200 .270 27.3 40.0 17.4 .196 .264 .198 50.0
2020 Slider 6.9 4 51 10.2 9 .429 .571 .494 7.7 11.1 4.8 .386 .461 .442 33.3
! 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 86 81.3 98 17.9 10:00 9:45 15
2020 Curveball 52 77.2 58 14.7 4:30 4:45 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 308 91.9 99 20.9 10:45 11:00 -15
2020 Slider 49 80.7 34 8.2 3:15 4:00 -45
2021 Changeup 341 81.9 95 17.4 10:00 9:45 15
2021 Curveball 66 76.4 47 9.5 4:15 4:30 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1,009 92.0 97 20.7 10:45 11:00 -15
2021 Slider 345 84.1 29 5.9 1:15 2:15 -60
2022 Changeup 223 84.2 99 18.5 10:00 9:45 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 642 93.5 97 20.6 10:45 11:00 -15
2022 Slider 361 85.3 31 6.3 1:45 3:00 -75
2023 Changeup 39 85.8 99 18.9 9:45 9:45 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 164 93.6 97 21.0 10:45 10:45 0
2023 Slider 65 85.9 29 5.2 1:45 2:45 -60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 116 500 0 -2 3 2 3
2021 426 1,768 2 -7 16 7 17
2022 329 1,235 -8 0 4 3 -1
2023 72 282 -1 -2 2 1 -1
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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 500 52.6 70.7 77.4 25.3 53.3 48.2 54.3 49.2 28.5 7.4 78.4
2021 1,768 53.5 70.1 81.6 25.4 66.0 41.5 63.0 49.3 21.7 7.7 85.4
2022 1,235 56.0 69.1 78.5 32.4 60.8 45.3 63.5 53.0 25.8 10.0 74.8
2023 282 56.0 67.1 78.3 34.7 62.8 39.0 72.2 52.8 24.2 9.6 74.1
Player 3,785 54.4 69.6 79.7 28.3 62.3 43.4 62.8 50.7 24.2 8.6 79.6
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 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 44 43 45 44 47 46 30 5 2 81 50 63 26 36 76 62 9
2021 14 19 15 12 21 24 19 25 19 19 34 18 21 30 71 41 15
2022 60 45 50 54 69 55 66 65 55 53 78 54 80 50 54 11
2023 54 70 7
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 24.5 3 2.4 1 2 2 1 33.3
2021 23.5 17 16.9 0 8 10 8 47.1
2022 22.6 10 9.1 1 4 7 3 30.0
2023 22.4 1 2.7 -2 1 3 1 100.0
Player 23.2 31 31.1 0 15 22 13 41.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2020 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 2 2 3 2 1
2021 17 19 16 16 18 16 18 17 16 14 17 20 16 13 18 18 15 15 18 18 15 22 19 20 14 15 18 18 15 17 17
2022 10 8 6 10 10 10 10 7 8 8 8 12 9 8 10 10 9 9 8 9 8 8 11 8 8 8 12 13 8 10 9
2023 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 1 3 2 3 4 3 2 5 2 2 1 3 4 2 2 5 2 2 1 4 4 3 3 2
Player 31 31 25 32 35 33 35 27 29 25 29 38 31 26 36 32 29 28 32 34 28 34 38 33 26 25 36 37 29 32 29
! 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 91.9 92.0 0.1 ↑ 93.5 1.5 ↑ 93.6 0.1 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 81.3 81.9 0.6 ↑ 84.1 2.2 ↑ 85.8 1.7 ↑
Breaking Velocity 78.9 82.9 4.0 ↑ 85.2 2.3 ↑ 85.7 0.5 ↑
Exit Velocity 91.4 89.8 -1.6 ↓ 87.8 -2.0 ↓ 89.7 1.9 ↑
Launch Angle 17.9 17.8 -0.1 ↓ 7.9 -9.9 ↓ 13.6 5.7 ↑
Barrel % 8.6 9.6 1.0 ↑ 6.5 -3.1 ↓ 11.1 4.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 50.0 42.9 -7.1 ↓ 37.4 -5.5 ↓ 46.3 8.9 ↑
Sweet Spot % 38.6 33.7 -4.9 ↓ 35.7 2.0 ↑ 37.0 1.3 ↑
xBA .246 .264 0.018 ↑ .242 -0.022 ↓ .297 0.055 ↑
BA .262 .290 0.028 ↑ .227 -0.063 ↓ .319 0.092 ↑
xwOBA .322 .349 0.027 ↑ .296 -0.053 ↓ .349 0.053 ↑
wOBA .325 .361 0.036 ↑ .284 -0.077 ↓ .336 0.052 ↑
xSLG .413 .470 0.057 ↑ .380 -0.090 ↓ .483 0.103 ↑
SLG .427 .491 0.064 ↑ .375 -0.116 ↓ .420 0.045 ↑
K% 30.2 19.2 -11.0 ↓ 23.4 4.2 ↑ 20.3 -3.1 ↓
BB% 8.6 9.4 0.8 ↑ 6.1 -3.3 ↓ 6.8 0.7 ↑
Swing % 49.2 49.3 0.1 ↑ 53.0 3.7 ↑ 52.8 -0.2 ↓
Whiff% 28.5 21.7 -6.8 ↓ 25.8 4.1 ↑ 24.2 -1.6 ↓
In Zone % 52.6 53.5 0.9 ↑ 56.0 2.5 ↑ 56.0 0.0
Out of Zone % 47.4 46.5 -0.9 ↓ 44.0 -2.5 ↓ 44.0 0.0
Out of Zone Swing % 25.3 25.4 0.1 ↑ 32.4 7.0 ↑ 34.7 2.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 30.2 32.1 1.9 ↑ 34.7 2.6 ↑ 33.3 -1.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 54.3 63.0 8.7 ↑ 63.5 0.5 ↑ 72.2 8.7 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2020 116 .325 89 19 21.3 27 11 40.7
2021 408 .362 302 21 7.0 106 58 54.7
2022 329 .284 199 24 12.1 130 58 44.6
2023 72 .336 36 0 0.0 36 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2020 125 13.3 69.6% 0.8% 99 17.8 10.1% 3.0%
2021 496 16.1 34.7% 0.8% 284 20.7 2.5% 7.4%
2022 315 14.4 56.8% 0.3% 199 20.1 1.5% 2.0%
2023 17 12.7 88.2% 0.0% 30 15.7 40.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution