Kelvin Herrera
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 10" 220LBS | Age: 34
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 2 3 2.44 48 0 17 44.1 38 1.20
2019 3 3 6.14 57 0 1 51.1 53 1.62
2020 0 0 15.43 2 0 0 2.1 3 1.71
10 Seasons 27 32 3.21 522 0 61 513.2 510 1.20
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 48 2-3 2.44 44.1 38 1.20
2019 57 3-3 6.14 51.1 53 1.62
2020 2 0-0 15.43 2.1 3 1.71
10 Seasons 522 27-32 3.21 513.2 510 1.20
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 25 1089 194 9 4.6 3.1 86.9 110.2 10.8 30.4 .226 .351 .258 .296 .342 29.9 22.4 9.1 2.71 3.61
2016 26 1091 182 9 4.9 3.2 88.6 112.5 12.5 28.0 .207 .321 .257 .251 .334 33.5 30.4 4.2 2.75 2.61
2017 27 994 182 15 8.2 5.8 88.0 110.4 8.9 31.9 .247 .441 .327 .315 .375 38.7 21.7 7.4 4.25 4.27
2018 28 696 135 7 5.2 3.8 87.7 110.8 17.6 32.6 .240 .399 .298 .300 .354 36.3 20.7 5.4 2.44 3.79
2019 29 908 158 13 8.2 5.5 86.7 112.4 18.0 36.1 .263 .430 .339 .320 .386 31.6 22.6 9.8 6.14 4.54
2020 30 37 7 1 14.3 9.1 91.6 108.3 28.6 57.1 .276 .604 .504 .394 .519 42.9 27.3 9.1 15.43 7.08
Player 4815 858 54 6.3 4.3 87.6 112.5 13.3 31.8 .235 .386 .295 .296 .359 34.0 23.9 7.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Herrera relies on 6 pitches.
Sinker
(48.6%) ,
Changeup
(21.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(18.9%) ,
Slider
(5.4%) ,
Curveball
(2.7%) ,
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 46.4 21.1 26.3 6.2 30.9 34.0 35.1 6.7 30.9 21.1 26.8 4.6 4.6 3.1
2016 45.6 24.2 24.7 5.5 36.8 32.4 30.8 2.2 35.2 24.7 25.8 5.5 4.9 3.2
2017 46.7 25.3 23.6 4.4 27.5 45.1 27.5 2.2 37.4 20.9 22.5 6.6 8.2 5.8
2018 37.8 31.1 23.0 8.1 34.8 31.9 33.3 4.4 28.1 31.1 20.0 8.9 5.2 3.8
2019 38.6 22.2 27.2 12.0 38.6 31.6 29.7 4.4 25.3 29.7 28.5 2.5 8.2 5.5
2020 14.3 28.6 42.9 14.3 42.9 14.3 42.9 0.0 14.3 28.6 28.6 14.3 14.3 9.1
Player 43.2 24.5 25.2 7.1 33.6 35.1 31.4 4.0 31.6 25.1 24.9 5.6 6.3 4.3
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2020 Curveball CWS R 1 74.4 49.7 -12.7 16.4GLV 5.4 -0.4 -9.3 16.4GLV 7.2
2020 Cutter CWS R 1 88.3 31.6 -4.6 1.9GLV -0.4 3.3 -4.9 1.9GLV -0.9
2020 Sinker CWS R 18 94.1 19.5 -1.4 11.6ARM -3.1 11.3 -2.2 11.6ARM -3.2
2020 Slider CWS R 2 81.3 45.4 4.4 11.9GLV 5.4 -4.4 5.8 11.9GLV 6.6
2020 Changeup CWS R 8 86.2 31.3 0.8 12.4ARM -1.3 5.4 1.0 12.4ARM -1.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 7 94.5 17.4 -2.8 5.0ARM -2.3 13.0 -3.0 5.0ARM -2.3
2019 Sinker CWS R 193 95.4 16.1 -4.6 11.5ARM -3.4 14.3 -5.2 11.5ARM -3.4
2019 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 321 96.3 15.0 -0.7 5.6ARM -2.2 14.8 -0.8 5.6ARM -1.8
2019 Slider CWS R 115 81.7 45.7 3.7 13.6GLV 6.7 -2.9 4.7 13.6GLV 8.5
2019 Changeup CWS R 177 88.6 25.4 -3.4 13.7ARM -0.7 9.8 -2.9 13.7ARM 0.2
2019 Cutter CWS R 101 91.3 23.3 1.1 1.8GLV 0.0 9.9 2.1 1.8GLV -0.8
2018 Sinker WSH R 155 96.2 17.0 -2.6 13.2ARM -1.4 12.8 -3.5 13.2ARM -1.5
2018 Changeup WSH R 118 88.2 25.7 -3.6 13.6ARM -0.5 9.6 -2.9 13.6ARM 0.3
2018 Slider WSH R 132 80.7 48.7 5.7 15.5GLV 8.4 -5.1 6.9 15.5GLV 10.2
2018 4-Seam Fastball WSH R 291 96.6 14.6 -0.4 8.1ARM 0.5 14.9 -0.8 8.1ARM 0.9
2017 Slider KC R 107 86.5 34.6 1.7 5.0GLV 1.7 2.7 0.9 5.0GLV 0.8
2017 Changeup KC R 177 90.3 25.8 0.3 15.9ARM 1.7 7.6 0.9 15.9ARM 2.3
2017 Sinker KC R 304 97.2 16.3 -1.2 14.4ARM -0.6 12.6 -1.8 14.4ARM -1.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball KC R 403 97.2 13.0 -0.8 8.3ARM -0.1 16.2 -0.9 8.3ARM 0.2
2016 4-Seam Fastball KC R 555 97.9 13.2 0.7 7.5ARM -0.1 15.9 0.1 7.5ARM 1.1
2016 Slider KC R 103 84.2 38.3 0.8 13.3GLV 7.8 1.0 1.4 13.3GLV 7.5
2016 Curveball KC R 125 82.1 48.9 -0.6 13.7GLV 5.1 -7.5 -2.6 13.7GLV 2.7
2016 Sinker KC R 100 97.4 16.5 -2.5 13.3ARM -0.6 12.7 -3.1 13.3ARM 0.0
2016 Changeup KC R 201 89.3 27.9 -0.8 14.4ARM 1.9 6.9 0.3 14.4ARM 3.1
2015 Changeup KC R 189 90.2 25.4 -3.1 15.1ARM 2.8 8.8 -1.6 15.1ARM 3.5
2015 Curveball KC R 16 81.4 54.1 3.6 13.4GLV 4.0 -11.8 2.5 13.4GLV 2.8
2015 Sinker KC R 160 98.5 15.1 -3.8 13.7ARM -0.3 13.5 -4.6 13.7ARM 0.2
2015 Slider KC R 46 88.0 32.8 -0.2 8.6GLV 3.7 3.0 -0.9 8.6GLV 2.7
2015 4-Seam Fastball KC R 631 98.9 11.2 1.8 7.7ARM -0.2 17.3 1.5 7.7ARM 1.0
! 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 %
2020 Sinker -12.6 -2 18 48.6 6 .400 1.000 .600 14.3 0.0 -- .367 .713 .493 40.0
2020 Changeup -8.0 -1 8 21.6 4 .250 1.000 .500 50.0 50.0 50.0 .232 .619 .344 50.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 0 7 18.9 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 Slider -0.1 0 2 5.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Curveball -4.1 0 1 2.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 Cutter -4.0 0 1 2.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -4 321 35.4 83 .351 .568 .426 23.0 19.3 16.8 .332 .529 .388 38.3
2019 Sinker -1.7 -3 193 21.3 52 .333 .458 .362 18.6 17.3 21.4 .249 .346 .286 20.5
2019 Changeup 0.8 1 177 19.5 39 .222 .333 .258 27.9 15.4 12.5 .242 .353 .272 32.3
2019 Slider 0.3 0 115 12.7 27 .192 .346 .280 40.5 40.7 26.2 .182 .405 .255 20.0
2019 Cutter -3.4 -3 101 11.1 28 .208 .458 .339 38.0 39.3 28.2 .192 .430 .317 46.2
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 4 291 41.8 83 .228 .354 .260 19.6 13.3 14.1 .262 .437 .316 39.1
2018 Sinker 0.0 0 155 22.3 40 .314 .457 .380 17.6 12.5 15.2 .281 .461 .368 36.7
2018 Slider 2.6 3 132 19.0 31 .200 .333 .244 48.3 41.9 28.3 .129 .189 .158 29.4
2018 Changeup -0.9 -1 118 17.0 30 .296 .481 .359 35.8 30.0 19.6 .244 .441 .320 31.6
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 403 40.5 86 .263 .447 .358 24.2 22.1 18.8 .248 .435 .323 44.1
2017 Sinker -0.1 0 304 30.6 80 .253 .520 .358 27.4 21.3 22.4 .271 .466 .333 44.8
2017 Changeup 0.1 0 177 17.8 49 .244 .400 .330 21.6 18.4 13.6 .237 .432 .313 25.0
2017 Slider -2.0 -2 107 10.8 40 .237 .500 .328 32.7 27.5 26.2 .203 .414 .262 32.1
! 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
2020 Sinker 17 94.2 92 16.2 1:00 1:45 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 338 1,265 7 14 -2 -2 17
2013 243 1,002 -1 9 -1 -4 3
2014 344 1,371 13 22 -6 -6 24
2015 339 1,292 8 13 1 -6 17
2016 283 1,090 10 9 -4 -3 13
2017 255 991 3 2 -3 -3 -1
2018 184 696 6 4 -2 -2 7
2019 229 907 -2 4 -4 -7 -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 %
2015 1,089 46.5 72.1 77.8 37.0 63.0 41.7 61.2 53.4 27.0 8.3 78.9
2016 1,091 50.0 67.2 75.5 35.2 52.6 43.7 64.7 51.2 31.7 7.4 72.8
2017 994 50.4 71.1 80.0 32.3 61.6 44.1 61.3 52.0 25.5 9.0 78.7
2018 696 50.9 72.0 79.2 33.6 60.0 43.4 67.4 53.2 26.8 7.2 74.0
2019 908 48.0 69.0 77.3 32.4 65.4 40.6 68.1 49.9 26.3 7.7 80.0
2020 37 40.5 66.7 80.0 27.3 33.3 56.8 54.5 43.2 37.5 5.4 50.0
Player 4,815 49.0 70.1 77.9 34.2 60.2 42.8 64.1 51.8 27.6 7.9 77.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! 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 63 72 73 70 50 70 62 84 75 64 19 80 97 100 60 26
2016 96 89 90 84 97 76 71 48 59 93 96 94 96 98 58 78 43
2017 47 48 28 20 69 47 9 29 8 51 65 59 90 96 60 58
2018 93 44 50
2019 42 25 38 51 25 60 27 93 86 50 23 57 81 86 41 33
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 24.0 6 5.2 1 2 4 2 33.3
2017 22.2 9 9.2 0 7 8 3 33.3
2018 22.4 6 4.5 2 5 6 0 0.0
2019 23.9 8 8.4 0 5 3 5 62.5
2020 27.8 2 1.7 0 0 1 1 50.0
Player 23.4 31 29.1 2 19 22 11 35.5
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 6 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 4 4 6 7 4 5 5 6 2 4 6 6 5 5 6 6 3 5 6 5 6 6 5
2017 9 11 6 8 11 9 13 8 5 7 8 16 8 9 9 9 9 8 10 10 9 9 11 9 9 8 8 14 8 11 6
2018 6 6 3 4 4 3 6 3 4 2 3 7 5 2 3 7 2 3 6 5 6 6 7 5 4 2 4 7 6 5 4
2019 8 9 8 9 9 9 8 8 7 8 8 9 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 10 9 8 7 8 8 9 10 8 8
2020 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1
Player 31 35 24 28 31 28 35 26 22 22 27 41 29 27 27 32 23 24 32 31 31 31 35 29 25 24 28 37 32 32 24
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 98.8 97.8 -1.0 ↓ 97.2 -0.6 ↓ 96.4 -0.8 ↓ 95.2 -1.2 ↓ 94.0 -1.2 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 90.1 89.3 -0.8 ↓ 90.3 1.0 ↑ 88.2 -2.1 ↓ 88.6 0.4 ↑ 86.2 -2.4 ↓
Breaking Velocity 86.2 83.0 -3.2 ↓ 86.5 3.5 ↑ 80.7 -5.8 ↓ 81.7 1.0 ↑ 79.0 -2.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 86.9 88.6 1.7 ↑ 88.0 -0.6 ↓ 87.7 -0.3 ↓ 86.7 -1.0 ↓ 91.6 4.9 ↑
Launch Angle 10.8 12.5 1.7 ↑ 8.9 -3.6 ↓ 17.6 8.7 ↑ 18.0 0.4 ↑ 28.6 10.6 ↑
Barrel % 4.6 4.9 0.3 ↑ 8.2 3.3 ↑ 5.2 -3.0 ↓ 8.2 3.0 ↑ 14.3 6.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 29.9 33.5 3.6 ↑ 38.7 5.2 ↑ 36.3 -2.4 ↓ 31.6 -4.7 ↓ 42.9 11.3 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.4 28.0 -2.4 ↓ 31.9 3.9 ↑ 32.6 0.7 ↑ 36.1 3.5 ↑ 57.1 21.0 ↑
xBA .226 .207 -0.019 ↓ .247 0.040 ↑ .240 -0.007 ↓ .263 0.023 ↑ .276 0.013 ↑
BA .206 .214 0.008 ↑ .255 0.041 ↑ .251 -0.004 ↓ .288 0.037 ↑ .300 0.012 ↑
xwOBA .296 .251 -0.045 ↓ .315 0.064 ↑ .300 -0.015 ↓ .320 0.020 ↑ .394 0.074 ↑
wOBA .258 .257 -0.001 ↓ .327 0.070 ↑ .298 -0.029 ↓ .339 0.041 ↑ .504 0.165 ↑
xSLG .351 .321 -0.030 ↓ .441 0.120 ↑ .399 -0.042 ↓ .430 0.031 ↑ .604 0.174 ↑
SLG .298 .335 0.037 ↑ .472 0.137 ↑ .392 -0.080 ↓ .462 0.070 ↑ .900 0.438 ↑
K% 22.4 30.4 8.0 ↑ 21.7 -8.7 ↓ 20.7 -1.0 ↓ 22.6 1.9 ↑ 27.3 4.7 ↑
BB% 9.1 4.2 -4.9 ↓ 7.4 3.2 ↑ 5.4 -2.0 ↓ 9.8 4.4 ↑ 9.1 -0.7 ↓
Swing % 53.4 51.2 -2.2 ↓ 52.0 0.8 ↑ 53.2 1.2 ↑ 49.9 -3.3 ↓ 43.2 -6.7 ↓
Whiff% 27.0 31.7 4.7 ↑ 25.5 -6.2 ↓ 26.8 1.3 ↑ 26.3 -0.5 ↓ 37.5 11.2 ↑
In Zone % 46.5 50.0 3.5 ↑ 50.4 0.4 ↑ 50.9 0.5 ↑ 48.0 -2.9 ↓ 40.5 -7.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 53.5 50.0 -3.5 ↓ 49.6 -0.4 ↓ 49.1 -0.5 ↓ 52.0 2.9 ↑ 59.5 7.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 37.0 35.2 -1.8 ↓ 32.3 -2.9 ↓ 33.6 1.3 ↑ 32.4 -1.2 ↓ 27.3 -5.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 38.5 30.4 -8.1 ↓ 29.7 -0.7 ↓ 39.7 10.0 ↑ 31.4 -8.3 ↓ 27.3 -4.1 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.2 64.7 3.5 ↑ 61.3 -3.4 ↓ 67.4 6.1 ↑ 68.1 0.7 ↑ 54.5 -13.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 279 .253 137 0 0.0 142 5 3.5
2017 Shifts 255 .328 121 1 0.8 134 5 3.7
2018 Shifts 184 .298 104 12 11.5 80 22 27.5
2019 Shifts 229 .339 141 11 7.8 88 34 38.6
2020 Shifts 11 .504 3 2 66.7 8 4 50.0
! 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 %
2011 10 17.6 20.0% 0.0% 3 18.9 0.0% 0.0%
2012 318 16.9 30.2% 1.3% 202 22.1 1.0% 6.4%
2013 268 18.6 12.7% 2.2% 161 21.2 1.9% 5.0%
2014 233 20.9 3.4% 6.0% 207 23.2 0.5% 11.6%
2015 255 22.8 5.5% 9.4% 188 24.7 3.2% 25.5%
2016 305 19.4 8.9% 5.2% 176 21.7 5.1% 15.9%
2017 271 19.3 3.0% 4.1% 150 21.3 1.3% 8.0%
2018 181 19.2 2.2% 1.1% 115 21.4 0.9% 10.4%
2019 228 21.5 0.0% 7.5% 155 25.5 0.0% 15.5%
2020 16 24.9 0.0% 6.3% 4 25.6 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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