Ken Waldichuk
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 220LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 5, #165, New York Yankees | St. Marys
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 2 2 4.93 7 7 0 34.2 33 1.21
2023 4 9 5.36 35 22 1 141 132 1.56
2 Seasons 6 11 5.28 42 29 1 175.2 165 1.49
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 7 2-2 4.93 34.2 33 1.21
2023 35 4-9 5.36 141 132 1.56
2 Seasons 42 6-11 5.28 175.2 165 1.49
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
2022 24 586 99 12 12.1 8.2 88.7 112.9 16.9 33.3 .246 .437 .337 .330 .389 39.4 22.6 6.8 4.93 4.59
2023 25 2553 426 33 7.7 5.2 88.3 112.5 14.5 34.7 .242 .420 .361 .332 .366 38.5 20.7 11.1 5.36 4.70
Player 3139 525 45 8.6 5.7 88.4 112.9 15.0 34.5 .243 .423 .356 .331 .370 38.7 21.0 10.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Waldichuk relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(54.3%) ,
Sweeper
(27.1%) ,
Changeup
(16.6%) ,
Curveball
(2.0%) ,


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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
2022 36.4 30.3 24.2 9.1 38.4 35.4 26.3 4.0 26.3 26.3 24.2 6.1 12.1 8.2
2023 41.1 28.6 22.5 7.7 38.5 39.2 22.3 4.5 29.3 27.7 23.5 7.3 7.7 5.2
Player 40.2 29.0 22.9 8.0 38.5 38.5 23.0 4.4 28.8 27.4 23.6 7.0 8.6 5.7
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 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 Changeup OAK L 423 84.2 33.1 -0.9 -3 15.9 1.5 10
2023 4-Seam Fastball OAK L 1,387 93.3 16.3 -0.4 -3 10.2 2.7 36
2023 Curveball OAK L 52 74.5 59.2 -2.0 -3 14.1 2.8 25
2023 Sweeper OAK L 691 81.1 41.1 1.3 3 12.9 -1.6 -11
2022 Changeup OAK L 85 82.4 36.2 0.4 1 15.4 0.4 3
2022 Curveball OAK L 47 75.2 58.3 -1.1 -2 15.5 3.9 34
2022 4-Seam Fastball OAK L 331 94.1 15.4 -0.5 -4 10.5 2.7 35
2022 Sweeper OAK L 123 81.0 43.3 3.4 9 17.8 2.5 16
! 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-Seam Fastball -0.3 -4 1,387 54.3 346 .275 .493 .394 17.8 15.6 13.6 .252 .463 .366 42.6
2023 Sweeper -1.3 -9 691 27.1 174 .218 .423 .325 32.8 33.9 21.5 .195 .323 .269 34.0
2023 Changeup -1.0 -4 423 16.6 111 .340 .515 .377 37.4 16.2 19.1 .289 .452 .332 34.1
2023 Curveball -4.7 -2 52 2.0 6 .333 .833 .483 0.0 0.0 0.0 .259 .419 .290 16.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball -2.0 -6 331 56.5 84 .311 .608 .429 21.3 21.4 16.7 .284 .497 .378 50.0
2022 Sweeper 0.9 1 123 21.0 38 .121 .273 .216 33.9 34.2 22.0 .147 .326 .252 23.8
2022 Changeup 2.2 2 85 14.5 19 .263 .368 .274 30.2 5.3 7.7 .275 .442 .309 27.8
2022 Curveball 1.4 1 47 8.0 5 .000 .000 .000 20.0 20.0 10.0 .218 .281 .212 25.0
! 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 421 84.2 98 17.2 9:45 9:30 15
2023 Curveball 50 74.3 83 19.3 4:45 4:15 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1,360 93.3 92 18.0 10:30 10:45 -15
2023 Sweeper 673 81.1 48 14.0 3:45 3:00 45
2022 Changeup 85 82.4 99 16.4 9:45 9:15 30
2022 Curveball 47 75.2 82 20.5 4:45 4:15 30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 331 94.1 95 18.6 10:30 10:45 -15
2022 Sweeper 121 81.0 60 19.1 3:45 3:15 30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 146 586 7 -4 -4 -2 -3
2023 637 2,553 -11 25 -20 -15 -20
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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 %
2022 586 50.2 74.8 82.3 26.7 52.6 41.5 61.6 50.9 25.2 7.2 92.9
2023 2,553 48.0 69.1 82.9 27.6 55.6 42.1 56.1 47.5 25.1 8.0 79.8
Player 3,139 48.4 70.2 82.7 27.5 55.1 42.0 57.1 48.1 25.1 7.8 82.0
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 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 54 77 94
2023 27 53 36 33 25 19 53 65 54 32 15 43 34 38 67 4 91
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 25.1 5 5.8 -1 5 2 4 80.0
2023 23.3 24 24.4 0 7 21 9 37.5
Player 23.6 29 30.2 -1 12 23 13 44.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 7 7 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 6 8 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 4
2023 24 20 23 20 28 25 27 21 25 19 25 24 24 20 28 26 26 21 26 28 21 25 33 29 18 19 25 29 27 28 22
Player 29 26 29 26 33 30 33 26 30 24 30 31 31 26 33 32 31 27 31 33 27 33 42 34 23 24 32 36 34 33 26
! 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 2022 2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.1 93.3 -0.8 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 82.4 84.2 1.8 ↑
Breaking Velocity 79.4 80.6 1.2 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.7 88.3 -0.4 ↓
Launch Angle 16.9 14.5 -2.4 ↓
Barrel % 12.1 7.7 -4.4 ↓
Hard Hit % 39.4 38.5 -0.9 ↓
Sweet Spot % 33.3 34.7 1.4 ↑
xBA .246 .242 -0.004 ↓
BA .244 .271 0.027 ↑
xwOBA .330 .332 0.002 ↑
wOBA .337 .361 0.024 ↑
xSLG .437 .420 -0.017 ↓
SLG .466 .480 0.014 ↑
K% 22.6 20.7 -1.9 ↓
BB% 6.8 11.1 4.3 ↑
Swing % 50.9 47.5 -3.4 ↓
Whiff% 25.2 25.1 -0.1 ↓
In Zone % 50.2 48.0 -2.2 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.8 52.0 2.2 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 26.7 27.6 0.9 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 35.6 30.3 -5.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.6 56.1 -5.5 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 146 .337 115 22 19.1 31 12 38.7
2023 Shades 637 .361 505 0 0.0 132 48 36.4
! 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 %
2022 145 18.6 4.8% 0.0% 106 25.6 0.0% 12.3%
2023 673 15.8 30.5% 0.3% 463 21.1 0.0% 0.6%
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Pitch Distribution

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