Kenta Maeda
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 1" 185LBS | Age: 34
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 6 5 4.66 21 21 0 106.1 113 1.30
6 Seasons 59 41 3.87 169 135 6 762.0 834 1.14
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 21 6-5 4.66 106.1 113 1.30
6 Seasons 169 59-41 3.87 762.0 834 1.14

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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
2016 28 2930 479 26 5.4 3.6 85.7 110.9 12.7 34.9 .224 .358 .281 .281 .342 25.5 25.0 7.0 3.48 3.28
2017 29 2181 378 18 4.8 3.2 86.2 111.7 15.0 34.9 .230 .377 .303 .287 .353 28.4 25.1 6.1 4.22 3.50
2018 30 2051 331 19 5.7 3.6 87.3 114.1 13.4 36.3 .223 .358 .304 .287 .370 32.3 28.8 8.1 3.81 3.45
2019 31 2433 400 22 5.5 3.5 86.1 112.0 15.4 35.5 .214 .342 .274 .274 .333 28.7 27.1 8.2 4.04 3.26
2020 32 986 158 11 7 4.4 85.3 113.9 10.8 31.0 .208 .351 .219 .257 .361 24.7 32.3 4.0 2.70 2.75
2021 33 1775 300 19 6.3 4.2 87.7 113.3 15.0 36.0 .232 .382 .325 .298 .359 36.3 24.9 7.1 4.66 3.73
Player 12356 2046 115 5.6 3.7 86.4 114.1 14.0 35.1 .223 .361 .289 .282 .351 29.3 26.6 7.0
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.2 12.1 32.9 .246 .410 .317 .317 .370 35.7 22.0 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Maeda relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(36.7%) ,
Split Finger
(28.5%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(25.9%) ,
Sinker
(5.3%) ,
Curveball
(3.6%) ,


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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
2016 44.9 20.0 27.1 7.9 33.2 41.8 25.1 2.9 35.7 25.7 25.3 3.5 5.4 3.6
2017 40.2 22.5 28.3 9.0 34.1 37.6 28.3 3.7 29.6 28.0 25.4 5.6 4.8 3.2
2018 42.0 21.8 28.7 7.6 39.9 35.6 24.2 4.5 26.6 23.6 29.0 4.8 5.7 3.6
2019 41.0 24.5 25.0 9.5 38.0 35.0 27.0 5.3 30.0 30.3 24.8 4.0 5.5 3.5
2020 49.4 18.4 22.2 10.1 34.2 44.9 20.9 5.1 39.9 25.3 19.0 2.5 7.0 4.4
2021 40.0 25.3 25.7 9.0 41.0 32.7 26.3 6.3 28.3 28.0 23.0 8.0 6.3 4.2
Player 42.4 22.3 26.6 8.7 36.6 37.6 25.8 4.4 31.2 27.0 25.0 4.8 5.6 3.7
MLB 45.0 22.9 25.1 7.1 36.7 37.8 25.4 3.8 33.1 24.5 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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
2021 Sinker MIN R 94 89.9 25.2 0.5 2 15.7 1.1 7
2021 Curveball MIN R 64 75.2 60.9 1.3 2 11.0 2.0 22
2021 Splitter MIN R 505 84.2 37.0 2.5 7 12.4 1.6 15
2021 Slider MIN R 652 82.1 35.5 -4.4 -11 5.2 -2.5 -32
2021 4-Seamer MIN R 460 90.6 17.5 -0.9 -5 7.8 0.6 8
2020 Sinker MIN R 70 90.8 24.3 0.6 3 15.8 1.0 7
2020 Cutter MIN R 27 87.2 27.9 0.0 0 1.4 -1.1 -45
2020 Curveball MIN R 34 78.5 52.9 -1.3 -2 6.7 -2.4 -26
2020 4-Seamer MIN R 184 91.6 17.1 -0.7 -4 7.8 0.5 6
2020 Slider MIN R 382 82.9 33.4 -5.6 -14 3.2 -3.2 -50
2020 Splitter MIN R 289 84.5 35.9 1.9 6 12.6 0.9 8
2019 4-Seamer LAD R 832 92.1 17.1 -0.3 -2 6.9 -0.6 -8
2019 Curveball LAD R 178 77.1 59.3 1.7 3 11.2 1.6 17
2019 Splitter LAD R 587 84.9 34.4 0.5 1 12.4 1.3 12
2019 Slider LAD R 757 83.5 33.9 -4.9 -13 4.7 -1.5 -25
2019 Sinker LAD R 79 91.9 23.2 0.0 0 15.0 0.1 1
2018 Splitter LAD R 299 84.4 34.1 -0.5 -1 12.7 1.6 14
2018 Cutter LAD R 1 91.4 19.9 4.7 19 0.8 -1.0 -57
2018 Sinker LAD R 45 91.2 22.5 -0.8 -3 15.4 0.9 6
2018 Slider LAD R 579 84.1 34.1 -4.0 -10 3.9 -1.4 -26
2018 4-Seamer LAD R 822 91.9 16.1 0.6 4 7.1 -0.3 -5
2018 Curveball LAD R 219 77.3 60.1 2.4 4 9.3 0.0 0
2017 Changeup LAD R 220 83.8 28.0 -2.3 -8 12.4 -1.0 -8
2017 Curveball LAD R 305 75.1 60.0 1.2 2 8.8 -1.2 -12
2017 Cutter LAD R 186 87.9 22.6 4.0 15 0.8 -1.2 -58
2017 Sinker LAD R 187 90.4 21.5 -1.2 -5 15.4 0.7 5
2017 4-Seamer LAD R 744 92.0 13.1 2.3 15 7.0 -1.1 -14
2017 Slider LAD R 532 83.9 28.7 -7.9 -22 4.2 -0.6 -13
2016 4-Seamer LAD R 850 90.7 14.2 1.8 11 8.7 0.3 4
2016 Sinker LAD R 391 90.2 19.1 -2.1 -10 14.8 0.4 3
2016 Changeup LAD R 278 83.1 27.7 -2.6 -9 14.9 1.8 14
2016 Curveball LAD R 519 73.0 63.3 1.6 3 8.2 -1.7 -17
2016 Slider LAD R 853 82.0 31.7 -6.6 -17 2.9 -1.4 -33
! 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 %
2021 Slider -0.6 -4 652 36.7 173 .232 .424 .337 32.4 23.1 18.9 .195 .327 .282 27.9
2021 Splitter 0.8 4 505 28.5 149 .229 .340 .274 33.0 30.2 22.4 .223 .318 .245 39.0
2021 4-Seamer 0.2 1 460 25.9 103 .297 .549 .396 23.2 27.2 23.3 .270 .539 .377 48.4
2021 Sinker 6.5 6 94 5.3 22 .524 .714 .548 12.5 0.0 0.0 .386 .562 .421 33.3
2021 Curveball -0.6 0 64 3.6 5 .000 .000 .140 14.3 0.0 0.0 .264 .297 .337 25.0
2020 Slider -0.8 -3 382 38.7 93 .216 .466 .321 33.2 25.8 22.0 .224 .458 .309 23.4
2020 Splitter -2.4 -7 289 29.3 93 .122 .156 .152 45.6 40.9 27.5 .197 .260 .216 25.0
2020 4-Seamer -2.7 -5 184 18.7 36 .086 .114 .104 25.7 44.4 27.6 .138 .171 .151 10.5
2020 Sinker -1.4 -1 70 7.1 12 .182 .455 .300 21.4 8.3 12.5 .225 .412 .308 30.0
2020 Curveball 6.0 2 34 3.4 6 .333 .833 .483 20.0 0.0 0.0 .431 1.061 .614 66.7
2020 Cutter -0.5 0 27 2.7 8 .375 .500 .381 12.5 12.5 12.5 .285 .356 .287 28.6
2019 4-Seamer 0.0 0 832 34.2 175 .278 .514 .393 20.7 19.4 18.9 .254 .459 .359 36.3
2019 Slider -2.1 -16 757 31.1 231 .157 .290 .226 40.0 34.2 27.5 .172 .271 .216 20.1
2019 Splitter 0.3 2 587 24.1 181 .183 .314 .259 35.9 27.1 19.8 .220 .304 .256 29.2
2019 Curveball 0.4 1 178 7.3 18 .294 .588 .350 26.8 16.7 27.3 .322 .582 .378 46.7
2019 Sinker -0.4 0 79 3.2 18 .235 .529 .339 21.6 22.2 30.8 .264 .403 .302 30.8
2018 4-Seamer 0.4 3 822 40.1 200 .297 .506 .395 16.0 18.0 15.3 .265 .498 .373 42.8
2018 Slider -0.8 -5 579 28.2 166 .211 .355 .278 44.0 35.5 25.9 .195 .278 .242 21.1
2018 Splitter -1.6 -5 299 14.6 94 .143 .209 .181 46.8 44.7 30.7 .161 .204 .178 24.5
2018 Curveball 1.6 4 219 10.7 29 .357 .571 .438 28.0 20.7 26.1 .307 .493 .353 36.4
2018 Sinker 1.7 1 45 2.2 18 .294 .294 .289 17.4 11.1 66.7 .344 .458 .369 26.7
2018 Cutter -6.5 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seamer 0.0 0 744 34.1 185 .237 .405 .299 20.8 27.0 18.9 .241 .402 .293 30.4
2017 Slider -1.4 -7 532 24.4 150 .197 .348 .280 38.9 34.0 25.5 .185 .291 .244 20.7
2017 Curveball 0.0 0 305 14.0 52 .255 .447 .337 24.7 9.6 13.2 .262 .450 .330 41.9
2017 Changeup 3.1 7 220 10.1 59 .316 .526 .386 29.2 20.3 14.1 .306 .507 .355 31.1
2017 Sinker 0.2 0 187 8.6 49 .238 .452 .350 20.8 20.4 22.2 .208 .343 .299 34.4
2017 Cutter -2.8 -5 186 8.5 59 .236 .455 .313 20.6 18.6 21.2 .220 .345 .263 17.8
! 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 Curveball 33 78.3 60 13.4 7:30 7:00 30
2020 Cutter 21 87.4 39 7.7 12:45 11:45 60
2020 4-Seam Fastball 176 91.6 89 16.8 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Splitter 260 84.4 87 13.4 2:00 3:00 -60
2020 Sinker 61 90.8 82 18.4 1:15 2:15 -60
2020 Slider 363 82.9 19 7.6 10:30 11:00 -30
2021 Curveball 64 75.2 74 19.2 7:15 7:15 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 460 90.6 87 17.2 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Splitter 478 84.2 85 13.2 2:00 3:00 -60
2021 Sinker 94 89.9 80 18.2 1:15 2:15 -60
2021 Slider 646 82.1 21 8.0 10:00 10:15 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 763 3,116 -12 -19 9 10 -12
2017 592 2,325 -4 -25 11 9 -9
2018 537 2,100 3 -13 4 5 -1
2019 638 2,491 -9 -25 10 7 -17
2020 268 1,077 -4 -18 3 2 -17
2021 452 1,775 -7 -3 7 9 6
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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 %
2016 2,930 44.3 63.5 80.0 31.7 58.7 41.9 61.7 45.8 27.4 7.1 71.8
2017 2,181 48.4 68.3 79.8 29.1 53.1 43.4 64.2 48.1 27.0 7.3 78.6
2018 2,051 48.1 69.9 79.0 31.5 44.5 41.3 63.2 49.9 31.3 7.3 76.9
2019 2,433 45.7 67.1 76.4 33.6 50.0 42.1 64.8 48.9 32.1 6.3 74.7
2020 986 43.8 69.4 80.0 39.5 44.3 41.4 64.5 52.6 34.7 7.3 72.2
2021 1,775 45.2 70.6 80.0 32.3 52.5 39.5 59.8 49.6 29.3 6.9 75.6
Player 12,356 46.0 67.6 79.1 32.4 51.5 41.7 63.0 48.6 29.9 7.0 75.0
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.3 58.4 42.6 60.7 47.0 24.6 7.2 76.0
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2016 81 77 74 71 81 27 63 96 98 76 64 80 81 20 67 63
2017 77 72 68 63 85 39 72 76 85 70 85 71 77 26 66 47
2018 73 71 73 67 68 41 65 77 73 84 51 84 73 38 65 68
2019 86 81 88 87 83 39 79 97 96 73 48 87 86 37 56 73
2020 92 80 72 63 97 19 52 93 98 88 95 89 92 23 50
2021 68 59 59 59 69 45 72 74 67 60 69 73 68 16 53 72
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.8 21 18.0 3 9 13 8 38.1
2017 21.7 23 16.2 7 11 17 3 13.0
2018 22.5 13 10.6 2 10 9 4 30.8
2019 22.9 22 18.6 3 11 18 5 22.7
2020 24.9 9 8.9 0 1 3 7 77.8
2021 23.9 16 17.0 -1 4 6 12 75.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 21 19 22 15 18 17 16 20 17 13 22 17 12 16 16 18 18 21 15 18 26 11 16 20 18 20 23 18 14 18 25
2017 23 12 26 16 16 15 17 16 18 16 15 18 9 13 17 19 17 20 11 20 23 12 11 17 18 18 18 9 13 13 23
2018 13 13 14 9 9 14 7 14 12 9 12 10 6 8 8 11 8 12 8 12 13 9 10 10 10 13 13 7 13 9 16
2019 22 22 22 17 18 18 20 25 22 18 16 16 10 16 13 23 13 23 12 20 23 16 14 18 19 22 20 16 23 16 27
2020 9 9 9 8 9 9 0 10 9 11 8 7 8 8 8 10 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 8 10 8 10
2021 16 17 19 16 17 18 18 17 17 17 19 18 14 15 15 18 20 17 15 15 19 16 17 18 18 16 19 14 16 17 19
! 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 90.6 91 0.4 ↑ 91.9 0.9 ↑ 92.1 0.2 ↑ 91 -1.1 ↓ 90.5 -0.5 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.1 83.8 0.7 ↑ 84.4 0.6 ↑ 84.9 0.5 ↑ 84.5 -0.4 ↓ 84.2 -0.3 ↓
Breaking Velocity 78.6 80.7 2.1 ↑ 82.2 1.5 ↑ 82.3 0.1 ↑ 82.6 0.3 ↑ 81.5 -1.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 85.7 86.2 0.5 ↑ 87.3 1.1 ↑ 86.1 -1.2 ↓ 85.3 -0.8 ↓ 87.7 2.4 ↑
Launch Angle 12.7 15 2.3 ↑ 13.4 -1.6 ↓ 15.4 2 ↑ 10.8 -4.6 ↓ 15 4.2 ↑
Barrel % 5.4 4.8 -0.6 ↓ 5.7 0.9 ↑ 5.5 -0.2 ↓ 7 1.5 ↑ 6.3 -0.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 25.5 28.4 2.9 ↑ 32.3 3.9 ↑ 28.7 -3.6 ↓ 24.7 -4 ↓ 36.3 11.6 ↑
Sweet Spot % 34.9 34.9 0 36.3 1.4 ↑ 35.5 -0.8 ↓ 31 -4.5 ↓ 36 5 ↑
xBA .224 .23 0.006 ↑ .223 -0.007 ↓ .214 -0.009 ↓ .208 -0.006 ↓ .232 0.024 ↑
BA .229 .238 0.009 ↑ .24 0.002 ↑ .202 -0.038 ↓ .168 -0.034 ↓ .258 0.09 ↑
xwOBA .281 .287 0.006 ↑ .287 0 .274 -0.013 ↓ .257 -0.017 ↓ .298 0.041 ↑
wOBA .281 .303 0.022 ↑ .304 0.001 ↑ .274 -0.03 ↓ .219 -0.055 ↓ .325 0.106 ↑
xSLG .358 .377 0.019 ↑ .358 -0.019 ↓ .342 -0.016 ↓ .351 0.009 ↑ .382 0.031 ↑
SLG .359 .423 0.064 ↑ .399 -0.024 ↓ .371 -0.028 ↓ .307 -0.064 ↓ .433 0.126 ↑
K% 25 25.1 0.1 ↑ 28.8 3.7 ↑ 27.1 -1.7 ↓ 32.3 5.2 ↑ 24.9 -7.4 ↓
BB% 7 6.1 -0.9 ↓ 8.1 2 ↑ 8.2 0.1 ↑ 4 -4.2 ↓ 7.1 3.1 ↑
Swing % 45.8 48.1 2.3 ↑ 49.9 1.8 ↑ 48.9 -1 ↓ 52.6 3.7 ↑ 49.6 -3 ↓
Whiff% 27.4 27 -0.4 ↓ 31.3 4.3 ↑ 32.1 0.8 ↑ 34.7 2.6 ↑ 29.3 -5.4 ↓
In Zone % 44.3 48.4 4.1 ↑ 48.1 -0.3 ↓ 45.7 -2.4 ↓ 43.8 -1.9 ↓ 45.2 1.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 55.7 51.6 -4.1 ↓ 51.9 0.3 ↑ 54.3 2.4 ↑ 56.2 1.9 ↑ 54.8 -1.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 31.7 29.1 -2.6 ↓ 31.5 2.4 ↑ 33.6 2.1 ↑ 39.5 5.9 ↑ 32.3 -7.2 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.7 29.7 3 ↑ 34 4.3 ↑ 34.2 0.2 ↑ 33.1 -1.1 ↓ 32.7 -0.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.7 64.2 2.5 ↑ 63.2 -1 ↓ 64.8 1.6 ↑ 64.5 -0.3 ↓ 59.8 -4.7 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 705 .282 375 31 8.3 330 62 18.8
2017 553 .301 278 12 4.3 275 56 20.4
2018 508 .304 277 30 10.8 231 115 49.8
2019 623 .274 312 151 48.4 311 248 79.7
2020 248 .219 102 22 21.6 146 89 61.0
2021 452 .325 220 29 13.2 232 177 76.3

Pitch Tempo