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Kenta Maeda
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 1" 185LBS | Age: 33
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 1 1 3.07 3 3 0 14.2 16 1.70
6 Seasons 54 37 3.73 151 117 6 670.1 737 1.12
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 3 1-1 3.07 14.2 16 1.70
6 Seasons 151 54-37 3.73 670.1 737 1.12

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Statcast Statistics

Season Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2016 2930 479 26 5.4 85.7 110.9 12.7 34.9 .222 .354 .281 .278 .337 25.5 25 7 3.48 3.33
2017 2181 378 18 4.8 86.2 111.7 15 34.9 .228 .373 .303 .284 .348 28.1 25.1 6.1 4.22 3.47
2018 2051 331 20 6 87.3 114.1 13.4 36.6 .216 .350 .306 .281 .354 32 28.8 8.1 3.81 3.32
2019 2433 400 22 5.5 86.1 112 15.4 35.5 .214 .342 .274 .274 .333 28.7 27.1 8.2 4.04 3.33
2020 986 158 11 7 85.3 113.9 10.8 31 .207 .347 .219 .255 .356 24.7 32.3 4 2.70 2.73
2021 249 47 1 2.1 90.3 113.3 15.2 38.3 .259 .392 .368 .313 .371 42.6 22.9 7.1 3.07 3.60
10830 1793 98 5.5 86.3 114.1 13.8 35.1 .220 .355 .285 .277 .344 28.3 26.8 7
6.4 88.3 122.2 11.9 32.8 .243 .402 .318 .313 .362 35.1 21.8 8.3

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Maeda relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(42.2%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(23.7%) ,
Changeup
(21.3%) ,
Sinker
(9.2%) ,
Curveball
(3.6%) ,


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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # # RHB # LHB % MPH PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Spin Ext. Whiff% PutAway%
2021 Slider 105 56 49 42.2 83.1 32 27 8 5 2 0 1 7 20 .296 .214 .481 .380 .382 .306 88.9 27 2471 5.6 34.9 21.2
2021 4-Seam Fastball 59 26 33 23.7 91.2 14 12 3 3 0 0 0 4 9 .250 .318 .250 .453 .261 .357 90.2 12 2259 5.8 38.7 22.2
2021 Changeup 53 9 44 21.3 85.0 18 17 6 5 0 1 0 5 12 .353 .251 .471 .333 .375 .275 90.6 1 1466 5.7 26.7 23.8
2021 Sinker 23 16 7 9.2 91.1 6 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 6 .500 .363 .667 .489 .508 .365 84.5 1 2170 5.6 18.2 0.0
2021 Curveball 9 1 8 3.6 76.2 2545 5.5
2020 Slider 381 205 176 38.6 82.9 93 88 19 11 1 0 7 24 64 .216 .222 .466 .452 .304 .305 84.8 22 2506 6.0 33.3 22.0
2020 Changeup 290 63 227 29.4 84.5 93 90 11 9 1 1 0 38 52 .122 .194 .156 .257 .138 .213 83.1 -5 1507 6.1 45.3 27.5
2020 4-Seam Fastball 185 85 100 18.8 91.6 36 35 3 2 1 0 0 16 19 .086 .138 .114 .171 .103 .150 83.4 17 2269 6.1 25.7 27.6
2020 Sinker 70 38 32 7.1 90.8 12 11 2 1 0 0 1 1 10 .182 .226 .455 .413 .297 .309 88.8 2 2206 6.0 21.4 12.5
2020 Curveball 34 2 32 3.4 78.5 6 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 .333 .431 .833 1.061 .477 .614 95.0 6 2590 5.9 20.0 0.0
2020 Cutter 26 6 20 2.6 87.2 8 8 3 2 1 0 0 1 7 .375 .285 .500 .356 .375 .288 78.6 -2 2461 6.0 12.5 12.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2016 44.9 20 27.1 7.9 33.2 41.8 25.1 2.9 35.7 25.7 25.3 3.5 5.4
2017 40.2 22.5 28.3 9 34.1 37.6 28.3 3.7 29.6 28 25.4 5.6 4.8
2018 42 21.8 28.7 7.6 40.2 35.6 24.2 4.5 26.6 23.6 29 4.5 6
2019 41 24.5 25 9.5 38 35 27 5.3 30 30.3 24.8 4 5.5
2020 49.4 14.6 25.9 10.1 34.2 44.9 20.9 5.1 39.9 25.3 19 2.5 7
2021 34 19.1 38.3 8.5 53.2 25.5 21.3 8.5 21.3 27.7 27.7 12.8 2.1
42.6 21.4 27.4 8.6 36.4 38.1 25.5 4.2 31.5 26.8 25.4 4.4 5.5
45.2 22 25.6 7.1 36.6 37.9 25.5 3.6 33.5 24.3 24.5 5.6 6.4

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 Curveball MIN R 9 76.2 60.4 2.3 4 10.8 1.6 17
2021 Sinker MIN R 23 91.1 25.3 1.8 8 16.2 0.9 6
2021 Slider MIN R 105 83.1 35.7 -2.7 -7 4.1 -1.8 -30
2021 Changeup MIN R 53 85 36 5.5 18 12.5 -1.3 -10
2021 4-Seamer MIN R 59 91.2 16.4 -0.4 -2 7.4 -0.1 -1
2020 Slider MIN R 381 82.9 33.4 -5.6 -14 3.2 -3.2 -50
2020 4-Seamer MIN R 185 91.6 17.1 -0.7 -4 7.8 0.5 6
2020 Changeup MIN R 290 84.5 35.9 4.9 16 12.5 -0.7 -5
2020 Cutter MIN R 26 87.2 28.3 -0.4 -1 1.6 -0.9 -35
2020 Sinker MIN R 70 90.8 24.3 0.6 3 15.8 1 7
2020 Curveball MIN R 34 78.5 52.9 -1.3 -2 6.7 -2.4 -26
2019 Curveball LAD R 179 77.1 59.2 1.7 3 11.2 1.7 18
2019 Slider LAD R 766 83.5 33.9 -4.9 -13 4.6 -1.6 -26
2019 Changeup LAD R 577 84.9 34.5 3 10 12.6 -1 -7
2019 4-Seamer LAD R 821 92.1 17.1 -0.3 -2 6.9 -0.7 -9
2019 Sinker LAD R 90 91.9 22.8 -0.4 -2 14.4 -0.4 -3
2018 Changeup LAD R 290 84.4 34.2 2.2 7 13 -0.5 -3
2018 Curveball LAD R 219 77.3 60.1 2.4 4 9.3 0.1 1
2018 4-Seamer LAD R 823 91.9 16.1 0.6 4 7.1 -0.3 -4
2018 Sinker LAD R 45 91 23 -0.4 -2 15.3 0.8 5
2018 Cutter LAD R 1 91.4 19.9 4.7 19 0.8 -1 -57
2018 Slider LAD R 587 84.1 34 -4 -10 3.8 -1.4 -27
2017 Cutter LAD R 186 87.9 22.6 4 15 0.8 -1.2 -58
2017 Sinker LAD R 187 90.4 21.5 -1.2 -5 15.4 0.7 5
2017 Changeup LAD R 220 83.8 28 -2.3 -8 12.4 -1 -8
2017 4-Seamer LAD R 744 92 13.1 2.3 15 7 -1.1 -14
2017 Curveball LAD R 305 75.1 60 1.2 2 8.8 -1.2 -12
2017 Slider LAD R 532 83.9 28.7 -7.9 -22 4.2 -0.6 -12
2016 Sinker LAD R 391 90.2 19.1 -2.1 -10 14.8 0.4 3
2016 Curveball LAD R 519 73 63.3 1.6 3 8.2 -1.7 -17
2016 Slider LAD R 853 82 31.7 -6.6 -17 2.9 -1.4 -33
2016 4-Seamer LAD R 850 90.7 14.2 1.8 11 8.7 0.3 4
2016 Changeup LAD R 278 83.1 27.7 -2.6 -9 14.9 1.8 14
! 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 Sinker 6 1 23 9.2 6 .5 .667 .508 18.2 0 0 .363 .489 .365 16.7
2021 4-Seamer -1.3 -1 59 23.7 14 .25 .25 .262 38.7 28.6 22.2 .318 .453 .355 66.7
2021 Changeup 3.8 2 53 21.3 18 .353 .471 .378 26.7 27.8 23.8 .251 .333 .275 50
2021 Slider -0.4 0 105 42.2 32 .296 .481 .391 34.9 21.9 21.2 .214 .38 .319 35
2021 Curveball 1.7 0 9 3.6 0
2020 Curveball 6 2 34 3.4 6 .333 .833 .483 20 0 0 .431 1.061 .614 66.7
2020 Cutter -0.6 0 26 2.6 8 .375 .5 .381 12.5 12.5 12.5 .285 .356 .287 28.6
2020 Sinker -1.3 -1 70 7.1 12 .182 .455 .3 21.4 8.3 12.5 .226 .413 .309 30
2020 4-Seamer -2.7 -5 185 18.8 36 .086 .114 .104 25.7 44.4 27.6 .138 .171 .15 10.5
2020 Slider -0.7 -3 381 38.6 93 .216 .466 .318 33.3 25.8 22 .222 .452 .305 23.4
2020 Changeup -2.4 -7 290 29.4 93 .122 .156 .15 45.3 40.9 27.5 .194 .257 .213 25
2019 Curveball 0.4 1 179 7.4 18 .294 .588 .35 26.8 16.7 27.3 .322 .582 .378 46.7
2019 Sinker -0.3 0 90 3.7 20 .222 .5 .34 20.5 20 25 .259 .391 .317 28.6
2019 4-Seamer 0 0 821 33.7 173 .28 .517 .391 20.8 19.7 19.2 .253 .458 .355 36.6
2019 Changeup 0.5 3 577 23.7 176 .183 .317 .261 35.8 26.7 19.3 .22 .305 .257 29.1
2019 Slider -2.3 -18 766 31.5 236 .158 .288 .221 40.1 34.3 27.9 .173 .272 .216 20.4
2018 Sinker 2.3 1 45 2.2 18 .333 .333 .3 17.4 11.1 66.7 .37 .482 .372 31.3
2018 Curveball 0.9 2 219 10.7 29 .357 .571 .407 28 20.7 26.1 .307 .493 .353 36.4
2018 Changeup -2.8 -8 290 14.1 92 .135 .169 .152 47.3 45.7 31.1 .157 .19 .171 23.4
2018 Slider -0.4 -2 587 28.6 167 .216 .379 .288 43.9 35.3 25.7 .199 .296 .25 20.8
2018 4-Seamer 0.4 3 823 40.1 201 .291 .5 .384 16 17.9 15.3 .255 .483 .365 42
2018 Cutter -6.5 0 1 0 100
2017 Sinker 0.2 0 187 8.6 49 .238 .452 .35 20.8 20.4 22.2 .208 .343 .299 34.4
2017 Curveball 0 0 305 14 52 .255 .447 .348 24.7 9.6 13.2 .257 .435 .321 39.5
2017 Changeup 3.2 7 220 10.1 59 .316 .526 .386 29.2 20.3 14.1 .306 .507 .355 31.1
2017 Cutter -2.8 -5 186 8.5 59 .236 .455 .313 20.6 18.6 21.2 .22 .346 .264 17.8
2017 Slider -1.3 -7 532 24.4 150 .197 .348 .278 38.9 34 25.5 .184 .289 .243 20.7
2017 4-Seamer 0 0 744 34.1 185 .237 .405 .296 20.8 27 18.9 .238 .397 .289 30.4
2017 N/A 1 0
! 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 262 84.4 86 13.4 2:00 3:00 -60
2020 Curveball 33 78.3 60 13.4 7:30 7:00 30
2020 Cutter 20 87.4 36 7.2 12:45 11:45 60
2020 4-Seam Fastball 177 91.6 89 16.8 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Sinker 61 90.8 82 18.4 1:15 2:15 -60
2020 Slider 361 82.9 19 7.6 10:30 11:00 -30
2021 Changeup 44 84.9 87 13.7 2:00 3:00 -60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 59 91.2 85 17.7 1:15 12:45 30
2021 Sinker 23 91.1 80 18.3 1:15 2:15 -60
2021 Slider 99 83.2 17 6.4 9:45 10:30 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 760 3109 -12 -20 9 10 -12
2017 592 2325 -4 -25 11 9 -8
2018 537 2100 2 -14 4 5 -4
2019 638 2491 -10 -25 10 7 -17
2020 268 1077 -4 -18 4 2 -16
2021 70 249 1 -2 3 1 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 %
2016 2930 44.3 63.5 79.9 31.7 58.5 41.8 61.7 45.8 27.4 7.2 71.8
2017 2181 48.4 68.3 79.8 29.1 53.1 43.4 64.1 48.1 27 7.3 78.6
2018 2051 48.1 69.9 79 31.5 44.5 41.3 63.2 49.9 31.3 7.3 76.9
2019 2433 45.7 67.1 76.4 33.6 50 42.1 64.7 48.9 32.1 6.3 74.7
2020 986 43.8 69.4 80 39.5 44.3 41.4 64.5 52.6 34.7 7.3 72.2
2021 249 51.4 75 69.8 32.2 59 43.8 60 54.2 32.6 6.8 76.5
10830 46.3 67.3 78.6 32.4 51.5 42.1 63.4 48.6 30 7 74.9
48.4 66.6 82.2 28.4 58.9 42.6 60.6 46.9 24.4 7.2 75.7

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2016 82 77 74 69 79 27 63 96 98 76 64 80 82 19 67 67
2017 78 72 68 63 85 39 72 75 86 70 85 71 78 26 65 50
2018 78 75 76 67 75 38 59 78 75 84 51 84 78 38 64 69
2019 85 79 86 86 81 39 79 97 96 73 48 87 85 37 56 77
2020 93 80 72 62 97 19 52 93 98 88 95 89 93 24 48 62
2021 58 39 55 65 52 59 82 38 40 44 63 78 58
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 22.9 22 17.8 4 13 15 7 31.8
2020 24.9 9 8.8 0 0 3 7 77.8
2021 24.1 1 1 0 0 0 1 100

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 22 21 21 18 23 15 18 22 19 19 18 16 9 16 16 22 11 21 17 20 11 16 15 19 18 22 16 16 23 14 22
2020 9 9 9 9 10 8 9 10 9 9 8 7 8 8 9 10 7 9 9 9 8 9 8 10 9 9 9 9 10 8 10
2021 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.6 91 0.4 ↑ 91.9 0.9 ↑ 92.1 0.2 ↑ 91 -1.1 ↓ 91.2 0.2 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 83.1 83.8 0.7 ↑ 84.4 0.6 ↑ 84.9 0.5 ↑ 84.5 -0.4 ↓ 85 0.5 ↑
Breaking Velocity 78.6 80.7 2.1 ↑ 82.2 1.5 ↑ 82.3 0.1 ↑ 82.5 0.2 ↑ 82.6 0.1 ↑
Exit Velocity 85.7 86.2 0.5 ↑ 87.3 1.1 ↑ 86.1 -1.2 ↓ 85.3 -0.8 ↓ 90.3 5 ↑
Launch Angle 12.7 15 2.3 ↑ 13.4 -1.6 ↓ 15.4 2 ↑ 10.8 -4.6 ↓ 15.2 4.4 ↑
Barrel % 5.4 4.8 -0.6 ↓ 6 1.2 ↑ 5.5 -0.5 ↓ 7 1.5 ↑ 2.1 -4.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 25.5 28.1 2.6 ↑ 32 3.9 ↑ 28.7 -3.3 ↓ 24.7 -4 ↓ 42.6 17.9 ↑
Sweet Spot % 34.9 34.9 0 36.6 1.7 ↑ 35.5 -1.1 ↓ 31 -4.5 ↓ 38.3 7.3 ↑
xBA .222 .228 0.006 ↑ .216 -0.012 ↓ .214 -0.002 ↓ .207 -0.007 ↓ .259 0.052 ↑
BA .229 .238 0.009 ↑ .24 0.002 ↑ .202 -0.038 ↓ .168 -0.034 ↓ .323 0.155 ↑
xwOBA .278 .284 0.006 ↑ .281 -0.003 ↓ .274 -0.007 ↓ .255 -0.019 ↓ .313 0.058 ↑
wOBA .281 .303 0.022 ↑ .306 0.003 ↑ .274 -0.032 ↓ .219 -0.055 ↓ .368 0.149 ↑
xSLG .354 .373 0.019 ↑ .35 -0.023 ↓ .342 -0.008 ↓ .347 0.005 ↑ .392 0.045 ↑
SLG .359 .423 0.064 ↑ .399 -0.024 ↓ .371 -0.028 ↓ .307 -0.064 ↓ .452 0.145 ↑
K% 25 25.1 0.1 ↑ 28.8 3.7 ↑ 27.1 -1.7 ↓ 32.3 5.2 ↑ 22.9 -9.4 ↓
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 ↑ 54.2 1.6 ↑
Whiff% 27.4 27 -0.4 ↓ 31.3 4.3 ↑ 32.1 0.8 ↑ 34.7 2.6 ↑ 32.6 -2.1 ↓
In Zone % 44.3 48.4 4.1 ↑ 48.1 -0.3 ↓ 45.7 -2.4 ↓ 43.8 -1.9 ↓ 51.4 7.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 55.7 51.6 -4.1 ↓ 51.9 0.3 ↑ 54.3 2.4 ↑ 56.2 1.9 ↑ 48.6 -7.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 31.7 29.1 -2.6 ↓ 31.5 2.4 ↑ 33.6 2.1 ↑ 39.5 5.9 ↑ 32.2 -7.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.7 29.6 2.9 ↑ 34 4.4 ↑ 34.1 0.1 ↑ 33.1 -1 ↓ 35.7 2.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 61.7 64.1 2.4 ↑ 63.2 -0.9 ↓ 64.7 1.5 ↑ 64.5 -0.2 ↓ 60 -4.5 ↓
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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 .305 277 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 70 .368 31 4 12.9 39 25 64.1

Pitch Distribution

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