Kevin Herget
P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 10" 185LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 39, #1175, St. Louis Cardinals | Kean University
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 1 7.71 3 0 0 7 4 1.29
2023 1 2 5.18 14 0 1 24.1 13 1.32
2 Seasons 1 3 5.74 17 0 1 31.1 17 1.31
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 3 0-1 7.71 7 4 1.29
2023 14 1-2 5.18 24.1 13 1.32
2 Seasons 17 1-3 5.74 31.1 17 1.31
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 31 111 26 4 15.4 13.3 89.7 110.3 17.2 38.5 .250 .407 .328 .266 .307 38.5 13.3 0.0 7.71 2.90
2023 32 418 84 8 9.5 7.6 90.5 111.4 16.3 34.5 .273 .519 .346 .358 .384 44.0 12.4 5.7 5.18 5.59
Player 529 110 12 10.9 8.9 90.3 111.4 16.5 35.5 .268 .494 .342 .337 .366 42.7 12.6 4.4
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

Herget relies on 7 pitches.
Four Seamer
(44.0%) ,
Changeup
(35.2%) ,
Slider
(9.8%) ,
Curveball
(5.3%) ,
Sweeper
(3.8%) ,
Cutter
(1.7%) ,
Sinker
(0.2%) ,


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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 34.6 34.6 23.1 7.7 42.3 26.9 30.8 3.8 23.1 34.6 19.2 3.8 15.4 13.3
2023 33.3 31.0 27.4 8.3 36.9 28.6 34.5 2.4 23.8 36.9 21.4 6.0 9.5 7.6
Player 33.6 31.8 26.4 8.2 38.2 28.2 33.6 2.7 23.6 36.4 20.9 5.5 10.9 8.9
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 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 184 92.2 15.7 0.2 1 6.5 -0.3 -4
2023 Sinker CIN R 1 92.2 16.4 -5.3 -25 14.7 0.9 7
2023 Changeup CIN R 147 83.3 28.0 -4.3 -13 14.8 0.9 6
2023 Cutter CIN R 7 89.1 25.7 0.9 3 1.9 -0.2 -8
2023 Slider CIN R 41 83.6 39.8 1.7 4 1.8 -4.9 -73
2023 Sweeper CIN R 16 81.2 46.8 4.9 12 9.9 -4.3 -30
2023 Curveball CIN R 22 76.3 62.2 4.3 7 3.7 -4.1 -53
2022 4-Seam Fastball TB R 36 92.0 14.7 1.0 7 7.4 0.6 9
2022 Cutter TB R 29 83.8 35.9 -4.3 -14 1.5 -2.0 -56
2022 Sweeper TB R 5 82.7 39.7 0.1 0 6.3 -7.9 -55
2022 Changeup TB R 41 83.5 26.7 -5.0 -16 16.1 2.2 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 1.0 2 184 44.0 47 .233 .395 .323 11.5 6.4 5.6 .282 .526 .370 60.0
2023 Changeup -0.6 -1 147 35.2 44 .286 .619 .392 25.6 20.5 16.1 .239 .524 .335 27.3
2023 Slider -1.4 -1 41 9.8 8 .375 .500 .381 21.4 0.0 0.0 .415 .566 .421 50.0
2023 Curveball 0.0 0 22 5.3 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .399 .465 .383 0.0
2023 Sweeper -3.2 -1 16 3.8 2 .000 .000 .350 42.9 0.0 0.0 .239 .239 .458 0.0
2023 Cutter 0.5 0 7 1.7 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Sinker 20.6 0 1 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 Changeup -1.6 -1 41 36.9 16 .200 .400 .234 25.0 18.8 21.4 .145 .299 .176 46.2
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 36 32.4 8 .375 .500 .381 0.0 0.0 0.0 .360 .572 .397 37.5
2022 Cutter -4.5 -1 29 26.1 4 .750 1.000 .763 33.3 0.0 0.0 .482 .584 .470 25.0
2022 Sweeper 9.1 0 5 4.5 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 50.0 25.0 .000 .000 .052 0.0
! 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 146 83.3 98 18.6 1:45 2:00 -15
2023 Curveball 22 76.3 92 18.4 6:45 6:30 15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 184 92.2 94 17.3 12:45 12:45 0
2023 Slider 41 83.6 28 4.8 8:45 7:45 60
2023 Sweeper 16 81.2 50 13.5 7:15 8:00 -45
2022 Changeup 41 83.5 98 20.4 2:00 1:45 15
2022 Cutter 28 83.8 20 3.9 11:15 10:30 45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 36 92.0 93 19.0 1:00 12:45 15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 30 111 1 0 -2 0 -1
2023 104 418 4 1 -2 -2 0
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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 111 49.5 65.5 88.9 33.9 63.2 39.6 46.7 49.5 20.0 9.9 81.8
2023 418 52.2 67.0 85.6 27.0 66.7 39.5 54.8 47.8 19.5 6.7 75.0
Player 529 51.6 66.7 86.3 28.5 65.8 39.5 53.0 48.2 19.6 7.4 76.9
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
2023 22 26 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 %
2022 -- 0 0.6 -1 1 1 0 --
2023 22.6 4 4.9 -1 1 4 2 50.0
Player 22.6 4 5.5 -2 2 5 2 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1
2023 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 4 6 6 4 4 5 5 6 4 4
Player 4 4 4 5 6 5 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 4 6 6 8 5 5
! 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 88.3 92.1 3.8 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 83.5 83.3 -0.2 ↓
Breaking Velocity 82.7 81.1 -1.6 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.7 90.5 0.8 ↑
Launch Angle 17.2 16.3 -0.9 ↓
Barrel % 15.4 9.5 -5.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 38.5 44.0 5.5 ↑
Sweet Spot % 38.5 34.5 -4.0 ↓
xBA .250 .273 0.023 ↑
BA .321 .268 -0.053 ↓
xwOBA .266 .358 0.092 ↑
wOBA .328 .346 0.018 ↑
xSLG .407 .519 0.112 ↑
SLG .500 .495 -0.005 ↓
K% 13.3 12.4 -0.9 ↓
BB% 0.0 5.7 5.7 ↑
Swing % 49.5 47.8 -1.7 ↓
Whiff% 20.0 19.5 -0.5 ↓
In Zone % 49.5 52.2 2.7 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.5 47.8 -2.7 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 33.9 27.0 -6.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.7 24.0 -2.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 46.7 54.8 8.1 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 30 .328 16 4 25.0 14 5 35.7
2023 Shades 104 .346 60 2 3.3 44 26 59.1
! 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 32 16.0 40.6% 0.0% 21 16.7 28.6% 9.5%
2023 127 13.5 82.7% 0.0% 62 14.3 61.3% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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