Kyle Freeland
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 204LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 1, #8, Colorado Rockies | Evansville
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 9 11 4.53 31 31 0 174.2 131 1.41
2023 6 14 5.03 29 29 0 155.2 94 1.47
2024 5 8 5.24 21 21 0 113.1 85 1.41
8 Seasons 60 73 4.48 205 200 0 1,097.2 820 1.42
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 31 9-11 4.53 174.2 131 1.41
2023 29 6-14 5.03 155.2 94 1.47
2024 21 5-8 5.24 113.1 85 1.41
8 Seasons 205 60-73 4.48 1,097.2 820 1.42
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
2017 24 2573 510 22 4.3 3.2 86.1 114.8 4.7 29.0 .258 .393 .340 .319 .337 33.6 15.6 9.2 4.10 4.39
2018 25 3250 595 30 5.0 3.6 86.8 113.6 12.0 30.9 .238 .373 .292 .299 .338 29.2 20.5 8.3 2.85 3.76
2019 26 1780 353 31 8.8 6.6 89.5 116.3 10.0 34.0 .285 .499 .372 .357 .403 40.1 16.7 8.1 6.73 5.81
2020 27 1124 232 13 5.6 4.3 87.3 115.7 7.4 31.9 .284 .436 .335 .344 .372 35.8 15.1 7.6 4.33 5.13
2021 28 1886 368 30 8.2 5.8 88.4 116.0 11.4 34.5 .247 .414 .349 .314 .361 35.3 20.4 7.4 4.33 4.18
2022 29 2839 566 55 9.7 7.2 89.8 115.2 12.7 35.2 .271 .457 .346 .347 .385 42.4 17.1 6.9 4.53 5.14
2023 30 2414 540 47 8.7 6.9 90.2 115.5 14.3 35.0 .294 .507 .360 .361 .397 43.5 13.9 6.2 5.03 5.70
2024 31 1769 378 40 10.6 8.2 90.3 116.0 15.2 34.7 .279 .481 .357 .345 .398 40.7 17.3 5.3 5.24 5.11
Player 17635 3542 268 7.6 5.6 88.6 116.3 11.2 33.1 .267 .442 .341 .334 .372 37.5 17.2 7.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Freeland relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(24.5%) ,
Slider
(22.7%) ,
Four Seamer
(20.2%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(18.8%) ,
Changeup
(13.7%) ,


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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
2017 56.5 16.9 21.4 5.3 32.4 40.2 27.3 8.6 38.0 18.6 21.6 5.5 4.3 3.2
2018 47.6 20.7 23.4 8.4 36.8 39.0 24.2 3.5 36.0 25.4 24.4 4.0 5.0 3.6
2019 47.3 22.1 25.2 5.4 42.5 37.1 20.4 4.2 34.8 21.2 23.2 6.8 8.8 6.6
2020 52.2 17.2 26.7 3.9 44.8 36.6 18.5 7.8 36.6 17.7 26.7 5.2 5.6 4.3
2021 45.7 23.4 24.2 6.8 41.6 38.0 20.4 3.8 38.0 23.6 21.2 5.2 8.2 5.8
2022 43.1 26.9 24.9 5.1 41.9 37.5 20.7 4.2 30.4 23.0 26.0 6.5 9.7 7.2
2023 40.9 29.6 24.4 5.0 42.6 37.0 20.4 4.1 27.6 25.6 25.2 8.7 8.7 6.9
2024 40.2 24.6 27.0 8.2 39.4 38.6 22.0 3.7 29.4 26.5 22.5 7.1 10.6 8.2
Player 46.4 23.1 24.4 6.1 39.7 38.1 22.1 4.9 33.5 23.1 23.9 6.2 7.6 5.6
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
2024 Curveball COL L 333 83.5 44.3 -3.7 1.5GLV -6.2 -5.4 -2.6 1.5GLV -5.9
2024 Slider COL L 402 86.9 30.0 -4.3 0.2ARM -4.5 6.0 -4.5 0.2ARM -5.3
2024 Sinker COL L 434 91.4 25.2 1.1 13.9ARM -0.8 7.4 0.7 13.9ARM -1.3
2024 Changeup COL L 242 86.1 30.5 -1.0 12.4ARM -1.7 6.2 -0.3 12.4ARM -1.7
2024 4-Seam Fastball COL L 358 91.6 18.2 -1.8 7.6ARM 0.7 14.3 -1.3 7.6ARM -0.6
2023 Curveball COL L 424 80.6 47.1 -4.1 2.4GLV -6.8 -5.4 -3.0 2.4GLV -5.3
2023 Changeup COL L 294 84.2 30.2 -2.4 11.3ARM -2.7 8.1 -1.8 11.3ARM -2.7
2023 Slider COL L 570 84.1 33.6 -3.8 1.4GLV -4.3 4.8 -3.0 1.4GLV -3.8
2023 Sinker COL L 682 88.7 27.7 1.2 13.4ARM -1.5 6.9 1.4 13.4ARM -1.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball COL L 444 88.8 20.3 -1.7 6.3ARM 0.0 14.1 -1.2 6.3ARM -1.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2024 Sinker -1.1 -5 434 24.5 139 .310 .556 .406 7.4 12.2 14.9 .294 .485 .367 43.6
2024 Slider -0.4 -2 402 22.7 101 .316 .589 .397 16.2 11.9 12.4 .301 .577 .384 40.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -6 358 20.2 94 .322 .522 .396 6.7 7.4 7.6 .298 .479 .349 38.6
2024 Curveball 0.6 2 333 18.8 102 .194 .276 .232 42.0 46.1 26.3 .181 .263 .211 41.2
2024 Changeup -1.8 -4 242 13.7 54 .333 .647 .430 16.1 3.7 8.0 .353 .716 .464 38.8
2023 Sinker -1.4 -10 682 28.3 206 .349 .529 .423 9.5 7.3 11.6 .343 .592 .420 51.7
2023 Slider 0.8 5 570 23.6 137 .246 .549 .346 20.0 12.4 12.7 .261 .498 .339 40.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 444 18.4 115 .239 .431 .320 12.7 8.7 9.7 .251 .388 .287 35.6
2023 Curveball -1.5 -6 424 17.6 145 .261 .410 .316 32.4 33.8 20.9 .223 .370 .283 37.2
2023 Changeup -2.1 -6 294 12.2 73 .435 .681 .492 13.9 2.7 5.1 .425 .752 .507 47.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 238 86.1 94 14.2 10:15 9:45 30
2024 Curveball 328 83.5 44 7.5 4:30 5:45 -75
2024 4-Seam Fastball 353 91.6 88 15.7 10:45 11:00 -15
2024 Sinker 423 91.4 84 16.0 10:45 9:45 60
2024 Slider 401 86.9 35 5.2 11:15 12:00 -45
2023 Changeup 288 84.3 93 13.9 10:30 10:00 30
2023 Curveball 424 80.6 53 7.8 4:30 5:30 -60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 436 88.8 82 14.9 11:00 11:15 -15
2023 Sinker 664 88.7 76 15.3 10:45 9:45 60
2023 Slider 561 84.1 28 4.2 11:45 12:45 -60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 678 2,552 12 24 -28 -14 -5
2018 866 3,328 19 48 -17 -13 36
2019 468 1,779 -13 12 -15 -6 -23
2020 304 1,124 6 3 -5 -4 -1
2021 514 1,886 5 15 -18 -7 -4
2022 766 2,839 7 11 -17 -14 -14
2023 676 2,414 5 3 -20 -6 -17
2024 490 1,769 -8 0 -4 -3 -15
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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 %
2017 2,573 48.2 69.2 85.5 23.5 68.2 43.0 55.0 45.5 18.3 5.7 79.5
2018 3,250 45.6 66.9 82.4 28.2 66.1 43.7 62.3 45.8 21.8 5.6 77.0
2019 1,780 44.4 68.4 85.9 32.5 64.2 43.2 63.6 48.4 21.2 6.0 71.7
2020 1,124 44.0 65.3 88.5 30.7 63.2 46.9 56.3 45.9 20.5 6.2 80.0
2021 1,886 46.6 68.1 85.1 27.0 59.2 44.6 60.4 46.2 21.6 5.5 78.6
2022 2,839 48.1 69.0 86.9 27.6 60.9 44.7 61.9 47.5 20.8 6.4 75.4
2023 2,414 51.5 71.6 89.3 29.0 64.7 45.4 65.3 51.0 17.2 7.4 83.2
2024 1,769 50.7 70.6 89.7 28.9 64.7 44.5 65.7 50.0 17.1 7.1 84.1
Player 17,635 47.6 68.8 86.4 28.1 64.0 44.3 61.5 47.5 19.8 6.2 78.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 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
2017 43 32 58 72 28 30 80 78 47 12 34 10 9 35 55 23 76
2018 59 53 58 67 55 18 76 87 91 40 47 29 52 29 57 16 78
2019 9 7 9 12 15 20 19 25 19 10 50 17 83 29 59 16 82
2020 25 11 32 56 24 11 66 68 57 8 62 13 77 27 84 38 71
2021 47 39 40 42 58 22 43 57 75 27 63 17 39 19 85 45 69
2022 9 10 8 11 16 1 12 16 16 14 61 13 28 6 84 42 69
2023 8 4 4 8 23 3 34 18 19 2 82 1 50 3 72 36 71
2024 9 5 4 5 39 8 7 14 34 10 90 2 52 15 67 36 68
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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 %
2017 22.3 17 14.0 3 10 10 6 35.3
2018 22.3 17 16.3 1 15 6 12 70.6
2019 22.4 25 20.6 4 9 19 5 20.0
2020 22.8 9 10.7 -2 2 6 6 66.7
2021 22.7 20 16.6 3 6 8 12 60.0
2022 23.0 19 18.4 1 12 17 6 31.6
2023 23.7 29 24.2 5 14 19 10 34.5
2024 23.3 22 21.0 1 7 14 8 36.4
Player 22.9 158 141.7 16 75 99 65 41.1
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
2017 17 14 15 17 15 12 17 12 10 11 11 18 14 12 14 16 11 11 16 14 15 13 19 14 13 13 13 20 16 12 11
2018 17 21 13 16 16 15 17 14 14 13 16 22 21 14 14 18 16 13 14 20 17 20 19 17 14 13 15 18 19 16 14
2019 25 26 14 16 23 22 24 18 19 11 20 23 25 21 19 19 19 19 18 22 22 25 26 23 16 20 18 26 26 23 16
2020 9 11 9 13 10 12 11 11 9 8 10 11 11 10 11 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 13 12 11 9 10 12 12 11 7
2021 20 20 16 17 14 14 19 17 13 12 12 18 18 13 15 20 13 14 19 16 18 18 23 20 15 13 22 19 19 13 17
2022 19 14 16 20 18 19 21 13 13 14 17 26 18 18 18 23 18 15 17 18 18 22 24 20 13 15 23 23 20 20 17
2023 29 18 22 21 27 23 26 18 22 19 23 27 22 22 26 26 27 20 26 30 22 27 33 31 21 19 26 27 26 24 24
2024 22 18 19 24 20 22 23 19 17 19 21 23 22 20 23 20 21 20 21 24 21 21 24 22 20 22 19 23 22 22 19
Player 158 142 124 144 143 139 158 122 117 107 130 168 151 130 140 154 136 123 142 155 144 156 181 159 123 124 146 168 160 141 125
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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.0 91.5 -0.5 ↓ 91.9 0.4 ↑ 91.9 0.0 91.4 -0.5 ↓ 89.9 -1.5 ↓ 88.7 -1.2 ↓ 91.5 2.8 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 86.5 85.5 -1.0 ↓ 86.6 1.1 ↑ 86.0 -0.6 ↓ 85.8 -0.2 ↓ 84.8 -1.0 ↓ 84.2 -0.6 ↓ 86.1 1.9 ↑
Breaking Velocity 85.4 85.0 -0.4 ↓ 85.8 0.8 ↑ 83.6 -2.2 ↓ 83.3 -0.3 ↓ 83.4 0.1 ↑ 82.6 -0.8 ↓ 85.3 2.7 ↑
Exit Velocity 86.1 86.8 0.7 ↑ 89.5 2.7 ↑ 87.3 -2.2 ↓ 88.4 1.1 ↑ 89.8 1.4 ↑ 90.2 0.4 ↑ 90.3 0.1 ↑
Launch Angle 4.7 12.0 7.3 ↑ 10.0 -2.0 ↓ 7.4 -2.6 ↓ 11.4 4.0 ↑ 12.7 1.3 ↑ 14.3 1.6 ↑ 15.2 0.9 ↑
Barrel % 4.3 5.0 0.7 ↑ 8.8 3.8 ↑ 5.6 -3.2 ↓ 8.2 2.6 ↑ 9.7 1.5 ↑ 8.7 -1.0 ↓ 10.6 1.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 33.6 29.2 -4.4 ↓ 40.1 10.9 ↑ 35.8 -4.3 ↓ 35.3 -0.5 ↓ 42.4 7.1 ↑ 43.5 1.1 ↑ 40.7 -2.8 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.0 30.9 1.9 ↑ 34.0 3.1 ↑ 31.9 -2.1 ↓ 34.5 2.6 ↑ 35.2 0.7 ↑ 35.0 -0.2 ↓ 34.7 -0.3 ↓
xBA .258 .238 -0.020 ↓ .285 0.047 ↑ .284 -0.001 ↓ .247 -0.037 ↓ .271 0.024 ↑ .294 0.023 ↑ .279 -0.015 ↓
BA .284 .240 -0.044 ↓ .296 0.056 ↑ .278 -0.018 ↓ .284 0.006 ↑ .281 -0.003 ↓ .300 0.019 ↑ .291 -0.009 ↓
xwOBA .319 .299 -0.020 ↓ .357 0.058 ↑ .344 -0.013 ↓ .314 -0.030 ↓ .347 0.033 ↑ .361 0.014 ↑ .345 -0.016 ↓
wOBA .340 .292 -0.048 ↓ .372 0.080 ↑ .335 -0.037 ↓ .349 0.014 ↑ .346 -0.003 ↓ .360 0.014 ↑ .357 -0.003 ↓
xSLG .393 .373 -0.020 ↓ .499 0.126 ↑ .436 -0.063 ↓ .414 -0.022 ↓ .457 0.043 ↑ .507 0.050 ↑ .481 -0.026 ↓
SLG .436 .358 -0.078 ↓ .554 0.196 ↑ .433 -0.121 ↓ .471 0.038 ↑ .456 -0.015 ↓ .506 0.050 ↑ .507 0.001 ↑
K% 15.6 20.5 4.9 ↑ 16.7 -3.8 ↓ 15.1 -1.6 ↓ 20.4 5.3 ↑ 17.1 -3.3 ↓ 13.9 -3.2 ↓ 17.3 3.4 ↑
BB% 9.2 8.3 -0.9 ↓ 8.1 -0.2 ↓ 7.6 -0.5 ↓ 7.4 -0.2 ↓ 6.9 -0.5 ↓ 6.2 -0.7 ↓ 5.3 -0.9 ↓
Swing % 45.5 45.8 0.3 ↑ 48.4 2.6 ↑ 45.9 -2.5 ↓ 46.2 0.3 ↑ 47.5 1.3 ↑ 51.0 3.5 ↑ 50.0 -1.0 ↓
Whiff% 18.3 21.8 3.5 ↑ 21.2 -0.6 ↓ 20.5 -0.7 ↓ 21.6 1.1 ↑ 20.8 -0.8 ↓ 17.2 -3.6 ↓ 17.1 -0.1 ↓
In Zone % 48.2 45.6 -2.6 ↓ 44.4 -1.2 ↓ 44.0 -0.4 ↓ 46.6 2.6 ↑ 48.1 1.5 ↑ 51.5 3.4 ↑ 50.7 -0.8 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.8 54.4 2.6 ↑ 55.6 1.2 ↑ 56.0 0.4 ↑ 53.4 -2.6 ↓ 51.9 -1.5 ↓ 48.5 -3.4 ↓ 49.3 0.8 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 23.5 28.2 4.7 ↑ 32.5 4.3 ↑ 30.7 -1.8 ↓ 27.0 -3.7 ↓ 27.6 0.6 ↑ 29.0 1.4 ↑ 28.9 -0.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 25.8 27.7 1.9 ↑ 33.3 5.6 ↑ 23.7 -9.6 ↓ 28.7 5.0 ↑ 32.5 3.8 ↑ 36.5 4.0 ↑ 35.1 -1.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 55.0 62.3 7.3 ↑ 63.6 1.3 ↑ 56.3 -7.3 ↓ 60.4 4.1 ↑ 61.9 1.5 ↑ 65.3 3.4 ↑ 65.7 0.4 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 680 .341 526 4 0.8 154 26 16.9
2018 Shifts 842 .292 663 53 8.0 179 52 29.1
2019 Shifts 469 .372 380 51 13.4 89 14 15.7
2020 Shifts 304 .335 239 23 9.6 65 26 40.0
2021 Shifts 514 .349 369 32 8.7 145 28 19.3
2022 Shifts 766 .346 596 38 6.4 170 33 19.4
2023 Shades 676 .361 528 60 11.4 148 53 35.8
2024 Shades 490 .357 414 7 1.7 76 32 42.1
! 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 %
2017 742 17.1 21.6% 2.3% 484 23.4 0.6% 12.0%
2018 1016 16.4 29.5% 0.9% 541 23.2 0.2% 12.6%
2019 503 17.0 26.6% 1.4% 313 22.9 1.0% 11.2%
2020 351 16.9 21.7% 2.6% 187 23.9 0.0% 10.7%
2021 535 17.2 23.7% 3.7% 331 25.4 0.0% 15.7%
2022 827 17.2 20.6% 1.9% 458 24.2 0.2% 12.0%
2023 676 14.9 53.1% 0.6% 356 20.0 0.6% 0.6%
2024 528 15.9 28.6% 0.6% 228 19.5 0.0% 0.4%

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Pitch Distribution

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