Louie Varland Stats: Statcast, Visuals & Advanced Metrics

Louie Varland

P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 205LBS | Age: 26

Draft: 2019 | Rd: 15, #449, Minnesota Twins | Concordia University

	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	SO	WHIP
2022	1	2	3.81	5	5	26	21	1.23
2023	4	3	4.63	17	10	68	71	1.22
2024	0	4	6.58	6	5	26	25	1.65
3 Seasons	5	9	4.88	28	20	120	117	1.32

	G	W-L	ERA	IP	SO	WHIP
2022	5	1-2	3.81	26	21	1.23
2023	17	4-3	4.63	68	71	1.22
2024	6	0-4	6.58	26	25	1.65
3 Seasons	28	5-9	4.88	120	117	1.32

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Standard MLB Batting Statistics

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Standard MLB Pitching Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	BF	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2022	MIN	AL	106	1	2	3.81	5	5	26.0	26	11	11	4	6	21	1.23
2023	MIN	AL	283	4	3	4.63	17	10	68.0	66	35	35	16	17	71	1.22
2024	MIN	AL	124	0	4	6.58	6	5	26.0	33	21	19	6	10	25	1.65
3 Seasons	MIN	AL	513	5	9	4.88	28	20	120.0	125	67	65	26	33	117	1.32

*: All Star Season, Rankings AL/NL: Top 5 10 15 20, Click for Chart.

Standard MLB Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	DP	FPCT%
2022	MIN	AL	P	5	5	26.0	2	0	2	0	1.000
2023	MIN	AL	P	17	10	68.0	8	4	4	1	1.000
2024	MIN	AL	P	6	5	26.0	2	0	2	0	1.000
3 Seasons	MIN	AL	P	28	20	120.0	12	4	8	1	1.000

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Standard Minor League Batting Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	G	PA	AB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	St. Paul Saints	INT	AAA	13	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
	St. Paul Saints	INT	AAA	33	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career Minors	1 Teams			33	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000

Standard Minor League Pitching Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2019	Elizabethton Twins	APP	ROA	0	1	2.08	3	1	8.2	9	2	2	1	4	10	1.50
2021	2 Teams		Minors	10	4	2.10	20	18	103.0	82	28	24	6	30	142	1.09
2021	Fort Myers Mighty Mussels	A SE	A	4	2	2.09	10	8	47.1	41	14	11	2	16	76	1.20
2021	Cedar Rapids Kernels	A+ C	A+	6	2	2.10	10	10	55.2	41	14	13	4	14	66	0.99
2022	2 Teams		Minors	8	5	3.06	24	23	126.1	117	51	43	15	42	146	1.26
2022	Wichita Wind Surge	TEX	AA	7	4	3.34	20	19	105.0	102	46	39	14	39	119	1.34
2022	St. Paul Saints	INT	AAA	1	1	1.69	4	4	21.1	15	5	4	1	3	27	0.84
2023	St. Paul Saints	INT	AAA	7	1	3.97	16	15	81.2	84	48	36	8	26	88	1.35
2024	St. Paul Saints	INT	AAA	3	7	5.34	13	13	62.1	68	42	37	10	23	70	1.46
	Elizabethton River Riders	APP	ROA	0	1	2.08	3	1	8.2	9	2	2	1	4	10	1.50
	St. Paul Saints	INT	AAA	11	9	4.19	33	32	165.1	167	95	77	19	52	185	1.32
	Wichita Wind Surge	TEX	AA	7	4	3.34	20	19	105.0	102	46	39	14	39	119	1.34
	Cedar Rapids Kernels	MID	A+	6	2	2.10	10	10	55.2	41	14	13	4	14	66	0.99
	Fort Myers Mighty Mussels	FSL	A	4	2	2.09	10	8	47.1	41	14	11	2	16	76	1.20
Career Minors	5 Teams			28	18	3.35	76	70	382.0	360	171	142	40	125	456	1.27

Standard Minor League Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT%
2019	Elizabethton Twins	APP	ROA	P	3	1	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2021	2 Teams		Minors	P	20	18	103.0	16	4	12	0	0	1.000
2021	Fort Myers Mighty Mussels	A SE	A	P	10	8	47.1	8	3	5	0	0	1.000
2021	Cedar Rapids Kernels	A+ C	A+	P	10	10	55.2	8	1	7	0	0	1.000
2022	2 Teams		Minors	P	24	23	126.1	18	6	11	1	0	.944
2022	Wichita Wind Surge	TEX	AA	P	20	19	105.0	15	6	8	1	0	.933
2022	St. Paul Saints	INT	AAA	P	4	4	21.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000
2023	St. Paul Saints	INT	AAA	P	16	15	81.2	20	15	4	1	1	.950
2024	St. Paul Saints	INT	AAA	P	13	13	62.1	13	5	7	1	0	.923
2024	St. Paul Saints	INT	AAA	LF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
	Elizabethton River Riders	APP	ROA	P	3	1	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
	St. Paul Saints	INT	AAA	P	33	32	165.1	36	20	14	2	1	.944
	St. Paul Saints	INT	AAA	LF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
	Wichita Wind Surge	TEX	AA	P	20	19	105.0	15	6	8	1	0	.933
	Cedar Rapids Kernels	MID	A+	P	10	10	55.2	8	1	7	0	0	1.000
	Fort Myers Mighty Mussels	FSL	A	P	10	8	47.1	8	3	5	0	0	1.000
	5 Teams		Minors	P	76	70	382.0	67	30	34	3	1	.955
Career Minors	1 Teams			LF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	.000

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Rankings

Triples

Year	3B	Rank
2023	4	10th in AL

Awards

INT Post-Season All-Star

Year	Team
2023

MiLB.com Organization All-Star

Year	Team
2021

FSL Pitcher of the Week

Week	Team
06/13/2021

Transactions

Team	Date	Transaction
	06/17/2024	Minnesota Twins optioned RHP Louie Varland to St. Paul Saints.
	06/17/2024	Minnesota Twins reassigned RHP Louie Varland to the minor leagues.
	06/17/2024	Minnesota Twins reassigned RHP Louie Varland to the minor leagues.
	06/17/2024	St. Paul Saints activated RHP Louie Varland.
	06/16/2024	Minnesota Twins recalled RHP Louie Varland from St. Paul Saints.
	06/16/2024	Minnesota Twins activated RHP Louie Varland.
	06/12/2024	Minnesota Twins optioned RHP Louie Varland to St. Paul Saints.
	06/11/2024	Minnesota Twins recalled RHP Louie Varland from St. Paul Saints.
	04/22/2024	Minnesota Twins optioned RHP Louie Varland to St. Paul Saints.
	04/22/2024	Minnesota Twins optioned RHP Louie Varland to St. Paul Saints.
	04/22/2024	St. Paul Saints activated RHP Louie Varland.
	09/04/2023	Minnesota Twins recalled RHP Louie Varland from St. Paul Saints.
	06/20/2023	Minnesota Twins optioned RHP Louie Varland to St. Paul Saints.
	06/20/2023	St. Paul Saints activated RHP Louie Varland.
	05/03/2023	Minnesota Twins recalled RHP Louie Varland from St. Paul Saints.
	04/16/2023	Minnesota Twins optioned RHP Louie Varland to St. Paul Saints.
	04/14/2023	Minnesota Twins recalled RHP Louie Varland, and from St. Paul Saints.
	03/19/2023	Minnesota Twins optioned RHP Louie Varland to St. Paul Saints.
	01/23/2023	Minnesota Twins activated RHP Louie Varland.
	09/23/2022	Minnesota Twins recalled RHP Louie Varland from St. Paul Saints.
	09/18/2022	Minnesota Twins optioned RHP Louie Varland to St. Paul Saints.
	09/17/2022	Minnesota Twins recalled RHP Louie Varland from St. Paul Saints.
	09/08/2022	RHP Louie Varland returned to St. Paul Saints from Minnesota Twins.
	09/08/2022	St. Paul Saints activated RHP Louie Varland.
	09/07/2022	Minnesota Twins selected the contract of RHP Louie Varland from St. Paul Saints.
	09/07/2022	RHP Louie Varland roster status changed by Minnesota Twins.
	09/07/2022	Minnesota Twins activated RHP Louie Varland.
	09/07/2022	Minnesota Twins activated RHP Louie Varland.
	08/08/2022	RHP Louie Varland assigned to St. Paul Saints from Wichita Wind Surge.
	04/04/2022	RHP Louie Varland assigned to Wichita Wind Surge from Cedar Rapids Kernels.
	07/13/2021	RHP Louie Varland assigned to Cedar Rapids Kernels from Fort Myers Mighty Mussels.
	05/01/2021	RHP Louie Varland assigned to Fort Myers Mighty Mussels from Twins Organization.
	02/12/2021	Twins Organization activated RHP Louie Varland.
	02/12/2021	Twins Organization activated RHP Louie Varland.
	09/16/2019	Elizabethton Twins activated RHP Louie Varland from the 7-day injured list.
	09/16/2019	Elizabethton Twins activated RHP Louie Varland from the 7-day injured list.
	07/12/2019	Elizabethton Twins placed RHP Louie Varland on the 7-day injured list.
	06/18/2019	RHP Louie Varland assigned to Elizabethton Twins.
	06/17/2019	Minnesota Twins signed RHP Louie Varland.

Platoon Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Minnesota Twins	MLB	vs Left				6			14.1	66	18			4	4	15	1.53
Minnesota Twins	MLB	vs Right				6			11.2	58	15			2	6	10	1.80

Monthly Splits

Team	L	Type	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Minnesota Twins	MLB	April	4	9.18	4	4	16.2	87	27	19	17	6	9	18	2.16
Minnesota Twins	MLB	June	0	1.93	2	1	9.1	37	6	2	2	0	1	7	0.75
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Pre All-Star	4	6.58	6	5	26.0	124	33	21	19	6	10	25	1.65

Baserunner Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Bases Empty	6	14.0	65	14	2	7	15	1.50
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Bases Loaded	3	1.1	6	2	0	0	2	1.50
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Runner at 1st	6	5.1	28	8	1	2	4	1.88
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Runners at 1st & 2nd	5	1.1	8	5	2	0	0	3.75
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Runners at 1st & 3rd	5	1.2	9	3	0	1	2	2.40
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Runner at 2nd	3	1.1	4	0	0	0	2	0.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Runners at 2nd & 3rd	2	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Runner at 3rd	1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	3.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Scoring Position	6	6.2	31	11	3	1	6	1.80

Game Type Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Home Games	0	2	6.35	4	3	0	17.0	76	16	12	12	3	8	15	1.41
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Away Games	0	2	7.00	2	2	0	9.0	48	17	9	7	3	2	10	2.11
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Day Games	0	2	9.45	2	2	0	6.2	36	9	7	7	2	6	6	2.25
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Night Games	0	2	5.59	4	3	0	19.1	88	24	14	12	4	4	19	1.45
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Leading Off				6			6.0	26	4			2	4	8	1.33
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Late / Close				1			0.0	1	1			0	0	0	-.--

Outs Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Minnesota Twins	MLB	No Outs	6	9.0	37	5	2	5	12	1.11
Minnesota Twins	MLB	One Out	6	9.1	48	16	3	4	5	2.14
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Two Outs	6	7.2	39	12	1	1	8	1.70

Inning Splits

Team	L	Type	ERA	G	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Minnesota Twins	MLB	First Inning	3.60	5	5.0	24	4	4	2	0	5	5	1.80
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Second Inning	1.80	5	5.0	23	6	1	1	0	2	4	1.60
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Third Inning	10.13	6	5.1	27	9	6	6	3	1	4	1.88
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Fourth Inning	5.40	5	5.0	20	5	3	3	1	0	7	1.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Fifth Inning	11.25	4	4.0	21	5	5	5	2	2	4	1.75
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Sixth Inning	0.00	1	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Minnesota Twins	MLB	Seventh Inning	27.00	1	0.2	6	4	2	2	0	0	1	6.00

Platoon Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	vs Left				13			31.2	143	34			4	13	29	1.48
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	vs Right				13			30.2	138	34			6	10	41	1.43

Monthly Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	April	0	0	1.80	1	1	5.0	20	4	1	1	0	1	5	1.00
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	May	2	4	4.68	6	6	32.2	142	34	21	17	3	9	34	1.32
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	June	1	2	14.81	3	3	10.1	61	22	18	17	6	6	17	2.71
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	July	0	1	1.26	3	3	14.1	58	8	2	2	1	7	14	1.05
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	First Half	2	6	7.33	9	9	43.0	201	56	40	35	9	14	49	1.63
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Second Half	1	1	0.93	4	4	19.1	80	12	2	2	1	9	21	1.09

Baserunner Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Bases Empty	13	38.2	166	37	4	9	39	1.19
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Bases Loaded	5	2.2	12	2	0	2	4	1.50
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Runner at 1st	13	7.2	40	14	2	7	6	2.74
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Runners at 1st & 2nd	9	4.2	21	4	1	2	5	1.29
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Runners at 1st & 3rd	5	1.0	6	2	2	1	1	3.00
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Runner at 2nd	11	4.2	18	3	0	1	8	0.86
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Runners at 2nd & 3rd	6	1.1	9	3	1	0	4	2.25
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Runner at 3rd	5	1.2	9	3	0	1	3	2.40
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Scoring Position	13	16.0	75	17	4	7	25	1.50

Game Type Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Home Games	1	4	7.26	7	7	0	31.0	142	38	27	25	8	10	37	1.55
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Away Games	2	3	3.45	6	6	0	31.1	139	30	15	12	2	13	33	1.37
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Day Games	0	2	11.68	3	3	0	12.1	62	23	18	16	6	1	13	1.95
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Night Games	3	5	3.78	10	10	0	50.0	219	45	24	21	4	22	57	1.34
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Leading Off				13			16.0	64	13			2	2	15	0.94

Outs Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	No Outs	13	21.2	102	28	5	6	23	1.57
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	One Out	13	21.2	91	24	5	3	26	1.25
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Two Outs	13	19.0	88	16	0	14	21	1.58

Inning Splits

Team	L	Type	ERA	G	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	First Inning	4.26	13	12.2	59	16	6	6	2	4	19	1.58
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Second Inning	11.08	13	13.0	66	20	18	16	4	5	11	1.92
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Third Inning	8.76	13	12.1	60	15	13	12	2	7	13	1.78
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Fourth Inning	1.80	11	10.0	45	10	4	2	1	4	14	1.40
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Fifth Inning	0.93	10	9.2	35	5	1	1	1	2	7	0.72
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Sixth Inning	0.00	4	3.2	13	2	0	0	0	1	4	0.82
St. Paul Saints	Triple-A	Seventh Inning	0.00	1	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024-04-02	Milwaukee Brewers	Minnesota Twins	1	6.75	1	1	4.0	6	3	3	1	2	4	2.00
2024-04-09	Minnesota Twins	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	9.00	1	1	5.0	7	6	6	2	3	6	2.00
2024-04-15	Baltimore Orioles	Minnesota Twins	1	8.36	1	1	5.0	11	6	4	2	0	6	2.07
2024-04-21	Minnesota Twins	Detroit Tigers	1	9.18	1	1	2.2	3	4	4	1	4	2	2.16
April	Minnesota Twins		4	9.18	4	4	16.2	27	19	17	6	9	18	2.16
2024-06-11	Minnesota Twins	Colorado Rockies	0	7.06	1	1	5.0	1	0	0	0	1	3	1.75
2024-06-16	Minnesota Twins	Oakland Athletics	0	6.58	1	0	4.1	5	2	2	0	0	4	1.65
June	Minnesota Twins		0	1.93	2	1	9.1	6	2	2	0	1	7	0.75

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024-04-27	St. Paul Saints	Rochester Red Wings	0	0	1.80	1	1	5.0	4	1	1	0	1	5	1.00
April	St. Paul Saints		0	0	1.80	1	1	5.0	4	1	1	0	1	5	1.00
2024-05-03	St. Paul Saints	Louisville Bats	1	0	0.75	1	1	7.0	3	0	0	0	0	8	0.67
2024-05-09	Toledo Mud Hens	St. Paul Saints	0	1	3.24	1	1	4.2	7	5	5	0	3	8	1.08
2024-05-15	St. Paul Saints	Omaha Storm Chasers	0	1	4.57	1	1	5.0	7	6	5	1	1	6	1.20
2024-05-21	Buffalo Bisons	St. Paul Saints	1	0	3.90	1	1	6.0	4	1	1	1	3	3	1.19
2024-05-26	Buffalo Bisons	St. Paul Saints	0	1	4.41	1	1	5.0	8	5	4	1	0	3	1.26
2024-05-31	Rochester Red Wings	St. Paul Saints	0	1	4.30	1	1	5.0	5	4	2	0	2	6	1.27
May	St. Paul Saints		2	4	4.68	6	6	32.2	34	21	17	3	9	34	1.32
2024-06-06	St. Paul Saints	Syracuse Mets	0	1	5.31	1	1	3.0	7	6	6	1	4	5	1.45
2024-06-23	St. Paul Saints	Toledo Mud Hens	0	1	7.33	1	1	2.1	11	12	11	5	0	5	1.63
2024-06-29	Iowa Cubs	St. Paul Saints	1	0	6.56	1	1	5.0	4	0	0	0	2	7	1.58
June	St. Paul Saints		1	2	14.81	3	3	10.1	22	18	17	6	6	17	2.71
2024-07-04	St. Paul Saints	Gwinnett Stripers	0	1	6.57	1	1	2.2	4	2	2	1	3	1	1.64
2024-07-11	Louisville Bats	St. Paul Saints	0	0	5.91	1	1	5.2	2	0	0	0	3	6	1.56
2024-07-23	St. Paul Saints	Omaha Storm Chasers	0	0	5.34	1	1	6.0	2	0	0	0	1	7	1.46
July	St. Paul Saints		0	1	1.26	3	3	14.1	8	2	2	1	7	14	1.05

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
2022	24	411	78	5	6.4	4.7	88.7	112.6	14.8	43.6	.272	.441	.329	.329	.389	41.0	19.8	5.7	3.81	4.56
2023	25	1091	194	21	10.8	7.4	91.0	113.6	12.1	32.0	.249	.469	.335	.328	.414	43.8	25.1	6.0	4.63	4.58
2024	26	471	86	9	10.5	7.3	91.6	114.0	10.6	41.9	.297	.507	.374	.380	.443	47.7	20.2	8.1	6.58	6.15
Player		1973	358	35	9.8	6.8	90.6	114.0	12.3	36.9	.265	.472	.343	.341	.416	44.1	22.8	6.4
MLB					7.0	4.8	88.5	122.4	12.3	33.1	.245	.406	.316	.315	.369	36.5	22.2	8.4

! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Varland relies on 5 pitches.

Four Seamer

(36.1%) ,

Cutter

(28.9%) ,

Knuckle Curve

(22.5%) ,

Changeup

(8.1%) ,

Sinker

(4.5%) ,

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2022 - Max Scherzer

2022 - Mike Mayers

2022 - Cody Morris

2022 - Cal Quantrill

2024 - Tylor Megill

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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	38.5	26.9	28.2	6.4	42.3	32.1	25.6	5.1	23.1	28.2	32.1	5.1	6.4	4.7
2023	45.4	30.9	19.6	4.1	32.5	39.2	28.4	3.1	33.0	23.2	23.2	6.7	10.8	7.4
2024	46.5	27.9	24.4	1.2	34.9	39.5	25.6	3.5	27.9	19.8	33.7	4.7	10.5	7.3
Player	44.1	29.3	22.6	3.9	35.2	37.7	27.1	3.6	29.6	23.5	27.7	5.9	9.8	6.8
MLB	44.5	23.7	24.8	7.0	37.1	37.5	25.3	3.9	32.7	24.8	24.4	5.8	7.0	4.8

! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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2023 - Reese Olson

2023 - Garrett Whitlock

2023 - Seth Lugo

2024 - Joe Musgrove

2023 - Kyle Nelson

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Pitch Movement

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
2024	4-Seam Fastball	MIN	R	170	95.7	14.1	0.3	2	7.5	-0.5	-6
2024	Cutter	MIN	R	136	89.6	27.9	-1.9	-7	3.8	1.3	50
2024	Changeup	MIN	R	38	88.3	29.5	-1.3	-4	12.3	-2.1	-14
2024	Curveball	MIN	R	106	84.5	45.4	-1.2	-3	2.4	-4.2	-64
2024	Sinker	MIN	R	21	93.1	20.8	-2.8	-12	13.8	-1.2	-8
2023	Cutter	MIN	R	348	89.3	28.0	-1.5	-6	4.1	1.4	55
2023	Sinker	MIN	R	10	95.7	20.6	-1.2	-5	16.3	1.0	6
2023	Changeup	MIN	R	123	85.9	30.4	-2.5	-8	14.3	-0.3	-2
2023	4-Seam Fastball	MIN	R	466	95.3	14.0	1.0	7	7.7	-0.4	-5
2023	Sweeper	MIN	R	144	83.9	39.7	2.5	7	10.1	-3.0	-23
2022	Cutter	MIN	R	77	89.0	26.0	0.3	1	2.1	0.1	3
2022	Changeup	MIN	R	59	83.8	32.5	-2.6	-7	14.3	-0.3	-2
2022	Curveball	MIN	R	11	82.0	47.7	-1.6	-3	3.2	-5.9	-65
2022	Sweeper	MIN	R	68	83.5	40.0	2.6	7	9.6	-4.2	-31
2022	4-Seam Fastball	MIN	R	196	93.8	15.9	-0.1	-1	9.6	1.0	11

! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year	Pitch Type	RV/100	Run Value	Pitches	%	PA	BA	SLG	wOBA	Whiff%	K%	PutAway %	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Hard Hit %
2024	4-Seam Fastball	-1.9	-3	170	36.1	38	.294	.588	.430	17.7	21.1	21.1	.300	.578	.405	38.5
2024	Cutter	-7.1	-10	136	28.9	45	.351	.649	.513	21.7	15.6	16.7	.331	.577	.441	46.7
2024	Curveball	1.7	2	106	22.5	30	.222	.222	.203	34.7	33.3	23.8	.269	.399	.312	57.9
2024	Changeup	2.1	1	38	8.1	5	.200	.200	.180	7.7	0.0	0.0	.181	.262	.188	40.0
2024	Sinker	-0.2	0	21	4.5	6	.500	.500	.450	7.7	0.0	0.0	.287	.363	.279	66.7
2023	4-Seam Fastball	0.4	2	466	42.7	113	.267	.533	.370	23.7	26.5	20.7	.235	.447	.316	53.3
2023	Cutter	1.1	4	348	31.9	93	.250	.405	.305	28.5	24.7	23.2	.244	.399	.304	42.2
2023	Sweeper	-2.8	-4	144	13.2	43	.220	.512	.323	26.3	23.3	12.5	.276	.597	.381	35.5
2023	Changeup	-1.4	-2	123	11.3	32	.267	.600	.383	26.4	21.9	17.9	.285	.599	.389	30.4
2023	Sinker	5.6	1	10	0.9	2	.000	.000	.000	20.0	50.0	100.0	.002	.002	.002	0.0
2022	4-Seam Fastball	0.6	1	196	47.7	43	.231	.513	.345	17.7	23.3	16.1	.235	.481	.341	44.8
2022	Cutter	-0.6	0	77	18.7	22	.364	.545	.393	18.2	4.5	11.1	.314	.465	.337	42.9
2022	Sweeper	-2.7	-2	68	16.5	16	.333	.333	.325	24.2	25.0	12.5	.330	.384	.338	27.3
2022	Changeup	2.5	1	59	14.4	20	.158	.368	.243	22.2	25.0	23.8	.250	.402	.302	42.9
2022	Curveball	1.0	0	11	2.7	4	.250	.250	.225	28.6	25.0	14.3	.269	.311	.254	33.3

! 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
2024	Changeup	35	88.4	85	13.8	1:30	2:15	-45
2024	Curveball	105	84.5	55	9.7	7:30	6:30	60
2024	Cutter	131	89.6	35	6.9	12:00	10:30	90
2024	4-Seam Fastball	166	95.7	93	17.1	1:00	1:00	0
2024	Sinker	21	93.1	91	17.5	1:15	2:00	-45
2023	Changeup	113	86.0	92	16.1	1:30	2:15	-45
2023	Cutter	345	89.3	38	7.1	12:00	10:30	90
2023	4-Seam Fastball	446	95.3	92	17.7	1:00	1:00	0
2023	Sinker	10	95.7	91	19.2	1:15	2:00	-45
2023	Sweeper	136	83.9	45	11.4	7:45	8:30	-45
2022	Changeup	56	83.8	96	16.0	1:45	2:15	-30
2022	Curveball	11	82.0	48	10.1	7:45	6:30	75
2022	Cutter	77	89.0	48	8.1	12:30	11:30	60
2022	4-Seam Fastball	196	93.8	94	17.8	1:15	1:15	0
2022	Sweeper	68	83.5	40	10.8	7:45	8:30	-45

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Swing/Take

				Runs
Year	Team	PA	Pitches	Heart	Shadow	Chase	Waste	All
2022		105	411	0	4	-2	-1	0
2023		287	1,110	3	4	-3	-3	0
2024		124	471	1	-2	-6	-3	-10

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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	411	55.5	68.9	84.7	27.3	64.0	41.6	64.2	50.4	19.8	10.5	88.4
2023	1,091	55.3	73.5	80.6	29.5	54.2	44.0	70.0	53.8	25.9	9.3	77.5
2024	471	52.9	68.3	85.3	19.8	52.3	37.8	64.5	45.4	21.5	10.4	81.6
Player	1,973	54.7	71.3	82.5	26.7	55.9	42.0	67.4	51.1	23.7	9.8	80.9
MLB		48.6	67.0	82.0	28.4	57.9	42.6	61.0	47.2	24.8	7.3	76.2

! 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														48	44		83
2023	33	42	13	5	74	42	10	6	17	62	83	47	59	73	46		90
2024														73	30	34	90

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Expected Home Runs

Year	Team	Avg HR Trot	Actual HR	xHR	HR-xHR	Doubters	Mostly Gone	No Doubters	No Doubter %

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year	HR

Year to Year Changes

Metric	2022	2023	+/-		2024	+/-
Fastball Velocity	92.4	92.8	0.4	↑	93.0	0.2	↑
Offspeed Velocity	83.8	85.9	2.1	↑	88.3	2.4	↑
Breaking Velocity	83.3	83.9	0.6	↑	84.5	0.6	↑
Exit Velocity	88.7	91.0	2.3	↑	91.6	0.6	↑
Launch Angle	14.8	12.1	-2.7	↓	10.6	-1.5	↓
Barrel %	6.4	10.8	4.4	↑	10.5	-0.3	↓
Hard Hit %	41.0	43.8	2.8	↑	47.7	3.9	↑
LA Sweet-Spot %	43.6	32.0	-11.6	↓	41.9	9.9	↑
xBA	.272	.249	-0.023	↓	.297	0.048	↑
BA	.263	.252	-0.011	↓	.303	0.051	↑
xwOBA	.329	.328	-0.001	↓	.380	0.052	↑
wOBA	.329	.335	0.006	↑	.374	0.039	↑
xSLG	.441	.469	0.028	↑	.507	0.038	↑
SLG	.455	.492	0.037	↑	.495	0.003	↑
K%	19.8	25.1	5.3	↑	20.2	-4.9	↓
BB%	5.7	6.0	0.3	↑	8.1	2.1	↑
Swing %	50.4	53.8	3.4	↑	45.4	-8.4	↓
Whiff%	19.8	25.9	6.1	↑	21.5	-4.4	↓
In Zone %	55.5	55.3	-0.2	↓	52.9	-2.4	↓
Out of Zone %	44.5	44.7	0.2	↑	47.1	2.4	↑
Out of Zone Swing %	27.3	29.5	2.2	↑	19.8	-9.7	↓
First Pitch Swing %	33.0	39.2	6.2	↑	37.9	-1.3	↓
First Pitch Strike %	64.2	70.0	5.8	↑	64.5	-5.5	↓

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Statcast Fielder Positioning

				vs RHH			vs LHH
Year	Alignment Type	PA	wOBA	PA	Total	%	PA	Total	%
2022	Shifts	105	.329	62	20	32.3	43	36	83.7
2023	Shades	283	.335	184	22	12.0	99	64	64.6
2024	Shades	123	.370	57	0	0.0	66	58	87.9

! 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 Empty				Runners On Base
Season	Team	Pitches	Tempo	Fast %	Slow %	Pitches	Tempo	Fast %	Slow %
2022		125	14.0	69.6%	0.0%	59	19.0	3.4%	1.7%
2023		290	12.8	86.6%	0.0%	141	17.1	9.9%	0.0%
2024		132	13.2	77.3%	0.0%	78	17.1	10.3%	0.0%

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Year	Team	Runner Runs	Advances	Thrown Out	Holds	Advance Opportunities	Advance Attempt %	Est. Attempt %	Attempt % Above Average	Safe on Advances	Safe / Opportunity	Safe / Attempt
			Runs Breakdown			How often does the runner attempt to advance				How often was the runner successful in advancing

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Triples

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