Louie Varland
P | B/T: L/R | 6' 1" 205LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 15, #449, Minnesota Twins | Concordia University

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 2 1 4.24 6 6 0 34.0 34 1.24
2 Seasons 3 3 4.05 11 11 0 60.0 55 1.23
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 6 2-1 4.24 34.0 34 1.24
2 Seasons 11 3-3 4.05 60.0 55 1.23

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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 24 411 78 5 6.4 4.7 88.7 112.6 14.8 43.6 .271 .441 .329 .329 .389 41.0 19.8 5.7 3.81 4.56
2023 25 554 101 13 12.9 9.1 90.5 113.6 13.4 37.6 .270 .513 .345 .351 .441 43.6 23.8 4.9 4.24 5.16
Player 965 179 18 10.1 7.2 89.7 113.6 14.0 40.2 .271 .482 .338 .341 .418 42.5 22.1 5.2
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Varland relies on 4 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(43.3%) ,
Cutter
(28.7%) ,
Slider
(15.5%) ,
Changeup
(12.5%) ,


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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 40.6 31.7 23.8 4.0 35.6 36.6 27.7 4.0 28.7 22.8 25.7 5.9 12.9 9.1
Player 39.7 29.6 25.7 5.0 38.5 34.6 26.8 4.5 26.3 25.1 28.5 5.6 10.1 7.2
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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 Changeup MIN R 69 84.7 30.6 -3.2 -9 13.9 -0.9 -6
2023 4-Seamer MIN R 240 95.0 13.8 0.9 6 7.4 -0.8 -10
2023 Slider MIN R 86 83.6 40.7 3.1 8 10.7 4.3 66
2023 Cutter MIN R 159 89.6 27.3 -1.1 -4 4.2 1.7 70
2022 Changeup MIN R 60 83.8 32.5 -2.5 -7 14.3 -0.4 -3
2022 Slider MIN R 79 83.3 41.0 3.2 8 8.7 1.8 27
2022 4-Seamer MIN R 196 93.8 15.9 -0.1 -1 9.6 1.0 12
2022 Cutter MIN R 76 89.0 25.9 0.3 1 2.3 0.3 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 %
2023 4-Seamer 0.4 1 240 43.3 60 .250 .589 .387 27.0 26.7 21.6 .238 .504 .336 47.5
2023 Cutter -1.0 -2 159 28.7 37 .314 .457 .354 23.2 18.9 20.0 .331 .487 .369 46.4
2023 Slider 1.8 2 86 15.5 26 .200 .440 .285 19.6 15.4 8.5 .274 .610 .383 42.9
2023 Changeup -0.4 0 69 12.5 20 .263 .474 .333 39.4 35.0 36.8 .249 .455 .318 25.0
2022 4-Seamer -0.6 -1 196 47.7 43 .231 .513 .345 17.7 23.3 16.1 .235 .481 .341 44.8
2022 Slider 2.2 2 79 19.2 20 .316 .316 .305 25.0 25.0 12.8 .317 .368 .321 28.6
2022 Cutter 0.5 0 76 18.5 22 .364 .545 .393 18.2 4.5 12.5 .314 .465 .337 42.9
2022 Changeup -2.4 -1 60 14.6 20 .158 .368 .243 22.2 25.0 22.7 .250 .402 .302 42.9
! 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
2022 Changeup 57 83.8 96 15.9 1:45 2:15 -30
2022 Cutter 76 89.0 47 8.1 12:30 11:15 75
2022 4-Seam Fastball 196 93.8 94 17.8 1:15 1:15 0
2022 Slider 79 83.3 41 10.7 7:45 8:15 -30
2023 Changeup 61 84.9 92 16.1 1:30 2:15 -45
2023 Cutter 156 89.6 40 7.5 12:00 10:45 75
2023 4-Seam Fastball 225 95.0 90 17.8 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Slider 78 83.7 48 12.1 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 143 554 0 -3 1 2 1
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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 554 57.9 72.9 80.3 26.6 50.0 41.5 65.7 53.4 26.0 9.9 72.7
Player 965 56.9 71.2 82.1 26.9 56.3 41.6 65.1 52.1 23.5 10.2 79.6
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 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
2022 35 44 81
2023 21 23 8 6 53 16 6 21 25 55 87 51 33 41 55 89
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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 24.3 4 3.8 0 1 2 2 50.0
2023 22.6 9 8.9 0 0 7 3 33.3
Player 23.1 13 12.7 0 1 9 5 38.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 4 4
2023 9 7 7 9 10 10 10 8 10 8 10 10 8 8 10 9 10 8 9 10 8 8 10 9 8 8 10 10 8 10 7
Player 13 10 10 13 14 14 14 11 13 12 14 13 12 11 14 13 13 12 14 14 12 12 14 14 11 12 15 13 12 14 11
! 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 92.5 92.8 0.3 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 83.8 84.7 0.9 ↑
Breaking Velocity 83.3 83.6 0.3 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.7 90.5 1.8 ↑
Launch Angle 14.8 13.4 -1.4 ↓
Barrel % 6.4 12.9 6.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 41.0 43.6 2.6 ↑
Sweet Spot % 43.6 37.6 -6.0 ↓
xBA .271 .270 -0.001 ↓
BA .263 .259 -0.004 ↓
xwOBA .329 .351 0.022 ↑
wOBA .329 .345 0.016 ↑
xSLG .441 .513 0.072 ↑
SLG .455 .511 0.056 ↑
K% 19.8 23.8 4.0 ↑
BB% 5.7 4.9 -0.8 ↓
Swing % 50.4 53.4 3.0 ↑
Whiff% 19.8 26.0 6.2 ↑
In Zone % 55.5 57.9 2.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 44.5 42.1 -2.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 27.3 26.6 -0.7 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 33.0 37.1 4.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 64.2 65.7 1.5 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2022 105 .329 62 20 32.3 43 35 81.4
2023 143 .345 96 0 0.0 47 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 125 14.0 69.6% 0.0% 59 19.0 3.4% 1.7%
2023 20 12.9 85.0% 0.0% 12 16.8 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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