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Marcus Stroman
P | B/T: R/R | 5' 7" 180LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 1, #22, Toronto Blue Jays | Duke
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 3 0 0.90 3 3 0 20.0 11 0.65
7 Seasons 54 47 3.70 149 143 1 869.1 706 1.28
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 3 3-0 0.90 20.0 11 0.65
7 Seasons 149 54-47 3.70 869.1 706 1.28

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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
2015 373 78 2 2.6 87.8 111.1 -1.8 30.8 .234 .324 .248 .275 .302 29.5 17.5 5.8 1.67 3.21
2016 3102 630 31 4.9 90.4 115.8 0.5 26.5 .254 .383 .313 .304 .347 42.4 19.4 6.3 4.37 4.02
2017 3140 602 31 5.1 88.7 118.3 0.6 24.3 .261 .392 .310 .312 .355 38.4 19.7 7.4 3.09 4.24
2018 1707 334 21 6.3 89.4 117.2 0.9 25.4 .260 .397 .330 .323 .355 40.1 17.1 8 5.54 4.48
2019 3047 555 23 4.1 88.2 113.9 5.6 27.2 .240 .368 .299 .290 .332 35.6 20.5 7.5 3.22 3.75
2021 261 56 3 5.4 90.5 108.8 5 32.1 .270 .410 .186 .313 .346 42.9 15.5 4.2 0.90 3.62
11630 2255 111 4.9 89.1 118.3 1.9 26.2 .253 .382 .306 .305 .345 38.9 19.3 7.1
6.4 88.3 122.2 11.9 32.8 .243 .403 .318 .313 .362 35.1 21.9 8.4

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Stroman relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(41%) ,
Cutter
(19.9%) ,
Slider
(19.2%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(11.1%) ,
Split Finger
(8.8%) ,


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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 Sinker 107 59 48 41.0 92.8 34 32 5 3 1 0 1 2 30 .156 .317 .281 .434 .217 .345 90.1 -3 2408 6.0 11.1 9.1
2021 Cutter 52 16 36 19.9 91.3 16 15 1 1 0 0 0 4 11 .067 .215 .067 .426 .099 .292 88.6 14 2640 5.9 31.0 20.0
2021 Slider 50 34 16 19.2 86.5 10 9 2 2 0 0 0 1 8 .222 .155 .222 .245 .250 .224 87.4 6 2773 5.9 30.4 6.3
2021 4-Seam Fastball 29 11 18 11.1 93.1 7 7 2 2 0 0 0 3 4 .286 .380 .286 .599 .254 .415 94.9 9 2528 6.0 38.1 33.3
2021 Split Finger 23 6 17 8.8 88.4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .173 .000 .196 .000 .160 86.9 18 1746 5.9 40.0 14.3
2019 Sinker 1106 497 609 36.3 92.5 302 268 82 59 17 0 6 34 234 .306 .264 .437 .387 .355 .324 89.7 -1 2345 5.7 14.5 18.0
2019 Slider 940 578 362 30.9 85.7 251 238 40 30 6 1 3 85 155 .168 .194 .239 .303 .191 .229 86.7 9 2838 5.3 35.2 21.4
2019 Cutter 735 304 431 24.1 91.0 173 162 48 34 6 1 7 35 128 .296 .261 .475 .433 .342 .315 86.1 11 2615 5.6 24.8 16.6
2019 Changeup 162 35 127 5.3 87.0 32 30 8 6 1 0 1 4 26 .267 .264 .400 .336 .305 .283 87.0 16 1929 5.6 25.4 14.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball 73 31 42 2.4 92.9 13 11 5 2 2 0 1 1 10 .455 .354 .909 .479 .576 .405 86.0 20 2455 5.7 13.8 3.6
2019 Curveball 30 16 14 1.0 75.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .092 .000 .100 .000 .083 74.2 -12 2686 4.5 50.0 0.0
! 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 %
2015 64.1 10.3 23.1 2.6 44.9 37.2 17.9 1.3 57.7 11.5 19.2 6.4 2.6
2016 61.6 13.2 22.2 3 38.6 39.5 21.9 3 48.6 11.9 24.1 5.7 4.9
2017 63 12.6 21.4 3 25.6 47.7 26.2 4 47 13.1 25.6 4 5.1
2018 63.8 13.8 20.1 2.4 41.3 39.5 19.2 3.6 47.9 13.2 24.6 3.9 6.3
2019 53.9 17.8 23.1 5.2 36.2 38.2 25.6 3.1 42.5 19.1 24.3 5.8 4.1
2021 60.7 10.7 23.2 5.4 30.4 39.3 30.4 1.8 48.2 16.1 21.4 5.4 5.4
60.4 14.1 22 3.5 34.9 41.3 23.6 3.3 46.9 14.3 24.4 5 4.9
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 Slider NYM R 50 86.5 35.2 0.5 2 9.6 3.1 48
2021 Sinker NYM R 107 92.8 27.4 3.5 15 10 -5.5 -35
2021 Splitter NYM R 23 88.4 31.9 0.9 3 10.1 -0.3 -2
2021 Cutter NYM R 52 91.3 26.6 -2.8 -12 1.9 1.4 293
2021 4-Seamer NYM R 29 93.1 20.6 -4.3 -26 3.2 -5.8 -65
2019 Sinker NYM R 1106 92.5 28.1 4 17 12 -3.4 -22
2019 Cutter NYM R 735 91 27.2 -1.2 -5 1.1 -0.7 -39
2019 Changeup NYM R 162 87 30.1 -1.5 -5 13.9 -0.8 -5
2019 Slider NYM R 940 85.7 37.8 1.4 4 11.2 5.5 96
2019 Curveball NYM R 30 75 55.6 -4 -7 15.3 4.3 40
2019 4-Seamer NYM R 73 92.9 18.7 -1.5 -9 6.3 -2.2 -26
2018 Slider TOR R 519 85.2 39.9 2 5 11.5 5.6 96
2018 Changeup TOR R 78 82.7 33.6 -1.5 -4 14.9 1 7
2018 Sinker TOR R 736 92.3 27.4 3 12 10.4 -4.8 -32
2018 Cutter TOR R 247 90.7 27 -1.6 -6 2 0.6 42
2018 4-Seamer TOR R 115 92.5 20.1 -2.9 -17 4.2 -4 -48
2018 Curveball TOR R 10 72.5 60.7 -4.2 -6 15 4.5 43
2017 Slider TOR R 762 86.3 39 4.4 13 10.7 7 186
2017 Changeup TOR R 188 82.7 34.4 0.7 2 15.3 1.4 10
2017 Sinker TOR R 1606 93.3 27.5 4.9 22 12.1 -3.4 -22
2017 4-Seamer TOR R 354 93.7 20.7 -5.1 -33 6.9 -2.2 -24
2017 Cutter TOR R 110 89.6 33.2 -7.1 -27 2.3 0.5 27
2017 Curveball TOR R 112 81.8 47.5 -3 -6 14.4 5.7 65
2016 Sinker TOR R 1350 93 26.8 5.6 26 11.5 -3.4 -23
2016 Changeup TOR R 157 85.1 28.6 -2.1 -7 12.9 -0.6 -4
2016 4-Seamer TOR R 420 93.3 19.8 -4.4 -28 6.5 -3 -32
2016 Curveball TOR R 190 80.9 47.5 -1.2 -2 13.4 5.5 69
2016 Cutter TOR R 540 89.9 31.4 -6.3 -25 2.3 2.1 1171
2016 Slider TOR R 402 85.3 42.1 7.7 22 7.3 4.6 173
! 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 Splitter -2.1 0 23 8.8 4 0 0 0 40 25 14.3 .173 .196 .16 33.3
2021 4-Seamer -0.6 0 29 11.1 7 .286 .286 .257 38.1 42.9 33.3 .38 .599 .415 75
2021 Slider -0.6 0 50 19.2 10 .222 .222 .25 30.4 10 6.3 .155 .245 .222 37.5
2021 Cutter -4.8 -2 52 19.9 16 .067 .067 .1 31 25 20 .215 .426 .293 27.3
2021 Sinker -3.8 -4 107 41 34 .156 .281 .243 11.1 5.9 9.1 .317 .434 .346 46.7
2019 Curveball 0.4 0 30 1 1 0 0 0 50 0 0 .092 .1 .083 0
2019 4-Seamer 4.5 3 73 2.4 13 .455 .909 .592 13.8 7.7 3.6 .354 .479 .406 20
2019 Changeup 1.5 3 162 5.3 32 .267 .4 .342 25.4 12.5 14.3 .264 .336 .284 34.6
2019 Cutter 0.5 3 735 24.1 173 .296 .475 .358 24.8 20.2 16.6 .261 .433 .316 32
2019 Slider -2.4 -22 940 30.9 251 .168 .239 .202 35.2 33.9 21.4 .194 .303 .231 31
2019 Sinker -0.3 -3 1106 36.3 302 .306 .437 .383 14.5 11.3 18 .264 .387 .325 41.5
2018 Curveball 5 1 12 0.7 4 .25 .5 .313 20 50 25 .17 .208 .161 0
2018 Changeup 4.2 3 78 4.6 17 .429 .643 .515 27.6 5.9 6.3 .266 .393 .345 35.7
2018 4-Seamer 0.8 1 115 6.7 25 .227 .227 .264 21.3 24 15.4 .197 .281 .266 37.5
2018 Cutter -0.6 -2 247 14.5 69 .242 .371 .311 18.2 5.8 7.3 .259 .352 .313 22
2018 Slider -0.1 -1 519 30.4 130 .23 .295 .266 32.4 28.5 17.9 .212 .282 .246 32.9
2018 Sinker 1.4 10 736 43.1 204 .33 .516 .407 16.1 13.2 23.1 .301 .509 .385 51.9
2017 N/A 0 0 1 .7 0 .7
2017 Curveball -0.9 -1 112 3.6 21 .15 .3 .214 25 23.8 18.5 .152 .278 .207 40
2017 Cutter 1.5 2 110 3.5 26 .28 .56 .402 29.4 15.4 16.7 .24 .542 .338 33.3
2017 Changeup -1.7 -3 188 6 36 .139 .139 .125 34.2 22.2 15.7 .257 .305 .243 28.6
2017 4-Seamer 1.6 6 354 11.3 87 .313 .563 .39 19 20.7 15.7 .297 .57 .381 39.7
2017 Slider -1.9 -15 762 24.3 225 .187 .262 .218 40.6 43.1 24.7 .181 .254 .209 26.9
2017 Sinker -0.5 -8 1606 51.1 434 .307 .427 .368 13.2 7.4 13.9 .308 .44 .363 43.1
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
2021 Cutter 51 91.3 32 5.7 12:00 11:00 60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 29 93.1 56 10.8 12:45 12:45 0
2021 Splitter 21 88.5 78 11.7 1:15 2:45 -90
2021 Sinker 103 92.8 60 11.1 1:00 2:30 -90
2021 Slider 48 86.5 46 10.6 8:00 9:00 -60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 533 2078 -14 -8 9 5 -7
2015 187 651 -7 -9 5 1 -11
2016 887 3236 -10 -21 10 10 -11
2017 829 3132 -6 -46 22 11 -19
2018 449 1707 -6 5 9 6 13
2019 772 3045 -21 -27 20 12 -16
2021 71 261 -5 -4 1 1 -8
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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 %
2015 373 57.3 60.7 87.5 24.8 64.1 42.7 67 44.8 18 9 78.8
2016 3102 48.5 66.5 86.4 29.3 59.4 44 61 47.3 21.3 7.6 76.8
2017 3140 47.5 66.4 86.1 24.6 52.5 42.3 58.6 44.5 23.6 7.2 76.1
2018 1707 48.7 64.5 85.3 24.8 55.3 42.6 60.4 44.2 22.1 6.9 74.4
2019 3047 44.8 65.2 84.5 28.8 56.6 42.6 56.8 45.1 24.4 6.1 80
2021 261 53.6 71.4 82 30.6 51.4 42.9 67.6 52.5 24.8 8 90.5
11630 47.7 65.7 85.6 27.1 56.3 42.9 59.6 45.5 22.8 7 77.4
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
2015 44 44 52
2016 53 33 57 72 55 19 71 5 4 38 75 34 53 42 69 87
2017 49 27 55 74 42 11 67 14 9 35 65 46 49 58 62 86
2018 29 20 44 62 30 36 52 19 10 16 53 33 29 38 79 52
2019 73 52 71 87 66 37 93 61 58 30 60 44 73 35 88 77
2021 56 31 54 67 61 32 70 32 35 11 84 35 56 46 84
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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 23.9 18 13.5 5 8 15 4 22.2
2021 20.7 1 1.4 0 1 2 0 0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 18 18 20 16 20 9 14 14 17 14 17 17 6 12 11 16 9 15 7 11 7 13 10 15 15 17 14 9 11 11 19
2021 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2
! 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 92.2 92.3 0.1 ↑ 93.2 0.9 ↑ 91.9 -1.3 ↓ 0 undefined undefined
Offspeed Velocity 85.1 85.1 0 82.7 -2.4 ↓ 82.7 0 4.3 ↑ undefined undefined
Breaking Velocity 85.2 83.9 -1.3 ↓ 85.8 1.9 ↑ 84.9 -0.9 ↓ 0.5 ↑ undefined undefined
Exit Velocity 87.8 90.4 2.6 ↑ 88.7 -1.7 ↓ 89.4 0.7 ↑ -1.2 ↓ undefined undefined
Launch Angle -1.8 .5 2.3 ↑ .6 0.1 ↑ .9 0.3 ↑ 4.7 ↑ undefined undefined
Barrel % 2.6 4.9 2.3 ↑ 5.1 0.2 ↑ 6.3 1.2 ↑ -2.2 ↓ undefined undefined
Hard Hit % 29.5 42.4 12.9 ↑ 38.4 -4 ↓ 40.1 1.7 ↑ -4.5 ↓ undefined undefined
Sweet Spot % 30.8 26.5 -4.3 ↓ 24.3 -2.2 ↓ 25.4 1.1 ↑ 1.8 ↑ undefined undefined
xBA .234 .254 0.02 ↑ .261 0.007 ↑ .26 -0.001 ↓ -0.02 ↓ undefined undefined
BA .208 .264 0.056 ↑ .264 0 .283 0.019 ↑ -0.026 ↓ undefined undefined
xwOBA .275 .304 0.029 ↑ .312 0.008 ↑ .323 0.011 ↑ -0.033 ↓ undefined undefined
wOBA .248 .313 0.065 ↑ .31 -0.003 ↓ .33 0.02 ↑ -0.031 ↓ undefined undefined
xSLG .324 .383 0.059 ↑ .392 0.009 ↑ .397 0.005 ↑ -0.029 ↓ undefined undefined
SLG .292 .407 0.115 ↑ .392 -0.015 ↓ .416 0.024 ↑ -0.032 ↓ undefined undefined
K% 17.5 19.4 1.9 ↑ 19.7 0.3 ↑ 17.1 -2.6 ↓ 3.4 ↑ undefined undefined
BB% 5.8 6.3 0.5 ↑ 7.4 1.1 ↑ 8 0.6 ↑ -0.5 ↓ undefined undefined
Swing % 44.8 47.3 2.5 ↑ 44.5 -2.8 ↓ 44.2 -0.3 ↓ 0.9 ↑ undefined undefined
Whiff% 18 21.3 3.3 ↑ 23.6 2.3 ↑ 22.1 -1.5 ↓ 2.3 ↑ undefined undefined
In Zone % 57.3 48.5 -8.8 ↓ 47.5 -1 ↓ 48.7 1.2 ↑ -3.9 ↓ undefined undefined
Out of Zone % 42.7 51.5 8.8 ↑ 52.5 1 ↑ 51.3 -1.2 ↓ 3.9 ↑ undefined undefined
Out of Zone Swing % 24.8 29.3 4.5 ↑ 24.6 -4.7 ↓ 24.8 0.2 ↑ 4 ↑ undefined undefined
First Pitch Swing % 27.2 27.5 0.3 ↑ 25.3 -2.2 ↓ 24.1 -1.2 ↓ 2.6 ↑ undefined undefined
First Pitch Strike % 67 61 -6 ↓ 58.6 -2.4 ↓ 60.4 1.8 ↑ -3.6 ↓ undefined undefined
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 836 .307 413 4 1.0 423 82 19.4
2017 831 .308 442 0 0.0 389 23 5.9
2018 449 .330 215 0 0.0 234 21 9.0
2019 773 .299 370 11 3.0 403 46 11.4
2021 71 .186 34 8 23.5 37 29 78.4

Pitch Distribution

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