Mason Thompson
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 6" 244LBS | Age: 25

Draft: 2016 | Rd: 3, #85, San Diego Padres | Round Rock (TX) HS

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 3 2 4.13 21 0 1 28.1 24 1.20
3 Seasons 5 6 3.71 76 0 2 77.2 62 1.40
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 21 3-2 4.13 28.1 24 1.20
3 Seasons 76 5-6 3.71 77.2 62 1.40

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
2021 23 424 82 5 6.1 4.1 86.6 111.5 9.1 25.6 .263 .404 .380 .337 .367 42.7 19.0 12.4 4.01 4.89
2022 24 368 76 3 3.9 3.0 86.1 110.8 12.2 26.3 .241 .359 .271 .300 .313 32.9 15.0 8.0 2.92 3.72
2023 25 406 84 4 4.8 3.4 85.7 110.5 7.0 31.0 .248 .392 .302 .311 .354 35.7 20.3 6.8 4.13 3.93
Player 1198 242 12 5.0 3.5 86.1 111.5 9.3 27.7 .251 .386 .320 .317 .345 37.2 18.3 9.1
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

Thompson relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(58.9%) ,
Slider
(27.3%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(7.4%) ,
Curveball
(5.9%) ,
Changeup
(0.5%) ,


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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
2021 52.4 15.9 23.2 8.5 43.9 32.9 23.2 12.2 35.4 17.1 19.5 9.8 6.1 4.1
2022 52.6 19.7 19.7 7.9 35.5 34.2 30.3 7.9 40.8 23.7 22.4 1.3 3.9 3.0
2023 48.8 20.2 23.8 7.1 25.0 42.9 32.1 9.5 35.7 20.2 21.4 8.3 4.8 3.4
Player 51.2 18.6 22.3 7.9 34.7 36.8 28.5 9.9 37.2 20.2 21.1 6.6 5.0 3.5
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


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 Slider WSH R 111 84.5 38.5 1.7 5 4.3 -1.2 -22
2023 4-Seamer WSH R 30 94.5 15.0 -0.8 -6 9.9 3.1 45
2023 Sinker WSH R 235 94.2 23.7 2.1 10 17.2 2.0 13
2023 Curveball WSH R 24 80.4 55.5 3.2 6 12.7 3.9 45
2023 Changeup WSH R 2 86.3 31.2 0.5 2 18.1 3.3 23
2022 Sinker WSH R 268 95.8 19.1 -0.4 -2 16.6 1.7 11
2022 Slider WSH R 88 84.4 39.9 3.1 8 4.2 -1.5 -27
2022 4-Seamer WSH R 7 95.5 12.5 1.1 8 8.6 1.8 26
2022 Changeup WSH R 5 88.2 28.5 -0.8 -3 18.4 4.0 28
2021 4-Seamer WSH R 19 95.6 17.6 -3.8 -28 7.8 0.3 5
2021 Sinker WSH R 342 96.2 19.4 0.7 4 14.8 0.1 1
2021 Changeup WSH R 5 86.8 28.8 -1.0 -3 16.2 2.1 15
2021 Slider WSH R 58 83.8 41.2 3.4 9 4.7 -1.2 -21
! 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 Sinker 2.8 7 239 58.9 73 .349 .540 .435 15.0 8.2 15.0 .327 .505 .399 41.4
2023 Slider -3.2 -4 111 27.3 29 .107 .107 .148 35.6 31.0 28.1 .136 .177 .156 15.8
2023 4-Seamer -0.1 0 30 7.4 9 .111 .333 .178 33.3 44.4 21.1 .201 .546 .309 60.0
2023 Curveball -2.2 -1 24 5.9 7 .000 .000 .100 62.5 71.4 38.5 .041 .044 .138 0.0
2023 Changeup -3.4 0 2 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 Sinker -1.5 -4 268 72.8 82 .233 .288 .275 16.1 8.5 10.8 .256 .335 .302 32.8
2022 Slider -2.5 -2 88 23.9 16 .067 .267 .169 51.4 50.0 25.0 .135 .257 .202 28.6
2022 4-Seamer 15.8 1 7 1.9 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .991 3.938 2.043 100.0
2022 Changeup -3.1 0 5 1.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .043 .062 .048 0.0
2021 Sinker 1.6 5 342 80.7 100 .318 .482 .414 13.0 14.0 28.6 .266 .395 .342 40.3
2021 Slider 0.0 0 58 13.7 15 .333 .533 .373 68.0 60.0 37.5 .235 .465 .294 83.3
2021 4-Seamer -1.6 0 19 4.5 5 .000 .000 .175 25.0 0.0 0.0 .319 .364 .395 25.0
2021 Changeup 1.7 0 5 1.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! 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 4-Seam Fastball 19 95.6 84 14.4 1:00 1:15 -15
2021 Sinker 340 96.2 83 18.2 1:00 2:00 -60
2021 Slider 57 83.7 31 6.6 9:00 7:45 75
2022 Sinker 266 95.8 93 20.1 1:15 2:00 -45
2022 Slider 88 84.4 29 5.8 9:15 7:45 90
2023 Curveball 19 80.2 88 20.5 7:45 7:15 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 29 94.5 95 18.3 1:15 1:15 0
2023 Sinker 186 94.1 86 19.2 1:30 2:30 -60
2023 Slider 99 84.4 28 5.4 9:45 8:15 90
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 120 424 1 -2 3 3 5
2022 100 368 -4 -5 2 1 -5
2023 118 406 0 0 1 2 3
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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 %
2021 424 46.2 63.3 86.3 24.1 56.4 42.2 52.1 42.2 21.2 9.9 66.7
2022 368 47.6 70.9 81.5 31.1 63.3 41.3 59.0 50.0 23.4 8.4 67.7
2023 406 52.5 61.0 82.3 32.1 58.1 38.9 67.8 47.3 25.0 6.9 67.9
Player 1,198 48.7 64.7 83.3 28.8 59.3 40.8 59.6 46.3 23.2 8.4 67.3
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
2021 89 43 85
2022 83 53 84
2023 56 43 55 61 52 68 81 91 70 32 70 45 82 62 36 82
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 21.9 4 3.7 0 1 1 3 75.0
2022 25.6 2 1.9 0 0 1 1 50.0
2023 21.4 3 3.2 0 1 3 1 33.3
Player 22.5 9 8.9 0 2 5 5 55.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
2022 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2023 3 3 1 4 4 4 4 1 3 2 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 2 3 5 3 3 4 4 1 3 4 3 3 4 3
Player 9 9 6 9 10 9 10 6 8 7 8 8 10 8 9 10 10 8 9 11 9 9 10 11 7 9 9 9 9 10 9
! 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.2 95.8 -0.4 ↓ 94.2 -1.6 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 86.8 88.2 1.4 ↑ 86.3 -1.9 ↓
Breaking Velocity 83.8 84.4 0.6 ↑ 83.7 -0.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 86.6 86.1 -0.5 ↓ 85.7 -0.4 ↓
Launch Angle 9.1 12.2 3.1 ↑ 7.0 -5.2 ↓
Barrel % 6.1 3.9 -2.2 ↓ 4.8 0.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 42.7 32.9 -9.8 ↓ 35.7 2.8 ↑
Sweet Spot % 25.6 26.3 0.7 ↑ 31.0 4.7 ↑
xBA .263 .241 -0.022 ↓ .248 0.007 ↑
BA .311 .211 -0.100 ↓ .243 0.032 ↑
xwOBA .337 .300 -0.037 ↓ .311 0.011 ↑
wOBA .380 .271 -0.109 ↓ .302 0.031 ↑
xSLG .404 .359 -0.045 ↓ .392 0.033 ↑
SLG .476 .322 -0.154 ↓ .374 0.052 ↑
K% 19.0 15.0 -4.0 ↓ 20.3 5.3 ↑
BB% 12.4 8.0 -4.4 ↓ 6.8 -1.2 ↓
Swing % 42.2 50.0 7.8 ↑ 47.3 -2.7 ↓
Whiff% 21.2 23.4 2.2 ↑ 25.0 1.6 ↑
In Zone % 46.2 47.6 1.4 ↑ 52.5 4.9 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.8 52.4 -1.4 ↓ 47.5 -4.9 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 24.1 31.1 7.0 ↑ 32.1 1.0 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 26.4 29.0 2.6 ↑ 34.7 5.7 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 52.1 59.0 6.9 ↑ 67.8 8.8 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2021 113 .392 70 13 18.6 43 26 60.5
2022 100 .271 50 2 4.0 50 31 62.0
2023 118 .302 67 0 0.0 51 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 109 21.2 0.0% 4.6% 97 25.4 0.0% 12.4%
2022 103 20.4 1.0% 0.0% 66 25.5 0.0% 12.1%
2023 70 13.8 70.0% 0.0% 31 18.5 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution