Matt Grace
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 215LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 8, #236, Washington Nationals | UCLA
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 1 1 2.87 56 0 0 59.2 48 1.14
2019 1 2 6.36 51 1 0 46.2 35 1.52
2020 0 1 54.00 3 0 0 1 2 7.00
6 Seasons 5 5 4.57 181 2 2 177.1 134 1.40
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 56 1-1 2.87 59.2 48 1.14
2019 51 1-2 6.36 46.2 35 1.52
2020 3 0-1 54.00 1 2 7.00
6 Seasons 181 5-5 4.57 177.1 134 1.40
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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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
2015 26 308 61 0 0.0 0.0 88.6 110.3 3.6 19.7 .262 .327 .366 .299 .324 44.3 16.7 9.5 4.24 3.67
2016 27 39 6 0 0.0 0.0 82.8 89.2 5.2 16.7 .088 .109 .088 .086 .154 0.0 40.0 0.0 0.00 0.39
2017 28 753 163 8 4.9 3.7 86.2 113.2 0.3 28.8 .250 .392 .301 .311 .331 28.8 14.4 8.4 4.32 4.15
2018 29 846 184 10 5.4 4.0 87.7 116.4 10.1 29.9 .231 .376 .275 .283 .329 33.7 19.4 5.3 2.87 3.35
2019 30 704 159 19 11.9 9.2 91.1 113.5 7.2 36.5 .313 .569 .379 .383 .445 46.5 17.0 4.9 6.36 6.87
2020 31 36 6 2 33.3 20.0 92.1 101.0 25.6 16.7 .252 .548 .726 .408 .447 50.0 20.0 20.0 54.00 7.73
Player 2686 579 39 6.7 5.1 88.3 116.4 6.0 30.1 .260 .427 .323 .319 .361 36.8 17.4 6.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Grace relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(61.1%) ,
Slider
(30.6%) ,
Changeup
(5.6%) ,
Sinker
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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
2015 59.0 11.5 26.2 3.3 31.1 52.5 16.4 6.6 44.3 14.8 27.9 4.9 0.0 0.0
2016 66.7 16.7 16.7 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 33.3 33.3 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 63.2 14.1 20.9 1.8 28.8 42.3 28.2 9.8 44.2 13.5 20.9 3.7 4.9 3.7
2018 50.0 20.7 23.4 6.0 37.5 34.8 27.2 2.7 38.6 26.6 21.7 3.3 5.4 4.0
2019 49.7 20.8 27.0 2.5 39.6 37.7 22.6 3.1 40.3 14.5 21.4 7.5 11.9 9.2
2020 50.0 16.7 16.7 16.7 50.0 33.3 16.7 16.7 16.7 16.7 16.7 0.0 33.3 20.0
Player 54.7 17.8 23.8 3.6 35.2 39.2 25.2 5.4 40.9 18.3 21.9 4.7 6.7 5.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 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
2020 Sinker AZ L 1 90.3 25.0 1.1 4 18.0 3.3 22
2020 Slider AZ L 11 82.2 34.6 -4.9 -12 3.4 -2.4 -41
2020 Changeup AZ L 2 83.8 32.2 1.6 5 16.3 3.1 23
2020 4-Seam Fastball AZ L 22 88.8 25.6 -7.8 -43 15.2 8.7 134
2019 Changeup WSH L 31 85.3 32.3 1.6 5 16.4 2.8 21
2019 Sinker WSH L 440 91.2 26.0 2.4 10 14.6 -0.2 -1
2019 Slider WSH L 213 83.4 38.0 -1.2 -3 4.2 -1.1 -21
2019 Cutter WSH L 19 88.9 28.7 -1.4 -5 1.5 -3.5 -178
2019 Curveball WSH L 1 77.8 50.0 -6.3 -11 4.7 -4.1 -47
2018 Sinker WSH L 564 91.2 25.8 2.8 12 15.1 0.6 4
2018 Changeup WSH L 39 85.8 30.9 0.3 1 15.2 1.7 13
2018 Slider WSH L 243 82.6 39.5 -0.7 -2 4.3 -1.3 -24
2017 Changeup WSH L 36 86.0 30.6 2.2 8 14.0 0.5 3
2017 Sinker WSH L 531 90.9 25.5 3.9 18 13.9 -0.7 -5
2017 Slider WSH L 180 82.9 37.4 -0.6 -2 4.4 -0.6 -12
2017 4-Seam Fastball WSH L 5 90.9 22.3 -6.8 -44 1.7 -5.9 -78
2016 Sinker WSH L 23 89.7 27.4 4.4 19 15.2 1.9 14
2016 Slider WSH L 8 81.2 43.0 1.6 4 5.0 -2.1 -30
2015 Slider WSH L 59 82.6 41.3 1.6 4 2.0 -3.6 -65
2015 Sinker WSH L 214 91.7 25.3 3.2 14 16.4 2.6 19
2015 Changeup WSH L 11 84.7 33.0 2.5 8 15.8 3.0 24
2015 4-Seam Fastball WSH L 3 91.7 14.8 1.7 10 6.2 -1.0 -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 %
2020 4-Seam Fastball -5.0 -1 22 61.1 7 .600 1.200 .743 41.7 14.3 20.0 .195 .472 .400 25.0
2020 Slider -2.0 0 11 30.6 2 .500 .500 .450 16.7 50.0 12.5 .227 .264 .215 100.0
2020 Changeup -56.9 -1 2 5.6 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .587 1.495 .853 100.0
2020 Sinker -6.2 0 1 2.8 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Sinker -2.8 -12 440 62.5 141 .372 .620 .446 9.9 7.8 12.2 .344 .575 .401 46.3
2019 Slider 0.5 1 213 30.3 51 .188 .458 .311 40.0 39.2 27.4 .240 .613 .365 50.0
2019 Changeup 1.8 1 31 4.4 8 .250 .250 .225 28.6 50.0 40.0 .125 .177 .136 50.0
2019 Cutter -8.4 -2 19 2.7 6 .333 .500 .358 11.1 0.0 0.0 .465 .611 .463 33.3
2019 Curveball 7.7 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 Sinker 1.5 8 564 66.7 165 .234 .331 .290 9.4 13.9 17.6 .256 .412 .306 36.6
2018 Slider 0.9 2 243 28.7 73 .246 .406 .302 34.4 34.2 37.9 .164 .292 .221 29.5
2018 Changeup -0.7 0 39 4.6 7 .333 .333 .357 8.3 0.0 0.0 .390 .422 .412 0.0
2017 Sinker 0.4 2 531 70.5 149 .302 .403 .348 12.5 9.4 12.3 .266 .391 .326 29.8
2017 Slider 1.6 3 180 23.9 55 .192 .269 .220 29.2 29.1 26.2 .208 .369 .267 27.8
2017 Changeup 0.5 0 36 4.8 7 .143 .429 .229 12.5 14.3 16.7 .240 .586 .336 16.7
2017 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 0 5 0.7 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! 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
2020 4-Seam Fastball 17 88.8 83 17.8 11:00 10:00 60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 82 301 -9 3 0 -1 -7
2017 211 752 2 11 -4 -3 5
2018 245 846 11 6 -5 -2 10
2019 206 704 -13 8 -3 -4 -12
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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 308 49.7 63.4 93.8 22.6 57.1 39.0 52.4 42.9 15.2 6.5 90.0
2016 39 48.7 78.9 53.3 15.0 100.0 48.7 40.0 46.2 38.9 7.7 100.0
2017 753 54.0 64.8 86.3 26.3 70.3 41.0 62.1 47.0 16.7 10.1 73.7
2018 846 57.0 66.8 87.3 23.1 59.5 42.9 65.7 48.0 17.2 7.8 71.2
2019 704 50.0 63.6 89.3 30.1 60.4 45.6 64.6 46.9 19.4 7.2 74.5
2020 36 38.9 85.7 83.3 31.8 42.9 38.9 80.0 52.8 31.6 8.3 100.0
Player 2,686 53.1 65.4 87.6 25.9 62.6 42.6 62.8 46.9 18.0 8.2 75.3
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 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
2015 34 1 19
2017 52 45 58 66 36 78 70 76 83 8 49 5 35 21 1 31
2018 77 59 56 54 85 72 70 68 65 29 92 4 5 26 1 27
2019 2 1 1 2 12 44 3 3 1 11 93 8 61 19 1 17
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 22.7 3 3.7 -1 4 1 3 100.0
2018 21.6 5 5.0 0 6 4 2 40.0
2019 23.2 11 10.7 0 5 8 5 45.5
2020 -- 1 1.5 -1 0 1 1 100.0
Player 22.7 20 20.8 -1 15 14 11 55.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 3 4 3 5 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 3
2018 5 7 3 4 3 3 6 4 3 3 4 5 8 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 8 6 4 4 3 6 7 6 3
2019 11 14 10 11 9 8 12 12 8 6 7 9 17 12 8 9 8 8 12 12 14 14 16 15 8 9 8 12 17 8 7
2020 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1
Player 20 26 18 21 16 16 24 21 15 13 15 20 32 23 18 20 18 17 23 22 27 25 30 26 18 18 15 24 31 19 14
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.7 89.6 -2.1 ↓ 90.9 1.3 ↑ 91.2 0.3 ↑ 91.1 -0.1 ↓ 88.8 -2.3 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 84.8 0.0 0.0 86.0 0.0 85.8 -0.2 ↓ 85.3 -0.5 ↓ 83.8 -1.5 ↓
Breaking Velocity 82.7 81.2 -1.5 ↓ 82.9 1.7 ↑ 82.6 -0.3 ↓ 83.4 0.8 ↑ 82.2 -1.2 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.6 82.8 -5.8 ↓ 86.2 3.4 ↑ 87.7 1.5 ↑ 91.1 3.4 ↑ 92.1 1.0 ↑
Launch Angle 3.6 5.2 1.6 ↑ 0.3 -4.9 ↓ 10.1 9.8 ↑ 7.2 -2.9 ↓ 25.6 18.4 ↑
Barrel % 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9 4.9 ↑ 5.4 0.5 ↑ 11.9 6.5 ↑ 33.3 21.4 ↑
Hard Hit % 44.3 0.0 -44.3 ↓ 28.8 28.8 ↑ 33.7 4.9 ↑ 46.5 12.8 ↑ 50.0 3.5 ↑
Sweet Spot % 19.7 16.7 -3.0 ↓ 28.8 12.1 ↑ 29.9 1.1 ↑ 36.5 6.6 ↑ 16.7 -19.8 ↓
xBA .262 .088 -0.174 ↓ .250 0.162 ↑ .231 -0.019 ↓ .313 0.082 ↑ .252 -0.061 ↓
BA .356 .100 -0.256 ↓ .266 0.166 ↑ .240 -0.026 ↓ .319 0.079 ↑ .625 0.306 ↑
xwOBA .299 .086 -0.213 ↓ .311 0.225 ↑ .283 -0.028 ↓ .383 0.100 ↑ .408 0.025 ↑
wOBA .366 .088 -0.278 ↓ .301 0.213 ↑ .275 -0.026 ↓ .379 0.104 ↑ .726 0.347 ↑
xSLG .327 .109 -0.218 ↓ .392 0.283 ↑ .376 -0.016 ↓ .569 0.193 ↑ .548 -0.021 ↓
SLG .438 .100 -0.338 ↓ .367 0.267 ↑ .354 -0.013 ↓ .560 0.206 ↑ 1.125 0.565 ↑
K% 16.7 40.0 23.3 ↑ 14.4 -25.6 ↓ 19.4 5.0 ↑ 17.0 -2.4 ↓ 20.0 3.0 ↑
BB% 9.5 0.0 -9.5 ↓ 8.4 8.4 ↑ 5.3 -3.1 ↓ 4.9 -0.4 ↓ 20.0 15.1 ↑
Swing % 42.9 46.2 3.3 ↑ 47.0 0.8 ↑ 48.0 1.0 ↑ 46.9 -1.1 ↓ 52.8 5.9 ↑
Whiff% 15.2 38.9 23.7 ↑ 16.7 -22.2 ↓ 17.2 0.5 ↑ 19.4 2.2 ↑ 31.6 12.2 ↑
In Zone % 49.7 48.7 -1.0 ↓ 54.0 5.3 ↑ 57.0 3.0 ↑ 50.0 -7.0 ↓ 38.9 -11.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.3 51.3 1.0 ↑ 46.0 -5.3 ↓ 43.0 -3.0 ↓ 50.0 7.0 ↑ 61.1 11.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 22.6 15.0 -7.6 ↓ 26.3 11.3 ↑ 23.1 -3.2 ↓ 30.1 7.0 ↑ 31.8 1.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 29.8 30.0 0.2 ↑ 28.0 -2.0 ↓ 33.9 5.9 ↑ 31.6 -2.3 ↓ 70.0 38.4 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 52.4 40.0 -12.4 ↓ 62.1 22.1 ↑ 65.7 3.6 ↑ 64.6 -1.1 ↓ 80.0 15.4 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 8 .110 3 0 0.0 5 3 60.0
2017 Shifts 211 .301 120 3 2.5 91 29 31.9
2018 Shifts 245 .275 149 6 4.0 96 18 18.8
2019 Shifts 206 .379 114 3 2.6 92 20 21.7
2020 Shifts 10 .726 7 0 0.0 3 3 100.0
! 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 %
2015 70 15.4 44.3% 2.9% 65 19.5 15.4% 16.9%
2016 14 19.0 7.1% 0.0% 5 18.2 0.0% 0.0%
2017 211 16.3 21.3% 0.9% 133 21.3 0.0% 11.3%
2018 237 17.0 21.5% 0.0% 152 20.5 1.3% 5.9%
2019 178 16.8 27.0% 1.1% 143 20.1 2.8% 3.5%
2020 3 18.7 0.0% 0.0% 7 22.1 0.0% 28.6%
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Pitch Distribution

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