Matt Koch
P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 215LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 3, #107, New York Mets | Louisville
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 0 0 9.15 9 0 0 20.2 9 1.60
2022 0 0 8.31 4 0 0 4.1 3 1.38
2023 3 2 5.12 39 1 0 38.2 27 1.29
6 Seasons 9 8 5.03 79 17 1 168.1 99 1.28
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 9 0-0 9.15 20.2 9 1.60
2022 4 0-0 8.31 4.1 3 1.38
2023 39 3-2 5.12 38.2 27 1.29
6 Seasons 79 9-8 5.03 168.1 99 1.28
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
2016 25 234 53 2 3.8 2.9 88.0 110.9 13.7 24.5 .194 .321 .211 .261 .260 26.4 14.5 5.8 2.00 2.82
2017 26 9 2 0 0.0 0.0 100.1 101.0 17.0 100.0 .693 1.075 .934 .722 .736 100.0 0.0 33.3 0.00 57.30
2018 27 1296 282 36 12.8 10.0 90.6 116.3 11.1 37.2 .306 .593 .348 .407 .451 42.2 13.9 6.1 4.15 7.68
2019 28 364 78 8 10.3 8.3 91.3 113.4 15.3 38.5 .337 .671 .447 .442 .463 48.7 9.4 4.2 9.14 9.91
2022 31 72 15 2 13.3 10.5 89.0 104.8 25.5 46.7 .284 .546 .394 .370 .423 46.7 15.8 5.3 8.31 5.97
2023 32 584 125 10 8.0 6.1 90.1 112.7 8.1 31.2 .261 .441 .331 .327 .365 44.8 16.6 5.5 5.12 4.55
Player 2559 555 58 10.5 8.2 90.4 116.3 11.7 35.3 .290 .542 .348 .379 .416 42.5 13.9 5.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Koch relies on 3 pitches.
Cutter
(47.3%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(44.2%) ,
Slider
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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
2016 43.4 28.3 18.9 9.4 30.2 41.5 24.5 1.9 37.7 34.0 15.1 5.7 3.8 2.9
2017 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0
2018 45.0 23.4 25.9 5.7 36.9 44.3 17.7 2.1 36.5 21.3 19.9 6.4 12.8 10.0
2019 35.9 25.6 30.8 7.7 30.8 42.3 26.9 3.8 26.9 21.8 24.4 12.8 10.3 8.3
2022 20.0 26.7 40.0 13.3 26.7 53.3 20.0 6.7 6.7 40.0 26.7 6.7 13.3 10.5
2023 51.2 22.4 22.4 4.0 34.4 45.6 20.0 3.2 38.4 20.0 22.4 7.2 8.0 6.1
Player 44.1 24.0 25.8 6.1 34.6 44.3 20.2 2.7 34.8 22.7 20.9 7.6 10.5 8.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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
2023 Cutter COL R 276 89.6 28.3 -2.0 -8 2.9 0.5 23
2023 4-Seamer COL R 258 93.8 17.4 -2.2 -14 9.3 2.1 29
2023 Slider COL R 50 82.4 40.1 0.6 2 10.1 2.4 30
2022 Cutter SEA R 27 88.7 27.1 -0.6 -2 2.2 -0.1 -3
2022 Slider SEA R 23 83.7 31.9 -6.0 -16 8.6 2.1 32
2022 4-Seamer SEA R 22 93.6 15.2 -0.2 -2 12.7 5.4 75
2019 Curveball AZ R 27 79.9 50.1 -3.4 -6 6.0 -3.0 -33
2019 Changeup AZ R 59 85.5 29.8 -0.2 -1 13.6 0.1 0
2019 Cutter AZ R 102 88.9 27.1 -0.5 -2 0.3 -1.4 -81
2019 4-Seamer AZ R 176 92.3 18.2 -1.7 -10 11.7 4.3 58
2018 Curveball AZ R 203 79.8 48.2 -5.5 -10 9.6 1.1 13
2018 4-Seamer AZ R 558 91.3 18.8 -1.7 -10 11.1 3.8 52
2018 Cutter AZ R 325 89.6 25.3 0.5 2 0.2 -2.0 -111
2018 Changeup AZ R 209 85.3 29.2 -2.1 -7 12.0 -1.6 -12
2017 4-Seamer AZ R 7 91.0 20.3 -4.3 -27 12.1 4.2 54
2017 Cutter AZ R 1 90.3 28.8 -4.7 -19 4.0 -5.7 -335
2017 Changeup AZ R 1 86.1 25.3 -3.2 -11 15.8 2.0 14
2016 Sinker AZ R 26 93.1 18.5 -0.5 -3 14.5 0.7 5
2016 4-Seamer AZ R 90 92.4 16.8 -2.2 -15 11.9 4.7 65
2016 Curveball AZ R 12 79.9 46.2 -4.8 -9 11.3 1.6 16
2016 Slider AZ R 93 89.7 25.6 -1.2 -5 1.8 -2.1 -53
2016 Changeup AZ R 12 85.3 29.4 0.3 1 13.9 1.0 8
! 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 Cutter -2.4 -7 276 47.3 88 .305 .573 .386 28.3 20.5 24.7 .260 .474 .336 40.0
2023 4-Seamer 1.2 3 258 44.2 59 .241 .333 .293 17.4 6.8 6.7 .286 .450 .346 56.0
2023 Slider 1.5 1 50 8.6 16 .200 .200 .213 19.2 31.3 21.7 .177 .225 .208 20.0
2022 Cutter -4.4 -1 27 37.5 9 .444 .778 .522 25.0 0.0 0.0 .441 .772 .522 55.6
2022 Slider 4.8 1 23 31.9 5 .000 .000 .000 33.3 40.0 28.6 .038 .069 .045 0.0
2022 4-Seamer -6.3 -1 22 30.6 5 .250 1.000 .540 30.0 20.0 25.0 .235 .633 .425 66.7
2019 4-Seamer -3.9 -7 176 48.4 47 .409 .841 .536 9.8 10.6 11.6 .365 .715 .461 61.5
2019 Cutter -0.6 -1 102 28.0 25 .190 .381 .314 19.6 8.0 6.7 .250 .498 .371 26.3
2019 Changeup -3.0 -2 59 16.2 19 .353 .824 .511 16.0 10.5 14.3 .398 .796 .512 46.7
2019 Curveball 0.2 0 27 7.4 5 .200 .400 .250 10.0 0.0 0.0 .256 .584 .342 40.0
2018 4-Seamer -1.7 -10 558 43.1 136 .322 .678 .453 11.6 13.2 12.6 .331 .709 .462 50.5
2018 Cutter -0.4 -1 325 25.1 99 .250 .435 .321 17.0 15.2 17.0 .314 .542 .390 40.3
2018 Changeup 3.5 7 209 16.1 66 .167 .250 .230 20.4 15.2 15.4 .225 .389 .306 33.3
2018 Curveball -1.4 -3 203 15.7 58 .286 .446 .365 18.8 12.1 11.9 .325 .648 .422 36.7
2017 4-Seamer -13.3 -1 7 77.8 2 1.000 1.000 .800 0.0 0.0 -- .893 1.161 .789 100.0
2017 Cutter -5.0 0 1 11.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 Changeup -162.5 -2 1 11.1 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .493 .988 .593 100.0
! 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
2023 Cutter 271 89.6 40 5.8 12:15 10:45 90
2023 4-Seam Fastball 243 93.7 99 16.3 1:30 1:15 15
2023 Slider 44 82.2 52 10.9 8:15 8:45 -30
2022 Cutter 27 88.7 36 7.2 12:30 11:15 75
2022 4-Seam Fastball 22 93.6 99 20.4 1:30 1:15 15
2022 Slider 22 83.7 34 11.8 8:30 10:15 -105
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 69 234 5 3 -1 -1 6
2018 359 1,296 -5 13 -9 -5 -6
2019 96 364 -1 -2 -4 -3 -9
2023 163 584 -7 9 -3 -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 %
2016 234 55.1 67.4 89.7 35.2 67.6 43.2 66.7 53.0 16.9 8.1 78.9
2017 9 44.4 75.0 100.0 0.0 -- 44.4 66.7 33.3 0.0 11.1 100.0
2018 1,296 50.2 68.4 87.6 26.4 72.4 43.1 60.6 47.5 15.8 7.8 76.2
2019 364 47.8 73.0 90.6 24.2 69.6 40.9 59.4 47.5 13.9 7.7 82.1
2022 72 44.4 71.9 78.3 30.0 58.3 34.7 52.6 48.6 28.6 5.6 100.0
2023 584 52.2 71.5 86.2 30.1 53.6 43.7 66.9 51.7 22.5 8.9 76.9
Player 2,559 50.6 69.7 87.7 27.6 66.5 42.7 62.3 48.9 17.6 8.0 78.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 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
2016 44 34 63
2018 1 1 1 1 4 9 1 3 3 3 82 2 31 26 41 46 40
2019 34 21 59
2023 47 22 35
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.2 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2018 21.8 19 19.5 -1 1 12 12 63.2
2019 22.8 8 7.0 1 2 6 3 37.5
2022 24.3 2 1.8 0 0 1 1 50.0
2023 23.6 7 5.3 2 4 4 2 28.6
Player 22.5 37 34.6 2 7 23 19 51.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2018 19 21 21 19 19 18 21 19 16 16 17 20 24 18 16 24 18 19 19 21 20 19 24 20 21 15 16 22 24 21 16
2019 8 9 6 7 7 7 9 8 6 4 6 6 9 6 7 5 7 5 7 7 7 6 11 10 7 7 6 8 10 6 5
2022 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
2023 7 5 3 6 5 5 6 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 7 7 6 7 4 7 8 6 3 5 5 6 6 5 4
Player 37 38 33 35 34 33 39 32 30 26 30 34 41 32 32 37 34 34 35 38 34 35 46 39 34 30 30 39 43 35 27
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.6 90.9 -1.7 ↓ 90.7 -0.2 ↓ -- 0.3 ↑ -- -- -- -- 90.9 -- 91.6 0.7 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 85.3 86.1 0.8 ↑ 85.3 -0.8 ↓ -- 0.2 ↑ -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 88.6 0.0 0.0 79.8 0.0 -- 0.1 ↑ -- -- -- -- 83.7 -- 82.4 -1.3 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.0 100.1 12.1 ↑ 90.6 -9.5 ↓ -- 0.7 ↑ -- -- -- -- 89.0 -- 90.1 1.1 ↑
Launch Angle 13.7 17.0 3.3 ↑ 11.1 -5.9 ↓ -- 4.2 ↑ -- -- -- -- 25.5 -- 8.1 -17.4 ↓
Barrel % 3.8 0.0 -3.8 ↓ 12.8 12.8 ↑ -- -2.5 ↓ -- -- -- -- 13.3 -- 8.0 -5.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 26.4 100.0 73.6 ↑ 42.2 -57.8 ↓ -- 6.5 ↑ -- -- -- -- 46.7 -- 44.8 -1.9 ↓
Sweet Spot % 24.5 100.0 75.5 ↑ 37.2 -62.8 ↓ -- 1.3 ↑ -- -- -- -- 46.7 -- 31.2 -15.5 ↓
xBA .194 .693 0.499 ↑ .306 -0.387 ↓ -- 0.031 ↑ -- -- -- -- .283 -- .261 -0.022 ↓
BA .145 1.000 0.855 ↑ .267 -0.733 ↓ -- 0.066 ↑ -- -- -- -- .278 -- .272 -0.006 ↓
xwOBA .261 .722 0.461 ↑ .407 -0.315 ↓ -- 0.035 ↑ -- -- -- -- .370 -- .327 -0.043 ↓
wOBA .211 .934 0.723 ↑ .348 -0.586 ↓ -- 0.099 ↑ -- -- -- -- .394 -- .331 -0.063 ↓
xSLG .321 1.075 0.754 ↑ .593 -0.482 ↓ -- 0.078 ↑ -- -- -- -- .546 -- .441 -0.105 ↓
SLG .242 1.500 1.258 ↑ .492 -1.008 ↓ -- 0.209 ↑ -- -- -- -- .611 -- .450 -0.161 ↓
K% 14.5 0.0 -14.5 ↓ 13.9 13.9 ↑ -- -4.5 ↓ -- -- -- -- 15.8 -- 16.6 0.8 ↑
BB% 5.8 33.3 27.5 ↑ 6.1 -27.2 ↓ -- -1.9 ↓ -- -- -- -- 5.3 -- 5.5 0.2 ↑
Swing % 53.0 33.3 -19.7 ↓ 47.5 14.2 ↑ -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- 48.6 -- 51.7 3.1 ↑
Whiff% 16.9 0.0 -16.9 ↓ 15.8 15.8 ↑ -- -1.9 ↓ -- -- -- -- 28.6 -- 22.5 -6.1 ↓
In Zone % 55.1 44.4 -10.7 ↓ 50.2 5.8 ↑ -- -2.4 ↓ -- -- -- -- 44.4 -- 52.2 7.8 ↑
Out of Zone % 44.9 55.6 10.7 ↑ 49.8 -5.8 ↓ -- 2.4 ↑ -- -- -- -- 55.6 -- 47.8 -7.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 35.2 0.0 -35.2 ↓ 26.4 26.4 ↑ -- -2.2 ↓ -- -- -- -- 30.0 -- 30.1 0.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 34.8 0.0 -34.8 ↓ 30.0 30.0 ↑ -- 6.5 ↑ -- -- -- -- 21.1 -- 36.8 15.7 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 66.7 66.7 0.0 60.6 -6.1 ↓ -- -1.2 ↓ -- -- -- -- 52.6 -- 66.9 14.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 69 .211 39 0 0.0 30 5 16.7
2017 Shifts 3 .934 1 0 0.0 2 1 50.0
2018 Shifts 359 .348 197 27 13.7 162 85 52.5
2019 Shifts 96 .447 46 12 26.1 50 31 62.0
2022 Shifts 19 .394 9 2 22.2 10 9 90.0
2023 Shades 163 .331 90 2 2.2 73 25 34.2
! 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 %
2016 65 18.4 18.5% 4.6% 35 25.4 5.7% 14.3%
2017 3 13.0 66.7% 0.0% 2 17.0 0.0% 50.0%
2018 404 16.8 23.0% 1.2% 205 25.2 0.0% 10.2%
2019 84 16.7 23.8% 1.2% 83 23.5 0.0% 10.8%
2022 20 16.2 30.0% 0.0% 15 20.9 0.0% 0.0%
2023 147 16.4 18.4% 0.0% 105 19.4 1.9% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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