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Matt Shoemaker
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 2" 225LBS | Age: 34
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 3 8 8.06 16 11 0 60.1 40 1.66
9 Seasons 46 41 4.24 128 115 0 662.2 580 1.23
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 16 3-8 8.06 60.1 40 1.66
9 Seasons 128 46-41 4.24 662.2 580 1.23

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 29 2089 414 25 6 87.7 111.2 14.6 33.8 .234 .406 .326 .301 .352 34.6 20.4 6.2 4.46 3.91
2016 30 2476 488 34 7 87.8 111.4 14.3 35 .252 .425 .310 .311 .374 36.2 21.4 4.5 3.88 4.22
2017 31 1264 224 21 9.4 89.2 113.9 15.4 36.2 .242 .464 .336 .337 .390 33.9 21.2 8.6 4.52 5.07
2018 32 499 86 8 9.3 91.8 110.6 11.8 33.7 .277 .470 .304 .351 .443 48.8 25.4 7.7 4.93 5.44
2019 33 418 74 8 10.8 89.2 110.4 12.9 27 .250 .489 .238 .342 .405 39.2 22.2 8.3 1.57 5.38
2020 34 446 80 8 10 87.7 108 7.2 35 .247 .491 .312 .342 .413 38.8 22.6 7.8 4.71 5.10
2021 35 1064 213 21 9.9 89.1 111.5 12.2 31.5 .281 .517 .381 .374 .401 40.4 14.1 9.5 8.05 6.22
8256 1579 125 7.9 88.4 113.9 13.7 33.9 .251 .446 .323 .326 .381 37 20.5 6.7
6.5 88.3 122.2 12 32.8 .243 .402 .317 .312 .363 35.4 22 8.4

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Shoemaker relies on 5 pitches.
Split Finger
(33.3%) ,
Slider
(24.5%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(24.4%) ,
Sinker
(16.5%) ,
Curveball
(1.2%) ,


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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 Split Finger 354 130 224 33.3 85.2 110 102 25 14 9 0 2 25 79 .245 .241 .392 .363 .289 .281 86.9 5 1222 6.1 29.2 17.5
2021 Slider 261 182 79 24.5 82.2 76 63 15 9 1 0 5 9 59 .238 .234 .492 .501 .331 .348 85.0 17 2076 6.1 23.6 12.7
2021 4-Seam Fastball 260 87 173 24.4 91.6 42 36 13 7 3 0 3 3 33 .361 .349 .694 .779 .480 .504 94.5 25 2228 6.1 18.6 6.5
2021 Sinker 176 134 42 16.5 91.7 53 43 18 14 1 0 3 3 40 .419 .368 .651 .603 .502 .470 87.9 5 2119 6.1 8.4 8.1
2021 Curveball 13 3 10 1.2 77.3 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1.000 .672 4.000 2.363 2.023 1.244 102.5 29 1947 6.0 0.0 0.0
2020 Split Finger 145 40 105 32.5 85.4 53 49 7 3 0 0 4 15 34 .143 .223 .388 .442 .252 .312 87.1 3 1231 6.4 34.4 21.7
2020 Sinker 114 60 54 25.6 91.9 31 27 10 4 3 0 3 4 24 .370 .335 .815 .748 .509 .475 87.5 5 2154 6.4 12.5 13.8
2020 4-Seam Fastball 83 22 61 18.6 92.1 15 15 2 2 0 0 0 4 11 .133 .194 .133 .342 .118 .224 90.9 22 2240 6.4 29.3 23.5
2020 Slider 82 60 22 18.4 81.4 15 13 3 2 0 0 1 3 10 .231 .235 .462 .352 .343 .315 80.4 8 2058 6.4 31.3 16.7
2020 Curveball 22 0 22 4.9 75.4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .013 .000 .023 .000 .017 84.8 55 1984 6.4 33.3
! 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 41.5 24.2 26.3 8 38.2 36 25.8 4.8 29.5 30.4 22 5.8 6
2016 42.4 23.8 25.8 8 40 35 25 3.5 28.7 23.8 26.6 5.1 7
2017 39.7 29 25 6.3 42 32.6 25 4 29.5 29.9 19.6 7.6 9.4
2018 44.2 20.9 30.2 4.7 45.3 39.5 15.1 2.3 25.6 19.8 34.9 7 9.3
2019 51.4 17.6 20.3 10.8 56.8 20.3 23 0 36.5 20.3 27 5.4 10.8
2020 51.2 17.5 23.8 7.5 46.3 31.3 22.5 3.8 41.3 17.5 20 7.5 10
2021 45.5 27.7 20.7 6.1 45.1 38 16.9 4.7 34.3 22.1 21.6 7 9.9
43.2 24.4 25 7.4 41.9 34.7 23.4 3.9 30.6 25.5 23.9 6.1 7.9
45.2 22.3 25.5 7.1 36.6 37.9 25.5 3.7 33.3 24.3 24.5 5.6 6.5

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 Curveball MIN R 13 77.3 47.6 -9 -16 8.8 0.5 6
2021 Splitter MIN R 354 85.2 33.1 -0.7 -2 11.3 0.2 2
2021 Sinker MIN R 175 91.7 21.8 -0.3 -1 15.6 0.8 6
2021 4-Seamer MIN R 258 91.6 16 -0.7 -5 8.9 2.5 39
2021 Slider MIN R 261 82.2 38.9 -1 -2 4 -2.5 -39
2020 4-Seamer TOR R 83 92.1 15.5 0 0 8.3 1.8 28
2020 Slider TOR R 82 81.4 39.5 -1.6 -4 5.3 -1.8 -25
2020 Curveball TOR R 22 75.4 50.5 -9.2 -15 10.8 0.6 6
2020 Sinker TOR R 114 91.9 21.6 0 0 15.9 1.7 12
2020 Splitter TOR R 145 85.4 32.9 0.1 0 10.3 -0.5 -4
2019 Curveball TOR R 10 76.4 51.8 -6.9 -12 10.4 0.9 9
2019 Splitter TOR R 136 84.3 34.1 -0.2 -1 12 2.6 28
2019 Slider TOR R 74 81.7 38.9 -2.1 -5 1.9 -4.2 -68
2019 4-Seamer TOR R 72 90.3 17 0 0 9.2 3.2 53
2019 Sinker TOR R 126 90.5 21.9 -1.1 -5 16.1 2 14
2018 Sinker LAA R 173 91.2 22.4 0.1 0 15.6 1.5 11
2018 4-Seamer LAA R 62 91.3 16.6 -0.1 0 8.2 1.9 30
2018 Splitter LAA R 139 85.1 33.3 -0.2 -1 11.2 1.2 11
2018 Slider LAA R 117 82.2 37.3 -3.2 -8 1.1 -4.6 -80
2018 Curveball LAA R 8 78.1 47.9 -8.8 -15 10.3 2 24
2017 4-Seamer LAA R 319 91.7 15.2 -0.4 -3 7.6 0.5 6
2017 Splitter LAA R 381 85.1 31.9 1.2 4 12 0.8 7
2017 Curveball LAA R 25 76.2 48.1 -8.7 -15 7.2 -1.9 -21
2017 Slider LAA R 239 82.7 35.2 -2.6 -7 0.4 -5.5 -109
2017 Sinker LAA R 296 91.5 21.6 1.1 5 15.9 1.7 12
2016 Sinker LAA R 708 91.7 21.1 1.7 9 14.8 0.5 4
2016 4-Seamer LAA R 505 92.2 15.5 -1.4 -10 6.9 -1 -13
2016 Curveball LAA R 28 75.4 49.3 -9 -15 9.9 1.6 20
2016 Slider LAA R 178 82.8 34.7 -2 -5 0.6 -3.2 -83
2016 Changeup LAA R 968 84.9 32 3.5 12 11 -1.9 -15
! 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 Curveball 24.5 3 13 1.2 2 1 4 2 0 0 0 .671 2.362 1.244 100
2021 4-Seamer 0.6 2 260 24.4 42 .361 .694 .504 18.6 7.1 6.5 .349 .779 .505 51.5
2021 Sinker 4.3 8 176 16.5 53 .419 .651 .507 8.4 5.7 8.1 .368 .603 .471 47.5
2021 Slider 2.3 6 261 24.5 76 .238 .492 .337 23.6 11.8 12.7 .234 .501 .353 39
2021 Splitter 0.7 3 354 33.3 110 .245 .392 .306 29.2 22.7 17.5 .241 .363 .287 31.6
2020 Curveball -2.2 0 22 4.9 1 0 0 0 33.3 0 .013 .023 .017 0
2020 4-Seamer -2.7 -2 83 18.6 15 .133 .133 .12 29.3 26.7 23.5 .194 .342 .224 45.5
2020 Slider 2.4 2 82 18.4 15 .231 .462 .347 31.3 20 16.7 .235 .352 .316 20
2020 Sinker 3.9 4 114 25.6 31 .37 .815 .545 12.5 12.9 13.8 .335 .748 .475 41.7
2020 Splitter -1.8 -3 145 32.5 53 .143 .388 .255 34.4 28.3 21.7 .223 .442 .313 41.2
2019 Slider -2.4 -2 74 17.7 18 .188 .25 .297 25.7 5.6 7.7 .352 .627 .44 40
2019 4-Seamer -0.8 -1 72 17.2 19 .2 .533 .384 25.8 15.8 18.8 .24 .443 .372 66.7
2019 Sinker -2.3 -3 126 30.1 26 .125 .208 .185 7.7 7.7 5.9 .349 .701 .457 45.5
2019 Splitter -2.1 -3 136 32.5 45 .163 .302 .22 43.2 40 24.7 .159 .335 .224 20
2019 Curveball 1.4 0 10 2.4 0 0
2018 Curveball -5.4 0 8 1.6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .081 .086 .074 0
2018 4-Seamer -2.1 -1 62 12.4 10 .111 .111 .16 13.6 0 0 .412 .57 .454 33.3
2018 Slider 2.7 3 117 23.4 25 .375 .75 .482 36.2 16 20 .285 .748 .441 45
2018 Sinker 2.7 5 173 34.7 45 .317 .488 .378 5.6 11.1 13.5 .38 .584 .44 61.1
2018 Splitter -3.2 -4 139 27.9 48 .14 .163 .211 48.1 50 35.8 .157 .203 .214 42.1
2017 Curveball 3.5 1 25 2 3 .333 .333 .3 33.3 33.3 25 .215 .776 .395 50
2017 Slider 1.7 4 239 18.9 42 .243 .568 .402 34.3 14.3 13.3 .237 .542 .364 32.3
2017 Sinker 0.3 1 296 23.4 77 .309 .471 .374 9.8 11.7 13.2 .28 .478 .359 36.7
2017 4-Seamer -0.9 -3 319 25.2 79 .239 .463 .356 20 16.5 20 .255 .535 .383 40.7
2017 Splitter 0.7 3 381 30.1 123 .226 .435 .301 32.5 31.7 20.3 .216 .385 .287 27.3
! 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
2020 Curveball 19 75.3 63 12.8 7:45 8:15 -30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 82 92.1 90 18.4 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Splitter 140 85.4 78 11.4 1:30 2:30 -60
2020 Sinker 107 92 88 19.4 1:15 2:00 -45
2020 Slider 77 81.4 23 6 8:45 9:15 -30
2021 Curveball 13 77.3 44 11.8 7:45 8:15 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 257 91.6 93 18.4 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Splitter 333 85.2 84 12.6 1:45 2:30 -45
2021 Sinker 170 91.7 92 19 1:15 2:00 -45
2021 Slider 257 82.2 18 5 9:00 9:15 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 564 2176 -13 -18 9 6 -16
2015 563 2047 -6 -2 9 5 5
2016 641 2408 2 -24 9 9 -5
2017 324 1260 2 -10 9 5 6
2018 130 499 1 -5 3 2 2
2019 108 418 -8 -3 2 1 -8
2020 126 481 1 -6 2 2 -1
2021 283 1064 7 5 5 4 21
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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 2089 47.4 66.3 84.9 29.3 62.8 41.8 60.6 46.5 21.2 6.9 71.8
2016 2476 50 71.3 79.3 32.5 57.4 42.9 68.6 51.8 26.8 7.8 70.2
2017 1264 46.3 70.7 82.5 30.7 58.2 42.5 64.9 49.3 25.2 7.4 80.6
2018 499 50.5 66.7 82.1 26.7 42.4 42.5 68.5 46.9 28.6 7.8 71.8
2019 418 45 68.6 82.2 33.9 53.8 44.7 68.5 49.5 28.5 4.5 63.2
2020 446 51.1 70.6 77 25.7 51.8 42.6 67.8 48.7 28.1 5.8 76.9
2021 1064 47.5 70.3 85.6 30.6 60.2 44.5 64.1 49.4 22.2 7 81.3
8256 48.3 69.4 82.1 30.5 58 42.8 65.3 49.2 24.9 7.1 73.9
48.5 66.7 82.1 28.3 58.6 42.6 60.6 46.9 24.5 7.2 75.9

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2015 49 53 29 14 71 19 26 62 40 50 71 37 49 26 31 12
2016 43 37 30 26 71 12 26 68 38 55 94 78 43 36 24 6
2017 21 52 15 5 46 31 4 8 43 45 44 55 21 34 41 3
2018 28 23 13
2019 16 18 3
2020 26 41 13 7 59 33 16 61 39 46 60 60 26 36 32 3
2021 4 7 4 4 10 17 22 46 39 2 40 19 4 24 35 3
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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 22.3 3 3.3 0 2 1 3 100
2020 22.8 8 8.2 0 1 9 2 25
2021 24.6 15 17.2 -2 4 10 10 66.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3
2020 8 8 10 9 11 7 8 10 8 9 7 8 4 8 8 11 6 9 8 9 5 7 7 9 8 10 9 8 10 6 10
2021 15 20 18 18 19 17 15 19 19 18 21 15 14 12 15 20 12 19 15 17 13 17 16 17 19 19 18 17 20 17 19
! 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 90.8 91.9 1.1 ↑ 91.6 -0.3 ↓ 91.2 -0.4 ↓ 90.4 -0.8 ↓ 92 1.6 ↑ 91.6 -0.4 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 84.3 84.9 0.6 ↑ 85.1 0.2 ↑ 85.1 0 84.3 -0.8 ↓ 85.4 1.1 ↑ 85.2 -0.2 ↓
Breaking Velocity 79.4 81.8 2.4 ↑ 82.1 0.3 ↑ 81.9 -0.2 ↓ 81.1 -0.8 ↓ 80.2 -0.9 ↓ 82 1.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.7 87.8 0.1 ↑ 89.2 1.4 ↑ 91.8 2.6 ↑ 89.2 -2.6 ↓ 87.7 -1.5 ↓ 89.1 1.4 ↑
Launch Angle 14.6 14.3 -0.3 ↓ 15.4 1.1 ↑ 11.8 -3.6 ↓ 12.9 1.1 ↑ 7.2 -5.7 ↓ 12.2 5 ↑
Barrel % 6 7 1 ↑ 9.4 2.4 ↑ 9.3 -0.1 ↓ 10.8 1.5 ↑ 10 -0.8 ↓ 9.9 -0.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.6 36.2 1.6 ↑ 33.9 -2.3 ↓ 48.8 14.9 ↑ 39.2 -9.6 ↓ 38.8 -0.4 ↓ 40.4 1.6 ↑
Sweet Spot % 33.8 35 1.2 ↑ 36.2 1.2 ↑ 33.7 -2.5 ↓ 27 -6.7 ↓ 35 8 ↑ 31.5 -3.5 ↓
xBA .234 .252 0.018 ↑ .242 -0.01 ↓ .277 0.035 ↑ .25 -0.027 ↓ .247 -0.003 ↓ .281 0.034 ↑
BA .259 .266 0.007 ↑ .251 -0.015 ↓ .244 -0.007 ↓ .163 -0.081 ↓ .21 0.047 ↑ .297 0.087 ↑
xwOBA .301 .311 0.01 ↑ .337 0.026 ↑ .351 0.014 ↑ .342 -0.009 ↓ .342 0 .374 0.032 ↑
wOBA .326 .31 -0.016 ↓ .336 0.026 ↑ .304 -0.032 ↓ .238 -0.066 ↓ .312 0.074 ↑ .381 0.069 ↑
xSLG .406 .425 0.019 ↑ .464 0.039 ↑ .47 0.006 ↑ .489 0.019 ↑ .491 0.002 ↑ .517 0.026 ↑
SLG .45 .418 -0.032 ↓ .464 0.046 ↑ .387 -0.077 ↓ .306 -0.081 ↓ .467 0.161 ↑ .537 0.07 ↑
K% 20.4 21.4 1 ↑ 21.2 -0.2 ↓ 25.4 4.2 ↑ 22.2 -3.2 ↓ 22.6 0.4 ↑ 14.1 -8.5 ↓
BB% 6.2 4.5 -1.7 ↓ 8.6 4.1 ↑ 7.7 -0.9 ↓ 8.3 0.6 ↑ 7.8 -0.5 ↓ 9.5 1.7 ↑
Swing % 46.5 51.8 5.3 ↑ 49.3 -2.5 ↓ 46.9 -2.4 ↓ 49.5 2.6 ↑ 48.7 -0.8 ↓ 49.4 0.7 ↑
Whiff% 21.2 26.8 5.6 ↑ 25.2 -1.6 ↓ 28.6 3.4 ↑ 28.5 -0.1 ↓ 28.1 -0.4 ↓ 22.2 -5.9 ↓
In Zone % 47.4 50 2.6 ↑ 46.3 -3.7 ↓ 50.5 4.2 ↑ 45 -5.5 ↓ 51.1 6.1 ↑ 47.5 -3.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 52.6 50 -2.6 ↓ 53.7 3.7 ↑ 49.5 -4.2 ↓ 55 5.5 ↑ 48.9 -6.1 ↓ 52.5 3.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 29.3 32.5 3.2 ↑ 30.7 -1.8 ↓ 26.7 -4 ↓ 33.9 7.2 ↑ 25.7 -8.2 ↓ 30.6 4.9 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 30.2 37.3 7.1 ↑ 31.7 -5.6 ↓ 32.3 0.6 ↑ 33.3 1 ↑ 35.7 2.4 ↑ 31 -4.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.6 68.6 8 ↑ 64.9 -3.7 ↓ 68.5 3.6 ↑ 68.5 0 67.8 -0.7 ↓ 64.1 -3.7 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 627 .310 285 25 8.8 342 112 32.7
2017 321 .340 178 2 1.1 143 24 16.8
2018 130 .304 70 0 0.0 60 4 6.7
2019 108 .238 65 5 7.7 43 25 58.1
2020 115 .312 47 9 19.1 68 41 60.3
2021 283 .381 144 21 14.6 139 93 66.9

Pitch Distribution

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