Matt Strahm
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 2" 190LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 21, #643, Kansas City Royals | Neosho CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 4 4 3.83 50 0 4 44.2 52 1.23
2023 9 5 3.29 56 10 2 87.2 108 1.02
2024 6 2 1.87 66 0 3 62.2 79 0.75
9 Seasons 32 35 3.44 329 35 9 455 512 1.11
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 50 4-4 3.83 44.2 52 1.23
2023 56 9-5 3.29 87.2 108 1.02
2024 66 6-2 1.87 62.2 79 0.75
9 Seasons 329 32-35 3.44 455 512 1.11
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2016 24 433 46 1 2.2 1.1 85.8 109.3 10.8 37.0 .184 .258 .227 .253 .314 32.6 34.1 12.5 1.23 2.65
2017 25 647 92 6 6.5 3.9 86.4 112.5 15.7 30.4 .207 .363 .338 .309 .337 31.5 24.0 14.3 5.45 4.09
2018 26 998 152 14 9.2 5.7 86.4 108.2 17.0 34.2 .204 .371 .250 .286 .354 29.6 28.2 8.6 2.05 3.42
2019 27 1789 340 33 9.7 6.8 89.0 112.6 15.9 35.6 .256 .478 .326 .324 .411 40.0 24.2 4.5 4.71 4.66
2020 28 308 59 3 5.1 3.6 86.3 115.8 13.8 33.9 .239 .430 .275 .330 .355 33.9 18.1 4.8 2.61 4.67
2021 29 136 31 1 3.2 2.8 87.5 108.7 8.9 41.9 .316 .407 .441 .313 .355 35.5 11.1 2.8 8.10 4.15
2022 30 764 119 9 7.6 4.7 87.5 110.0 18.3 37.0 .204 .346 .296 .285 .337 33.6 26.9 8.8 3.83 3.34
2023 31 1366 219 18 8.2 5.1 90.2 112.8 19.8 35.2 .212 .360 .274 .276 .366 42.0 30.8 6.0 3.29 3.16
2024 32 981 141 10 7.1 4.2 89.2 113.2 21.6 36.2 .188 .309 .221 .243 .327 37.6 33.3 4.6 1.87 2.43
Player 7422 1199 95 7.9 5.1 88.3 115.8 17.2 35.3 .221 .385 .286 .291 .365 36.8 27.3 6.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Strahm relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(54.1%) ,
Slider
(19.5%) ,
Sinker
(14.6%) ,
Cutter
(11.8%) ,


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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 50.0 15.2 26.1 8.7 30.4 34.8 34.8 10.9 34.8 19.6 26.1 4.3 2.2 1.1
2017 42.4 29.3 19.6 8.7 34.8 34.8 30.4 9.8 28.3 26.1 21.7 7.6 6.5 3.9
2018 36.8 25.0 25.7 12.5 31.6 37.5 30.9 2.6 29.6 34.2 19.1 3.9 9.2 5.7
2019 37.6 28.2 25.3 8.8 40.3 33.8 25.9 2.4 27.1 27.4 25.0 6.8 9.7 6.8
2020 44.1 25.4 22.0 8.5 40.7 30.5 28.8 3.4 42.4 20.3 18.6 10.2 5.1 3.6
2021 51.6 16.1 32.3 0.0 41.9 32.3 25.8 9.7 38.7 19.4 22.6 6.5 3.2 2.8
2022 38.7 27.7 21.8 11.8 34.5 39.5 26.1 5.0 26.9 32.8 21.0 6.7 7.6 4.7
2023 33.8 29.7 26.0 10.5 40.6 35.6 23.7 5.9 20.5 32.9 22.4 10.0 8.2 5.1
2024 31.9 34.8 22.7 10.6 41.8 33.3 24.8 3.5 23.4 36.9 20.6 8.5 7.1 4.2
Player 37.8 27.9 24.4 9.8 38.1 35.0 26.9 4.6 27.2 29.9 22.3 7.3 7.9 5.1
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 4-Seam Fastball PHI L 519 93.4 15.5 0.9 14.5ARM 5.7 16.1 0.5 14.5ARM 6.3
2024 Cutter PHI L 112 88.5 26.3 0.8 0.0GLV -1.9 8.5 1.1 0.0GLV -2.1
2024 Slider PHI L 181 81.6 39.4 -0.9 12.2GLV 4.3 1.9 -0.3 12.2GLV 7.1
2024 Sinker PHI L 140 93.4 20.7 -3.9 17.4ARM 1.9 10.8 -2.7 17.4ARM 2.2
2023 Slider PHI L 350 83.1 35.5 -3.2 9.3GLV 2.4 4.1 -2.3 9.3GLV 4.1
2023 4-Seam Fastball PHI L 617 93.4 15.4 0.7 13.6ARM 5.4 16.1 0.8 13.6ARM 5.7
2023 Sinker PHI L 256 93.2 20.9 -3.1 17.7ARM 2.3 10.7 -2.4 17.7ARM 2.7
2023 Cutter PHI L 138 87.6 26.8 1.6 1.9GLV -0.6 8.7 1.8 1.9GLV 0.1
2023 Changeup PHI L 5 86.5 29.5 -2.6 17.5ARM 2.9 7.2 -0.9 17.5ARM 3.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 2.4 13 531 54.1 134 .159 .286 .203 26.8 40.3 22.8 .180 .328 .229 44.0
2024 Slider 0.4 1 191 19.5 37 .114 .257 .184 32.4 40.5 18.5 .131 .188 .168 15.0
2024 Sinker 2.1 3 143 14.6 38 .242 .273 .291 19.2 21.1 23.5 .242 .308 .302 40.0
2024 Cutter 1.7 2 116 11.8 26 .182 .273 .273 28.2 3.8 5.3 .246 .406 .341 33.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 8 617 45.2 153 .186 .371 .270 31.1 39.2 28.0 .182 .345 .264 44.4
2023 Slider 3.1 11 350 25.6 97 .133 .256 .168 34.3 35.1 26.6 .153 .267 .186 32.8
2023 Sinker 0.4 1 256 18.7 66 .344 .459 .367 15.6 16.7 20.4 .324 .428 .350 39.2
2023 Cutter -1.1 -2 138 10.1 33 .296 .556 .421 25.0 9.1 12.0 .306 .561 .426 58.3
2023 Changeup 3.1 0 5 0.4 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .345 .899 .511 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Cutter 112 88.5 43 7.8 11:30 12:00 -30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 506 93.4 98 21.6 10:30 10:30 0
2024 Sinker 136 93.4 98 20.6 10:30 10:00 30
2024 Slider 178 81.6 34 13.1 3:45 3:00 45
2023 Cutter 138 87.6 41 8.6 11:45 12:30 -45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 609 93.4 97 21.0 10:30 10:30 0
2023 Sinker 250 93.2 98 20.9 10:30 10:00 30
2023 Slider 342 83.2 31 10.7 3:15 2:30 45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 87 429 5 9 -3 -2 9
2017 152 646 0 7 -7 -3 -4
2018 244 998 12 8 -5 -3 12
2019 483 1,789 11 2 -9 -5 -1
2020 98 370 1 3 -2 -3 0
2021 35 136 -1 -1 -1 0 -3
2022 192 764 3 10 -7 -2 4
2023 371 1,459 15 19 -8 -5 22
2024 245 1,026 6 17 -4 -3 17
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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 433 46.2 65.5 71.8 24.9 55.2 40.9 53.4 43.6 31.7 8.5 67.6
2017 647 55.4 63.4 77.5 20.1 60.3 41.6 59.9 44.0 25.3 8.5 80.0
2018 998 54.5 66.5 79.0 26.2 48.7 45.2 66.5 48.2 27.7 7.2 81.9
2019 1,789 56.3 67.4 81.0 29.3 62.4 42.8 67.6 50.8 23.3 9.2 80.6
2020 308 53.2 66.5 82.6 25.7 62.2 41.9 62.7 47.4 21.9 8.8 88.9
2021 136 57.4 74.4 81.0 36.2 66.7 43.4 62.9 58.1 21.5 11.8 81.3
2022 764 56.4 64.3 79.4 26.1 66.7 44.9 62.0 47.6 23.4 8.0 78.7
2023 1,366 55.2 67.6 77.8 29.2 54.2 45.9 62.7 50.4 28.0 8.9 71.9
2024 981 55.5 70.0 77.7 32.0 60.0 46.3 62.3 53.1 26.7 8.1 79.7
Player 7,422 55.0 67.0 78.9 27.8 58.6 44.1 63.7 49.3 25.8 8.5 78.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 75 79 39
2017 62 77 92 35
2018 74 85 59 31 80 56 8 90 90 82 43 68 28 58 88 87 27
2019 37 35 14 9 64 16 10 40 20 59 96 32 53 24 64 58 26
2020 36 50 37 29 45 74 75 85 67 17 92 17 29 42 66 52 21
2021 42 64 39
2022 54 66 76 48
2023 89 85 77 64 98 49 43 18 27 92 83 64 54 40 89 36
2024 99 96 93 81 99 83 63 39 60 96 95 59 85 38 93 29
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 -- 0 0.3 0 2 0 0 --
2017 21.4 6 5.9 0 3 5 2 33.3
2018 23.7 6 7.0 -1 4 4 4 66.7
2019 23.3 22 23.4 -1 9 12 14 63.6
2020 23.1 3 2.0 1 3 2 0 0.0
2022 24.4 5 5.9 -1 2 5 1 20.0
2023 24.4 11 9.5 2 1 8 4 36.4
2024 24.5 5 3.6 1 4 3 1 20.0
Player 23.6 58 57.7 0 28 39 26 44.8
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2017 6 7 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 3 5 8 3 5 7 6 3 6 7 7 5 7 7 7 3 5 6 9 7 7 5
2018 6 8 6 7 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 10 5 6 8 7 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 6 6 7 8 10 7 4
2019 22 27 20 24 25 22 25 24 18 20 21 24 28 24 22 23 21 21 24 25 26 22 29 27 23 24 18 25 28 23 20
2020 3 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2022 5 3 5 4 6 7 7 6 4 6 5 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 6 4 6 7 7 6 6 5
2023 11 7 9 7 11 10 11 9 10 8 10 11 10 10 11 9 11 9 9 11 10 10 13 9 6 7 10 10 10 10 8
2024 5 2 2 2 4 4 5 3 3 2 5 5 3 3 4 3 3 2 5 6 3 6 4 5 2 2 3 4 4 5 4
Player 58 57 48 52 61 58 64 57 49 47 54 65 64 55 58 58 53 52 61 65 61 62 73 66 46 52 53 65 68 60 48
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.2 91.8 -2.4 ↓ 92.1 0.3 ↑ 89.1 -3.0 ↓ 91.8 2.7 ↑ 91.7 -0.1 ↓ 92.6 0.9 ↑ 92.6 0.0 92.7 0.1 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 84.9 84.9 0.0 86.0 1.1 ↑ 84.3 -1.7 ↓ 85.8 1.5 ↑ 86.4 0.6 ↑ 88.2 1.8 ↑ 86.5 -1.7 ↓ 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 77.1 78.0 0.9 ↑ 78.0 0.0 80.2 2.2 ↑ 81.6 1.4 ↑ 83.0 1.4 ↑ 82.7 -0.3 ↓ 83.1 0.4 ↑ 81.5 -1.6 ↓
Exit Velocity 85.8 86.4 0.6 ↑ 86.4 0.0 89.0 2.6 ↑ 86.3 -2.7 ↓ 87.5 1.2 ↑ 87.5 0.0 90.2 2.7 ↑ 89.2 -1.0 ↓
Launch Angle 10.8 15.7 4.9 ↑ 17.0 1.3 ↑ 15.9 -1.1 ↓ 13.8 -2.1 ↓ 8.9 -4.9 ↓ 18.3 9.4 ↑ 19.8 1.5 ↑ 21.6 1.8 ↑
Barrel % 2.2 6.5 4.3 ↑ 9.2 2.7 ↑ 9.7 0.5 ↑ 5.1 -4.6 ↓ 3.2 -1.9 ↓ 7.6 4.4 ↑ 8.2 0.6 ↑ 7.1 -1.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 32.6 31.5 -1.1 ↓ 29.6 -1.9 ↓ 40.0 10.4 ↑ 33.9 -6.1 ↓ 35.5 1.6 ↑ 33.6 -1.9 ↓ 42.0 8.4 ↑ 37.6 -4.4 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.0 30.4 -6.6 ↓ 34.2 3.8 ↑ 35.6 1.4 ↑ 33.9 -1.7 ↓ 41.9 8.0 ↑ 37.0 -4.9 ↓ 35.2 -1.8 ↓ 36.2 1.0 ↑
xBA .184 .207 0.023 ↑ .204 -0.003 ↓ .256 0.052 ↑ .239 -0.017 ↓ .316 0.077 ↑ .204 -0.112 ↓ .212 0.008 ↑ .188 -0.024 ↓
BA .173 .236 0.063 ↑ .178 -0.058 ↓ .267 0.089 ↑ .189 -0.078 ↓ .441 0.252 ↑ .224 -0.217 ↓ .212 -0.012 ↓ .166 -0.046 ↓
xwOBA .253 .309 0.056 ↑ .286 -0.023 ↓ .324 0.038 ↑ .330 0.006 ↑ .313 -0.017 ↓ .285 -0.028 ↓ .276 -0.009 ↓ .243 -0.033 ↓
wOBA .227 .338 0.111 ↑ .250 -0.088 ↓ .326 0.076 ↑ .275 -0.051 ↓ .441 0.166 ↑ .296 -0.145 ↓ .274 -0.022 ↓ .221 -0.053 ↓
xSLG .258 .363 0.105 ↑ .371 0.008 ↑ .478 0.107 ↑ .430 -0.048 ↓ .407 -0.023 ↓ .346 -0.061 ↓ .360 0.014 ↑ .309 -0.051 ↓
SLG .200 .417 0.217 ↑ .306 -0.111 ↓ .477 0.171 ↑ .338 -0.139 ↓ .588 0.250 ↑ .353 -0.235 ↓ .375 0.022 ↑ .276 -0.099 ↓
K% 34.1 24.0 -10.1 ↓ 28.2 4.2 ↑ 24.2 -4.0 ↓ 18.1 -6.1 ↓ 11.1 -7.0 ↓ 26.9 15.8 ↑ 30.8 3.9 ↑ 33.3 2.5 ↑
BB% 12.5 14.3 1.8 ↑ 8.6 -5.7 ↓ 4.5 -4.1 ↓ 4.8 0.3 ↑ 2.8 -2.0 ↓ 8.8 6.0 ↑ 6.0 -2.8 ↓ 4.6 -1.4 ↓
Swing % 43.6 44.0 0.4 ↑ 48.2 4.2 ↑ 50.8 2.6 ↑ 47.4 -3.4 ↓ 58.1 10.7 ↑ 47.6 -10.5 ↓ 50.4 2.8 ↑ 53.1 2.7 ↑
Whiff% 31.7 25.3 -6.4 ↓ 27.7 2.4 ↑ 23.3 -4.4 ↓ 21.9 -1.4 ↓ 21.5 -0.4 ↓ 23.4 1.9 ↑ 28.0 4.6 ↑ 26.7 -1.3 ↓
In Zone % 46.2 55.4 9.2 ↑ 54.5 -0.9 ↓ 56.3 1.8 ↑ 53.2 -3.1 ↓ 57.4 4.2 ↑ 56.4 -1.0 ↓ 55.2 -1.2 ↓ 55.5 0.3 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.8 44.6 -9.2 ↓ 45.5 0.9 ↑ 43.7 -1.8 ↓ 46.8 3.1 ↑ 42.6 -4.2 ↓ 43.6 1.0 ↑ 44.8 1.2 ↑ 44.5 -0.3 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 24.9 20.1 -4.8 ↓ 26.2 6.1 ↑ 29.3 3.1 ↑ 25.7 -3.6 ↓ 36.2 10.5 ↑ 26.1 -10.1 ↓ 29.2 3.1 ↑ 32.0 2.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 27.3 26.3 -1.0 ↓ 24.9 -1.4 ↓ 33.7 8.8 ↑ 34.9 1.2 ↑ 37.1 2.2 ↑ 30.2 -6.9 ↓ 34.2 4.0 ↑ 31.8 -2.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 53.4 59.9 6.5 ↑ 66.5 6.6 ↑ 67.6 1.1 ↑ 62.7 -4.9 ↓ 62.9 0.2 ↑ 62.0 -0.9 ↓ 62.7 0.7 ↑ 62.3 -0.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 87 .227 61 0 0.0 26 1 3.8
2017 Shifts 152 .338 113 1 0.9 39 4 10.3
2018 Shifts 244 .250 168 0 0.0 76 11 14.5
2019 Shifts 483 .326 348 27 7.8 135 31 23.0
2020 Shifts 83 .275 38 1 2.6 45 17 37.8
2021 Shifts 35 .441 19 2 10.5 16 6 37.5
2022 Shifts 189 .297 134 4 3.0 55 35 63.6
2023 Shades 351 .274 253 42 16.6 98 15 15.3
2024 Shades 230 .220 153 8 5.2 77 4 5.2
! 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 98 18.0 11.2% 2.0% 110 22.2 3.6% 11.8%
2017 156 16.8 25.0% 1.3% 155 21.0 1.9% 7.7%
2018 300 19.5 8.0% 0.7% 166 24.6 0.0% 13.3%
2019 502 20.0 0.0% 3.0% 276 24.9 0.0% 15.2%
2020 81 19.2 3.7% 2.5% 55 22.8 0.0% 7.3%
2021 33 20.1 6.1% 3.0% 19 23.6 0.0% 10.5%
2022 183 20.6 0.5% 3.3% 157 23.6 0.0% 6.4%
2023 343 16.9 11.1% 0.3% 234 20.1 0.0% 3.4%
2024 244 17.6 0.0% 1.2% 149 20.2 0.0% 0.7%

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Pitch Distribution

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