Matt Strahm
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 2" 190LBS | Age: 32
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 2.10 59 0 3 55.2 69 0.81
9 Seasons 32 35 3.50 322 35 9 448 502 1.12
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 59 6-2 2.10 55.2 69 0.81
9 Seasons 322 32-35 3.50 448 502 1.12
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		 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 32 869 128 9 7.0 4.2 89.4 113.2 21.4 37.5 .202 .337 .234 .258 .346 38.3 32.4 5.2 2.10 2.70
Player 7310 1186 94 7.9 5.1 88.3 115.8 17.1 35.4 .223 .389 .288 .293 .367 36.8 27.1 7.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
(54.8%) ,
Slider
(19.4%) ,
Sinker
(13.8%) ,
Cutter
(12.0%) ,


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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 29.7 36.7 24.2 9.4 37.5 35.9 26.6 3.9 21.9 36.7 21.1 9.4 7.0 4.2
Player 37.6 28.1 24.6 9.7 37.6 35.3 27.1 4.6 27.1 29.8 22.3 7.4 7.9 5.1
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! 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
2024 Sinker PHI L 117 93.5 20.8 -3.7 -15 17.3 1.7 11
2024 4-Seam Fastball PHI L 464 93.4 15.6 0.8 5 14.4 5.7 65
2024 Cutter PHI L 100 88.4 26.4 0.7 3 0.3 -1.7 -87
2024 Slider PHI L 159 81.5 39.6 -0.7 -2 12.6 4.4 54
2023 Sinker PHI L 256 93.2 20.9 -3.1 -13 17.7 2.3 15
2023 Cutter PHI L 138 87.6 26.8 1.6 6 1.9 -0.6 -23
2023 Slider PHI L 350 83.1 35.5 -3.2 -8 9.3 2.4 34
2023 Changeup PHI L 5 86.5 29.5 -2.6 -8 17.5 2.9 20
2023 4-Seam Fastball PHI L 617 93.4 15.4 0.7 4 13.6 5.4 66
2022 Curveball BOS L 129 82.7 40.7 -7.4 -15 6.2 -2.6 -29
2022 Sinker BOS L 105 94.0 19.7 -3.4 -15 17.6 2.0 13
2022 4-Seam Fastball BOS L 299 94.2 15.2 0.3 2 13.5 4.8 56
2022 Cutter BOS L 159 88.7 27.8 -1.7 -6 2.3 0.7 42
2022 Slider BOS L 2 83.0 37.4 -1.3 -3 4.0 -3.0 -43
2022 Changeup BOS L 70 88.2 27.8 -3.2 -10 18.4 3.6 24
2021 Sinker SD L 14 93.3 21.0 -2.1 -9 17.7 2.7 18
2021 4-Seam Fastball SD L 63 93.1 18.3 -2.0 -13 12.8 4.2 50
2021 Curveball SD L 18 83.0 39.1 -9.7 -20 4.0 -4.9 -55
2021 Cutter SD L 30 88.1 29.7 -2.0 -7 1.5 -0.5 -25
2021 Changeup SD L 11 86.4 31.2 -0.5 -1 14.1 -0.8 -5
2020 4-Seam Fastball SD L 94 93.0 19.6 -3.0 -18 14.6 5.7 63
2020 Sinker SD L 78 92.8 23.1 -0.7 -3 18.2 2.7 18
2020 Cutter SD L 35 86.4 28.3 0.5 2 1.7 0.1 5
2020 Curveball SD L 69 81.6 41.4 -7.1 -15 7.1 -2.3 -24
2020 Changeup SD L 32 85.8 33.3 0.9 3 18.0 3.6 25
2019 4-Seam Fastball SD L 639 91.3 20.3 -1.8 -9 13.9 5.2 60
2019 Sinker SD L 49 92.9 24.2 -0.2 -1 18.0 2.2 14
2019 Curveball SD L 314 80.2 44.6 -7.4 -14 7.6 -2.1 -21
2019 Cutter SD L 538 86.0 30.6 0.4 1 2.9 0.4 15
2019 Changeup SD L 249 84.3 35.5 1.1 3 17.7 2.7 18
2018 4-Seam Fastball SD L 579 93.4 17.8 -1.1 -6 13.1 4.5 52
2018 Changeup SD L 143 86.0 33.6 1.0 3 17.7 3.2 22
2018 Cutter SD L 153 87.1 33.4 -4.7 -16 6.0 3.9 183
2018 Curveball SD L 123 78.0 52.9 -3.7 -7 14.0 4.7 51
2017 Curveball KC L 52 78.0 53.4 -1.6 -3 18.0 9.2 104
2017 Cutter KC L 101 83.6 38.3 -5.4 -16 10.2 7.3 251
2017 4-Seam Fastball KC L 434 93.7 18.5 -2.7 -17 11.2 1.8 19
2017 Changeup KC L 59 84.9 32.1 0.2 1 12.3 -2.1 -15
2016 Cutter KC L 10 86.5 30.4 -0.4 -1 4.3 2.0 89
2016 Curveball KC L 48 77.1 57.3 0.3 1 15.3 4.9 47
2016 Changeup KC L 36 84.9 30.3 -2.8 -9 19.0 5.4 39
2016 4-Seam Fastball KC L 332 94.5 17.4 -0.9 -5 16.4 8.3 103
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 10 476 54.8 124 .172 .310 .220 25.7 37.9 21.9 .203 .373 .255 44.4
2024 Slider 0.1 0 169 19.4 33 .129 .290 .206 34.4 42.4 19.2 .127 .186 .167 11.8
2024 Sinker 1.3 2 120 13.8 32 .259 .296 .317 19.7 18.8 21.4 .262 .333 .327 42.9
2024 Cutter 1.8 2 104 12.0 22 .158 .263 .250 30.3 4.5 5.6 .245 .385 .326 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
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 4 299 39.1 63 .140 .281 .227 30.4 44.4 29.8 .134 .276 .223 31.0
2022 Cutter 0.6 1 159 20.8 35 .241 .310 .326 27.8 22.9 19.0 .202 .287 .278 36.4
2022 Curveball 1.3 2 129 16.9 42 .132 .316 .235 19.1 31.0 18.1 .180 .363 .275 40.0
2022 Sinker 0.6 1 105 13.7 30 .269 .308 .315 9.1 6.7 7.1 .234 .343 .310 29.2
2022 Changeup -5.2 -4 70 9.2 22 .550 .750 .580 17.1 4.5 5.3 .411 .599 .464 31.6
2022 Slider 1.6 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -3.2 -2 63 46.3 17 .500 .688 .516 21.1 17.6 12.5 .297 .431 .313 35.7
2021 Cutter -0.2 0 30 22.1 8 .250 .375 .269 15.4 12.5 14.3 .204 .226 .188 28.6
2021 Curveball 0.5 0 18 13.2 3 .333 .333 .300 18.2 0.0 0.0 .342 .400 .318 33.3
2021 Sinker 1.1 0 14 10.3 5 .400 .400 .360 20.0 0.0 0.0 .357 .430 .341 40.0
2021 Changeup -13.5 -1 11 8.1 2 1.000 1.500 1.075 28.6 0.0 0.0 .775 .885 .733 50.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 0 94 30.5 24 .286 .429 .358 15.0 12.5 12.5 .264 .491 .364 27.8
2020 Sinker 6.4 5 78 25.3 27 .074 .185 .107 27.9 29.6 34.8 .176 .316 .211 26.3
2020 Curveball 0.8 1 69 22.4 19 .222 .333 .263 25.6 10.5 8.7 .281 .482 .344 37.5
2020 Cutter -7.1 -2 35 11.4 8 .400 1.000 .625 7.7 12.5 6.3 .323 .673 .520 75.0
2020 Changeup 1.5 0 32 10.4 5 .000 .000 .280 27.3 20.0 12.5 .244 .302 .422 50.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -10 639 35.7 156 .296 .641 .414 20.7 21.2 20.8 .315 .714 .436 49.1
2019 Cutter -0.4 -2 538 30.1 149 .282 .430 .330 27.2 29.5 20.6 .260 .412 .302 36.7
2019 Curveball 3.7 12 314 17.6 83 .160 .259 .203 24.6 28.9 23.3 .197 .304 .224 36.8
2019 Changeup -0.3 -1 249 13.9 80 .315 .534 .396 18.2 15.0 21.8 .215 .385 .280 30.2
2019 Sinker -0.8 0 49 2.7 15 .200 .267 .263 20.0 33.3 17.2 .192 .256 .195 50.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 6 579 58.0 132 .202 .360 .301 25.8 31.8 22.1 .224 .423 .329 37.8
2018 Cutter 0.1 0 153 15.3 39 .114 .114 .187 55.9 41.0 22.2 .134 .211 .206 10.5
2018 Changeup 4.2 6 143 14.3 47 .156 .244 .195 20.0 19.1 18.4 .219 .393 .281 30.6
2018 Curveball -0.4 0 123 12.3 26 .200 .440 .317 9.5 7.7 9.1 .183 .323 .231 17.4
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -1 434 67.1 90 .191 .382 .350 28.4 26.7 19.4 .176 .363 .336 37.8
2017 Cutter -1.0 -1 101 15.6 29 .296 .444 .347 22.0 31.0 23.1 .252 .354 .288 16.7
2017 Changeup -3.1 -2 59 9.1 18 .294 .588 .371 12.1 0.0 0.0 .259 .484 .313 38.9
2017 Curveball -0.8 0 52 8.0 15 .267 .333 .263 26.9 26.7 20.0 .204 .241 .188 18.2
! 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
2024 Cutter 100 88.4 42 7.7 11:30 12:15 -45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 454 93.4 98 21.5 10:30 10:30 0
2024 Sinker 113 93.5 98 20.4 10:30 10:00 30
2024 Slider 156 81.5 35 13.4 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
2022 Changeup 68 88.1 97 20.3 10:00 9:30 30
2022 Curveball 127 82.7 39 7.2 3:15 3:30 -15
2022 Cutter 155 88.7 38 6.8 12:00 12:45 -45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 287 94.2 97 20.7 10:30 10:30 0
2022 Sinker 99 94.0 98 21.2 10:30 10:00 30
2021 Changeup 11 86.4 95 15.3 10:00 9:30 30
2021 Curveball 18 83.0 35 4.5 3:00 3:30 -30
2021 Cutter 30 88.1 36 4.8 11:45 12:30 -45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 63 93.1 97 18.3 10:15 10:30 -15
2021 Sinker 14 93.3 99 20.9 10:15 10:00 15
2020 Changeup 28 85.8 94 18.9 10:00 9:15 45
2020 Curveball 47 81.4 38 8.7 3:00 3:30 -30
2020 Cutter 31 86.6 33 8.0 12:15 12:30 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 74 93.0 97 19.0 10:15 10:15 0
2020 Sinker 59 93.0 97 20.7 10:15 9:45 30
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Swing/Take

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 211 869 4 15 -3 -3 13
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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 23.1 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 20.3 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 869 55.8 69.9 78.2 32.8 58.7 45.9 64.6 53.5 26.7 8.1 80.0
Player 7,310 55.0 66.9 78.9 27.8 58.4 44.1 64.0 49.3 25.7 8.5 78.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.9 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 70 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 96 91 86 74 96 83 64 34 54 95 90 60 88 39 94 27
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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 6.0 0 3 5 2 33.3
2018 23.7 6 8.1 -2 3 4 5 83.3
2019 23.3 22 23.6 -2 9 12 14 63.6
2020 23.1 3 2.9 0 2 3 0 0.0
2022 24.4 5 5.9 -1 2 5 1 20.0
2023 24.4 11 9.7 1 2 7 5 45.5
2024 25.3 4 3.6 0 2 3 1 25.0
Player 23.6 57 60.1 -3 25 39 28 49.1
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 6 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 9 7 8 8 7 8 9 7 7 7 8 11 6 7 9 8 7 8 9 9 9 9 10 7 7 8 9 11 8 5
2019 22 27 20 24 25 22 26 24 18 20 21 24 28 24 22 23 22 21 24 25 26 24 29 28 23 24 18 25 28 23 21
2020 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 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 8 9 7 12 10 11 10 10 8 10 11 10 10 11 9 11 9 9 11 10 10 13 9 7 8 10 11 10 10 8
2024 4 3 2 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 5 4 3 5 4 5 3 3 3 4 5 4 4
Player 57 61 51 55 65 60 66 61 52 50 55 66 67 57 60 60 56 55 63 65 63 64 74 68 50 55 55 68 71 61 50
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

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