Matthew Boyd
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 223LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 6, #175, Toronto Blue Jays | Oregon State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 2 0 1.35 10 0 0 13.1 13 0.98
2023 5 5 5.45 15 15 0 71 73 1.32
2024 2 2 2.72 8 8 0 39.2 46 1.13
10 Seasons 46 69 4.85 182 168 0 908.1 891 1.31
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 10 2-0 1.35 13.1 13 0.98
2023 15 5-5 5.45 71 73 1.32
2024 8 2-2 2.72 39.2 46 1.13
10 Seasons 182 46-69 4.85 908.1 891 1.31
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
2015 24 1003 188 18 9.6 7.1 89.5 109.5 21.9 32.4 .259 .514 .412 .362 .409 37.2 17.1 7.9 7.54 5.66
2016 25 1683 297 22 7.4 5.3 87.8 114.4 18.2 32.7 .241 .415 .328 .311 .354 32.7 19.9 7.0 4.53 4.08
2017 26 2356 439 26 5.9 4.3 86.6 115.5 15.7 34.4 .262 .445 .350 .333 .374 30.3 18.2 8.8 5.27 4.83
2018 27 2860 488 30 6.1 4.2 87.4 113.6 22.3 34.4 .209 .370 .305 .287 .329 32.3 22.4 7.2 4.39 3.45
2019 28 3118 491 44 9.0 5.6 89.3 114.9 19.3 33.0 .224 .412 .320 .297 .397 35.3 30.2 6.3 4.57 3.86
2020 29 1086 184 20 10.9 7.4 87.4 110.8 15.4 37.0 .258 .479 .378 .349 .410 37.0 22.1 8.1 6.71 5.30
2021 30 1273 240 19 7.9 5.6 87.8 112.9 17.1 28.7 .244 .409 .311 .314 .354 36.3 19.9 6.8 3.89 4.18
2022 31 192 31 1 3.2 1.9 82.3 107.8 15.8 32.3 .188 .269 .175 .257 .281 19.4 24.5 15.1 1.35 2.70
2023 32 1178 203 17 8.4 5.6 89.3 108.8 17.6 32.5 .244 .419 .322 .317 .381 36.0 24.1 8.3 5.45 4.24
2024 33 669 105 7 6.7 4.2 87.6 111.2 20.2 36.2 .216 .328 .279 .274 .334 38.1 27.7 7.8 2.72 3.10
Player 15418 2666 204 7.7 5.2 87.9 115.5 18.7 33.4 .236 .416 .328 .312 .369 33.9 22.9 7.5
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

Boyd relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(38.3%) ,
Changeup
(26.2%) ,
Slider
(17.3%) ,
Sinker
(10.2%) ,
Curveball
(8.1%) ,


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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 33.5 32.4 20.7 13.3 43.1 39.9 17.0 2.1 24.5 36.2 19.7 6.4 9.6 7.1
2016 39.1 27.6 20.5 12.8 38.7 36.7 23.9 3.7 27.9 32.0 22.2 5.4 7.4 5.3
2017 39.6 21.4 27.3 11.6 40.8 34.9 24.1 5.5 25.5 28.9 25.3 6.4 5.9 4.3
2018 30.5 32.2 24.0 13.3 40.2 34.0 23.4 2.9 22.7 39.1 19.7 8.6 6.1 4.2
2019 36.0 27.3 24.6 12.0 40.5 34.2 25.3 2.9 25.1 32.8 24.2 4.5 9.0 5.6
2020 38.0 28.3 26.1 7.6 40.2 36.4 23.4 3.8 30.4 29.3 20.7 4.9 10.9 7.4
2021 39.6 29.2 21.3 10.0 32.9 35.8 31.3 5.4 26.7 31.3 22.1 6.3 7.9 5.6
2022 45.2 25.8 19.4 9.7 25.8 51.6 22.6 16.1 29.0 32.3 19.4 0.0 3.2 1.9
2023 38.9 31.0 22.2 7.9 39.9 39.4 20.7 4.4 27.1 28.6 24.6 6.9 8.4 5.6
2024 33.3 29.5 26.7 10.5 31.4 43.8 24.8 1.9 24.8 33.3 25.7 7.6 6.7 4.2
Player 36.5 28.2 23.9 11.5 39.2 36.2 24.0 3.9 25.7 32.8 22.6 6.2 7.7 5.2
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


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 CLE L 256 92.0 18.5 -1.7 11.4ARM 3.5 13.9 -1.7 11.4ARM 3.2
2024 Sinker CLE L 68 91.8 24.0 -1.0 16.2ARM 0.9 8.5 -0.4 16.2ARM 1.0
2024 Slider CLE L 116 79.5 46.3 2.4 6.9GLV -2.6 -3.2 4.7 6.9GLV 1.8
2024 Curveball CLE L 54 74.1 58.5 -2.8 13.5GLV 2.2 -8.6 0.6 13.5GLV 6.1
2024 Changeup CLE L 175 80.9 36.2 0.2 14.8ARM 1.8 5.7 0.2 14.8ARM 0.7
2023 Sinker DET L 79 90.8 25.9 -0.1 16.6ARM 1.3 7.4 0.9 16.6ARM 1.5
2023 Changeup DET L 220 80.2 37.6 0.3 13.8ARM -0.4 5.0 1.3 13.8ARM -0.2
2023 Curveball DET L 87 73.8 60.6 -0.6 17.2GLV 3.9 -9.8 1.4 17.2GLV 9.5
2023 Slider DET L 334 79.6 44.7 1.7 5.0GLV -4.3 -1.7 3.5 5.0GLV -0.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball DET L 458 91.4 17.8 -0.6 11.0ARM 3.3 14.9 -0.4 11.0ARM 3.1
! 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 1.1 3 256 38.3 48 .150 .250 .245 24.6 31.3 22.4 .192 .281 .271 46.2
2024 Changeup 0.0 0 175 26.2 48 .261 .370 .310 35.2 20.8 21.7 .250 .340 .274 30.6
2024 Slider 2.0 2 116 17.3 30 .148 .222 .213 44.9 46.7 25.5 .124 .146 .175 23.1
2024 Sinker -1.6 -1 68 10.2 27 .320 .640 .426 7.1 3.7 4.0 .336 .663 .443 54.2
2024 Curveball 0.5 0 54 8.1 13 .167 .250 .288 47.4 46.2 42.9 .130 .155 .168 16.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -3 458 38.9 126 .281 .509 .370 29.8 23.0 22.7 .263 .482 .350 42.4
2023 Slider -0.6 -2 334 28.4 80 .203 .338 .289 30.5 31.3 19.1 .192 .325 .254 30.6
2023 Changeup -0.8 -2 220 18.7 53 .245 .367 .331 38.9 20.8 18.3 .233 .351 .284 26.3
2023 Curveball -5.7 -5 87 7.4 10 .400 1.000 .580 18.2 10.0 12.5 .483 1.084 .654 55.6
2023 Sinker 1.0 1 79 6.7 34 .207 .207 .262 22.7 20.6 30.4 .237 .301 .300 31.8
! 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 Changeup 173 80.9 83 16.3 10:15 9:30 45
2024 Curveball 54 74.1 78 18.2 4:15 4:15 0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 256 92.0 90 17.7 10:30 10:30 0
2024 Sinker 68 91.8 88 18.5 10:30 9:45 45
2024 Slider 116 79.5 53 9.0 3:45 4:15 -30
2023 Changeup 216 80.2 81 15.4 10:15 9:30 45
2023 Curveball 87 73.8 88 22.2 4:15 4:15 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 457 91.4 84 18.3 10:30 10:45 -15
2023 Sinker 79 90.8 81 18.5 10:30 9:45 45
2023 Slider 333 79.6 41 6.7 3:30 4:00 -30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 252 1,003 -6 -7 -5 -3 -21
2016 412 1,683 6 4 -6 -5 -1
2017 597 2,339 0 7 -9 -9 -11
2018 707 2,855 6 25 -18 -14 -2
2019 782 3,101 -5 19 -14 -5 -4
2020 271 1,086 -8 9 -7 -7 -13
2021 337 1,273 3 18 -9 -6 5
2022 53 200 1 5 -1 -1 5
2023 303 1,178 -10 11 -8 -4 -11
2024 213 849 4 9 -4 -2 7
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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 1,003 51.8 63.1 82.3 25.5 68.3 42.0 59.1 45.0 20.6 8.4 66.7
2016 1,683 51.5 68.6 82.7 31.2 71.4 43.3 62.9 50.4 20.4 8.9 72.0
2017 2,356 50.8 68.9 81.6 27.8 64.1 46.2 59.5 48.6 22.6 7.6 79.8
2018 2,860 49.7 67.6 82.4 25.7 58.1 42.7 58.5 46.5 23.6 7.4 72.6
2019 3,118 50.0 68.9 77.3 30.8 49.1 42.8 64.5 49.8 31.1 7.5 73.5
2020 1,086 45.5 70.0 82.4 30.6 51.9 42.3 59.4 48.5 28.1 6.5 66.2
2021 1,273 51.8 69.1 81.4 31.3 66.7 44.0 71.8 50.9 22.7 6.8 71.3
2022 192 42.7 65.9 79.6 32.7 55.6 43.8 68.0 46.9 30.0 7.8 46.7
2023 1,178 47.9 68.8 77.8 32.1 51.3 47.4 64.4 49.7 30.8 6.0 80.3
2024 669 48.4 70.4 78.9 28.7 49.5 45.9 64.5 48.9 29.7 5.7 81.6
Player 15,418 49.8 68.3 80.6 29.2 58.3 43.8 62.4 48.7 25.6 7.4 73.3
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
2015 3 28 1 1 30 38 1 13 14 27 42 31 11 34 89 33 64
2016 50 60 41 29 68 32 19 69 66 41 64 26 76 32 83 21 67
2017 28 30 27 28 33 21 50 65 72 24 41 37 55 35 61 17 48
2018 72 82 61 38 82 18 56 75 73 51 67 41 24 16 65 24 37
2019 68 73 51 30 84 4 16 31 61 86 76 83 69 31 78 16 64
2020 21 31 16 15 36 1 12 65 51 42 57 60 75 25 60 46 32
2021 47 42 44 44 55 45 48 72 67 24 72 22 81 24 73 62 45
2022 21 95 34
2023 46 49 36 33 57 52 39 41 71 54 50 82 83 13 96 63 50
2024 19 73 25 37
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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 22.3 17 17.6 -1 5 7 12 70.6
2017 23.0 18 18.3 0 10 10 11 61.1
2018 23.1 27 26.5 1 14 21 11 40.7
2019 22.9 39 39.2 0 8 20 25 64.1
2020 24.6 15 14.4 1 2 9 7 46.7
2021 22.0 9 8.6 0 3 8 3 33.3
2022 -- 0 0.6 -1 1 1 0 --
2023 23.2 11 11.3 0 1 11 4 36.4
2024 23.3 4 2.4 2 2 4 0 0.0
Player 23.0 140 138.8 1 46 91 73 52.1
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 17 19 17 18 18 16 19 18 16 15 17 20 16 16 17 18 13 16 19 19 17 18 20 20 19 17 19 21 19 17 15
2017 18 15 21 19 20 17 22 17 15 14 18 23 18 17 18 20 16 15 20 19 19 17 24 20 16 15 16 26 20 18 13
2018 27 34 23 24 28 26 32 25 27 17 26 36 25 22 26 29 23 23 26 33 26 28 35 29 22 18 27 28 27 28 22
2019 39 45 34 37 43 42 43 38 39 30 41 44 41 36 41 37 37 34 35 42 37 41 46 42 37 35 39 45 43 39 32
2020 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 13 13 11 10 15 13 14 16 15 14 14 15 16 16 15 17 14 12 11 15 15 16 16 13
2021 9 9 6 10 9 8 11 9 7 6 7 10 7 7 11 11 8 10 8 8 8 7 11 10 10 7 11 10 7 6 9
2022 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
2023 11 8 12 8 12 10 13 9 10 8 11 9 12 12 13 11 13 10 12 14 12 12 14 15 9 8 12 13 14 12 10
2024 4 1 1 3 2 2 3 1 1 2 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 4 5 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 2 3
Player 140 146 130 135 150 138 160 130 128 104 133 160 136 126 144 145 126 124 138 156 140 140 171 153 127 113 143 162 150 139 117
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.7 91.8 0.1 92.0 0.2 90.4 -1.6 92.0 1.6 91.7 -0.3 91.9 0.2 92.0 0.1 91.3 -0.7 92.0 0.7
Offspeed Velocity 79.2 79.8 0.6 80.9 1.1 78.6 -2.3 79.1 0.5 79.1 0.0 79.9 0.8 80.6 0.7 80.2 -0.4 80.9 0.7
Breaking Velocity 77.5 79.4 1.9 79.1 -0.3 78.1 -1.0 78.9 0.8 78.0 -0.9 78.6 0.6 80.3 1.7 78.4 -1.9 77.8 -0.6
Exit Velocity 89.5 87.8 -1.7 86.6 -1.2 87.4 0.8 89.3 1.9 87.4 -1.9 87.8 0.4 82.3 -5.5 89.3 7.0 87.6 -1.7
Launch Angle 21.9 18.2 -3.7 15.7 -2.5 22.3 6.6 19.3 -3.0 15.4 -3.9 17.1 1.7 15.8 -1.3 17.6 1.8 20.2 2.6
Barrel % 9.6 7.4 -2.2 5.9 -1.5 6.1 0.2 9.0 2.9 10.9 1.9 7.9 -3.0 3.2 -4.7 8.4 5.2 6.7 -1.7
Hard Hit % 37.2 32.7 -4.5 30.3 -2.4 32.3 2.0 35.3 3.0 37.0 1.7 36.3 -0.7 19.4 -16.9 36.0 16.6 38.1 2.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.4 32.7 0.3 34.4 1.7 34.4 0.0 33.0 -1.4 37.0 4.0 28.7 -8.3 32.3 3.6 32.5 0.2 36.2 3.7
xBA .259 .241 -0.018 .262 0.021 .209 -0.053 .224 0.015 .258 0.034 .244 -0.014 .188 -0.056 .244 0.056 .216 -0.028
BA .313 .258 -0.055 .291 0.033 .228 -0.063 .247 0.019 .278 0.031 .255 -0.023 .116 -0.139 .250 0.134 .213 -0.037
xwOBA .362 .311 -0.051 .333 0.022 .287 -0.046 .297 0.010 .349 0.052 .314 -0.035 .257 -0.057 .317 0.060 .274 -0.043
wOBA .412 .328 -0.084 .350 0.022 .305 -0.045 .320 0.015 .378 0.058 .311 -0.067 .175 -0.136 .322 0.147 .279 -0.043
xSLG .514 .415 -0.099 .445 0.030 .370 -0.075 .412 0.042 .479 0.067 .409 -0.070 .269 -0.140 .419 0.150 .328 -0.091
SLG .612 .449 -0.163 .472 0.023 .410 -0.062 .465 0.055 .552 0.087 .397 -0.155 .116 -0.281 .424 0.308 .347 -0.077
K% 17.1 19.9 2.8 18.2 -1.7 22.4 4.2 30.2 7.8 22.1 -8.1 19.9 -2.2 24.5 4.6 24.1 -0.4 27.7 3.6
BB% 7.9 7.0 -0.9 8.8 1.8 7.2 -1.6 6.3 -0.9 8.1 1.8 6.8 -1.3 15.1 8.3 8.3 -6.8 7.8 -0.5
Swing % 45.0 50.4 5.4 48.6 -1.8 46.5 -2.1 49.8 3.3 48.5 -1.3 50.9 2.4 46.9 -4.0 49.7 2.8 48.9 -0.8
Whiff% 20.6 20.4 -0.2 22.6 2.2 23.6 1.0 31.1 7.5 28.1 -3.0 22.7 -5.4 30.0 7.3 30.8 0.8 29.7 -1.1
In Zone % 51.8 51.5 -0.3 50.8 -0.7 49.7 -1.1 50.0 0.3 45.5 -4.5 51.8 6.3 42.7 -9.1 47.9 5.2 48.4 0.5
Out of Zone % 48.2 48.5 0.3 49.2 0.7 50.3 1.1 50.0 -0.3 54.5 4.5 48.2 -6.3 57.3 9.1 52.1 -5.2 51.6 -0.5
Out of Zone Swing % 25.5 31.2 5.7 27.8 -3.4 25.7 -2.1 30.8 5.1 30.6 -0.2 31.3 0.7 32.7 1.4 32.1 -0.6 28.7 -3.4
First Pitch Swing % 25.4 24.5 -0.9 27.1 2.6 23.6 -3.5 33.8 10.2 31.7 -2.1 37.7 6.0 30.0 -7.7 33.0 3.0 30.7 -2.3
First Pitch Strike % 59.1 62.9 3.8 59.5 -3.4 58.5 -1.0 64.5 6.0 59.4 -5.1 71.8 12.4 68.0 -3.8 64.4 -3.6 64.5 0.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 410 .324 336 4 1.2 74 9 12.2
2017 Shifts 599 .350 505 7 1.4 94 11 11.7
2018 Shifts 709 .305 554 39 7.0 155 37 23.9
2019 Shifts 766 .317 620 127 20.5 146 78 53.4
2020 Shifts 271 .378 232 114 49.1 39 23 59.0
2021 Shifts 337 .311 258 93 36.0 79 47 59.5
2022 Shifts 50 .175 24 5 20.8 26 13 50.0
2023 Shades 303 .322 240 36 15.0 63 23 36.5
2024 Shades 166 .279 135 16 11.9 31 8 25.8
! 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 325 17.4 28.6% 4.6% 155 25.1 5.2% 19.4%
2016 537 16.0 37.2% 2.2% 205 23.3 2.0% 13.7%
2017 678 15.6 42.3% 1.2% 379 25.0 0.3% 17.2%
2018 926 14.8 52.9% 1.4% 419 21.4 0.2% 7.4%
2019 904 15.8 40.3% 2.4% 426 22.7 0.0% 11.7%
2020 308 14.8 53.9% 0.3% 187 23.3 0.0% 5.3%
2021 348 14.3 58.6% 0.9% 191 23.2 0.5% 9.9%
2022 59 16.0 44.1% 1.7% 30 24.6 0.0% 13.3%
2023 342 13.1 81.0% 0.0% 168 18.9 1.2% 0.6%
2024 194 14.3 61.9% 0.0% 90 19.1 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution