Michael Grove
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 200LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 2, #68, Los Angeles Dodgers | West Virginia
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 1 0 4.60 7 6 0 29.1 24 1.43
2023 2 3 6.13 18 12 0 69 73 1.48
2024 0 0 6.00 9 0 0 15 18 1.33
3 Seasons 3 3 5.72 34 18 0 113.1 115 1.45
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 7 1-0 4.60 29.1 24 1.43
2023 18 2-3 6.13 69 73 1.48
2024 9 0-0 6.00 15 18 1.33
3 Seasons 34 3-3 5.72 113.1 115 1.45
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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
2022 25 472 99 6 6.1 4.5 91.6 107.7 16.0 28.3 .216 .354 .335 .275 .304 43.4 18.0 7.5 4.60 3.10
2023 26 1146 207 19 9.2 6.3 90.0 113.1 12.6 40.6 .273 .465 .363 .341 .423 42.0 24.2 6.3 6.13 5.00
2024 27 256 40 2 5.0 2.9 85.6 116.7 9.0 37.5 .224 .288 .301 .297 .326 32.5 26.5 8.8 6.00 3.39
Player 1874 346 27 7.8 5.4 89.9 116.7 13.2 36.7 .252 .414 .347 .317 .378 41.3 22.9 7.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Grove relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(52.0%) ,
Cutter
(19.5%) ,
Sinker
(18.8%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(8.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(1.2%) ,


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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
2022 41.4 37.4 17.2 4.0 38.4 34.3 27.3 2.0 30.3 34.3 18.2 8.1 6.1 4.5
2023 39.6 23.7 30.0 6.8 41.5 39.1 19.3 4.8 26.6 23.2 28.0 8.2 9.2 6.3
2024 42.5 20.0 30.0 7.5 35.0 37.5 27.5 2.5 37.5 20.0 22.5 12.5 5.0 2.9
Player 40.5 27.2 26.3 6.1 39.9 37.6 22.5 3.8 28.9 26.0 24.6 8.7 7.8 5.4
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 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


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 LAD R 48 95.3 15.0 -5.1 -25 11.2 -3.9 -26
2024 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 3 94.4 14.3 0.0 0 2.2 -5.1 -70
2024 Curveball LAD R 22 79.9 57.2 4.2 8 10.7 1.6 18
2024 Slider LAD R 133 86.6 36.3 2.0 6 4.6 0.1 3
2024 Cutter LAD R 50 92.5 18.5 2.6 12 4.4 2.2 104
2023 Cutter LAD R 86 89.2 27.2 -0.3 -1 4.4 1.6 54
2023 Changeup LAD R 4 88.0 24.1 -4.6 -16 13.6 -0.9 -6
2023 Sinker LAD R 48 94.7 16.4 -4.4 -21 11.8 -3.1 -21
2023 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 375 94.8 14.0 0.3 2 5.7 -1.1 -17
2023 Curveball LAD R 195 78.3 58.2 3.0 5 8.6 -0.3 -3
2023 Slider LAD R 438 85.6 37.5 1.7 5 3.3 -1.4 -30
2022 Curveball LAD R 136 79.1 56.8 2.9 5 8.0 -0.9 -10
2022 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 241 94.4 13.4 1.0 7 6.7 -0.3 -5
2022 Slider LAD R 95 85.0 34.4 -1.9 -5 4.9 -0.3 -6
! 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 Slider 2.4 3 133 52.0 39 .211 .211 .185 38.6 35.9 31.8 .183 .216 .181 28.0
2024 Cutter -6.9 -3 50 19.5 12 .400 .800 .558 15.4 0.0 0.0 .488 .776 .594 50.0
2024 Sinker 1.4 1 48 18.8 16 .250 .250 .344 25.0 25.0 44.4 .197 .246 .317 25.0
2024 Curveball -6.4 -1 22 8.6 1 1.000 1.000 .900 44.4 0.0 0.0 .786 1.047 .784 100.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 0 3 1.2 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Slider 0.6 3 438 38.2 138 .200 .331 .254 44.9 38.4 29.0 .199 .329 .252 27.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball -3.5 -13 375 32.7 95 .442 .779 .537 8.3 8.4 9.5 .379 .658 .463 51.3
2023 Curveball -1.2 -2 195 17.0 29 .308 .423 .357 17.6 17.2 12.8 .235 .347 .295 33.3
2023 Cutter 2.2 2 86 7.5 24 .261 .565 .360 26.4 16.7 23.5 .298 .616 .394 68.4
2023 Sinker 1.9 1 48 4.2 15 .286 .357 .310 14.8 20.0 60.0 .317 .511 .372 54.5
2023 Changeup -21.5 -1 4 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .577 .603 .519 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -2 241 51.1 77 .268 .408 .363 9.2 9.1 13.5 .239 .358 .291 43.8
2022 Curveball -0.3 0 136 28.8 27 .208 .458 .350 46.9 37.0 23.3 .185 .327 .299 42.9
2022 Slider -2.9 -3 95 20.1 28 .286 .607 .375 35.4 25.0 19.4 .186 .365 .235 42.9
! 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 41 92.6 66 12.9 12:00 11:15 45
2024 Knuckle Curve 14 79.7 80 19.8 7:15 7:00 15
2024 Sinker 39 95.4 87 18.1 12:30 1:15 -45
2024 Slider 117 86.5 32 5.9 8:45 8:15 30
2023 Cutter 86 89.2 52 7.8 11:45 10:45 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 374 94.8 93 17.0 12:45 12:45 0
2023 Knuckle Curve 195 78.3 81 18.6 7:15 7:00 15
2023 Sinker 48 94.7 91 18.2 12:45 1:30 -45
2023 Slider 438 85.6 32 4.7 8:30 8:15 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 233 94.4 95 18.2 12:45 12:45 0
2022 Knuckle Curve 135 79.1 77 17.8 7:00 7:00 0
2022 Slider 95 85.0 32 6.0 11:00 9:45 75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 132 472 -2 2 -4 -1 -5
2023 311 1,193 -6 1 -2 -3 -10
2024 68 256 0 0 -1 -1 -1
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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 %
2022 472 52.5 69.4 84.3 29.5 59.1 41.3 59.1 50.4 22.3 7.4 60.0
2023 1,146 51.0 66.8 84.9 31.5 45.8 41.3 61.3 49.5 27.2 7.2 68.3
2024 256 45.7 56.4 74.2 33.8 53.2 45.3 50.0 44.1 34.5 6.6 64.7
Player 1,874 50.6 66.2 83.6 31.4 50.0 41.8 59.2 49.0 26.8 7.2 65.7
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 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
2022 59 38 61 66
2023 20 14 15 19 39 46 27 23 27 55 80 60 79 62 48 58 74
2024 63 66 87 92 35 59 70 90 77 71 48 92 87 76 63 82
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 22.1 6 4.4 2 5 3 2 33.3
2023 23.0 13 12.3 1 2 9 5 38.5
2024 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
Player 22.7 19 16.8 2 8 12 7 36.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 6 4 3 6 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 9 5 4 4 6 3 4 4 4 5 2 7 6 3 3 7 6 5 3 3
2023 13 10 10 11 12 12 14 9 9 11 11 12 15 13 14 13 14 11 13 12 13 14 15 15 12 12 11 14 14 13 11
2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 19 14 13 17 16 16 19 13 12 14 14 22 20 17 18 19 17 15 17 16 18 16 22 21 15 15 18 20 19 16 14
! 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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.4 93.8 -0.6 93.9 0.1
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 88.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 81.5 83.3 1.8 85.6 2.3
Exit Velocity 91.6 90.0 -1.6 85.6 -4.4
Launch Angle 16.0 12.6 -3.4 9.0 -3.6
Barrel % 6.1 9.2 3.1 5.0 -4.2
Hard Hit % 43.4 42.0 -1.4 32.5 -9.5
Sweet Spot % 28.3 40.6 12.3 37.5 -3.1
xBA .216 .273 0.057 .224 -0.049
BA .260 .296 0.036 .250 -0.046
xwOBA .275 .341 0.066 .297 -0.044
wOBA .335 .363 0.028 .301 -0.062
xSLG .354 .465 0.111 .288 -0.177
SLG .463 .500 0.037 .286 -0.214
K% 18.0 24.2 6.2 26.5 2.3
BB% 7.5 6.3 -1.2 8.8 2.5
Swing % 50.4 49.5 -0.9 44.1 -5.4
Whiff% 22.3 27.2 4.9 34.5 7.3
In Zone % 52.5 51.0 -1.5 45.7 -5.3
Out of Zone % 47.5 49.0 1.5 54.3 5.3
Out of Zone Swing % 29.5 31.5 2.0 33.8 2.3
First Pitch Swing % 37.1 31.1 -6.0 22.1 -9.0
First Pitch Strike % 59.1 61.3 2.2 50.0 -11.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 132 .335 58 21 36.2 74 53 71.6
2023 Shades 302 .363 155 18 11.6 147 103 70.1
2024 Shades 55 .260 36 0 0.0 19 11 57.9
! 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 %
2022 128 17.8 7.8% 2.3% 68 21.4 0.0% 2.9%
2023 295 15.4 39.7% 0.0% 166 17.8 3.0% 1.8%
2024 54 14.0 75.9% 0.0% 45 18.9 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution