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Michael King
Popularity: ↓ 25%
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 3" 210LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 12, #353, Miami Marlins | Boston College
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 1 2 7.76 9 4 0 26.2 26 1.54
2 Seasons 1 2 7.22 10 4 0 28.2 27 1.50
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 9 1-2 7.76 26.2 26 1.54
2 Seasons 10 1-2 7.22 28.2 27 1.50

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Statcast Statistics

Season Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2019 41 8 0 0 81.3 18.9 12.5 .124 .141 .193 .114 .128 12.5 11.1 0 0.00 0.66
2020 470 82 5 6.1 87 16.3 30.5 .249 .424 .363 .331 .377 31.7 21.5 9.1 7.76 4.74
511 90 5 5.6 86.5 16.5 28.9 .239 .402 .351 .316 .355 30 20.8 8.5
6.4 88.3 11.9 32.8 .243 .402 .318 .312 .362 35.1 21.8 8.3

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

King relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(59.4%) ,
Curveball
(19.6%) ,
Changeup
(14.9%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(6.2%) ,


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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 Whiff% PutAway%
2020 Sinker 279 152 127 59.5 93.0 70 58 19 12 5 0 2 15 43 .328 .248 .517 .371 .417 .341 88.6 8 2257 16.4 23.1
2020 Curveball 91 65 26 19.4 80.9 28 28 5 2 1 1 1 8 20 .179 .230 .393 .424 .234 .276 87.9 28 2351 32.7 28.6
2020 Changeup 70 14 56 14.9 84.9 18 18 5 4 0 0 1 0 18 .278 .281 .444 .478 .306 .326 81.5 22 2004 13.2 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 29 9 20 6.2 93.6 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 .250 .247 1.000 .954 .536 .523 105.3 26 2350 50.0 18.8
2019 Sinker 27 17 10 65.9 91.4 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 .500 .219 .500 .240 .435 .201 77.0 22 2263 0.0 0.0
2019 Curveball 7 6 1 17.1 82.8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .077 .000 .100 .000 .073 86.2 1 2564 0.0 0.0
2019 Changeup 6 1 5 14.6 84.7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .004 .000 .004 .000 .003 83.4 62 1806 25.0 33.3
2019 Slider 1 1 0 2.4 83.1 2436


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
2020 Curveball NYY R 92 80.6 44.4 -6 -12 5.2 -4.3 -45
2020 Sinker NYY R 279 93 23.5 1.3 6 16.5 1.7 11
2020 Changeup NYY R 70 84.9 29.5 -2.7 -8 16.2 2.6 19
2020 4-Seamer NYY R 29 93.6 15.9 -0.1 -1 9.1 1.3 17
2019 Curveball NYY R 7 82.8 42.3 -6.6 -14 9.5 1 12
2019 Changeup NYY R 6 84.7 32.1 0.5 2 13.2 -1 -7
2019 Sinker NYY R 27 91.4 28.5 5.1 22 10.4 -4.2 -29
2019 Slider NYY R 1 83.1 30.7 -8.5 -22 3 -4.1 -58
! 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 %
2020 4-Seamer 4.7 1 29 6.2 5 .25 1 .54 50 60 18.8 .247 .954 .523 100
2020 Changeup 0.4 0 70 14.9 18 .278 .444 .311 13.2 0 0 .281 .478 .326 11.1
2020 Curveball -1.6 -1 92 19.6 28 .179 .393 .238 32.7 28.6 28.6 .23 .424 .276 25
2020 Sinker 2.1 6 279 59.4 70 .328 .517 .421 16.4 21.4 23.1 .248 .371 .34 41.9
2019 Changeup -15.2 -1 6 14.6 2 0 0 0 25 50 33.3 .004 .004 .003 0
2019 Curveball 1.5 0 7 17.1 3 0 0 .3 0 0 0 .077 .1 .073 0
2019 Sinker 3.1 1 27 65.9 4 .5 .5 .45 0 0 0 .219 .24 .2 25
2019 Slider -7.1 0 1 2.4
! 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 Changeup 69 84.9 98 18.5 2:15 2:15 0
2020 Curveball 92 80.6 44 7.5 8:15 7:45 30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 29 93.6 85 17.7 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Sinker 264 93 83 18.9 1:30 2:15 -45
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 127 493 -5 4 3 3 5
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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 %
2019 41 51.2 61.9 100 25 80 51.2 77.8 43.9 5.6 4.9 100
2020 470 49.4 60.8 84.4 27.7 66.7 46.2 62.8 44 21.3 6 75
511 49.5 60.9 85.7 27.5 67.6 46.6 63.8 44 20 5.9 76.7
48.4 66.6 82.2 28.4 59 42.6 60.6 46.9 24.3 7.2 75.7

Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2019 37.5 50 0 12.5 12.5 50 37.5 12.5 37.5 50 0 0 0
2020 40.2 28 25.6 6.1 35.4 37.8 26.8 7.3 26.8 26.8 25.6 6.1 6.1
40 30 23.3 6.7 33.3 38.9 27.8 7.8 27.8 28.9 23.3 5.6 5.6
45.3 21.9 25.7 7.1 36.6 37.9 25.5 3.5 33.5 24.3 24.5 5.6 6.4

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2019
2020 34 38 38 38 38 56 61 73 82 38 44 16 34 53 46 29
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 24.1 5 4.9 0 2 1 4 80

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2020 5 5 7 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.4 93.1 1.7 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 84.7 84.9 0.2 ↑
Breaking Velocity 82.8 80.6 -2.2 ↓
Exit Velocity 81.3 87 5.7 ↑
Launch Angle 18.9 16.3 -2.6 ↓
Barrel % 0 6.1 6.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 12.5 31.7 19.2 ↑
Sweet Spot % 12.5 30.5 18 ↑
xBA .124 .249 0.125 ↑
BA .222 .278 0.056 ↑
xwOBA .114 .331 0.217 ↑
wOBA .193 .363 0.17 ↑
xSLG .141 .424 0.283 ↑
SLG .222 .491 0.269 ↑
K% 11.1 21.5 10.4 ↑
BB% 0 9.1 9.1 ↑
Swing % 43.9 44 0.1 ↑
Whiff% 5.6 21.3 15.7 ↑
In Zone Swing % 51.2 49.4 -1.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 48.8 50.6 1.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 22.2 21.5 -0.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 77.8 62.8 -15 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2019 9 .193 5 0 0.0 4 3 75.0
2020 121 .363 65 14 21.5 56 32 57.1

Pitch Distribution

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