Michael King
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 210LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 12, #353, Miami Marlins | Boston College
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 6 3 2.29 34 0 1 51 66 1.00
2023 4 8 2.75 49 9 6 104.2 127 1.15
2024 13 9 2.95 31 30 0 173.2 201 1.19
6 Seasons 26 26 3.20 146 49 7 421.1 483 1.19
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 34 6-3 2.29 51 66 1.00
2023 49 4-8 2.75 104.2 127 1.15
2024 31 13-9 2.95 173.2 201 1.19
6 Seasons 146 26-26 3.20 421.1 483 1.19
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
2019 24 41 8 0 0.0 0.0 81.3 104.5 18.9 12.5 .124 .141 .193 .114 .128 12.5 11.1 0.0 0.00 0.65
2020 25 470 82 5 6.1 4.1 87.0 106.6 16.3 30.5 .251 .429 .363 .335 .383 31.7 21.5 9.1 7.76 4.83
2021 26 1009 182 14 7.7 5.1 88.7 117.2 7.6 35.2 .257 .417 .298 .333 .389 43.4 22.5 8.7 3.55 4.76
2022 27 776 117 8 6.8 4.0 86.2 109.5 8.4 35.9 .206 .307 .241 .262 .361 36.5 33.2 8.0 2.29 2.81
2023 28 1681 267 19 7.1 4.4 86.8 113.0 12.5 36.7 .227 .364 .281 .289 .372 33.3 29.5 7.4 2.75 3.48
2024 29 2895 455 28 6.2 3.9 85.7 112.4 13.8 35.2 .226 .360 .284 .294 .364 30.3 27.7 8.7 2.95 3.59
Player 6872 1111 74 6.7 4.2 86.6 117.2 12.1 35.1 .230 .367 .286 .297 .369 33.8 27.4 8.3
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

King relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(27.9%) ,
Changeup
(24.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(24.1%) ,
Sweeper
(17.8%) ,
Slider
(5.6%) ,


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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
2019 37.5 50.0 0.0 12.5 12.5 50.0 37.5 12.5 37.5 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2020 40.2 31.7 22.0 6.1 35.4 37.8 26.8 7.3 26.8 26.8 25.6 6.1 6.1 4.1
2021 46.2 19.8 30.2 4.4 37.4 30.8 31.9 8.2 33.5 17.0 25.8 7.7 7.7 5.1
2022 48.7 17.9 26.5 6.8 40.2 34.2 25.6 2.6 41.0 21.4 23.1 3.4 6.8 4.0
2023 43.4 25.8 24.7 6.0 43.1 31.5 25.5 5.2 30.7 26.6 26.2 4.1 7.1 4.4
2024 41.5 23.7 25.9 8.8 41.3 34.3 24.4 5.7 32.5 26.4 24.2 5.1 6.2 3.9
Player 43.4 23.8 25.9 7.0 40.3 33.4 26.3 5.9 32.8 24.6 24.8 5.1 6.7 4.2
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

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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 Sinker SD R 806 92.9 26.3 1.7 16.3ARM 0.9 5.6 1.7 16.3ARM 1.5
2024 Sweeper SD R 514 82.0 37.5 -2.2 15.0GLV 0.6 3.4 -1.8 15.0GLV 0.7
2024 Slider SD R 162 85.7 35.7 -0.3 3.7GLV -1.6 1.6 0.0 3.7GLV -1.4
2024 Changeup SD R 713 86.7 31.4 -0.8 17.6ARM 3.0 5.0 -0.1 17.6ARM 3.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball SD R 699 93.7 16.2 -0.7 6.0ARM -1.8 15.1 -0.7 6.0ARM -1.5
2023 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 381 94.7 14.8 -0.1 6.4ARM -1.1 15.7 -0.1 6.4ARM -1.0
2023 Changeup NYY R 244 87.2 28.7 -2.1 17.4ARM 2.8 7.3 -1.9 17.4ARM 3.0
2023 Sinker NYY R 563 94.0 25.2 2.6 16.5ARM 1.3 5.9 1.7 16.5ARM 1.5
2023 Sweeper NYY R 493 81.8 39.4 -0.6 18.0GLV 3.6 1.7 -0.2 18.0GLV 3.9
! 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 Sinker 0.9 7 807 27.9 188 .200 .376 .293 18.9 27.7 24.5 .225 .402 .309 38.1
2024 Changeup 1.4 10 713 24.6 236 .207 .286 .265 36.2 28.0 23.7 .217 .276 .255 19.9
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -2 699 24.1 150 .265 .402 .333 26.1 27.3 15.6 .229 .402 .318 42.4
2024 Sweeper 0.1 1 514 17.8 113 .206 .304 .279 34.5 32.7 24.3 .223 .369 .294 25.8
2024 Slider -1.6 -3 162 5.6 37 .281 .500 .424 28.4 13.5 20.8 .294 .492 .376 25.0
2023 Sinker 0.7 4 563 33.5 145 .273 .398 .348 15.7 26.2 33.0 .264 .445 .338 41.9
2023 Sweeper -0.7 -4 493 29.3 122 .264 .455 .348 39.5 29.5 22.6 .226 .367 .299 26.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.8 7 381 22.7 92 .200 .294 .251 25.0 33.7 26.3 .197 .344 .264 40.7
2023 Changeup 3.3 8 244 14.5 71 .104 .134 .151 41.0 31.0 22.7 .197 .232 .216 17.8
! 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 684 86.7 95 18.7 2:00 2:45 -45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 675 93.7 81 15.8 1:00 12:45 15
2024 Sinker 743 92.9 74 17.7 1:15 2:30 -75
2024 Slider 156 85.6 28 4.6 10:30 9:00 90
2024 Sweeper 494 82.0 52 15.8 8:15 9:15 -60
2023 Changeup 240 87.2 98 19.2 2:00 2:30 -30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 368 94.8 83 16.5 1:15 12:45 30
2023 Sinker 508 94.1 77 18.1 1:15 2:30 -75
2023 Sweeper 491 81.8 59 19.0 8:00 9:00 -60
! 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
2020 127 493 5 -3 -3 -3 -4
2021 274 1,009 17 3 -7 -5 7
2022 194 768 6 11 -2 -2 13
2023 430 1,681 4 22 -6 -5 15
2024 771 3,061 11 28 -18 -8 14
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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 61.9 100.0 25.0 80.0 51.2 77.8 43.9 5.6 4.9 100.0
2020 470 49.1 61.0 84.4 27.6 66.7 46.2 62.8 44.0 21.3 6.0 75.0
2021 1,009 51.7 66.1 78.0 26.3 66.4 43.7 64.0 46.9 24.9 8.9 70.0
2022 776 48.0 60.7 73.7 31.3 44.0 41.4 64.5 45.5 36.3 8.2 60.3
2023 1,681 47.8 57.8 83.2 28.5 47.2 43.7 65.1 42.5 29.4 7.0 59.8
2024 2,895 49.0 60.8 79.1 30.5 53.8 43.8 66.1 45.4 29.3 7.0 69.8
Player 6,872 49.0 60.9 79.8 29.3 53.5 43.7 65.2 44.8 28.8 7.3 66.7
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
2020 30 37 38 37 35 56 61 73 82 38 44 16 50 46 51 26 39
2021 25 24 38 49 18 61 51 53 15 42 43 39 32 62 69 41
2022 82 88 42
2023 79 70 75 74 78 46 63 88 85 88 65 73 45 54 78 35
2024 68 67 69 67 64 29 79 99 97 81 39 78 70 36 56 20
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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 %
2020 24.1 5 4.1 1 2 2 2 40.0
2021 24.7 6 7.2 -1 5 5 4 66.7
2022 21.8 3 2.7 0 3 2 1 33.3
2023 24.0 10 12.7 -3 5 11 3 30.0
2024 24.2 19 15.5 4 8 7 10 52.6
Player 24.0 43 42.2 1 23 27 20 46.5
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
2020 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 5 5 4 4 2
2021 6 8 7 8 5 5 8 8 4 4 5 7 9 4 7 11 8 7 10 5 7 8 10 10 7 7 8 7 9 6 7
2022 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
2023 10 9 8 11 12 13 13 13 10 11 11 12 15 11 14 13 16 14 15 15 13 14 18 16 12 11 10 13 15 12 11
2024 19 15 15 15 14 16 16 15 13 13 14 17 18 15 15 15 15 15 18 17 17 17 19 17 14 14 14 16 17 17 13
Player 43 38 37 41 38 41 44 43 32 33 36 44 50 37 43 46 46 42 50 45 45 46 56 50 39 37 39 43 48 42 36
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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.4 93.1 1.7 ↑ 92.9 -0.2 ↓ 95.9 3.0 ↑ 94.3 -1.6 ↓ 93.3 -1.0 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 84.7 84.5 -0.2 ↓ 84.9 0.4 ↑ 88.3 3.4 ↑ 87.2 -1.1 ↓ 86.7 -0.5 ↓
Breaking Velocity 82.8 80.9 -1.9 ↓ 79.8 -1.1 ↓ 82.3 2.5 ↑ 81.8 -0.5 ↓ 82.9 1.1 ↑
Exit Velocity 81.3 87.0 5.7 ↑ 88.7 1.7 ↑ 86.2 -2.5 ↓ 86.8 0.6 ↑ 85.7 -1.1 ↓
Launch Angle 18.9 16.3 -2.6 ↓ 7.6 -8.7 ↓ 8.4 0.8 ↑ 12.5 4.1 ↑ 13.8 1.3 ↑
Barrel % 0.0 6.1 6.1 ↑ 7.7 1.6 ↑ 6.8 -0.9 ↓ 7.1 0.3 ↑ 6.2 -0.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 12.5 31.7 19.2 ↑ 43.4 11.7 ↑ 36.5 -6.9 ↓ 33.3 -3.2 ↓ 30.3 -3.0 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 12.5 30.5 18.0 ↑ 35.2 4.7 ↑ 35.9 0.7 ↑ 36.7 0.8 ↑ 35.2 -1.5 ↓
xBA .124 .251 0.127 ↑ .257 0.006 ↑ .206 -0.051 ↓ .227 0.021 ↑ .226 -0.001 ↓
BA .222 .278 0.056 ↑ .236 -0.042 ↓ .192 -0.044 ↓ .226 0.034 ↑ .221 -0.005 ↓
xwOBA .114 .335 0.221 ↑ .333 -0.002 ↓ .262 -0.071 ↓ .289 0.027 ↑ .294 0.005 ↑
wOBA .193 .363 0.170 ↑ .298 -0.065 ↓ .241 -0.057 ↓ .281 0.040 ↑ .284 0.003 ↑
xSLG .141 .429 0.288 ↑ .417 -0.012 ↓ .307 -0.110 ↓ .364 0.057 ↑ .360 -0.004 ↓
SLG .222 .491 0.269 ↑ .355 -0.136 ↓ .291 -0.064 ↓ .346 0.055 ↑ .346 0.000
K% 11.1 21.5 10.4 ↑ 22.5 1.0 ↑ 33.2 10.7 ↑ 29.5 -3.7 ↓ 27.7 -1.8 ↓
BB% 0.0 9.1 9.1 ↑ 8.7 -0.4 ↓ 8.0 -0.7 ↓ 7.4 -0.6 ↓ 8.7 1.3 ↑
Swing % 43.9 44.0 0.1 ↑ 46.9 2.9 ↑ 45.5 -1.4 ↓ 42.5 -3.0 ↓ 45.4 2.9 ↑
Whiff% 5.6 21.3 15.7 ↑ 24.9 3.6 ↑ 36.3 11.4 ↑ 29.4 -6.9 ↓ 29.3 -0.1 ↓
In Zone % 51.2 49.1 -2.1 ↓ 51.7 2.6 ↑ 48.0 -3.7 ↓ 47.8 -0.2 ↓ 49.0 1.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 48.8 50.9 2.1 ↑ 48.3 -2.6 ↓ 52.0 3.7 ↑ 52.2 0.2 ↑ 51.0 -1.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 27.6 2.6 ↑ 26.3 -1.3 ↓ 31.3 5.0 ↑ 28.5 -2.8 ↓ 30.5 2.0 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 22.2 21.5 -0.7 ↓ 29.8 8.3 ↑ 27.9 -1.9 ↓ 26.3 -1.6 ↓ 28.1 1.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 77.8 62.8 -15.0 ↓ 64.0 1.2 ↑ 64.5 0.5 ↑ 65.1 0.6 ↑ 66.1 1.0 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 9 .193 5 0 0.0 4 3 75.0
2020 Shifts 121 .363 65 14 21.5 56 32 57.1
2021 Shifts 274 .298 179 27 15.1 95 45 47.4
2022 Shifts 194 .245 126 6 4.8 68 37 54.4
2023 Shades 430 .281 249 2 0.8 181 75 41.4
2024 Shades 706 .280 328 1 0.3 378 199 52.6
! 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 %
2019 12 14.7 50.0% 0.0% 10 21.2 0.0% 0.0%
2020 140 14.8 51.4% 1.4% 88 25.3 0.0% 15.9%
2021 283 17.2 20.1% 1.8% 172 26.7 0.0% 22.1%
2022 222 21.5 0.5% 9.0% 152 25.7 0.0% 24.3%
2023 505 16.5 20.8% 0.6% 316 19.9 0.0% 1.6%
2024 866 14.7 55.5% 0.1% 486 19.8 0.0% 1.2%

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Pitch Distribution

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