Michael Pineda
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 7" 280LBS | Age: 35
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 2 0 3.38 5 5 0 26.2 25 1.20
2021 9 8 3.62 22 21 0 109.1 88 1.23
2022 2 7 5.79 11 11 0 46.2 26 1.41
9 Seasons 64 61 4.06 181 180 0 1,008.2 966 1.20
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 5 2-0 3.38 26.2 25 1.20
2021 22 9-8 3.62 109.1 88 1.23
2022 11 2-7 5.79 46.2 26 1.41
9 Seasons 181 64-61 4.06 1,008.2 966 1.20
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 26 2548 488 28 5.7 4.2 87.9 113.5 8.1 31.6 .242 .383 .322 .287 .360 34.2 23.4 3.1 4.37 3.38
2016 27 3017 489 33 6.7 4.4 89.8 114.3 9.5 35.6 .234 .409 .335 .304 .387 39.3 27.4 7.0 4.82 3.88
2017 28 1553 295 18 6.1 4.4 87.4 115.0 6.5 31.2 .257 .428 .325 .312 .380 33.3 22.4 5.1 4.39 4.18
2019 30 2278 427 31 7.3 5.2 89.7 112.2 16.9 35.4 .252 .443 .301 .313 .390 37.4 23.3 4.7 4.01 4.32
2020 31 455 78 6 7.7 5.4 86.0 111.6 15.3 30.8 .230 .335 .269 .283 .330 32.1 22.5 6.3 3.38 3.35
2021 32 1707 347 31 8.9 6.8 91.2 114.7 15.3 33.4 .282 .475 .320 .338 .402 46.7 19.2 4.6 3.62 4.92
2022 33 731 166 17 10.2 8.5 91.8 112.7 16.0 34.9 .299 .538 .385 .368 .411 44.0 13.0 4.0 5.79 5.90
Player 12289 2290 164 7.2 5.1 89.3 115.0 11.7 33.6 .253 .428 .323 .311 .383 38.3 22.9 5.0
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

Pineda relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(59.2%) ,
Slider
(21.5%) ,
Changeup
(19.3%) ,


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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 50.2 17.4 26.0 6.4 38.7 36.9 23.6 3.9 40.6 19.3 23.6 5.1 5.7 4.2
2016 46.0 24.1 26.2 3.7 37.8 36.2 26.0 2.5 36.0 22.5 26.2 6.1 6.7 4.4
2017 52.2 20.3 21.7 5.8 37.6 41.7 20.7 5.4 37.3 19.0 26.4 4.7 6.1 4.4
2019 36.5 30.4 27.2 5.9 35.8 40.3 23.9 2.3 26.0 28.3 23.4 8.2 7.3 5.2
2020 39.7 28.2 23.1 9.0 33.3 29.5 37.2 6.4 29.5 34.6 19.2 2.6 7.7 5.4
2021 40.9 26.5 25.6 6.9 37.2 41.8 21.0 4.0 26.5 27.1 27.4 6.1 8.9 6.8
2022 39.2 28.3 25.3 7.2 39.8 30.7 29.5 2.4 25.9 26.5 24.7 10.2 10.2 8.5
Player 44.5 24.2 25.5 5.9 37.5 38.0 24.3 3.5 32.9 23.8 25.0 6.3 7.2 5.1
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
2022 Changeup DET R 141 85.3 29.1 0.6 15.0ARM 1.6 8.4 -2.5 15.0ARM 0.8
2022 4-Seam Fastball DET R 433 89.9 19.8 -3.3 5.5ARM 0.0 14.1 -2.1 5.5ARM -1.8
2022 Slider DET R 157 80.7 41.2 -0.6 0.6GLV -6.7 1.4 0.4 0.6GLV -5.1
2021 Changeup MIN R 288 85.5 29.3 0.9 16.1ARM 2.9 8.1 -1.8 16.1ARM 2.2
2021 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 925 90.6 19.0 -3.2 6.5ARM 0.4 14.3 -1.9 6.5ARM -0.7
2021 Slider MIN R 494 81.2 40.9 -0.2 0.5GLV -5.4 1.0 0.8 0.5GLV -5.2
2020 Slider MIN R 175 82.4 39.9 0.0 0.5GLV -5.3 0.7 0.7 0.5GLV -4.8
2020 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 228 92.1 17.5 -2.4 7.2ARM 1.1 14.7 -1.3 7.2ARM -0.1
2020 Changeup MIN R 52 85.6 30.1 2.0 16.4ARM 3.6 7.1 -0.7 16.4ARM 3.0
2019 Slider MIN R 641 83.9 37.4 -0.1 1.4ARM -5.7 2.1 -0.3 1.4ARM -6.5
2019 Sinker MIN R 24 91.9 21.7 -0.1 10.5ARM -3.6 10.9 -1.8 10.5ARM -4.4
2019 Changeup MIN R 334 87.1 27.6 -0.3 15.4ARM 2.4 8.4 -1.5 15.4ARM 1.9
2019 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 1181 92.5 18.5 -2.8 6.1ARM -0.3 13.6 -2.0 6.1ARM -1.3
2017 Slider NYY R 586 85.1 37.3 3.6 1.1ARM -4.6 0.9 2.7 1.1ARM -5.3
2017 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 738 93.9 17.6 -4.1 7.1ARM -0.3 13.6 -3.5 7.1ARM -1.0
2017 Sinker NYY R 8 93.0 23.0 3.9 11.4ARM -3.0 8.4 2.4 11.4ARM -4.0
2017 Changeup NYY R 216 89.0 25.5 1.3 17.7ARM 4.5 9.1 -0.6 17.7ARM 4.1
2016 Sinker NYY R 41 95.3 22.8 3.1 7.3ARM -6.4 8.0 1.6 7.3ARM -6.0
2016 Changeup NYY R 251 89.1 25.3 -0.6 12.5ARM 0.3 9.8 -2.6 12.5ARM 1.2
2016 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 1427 94.7 17.7 -3.1 3.6ARM -3.1 13.4 -2.4 3.6ARM -2.8
2016 Cutter NYY R 80 94.4 18.8 -0.3 2.7GLV -0.7 12.3 3.4 2.7GLV -1.4
2016 Slider NYY R 1206 86.1 37.8 3.5 3.5GLV -1.1 0.1 2.4 3.5GLV -2.5
2015 Cutter NYY R 348 93.3 21.6 -1.8 3.5GLV 0.2 10.2 0.5 3.5GLV -0.1
2015 Slider NYY R 876 86.1 37.1 2.7 6.2GLV 1.4 0.5 1.7 6.2GLV 0.2
2015 Sinker NYY R 30 94.4 24.5 3.8 6.4ARM -7.2 7.0 1.9 6.4ARM -7.1
2015 Changeup NYY R 299 88.8 27.7 0.4 13.5ARM 1.3 7.7 -0.5 13.5ARM 2.0
2015 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 973 93.4 20.5 -5.2 1.6ARM -4.8 11.3 -4.5 1.6ARM -5.1
2015 Curveball NYY R 1 73.6 50.0 -15.0 13.1GLV 3.4 1.2 -10.7 13.1GLV 2.3
! 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 %
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -5 433 59.2 122 .348 .704 .451 11.1 9.0 12.8 .323 .644 .420 49.5
2022 Slider 0.5 1 157 21.5 42 .214 .262 .210 29.1 23.8 14.1 .221 .282 .219 40.6
2022 Changeup -2.6 -4 141 19.3 36 .265 .529 .356 24.3 13.9 11.4 .313 .498 .370 27.6
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 8 925 54.2 243 .284 .493 .364 14.6 14.8 14.6 .306 .555 .380 56.2
2021 Slider -0.1 0 494 28.9 143 .199 .346 .267 37.7 35.0 20.2 .208 .312 .247 33.7
2021 Changeup -0.6 -2 288 16.9 71 .333 .536 .382 17.9 2.8 4.9 .345 .533 .384 35.8
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -3 228 50.1 51 .381 .524 .420 21.2 15.7 13.8 .285 .441 .374 47.2
2020 Slider 3.7 7 175 38.5 43 .119 .119 .121 46.2 39.5 22.4 .164 .241 .188 24.0
2020 Changeup 3.4 2 52 11.4 17 .235 .235 .212 6.7 0.0 0.0 .255 .306 .248 11.8
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 6 1,182 51.9 288 .275 .461 .348 19.8 19.4 18.5 .273 .508 .346 42.3
2019 Slider 0.0 0 641 28.1 194 .243 .470 .319 36.9 36.1 25.4 .214 .357 .266 30.4
2019 Changeup 1.4 5 334 14.7 88 .238 .321 .257 22.0 8.0 10.8 .280 .461 .321 32.1
2019 Sinker 2.2 1 24 1.1 8 .000 .000 .263 23.1 12.5 12.5 .254 .350 .426 75.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -4 738 47.5 195 .318 .536 .397 16.9 14.9 17.5 .286 .488 .355 36.2
2017 Slider 1.0 6 586 37.7 162 .196 .373 .275 39.0 35.2 23.9 .201 .339 .251 28.9
2017 Changeup -0.5 -1 216 13.9 50 .292 .458 .342 20.4 12.0 14.3 .309 .471 .336 30.2
2017 Sinker -13.2 -1 8 0.5 2 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .620 .708 .591 100.0
! 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
2022 Changeup 141 85.3 96 17.3 1:30 2:15 -45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 429 89.9 89 14.5 1:00 12:45 15
2022 Slider 155 80.7 10 2.5 5:15 7:15 -120
2021 Changeup 286 85.5 94 18.2 1:30 2:15 -45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 919 90.6 88 15.2 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Slider 483 81.2 12 2.7 5:45 6:30 -45
2020 Changeup 52 85.6 94 18.0 1:45 2:15 -30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 226 92.0 91 15.9 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Slider 168 82.4 10 2.1 5:30 6:15 -45
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 692 2,672 9 23 -11 -9 11
2014 290 1,137 8 12 -3 -3 14
2015 668 2,548 -4 13 -6 -5 -2
2016 754 3,013 -8 16 -5 -10 -6
2017 409 1,548 -9 20 -6 -6 0
2019 578 2,181 5 17 -7 -5 11
2020 111 455 4 5 -3 -1 6
2021 457 1,707 1 16 -6 -5 6
2022 200 731 -3 2 -5 -1 -8
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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 2,548 51.9 67.9 81.4 32.8 56.2 44.0 63.9 51.0 25.7 7.1 73.6
2016 3,017 45.4 66.5 82.5 34.0 45.3 43.1 67.4 48.8 31.1 6.5 77.4
2017 1,553 47.2 69.2 83.8 32.8 53.5 43.4 65.1 50.0 26.3 7.6 81.4
2019 2,278 50.0 71.7 82.6 33.5 53.6 43.9 64.4 52.6 25.5 7.4 80.2
2020 455 47.0 74.3 79.9 34.0 51.2 40.0 63.1 53.0 29.0 6.6 83.3
2021 1,707 49.8 69.2 85.9 34.3 60.2 42.9 69.9 51.7 22.1 7.3 86.3
2022 731 52.1 69.6 90.2 28.9 60.4 43.6 62.0 50.1 17.5 9.4 81.2
Player 12,289 48.9 69.0 83.3 33.3 53.0 43.4 65.7 50.7 26.1 7.2 79.4
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
2015 74 50 51 50 88 14 31 56 39 71 99 74 83 60 29 82
2016 59 69 44 27 76 16 32 16 12 86 64 93 91 77 19 75
2017 51 35 34 39 74 39 47 43 49 56 94 65 92 65 21 66
2019 50 40 32 29 74 20 43 21 44 55 95 50 88 37 5 56
2020 75 59 79 86 78 46 41 88 80 46 78 67 92 31 3 54
2021 21 8 12 21 44 19 30 5 4 19 96 20 96 11 4 48
2022 6 2 39
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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 23.0 27 25.8 1 12 12 17 63.0
2017 22.6 20 17.4 3 7 10 8 40.0
2019 22.7 23 20.4 3 16 18 8 34.8
2020 -- 0 1.1 -1 3 1 0 --
2021 23.7 17 19.2 -2 6 14 8 47.1
2022 23.9 13 11.8 1 0 10 5 38.5
Player 23.1 100 95.6 4 44 65 46 46.0
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 27 27 24 30 25 24 26 26 21 21 25 30 27 23 27 29 19 25 23 27 27 23 30 29 27 26 23 33 27 28 21
2017 20 17 15 20 16 17 18 19 13 17 17 19 18 18 17 19 17 17 18 17 19 16 21 17 17 17 15 23 20 17 12
2019 23 25 18 26 20 20 22 20 16 13 17 22 26 22 21 19 18 18 22 19 22 21 28 25 21 20 15 19 27 19 12
2020 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
2021 17 21 15 21 19 17 20 24 14 14 16 20 25 15 19 22 19 20 19 19 19 18 23 22 20 17 23 21 21 16 16
2022 13 10 9 13 13 13 15 9 12 10 12 15 11 10 14 15 11 11 11 13 10 10 15 13 8 10 15 13 11 11 10
Player 100 101 82 113 94 92 102 99 77 75 87 109 107 89 99 105 86 91 94 97 98 89 121 107 93 90 92 109 107 92 72
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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.4 94.7 1.3 -- -0.8 -- -- 92.5 -- 92.1 -0.4 90.6 -1.5 89.9 -0.7
Offspeed Velocity 88.8 89.1 0.3 -- -0.1 -- -- 87.1 -- 85.6 -1.5 85.5 -0.1 85.3 -0.2
Breaking Velocity 86.1 86.1 0.0 -- -1.0 -- -- 83.9 -- 82.4 -1.5 81.2 -1.2 80.7 -0.5
Exit Velocity 87.9 89.8 1.9 -- -2.4 -- -- 89.7 -- 86.0 -3.7 91.2 5.2 91.8 0.6
Launch Angle 8.1 9.5 1.4 -- -3.0 -- -- 16.9 -- 15.3 -1.6 15.3 0.0 16.0 0.7
Barrel % 5.7 6.7 1.0 -- -0.6 -- -- 7.3 -- 7.7 0.4 8.9 1.2 10.2 1.3
Hard Hit % 34.2 39.3 5.1 -- -6.0 -- -- 37.4 -- 32.1 -5.3 46.7 14.6 44.0 -2.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.6 35.6 4.0 -- -4.4 -- -- 35.4 -- 30.8 -4.6 33.4 2.6 34.9 1.5
xBA .242 .234 -0.008 -- 0.023 -- -- .252 -- .230 -0.022 .282 0.052 .299 0.017
BA .278 .266 -0.012 -- 0.003 -- -- .253 -- .248 -0.005 .265 0.017 .304 0.039
xwOBA .287 .304 0.017 -- 0.008 -- -- .313 -- .283 -0.030 .338 0.055 .368 0.030
wOBA .322 .335 0.013 -- -0.010 -- -- .301 -- .269 -0.032 .320 0.051 .385 0.065
xSLG .383 .409 0.026 -- 0.019 -- -- .443 -- .335 -0.108 .475 0.140 .538 0.063
SLG .451 .462 0.011 -- 0.000 -- -- .430 -- .307 -0.123 .453 0.146 .576 0.123
K% 23.4 27.4 4.0 -- -5.0 -- -- 23.3 -- 22.5 -0.8 19.2 -3.3 13.0 -6.2
BB% 3.1 7.0 3.9 -- -1.9 -- -- 4.7 -- 6.3 1.6 4.6 -1.7 4.0 -0.6
Swing % 51.0 48.8 -2.2 -- 1.2 -- -- 52.6 -- 53.0 0.4 51.7 -1.3 50.1 -1.6
Whiff% 25.7 31.1 5.4 -- -4.8 -- -- 25.5 -- 29.0 3.5 22.1 -6.9 17.5 -4.6
In Zone % 51.9 45.4 -6.5 -- 1.8 -- -- 50.0 -- 47.0 -3.0 49.8 2.8 52.1 2.3
Out of Zone % 48.1 54.6 6.5 -- -1.8 -- -- 50.0 -- 53.0 3.0 50.2 -2.8 47.9 -2.3
Out of Zone Swing % 32.8 34.0 1.2 -- -1.2 -- -- 33.5 -- 34.0 0.5 34.3 0.3 28.9 -5.4
First Pitch Swing % 28.4 30.1 1.7 -- 0.1 -- -- 33.7 -- 36.9 3.2 32.1 -4.8 30.0 -2.1
First Pitch Strike % 63.9 67.4 3.5 -- -2.3 -- -- 64.4 -- 63.1 -1.3 69.9 6.8 62.0 -7.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 750 .334 417 18 4.3 333 147 44.1
2017 Shifts 408 .327 227 9 4.0 181 89 49.2
2019 Shifts 599 .301 342 104 30.4 257 89 34.6
2020 Shifts 111 .269 53 17 32.1 58 36 62.1
2021 Shifts 457 .320 263 22 8.4 194 134 69.1
2022 Shifts 200 .385 94 9 9.6 106 73 68.9
! 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 %
2011 808 13.6 65.8% 0.7% 328 24.6 0.3% 17.7%
2014 374 16.2 37.2% 1.1% 126 24.4 0.0% 14.3%
2015 770 17.9 23.9% 4.3% 358 27.2 0.3% 33.8%
2016 920 17.9 27.1% 5.9% 438 26.6 0.7% 32.6%
2017 485 16.3 36.1% 1.6% 188 26.3 0.0% 27.1%
2019 640 17.8 19.7% 1.4% 267 26.8 0.0% 25.1%
2020 118 18.3 31.4% 2.5% 70 26.4 0.0% 22.9%
2021 495 17.9 19.6% 1.0% 217 26.6 0.0% 24.4%
2022 232 16.7 29.3% 1.3% 83 25.3 0.0% 19.3%

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Pitch Distribution