Michael Tonkin
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 7" 220LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 30, #906, Minnesota Twins | Palmdale HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 0 1 5.14 16 0 0 21 24 1.62
2023 7 3 4.28 45 0 1 80 75 1.09
2024 3 4 2.77 35 0 1 48.2 52 1.05
7 Seasons 13 10 4.09 221 0 2 275 276 1.26
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 16 0-1 5.14 21 24 1.62
2023 45 7-3 4.28 80 75 1.09
2024 35 3-4 2.77 48.2 52 1.05
7 Seasons 221 13-10 4.09 275 276 1.26
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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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 25 362 70 4 5.7 4.0 90.7 108.9 7.6 25.7 .246 .379 .300 .305 .345 41.4 19.2 9.1 3.47 3.85
2016 26 1287 208 20 9.6 6.3 90.6 117.8 16.4 38.0 .261 .465 .356 .341 .428 42.8 25.4 7.6 5.02 5.00
2017 27 397 60 6 10.0 6.2 88.2 111.0 16.0 33.3 .229 .441 .379 .341 .401 35.0 24.7 12.4 5.14 5.10
2023 33 1283 225 18 8.0 5.5 89.8 113.9 19.1 32.0 .240 .403 .283 .305 .365 40.0 23.1 7.1 4.28 3.90
2024 34 848 126 7 5.6 3.5 88.4 109.4 11.9 27.0 .217 .353 .261 .293 .337 38.1 25.7 9.4 2.77 3.42
Player 4177 689 55 8.0 5.3 89.7 117.8 15.5 32.4 .242 .414 .311 .317 .380 40.2 24.1 8.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .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

Tonkin relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(38.6%) ,
Slider
(38.1%) ,
Sinker
(14.2%) ,
Sweeper
(9.2%) ,


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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
2015 57.1 15.7 20.0 7.1 32.9 47.1 20.0 5.7 37.1 20.0 24.3 5.7 5.7 4.0
2016 36.5 27.9 28.8 6.7 35.1 36.5 28.4 2.4 25.5 23.1 29.8 7.7 9.6 6.3
2017 36.7 31.7 21.7 10.0 41.7 28.3 28.3 5.0 28.3 30.0 25.0 0.0 10.0 6.2
2023 38.7 27.1 23.1 11.1 41.3 30.2 28.4 5.3 27.6 31.1 22.2 5.8 8.0 5.5
2024 44.4 28.6 19.8 7.1 47.6 35.7 16.7 5.6 33.3 24.6 22.2 8.7 5.6 3.5
Player 40.8 26.9 23.8 8.6 39.8 34.7 25.4 4.5 29.0 26.3 25.0 6.4 8.0 5.3
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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
2024 Slider NYY R 315 83.6 42.0 3.8 10 2.6 -4.8 -65
2024 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 322 93.0 20.3 -3.3 -19 13.9 4.5 48
2024 Sweeper NYY R 76 80.6 41.6 1.2 3 16.3 1.4 9
2024 Sinker NYY R 119 92.4 29.2 3.8 15 18.9 3.4 22
2023 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 785 93.5 20.5 -4.2 -26 12.4 3.8 44
2023 Slider ATL R 478 83.1 42.8 4.3 11 3.3 -3.5 -52
2023 Sweeper ATL R 20 79.9 44.7 2.9 7 17.8 2.6 17
2017 Cutter MIN R 20 90.1 22.2 1.5 6 1.8 -3.4 -209
2017 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 201 94.1 14.2 0.1 1 11.3 3.0 37
2017 Slider MIN R 117 83.1 39.5 2.4 6 4.4 -0.5 -11
2017 Sinker MIN R 59 94.1 20.6 0.6 3 19.7 4.8 32
2016 Changeup MIN R 1 87.4 37.2 6.5 21 7.3 -5.8 -44
2016 Sinker MIN R 37 94.7 23.3 2.2 10 16.6 2.4 17
2016 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 871 94.6 17.6 -1.8 -11 11.7 4.2 57
2016 Slider MIN R 373 83.4 44.2 6.1 16 7.0 1.7 33
2015 Slider MIN R 89 83.3 44.7 5.9 15 7.3 2.1 40
2015 Changeup MIN R 5 88.6 34.7 4.8 16 14.1 1.3 10
2015 Sinker MIN R 3 94.8 28.1 6.6 30 20.1 5.8 41
2015 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 260 94.9 21.3 -5.9 -38 14.1 6.9 95
! 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 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 327 38.6 97 .177 .342 .320 21.3 25.8 20.8 .205 .393 .328 38.2
2024 Slider 0.9 3 323 38.1 74 .147 .206 .181 30.4 33.8 15.2 .189 .274 .214 45.7
2024 Sinker 2.1 3 120 14.2 24 .286 .429 .356 19.0 8.3 22.2 .324 .449 .379 26.3
2024 Sweeper -0.6 0 78 9.2 7 .333 .333 .357 32.1 0.0 0.0 .322 .380 .365 16.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 3 785 61.2 209 .226 .421 .303 22.3 23.0 18.7 .253 .464 .331 44.5
2023 Slider 0.1 0 478 37.3 112 .196 .304 .277 30.4 24.1 14.8 .212 .286 .254 30.3
2023 Sweeper 1.1 0 20 1.6 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .343 .537 .372 66.7
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 201 50.6 51 .200 .500 .385 24.8 25.5 20.6 .177 .407 .341 37.0
2017 Slider 0.1 0 117 29.5 27 .280 .280 .285 38.3 37.0 21.7 .230 .331 .303 18.8
2017 Sinker -5.0 -3 59 14.9 16 .400 .933 .563 17.6 0.0 0.0 .350 .654 .435 46.7
2017 Cutter -4.3 -1 20 5.0 3 .333 1.333 .967 40.0 33.3 16.7 .285 .750 .423 50.0
! 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
2024 4-Seam Fastball 311 93.0 91 18.0 2:00 1:45 15
2024 Sinker 109 92.4 87 20.1 2:00 2:45 -45
2024 Slider 301 83.6 29 5.7 8:00 7:00 60
2024 Sweeper 76 80.6 49 17.2 8:00 9:00 -60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 779 93.5 90 16.4 1:45 1:45 0
2023 Slider 475 83.1 42 6.5 8:00 7:15 45
2023 Sweeper 20 79.9 65 19.1 8:00 8:30 -30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 47 173 0 -1 0 -1 -1
2014 87 332 3 -2 -1 -3 -4
2015 97 359 2 0 1 -2 1
2016 315 1,285 2 2 -6 -8 -10
2017 97 397 4 -2 -3 -2 -3
2023 328 1,298 2 9 -5 -4 2
2024 202 848 10 4 -3 -5 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 %
2015 362 50.8 64.7 90.8 28.1 64.0 38.7 65.7 46.7 17.2 9.7 80.0
2016 1,287 51.1 64.1 80.6 27.8 59.4 40.0 60.0 46.4 25.5 8.0 78.6
2017 397 49.4 74.0 80.0 25.4 51.0 42.8 60.8 49.4 27.6 9.6 78.9
2023 1,283 52.8 68.9 80.1 29.4 61.8 42.6 66.7 50.3 24.8 8.1 72.1
2024 848 46.5 64.6 80.0 31.7 62.5 39.7 65.3 47.1 24.8 8.2 64.3
Player 4,177 50.5 66.7 81.1 28.9 60.5 40.9 63.7 48.0 24.6 8.4 74.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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 79 70 87
2016 19 32 16 9 36 36 2 4 3 78 54 70 36 76 86 70
2017 68 85 81
2023 60 56 49 46 72 49 49 28 44 48 70 40 58 41 69 30
2024 69 81 77 68 59 75 81 60 53 72 33 47 83 31 72 28
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR

Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.9 94.6 -0.3 ↓ -- -0.8 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 93.5 -- 92.9 -0.6 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 88.6 87.4 -1.2 ↓ -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 83.4 83.4 0.0 -- -0.3 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 83.0 -- 83.0 0.0
Exit Velocity 90.7 90.6 -0.1 ↓ -- -2.4 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 89.8 -- 88.4 -1.4 ↓
Launch Angle 7.6 16.4 8.8 ↑ -- -0.4 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 19.1 -- 11.9 -7.2 ↓
Barrel % 5.7 9.6 3.9 ↑ -- 0.4 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.0 -- 5.6 -2.4 ↓
Hard Hit % 41.4 42.8 1.4 ↑ -- -7.8 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40.0 -- 38.1 -1.9 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.7 38.0 12.3 ↑ -- -4.7 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32.0 -- 27.0 -5.0 ↓
xBA .246 .261 0.015 ↑ -- -0.032 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .240 -- .217 -0.023 ↓
BA .239 .280 0.041 ↑ -- -0.015 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .217 -- .184 -0.033 ↓
xwOBA .305 .341 0.036 ↑ -- 0.000 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .305 -- .293 -0.012 ↓
wOBA .300 .356 0.056 ↑ -- 0.023 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .283 -- .261 -0.022 ↓
xSLG .379 .465 0.086 ↑ -- -0.024 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .403 -- .353 -0.050 ↓
SLG .386 .490 0.104 ↑ -- 0.052 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .380 -- .299 -0.081 ↓
K% 19.2 25.4 6.2 ↑ -- -0.7 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 23.1 -- 25.7 2.6 ↑
BB% 9.1 7.6 -1.5 ↓ -- 4.8 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.1 -- 9.4 2.3 ↑
Swing % 46.7 46.4 -0.3 ↓ -- 3.0 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 50.3 -- 47.1 -3.2 ↓
Whiff% 17.2 25.5 8.3 ↑ -- 2.1 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 24.8 -- 24.8 0.0
In Zone % 50.8 51.1 0.3 ↑ -- -1.7 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 52.8 -- 46.5 -6.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.2 48.9 -0.3 ↓ -- 1.7 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 47.2 -- 53.5 6.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 28.1 27.8 -0.3 ↓ -- -2.4 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29.4 -- 31.7 2.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 29.3 27.3 -2.0 ↓ -- 4.7 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32.1 -- 24.8 -7.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 65.7 60.0 -5.7 ↓ -- 0.8 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 66.7 -- 65.3 -1.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 312 .359 200 19 9.5 112 18 16.1
2017 Shifts 97 .379 65 9 13.8 32 4 12.5
2023 Shades 324 .283 172 55 32.0 152 59 38.8
2024 Shades 202 .261 140 1 0.7 62 36 58.1
! 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 %
2013 32 17.0 15.6% 6.3% 44 20.1 2.3% 0.0%
2014 69 15.4 43.5% 1.4% 78 18.7 10.3% 5.1%
2015 88 16.7 31.8% 3.4% 77 21.4 6.5% 9.1%
2016 306 18.3 19.6% 2.3% 288 21.7 9.4% 12.8%
2017 92 17.3 17.4% 2.2% 85 21.7 1.2% 9.4%
2023 338 14.6 57.7% 0.6% 209 18.1 1.9% 0.5%
2024 200 14.3 63.5% 0.0% 150 17.1 14.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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