Michael Wacha
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 215LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 1, #19, St. Louis Cardinals | Texas A&M
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 14 4 3.22 24 24 0 134.1 124 1.16
2024 13 8 3.35 29 29 0 166.2 145 1.19
2025 0 3 4.35 4 4 0 20.2 15 1.31
13 Seasons 101 65 3.90 282 261 0 1,475.1 1,305 1.28
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 24 14-4 3.22 134.1 124 1.16
2024 29 13-8 3.35 166.2 145 1.19
2025 4 0-3 4.35 20.2 15 1.31
13 Seasons 282 101-65 3.90 1,475.1 1,305 1.28
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 23 2937 545 26 4.8 3.4 87.6 113.6 10.4 28.8 .240 .374 .294 .301 .346 33.4 20.1 7.6 3.38 3.74
2016 24 2324 446 27 6.1 4.5 88.1 116.3 8.9 37.0 .265 .425 .339 .318 .367 34.1 18.8 7.4 5.09 4.28
2017 25 2690 485 27 5.6 3.9 87.2 111.7 9.8 32.4 .250 .391 .316 .305 .361 30.1 22.5 7.8 4.13 3.98
2018 26 1419 246 19 7.7 5.4 89.0 112.5 9.2 36.2 .275 .444 .286 .348 .396 37.0 20.0 10.1 3.20 5.26
2019 27 2199 400 31 7.8 5.5 88.2 113.7 9.7 35.5 .276 .490 .360 .356 .405 35.5 18.5 9.6 4.76 5.77
2020 28 609 110 9 8.2 5.8 87.9 108.9 15.2 38.2 .258 .456 .398 .326 .405 43.6 23.7 4.5 6.62 4.54
2021 29 1974 372 39 10.5 7.4 89.9 118.6 13.3 39.8 .282 .499 .334 .355 .439 43.0 22.9 5.9 5.05 5.51
2022 30 1949 376 36 9.6 7.0 88.2 112.7 12.8 35.4 .253 .446 .301 .329 .387 35.4 20.2 6.0 3.32 4.56
2023 31 2221 383 28 7.3 5.1 88.1 114.6 18.5 38.6 .250 .421 .291 .318 .376 35.5 22.4 7.8 3.22 4.27
2024 32 2602 489 40 8.2 5.8 86.9 117.5 15.7 32.7 .252 .405 .300 .311 .365 32.5 21.2 6.6 3.35 4.05
2025 33 348 61 6 9.8 6.9 88.0 108.6 18.2 42.6 .261 .482 .297 .356 .388 34.4 17.2 11.5 4.36 4.84
Player 21272 3913 288 7.4 5.2 88.0 118.6 12.2 34.9 .259 .430 .316 .324 .380 35.0 20.8 7.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Wacha relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(40.2%) ,
Changeup
(29.3%) ,
Cutter
(11.2%) ,
Sinker
(7.2%) ,
Slider
(6.6%) ,
Curveball
(5.5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 47.5 52.5 20.6 24.8 7.2 31.2 37.4 31.4 20.4 18.9 8.3 10.8 18.5 23.1
2016 48.4 51.6 16.4 30.0 5.2 37.2 35.9 26.9 20.4 20.4 7.6 16.8 15.5 19.3
2017 50.1 49.9 19.6 24.7 5.6 37.7 34.6 27.6 22.7 20.0 7.4 15.1 14.6 20.2
2018 46.7 53.3 20.3 28.5 4.5 44.7 32.5 21.1 25.6 14.6 5.3 19.1 17.9 15.9
2019 49.5 50.5 21.0 24.0 5.5 42.0 32.8 25.3 23.3 18.8 7.5 18.8 14.0 17.8
2020 39.1 60.9 29.1 26.4 5.5 40.0 35.5 24.5 20.9 10.9 7.3 19.1 24.5 17.3
2021 42.5 57.5 25.8 25.0 6.7 37.6 35.2 27.2 19.9 16.4 6.2 17.7 18.8 21.0
2022 41.2 58.8 22.3 26.1 10.4 40.2 37.0 22.9 19.7 16.0 5.6 20.5 21.0 17.3
2023 35.2 64.8 31.3 24.8 8.6 48.3 34.5 17.2 22.2 11.7 1.3 26.1 22.7 15.9
2024 39.9 60.1 26.8 23.5 9.8 41.1 32.7 26.2 22.1 12.9 4.9 19.0 19.8 21.3
2025 41.0 59.0 31.1 21.3 6.6 37.7 37.7 24.6 23.0 14.8 3.3 14.8 23.0 21.3
Player 44.5 55.5 22.9 25.5 7.1 39.4 34.9 25.6 21.6 16.7 6.2 17.8 18.3 19.4
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 4.6 36.1 20.6 22.8 5.1 4.8 3.4
2016 3.4 37.4 20.9 24.9 5.6 6.1 4.5
2017 4.5 36.7 22.9 24.5 3.9 5.6 3.9
2018 4.5 32.1 19.1 30.1 6.1 7.7 5.4
2019 2.3 38.0 21.0 25.0 4.5 7.8 5.5
2020 9.1 26.4 25.5 22.7 8.2 8.2 5.8
2021 3.2 29.0 20.7 29.6 6.5 10.5 7.4
2022 3.5 31.4 26.9 21.5 5.9 9.6 7.0
2023 2.9 25.1 31.3 25.1 8.1 7.3 5.1
2024 5.7 27.6 28.2 25.8 4.1 8.2 5.8
2025 3.3 24.6 27.9 23.0 9.8 9.8 6.9
Player 4.0 32.6 23.7 25.0 5.5 7.4 5.2
MLB 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
2025 Changeup KC R 102 80.8 32.5 -0.4 11.5ARM -0.9 9.4 -5.2 11.5ARM -3.2
2025 Curveball KC R 19 75.4 60.9 -1.0 13.6GLV 4.0 -12.3 2.4 13.6GLV 3.9
2025 Slider KC R 23 85.3 34.0 -1.4 4.4GLV 0.2 3.3 -1.4 4.4GLV -0.7
2025 Cutter KC R 39 87.7 25.1 3.4 2.5GLV -0.8 10.2 1.6 2.5GLV 0.3
2025 4-Seam Fastball KC R 140 92.9 13.4 0.5 6.3ARM 0.8 18.3 2.1 6.3ARM -1.3
2025 Sinker KC R 25 93.1 16.5 -5.0 13.3ARM -1.2 15.1 -7.6 13.3ARM -2.1
2024 Changeup KC R 839 81.2 36.2 3.4 13.0ARM 0.2 5.4 -0.5 13.0ARM -1.2
2024 4-Seam Fastball KC R 612 93.6 13.3 1.0 6.7ARM 0.5 17.9 2.2 6.7ARM -0.9
2024 Curveball KC R 212 75.2 60.8 0.5 12.3GLV 3.8 -12.0 2.0 12.3GLV 2.9
2024 Slider KC R 240 84.1 37.1 -0.4 2.7GLV -1.9 1.4 0.2 2.7GLV -2.2
2024 Sinker KC R 403 93.6 16.6 -4.6 12.8ARM -1.5 14.5 -7.3 12.8ARM -2.1
2024 Cutter KC R 296 88.8 24.3 2.8 1.2GLV -2.4 10.2 1.9 1.2GLV -1.5
! 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 1 140 40.2 31 .200 .360 .305 12.9 12.9 11.1 .302 .614 .426 45.5
2025 Changeup 1.7 2 102 29.3 24 .143 .238 .239 30.9 29.2 16.7 .154 .195 .224 14.3
2025 Cutter 0.1 0 39 11.2 13 .333 .500 .385 15.8 15.4 66.7 .265 .555 .372 30.0
2025 Sinker -0.5 0 25 7.2 10 .375 .375 .410 16.7 10.0 20.0 .269 .378 .362 28.6
2025 Slider 1.6 0 23 6.6 5 .200 .400 .250 33.3 0.0 0.0 .448 1.094 .636 40.0
2025 Curveball 1.0 0 19 5.5 4 .250 .250 .225 16.7 25.0 20.0 .271 .314 .255 66.7
2024 Changeup 1.7 14 839 32.2 246 .169 .312 .224 34.1 31.7 21.8 .175 .307 .228 26.1
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 2 612 23.5 152 .287 .456 .360 16.9 17.8 16.3 .297 .475 .366 40.5
2024 Sinker 0.6 2 403 15.5 143 .244 .293 .298 10.1 16.8 17.0 .273 .402 .336 35.3
2024 Cutter -0.5 -2 296 11.4 78 .319 .458 .382 14.8 10.3 25.8 .322 .487 .376 31.3
2024 Slider -2.2 -5 240 9.2 37 .371 .600 .431 37.3 13.5 11.9 .343 .595 .417 33.3
2024 Curveball -2.4 -5 212 8.1 28 .357 .643 .423 17.4 10.7 13.0 .279 .452 .314 28.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2025 Changeup 92 80.9 81 15.3 2:00 1:45 15
2025 Curveball 18 75.5 88 21.0 7:00 7:30 -30
2025 Cutter 39 87.7 61 9.8 12:15 11:30 45
2025 4-Seam Fastball 138 92.9 97 19.0 12:45 12:45 0
2025 Sinker 25 93.1 95 20.0 12:45 1:30 -45
2025 Slider 21 85.3 31 5.6 11:15 9:45 90
2024 Changeup 714 81.3 80 15.0 2:00 2:15 -15
2024 Curveball 204 75.1 86 19.8 7:00 7:15 -15
2024 Cutter 289 88.8 66 9.6 12:30 11:45 45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 599 93.6 99 18.7 12:45 12:45 0
2024 Sinker 398 93.6 98 19.3 1:00 1:30 -30
2024 Slider 239 84.1 20 4.1 10:15 9:00 75
! 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
2013 260 1,033 9 11 -5 -3 12
2014 447 1,694 9 16 -12 -5 7
2015 758 2,919 20 18 -15 -9 14
2016 600 2,303 -2 11 -11 -7 -9
2017 695 2,682 3 32 -16 -10 9
2018 354 1,413 15 14 -13 -5 11
2019 557 2,199 -5 13 -16 -12 -21
2020 156 609 -9 1 -4 -2 -14
2021 528 1,974 -3 10 -10 -8 -10
2022 515 1,949 3 20 -12 -7 4
2023 552 2,221 8 24 -10 -8 14
2024 684 2,602 9 22 -15 -10 7
2025 87 348 3 4 -3 -1 3
Player 6,193 23,946 61 195 -143 61 27
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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 2,937 52.2 70.3 81.9 29.4 66.5 44.4 63.4 50.8 21.5 7.8 76.8
2016 2,324 51.5 67.1 84.3 26.7 69.8 42.7 59.1 47.5 18.8 7.2 84.5
2017 2,690 52.3 66.9 81.2 26.7 64.0 44.8 66.0 47.8 23.0 8.0 80.9
2018 1,419 49.3 68.9 81.9 23.3 58.7 44.6 53.0 45.7 23.1 7.2 77.5
2019 2,199 46.7 71.3 81.8 27.4 69.2 42.6 57.8 47.9 21.2 6.6 77.9
2020 609 50.1 72.1 79.5 29.6 64.4 41.9 53.8 50.9 24.8 6.6 90.0
2021 1,974 52.0 73.1 83.6 32.6 59.9 41.7 68.8 53.6 23.0 8.8 83.8
2022 1,949 50.0 71.7 84.4 29.3 66.7 45.4 60.8 50.5 20.7 7.5 82.9
2023 2,221 50.2 65.9 82.9 29.7 57.6 44.6 61.8 47.9 24.6 7.4 72.6
2024 2,602 50.8 68.5 81.7 27.8 61.0 44.6 64.4 48.5 23.3 8.3 77.3
2025 348 51.1 69.1 79.7 25.3 76.7 47.7 62.1 47.7 21.1 8.3 75.9
Player 21,272 50.7 69.3 82.4 28.2 64.2 44.0 61.9 49.0 22.2 7.6 79.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 61.1 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
2015 59 54 57 59 50 17 55 65 46 47 47 39 49 77 28 21 97
2016 40 26 34 45 41 25 46 63 54 34 58 15 23 67 29 14 98
2017 58 45 59 68 58 19 56 49 73 57 59 39 39 81 36 21 91
2018 11 10 18 31 7 41 25 29 35 35 21 37 6 60 17 19 93
2019 10 12 11 12 12 20 32 61 59 17 27 17 29 45 8 6 90
2020 40 31 24 24 65 28 34 56 16 52 93 37 67 54 21 90
2021 11 8 6 8 29 7 11 24 18 46 84 24 92 55 21 15 88
2022 21 28 13 8 50 11 14 56 70 31 79 12 49 33 20 11 75
2023 45 40 35 38 57 28 61 70 75 41 60 39 62 19 4 8 73
2024 47 31 37 44 56 8 39 89 92 34 70 32 40 42 14 16 77
2025 30 35 25 21 34 7 35 68 77 23 30 20 34 28 23 73
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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 22.3 15 16.0 -1 15 13 5 33.3
2017 22.9 17 16.3 1 8 15 6 35.3
2018 23.4 9 8.8 0 2 5 5 55.6
2019 23.4 26 23.9 2 6 12 16 61.5
2020 22.7 9 7.1 2 4 6 2 22.2
2021 23.4 24 25.6 -2 7 22 8 33.3
2022 24.1 18 18.0 0 14 14 6 33.3
2023 23.7 15 13.4 2 7 11 6 40.0
2024 23.4 18 20.7 -3 12 19 6 33.3
2025 24.3 1 1.9 -1 1 2 1 100.0
Player 23.3 152 151.8 0 76 119 61 40.1
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 15 17 11 19 16 14 17 16 12 10 14 21 15 13 15 19 10 14 17 16 16 13 24 25 18 15 16 24 18 17 9
2017 17 16 10 22 20 17 20 17 15 10 14 18 15 15 19 20 16 15 17 18 15 13 22 20 15 12 15 21 16 16 10
2018 9 10 7 8 9 8 9 9 7 6 8 9 10 8 8 10 8 9 9 10 10 10 11 10 9 7 9 10 11 9 7
2019 26 27 23 25 25 25 28 23 23 18 23 26 27 23 25 24 22 21 22 26 24 27 28 24 20 22 23 25 26 24 19
2020 9 8 4 9 7 8 8 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 7 8 9 7 9 7 6 9 6 7 6 5 10 9 7 7
2021 24 28 22 26 29 27 28 24 16 20 20 22 29 22 28 30 26 26 27 28 27 29 33 29 23 22 28 29 27 22 22
2022 18 14 17 21 19 19 18 14 14 14 18 20 22 16 18 21 17 18 17 18 18 20 23 19 14 15 19 23 22 16 15
2023 15 12 8 12 13 12 14 14 14 10 13 15 14 10 15 16 14 12 18 16 14 12 20 16 11 10 15 14 14 13 12
2024 18 21 20 23 17 19 23 20 17 14 18 23 24 17 20 20 21 18 24 29 25 20 29 26 16 19 16 20 26 19 17
2025 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 3 3 2 1 1 3 4 3 3
Player 152 156 123 166 156 151 166 145 124 108 134 162 167 132 158 168 143 145 159 171 159 152 202 178 135 129 147 179 173 146 121
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 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Fastball Velocity 93.9 -0.8 93.1 1.0 94.1 -1.9 92.2 0.0 92.2 -0.5 91.7 0.3 92.0 -0.2 91.8 -1.0 90.8 1.7 92.5 -0.6 91.9
Offspeed Velocity 87.1 -1.6 85.5 2.3 87.8 -1.8 86.0 -0.5 85.5 1.4 86.9 0.0 86.9 -2.6 84.3 -2.7 81.6 -0.4 81.2 -0.4 80.8
Breaking Velocity 76.4 -1.6 74.8 1.7 76.5 -0.7 75.8 -0.5 75.3 0.0 75.3 0.9 76.2 -1.5 74.7 -0.4 74.3 5.6 79.9 0.9 80.8
Exit Velocity 87.6 0.5 88.1 -0.9 87.2 1.8 89.0 -0.8 88.2 -0.3 87.9 2.0 89.9 -1.7 88.2 -0.1 88.1 -1.2 86.9 1.1 88.0
Launch Angle 10.4 -1.5 8.9 0.9 9.8 -0.6 9.2 0.5 9.7 5.5 15.2 -1.9 13.3 -0.5 12.8 5.7 18.5 -2.8 15.7 2.5 18.2
Barrel % 4.8 1.3 6.1 -0.5 5.6 2.1 7.7 0.1 7.8 0.4 8.2 2.3 10.5 -0.9 9.6 -2.3 7.3 0.9 8.2 1.6 9.8
Hard Hit % 33.4 0.7 34.1 -4.0 30.1 6.9 37.0 -1.5 35.5 8.1 43.6 -0.6 43.0 -7.6 35.4 0.1 35.5 -3.0 32.5 1.9 34.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 28.8 8.2 37.0 -4.6 32.4 3.8 36.2 -0.7 35.5 2.7 38.2 1.6 39.8 -4.4 35.4 3.2 38.6 -5.9 32.7 9.9 42.6
xBA .240 0.025 .265 -0.015 .250 0.025 .275 0.001 .276 -0.018 .258 0.024 .282 -0.029 .253 -0.003 .250 0.002 .252 0.009 .261
BA .236 0.053 .289 -0.022 .267 -0.046 .221 0.069 .290 0.023 .313 -0.043 .270 -0.037 .233 -0.009 .224 0.022 .246 -0.019 .227
xwOBA .301 0.017 .318 -0.013 .305 0.043 .348 0.008 .356 -0.030 .326 0.029 .355 -0.026 .329 -0.011 .318 -0.007 .311 0.045 .356
wOBA .294 0.045 .339 -0.023 .316 -0.030 .286 0.074 .360 0.038 .398 -0.064 .334 -0.033 .301 -0.010 .291 0.009 .300 -0.003 .297
xSLG .374 0.051 .425 -0.034 .391 0.053 .444 0.046 .490 -0.034 .456 0.043 .499 -0.053 .446 -0.025 .421 -0.016 .405 0.077 .482
SLG .373 0.086 .459 -0.050 .409 -0.065 .344 0.159 .503 0.096 .599 -0.132 .467 -0.057 .410 -0.030 .380 0.007 .387 -0.040 .347
K% 20.1 -1.3 18.8 3.7 22.5 -2.5 20.0 -1.5 18.5 5.2 23.7 -0.8 22.9 -2.7 20.2 2.2 22.4 -1.2 21.2 -4.0 17.2
BB% 7.6 -0.2 7.4 0.4 7.8 2.3 10.1 -0.5 9.6 -5.1 4.5 1.4 5.9 0.1 6.0 1.8 7.8 -1.2 6.6 4.9 11.5
Swing % 50.8 -3.3 47.5 0.3 47.8 -2.1 45.7 2.2 47.9 3.0 50.9 2.7 53.6 -3.1 50.5 -2.6 47.9 0.6 48.5 -0.8 47.7
Whiff% 21.5 -2.7 18.8 4.2 23.0 0.1 23.1 -1.9 21.2 3.6 24.8 -1.8 23.0 -2.3 20.7 3.9 24.6 -1.3 23.3 -2.2 21.1
In Zone % 52.2 -0.7 51.5 0.8 52.3 -3.0 49.3 -2.6 46.7 3.4 50.1 1.9 52.0 -2.0 50.0 0.2 50.2 0.6 50.8 0.3 51.1
Out of Zone % 47.8 0.7 48.5 -0.8 47.7 3.0 50.7 2.6 53.3 -3.4 49.9 -1.9 48.0 2.0 50.0 -0.2 49.8 -0.6 49.2 -0.3 48.9
Out of Zone Swing % 29.4 -2.7 26.7 0.0 26.7 -3.4 23.3 4.1 27.4 2.2 29.6 3.0 32.6 -3.3 29.3 0.4 29.7 -1.9 27.8 -2.5 25.3
First Pitch Swing % 32.8 -2.9 29.9 1.3 31.2 -4.7 26.5 3.4 29.9 -0.4 29.5 11.0 40.5 -7.5 33.0 -5.2 27.8 7.7 35.5 -1.0 34.5
First Pitch Strike % 63.4 -4.3 59.1 6.9 66.0 -13.0 53.0 4.8 57.8 -4.0 53.8 15.0 68.8 -8.0 60.8 1.0 61.8 2.6 64.4 -2.3 62.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 593 .336 343 14 4.1 250 48 19.2
2017 Shifts 697 .317 374 5 1.3 323 18 5.6
2018 Shifts 355 .286 180 10 5.6 175 21 12.0
2019 Shifts 557 .360 343 14 4.1 214 68 31.8
2020 Shifts 156 .398 81 14 17.3 75 28 37.3
2021 Shifts 523 .336 323 84 26.0 200 145 72.5
2022 Shifts 515 .301 301 108 35.9 214 183 85.5
2023 Shades 552 .290 291 6 2.1 261 155 59.4
2024 Shades 684 .300 333 6 1.8 351 153 43.6
2025 Shades 87 .297 39 0 0.0 48 22 45.8
! 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 297 13.5 65.0% 0.7% 162 21.0 4.9% 3.7%
2014 479 13.1 72.2% 0.8% 265 21.0 2.6% 6.8%
2015 802 14.4 54.4% 1.7% 460 21.6 7.8% 12.6%
2016 643 14.8 52.6% 2.2% 381 22.9 3.9% 14.7%
2017 837 14.4 58.8% 0.1% 372 22.1 1.1% 5.6%
2018 480 14.6 54.0% 0.2% 191 23.0 0.0% 11.0%
2019 653 14.9 51.1% 0.8% 346 22.5 0.0% 9.0%
2020 146 14.2 59.6% 0.0% 114 21.7 0.0% 5.3%
2021 527 16.3 34.3% 1.3% 244 22.5 0.0% 10.7%
2022 588 15.7 39.6% 1.9% 265 22.6 0.4% 9.1%
2023 652 14.5 59.0% 0.0% 342 19.3 0.3% 0.3%
2024 739 14.3 64.3% 0.0% 388 18.1 4.6% 0.3%
2025 64 14.3 60.9% 1.6% 51 19.0 2.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution