Miguel Castro
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 7" 201LBS | Age: 29
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 5 0 4.03 34 0 0 29 31 1.45
2023 6 6 4.31 75 0 7 64.2 60 1.18
2024 0 0 5.93 11 0 0 13.2 8 1.68
10 Seasons 22 28 4.20 419 4 14 460.2 410 1.38
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 34 5-0 4.03 29 31 1.45
2023 75 6-6 4.31 64.2 60 1.18
2024 11 0-0 5.93 13.2 8 1.68
10 Seasons 419 22-28 4.20 460.2 410 1.38
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 20 293 55 4 7.3 4.8 92.1 109.0 13.8 41.8 .291 .592 .387 .408 .508 45.5 21.7 12.0 6.11 7.58
2016 21 240 49 3 6.1 4.5 84.1 109.2 6.5 28.6 .279 .470 .376 .353 .399 28.6 17.9 7.5 6.14 5.42
2017 22 1033 206 8 3.9 2.9 85.7 112.4 8.3 27.7 .247 .408 .291 .315 .325 29.1 13.9 10.2 3.53 4.27
2018 23 1460 264 19 7.2 5.1 87.5 114.9 11.2 28.4 .258 .426 .312 .345 .357 34.5 15.2 13.3 3.96 5.16
2019 24 1232 207 13 6.3 4.1 87.1 112.3 9.4 27.1 .215 .361 .303 .296 .326 32.9 22.3 12.9 4.66 3.83
2020 25 475 63 3 4.8 2.6 91.0 109.3 5.5 30.2 .222 .347 .357 .300 .391 46.0 33.0 11.3 4.01 3.79
2021 26 1228 177 12 6.8 4.0 86.0 115.7 8.5 34.5 .213 .350 .286 .314 .346 33.9 25.4 14.2 3.46 4.18
2022 27 522 80 9 11.3 6.9 88.3 116.1 10.9 35.0 .252 .388 .333 .339 .386 32.9 23.7 11.5 4.03 4.87
2023 28 1008 180 11 6.1 4.1 86.1 110.0 10.5 33.3 .233 .380 .286 .302 .347 28.3 22.4 9.3 4.31 3.82
2024 29 232 52 3 5.8 4.7 84.6 110.7 8.3 38.5 .325 .514 .421 .380 .415 25.0 12.5 4.7 5.93 6.41
Player 7723 1333 85 6.4 4.3 86.9 116.1 9.6 31.0 .241 .400 .313 .323 .357 32.8 20.5 11.7
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

Castro relies on 3 pitches.
Sinker
(45.7%) ,
Slider
(38.8%) ,
Changeup
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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 36.4 20.0 41.8 1.8 41.8 41.8 16.4 3.6 23.6 20.0 21.8 16.4 7.3 4.8
2016 55.1 10.2 22.4 12.2 28.6 42.9 28.6 6.1 44.9 14.3 20.4 8.2 6.1 4.5
2017 50.5 23.3 19.9 6.3 36.9 45.1 18.0 7.8 37.4 22.3 21.4 6.3 3.9 2.9
2018 48.9 20.1 20.8 10.2 38.3 37.5 24.2 3.8 37.9 22.0 22.7 6.1 7.2 5.1
2019 48.3 24.6 18.8 8.2 35.7 44.0 20.3 4.3 39.1 24.6 19.8 5.3 6.3 4.1
2020 52.4 22.2 22.2 3.2 47.6 33.3 19.0 4.8 33.3 19.0 30.2 7.9 4.8 2.6
2021 52.0 21.5 20.3 6.2 38.4 36.2 25.4 5.1 37.9 20.9 22.0 6.8 6.8 4.0
2022 47.5 21.3 25.0 6.3 41.3 43.8 15.0 2.5 32.5 21.3 30.0 1.3 11.3 6.9
2023 44.4 20.0 27.8 7.8 35.6 40.6 23.9 6.7 32.8 26.1 22.2 6.1 6.1 4.1
2024 48.1 19.2 26.9 5.8 48.1 30.8 21.2 7.7 34.6 21.2 28.8 1.9 5.8 4.7
Player 48.6 21.2 22.7 7.4 38.1 40.2 21.7 5.3 36.3 22.3 22.8 6.2 6.4 4.3
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 AZ R 106 94.6 24.5 -0.6 16.1ARM 0.1 6.2 1.1 16.1ARM 1.3
2024 Slider AZ R 90 81.5 38.9 -1.1 16.6GLV 8.9 2.5 -0.9 16.6GLV 11.5
2024 Changeup AZ R 36 89.4 33.3 1.7 17.0ARM 2.4 1.0 3.9 17.0ARM 2.8
2023 Slider AZ R 420 83.8 37.0 -0.9 10.5GLV 4.2 1.9 -0.4 10.5GLV 5.2
2023 Changeup AZ R 160 91.4 30.7 1.7 16.8ARM 1.6 2.0 3.4 16.8ARM 2.4
2023 Sinker AZ R 428 96.8 24.7 1.1 17.5ARM 1.1 4.6 3.0 17.5ARM 2.5
! 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 %
2024 Sinker -3.6 -4 106 45.7 32 .393 .714 .498 12.5 6.3 11.1 .312 .559 .411 34.6
2024 Slider 0.9 1 90 38.8 18 .176 .471 .265 25.8 22.2 18.2 .269 .481 .318 7.1
2024 Changeup -5.7 -2 36 15.5 14 .429 .571 .436 23.8 14.3 14.3 .417 .463 .386 25.0
2023 Sinker 0.1 0 428 42.5 107 .256 .411 .349 15.6 12.1 19.7 .273 .407 .353 33.3
2023 Slider 0.9 4 420 41.7 108 .171 .333 .235 33.8 30.6 23.4 .194 .360 .246 23.6
2023 Changeup -0.7 -1 160 15.9 50 .227 .318 .293 34.9 28.0 21.9 .246 .370 .315 26.7
! 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 35 89.4 92 17.9 2:15 3:00 -45
2024 Sinker 106 94.6 96 18.0 2:15 2:30 -15
2024 Slider 89 81.5 60 17.7 8:30 9:00 -30
2023 Changeup 157 91.4 94 17.7 2:15 3:00 -45
2023 Sinker 424 96.8 97 18.8 2:15 2:45 -30
2023 Slider 408 83.9 49 11.3 8:30 9:00 -30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 81 287 -1 0 -2 -2 -6
2016 67 240 0 -1 -2 -2 -5
2017 270 1,030 12 9 -10 -6 5
2018 369 1,459 16 13 -14 -13 3
2019 316 1,232 6 7 -1 -8 4
2020 115 475 -2 9 -4 -3 0
2021 303 1,228 9 22 -12 -10 8
2022 134 540 2 4 -3 -4 -1
2023 294 1,118 0 8 -2 -4 2
2024 64 232 -4 2 -2 -1 -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 293 43.0 68.3 81.4 26.3 54.5 39.2 59.0 44.4 27.7 7.2 71.4
2016 240 48.8 54.7 79.7 25.2 51.6 37.9 41.8 39.6 29.5 7.9 52.6
2017 1,033 48.2 66.7 83.4 27.5 61.9 41.8 58.5 46.3 22.6 6.9 76.1
2018 1,460 48.6 66.4 79.6 23.5 66.5 38.9 59.0 44.3 23.6 7.1 76.9
2019 1,232 44.4 64.7 81.6 27.9 54.5 40.3 52.5 44.2 27.7 6.9 72.9
2020 475 48.0 65.4 79.9 28.7 46.5 39.4 60.9 46.3 30.9 7.6 72.2
2021 1,228 45.0 61.1 74.5 26.0 53.4 40.1 52.8 41.8 32.6 5.8 71.8
2022 522 44.9 60.2 73.4 27.1 58.4 39.8 51.9 42.1 32.3 8.5 61.4
2023 1,008 49.9 61.4 80.9 30.0 55.3 41.9 58.1 45.7 26.9 6.5 72.7
2024 232 45.7 66.0 88.6 30.2 65.8 42.7 56.3 46.6 18.5 7.8 72.2
Player 7,723 46.9 63.9 79.9 26.9 57.4 40.3 55.8 44.2 27.1 6.9 72.1
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
2015 96 77 63
2016 94 78 57
2017 47 48 45 45 36 78 88 85 80 5 21 37 49 84 61 56
2018 12 24 26 31 2 41 35 73 58 7 4 41 8 85 59 67
2019 71 80 78 72 50 60 64 84 78 48 7 65 36 96 59 71
2020 63 67 74 76 49 74 78 9 9 90 23 77 61 99 70 78
2021 47 81 78 71 18 72 63 93 85 62 3 87 29 98 63 79
2022 96 24 77
2023 63 65 66 66 55 74 80 93 97 41 35 57 65 90 28 82
2024 59 34 86
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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 3 1.9 1 0 2 1 33.3
2017 23.9 8 10.9 -3 6 6 6 75.0
2018 22.8 9 8.6 0 3 10 2 22.2
2019 24.4 10 8.2 2 4 6 3 30.0
2020 24.6 4 2.6 1 3 2 1 25.0
2021 22.8 7 6.0 1 3 7 1 14.3
2022 27.4 2 3.2 -1 0 5 0 0.0
2023 24.6 9 8.6 0 4 6 4 44.4
2024 23.5 3 3.3 0 0 1 3 100.0
Player 23.9 55 53.2 2 23 45 21 38.2
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 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 1
2017 8 9 12 11 11 10 14 11 8 9 10 14 12 11 9 11 9 9 12 10 12 14 12 13 10 9 10 15 12 10 7
2018 9 12 8 6 8 7 9 9 5 5 7 7 12 8 9 11 9 9 10 10 11 8 13 11 9 5 6 8 13 7 6
2019 10 10 6 9 7 8 9 9 6 6 7 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 10 8 10 7 9 10 9 7 6 10 9 7 7
2020 4 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2
2021 7 7 3 6 6 5 8 8 3 4 4 6 7 3 7 9 5 6 7 6 6 5 8 9 6 6 6 5 6 5 7
2022 2 4 1 2 2 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 4 5 5 3 4 4 3 5 5 3 3 2 3 4 3 3
2023 9 8 8 9 9 9 10 6 9 6 9 10 9 6 10 10 11 8 10 9 7 12 10 12 5 6 9 9 9 7 6
2024 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3
Player 55 59 45 51 49 50 62 53 39 37 46 59 61 47 55 61 54 52 59 56 59 58 68 67 50 43 46 60 61 47 42
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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.1 96.8 -0.3 ↓ 95.4 -1.4 ↓ 95.4 0.0 97.3 1.9 ↑ 98.1 0.8 ↑ 98.0 -0.1 ↓ 97.9 -0.1 ↓ 96.8 -1.1 ↓ 94.6 -2.2 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 88.4 87.9 -0.5 ↓ 86.2 -1.7 ↓ 87.6 1.4 ↑ 90.5 2.9 ↑ 92.3 1.8 ↑ 92.1 -0.2 ↓ 92.4 0.3 ↑ 91.4 -1.0 ↓ 89.4 -2.0 ↓
Breaking Velocity 82.7 83.4 0.7 ↑ 84.5 1.1 ↑ 84.3 -0.2 ↓ 86.1 1.8 ↑ 86.8 0.7 ↑ 85.7 -1.1 ↓ 85.8 0.1 ↑ 83.8 -2.0 ↓ 81.5 -2.3 ↓
Exit Velocity 92.1 84.1 -8.0 ↓ 85.7 1.6 ↑ 87.5 1.8 ↑ 87.1 -0.4 ↓ 91.0 3.9 ↑ 86.0 -5.0 ↓ 88.3 2.3 ↑ 86.1 -2.2 ↓ 84.6 -1.5 ↓
Launch Angle 13.8 6.5 -7.3 ↓ 8.3 1.8 ↑ 11.2 2.9 ↑ 9.4 -1.8 ↓ 5.5 -3.9 ↓ 8.5 3.0 ↑ 10.9 2.4 ↑ 10.5 -0.4 ↓ 8.3 -2.2 ↓
Barrel % 7.3 6.1 -1.2 ↓ 3.9 -2.2 ↓ 7.2 3.3 ↑ 6.3 -0.9 ↓ 4.8 -1.5 ↓ 6.8 2.0 ↑ 11.3 4.5 ↑ 6.1 -5.2 ↓ 5.8 -0.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 45.5 28.6 -16.9 ↓ 29.1 0.5 ↑ 34.5 5.4 ↑ 32.9 -1.6 ↓ 46.0 13.1 ↑ 33.9 -12.1 ↓ 32.9 -1.0 ↓ 28.3 -4.6 ↓ 25.0 -3.3 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 41.8 28.6 -13.2 ↓ 27.7 -0.9 ↓ 28.4 0.7 ↑ 27.1 -1.3 ↓ 30.2 3.1 ↑ 34.5 4.3 ↑ 35.0 0.5 ↑ 33.3 -1.7 ↓ 38.5 5.2 ↑
xBA .291 .279 -0.012 ↓ .247 -0.032 ↓ .258 0.011 ↑ .215 -0.043 ↓ .222 0.007 ↑ .213 -0.009 ↓ .252 0.039 ↑ .233 -0.019 ↓ .325 0.092 ↑
BA .296 .300 0.004 ↑ .224 -0.076 ↓ .236 0.012 ↑ .232 -0.004 ↓ .277 0.045 ↑ .189 -0.088 ↓ .243 0.054 ↑ .213 -0.030 ↓ .339 0.126 ↑
xwOBA .408 .353 -0.055 ↓ .315 -0.038 ↓ .345 0.030 ↑ .296 -0.049 ↓ .300 0.004 ↑ .314 0.014 ↑ .339 0.025 ↑ .302 -0.037 ↓ .380 0.078 ↑
wOBA .387 .376 -0.011 ↓ .291 -0.085 ↓ .312 0.021 ↑ .303 -0.009 ↓ .357 0.054 ↑ .286 -0.071 ↓ .333 0.047 ↑ .286 -0.047 ↓ .421 0.135 ↑
xSLG .592 .470 -0.122 ↓ .408 -0.062 ↓ .426 0.018 ↑ .361 -0.065 ↓ .347 -0.014 ↓ .350 0.003 ↑ .388 0.038 ↑ .380 -0.008 ↓ .514 0.134 ↑
SLG .563 .517 -0.046 ↓ .376 -0.141 ↓ .368 -0.008 ↓ .386 0.018 ↑ .455 0.069 ↑ .299 -0.156 ↓ .387 0.088 ↑ .360 -0.027 ↓ .610 0.250 ↑
K% 21.7 17.9 -3.8 ↓ 13.9 -4.0 ↓ 15.2 1.3 ↑ 22.3 7.1 ↑ 33.0 10.7 ↑ 25.4 -7.6 ↓ 23.7 -1.7 ↓ 22.4 -1.3 ↓ 12.5 -9.9 ↓
BB% 12.0 7.5 -4.5 ↓ 10.2 2.7 ↑ 13.3 3.1 ↑ 12.9 -0.4 ↓ 11.3 -1.6 ↓ 14.2 2.9 ↑ 11.5 -2.7 ↓ 9.3 -2.2 ↓ 4.7 -4.6 ↓
Swing % 44.4 39.6 -4.8 ↓ 46.3 6.7 ↑ 44.3 -2.0 ↓ 44.2 -0.1 ↓ 46.3 2.1 ↑ 41.8 -4.5 ↓ 42.1 0.3 ↑ 45.7 3.6 ↑ 46.6 0.9 ↑
Whiff% 27.7 29.5 1.8 ↑ 22.6 -6.9 ↓ 23.6 1.0 ↑ 27.7 4.1 ↑ 30.9 3.2 ↑ 32.6 1.7 ↑ 32.3 -0.3 ↓ 26.9 -5.4 ↓ 18.5 -8.4 ↓
In Zone % 43.0 48.8 5.8 ↑ 48.2 -0.6 ↓ 48.6 0.4 ↑ 44.4 -4.2 ↓ 48.0 3.6 ↑ 45.0 -3.0 ↓ 44.9 -0.1 ↓ 49.9 5.0 ↑ 45.7 -4.2 ↓
Out of Zone % 57.0 51.2 -5.8 ↓ 51.8 0.6 ↑ 51.4 -0.4 ↓ 55.6 4.2 ↑ 52.0 -3.6 ↓ 55.0 3.0 ↑ 55.1 0.1 ↑ 50.1 -5.0 ↓ 54.3 4.2 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 26.3 25.2 -1.1 ↓ 27.5 2.3 ↑ 23.5 -4.0 ↓ 27.9 4.4 ↑ 28.7 0.8 ↑ 26.0 -2.7 ↓ 27.1 1.1 ↑ 30.0 2.9 ↑ 30.2 0.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 32.5 13.4 -19.1 ↓ 30.9 17.5 ↑ 26.1 -4.8 ↓ 28.2 2.1 ↑ 31.3 3.1 ↑ 23.8 -7.5 ↓ 22.1 -1.7 ↓ 27.9 5.8 ↑ 28.1 0.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.0 41.8 -17.2 ↓ 58.5 16.7 ↑ 59.0 0.5 ↑ 52.5 -6.5 ↓ 60.9 8.4 ↑ 52.8 -8.1 ↓ 51.9 -0.9 ↓ 58.1 6.2 ↑ 56.3 -1.8 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 67 .376 44 3 6.8 23 8 34.8
2017 Shifts 269 .292 159 11 6.9 110 34 30.9
2018 Shifts 369 .312 215 22 10.2 154 53 34.4
2019 Shifts 316 .303 203 58 28.6 113 67 59.3
2020 Shifts 115 .357 75 15 20.0 40 15 37.5
2021 Shifts 303 .286 156 69 44.2 147 67 45.6
2022 Shifts 131 .333 90 10 11.1 41 20 48.8
2023 Shades 265 .286 164 3 1.8 101 49 48.5
2024 Shades 64 .421 40 0 0.0 24 14 58.3
! 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 %
2015 73 17.8 32.9% 12.3% 58 20.8 13.8% 10.3%
2016 74 18.9 16.2% 5.4% 58 21.4 19.0% 17.2%
2017 265 17.5 15.5% 1.9% 213 22.7 0.0% 6.1%
2018 377 16.7 26.8% 1.1% 312 21.5 0.3% 3.8%
2019 296 19.1 5.1% 2.0% 275 22.3 0.0% 8.0%
2020 105 20.1 1.0% 3.8% 104 23.5 0.0% 9.6%
2021 360 18.2 8.3% 2.2% 235 22.2 0.9% 6.0%
2022 118 18.3 10.2% 3.4% 140 21.1 0.7% 7.1%
2023 301 15.1 47.2% 0.3% 182 16.8 22.5% 0.0%
2024 58 15.3 43.1% 0.0% 49 17.1 14.3% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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