Mike Foltynewicz
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 195LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 1, #19, Houston Astros | Minooka Community HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 8 6 4.54 21 21 0 117 105 1.25
2020 0 1 16.20 1 1 0 3.1 3 2.40
2021 2 12 5.44 28 24 0 139 97 1.26
8 Seasons 46 54 4.52 166 142 0 825 752 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 21 8-6 4.54 117 105 1.25
2020 1 0-1 16.20 3.1 3 2.40
2021 28 2-12 5.44 139 97 1.26
8 Seasons 166 46-54 4.52 825 752 1.32
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 1481 289 14 4.8 3.5 88.2 112.2 15.4 38.8 .265 .438 .382 .338 .391 32.9 19.3 7.3 5.71 4.83
2016 24 2120 373 23 6.2 4.4 88.6 114.1 12.8 31.6 .244 .410 .325 .308 .360 37.0 21.1 6.7 4.30 3.99
2017 25 2770 480 26 5.4 3.8 88.5 112.8 13.6 33.8 .266 .438 .342 .336 .387 32.9 20.7 8.5 4.79 4.93
2018 26 3041 467 32 6.9 4.3 88.6 111.6 13.9 30.8 .202 .330 .265 .274 .329 34.5 27.2 9.2 2.85 3.13
2019 27 1888 347 27 7.8 5.5 89.1 112.6 15.0 30.8 .255 .456 .319 .328 .390 39.8 21.4 7.5 4.54 4.79
2020 28 70 9 3 33.3 18.8 85.1 108.5 13.8 22.2 .201 .658 .601 .436 .464 33.3 18.8 25.0 16.20 9.18
2021 29 2236 444 41 9.2 7.0 89.8 116.5 16.1 37.2 .265 .490 .355 .349 .390 43.0 16.6 6.1 5.44 5.30
Player 13606 2409 166 6.9 4.8 88.8 116.5 14.4 33.6 .247 .423 .328 .320 .373 36.7 21.4 7.8
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

Foltynewicz relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(29.3%) ,
Slider
(23.7%) ,
Sinker
(21.8%) ,
Changeup
(12.7%) ,
Curveball
(12.6%) ,


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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
2015 35.6 26.3 32.2 5.9 37.4 29.1 33.6 2.8 29.8 24.2 23.2 9.0 4.8 3.5
2016 42.9 25.5 23.9 7.8 35.9 35.7 28.4 2.7 33.0 26.3 25.2 5.4 6.2 4.4
2017 41.9 24.4 27.7 6.0 30.8 44.4 24.8 3.3 30.2 26.3 25.8 6.5 5.4 3.8
2018 43.7 24.0 22.9 9.4 35.8 38.5 25.5 1.9 34.7 29.1 22.5 4.3 6.9 4.3
2019 39.2 28.8 23.9 8.1 43.2 37.2 19.6 3.7 26.8 28.0 24.8 6.9 7.8 5.5
2020 44.4 33.3 11.1 11.1 55.6 22.2 22.2 0.0 44.4 22.2 0.0 0.0 33.3 18.8
2021 38.5 28.8 25.2 7.4 43.0 33.8 23.2 5.4 27.7 27.9 19.8 9.7 9.2 7.0
Player 40.6 26.2 25.7 7.5 37.5 37.0 25.5 3.3 30.6 27.1 23.4 6.8 6.9 4.8
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
2021 Curveball TEX R 281 76.7 45.5 -11.4 10.3GLV 0.7 1.0 -11.1 10.3GLV 1.1
2021 Sinker TEX R 487 93.1 20.6 -1.3 16.2ARM 1.4 11.0 -2.2 16.2ARM 1.4
2021 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 656 93.8 15.8 -0.8 10.5ARM 3.1 15.3 -0.9 10.5ARM 3.3
2021 Slider TEX R 529 83.2 37.3 -1.2 5.3GLV -0.7 2.0 -0.2 5.3GLV -0.4
2021 Changeup TEX R 283 85.3 25.8 -4.6 14.0ARM 0.1 11.9 -5.6 14.0ARM 0.1
2020 Sinker ATL R 16 89.9 22.8 -1.4 18.2ARM 3.7 11.4 -2.3 18.2ARM 3.4
2020 Curveball ATL R 8 74.1 54.5 -7.6 6.7GLV -4.3 -4.6 -5.1 6.7GLV -2.5
2020 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 15 90.9 16.4 0.2 11.4ARM 4.5 16.9 0.9 11.4ARM 4.1
2020 Changeup ATL R 9 83.8 22.1 -9.2 9.4ARM -3.7 17.3 -10.9 9.4ARM -4.0
2020 Slider ATL R 22 79.2 45.2 1.6 6.5GLV -2.0 -1.4 2.8 6.5GLV 1.2
! 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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -3 656 29.3 163 .287 .620 .396 11.2 9.2 8.6 .320 .649 .427 52.6
2021 Slider -0.7 -3 529 23.7 139 .214 .484 .328 28.2 31.7 19.2 .197 .389 .288 42.7
2021 Sinker -0.9 -4 487 21.8 175 .263 .494 .361 7.8 10.9 15.1 .268 .447 .334 37.8
2021 Changeup -1.8 -5 283 12.7 61 .291 .564 .389 32.9 13.1 12.5 .299 .537 .381 47.9
2021 Curveball -1.7 -5 281 12.6 48 .250 .409 .341 22.1 22.9 12.5 .220 .331 .272 20.6
2020 Slider -4.8 -1 22 31.4 6 .400 1.000 .600 12.5 33.3 18.2 .146 .501 .334 33.3
2020 Sinker -13.2 -2 16 22.9 6 .333 1.333 .683 11.1 16.7 20.0 .308 1.170 .646 50.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 3.2 0 15 21.4 2 .000 .000 .000 16.7 0.0 0.0 .042 .051 .045 0.0
2020 Changeup -8.9 -1 9 12.9 2 .500 2.000 1.000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .341 .888 .504 50.0
2020 Curveball -2.8 0 8 11.4 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! 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
2021 Changeup 283 85.3 98 18.3 1:30 1:45 -15
2021 Curveball 281 76.7 41 11.8 8:15 8:45 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 650 93.8 96 18.3 1:15 1:15 0
2021 Sinker 484 93.1 95 19.8 1:15 2:00 -45
2021 Slider 528 83.2 25 6.5 9:45 9:15 30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 15 90.9 94 20.2 1:15 1:15 0
2020 Sinker 16 89.9 94 21.7 1:15 2:00 -45
2020 Slider 22 79.2 30 8.1 8:45 8:15 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
2014 84 326 -4 2 1 -1 -2
2015 398 1,480 -1 -7 -3 -7 -18
2016 523 2,112 10 5 -8 -7 1
2017 688 2,765 5 19 -18 -12 -6
2018 770 3,153 20 39 -22 -13 24
2019 520 1,992 -6 20 -11 -6 -2
2021 586 2,236 -17 25 -21 -8 -21
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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 1,481 52.3 67.6 84.7 32.3 62.7 43.4 63.2 50.8 21.1 8.5 77.0
2016 2,120 53.0 63.8 82.7 30.6 64.9 42.2 63.4 48.2 22.0 9.6 74.0
2017 2,770 46.5 66.9 80.8 26.3 64.5 41.3 62.4 45.2 23.0 7.5 75.0
2018 3,041 50.6 63.2 81.1 24.3 54.1 41.5 61.9 44.0 25.7 7.7 69.1
2019 1,888 51.0 71.4 83.4 25.4 54.9 43.2 60.3 48.8 23.6 8.2 85.7
2020 70 45.7 68.8 86.4 15.8 83.3 37.1 50.0 40.0 14.3 5.7 100.0
2021 2,236 51.5 69.4 85.9 24.0 66.5 43.2 61.8 47.4 18.3 8.8 78.1
Player 13,606 50.5 66.7 82.9 26.5 61.3 42.2 62.1 46.8 22.5 8.3 75.9
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 14 21 15 16 23 50 55 46 48 42 51 34 77 87 90 46 57
2016 53 56 44 40 66 31 44 48 26 52 68 39 72 88 81 46 56
2017 26 24 29 38 22 21 60 17 52 41 47 39 35 83 61 46 55
2018 85 88 84 75 80 13 40 41 58 77 34 56 12 93 74 53 51
2019 31 36 25 22 49 28 32 37 22 39 60 35 12 76 40 38 53
2021 14 18 7 6 36 6 25 25 18 7 81 3 10 48 29 27 35
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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 23.4 18 18.8 -1 11 14 8 44.4
2017 22.8 20 21.4 -1 12 18 7 35.0
2018 22.6 19 17.5 2 9 14 8 42.1
2019 23.2 23 19.0 4 10 14 10 43.5
2020 22.3 3 2.6 0 0 1 2 66.7
2021 23.6 35 31.5 4 5 20 16 45.7
Player 23.2 118 110.7 7 47 81 51 43.2
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 18 19 18 17 17 17 20 18 17 13 19 25 20 17 20 19 15 14 20 19 19 16 25 24 18 20 20 25 21 20 13
2017 20 20 18 21 23 21 25 20 14 17 21 27 22 21 21 24 17 19 23 21 24 18 29 24 21 18 19 28 27 23 15
2018 19 21 13 17 18 16 20 17 16 11 17 23 20 12 17 18 17 17 15 24 15 15 26 21 14 12 16 22 19 20 15
2019 23 25 17 17 21 17 22 16 14 11 17 21 23 18 17 19 17 17 18 22 20 25 23 23 17 17 15 23 24 19 15
2020 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 2
2021 35 35 28 32 32 30 34 34 27 26 29 32 32 27 33 35 30 29 36 34 30 32 37 36 27 29 37 33 32 29 27
Player 118 122 96 107 114 104 124 108 91 80 105 131 119 97 111 118 99 99 114 123 110 109 143 131 99 98 110 134 125 114 87
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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.6 95.9 0.3 ↑ 95.3 -0.6 ↓ 96.4 1.1 ↑ 94.9 -1.5 ↓ 90.4 -4.5 ↓ 93.5 3.1 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 85.0 85.8 0.8 ↑ 86.2 0.4 ↑ 87.8 1.6 ↑ 86.7 -1.1 ↓ 83.8 -2.9 ↓ 85.3 1.5 ↑
Breaking Velocity 80.7 83.5 2.8 ↑ 83.8 0.3 ↑ 84.9 1.1 ↑ 83.9 -1.0 ↓ 77.8 -6.1 ↓ 80.9 3.1 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.2 88.6 0.4 ↑ 88.5 -0.1 ↓ 88.6 0.1 ↑ 89.1 0.5 ↑ 85.1 -4.0 ↓ 89.8 4.7 ↑
Launch Angle 15.4 12.8 -2.6 ↓ 13.6 0.8 ↑ 13.9 0.3 ↑ 15.0 1.1 ↑ 13.8 -1.2 ↓ 16.1 2.3 ↑
Barrel % 4.8 6.2 1.4 ↑ 5.4 -0.8 ↓ 6.9 1.5 ↑ 7.8 0.9 ↑ 33.3 25.5 ↑ 9.2 -24.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 32.9 37.0 4.1 ↑ 32.9 -4.1 ↓ 34.5 1.6 ↑ 39.8 5.3 ↑ 33.3 -6.5 ↓ 43.0 9.7 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 38.8 31.6 -7.2 ↓ 33.8 2.2 ↑ 30.8 -3.0 ↓ 30.8 0.0 22.2 -8.6 ↓ 37.2 15.0 ↑
xBA .265 .244 -0.021 ↓ .266 0.022 ↑ .202 -0.064 ↓ .255 0.053 ↑ .202 -0.053 ↓ .265 0.063 ↑
BA .313 .263 -0.050 ↓ .277 0.014 ↑ .195 -0.082 ↓ .244 0.049 ↑ .333 0.089 ↑ .260 -0.073 ↓
xwOBA .338 .308 -0.030 ↓ .336 0.028 ↑ .274 -0.062 ↓ .328 0.054 ↑ .436 0.108 ↑ .349 -0.087 ↓
wOBA .382 .325 -0.057 ↓ .342 0.017 ↑ .265 -0.077 ↓ .319 0.054 ↑ .601 0.282 ↑ .355 -0.246 ↓
xSLG .438 .410 -0.028 ↓ .438 0.028 ↑ .330 -0.108 ↓ .456 0.126 ↑ .658 0.202 ↑ .490 -0.168 ↓
SLG .531 .442 -0.089 ↓ .446 0.004 ↑ .324 -0.122 ↓ .460 0.136 ↑ 1.083 0.623 ↑ .527 -0.556 ↓
K% 19.3 21.1 1.8 ↑ 20.7 -0.4 ↓ 27.2 6.5 ↑ 21.4 -5.8 ↓ 18.8 -2.6 ↓ 16.6 -2.2 ↓
BB% 7.3 6.7 -0.6 ↓ 8.5 1.8 ↑ 9.2 0.7 ↑ 7.5 -1.7 ↓ 25.0 17.5 ↑ 6.1 -18.9 ↓
Swing % 50.8 48.2 -2.6 ↓ 45.2 -3.0 ↓ 44.0 -1.2 ↓ 48.8 4.8 ↑ 40.0 -8.8 ↓ 47.4 7.4 ↑
Whiff% 21.1 22.0 0.9 ↑ 23.0 1.0 ↑ 25.7 2.7 ↑ 23.6 -2.1 ↓ 14.3 -9.3 ↓ 18.3 4.0 ↑
In Zone % 52.3 53.0 0.7 ↑ 46.5 -6.5 ↓ 50.6 4.1 ↑ 51.0 0.4 ↑ 45.7 -5.3 ↓ 51.5 5.8 ↑
Out of Zone % 47.7 47.0 -0.7 ↓ 53.5 6.5 ↑ 49.4 -4.1 ↓ 49.0 -0.4 ↓ 54.3 5.3 ↑ 48.5 -5.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 32.3 30.6 -1.7 ↓ 26.3 -4.3 ↓ 24.3 -2.0 ↓ 25.4 1.1 ↑ 15.8 -9.6 ↓ 24.0 8.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 32.1 25.5 -6.6 ↓ 25.3 -0.2 ↓ 25.4 0.1 ↑ 31.4 6.0 ↑ 18.8 -12.6 ↓ 31.7 12.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 63.2 63.4 0.2 ↑ 62.4 -1.0 ↓ 61.9 -0.5 ↓ 60.3 -1.6 ↓ 50.0 -10.3 ↓ 61.8 11.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 515 .329 277 16 5.8 238 28 11.8
2017 Shifts 688 .343 356 18 5.1 332 64 19.3
2018 Shifts 740 .265 353 16 4.5 387 55 14.2
2019 Shifts 489 .319 265 24 9.1 224 60 26.8
2020 Shifts 16 .601 7 2 28.6 9 2 22.2
2021 Shifts 586 .355 308 28 9.1 278 162 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 %
2014 85 14.4 57.6% 2.4% 67 21.4 6.0% 4.5%
2015 391 13.5 62.7% 1.8% 232 20.4 12.1% 10.8%
2016 621 15.7 45.7% 2.4% 340 22.1 5.9% 16.2%
2017 767 15.0 49.5% 0.7% 545 19.6 4.6% 2.9%
2018 978 14.7 53.9% 1.2% 524 19.9 3.8% 3.1%
2019 583 15.6 39.8% 1.2% 283 21.5 0.4% 5.7%
2020 26 14.1 50.0% 0.0% 8 19.6 0.0% 0.0%
2021 676 15.6 41.0% 0.6% 358 21.4 0.8% 3.4%

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Pitch Distribution

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