Mike Wright Jr.
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 240LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 3, #94, Baltimore Orioles | East Carolina
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 4 2 5.55 48 2 0 84.1 74 1.62
2019 0 1 7.98 19 0 1 29.1 30 1.91
2021 0 1 5.50 13 0 0 18 11 1.56
6 Seasons 10 13 5.97 123 23 1 276 219 1.56
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 48 4-2 5.55 84.1 74 1.62
2019 19 0-1 7.98 29.1 30 1.91
2021 13 0-1 5.50 18 11 1.56
6 Seasons 123 10-13 5.97 276 219 1.56
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 25 785 155 10 6.5 4.9 90.8 112.7 16.4 32.3 .275 .447 .376 .351 .366 38.7 12.7 8.8 6.04 5.27
2016 26 1296 243 13 5.3 4.0 88.5 112.4 13.9 32.5 .262 .442 .362 .343 .363 35.4 15.2 7.9 5.79 5.07
2017 27 417 71 6 8.5 5.5 88.8 115.1 11.3 33.8 .267 .455 .350 .338 .420 39.4 25.7 6.4 5.76 4.99
2018 28 1562 271 16 5.9 4.1 89.6 112.4 14.6 38.4 .286 .427 .360 .350 .392 38.0 19.1 9.3 5.55 5.33
2019 29 577 103 8 7.8 5.4 91.0 113.5 14.9 37.9 .299 .486 .396 .363 .427 46.6 20.4 8.2 7.98 6.04
2021 31 325 57 6 10.5 7.4 86.8 112.3 10.1 26.3 .257 .409 .333 .362 .356 35.1 13.6 13.6 5.50 5.77
Player 4962 900 59 6.6 4.7 89.4 115.1 14.2 34.6 .276 .443 .365 .350 .384 38.3 17.4 8.8
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

Wright relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(38.5%) ,
Slider
(30.2%) ,
Sinker
(22.2%) ,
Changeup
(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 38.7 29.0 23.9 8.4 29.7 43.9 26.5 1.9 29.0 31.6 25.2 5.8 6.5 4.9
2016 43.2 21.8 26.7 8.2 34.6 32.1 33.3 3.7 32.1 25.9 22.6 8.6 5.3 4.0
2017 43.7 15.5 31.0 9.9 38.0 36.6 23.9 1.4 33.8 21.1 28.2 7.0 8.5 5.5
2018 36.9 21.4 33.6 8.1 27.3 38.7 33.2 2.2 26.2 25.8 34.7 4.8 5.9 4.1
2019 37.9 23.3 33.0 5.8 36.9 35.9 27.2 1.9 28.2 21.4 32.0 8.7 7.8 5.4
2021 47.4 29.8 19.3 3.5 35.1 36.8 28.1 5.3 43.9 22.8 15.8 1.8 10.5 7.4
Player 40.2 23.1 28.9 7.8 32.1 37.2 30.3 2.7 30.2 25.8 27.8 6.4 6.6 4.7
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 Sinker CWS R 72 90.1 26.0 1.9 15.6ARM 1.0 7.7 1.1 15.6ARM 0.8
2021 Changeup CWS R 30 77.0 42.8 5.3 16.3ARM 2.4 3.4 2.9 16.3ARM 2.4
2021 Slider CWS R 98 85.8 35.1 0.0 4.6GLV -0.2 1.9 -0.1 4.6GLV -1.1
2021 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 125 91.9 17.0 -1.3 5.3ARM -1.6 15.3 -0.9 5.3ARM -1.9
2019 Slider SEA R 205 88.7 31.0 -1.2 4.0GLV 0.6 4.5 -2.7 4.0GLV -1.1
2019 Changeup SEA R 28 83.9 30.7 -0.7 15.7ARM 2.3 9.0 -2.1 15.7ARM 2.2
2019 Sinker SEA R 138 92.3 23.4 0.8 15.7ARM 1.0 9.3 -0.2 15.7ARM 0.8
2019 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 199 93.3 16.4 -0.4 7.1ARM -0.3 15.7 0.1 7.1ARM -0.4
2019 Curveball SEA R 7 82.9 42.3 -7.4 4.7GLV -2.5 -1.0 -8.7 4.7GLV -4.5
! 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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball 2.2 3 125 38.5 35 .226 .323 .290 19.1 14.3 13.9 .186 .264 .252 30.8
2021 Slider 1.0 1 98 30.2 26 .250 .450 .390 24.3 7.7 10.0 .344 .604 .472 33.3
2021 Sinker -3.5 -3 72 22.2 17 .308 .385 .356 7.1 17.6 21.4 .282 .475 .438 54.5
2021 Changeup -1.7 -1 30 9.2 3 .333 .333 .300 33.3 33.3 12.5 .302 .327 .279 0.0
2019 Slider -4.6 -9 205 35.5 65 .339 .644 .462 28.2 23.1 19.2 .270 .460 .334 41.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -1 199 34.5 39 .343 .486 .395 23.7 30.8 16.9 .310 .456 .363 47.8
2019 Sinker -0.9 -1 138 23.9 36 .281 .375 .357 15.9 8.3 15.0 .320 .495 .383 51.7
2019 Changeup -14.6 -4 28 4.9 5 .750 1.750 .970 22.2 0.0 0.0 .481 1.139 .657 75.0
2019 Curveball 4.8 0 7 1.2 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .180 .214 .180 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 30 77.0 95 17.2 2:15 2:45 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 125 91.9 86 15.7 1:00 12:45 15
2021 Sinker 71 90.1 84 17.7 1:15 2:15 -60
2021 Slider 98 85.8 28 5.3 10:45 9:15 90
! 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 201 774 -2 2 -6 -4 -10
2016 328 1,296 4 2 -10 -9 -12
2017 109 417 -1 4 -3 -2 -3
2018 387 1,560 2 16 -21 -11 -14
2019 146 577 -1 -7 -3 -4 -15
2021 81 325 5 2 -3 -3 1
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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 785 46.8 70.0 84.8 25.6 72.0 45.0 54.4 46.4 18.7 6.5 86.3
2016 1,296 48.8 67.3 88.0 25.8 72.5 40.3 58.5 46.1 16.2 8.6 75.0
2017 417 48.9 66.7 85.3 25.8 50.9 41.0 65.1 45.8 24.6 6.7 78.6
2018 1,562 49.7 66.6 83.0 25.3 71.7 41.7 57.6 45.8 19.8 8.0 83.2
2019 577 50.1 70.2 83.7 24.0 53.6 38.6 65.3 47.1 23.5 8.5 87.8
2021 325 45.8 64.4 91.7 24.4 58.1 39.1 53.1 42.8 18.7 10.2 75.8
Player 4,962 48.8 67.6 85.4 25.3 67.3 41.3 58.6 45.9 19.5 8.0 80.9
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 6 12 11 17 2 63 18 1 6 5 24 16 12 65 48 45
2016 18 30 25 23 17 55 64 51 41 9 49 4 16 64 34 30 50
2017 58 35 42
2018 9 3 26 59 2 49 61 16 28 26 32 12 20 54 33 28 43
2019 44 36 34
2021 18 34 55
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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 23.6 12 12.9 -1 8 12 4 33.3
2017 22.8 5 5.1 0 2 3 2 40.0
2018 22.1 12 8.2 4 7 7 2 16.7
2019 24.2 6 5.0 1 2 5 2 33.3
2021 22.5 1 0.3 1 4 0 0 0.0
Player 23.1 36 31.5 5 23 27 10 27.8
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 12 15 11 13 14 11 16 15 12 7 11 18 11 11 14 14 7 10 12 14 12 10 16 15 12 13 14 20 15 13 10
2017 5 5 4 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 3
2018 12 13 5 12 10 7 9 7 7 6 9 13 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 10 8 7 13 8 7 6 7 10 9 9 4
2019 6 6 5 4 6 5 7 6 6 2 4 7 3 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 5 6 7 7 4 2 3 5 6 6 5
2021 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Player 36 39 26 35 36 28 38 33 30 20 29 45 26 27 31 31 24 26 31 36 31 30 43 35 29 26 29 41 36 33 22
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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.8 93.7 -0.1 ↓ 93.5 -0.2 ↓ 93.2 -0.3 ↓ 92.9 -0.3 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 80.7 81.2 0.5 ↑ 85.4 4.2 ↑ 82.6 -2.8 ↓ 83.9 1.3 ↑
Breaking Velocity 82.6 82.4 -0.2 ↓ 86.4 4.0 ↑ 87.5 1.1 ↑ 88.5 1.0 ↑
Exit Velocity 90.8 88.5 -2.3 ↓ 88.8 0.3 ↑ 89.6 0.8 ↑ 91.0 1.4 ↑
Launch Angle 16.4 13.9 -2.5 ↓ 11.3 -2.6 ↓ 14.6 3.3 ↑ 14.9 0.3 ↑
Barrel % 6.5 5.3 -1.2 ↓ 8.5 3.2 ↑ 5.9 -2.6 ↓ 7.8 1.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 38.7 35.4 -3.3 ↓ 39.4 4.0 ↑ 38.0 -1.4 ↓ 46.6 8.6 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.3 32.5 0.2 ↑ 33.8 1.3 ↑ 38.4 4.6 ↑ 37.9 -0.5 ↓
xBA .275 .262 -0.013 ↓ .267 0.005 ↑ .286 0.019 ↑ .299 0.013 ↑
BA .291 .282 -0.009 ↓ .265 -0.017 ↓ .299 0.034 ↑ .336 0.037 ↑
xwOBA .351 .343 -0.008 ↓ .338 -0.005 ↓ .350 0.012 ↑ .363 0.013 ↑
wOBA .376 .362 -0.014 ↓ .350 -0.012 ↓ .360 0.010 ↑ .396 0.036 ↑
xSLG .447 .442 -0.005 ↓ .455 0.013 ↑ .427 -0.028 ↓ .486 0.059 ↑
SLG .520 .495 -0.025 ↓ .500 0.005 ↑ .464 -0.036 ↓ .565 0.101 ↑
K% 12.7 15.2 2.5 ↑ 25.7 10.5 ↑ 19.1 -6.6 ↓ 20.4 1.3 ↑
BB% 8.8 7.9 -0.9 ↓ 6.4 -1.5 ↓ 9.3 2.9 ↑ 8.2 -1.1 ↓
Swing % 46.4 46.1 -0.3 ↓ 45.8 -0.3 ↓ 45.8 0.0 47.1 1.3 ↑
Whiff% 18.7 16.2 -2.5 ↓ 24.6 8.4 ↑ 19.8 -4.8 ↓ 23.5 3.7 ↑
In Zone % 46.8 48.8 2.0 ↑ 48.9 0.1 ↑ 49.7 0.8 ↑ 50.1 0.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.2 51.2 -2.0 ↓ 51.1 -0.1 ↓ 50.3 -0.8 ↓ 49.9 -0.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 25.6 25.8 0.2 ↑ 25.8 0.0 25.3 -0.5 ↓ 24.0 -1.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 24.5 25.0 0.5 ↑ 30.3 5.3 ↑ 24.5 -5.8 ↓ 39.5 15.0 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 54.4 58.5 4.1 ↑ 65.1 6.6 ↑ 57.6 -7.5 ↓ 65.3 7.7 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 317 .361 185 14 7.6 132 36 27.3
2017 Shifts 109 .350 71 5 7.0 38 11 28.9
2018 Shifts 387 .360 230 30 13.0 157 52 33.1
2019 Shifts 146 .396 91 17 18.7 55 31 56.4
2021 Shifts 81 .333 52 3 5.8 29 17 58.6
! 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 228 17.5 23.2% 3.5% 144 25.1 1.4% 20.1%
2016 385 17.7 22.9% 2.6% 228 25.1 2.6% 21.5%
2017 110 16.3 34.5% 0.0% 84 23.9 0.0% 8.3%
2018 386 17.1 19.9% 1.8% 363 24.1 0.0% 10.5%
2019 119 16.9 23.5% 1.7% 136 23.9 0.0% 13.2%
2021 93 17.1 23.7% 0.0% 63 25.8 0.0% 17.5%

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Pitch Distribution

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