Miles Mikolas
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 230LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 7, #204, San Diego Padres | Nova Southeastern
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 12 13 3.29 33 32 0 202.1 153 1.03
2023 9 13 4.78 35 35 0 201.1 137 1.32
2024 10 11 5.35 32 32 0 171.2 122 1.28
9 Seasons 64 64 4.16 210 182 0 1,096 795 1.20
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 33 12-13 3.29 202.1 153 1.03
2023 35 9-13 4.78 201.1 137 1.32
2024 32 10-11 5.35 171.2 122 1.28
9 Seasons 210 64-64 4.16 1,096 795 1.20
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
2018 29 3004 626 32 5.1 4.0 86.7 112.9 8.2 31.5 .245 .379 .271 .286 .332 29.4 18.1 3.6 2.83 3.42
2019 30 2867 576 35 6.1 4.6 88.5 112.9 10.3 33.0 .278 .451 .319 .330 .387 36.6 18.8 4.2 4.16 4.86
2021 32 709 142 11 7.7 5.9 87.7 109.3 9.8 28.2 .263 .429 .307 .325 .363 37.3 16.7 5.9 4.23 4.51
2022 33 3152 606 42 6.9 5.2 87.8 113.6 11.0 35.1 .252 .400 .279 .306 .355 36.0 19.0 4.8 3.29 3.89
2023 34 3197 674 66 9.8 7.7 90.4 115.5 15.0 38.9 .291 .498 .330 .354 .401 43.0 15.9 4.5 4.78 5.44
2024 35 2705 567 46 8.1 6.4 88.8 113.0 13.6 38.1 .278 .459 .339 .331 .383 42.3 16.9 3.5 5.35 4.65
Player 15634 3191 232 7.3 5.6 88.5 115.5 11.6 35.0 .268 .437 .307 .322 .372 37.5 17.7 4.2
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

Mikolas relies on 7 pitches.
Four Seamer
(27.9%) ,
Slider
(24.2%) ,
Sinker
(23.2%) ,
Curveball
(11.6%) ,
Changeup
(8.5%) ,
Sweeper
(4.1%) ,
Slow Curve
(0.5%) ,


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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
2018 50.8 18.8 24.1 6.2 36.1 36.3 27.6 4.6 40.4 20.3 23.3 4.5 5.1 4.0
2019 48.8 21.4 25.0 4.9 34.2 40.3 25.5 3.1 33.3 19.1 29.0 5.0 6.1 4.6
2021 53.5 21.8 18.3 6.3 31.0 43.7 25.4 4.9 34.5 19.7 28.9 4.2 7.7 5.9
2022 45.9 25.2 23.8 5.1 38.3 36.1 25.6 4.3 34.0 23.9 23.6 6.8 6.9 5.2
2023 39.0 27.7 26.6 6.7 36.5 38.7 24.8 2.7 28.9 25.1 24.9 8.6 9.8 7.7
2024 42.0 25.2 25.0 7.8 39.3 36.7 24.0 4.2 31.2 23.5 24.2 8.8 8.1 6.4
Player 45.6 23.7 24.6 6.1 36.6 37.9 25.5 3.8 33.6 22.3 25.1 6.6 7.3 5.6
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 4-Seam Fastball STL R 753 93.2 17.8 -3.0 6.2ARM -0.3 13.7 -2.1 6.2ARM -1.3
2024 Sweeper STL R 111 80.8 43.6 1.4 12.5GLV -1.8 -1.4 3.0 12.5GLV -1.8
2024 Slider STL R 655 86.5 33.3 -1.3 3.3GLV -0.8 3.1 -1.5 3.3GLV -1.8
2024 Sinker STL R 626 92.4 22.6 0.6 13.9ARM 0.0 9.5 -2.2 13.9ARM -0.9
2024 Curveball STL R 328 76.3 61.5 3.0 7.9GLV -0.1 -14.1 4.2 7.9GLV -1.5
2024 Changeup STL R 230 85.6 30.8 0.1 14.2ARM 0.3 6.5 -1.6 14.2ARM 0.0
2023 Curveball STL R 639 75.8 63.0 2.7 7.8GLV -0.5 -14.9 5.0 7.8GLV -1.1
2023 Sinker STL R 779 92.7 20.7 -0.8 14.2ARM -0.2 11.3 -3.7 14.2ARM -0.8
2023 4-Seam Fastball STL R 831 93.3 16.3 -1.7 5.6ARM -0.2 15.1 -0.7 5.6ARM -1.8
2023 Slider STL R 776 86.4 33.4 -1.2 3.7GLV -0.4 3.0 -1.5 3.7GLV -1.6
2023 Changeup STL R 172 84.4 30.1 -0.7 14.0ARM 0.5 8.6 -3.2 14.0ARM -0.4
! 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 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 1 753 27.8 169 .287 .446 .350 17.8 14.2 11.0 .269 .463 .334 51.9
2024 Slider -0.9 -6 655 24.2 171 .301 .506 .356 16.4 16.4 15.1 .306 .466 .339 40.3
2024 Sinker 1.0 6 626 23.1 201 .237 .382 .299 10.8 15.4 14.9 .260 .418 .323 42.3
2024 Curveball -2.3 -7 328 12.1 76 .267 .520 .337 23.1 27.6 15.2 .263 .463 .314 38.9
2024 Changeup -3.7 -8 230 8.5 69 .394 .742 .479 15.9 8.7 9.8 .322 .556 .383 36.1
2024 Sweeper -4.5 -5 111 4.1 34 .273 .545 .334 27.5 35.3 13.5 .230 .441 .281 22.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -2 831 26.0 201 .290 .495 .353 18.9 19.4 14.3 .278 .469 .338 55.3
2023 Sinker -1.4 -11 779 24.4 254 .340 .540 .408 8.5 13.0 15.6 .349 .593 .418 44.1
2023 Slider 0.9 7 776 24.3 195 .245 .375 .294 22.4 17.9 16.4 .248 .412 .300 32.5
2023 Curveball -0.8 -5 639 20.0 152 .261 .387 .314 19.8 19.1 13.5 .264 .447 .326 41.2
2023 Changeup 3.1 5 172 5.4 58 .182 .382 .248 8.5 1.7 2.7 .301 .613 .388 38.2
! 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 222 85.6 91 16.0 1:30 2:15 -45
2024 Curveball 327 76.3 78 19.0 7:15 6:45 30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 748 93.2 86 14.6 1:15 1:00 15
2024 Sinker 623 92.4 82 17.1 1:15 2:00 -45
2024 Slider 653 86.5 26 4.7 11:00 9:45 75
2024 Sweeper 111 80.8 39 13.8 8:00 8:30 -30
2023 Changeup 167 84.3 93 16.7 1:45 2:00 -15
2023 Curveball 616 75.8 81 19.8 7:00 6:45 15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 822 93.3 87 15.6 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Sinker 760 92.7 84 18.1 1:00 1:45 -45
2023 Slider 761 86.4 28 5.2 10:45 9:45 60
! 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
2012 144 518 7 -2 -6 -3 -4
2014 253 925 -7 0 -6 -2 -15
2018 804 3,004 20 27 -15 -7 25
2019 789 2,991 1 30 -14 -11 6
2021 186 709 -1 6 -3 -2 0
2022 822 3,226 14 27 -18 -8 16
2023 860 3,197 3 16 -17 -8 -6
2024 720 2,703 -6 9 -17 -5 -20
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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 %
2018 3,004 52.9 69.0 84.9 34.1 65.6 42.3 70.8 52.5 20.2 7.8 76.5
2019 2,867 49.5 65.0 84.8 33.4 63.6 43.7 65.7 49.3 21.7 7.4 76.3
2021 709 54.7 65.7 86.7 28.3 70.3 45.3 67.7 48.8 17.3 8.2 82.8
2022 3,152 52.7 67.7 86.8 27.9 65.1 45.4 63.4 48.9 18.7 7.6 76.8
2023 3,197 54.9 68.0 86.4 27.5 73.0 44.2 68.0 49.7 16.7 9.0 80.1
2024 2,705 56.7 66.5 87.5 27.9 70.9 45.3 72.4 49.8 16.4 9.1 77.7
Player 15,634 53.4 67.2 86.1 30.1 67.4 44.2 68.0 50.0 18.7 8.2 77.9
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
2018 74 42 55 69 83 13 74 88 90 21 99 15 95 66 61 70 70
2019 30 11 28 47 44 12 67 53 49 20 97 20 87 55 55 60 66
2021 40 61 63 59
2022 47 32 35 44 65 5 57 65 66 24 91 6 32 40 61 59 56
2023 11 5 6 11 35 1 20 15 22 7 96 1 32 32 51 53 43
2024 20 6 8 15 53 3 41 50 18 8 98 1 41 30 39 51 36
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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 %
2018 23.1 16 17.2 -1 20 14 6 37.5
2019 22.4 27 21.6 5 18 24 5 18.5
2021 25.5 6 6.2 0 2 4 3 50.0
2022 23.8 26 25.9 0 9 15 14 53.8
2023 23.6 26 28.0 -2 15 27 8 30.8
2024 23.5 26 27.8 -2 16 19 14 53.8
Player 23.4 127 126.7 0 80 103 50 39.4
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
2018 16 25 12 22 17 14 22 18 13 8 11 32 17 14 17 18 14 17 18 24 16 16 27 19 12 13 13 21 20 15 12
2019 27 32 13 18 26 23 27 18 18 8 18 25 25 18 20 22 18 15 18 25 20 28 35 28 19 17 15 27 33 23 15
2021 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 6 4 5 6 7 6 5 6 6 5 7 6 7 6 7 8 6 5 6 7 7 6 6 6
2022 26 29 18 25 25 24 26 26 21 21 23 26 30 27 28 27 26 29 24 24 30 26 32 29 24 23 26 28 30 24 25
2023 26 19 24 26 30 25 31 25 21 22 24 29 32 25 31 30 32 22 31 30 30 30 39 36 23 24 29 30 35 29 25
2024 26 27 20 34 23 26 32 29 21 20 27 34 29 24 30 25 29 24 30 36 29 25 39 32 26 24 26 29 32 27 26
Player 127 139 94 131 128 119 145 122 98 84 109 153 139 113 132 128 124 114 127 146 131 132 180 150 109 107 116 142 156 124 109
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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.9 -- -0.3 ↓ -- -- 93.0 -- 93.3 0.3 ↑ 93.0 -0.3 ↓ 92.8 -0.2 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 88.4 -- -0.7 ↓ -- -- 87.4 -- 82.7 -4.7 ↓ 84.4 1.7 ↑ 85.6 1.2 ↑
Breaking Velocity 83.7 -- -0.8 ↓ -- -- 83.0 -- 82.4 -0.6 ↓ 81.6 -0.8 ↓ 82.9 1.3 ↑
Exit Velocity 86.7 -- 1.8 ↑ -- -- 87.7 -- 87.8 0.1 ↑ 90.4 2.6 ↑ 88.8 -1.6 ↓
Launch Angle 8.2 -- 2.1 ↑ -- -- 9.8 -- 11.0 1.2 ↑ 15.0 4.0 ↑ 13.6 -1.4 ↓
Barrel % 5.1 -- 1.0 ↑ -- -- 7.7 -- 6.9 -0.8 ↓ 9.8 2.9 ↑ 8.1 -1.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 29.4 -- 7.2 ↑ -- -- 37.3 -- 36.0 -1.3 ↓ 43.0 7.0 ↑ 42.3 -0.7 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.5 -- 1.5 ↑ -- -- 28.2 -- 35.1 6.9 ↑ 38.9 3.8 ↑ 38.1 -0.8 ↓
xBA .245 -- 0.033 ↑ -- -- .263 -- .252 -0.011 ↓ .291 0.039 ↑ .278 -0.013 ↓
BA .245 -- 0.027 ↑ -- -- .253 -- .226 -0.027 ↓ .282 0.056 ↑ .284 0.002 ↑
xwOBA .286 -- 0.044 ↑ -- -- .325 -- .306 -0.019 ↓ .354 0.048 ↑ .331 -0.023 ↓
wOBA .271 -- 0.048 ↑ -- -- .307 -- .279 -0.028 ↓ .330 0.051 ↑ .339 0.009 ↑
xSLG .379 -- 0.072 ↑ -- -- .429 -- .400 -0.029 ↓ .498 0.098 ↑ .459 -0.039 ↓
SLG .350 -- 0.099 ↑ -- -- .406 -- .373 -0.033 ↓ .454 0.081 ↑ .485 0.031 ↑
K% 18.1 -- 0.7 ↑ -- -- 16.7 -- 19.0 2.3 ↑ 15.9 -3.1 ↓ 16.9 1.0 ↑
BB% 3.6 -- 0.6 ↑ -- -- 5.9 -- 4.8 -1.1 ↓ 4.5 -0.3 ↓ 3.5 -1.0 ↓
Swing % 52.5 -- -3.2 ↓ -- -- 48.8 -- 48.9 0.1 ↑ 49.7 0.8 ↑ 49.8 0.1 ↑
Whiff% 20.2 -- 1.5 ↑ -- -- 17.3 -- 18.7 1.4 ↑ 16.7 -2.0 ↓ 16.4 -0.3 ↓
In Zone % 52.9 -- -3.4 ↓ -- -- 54.7 -- 52.7 -2.0 ↓ 54.9 2.2 ↑ 56.7 1.8 ↑
Out of Zone % 47.1 -- 3.4 ↑ -- -- 45.3 -- 47.3 2.0 ↑ 45.1 -2.2 ↓ 43.3 -1.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 34.1 -- -0.7 ↓ -- -- 28.3 -- 27.9 -0.4 ↓ 27.5 -0.4 ↓ 27.9 0.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 35.4 -- -3.3 ↓ -- -- 32.8 -- 31.2 -1.6 ↓ 32.4 1.2 ↑ 33.1 0.7 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 70.8 -- -5.1 ↓ -- -- 67.7 -- 63.4 -4.3 ↓ 68.0 4.6 ↑ 72.4 4.4 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 804 .271 353 6 1.7 451 26 5.8
2019 Shifts 741 .316 382 10 2.6 359 115 32.0
2021 Shifts 186 .307 86 9 10.5 100 47 47.0
2022 Shifts 805 .279 421 98 23.3 384 169 44.0
2023 Shades 860 .330 452 17 3.8 408 243 59.6
2024 Shades 717 .340 373 4 1.1 344 183 53.2
! 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 %
2012 160 15.3 43.1% 0.0% 86 21.5 0.0% 10.5%
2013 6 12.7 66.7% 0.0% 8 19.4 12.5% 12.5%
2014 294 19.4 3.7% 2.4% 119 25.5 0.0% 14.3%
2018 910 14.6 54.8% 1.2% 395 23.1 0.3% 6.6%
2019 886 15.3 46.2% 0.7% 387 22.7 0.5% 7.8%
2021 211 15.3 47.4% 1.9% 118 21.9 0.8% 2.5%
2022 1021 14.9 51.5% 1.8% 428 21.4 1.2% 5.4%
2023 881 12.6 83.2% 0.1% 499 17.5 9.6% 0.8%
2024 808 13.3 75.6% 0.4% 364 17.4 11.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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