Richard Lovelady
P | B/T: L/L | 6' 0" 185LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 10, #313, Kansas City Royals | Kennesaw State

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 2 0 3.48 20 0 1 20.2 23 1.06
3 Seasons 2 3 5.62 46 0 1 41.2 40 1.49
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 20 2-0 3.48 20.2 23 1.06
3 Seasons 46 2-3 5.62 41.2 40 1.49

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2019 23 375 70 1 1.4 1.1 88.4 105.9 8.5 34.3 .243 .339 .393 .287 .316 32.9 18.1 6.4 7.65 3.59
2020 24 13 3 1 33.3 25.0 94.3 106.4 23.8 33.3 .349 1.267 .669 .663 .651 66.7 0.0 25.0 9.00 37.28
2021 25 315 54 2 3.7 2.4 89.2 106.5 6.9 25.9 .190 .292 .265 .256 .317 38.9 27.7 6.0 3.48 2.72
Player 703 127 4 3.1 2.2 88.9 106.5 8.2 30.7 .220 .334 .340 .281 .324 36.2 22.1 6.6
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Lovelady relies on 3 pitches.
Slider
(49.8%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(32.1%) ,
Sinker
(18.1%) ,


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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
2019 52.9 17.1 27.1 2.9 22.9 44.3 32.9 2.9 42.9 21.4 24.3 7.1 1.4 1.1
2020 33.3 33.3 0.0 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 33.3 33.3 0.0 0.0 33.3 25.0
2021 55.6 16.7 22.2 5.6 33.3 48.1 18.5 1.9 48.1 18.5 18.5 9.3 3.7 2.4
Player 53.5 17.3 24.4 4.7 27.6 45.7 26.8 2.4 44.9 20.5 21.3 7.9 3.1 2.2
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2021 Slider KC L 154 86.6 35.7 1.8 5 7.1 2.1 42
2021 Sinker KC L 57 93.1 24.0 2.9 14 13.5 -0.9 -6
2021 4-Seamer KC L 100 93.1 17.6 -2.0 -13 6.3 -1.1 -15
2020 Slider KC L 6 84.5 37.1 -0.4 -1 6.1 -0.1 -2
2020 Sinker KC L 3 91.5 28.6 5.7 25 14.2 0.2 1
2020 4-Seamer KC L 4 91.5 23.2 -6.4 -38 4.4 -2.7 -38
2019 Changeup KC L 3 89.3 26.0 -2.0 -7 9.3 -5.1 -36
2019 Slider KC L 147 87.3 30.2 -2.2 -7 3.8 -0.2 -4
2019 Sinker KC L 41 94.3 24.3 3.7 18 13.4 -0.3 -2
2019 4-Seamer KC L 184 93.4 19.4 -3.2 -20 8.2 0.7 9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 Slider -3.9 -6 157 49.8 44 .140 .279 .189 32.2 29.5 20.6 .152 .275 .196 26.7
2021 4-Seamer 1.8 2 101 32.1 21 .294 .353 .364 30.0 33.3 29.2 .273 .326 .343 50.0
2021 Sinker 1.7 1 57 18.1 18 .313 .500 .350 13.0 16.7 42.9 .205 .303 .305 57.1
2020 Slider 11.7 1 6 46.2 2 .500 2.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .517 1.893 .971 100.0
2020 4-Seamer -4.5 0 4 30.8 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 -- .013 .016 .356 0.0
2020 Sinker 7.3 0 3 23.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer 0.9 2 184 49.1 50 .349 .535 .405 14.4 10.0 9.6 .266 .369 .324 35.0
2019 Slider 1.1 2 147 39.2 30 .250 .286 .298 25.0 40.0 24.0 .127 .191 .172 6.3
2019 Sinker 14.6 6 41 10.9 14 .571 1.071 .693 9.1 0.0 0.0 .402 .542 .404 57.1
2019 Changeup 2.1 0 3 0.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 4-Seam Fastball 99 93.1 68 14.7 10:45 11:15 -30
2021 Sinker 54 93.2 66 15.8 10:45 9:45 60
2021 Slider 157 86.6 28 8.1 3:00 3:15 -15
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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 %
2019 375 52.0 71.3 86.3 20.6 64.9 43.2 59.6 46.9 17.6 6.1 87.0
2020 13 30.8 75.0 100.0 11.1 100.0 46.2 50.0 30.8 0.0 0.0 --
2021 315 56.5 61.8 85.5 29.2 30.0 43.2 68.7 47.6 28.7 7.0 81.8
Player 703 53.6 66.8 86.1 23.9 47.4 43.2 63.5 46.9 22.4 6.4 84.4
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.7 7.2 76.1
! 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
2019 59 63 100
2021 49 90 97
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 23.5 2 1.3 1 2 2 0 0.0
2020 -- 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2021 23.3 3 3.3 0 0 3 1 33.3
Player 23.4 6 5.6 0 2 5 2 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 2 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 3 1 3 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 2
2020 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2021 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4
Player 6 8 6 4 6 7 5 6 7 4 7 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 6 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 7 5 7
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.6 91.5 -2.1 ↓ 93.1 1.6 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 89.3 0 0 0 0
Breaking Velocity 87.3 84.5 -2.8 ↓ 86.6 2.1 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.4 94.3 5.9 ↑ 89.2 -5.1 ↓
Launch Angle 8.5 23.8 15.3 ↑ 6.9 -16.9 ↓
Barrel % 1.4 33.3 31.9 ↑ 3.7 -29.6 ↓
Hard Hit % 32.9 66.7 33.8 ↑ 38.9 -27.8 ↓
Sweet Spot % 34.3 33.3 -1 ↓ 25.9 -7.4 ↓
xBA .243 .349 0.106 ↑ .19 -0.159 ↓
BA .353 .333 -0.02 ↓ .211 -0.122 ↓
xwOBA .287 .663 0.376 ↑ .256 -0.407 ↓
wOBA .393 .669 0.276 ↑ .265 -0.404 ↓
xSLG .339 1.267 0.928 ↑ .292 -0.975 ↓
SLG .541 1.333 0.792 ↑ .342 -0.991 ↓
K% 18.1 0 -18.1 ↓ 27.7 27.7 ↑
BB% 6.4 25 18.6 ↑ 6 -19 ↓
Swing % 46.9 30.8 -16.1 ↓ 47.6 16.8 ↑
Whiff% 17.6 0 -17.6 ↓ 28.7 28.7 ↑
In Zone % 52 30.8 -21.2 ↓ 56.5 25.7 ↑
Out of Zone % 48 69.2 21.2 ↑ 43.5 -25.7 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 20.6 11.1 -9.5 ↓ 29.2 18.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 29.8 50 20.2 ↑ 36.1 -13.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 59.6 50 -9.6 ↓ 68.7 18.7 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2019 94 .393 45 8 17.8 49 13 26.5
2020 4 .669 4 1 25.0 0 0 0.0
2021 83 .265 48 5 10.4 35 11 31.4

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2019 108 17.6 17.6% 0.9% 74 21.9 0.0% 8.1%
2020 3 15.4 33.3% 0.0% 5 21.4 0.0% 0.0%
2021 90 16.3 25.6% 3.3% 58 22.5 1.7% 10.3%
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Pitch Distribution

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