Ryan Brasier
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 223LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 6, #208, Los Angeles Angels | Weatherford College
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 1 1 1.50 13 0 0 12 9 1.33
2022 0 3 5.78 68 0 1 62.1 64 1.30
2023 3 0 3.02 59 0 2 59.2 56 1.02
7 Seasons 9 8 3.88 268 1 10 257.1 256 1.17
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 13 1-1 1.50 12 9 1.33
2022 68 0-3 5.78 62.1 64 1.30
2023 59 3-0 3.02 59.2 56 1.02
7 Seasons 268 9-8 3.88 257.1 256 1.17
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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
2018 30 486 88 3 3.4 2.4 88.2 112.0 15.0 31.8 .207 .320 .208 .250 .298 39.8 23.4 5.6 1.60 2.60
2019 31 978 156 14 9.0 5.8 89.0 113.1 16.7 36.5 .253 .457 .306 .335 .419 35.8 25.3 8.7 4.85 5.02
2020 32 424 69 5 7.2 4.5 91.1 110.0 15.8 44.9 .247 .399 .301 .313 .393 44.9 27.3 10.0 3.96 4.15
2021 33 197 37 2 5.4 4.0 87.0 108.2 3.2 24.3 .244 .341 .319 .301 .332 35.1 18.0 8.0 1.50 3.81
2022 34 985 185 16 8.6 6.1 90.7 113.4 11.5 38.9 .249 .434 .336 .309 .389 46.5 24.3 4.9 5.78 3.97
2023 35 902 160 6 3.8 2.5 89.5 111.6 12.8 31.3 .231 .347 .248 .292 .339 42.5 23.4 8.4 3.02 3.55
Player 3972 695 46 6.6 4.5 89.6 113.4 13.3 35.5 .240 .397 .289 .304 .369 41.6 24.2 7.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Brasier relies on 4 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(36.4%) ,
Slider
(35.4%) ,
Sinker
(14.6%) ,
Cutter
(13.6%) ,


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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
2018 43.2 26.1 22.7 8.0 28.4 37.5 34.1 1.1 35.2 30.7 23.9 4.5 3.4 2.4
2019 33.3 31.4 26.9 8.3 41.0 41.0 17.9 3.8 21.8 29.5 24.4 5.1 9.0 5.8
2020 37.7 27.5 30.4 4.3 36.2 42.0 21.7 1.4 20.3 33.3 31.9 5.8 7.2 4.5
2021 56.8 24.3 18.9 0.0 29.7 54.1 16.2 2.7 51.4 21.6 16.2 2.7 5.4 4.0
2022 41.1 24.9 25.9 8.1 30.3 42.2 27.6 3.2 33.0 24.9 23.8 6.5 8.6 6.1
2023 44.4 23.8 23.8 8.1 34.4 39.4 26.3 3.1 33.1 24.4 27.5 7.5 3.8 2.5
Player 40.9 26.5 25.3 7.3 34.0 41.3 24.7 2.9 30.5 27.2 25.2 5.9 6.6 4.5
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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
2023 Sinker LAD R 130 96.0 18.1 -2.4 -12 15.2 0.1 1
2023 Slider LAD R 318 85.0 38.4 2.0 6 5.6 0.4 8
2023 Cutter LAD R 123 92.0 21.3 1.4 6 3.2 0.9 39
2023 4-Seamer LAD R 328 95.7 13.4 0.9 6 7.2 -0.6 -8
2022 4-Seamer BOS R 435 95.9 13.2 0.7 5 7.1 -0.8 -11
2022 Changeup BOS R 13 88.1 25.5 -4.1 -14 13.2 -1.4 -10
2022 Slider BOS R 423 85.5 38.0 2.5 7 6.4 1.3 26
2022 Sinker BOS R 114 96.1 18.7 -1.6 -8 15.7 0.3 2
2021 Slider BOS R 51 86.0 36.0 1.3 4 7.7 2.8 57
2021 4-Seamer BOS R 135 95.1 14.5 -0.3 -2 6.3 -1.4 -19
2021 Curveball BOS R 11 77.2 54.8 -0.6 -1 11.7 0.8 8
2020 4-Seamer BOS R 247 96.2 13.1 0.6 4 7.4 -0.4 -5
2020 Slider BOS R 140 86.2 35.3 0.2 1 6.4 1.9 41
2020 Sinker BOS R 16 95.2 17.3 -2.5 -13 15.5 0.9 6
2020 Changeup BOS R 21 87.4 29.9 0.6 2 14.1 0.7 6
2019 Sinker BOS R 37 96.1 16.4 -2.9 -15 14.3 -0.1 -1
2019 4-Seamer BOS R 521 96.1 12.9 1.2 9 6.0 -1.6 -21
2019 Changeup BOS R 85 87.4 28.9 0.0 0 13.7 -0.5 -3
2019 Slider BOS R 300 85.2 37.3 2.0 6 6.8 2.6 60
2018 Sinker BOS R 50 96.9 17.1 -1.5 -8 14.1 -0.4 -3
2018 Slider BOS R 164 85.5 39.4 4.4 13 6.6 2.5 60
2018 4-Seamer BOS R 254 96.8 12.6 1.3 9 5.4 -2.2 -29
2018 Changeup BOS R 18 88.6 31.6 2.9 10 13.0 -1.2 -8
! 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 %
2023 4-Seamer -1.1 -4 328 36.4 73 .297 .469 .392 25.0 27.4 16.8 .262 .443 .348 47.7
2023 Slider 1.5 5 319 35.4 91 .120 .157 .174 35.8 35.2 22.2 .186 .259 .238 49.1
2023 Sinker 3.1 4 132 14.6 38 .242 .242 .287 8.6 0.0 0.0 .283 .358 .333 29.4
2023 Cutter 5.0 6 123 13.6 35 .152 .273 .236 16.4 11.4 23.5 .232 .371 .281 37.9
2022 4-Seamer -1.8 -8 435 44.2 111 .320 .602 .387 23.0 27.0 21.7 .271 .545 .352 57.1
2022 Slider 1.2 5 423 42.9 109 .170 .330 .238 32.9 28.4 19.7 .204 .334 .262 38.0
2022 Sinker -6.2 -7 114 11.6 39 .459 .568 .487 8.8 5.1 13.3 .319 .419 .338 42.9
2022 Changeup 0.5 0 13 1.3 3 .333 .333 .300 40.0 33.3 14.3 .103 .103 .095 0.0
2021 4-Seamer 3.1 4 135 68.5 30 .308 .308 .310 18.8 13.3 14.3 .292 .391 .356 43.5
2021 Slider -3.5 -2 51 25.9 16 .200 .467 .359 48.1 31.3 29.4 .157 .208 .193 10.0
2021 Curveball -4.9 -1 11 5.6 4 .250 1.000 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 .259 .511 .326 50.0
2020 4-Seamer 1.0 2 247 58.3 60 .268 .446 .335 29.3 26.7 21.6 .255 .450 .315 53.7
2020 Slider 1.6 2 140 33.0 37 .182 .182 .270 46.5 32.4 25.0 .227 .290 .276 19.0
2020 Changeup -9.9 -2 21 5.0 4 .500 1.000 .625 37.5 50.0 18.2 .332 .720 .439 100.0
2020 Sinker -2.7 0 16 3.8 8 .200 .400 .419 0.0 0.0 0.0 .225 .280 .404 60.0
2019 4-Seamer -0.4 -2 539 55.1 125 .269 .454 .353 27.6 24.0 17.0 .285 .538 .392 45.9
2019 Slider 1.7 5 312 31.9 79 .133 .293 .207 41.0 34.2 22.3 .175 .333 .227 32.7
2019 Changeup -0.7 -1 87 8.9 22 .316 .526 .350 29.4 18.2 23.5 .307 .515 .369 13.3
2019 Sinker -3.5 -1 40 4.1 14 .500 .583 .596 11.1 0.0 0.0 .415 .475 .441 10.0
2018 4-Seamer 2.9 7 254 52.3 61 .123 .175 .147 24.3 29.5 18.4 .180 .283 .206 38.1
2018 Slider -0.5 -1 164 33.7 40 .229 .457 .305 45.9 27.5 18.6 .183 .317 .245 30.8
2018 Sinker 3.1 2 50 10.3 21 .222 .222 .250 6.9 0.0 0.0 .339 .452 .379 52.6
2018 Changeup -1.7 0 18 3.7 2 .000 .000 .800 77.8 0.0 0.0 .192 .192 .439 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Cutter 122 92.1 56 10.7 12:15 11:15 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 318 95.7 90 17.7 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Sinker 130 96.0 90 19.3 1:00 1:45 -45
2023 Slider 309 84.9 38 6.9 9:00 8:15 45
2022 Changeup 13 88.1 98 16.5 1:30 2:00 -30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 435 95.9 91 17.7 1:00 12:45 15
2022 Sinker 114 96.1 91 19.3 1:00 2:00 -60
2022 Slider 422 85.5 34 7.5 9:45 8:30 75
2021 Curveball 11 77.2 72 16.8 7:45 7:30 15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 135 95.1 91 16.5 1:00 12:45 15
2021 Slider 51 86.0 35 8.7 10:15 9:00 75
2020 Changeup 21 87.4 94 15.6 1:45 2:30 -45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 245 96.2 93 17.8 1:00 12:45 15
2020 Sinker 16 95.2 94 20.3 1:00 1:45 -45
2020 Slider 136 86.1 36 7.1 10:15 9:00 75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 35 113 2 1 0 -1 1
2018 163 638 4 12 -3 -2 10
2019 231 943 2 5 -4 -2 1
2020 109 424 3 3 -2 -1 2
2021 69 261 -3 2 -1 -1 -2
2022 262 985 -13 11 -4 -3 -10
2023 244 929 12 5 -3 -3 12
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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 486 49.8 73.1 79.1 38.5 50.0 43.2 70.2 55.8 31.0 7.8 78.9
2019 978 47.0 74.3 78.4 33.0 49.7 39.9 65.0 52.8 31.0 9.0 84.7
2020 424 51.2 74.2 74.5 31.4 44.6 49.3 61.5 53.3 34.1 8.7 91.9
2021 197 52.3 77.7 82.5 21.3 40.0 43.7 66.0 50.8 26.0 5.6 90.9
2022 985 53.4 72.6 82.7 34.2 55.4 45.0 67.9 54.7 25.2 9.0 82.0
2023 902 49.9 70.7 81.8 31.9 58.3 41.0 64.3 51.2 25.1 7.8 82.9
Player 3,972 50.3 73.0 80.2 33.0 52.2 43.0 65.9 53.2 28.3 8.4 83.9
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 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
2018 94 80 84
2019 27 39 25 18 31 56 16 39 56 65 39 83 85 88 74 90
2020 52 42 50 57 44 56 48 8 12 70 34 87 81 89 49 87
2021 76 29 89
2022 44 35 16 12 73 51 27 5 3 62 89 48 91 82 60 80
2023 77 67 82 86 60 95 95 37 23 49 49 43 82 80 65 83
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 21.2 2 3.3 -1 2 4 0 0.0
2019 23.7 9 9.3 0 6 10 3 33.3
2020 24.8 2 1.6 0 2 1 1 50.0
2021 23.5 2 2.5 -1 0 3 1 50.0
2022 26.3 9 11.2 -2 3 11 2 22.2
2023 22.0 4 5.2 -1 1 5 2 50.0
Player 24.2 28 33.2 -5 14 34 9 32.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 2 4 2 6 4 2 3 3 4 2 2 6 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 5 3 3 6 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 2
2019 9 13 7 10 8 7 12 11 7 4 7 9 13 9 10 7 7 5 11 8 13 12 16 13 9 6 8 9 15 7 7
2020 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
2021 2 4 2 2 3 2 4 1 3 1 2 4 3 1 3 3 1 1 4 3 2 4 4 3 1 1 3 3 3 2 2
2022 9 10 9 11 12 14 14 9 7 9 8 12 13 12 12 13 12 12 10 11 11 11 15 13 8 10 14 13 13 11 8
2023 4 6 3 5 6 4 7 6 5 2 6 5 4 5 7 6 7 6 7 6 5 4 8 7 3 3 6 5 5 3 4
Player 28 38 25 36 35 30 42 31 28 19 26 39 39 31 37 35 30 28 36 35 36 36 52 41 25 23 36 36 41 27 24
! 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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.8 96.1 -0.7 ↓ 96.2 0.1 ↑ 95.1 -1.1 ↓ 95.9 0.8 ↑ 95.0 -0.9 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 88.6 87.4 -1.2 ↓ 87.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 88.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 85.5 85.2 -0.3 ↓ 86.2 1.0 ↑ 84.5 -1.7 ↓ 85.5 1.0 ↑ 85.0 -0.5 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.2 89.0 0.8 ↑ 91.1 2.1 ↑ 87.0 -4.1 ↓ 90.7 3.7 ↑ 89.5 -1.2 ↓
Launch Angle 15.0 16.7 1.7 ↑ 15.8 -0.9 ↓ 3.2 -12.6 ↓ 11.5 8.3 ↑ 12.8 1.3 ↑
Barrel % 3.4 9.0 5.6 ↑ 7.2 -1.8 ↓ 5.4 -1.8 ↓ 8.6 3.2 ↑ 3.8 -4.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 39.8 35.8 -4.0 ↓ 44.9 9.1 ↑ 35.1 -9.8 ↓ 46.5 11.4 ↑ 42.5 -4.0 ↓
Sweet Spot % 31.8 36.5 4.7 ↑ 44.9 8.4 ↑ 24.3 -20.6 ↓ 38.9 14.6 ↑ 31.3 -7.6 ↓
xBA .207 .253 0.046 ↑ .247 -0.006 ↓ .244 -0.003 ↓ .249 0.005 ↑ .231 -0.018 ↓
BA .171 .238 0.067 ↑ .245 0.007 ↑ .267 0.022 ↑ .280 0.013 ↑ .197 -0.083 ↓
xwOBA .250 .335 0.085 ↑ .313 -0.022 ↓ .301 -0.012 ↓ .309 0.008 ↑ .292 -0.017 ↓
wOBA .208 .306 0.098 ↑ .301 -0.005 ↓ .319 0.018 ↑ .336 0.017 ↑ .248 -0.088 ↓
xSLG .320 .457 0.137 ↑ .399 -0.058 ↓ .341 -0.058 ↓ .434 0.093 ↑ .347 -0.087 ↓
SLG .270 .411 0.141 ↑ .378 -0.033 ↓ .422 0.044 ↑ .481 0.059 ↑ .282 -0.199 ↓
K% 23.4 25.3 1.9 ↑ 27.3 2.0 ↑ 18.0 -9.3 ↓ 24.3 6.3 ↑ 23.4 -0.9 ↓
BB% 5.6 8.7 3.1 ↑ 10.0 1.3 ↑ 8.0 -2.0 ↓ 4.9 -3.1 ↓ 8.4 3.5 ↑
Swing % 55.8 52.8 -3.0 ↓ 53.3 0.5 ↑ 50.8 -2.5 ↓ 54.7 3.9 ↑ 51.2 -3.5 ↓
Whiff% 31.0 31.0 0.0 34.1 3.1 ↑ 26.0 -8.1 ↓ 25.2 -0.8 ↓ 25.1 -0.1 ↓
In Zone % 49.8 47.0 -2.8 ↓ 51.2 4.2 ↑ 52.3 1.1 ↑ 53.4 1.1 ↑ 49.9 -3.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.2 53.0 2.8 ↑ 48.8 -4.2 ↓ 47.7 -1.1 ↓ 46.6 -1.1 ↓ 50.1 3.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 38.5 33.0 -5.5 ↓ 31.4 -1.6 ↓ 21.3 -10.1 ↓ 34.2 12.9 ↑ 31.9 -2.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 37.1 37.9 0.8 ↑ 41.3 3.4 ↑ 34.0 -7.3 ↓ 36.6 2.6 ↑ 35.7 -0.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 70.2 65.0 -5.2 ↓ 61.5 -3.5 ↓ 66.0 4.5 ↑ 67.9 1.9 ↑ 64.3 -3.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 124 .208 61 0 0.0 63 19 30.2
2019 Shifts 227 .302 123 1 0.8 104 68 65.4
2020 Shifts 109 .301 64 2 3.1 45 26 57.8
2021 Shifts 47 .320 26 4 15.4 21 14 66.7
2022 Shifts 259 .337 180 23 12.8 79 59 74.7
2023 Shades 237 .246 137 6 4.4 100 65 65.0
! 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