Ryan Helsley
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 235LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 5, #161, St. Louis Cardinals | Northeastern State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 9 1 1.25 54 0 19 64.2 94 0.74
2023 3 4 2.45 33 0 14 36.2 52 1.06
2024 7 4 2.04 65 0 49 66.1 79 1.10
6 Seasons 28 14 2.63 239 0 84 263.2 314 1.10
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 54 9-1 1.25 64.2 94 0.74
2023 33 3-4 2.45 36.2 52 1.06
2024 65 7-4 2.04 66.1 79 1.10
6 Seasons 239 28-14 2.63 263.2 314 1.10
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
2019 24 577 109 7 6.4 4.6 88.2 111.7 17.9 34.9 .237 .400 .304 .294 .345 35.8 20.9 7.8 2.94 3.78
2020 25 194 33 2 6.1 3.8 91.8 109.6 16.9 33.3 .215 .408 .327 .330 .340 45.5 19.2 15.4 5.25 4.67
2021 26 805 132 11 8.3 5.3 90.9 112.6 12.5 32.6 .246 .414 .295 .332 .382 43.2 22.8 13.1 4.56 4.73
2022 27 962 125 11 8.8 4.6 88.8 112.0 22.2 27.2 .152 .275 .198 .222 .319 39.2 39.3 8.4 1.25 2.02
2023 28 607 76 3 3.9 2.1 88.6 109.9 15.5 27.6 .156 .239 .243 .233 .289 39.5 35.6 11.6 2.46 2.25
2024 29 931 164 6 3.7 2.3 89.4 114.3 18.3 36.6 .212 .301 .243 .257 .329 35.4 29.7 8.6 2.04 2.72
Player 4076 639 40 6.3 3.8 89.4 114.3 17.4 32.4 .201 .328 .256 .269 .336 38.8 29.6 10.1
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

Helsley relies on 3 pitches.
Slider
(48.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(45.4%) ,
Curveball
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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 34.9 26.6 30.3 8.3 43.1 30.3 26.6 4.6 22.0 33.0 26.6 6.4 6.4 4.6
2020 33.3 39.4 18.2 9.1 45.5 30.3 24.2 0.0 30.3 33.3 15.2 15.2 6.1 3.8
2021 42.4 22.0 26.5 9.1 34.1 43.9 22.0 3.8 33.3 25.0 22.0 7.6 8.3 5.3
2022 34.4 32.0 18.4 15.2 33.6 38.4 28.0 5.6 20.8 36.8 22.4 5.6 8.8 4.6
2023 40.8 28.9 21.1 9.2 32.9 44.7 22.4 3.9 30.3 31.6 21.1 9.2 3.9 2.1
2024 37.2 23.8 28.0 11.0 34.1 38.4 27.4 3.0 26.8 29.9 28.7 7.9 3.7 2.3
Player 37.6 26.9 24.9 10.6 36.0 38.5 25.5 3.9 26.8 31.1 24.1 7.7 6.3 3.8
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
2024 4-Seam Fastball STL R 423 99.6 10.1 1.8 3.4ARM -4.7 17.5 1.7 3.4ARM -4.1
2024 Slider STL R 450 89.2 33.5 1.8 4.2GLV 0.4 0.9 0.7 4.2GLV -0.9
2024 Curveball STL R 58 81.1 52.0 0.8 3.6GLV -4.3 -10.4 0.5 3.6GLV -5.8
2023 Slider STL R 223 89.0 32.3 0.4 4.7GLV 0.7 2.1 -0.6 4.7GLV -0.6
2023 Curveball STL R 43 82.1 50.0 0.0 4.2GLV -3.3 -9.5 -0.4 4.2GLV -4.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball STL R 341 99.7 9.2 2.7 3.5ARM -4.8 18.4 2.6 3.5ARM -3.9
! 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 Slider 2.9 13 450 48.3 130 .171 .195 .193 51.0 43.8 34.8 .194 .227 .206 16.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 4 423 45.4 116 .276 .367 .325 18.4 10.3 12.9 .259 .419 .340 50.0
2024 Curveball 1.0 1 58 6.2 16 .125 .313 .181 47.1 56.3 39.1 .084 .168 .104 28.6
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 3 341 56.2 80 .224 .328 .304 23.6 22.5 19.6 .215 .319 .302 48.0
2023 Slider 4.2 9 223 36.7 60 .113 .189 .173 52.2 53.3 34.4 .082 .145 .149 21.7
2023 Curveball -1.8 -1 43 7.1 5 .200 .200 .180 40.0 40.0 13.3 .157 .172 .144 33.3
! 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 Curveball 57 81.1 62 13.4 7:00 6:30 30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 411 99.5 90 17.5 12:30 12:30 0
2024 Slider 437 89.2 23 5.2 10:30 8:45 105
2023 Curveball 40 82.1 59 12.7 7:15 6:45 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 341 99.7 90 18.4 12:30 12:30 0
2023 Slider 220 89.0 27 5.9 10:45 9:15 90
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 169 656 4 7 -2 -2 7
2020 57 219 0 2 -2 -1 0
2021 204 805 8 12 -8 -4 8
2022 245 995 9 16 -2 -4 19
2023 145 607 5 10 0 -3 12
2024 262 931 7 15 -2 -2 18
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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 577 53.0 72.5 82.9 29.2 59.5 40.7 59.9 52.2 21.9 8.8 78.4
2020 194 50.5 70.4 85.5 22.9 13.6 38.1 60.8 46.9 31.9 8.8 88.2
2021 805 48.7 68.1 82.0 24.5 46.5 40.9 56.3 45.7 27.2 7.8 77.8
2022 962 50.8 71.2 74.1 34.2 35.8 42.5 63.4 53.0 37.8 8.2 72.2
2023 607 49.2 68.6 73.2 31.7 48.0 42.4 56.8 49.9 35.0 9.2 80.4
2024 931 53.8 69.7 75.4 33.5 34.7 41.6 66.2 53.0 36.1 8.6 72.5
Player 4,076 51.1 70.0 77.6 30.4 41.6 41.5 61.2 50.7 32.5 8.5 76.3
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
2019 98 96 35 63
2020 94 96 61
2021 26 39 40 42 12 76 42 8 17 46 7 58 13 96 97 58 64
2022 99 99 97 74 99 72 24 41 37 99 43 97 91 99 100 56 77
2023 99 100 70
2024 94 84 95 97 85 96 97 32 76 90 40 97 93 99 97 45 60
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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 %
2019 22.6 5 5.7 -1 4 5 2 40.0
2020 25.6 3 2.2 1 4 1 1 33.3
2021 25.3 4 3.9 0 1 1 3 75.0
2022 24.8 6 6.5 -1 3 8 0 0.0
2023 21.1 1 1.3 0 3 0 1 100.0
2024 22.2 3 2.3 1 0 4 0 0.0
Player 24.0 22 21.9 0 15 19 7 31.8
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
2019 5 6 5 9 7 6 6 5 5 3 5 8 7 4 5 6 4 5 6 6 4 7 8 6 5 5 4 8 7 5 5
2020 3 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
2022 6 6 4 7 7 7 8 5 3 6 5 8 5 6 7 8 7 7 6 8 6 7 9 7 5 6 7 8 6 9 5
2023 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
2024 3 1 4 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 4
Player 22 20 21 28 24 23 24 18 16 17 20 28 20 18 21 21 18 20 21 25 20 27 31 24 17 20 22 26 23 24 21
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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.8 96.9 -0.9 ↓ 97.4 0.5 ↑ 99.6 2.2 ↑ 99.7 0.1 ↑ 99.6 -0.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 87.7 89.3 1.6 ↑ 87.4 -1.9 ↓ 89.7 2.3 ↑ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 87.1 85.1 -2.0 ↓ 86.7 1.6 ↑ 87.1 0.4 ↑ 87.9 0.8 ↑ 88.3 0.4 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.2 91.8 3.6 ↑ 90.9 -0.9 ↓ 88.8 -2.1 ↓ 88.6 -0.2 ↓ 89.4 0.8 ↑
Launch Angle 17.9 16.9 -1.0 ↓ 12.5 -4.4 ↓ 22.2 9.7 ↑ 15.5 -6.7 ↓ 18.3 2.8 ↑
Barrel % 6.4 6.1 -0.3 ↓ 8.3 2.2 ↑ 8.8 0.5 ↑ 3.9 -4.9 ↓ 3.7 -0.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 35.8 45.5 9.7 ↑ 43.2 -2.3 ↓ 39.2 -4.0 ↓ 39.5 0.3 ↑ 35.4 -4.1 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.9 33.3 -1.6 ↓ 32.6 -0.7 ↓ 27.2 -5.4 ↓ 27.6 0.4 ↑ 36.6 9.0 ↑
xBA .237 .215 -0.022 ↓ .246 0.031 ↑ .152 -0.094 ↓ .156 0.004 ↑ .212 0.056 ↑
BA .245 .186 -0.059 ↓ .227 0.041 ↑ .128 -0.099 ↓ .176 0.048 ↑ .210 0.034 ↑
xwOBA .294 .330 0.036 ↑ .332 0.002 ↑ .222 -0.110 ↓ .233 0.011 ↑ .257 0.024 ↑
wOBA .304 .327 0.023 ↑ .295 -0.032 ↓ .198 -0.097 ↓ .243 0.045 ↑ .243 0.000
xSLG .400 .408 0.008 ↑ .414 0.006 ↑ .275 -0.139 ↓ .239 -0.036 ↓ .301 0.062 ↑
SLG .432 .442 0.010 ↑ .341 -0.101 ↓ .237 -0.104 ↓ .264 0.027 ↑ .273 0.009 ↑
K% 20.9 19.2 -1.7 ↓ 22.8 3.6 ↑ 39.3 16.5 ↑ 35.6 -3.7 ↓ 29.7 -5.9 ↓
BB% 7.8 15.4 7.6 ↑ 13.1 -2.3 ↓ 8.4 -4.7 ↓ 11.6 3.2 ↑ 8.6 -3.0 ↓
Swing % 52.2 46.9 -5.3 ↓ 45.7 -1.2 ↓ 53.0 7.3 ↑ 49.9 -3.1 ↓ 53.0 3.1 ↑
Whiff% 21.9 31.9 10.0 ↑ 27.2 -4.7 ↓ 37.8 10.6 ↑ 35.0 -2.8 ↓ 36.1 1.1 ↑
In Zone % 53.0 50.5 -2.5 ↓ 48.7 -1.8 ↓ 50.8 2.1 ↑ 49.2 -1.6 ↓ 53.8 4.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 47.0 49.5 2.5 ↑ 51.3 1.8 ↑ 49.2 -2.1 ↓ 50.8 1.6 ↑ 46.2 -4.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 29.2 22.9 -6.3 ↓ 24.5 1.6 ↑ 34.2 9.7 ↑ 31.7 -2.5 ↓ 33.5 1.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 37.5 29.4 -8.1 ↓ 32.5 3.1 ↑ 36.6 4.1 ↑ 32.2 -4.4 ↓ 37.6 5.4 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.9 60.8 0.9 ↑ 56.3 -4.5 ↓ 63.4 7.1 ↑ 56.8 -6.6 ↓ 66.2 9.4 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 151 .304 78 0 0.0 73 20 27.4
2020 Shifts 51 .327 30 2 6.7 21 2 9.5
2021 Shifts 204 .295 130 9 6.9 74 23 31.1
2022 Shifts 238 .198 139 19 13.7 99 41 41.4
2023 Shades 144 .245 79 0 0.0 65 21 32.3
2024 Shades 257 .242 140 0 0.0 117 39 33.3
! 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 %
2019 134 18.7 10.4% 1.5% 94 25.8 0.0% 16.0%
2020 43 18.8 9.3% 11.6% 39 26.3 0.0% 15.4%
2021 240 22.7 0.4% 9.6% 128 27.1 0.0% 23.4%
2022 264 23.1 0.0% 10.6% 123 25.8 0.0% 14.6%
2023 135 17.9 5.9% 2.2% 109 19.0 0.9% 0.0%
2024 205 17.8 2.9% 0.0% 144 19.0 0.7% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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