Ryan Yarbrough
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 5" 215LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 4, #111, Seattle Mariners | Old Dominion
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 9 7 5.11 30 21 0 155 117 1.23
2022 3 8 4.50 20 9 0 80 61 1.38
2023 8 7 4.52 25 9 2 89.2 67 1.23
6 Seasons 48 38 4.36 152 68 2 669.1 534 1.21
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 30 9-7 5.11 155 117 1.23
2022 20 3-8 4.50 80 61 1.38
2023 25 8-7 4.52 89.2 67 1.23
6 Seasons 152 48-38 4.36 669.1 534 1.21
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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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
2018 26 2398 442 28 6.3 4.5 85.7 113.1 16.3 36.7 .253 .406 .314 .317 .364 26.9 20.4 8.0 3.91 4.27
2019 27 2057 416 29 7.0 5.2 84.9 112.1 15.2 35.3 .250 .390 .273 .291 .347 26.2 20.8 3.6 4.13 3.69
2020 28 834 171 10 5.8 4.3 82.6 115.9 10.9 42.1 .253 .389 .301 .307 .344 25.1 18.8 5.1 3.56 3.98
2021 29 2488 500 39 7.8 6.0 84.8 117.4 17.3 37.6 .271 .436 .325 .322 .372 28.2 17.9 4.1 5.11 4.42
2022 30 1355 261 19 7.3 5.4 85.1 111.4 17.2 32.6 .251 .412 .345 .324 .352 31.0 17.2 6.2 4.50 4.40
2023 31 1424 288 19 6.6 5.1 85.4 113.7 16.7 32.6 .265 .432 .317 .320 .366 29.2 17.8 3.5 4.52 4.30
Player 10556 2078 144 6.9 5.1 84.9 117.4 16.0 36.0 .258 .413 .312 .313 .360 27.8 19.0 5.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Yarbrough relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(31%) ,
Curveball
(26.1%) ,
Cutter
(24.7%) ,
Changeup
(18.3%) ,


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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 38.7 24.0 28.5 8.8 38.5 35.3 26.2 4.8 28.7 29.0 26.7 4.3 6.3 4.5
2019 44.5 20.0 25.5 10.1 37.0 36.5 26.4 4.8 31.7 27.6 25.0 2.4 7.0 5.2
2020 43.3 21.1 30.4 5.3 39.2 36.3 24.6 11.1 28.1 26.3 23.4 4.7 5.8 4.3
2021 36.8 25.2 28.2 9.8 36.6 35.2 28.2 6.8 26.4 28.8 27.2 3.0 7.8 6.0
2022 39.1 27.6 22.2 11.1 42.5 33.7 23.8 7.7 28.4 28.0 22.6 4.6 7.3 5.4
2023 39.9 26.7 23.3 10.1 34.7 38.2 27.1 7.3 27.8 28.1 25.7 4.5 6.6 5.1
Player 40.0 24.1 26.5 9.5 37.8 35.8 26.4 6.5 28.5 28.2 25.6 3.7 6.9 5.1
MLB 44.7 23.4 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

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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
2023 Curveball LAD L 371 71.9 47.7 -7.0 -13 14.0 -0.5 -4
2023 Cutter LAD L 352 84.2 29.9 1.8 6 1.5 -3.5 -171
2023 Sinker LAD L 440 87.0 24.9 -2.9 -10 13.5 -1.3 -9
2023 Changeup LAD L 260 78.5 39.2 0.6 2 15.8 1.0 7
2022 Sinker TB L 254 86.7 25.0 -2.4 -9 14.2 -0.8 -5
2022 Curveball TB L 366 71.3 49.4 -3.2 -6 15.7 0.2 1
2022 Changeup TB L 324 78.6 39.8 2.5 7 16.9 1.1 7
2022 Cutter TB L 411 82.3 34.5 -0.5 -2 1.9 -0.7 -27
2021 Cutter TB L 997 81.9 34.5 0.0 0 2.1 -0.3 -12
2021 Changeup TB L 697 78.4 38.4 1.4 4 17.4 2.4 16
2021 4-Seamer TB L 8 84.3 32.0 -5.1 -19 8.9 -1.9 -18
2021 Sinker TB L 336 86.4 25.4 -1.5 -6 14.2 0.0 0
2021 Curveball TB L 442 71.1 49.3 -4.9 -9 15.4 0.1 1
2020 Changeup TB L 250 78.6 38.2 2.1 6 16.8 2.5 18
2020 Cutter TB L 300 82.9 31.3 1.4 4 2.6 -1.2 -31
2020 Sinker TB L 194 87.3 24.1 -2.0 -8 14.3 0.7 5
2020 Curveball TB L 88 70.9 51.2 -7.2 -12 17.5 2.1 14
2019 Curveball TB L 278 72.8 50.6 -9.9 -16 14.5 1.5 12
2019 Cutter TB L 754 84.1 31.3 1.5 5 1.9 -0.9 -32
2019 Changeup TB L 526 79.5 37.0 1.5 4 17.3 3.2 23
2019 Sinker TB L 496 88.1 24.3 -1.4 -5 14.5 0.2 2
2019 4-Seamer TB L 3 86.1 27.5 -5.4 -24 8.0 -0.7 -8
2018 Cutter TB L 691 86.9 27.8 0.8 3 0.9 -3.1 -139
2018 Changeup TB L 598 81.2 36.2 1.9 5 18.1 4.4 32
2018 Curveball TB L 265 76.6 45.5 -12.1 -21 11.8 0.2 1
2018 Sinker TB L 771 89.3 21.9 -2.8 -11 14.2 -0.1 -1
2018 4-Seamer TB L 70 88.2 25.3 -5.8 -30 7.4 -0.3 -4
! 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 Sinker 0.5 2 441 31.0 95 .280 .366 .310 12.6 15.8 12.6 .277 .421 .310 32.1
2023 Curveball -0.1 0 371 26.1 112 .208 .386 .296 38.2 34.8 22.5 .201 .360 .283 27.4
2023 Cutter 1.0 3 352 24.7 95 .289 .378 .314 12.1 7.4 9.9 .259 .375 .295 30.1
2023 Changeup -2.8 -7 260 18.3 74 .329 .600 .414 27.7 8.1 6.3 .347 .623 .419 26.2
2022 Cutter -2.5 -10 411 30.3 116 .314 .524 .410 17.4 17.2 17.9 .250 .430 .332 34.1
2022 Curveball 1.0 4 366 27.0 108 .211 .400 .333 31.7 20.4 16.7 .183 .327 .270 23.0
2022 Changeup -1.2 -4 324 23.9 91 .299 .425 .338 18.8 14.3 10.2 .312 .485 .354 30.7
2022 Sinker 0.3 1 254 18.7 40 .281 .406 .379 17.7 15.0 10.2 .294 .411 .378 44.4
2021 Cutter -1.1 -11 998 40.1 258 .325 .582 .409 15.3 16.7 14.8 .289 .497 .359 34.0
2021 Changeup -1.5 -10 697 28.0 211 .238 .398 .289 25.3 19.0 13.6 .280 .410 .305 21.6
2021 Curveball 1.2 5 449 18.0 120 .173 .318 .239 33.5 25.8 21.4 .174 .282 .228 16.0
2021 Sinker 0.8 3 336 13.5 61 .321 .429 .347 9.8 4.9 10.7 .349 .564 .410 46.3
2021 4-Seamer 4.6 0 8 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .666 .792 .617 0.0
2020 Cutter -1.0 -3 300 36.0 100 .315 .461 .356 23.3 21.0 24.1 .283 .448 .341 35.7
2020 Changeup 0.7 2 250 30.0 67 .215 .323 .247 36.0 19.4 14.0 .235 .369 .272 15.4
2020 Sinker 1.5 3 194 23.3 43 .243 .297 .293 16.5 4.7 8.0 .267 .398 .334 27.8
2020 Curveball 1.7 2 89 10.7 23 .150 .300 .236 40.5 34.8 26.7 .148 .183 .195 0.0
2019 Cutter 0.8 6 754 36.7 228 .224 .379 .291 14.4 19.3 20.2 .242 .374 .282 22.1
2019 Changeup 1.8 9 526 25.6 162 .206 .313 .233 31.8 22.8 22.6 .235 .363 .259 19.5
2019 Sinker -1.9 -9 496 24.1 116 .340 .585 .416 16.3 16.4 16.8 .347 .560 .410 50.6
2019 Curveball 1.8 5 278 13.5 54 .082 .204 .175 36.9 31.5 20.2 .135 .200 .185 9.1
2019 4-Seamer 4.7 0 3 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .046 .046 .051 0.0
2018 Sinker -0.9 -7 771 32.2 161 .308 .517 .393 13.5 17.4 17.5 .293 .483 .369 46.6
2018 Cutter 0.6 4 691 28.8 191 .271 .412 .329 14.7 14.7 14.5 .265 .381 .310 15.4
2018 Changeup -0.9 -5 598 24.9 176 .242 .448 .336 26.3 19.3 15.4 .270 .469 .337 25.0
2018 Curveball 2.7 7 265 11.1 84 .095 .176 .195 41.2 42.9 27.3 .123 .206 .206 15.8
2018 4-Seamer 2.6 2 70 2.9 10 .111 .111 .160 11.5 20.0 12.5 .167 .181 .212 42.9
! 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 Changeup 257 78.5 95 16.9 9:00 9:30 -30
2023 Curveball 355 71.9 71 15.3 2:45 2:30 15
2023 Cutter 343 84.2 57 7.8 10:45 11:45 -60
2023 Sinker 430 87.1 97 17.4 10:00 10:15 -15
2022 Changeup 324 78.6 93 18.0 9:00 9:15 -15
2022 Curveball 365 71.3 74 16.9 3:00 2:45 15
2022 Cutter 409 82.3 42 5.8 11:45 12:45 -60
2022 Sinker 254 86.7 97 18.1 10:00 10:15 -15
2021 Changeup 693 78.4 93 18.9 9:15 9:30 -15
2021 Curveball 447 71.1 74 16.7 3:00 2:45 15
2021 Cutter 990 81.9 40 6.4 11:45 12:45 -60
2021 Sinker 334 86.4 97 18.2 10:00 10:15 -15
2020 Changeup 233 78.5 95 18.1 9:15 9:30 -15
2020 Curveball 82 70.8 78 18.5 3:15 3:00 15
2020 Cutter 275 82.9 43 7.9 11:30 12:45 -75
2020 Sinker 178 87.3 98 18.5 10:00 10:15 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 622 2,395 5 21 -14 -11 1
2019 572 2,101 9 24 -14 -9 11
2020 296 1,070 1 13 -7 -3 4
2021 651 2,488 -5 12 -12 -9 -13
2022 355 1,355 1 2 -8 -5 -10
2023 376 1,424 2 8 -5 -7 -2
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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 2,398 49.9 66.6 84.8 29.9 66.0 42.1 59.9 48.2 20.6 7.5 79.9
2019 2,057 49.5 67.3 82.1 32.2 67.1 44.0 65.8 49.6 22.3 7.6 75.6
2020 834 49.5 66.8 75.7 37.8 65.4 43.4 67.5 52.2 27.6 7.8 72.3
2021 2,488 48.4 67.0 83.3 31.8 68.6 44.1 64.9 48.8 21.1 6.1 80.4
2022 1,355 50.9 68.3 80.7 31.6 69.5 42.1 67.9 50.3 22.2 8.1 80.0
2023 1,424 52.9 67.4 82.7 33.7 64.6 43.3 67.6 51.5 22.8 8.4 73.3
Player 10,556 50.0 67.2 82.4 32.1 67.0 43.2 64.9 49.6 22.1 7.4 77.5
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 38 31 39 46 37 22 51 96 96 39 53 20 73 7 9 40 33
2019 75 42 61 78 79 23 48 99 99 34 98 25 80 3 4 33 51
2020 57 35 55 67 53 23 65 99 98 21 89 56 98 2 3 22 71
2021 36 15 28 45 52 7 50 99 98 14 97 16 85 1 1 23 71
2022 27 33 29 28 32 44 48 97 94 15 77 23 72 1 1 11 58
2023 44 21 29 41 62 45 74 97 97 15 99 27 93 1 1 9 53
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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 23.9 18 18.9 -1 6 16 8 44.4
2019 24.0 15 13.9 1 6 12 6 40.0
2020 24.5 10 8.9 1 4 6 5 50.0
2021 23.9 25 23.8 1 6 20 8 32.0
2022 23.5 12 10.7 1 8 8 5 41.7
2023 24.5 13 13.1 0 4 7 7 53.8
Player 24.0 93 89.3 4 34 69 39 41.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 18 26 17 19 21 17 22 17 15 12 17 20 23 17 16 23 21 17 20 21 21 20 21 21 17 13 17 20 24 19 13
2019 15 18 16 10 15 14 16 13 13 8 11 12 16 13 11 14 10 10 15 15 17 19 18 18 11 11 13 17 18 14 11
2020 10 10 9 11 10 9 11 7 8 7 8 10 8 8 11 8 9 9 9 10 8 8 11 8 9 8 8 10 9 9 7
2021 25 26 23 21 26 21 27 25 18 18 25 25 23 20 27 23 21 21 27 25 23 21 30 25 22 24 27 27 23 25 25
2022 12 8 10 10 14 13 14 8 7 9 8 13 10 8 10 10 8 9 10 13 10 11 16 12 8 9 15 16 10 13 9
2023 13 9 13 13 14 12 14 12 13 12 13 14 14 13 15 14 15 12 12 14 14 13 15 15 12 12 13 13 14 13 12
Player 93 97 88 84 100 86 104 82 74 66 82 94 94 79 90 92 84 78 93 98 93 92 111 99 79 77 93 103 98 93 77
! 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 88.2 85.7 -2.5 ↓ 84.7 -1.0 ↓ 83.0 -1.7 ↓ 84.0 1.0 ↑ 85.8 1.8 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 81.2 79.5 -1.7 ↓ 78.6 -0.9 ↓ 78.4 -0.2 ↓ 78.6 0.2 ↑ 78.5 -0.1 ↓
Breaking Velocity 76.6 72.8 -3.8 ↓ 70.9 -1.9 ↓ 71.1 0.2 ↑ 71.3 0.2 ↑ 71.9 0.6 ↑
Exit Velocity 85.7 84.9 -0.8 ↓ 82.6 -2.3 ↓ 84.8 2.2 ↑ 85.1 0.3 ↑ 85.4 0.3 ↑
Launch Angle 16.3 15.2 -1.1 ↓ 10.9 -4.3 ↓ 17.3 6.4 ↑ 17.2 -0.1 ↓ 16.7 -0.5 ↓
Barrel % 6.3 7.0 0.7 ↑ 5.8 -1.2 ↓ 7.8 2.0 ↑ 7.3 -0.5 ↓ 6.6 -0.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 26.9 26.2 -0.7 ↓ 25.1 -1.1 ↓ 28.2 3.1 ↑ 31.0 2.8 ↑ 29.2 -1.8 ↓
Sweet Spot % 36.7 35.3 -1.4 ↓ 42.1 6.8 ↑ 37.6 -4.5 ↓ 32.6 -5.0 ↓ 32.6 0.0
xBA .253 .250 -0.003 ↓ .253 0.003 ↑ .271 0.018 ↑ .251 -0.020 ↓ .265 0.014 ↑
BA .246 .228 -0.018 ↓ .256 0.028 ↑ .267 0.011 ↑ .276 0.009 ↑ .271 -0.005 ↓
xwOBA .317 .291 -0.026 ↓ .307 0.016 ↑ .322 0.015 ↑ .324 0.002 ↑ .320 -0.004 ↓
wOBA .314 .273 -0.041 ↓ .301 0.028 ↑ .325 0.024 ↑ .345 0.020 ↑ .317 -0.028 ↓
xSLG .406 .390 -0.016 ↓ .389 -0.001 ↓ .436 0.047 ↑ .412 -0.024 ↓ .432 0.020 ↑
SLG .414 .383 -0.031 ↓ .374 -0.009 ↓ .457 0.083 ↑ .448 -0.009 ↓ .421 -0.027 ↓
K% 20.4 20.8 0.4 ↑ 18.8 -2.0 ↓ 17.9 -0.9 ↓ 17.2 -0.7 ↓ 17.8 0.6 ↑
BB% 8.0 3.6 -4.4 ↓ 5.1 1.5 ↑ 4.1 -1.0 ↓ 6.2 2.1 ↑ 3.5 -2.7 ↓
Swing % 48.2 49.6 1.4 ↑ 52.2 2.6 ↑ 48.8 -3.4 ↓ 50.3 1.5 ↑ 51.5 1.2 ↑
Whiff% 20.6 22.3 1.7 ↑ 27.6 5.3 ↑ 21.1 -6.5 ↓ 22.2 1.1 ↑ 22.8 0.6 ↑
In Zone % 49.9 49.5 -0.4 ↓ 49.5 0.0 48.4 -1.1 ↓ 50.9 2.5 ↑ 52.9 2.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.1 50.5 0.4 ↑ 50.5 0.0 51.6 1.1 ↑ 49.1 -2.5 ↓ 47.1 -2.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 29.9 32.2 2.3 ↑ 37.8 5.6 ↑ 31.8 -6.0 ↓ 31.6 -0.2 ↓ 33.7 2.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 24.4 28.5 4.1 ↑ 35.0 6.5 ↑ 29.1 -5.9 ↓ 34.4 5.3 ↑ 29.0 -5.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 59.9 65.8 5.9 ↑ 67.5 1.7 ↑ 64.9 -2.6 ↓ 67.9 3.0 ↑ 67.6 -0.3 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 622 .314 459 74 16.1 163 44 27.0
2019 Shifts 561 .273 417 120 28.8 144 37 25.7
2020 Shifts 233 .301 172 41 23.8 61 15 24.6
2021 Shifts 616 .318 491 99 20.2 125 21 16.8
2022 Shifts 355 .345 275 43 15.6 80 23 28.8
2023 Shades 376 .317 270 18 6.7 106 35 33.0
! 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

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2018 685 15.6 42.6% 0.7% 417 21.9 1.2% 8.4%
2019 677 18.5 13.4% 1.9% 255 25.2 0.0% 18.4%
2020 227 20.5 7.0% 4.8% 115 26.0 0.0% 20.0%
2021 750 20.4 3.9% 4.1% 411 24.6 0.0% 17.8%
2022 367 18.4 12.0% 1.6% 226 23.8 0.0% 15.5%
2023 357 16.1 28.9% 0.0% 220 19.1 1.8% 0.5%
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Pitch Distribution

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