Sam Hentges
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 6" 245LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 4, #128, Cleveland Indians | Mounds View (MN) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 1 4 6.68 30 12 0 68.2 68 1.78
2022 3 2 2.32 57 0 1 62 72 0.97
2023 3 2 3.61 56 0 0 52.1 56 1.36
3 Seasons 7 8 4.33 143 12 1 183 196 1.38
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 30 1-4 6.68 68.2 68 1.78
2022 57 3-2 2.32 62 72 0.97
2023 56 3-2 3.61 52.1 56 1.36
3 Seasons 143 7-8 4.33 183 196 1.38
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
2021 24 1260 218 21 9.6 6.6 89.1 114.2 10.9 33.9 .271 .478 .377 .356 .418 42.7 21.4 10.1 6.68 5.54
2022 25 944 151 8 5.3 3.3 88.8 113.2 -0.2 24.5 .206 .303 .235 .261 .327 35.1 29.4 7.8 2.32 2.79
2023 26 852 149 8 5.4 3.6 91.6 114.7 0.9 32.9 .266 .384 .292 .313 .384 49.0 25.1 8.1 3.61 4.13
Player 3056 518 37 7.1 4.7 89.7 114.7 4.8 30.9 .249 .397 .308 .315 .382 42.3 24.9 8.8
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

Hentges relies on 4 pitches.
Curveball
(36.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(36.0%) ,
Slider
(14.7%) ,
Sinker
(13.3%) ,


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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
2021 46.3 27.5 20.2 6.0 42.2 33.9 23.9 4.1 33.5 21.1 26.1 5.5 9.6 6.6
2022 62.9 15.2 17.2 4.6 32.5 45.0 22.5 5.3 47.7 13.2 21.9 4.6 5.3 3.3
2023 57.7 16.1 25.5 0.7 49.0 32.9 18.1 2.0 46.3 12.8 26.8 6.7 5.4 3.6
Player 54.4 20.7 20.8 4.1 41.3 36.9 21.8 3.9 41.3 16.4 25.1 5.6 7.1 4.7
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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 Curveball CLE L 304 79.9 57.5 3.9 7 6.8 -0.7 -10
2023 4-Seam Fastball CLE L 303 95.6 15.9 -2.7 -20 6.2 0.0 0
2023 Slider CLE L 125 87.8 32.9 -0.4 -1 3.3 -0.7 -17
2023 Sinker CLE L 113 95.3 19.5 -0.2 -1 13.2 -1.5 -10
2022 Curveball CLE L 200 81.3 55.5 4.1 8 6.3 -0.5 -7
2022 Slider CLE L 150 88.0 33.2 1.1 3 3.5 -0.7 -16
2022 Sinker CLE L 242 95.7 19.5 0.4 2 14.1 -0.3 -2
2022 4-Seam Fastball CLE L 352 95.7 15.2 -2.2 -17 8.4 2.2 36
2021 Slider CLE L 301 86.1 34.2 -0.6 -2 3.4 -1.0 -23
2021 Curveball CLE L 314 80.2 57.5 4.2 8 7.1 0.2 3
2021 Sinker CLE L 116 93.0 22.5 1.9 9 12.0 -2.3 -16
2021 4-Seam Fastball CLE L 523 94.6 15.7 -2.2 -17 6.3 0.0 0
2021 Changeup CLE L 6 88.4 24.4 -2.6 -10 10.6 -2.7 -20
! 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 Curveball 2.1 6 307 36.0 78 .243 .297 .273 33.1 33.3 23.6 .240 .316 .263 37.5
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 6 307 36.0 81 .278 .389 .338 22.6 19.8 25.8 .281 .426 .343 63.2
2023 Slider -0.1 0 125 14.7 29 .250 .286 .253 35.1 37.9 29.7 .267 .412 .303 58.8
2023 Sinker 0.4 0 113 13.3 34 .267 .367 .326 17.5 8.8 20.0 .291 .427 .354 33.3
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -1 352 37.3 89 .295 .397 .368 23.4 19.1 20.2 .262 .386 .326 41.9
2022 Sinker 2.0 5 242 25.6 63 .127 .255 .252 29.3 27.0 32.7 .211 .366 .306 44.7
2022 Curveball 3.2 6 200 21.2 56 .130 .130 .150 37.5 42.9 27.9 .171 .205 .195 23.3
2022 Slider 1.4 2 150 15.9 36 .118 .147 .133 35.8 38.9 22.2 .129 .173 .148 14.3
2021 4-Seam Fastball -2.7 -14 523 41.5 142 .403 .637 .481 10.9 5.6 7.7 .346 .668 .457 47.0
2021 Curveball 0.0 0 314 24.9 84 .158 .211 .233 32.8 48.8 28.5 .170 .255 .232 34.3
2021 Slider -1.2 -4 301 23.9 62 .309 .527 .380 41.8 29.0 27.7 .240 .421 .325 33.3
2021 Sinker -2.3 -3 116 9.2 30 .393 .536 .423 14.0 3.3 8.3 .269 .350 .298 48.1
2021 Changeup -1.2 0 6 0.5 -- -- -- 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 Curveball 298 80.0 90 18.6 5:00 5:15 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 303 95.6 87 14.9 11:15 11:15 0
2023 Sinker 109 95.3 82 17.0 11:15 10:15 60
2023 Slider 123 87.8 23 4.7 2:30 2:15 15
2022 Curveball 199 81.3 82 17.9 5:00 5:15 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 351 95.8 88 16.8 11:00 11:00 0
2022 Sinker 239 95.7 85 17.7 11:00 10:00 60
2022 Slider 142 87.9 20 5.0 2:45 2:30 15
2021 Curveball 314 80.2 84 19.0 5:00 5:15 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 518 94.6 89 15.7 11:00 11:15 -15
2021 Sinker 115 93.0 81 15.1 11:00 10:15 45
2021 Slider 296 86.1 18 4.9 2:15 2:15 0
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 318 1,260 1 -3 -11 -7 -20
2022 269 1,040 10 16 -8 -5 13
2023 222 852 5 14 -3 -3 13
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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 %
2021 1,260 45.9 66.8 87.6 27.0 51.6 41.2 50.0 45.2 24.0 6.0 80.0
2022 944 49.6 67.9 77.0 32.4 51.3 41.2 61.5 50.0 29.4 8.9 69.0
2023 852 50.9 62.7 84.9 26.5 39.6 44.0 56.1 45.0 27.4 8.0 75.0
Player 3,056 48.4 65.9 83.4 28.5 48.6 42.0 55.3 46.6 26.7 7.4 74.4
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
2021 10 15 10 11 14 40 19 41 20 33 25 33 39 65 32 57 84
2022 88 84 90 92 80 87 81 41 71 85 49 75 80 79 40 53 79
2023 51 22 63 84 41 87 85 2 1 62 55 61 21 76 15 35 92
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 24.7 10 12.6 -3 4 6 8 80.0
2022 25.0 5 6.0 -1 4 4 2 40.0
2023 25.6 2 2.5 -1 2 2 1 50.0
Player 24.9 17 21.1 -4 10 12 11 64.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 10 14 12 14 14 13 14 11 12 10 12 14 13 11 13 13 12 11 14 13 11 10 17 11 11 10 17 16 11 13 12
2022 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 6 8 4 6 8 6 6 8 7 8 4 6 8 6 7 6 4
2023 2 1 2 2 4 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 3 3 2 3 3
Player 17 20 20 23 24 22 23 17 19 18 20 23 20 17 22 23 18 19 25 22 19 21 27 22 16 19 28 25 20 22 19
! 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.3 95.7 1.4 95.5 -0.2
Offspeed Velocity 88.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 83.1 84.2 1.1 82.2 -2.0
Exit Velocity 89.1 88.8 -0.3 91.6 2.8
Launch Angle 10.9 -0.2 -11.1 0.9 1.1
Barrel % 9.6 5.3 -4.3 5.4 0.1
Hard Hit % 42.7 35.1 -7.6 49.0 13.9
Sweet Spot % 33.9 24.5 -9.4 32.9 8.4
xBA .271 .206 -0.065 .266 0.060
BA .318 .186 -0.132 .260 0.074
xwOBA .356 .261 -0.095 .313 0.052
wOBA .377 .235 -0.142 .292 0.057
xSLG .478 .303 -0.175 .384 0.081
SLG .491 .258 -0.233 .338 0.080
K% 21.4 29.4 8.0 25.1 -4.3
BB% 10.1 7.8 -2.3 8.1 0.3
Swing % 45.2 50.0 4.8 45.0 -5.0
Whiff% 24.0 29.4 5.4 27.4 -2.0
In Zone % 45.9 49.6 3.7 50.9 1.3
Out of Zone % 54.1 50.4 -3.7 49.1 -1.3
Out of Zone Swing % 27.0 32.4 5.4 26.5 -5.9
First Pitch Swing % 25.8 35.2 9.4 25.6 -9.6
First Pitch Strike % 50.0 61.5 11.5 56.1 -5.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 318 .377 245 19 7.8 73 32 43.8
2022 Shifts 244 .235 145 12 8.3 99 38 38.4
2023 Shades 221 .292 140 1 0.7 81 20 24.7
! 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 %
2021 331 15.4 42.3% 1.5% 227 23.5 0.0% 7.0%
2022 261 18.2 2.3% 1.5% 142 22.2 0.0% 4.2%
2023 193 16.5 13.0% 0.5% 194 18.6 0.5% 0.5%
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Pitch Distribution