Sam Hentges
P | B/T: L/L | 6' 6" 245LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 4, #128, Cleveland Indians | Mounds View (MN) HS

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 0 0 3.38 9 0 0 8.0 9 1.38
3 Seasons 4 6 4.54 96 12 1 138.2 149 1.39
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 9 0-0 3.38 8.0 9 1.38
3 Seasons 96 4-6 4.54 138.2 149 1.39

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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
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 26 138 20 1 5.0 2.9 89.0 104.2 0.7 35.0 .205 .277 .281 .282 .304 40.0 26.5 14.7 3.38 3.19
Player 2342 389 30 7.7 5.0 89.0 114.2 6.1 30.3 .241 .395 .313 .313 .378 39.6 25.0 9.4
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Hentges relies on 4 pitches.
Curveball
(46.4%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(27.5%) ,
Sinker
(18.1%) ,
Slider
(8%) ,


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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 65.0 10.0 25.0 0.0 50.0 20.0 30.0 0.0 55.0 15.0 20.0 5.0 5.0 2.9
Player 53.7 21.9 19.3 5.1 38.8 37.5 23.7 4.4 40.1 17.7 24.2 5.1 7.7 5.0
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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 Slider CLE L 11 88.1 31.7 -0.6 -2 3.3 -0.8 -19
2023 4-Seamer CLE L 38 96.2 15.1 -2.4 -19 8.0 1.5 23
2023 Curveball CLE L 64 80.3 58.3 5.0 9 7.5 0.1 1
2023 Sinker CLE L 25 95.0 19.0 -0.3 -2 14.7 0.0 0
2022 Slider CLE L 150 88.0 33.2 1.1 3 3.5 -0.7 -17
2022 4-Seamer CLE L 352 95.7 15.2 -2.2 -17 8.4 2.2 36
2022 Sinker CLE L 242 95.7 19.5 0.4 2 14.1 -0.3 -2
2022 Curveball CLE L 200 81.3 55.5 4.0 8 6.3 -0.5 -7
2021 4-Seamer CLE L 523 94.6 15.7 -2.2 -17 6.3 0.0 1
2021 Curveball CLE L 314 80.2 57.5 4.2 8 7.1 0.2 3
2021 Changeup CLE L 6 88.4 24.4 -2.6 -10 10.6 -2.7 -20
2021 Sinker CLE L 116 93.0 22.5 1.9 9 12.0 -2.2 -16
2021 Slider CLE L 301 86.1 34.2 -0.6 -2 3.4 -1.0 -23
! 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 -2.2 -1 64 46.4 13 .182 .273 .273 39.3 30.8 22.2 .137 .171 .223 14.3
2023 4-Seamer -2.5 -1 38 27.5 13 .333 .417 .358 15.8 23.1 27.3 .341 .478 .379 77.8
2023 Sinker -2.1 -1 25 18.1 7 .000 .000 .200 14.3 28.6 50.0 .044 .052 .229 0.0
2023 Slider 1.8 0 11 8.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .136 .157 .155 0.0
2022 4-Seamer 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 -1.6 -2 150 15.9 36 .118 .147 .133 35.8 38.9 22.2 .129 .173 .148 14.3
2021 4-Seamer 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 .231 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 .351 .298 48.1
2021 Changeup 1.2 0 6 0.5 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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 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
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
2023 Curveball 63 80.3 91 19.8 5:00 5:15 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 38 96.2 85 16.4 11:00 11:00 0
2023 Sinker 24 95.0 80 18.6 11:00 10:15 45
2023 Slider 11 88.1 19 5.4 2:45 1:45 60
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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 34 138 -3 -1 0 1 -3
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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 138 45.7 55.6 91.4 26.7 40.0 42.8 55.9 39.9 27.3 7.2 60.0
Player 2,342 47.4 66.6 83.2 29.0 50.8 41.3 55.0 46.8 26.5 7.2 73.4
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 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 11 11 14 40 19 41 20 33 25 33 39 70 29 57 84
2022 88 84 90 92 80 87 81 41 71 85 49 75 80 81 38 52 80
2023 82 19 42 93
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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 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
Player 24.8 15 18.8 -4 9 10 10 66.7

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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 15 19 18 22 20 19 20 16 16 15 17 21 18 16 19 21 16 17 22 20 17 18 25 20 15 16 25 22 18 19 16
! 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 ↑ 95.7 0.0
Offspeed Velocity 88.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 83.1 84.2 1.1 ↑ 81.4 -2.8 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.1 88.8 -0.3 ↓ 89.0 0.2 ↑
Launch Angle 10.9 -0.2 -11.1 ↓ 0.7 0.9 ↑
Barrel % 9.6 5.3 -4.3 ↓ 5.0 -0.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 42.7 35.1 -7.6 ↓ 40.0 4.9 ↑
Sweet Spot % 33.9 24.5 -9.4 ↓ 35.0 10.5 ↑
xBA .271 .206 -0.065 ↓ .205 -0.001 ↓
BA .318 .186 -0.132 ↓ .207 0.021 ↑
xwOBA .356 .261 -0.095 ↓ .282 0.021 ↑
wOBA .377 .235 -0.142 ↓ .281 0.046 ↑
xSLG .478 .303 -0.175 ↓ .277 -0.026 ↓
SLG .491 .258 -0.233 ↓ .276 0.018 ↑
K% 21.4 29.4 8.0 ↑ 26.5 -2.9 ↓
BB% 10.1 7.8 -2.3 ↓ 14.7 6.9 ↑
Swing % 45.2 50.0 4.8 ↑ 39.9 -10.1 ↓
Whiff% 24.0 29.4 5.4 ↑ 27.3 -2.1 ↓
In Zone % 45.9 49.6 3.7 ↑ 45.7 -3.9 ↓
Out of Zone % 54.1 50.4 -3.7 ↓ 54.3 3.9 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 27.0 32.4 5.4 ↑ 26.7 -5.7 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 25.8 35.2 9.4 ↑ 26.5 -8.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 50.0 61.5 11.5 ↑ 55.9 -5.6 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2021 311 .382 239 13 5.4 72 19 26.4
2022 244 .235 145 10 6.9 99 30 30.3
2023 34 .281 24 0 0.0 10 0 0.0

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% 140 22.2 0.0% 4.3%
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Pitch Distribution

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