Sam Long
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 1" 185LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 18, #540, Tampa Bay Rays | Sacramento State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 1 3 3.61 28 6 1 42.1 33 1.25
2023 0 1 5.60 40 1 2 45 32 1.56
2024 3 3 3.16 43 0 1 42.2 44 1.20
4 Seasons 6 8 4.48 123 12 4 170.2 147 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 28 1-3 3.61 42.1 33 1.25
2023 40 0-1 5.60 45 32 1.56
2024 43 3-3 3.16 42.2 44 1.20
4 Seasons 123 6-8 4.48 170.2 147 1.32
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
2021 25 732 120 7 5.8 4.0 88.7 113.6 15.1 32.5 .236 .398 .313 .314 .356 36.7 21.6 8.5 5.53 4.18
2022 26 739 133 9 6.8 5.0 88.6 110.5 15.5 35.3 .253 .422 .329 .320 .361 37.6 18.2 7.7 3.61 4.28
2023 27 776 145 13 9.0 6.5 89.1 111.1 14.7 32.4 .278 .432 .341 .339 .367 37.9 16.1 10.6 5.60 4.93
2024 28 702 114 9 7.9 5.1 87.5 110.9 10.2 30.7 .236 .391 .286 .309 .373 33.3 25.0 9.7 3.16 4.00
Player 2949 512 38 7.4 5.2 88.5 113.6 14.0 32.8 .251 .412 .318 .321 .364 36.5 20.1 9.2
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

Long relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(38.5%) ,
Slider
(30.8%) ,
Curveball
(22.2%) ,
Split Finger
(8.5%) ,


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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 39.2 35.8 20.8 4.2 32.5 37.5 30.0 5.0 28.3 30.0 23.3 7.5 5.8 4.0
2022 39.8 33.1 20.3 6.8 35.3 37.6 27.1 3.8 28.6 29.3 24.8 6.0 6.8 5.0
2023 43.4 26.9 22.1 7.6 36.6 37.9 25.5 2.8 33.8 27.6 22.8 4.1 9.0 6.5
2024 44.7 32.5 17.5 5.3 43.0 36.8 20.2 5.3 32.5 27.2 21.9 4.4 7.9 5.1
Player 41.8 31.8 20.3 6.1 36.7 37.5 25.8 4.1 30.9 28.5 23.2 5.5 7.4 5.2
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 KC L 270 94.3 13.7 1.1 5.3ARM -2.1 17.0 1.4 5.3ARM -2.9
2024 Curveball KC L 156 77.7 59.4 3.3 2.6GLV -6.5 -14.0 6.0 2.6GLV -4.8
2024 Slider KC L 216 85.5 35.4 -0.5 2.0GLV -2.9 1.8 -0.3 2.0GLV -3.1
2024 Split-Finger KC L 60 87.6 27.6 -5.7 12.2ARM 1.3 7.9 -1.7 12.2ARM 3.7
2023 Curveball OAK L 237 77.4 60.7 4.3 2.7GLV -5.7 -14.8 6.4 2.7GLV -5.0
2023 Changeup OAK L 17 83.9 23.2 -8.6 12.6ARM -1.5 15.7 -9.4 12.6ARM -1.4
2023 Split-Finger OAK L 42 87.0 28.6 -4.4 11.4ARM 0.4 7.4 -3.2 11.4ARM 2.8
2023 Slider OAK L 96 84.8 37.0 0.3 0.9GLV -4.1 0.9 0.9 0.9GLV -4.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball OAK L 384 94.0 13.6 1.4 5.0ARM -2.3 17.4 2.1 5.0ARM -2.9
! 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 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 1 270 38.5 79 .209 .373 .312 22.4 22.8 23.4 .236 .426 .341 42.0
2024 Slider 0.6 1 216 30.8 55 .250 .365 .295 39.7 32.7 25.4 .274 .409 .318 35.3
2024 Curveball -0.6 -1 156 22.2 25 .208 .375 .266 18.4 32.0 19.0 .157 .312 .220 12.5
2024 Split-Finger 1.7 1 60 8.5 15 .154 .154 .167 23.1 0.0 0.0 .227 .296 .246 21.4
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -5 384 49.5 106 .348 .522 .402 15.7 13.2 12.1 .319 .533 .392 43.2
2023 Curveball 0.1 0 237 30.5 44 .154 .205 .218 22.4 20.5 10.8 .231 .309 .286 36.7
2023 Slider -2.5 -2 96 12.4 32 .267 .567 .398 28.8 25.0 20.5 .206 .311 .250 22.7
2023 Split-Finger -0.6 0 42 5.4 9 .375 .375 .378 28.6 11.1 12.5 .354 .454 .388 57.1
2023 Changeup 6.6 1 17 2.2 5 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .203 .224 .190 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Curveball 152 77.7 76 17.0 5:15 5:45 -30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 258 94.3 90 17.3 11:15 11:30 -15
2024 Split-Finger 56 87.6 88 14.6 10:45 10:00 45
2024 Slider 211 85.5 13 2.7 1:30 3:00 -90
2023 Changeup 17 83.9 100 19.7 10:15 10:30 -15
2023 Curveball 234 77.4 75 18.0 5:30 5:45 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 378 94.0 92 17.6 11:00 11:30 -30
2023 Split-Finger 40 86.9 93 13.9 10:30 10:00 30
2023 Slider 96 84.8 10 2.5 2:30 4:15 -105
! 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
2021 176 732 1 8 -4 -4 1
2022 180 739 -7 7 -4 -2 -6
2023 196 776 5 1 -8 -4 -6
2024 191 771 2 9 -4 -2 4
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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 732 52.3 67.4 85.7 26.4 58.7 42.2 60.2 47.8 21.4 8.9 63.1
2022 739 53.0 65.8 78.3 24.5 62.4 40.2 61.3 46.4 25.4 8.7 78.1
2023 776 48.7 67.5 85.1 29.9 68.1 43.8 62.9 48.2 20.1 7.2 69.6
2024 702 48.0 68.3 81.4 28.1 48.5 39.8 62.5 47.6 27.8 7.7 77.8
Player 2,949 50.5 67.2 82.6 27.3 59.6 41.5 61.8 47.5 23.6 8.1 72.0
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
2021 32 23 49 28
2022 63 43 54 29
2023 49 58 63 26
2024 54 74 59 26
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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 %
2021 23.1 5 5.6 -1 3 6 2 40.0
2022 23.5 8 7.3 1 3 5 3 37.5
2023 22.9 5 6.6 -2 2 6 2 40.0
2024 24.0 5 5.0 0 6 4 1 20.0
Player 23.4 23 24.5 -2 14 21 8 34.8
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
2021 5 5 7 6 6 5 6 6 3 3 4 9 5 3 5 9 4 3 5 6 5 6 9 7 5 5 8 7 6 5 5
2022 8 6 8 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 8 8 6 6 7 8 6 8 9 8 6 7 8 9 9 9 6
2023 5 5 4 7 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 5 8 5 7 6 7 8 6 7 10 7 5 6 7 7 6 7 6
2024 5 6 2 7 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 5 4 6 6 6 5 8 6 5 5 4 5 6 5 5
Player 23 22 21 26 25 23 26 23 19 19 23 30 25 19 26 26 22 19 25 28 23 26 36 28 21 23 27 28 27 26 22
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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.6 94.6 2.0 ↑ 94.0 -0.6 ↓ 94.3 0.3 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 80.4 84.3 3.9 ↑ 86.1 1.8 ↑ 87.6 1.5 ↑
Breaking Velocity 75.6 77.0 1.4 ↑ 79.6 2.6 ↑ 82.2 2.6 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.7 88.6 -0.1 ↓ 89.1 0.5 ↑ 87.5 -1.6 ↓
Launch Angle 15.1 15.5 0.4 ↑ 14.7 -0.8 ↓ 10.2 -4.5 ↓
Barrel % 5.8 6.8 1.0 ↑ 9.0 2.2 ↑ 7.9 -1.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 36.7 37.6 0.9 ↑ 37.9 0.3 ↑ 33.3 -4.6 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.5 35.3 2.8 ↑ 32.4 -2.9 ↓ 30.7 -1.7 ↓
xBA .236 .253 0.017 ↑ .278 0.025 ↑ .236 -0.042 ↓
BA .237 .238 0.001 ↑ .282 0.044 ↑ .218 -0.064 ↓
xwOBA .314 .320 0.006 ↑ .339 0.019 ↑ .309 -0.030 ↓
wOBA .313 .329 0.016 ↑ .341 0.012 ↑ .286 -0.055 ↓
xSLG .398 .422 0.024 ↑ .432 0.010 ↑ .391 -0.041 ↓
SLG .410 .470 0.060 ↑ .437 -0.033 ↓ .353 -0.084 ↓
K% 21.6 18.2 -3.4 ↓ 16.1 -2.1 ↓ 25.0 8.9 ↑
BB% 8.5 7.7 -0.8 ↓ 10.6 2.9 ↑ 9.7 -0.9 ↓
Swing % 47.8 46.4 -1.4 ↓ 48.2 1.8 ↑ 47.6 -0.6 ↓
Whiff% 21.4 25.4 4.0 ↑ 20.1 -5.3 ↓ 27.8 7.7 ↑
In Zone % 52.3 53.0 0.7 ↑ 48.7 -4.3 ↓ 48.0 -0.7 ↓
Out of Zone % 47.7 47.0 -0.7 ↓ 51.3 4.3 ↑ 52.0 0.7 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 26.4 24.5 -1.9 ↓ 29.9 5.4 ↑ 28.1 -1.8 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 25.0 26.5 1.5 ↑ 28.9 2.4 ↑ 30.1 1.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 60.2 61.3 1.1 ↑ 62.9 1.6 ↑ 62.5 -0.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 176 .313 107 2 1.9 69 32 46.4
2022 Shifts 180 .329 121 19 15.7 59 32 54.2
2023 Shades 196 .341 120 0 0.0 76 26 34.2
2024 Shades 174 .284 100 2 2.0 74 21 28.4
! 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 218 15.6 41.7% 1.8% 111 22.0 0.0% 8.1%
2022 219 12.8 70.3% 1.4% 123 19.0 12.2% 1.6%
2023 178 13.9 62.4% 1.1% 156 17.8 10.3% 0.0%
2024 189 14.0 60.8% 0.5% 111 18.6 6.3% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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