Sam Moll
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 9" 190LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 3, #77, Colorado Rockies | Memphis
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 0 0 3.48 8 0 0 10.1 8 1.26
2022 2 1 2.91 53 0 0 43.1 46 1.27
2023 2 3 3.03 70 1 1 62.1 68 1.24
4 Seasons 4 4 3.45 142 1 1 122.2 129 1.31
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 8 0-0 3.48 10.1 8 1.26
2022 53 2-1 2.91 43.1 46 1.27
2023 70 2-3 3.03 62.1 68 1.24
4 Seasons 142 4-4 3.45 122.2 129 1.31
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
2017 25 147 25 2 8.0 5.7 89.7 106.3 14.8 36.0 .258 .490 .488 .346 .403 28.0 20.0 8.6 10.80 5.27
2021 29 167 29 3 10.3 6.8 90.0 109.5 6.5 27.6 .196 .370 .297 .314 .307 37.9 18.2 11.4 3.48 4.18
2022 30 737 116 6 5.2 3.2 87.6 110.0 9.5 26.7 .204 .306 .279 .268 .305 35.3 24.6 11.8 2.91 2.94
2023 31 1025 163 4 2.5 1.5 87.7 112.9 7.9 26.4 .201 .281 .265 .262 .294 35.6 25.4 11.2 3.03 2.84
Player 2076 333 15 4.5 2.8 88.0 112.9 8.8 27.3 .205 .311 .288 .274 .307 35.1 24.2 11.2
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

Moll relies on 4 pitches.
Sweeper
(37.9%) ,
Sinker
(35.9%) ,
Four Seamer
(24.9%) ,
Changeup
(1.4%) ,


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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
2017 40.0 32.0 28.0 0.0 24.0 40.0 36.0 4.0 32.0 28.0 24.0 0.0 8.0 5.7
2021 51.7 27.6 13.8 6.9 20.7 51.7 27.6 13.8 34.5 27.6 13.8 0.0 10.3 6.8
2022 50.0 17.2 22.4 10.3 39.7 33.6 26.7 3.4 44.0 26.7 18.1 2.6 5.2 3.2
2023 52.1 23.3 19.0 5.5 31.3 36.8 31.9 4.9 42.3 22.7 21.5 5.5 2.5 1.5
Player 50.5 22.2 20.4 6.9 32.7 37.2 30.0 5.1 41.4 24.9 19.8 3.6 4.5 2.8
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 Changeup CIN L 14 86.4 41.5 3.0 8 13.0 0.4 4
2023 4-Seam Fastball CIN L 255 94.1 19.1 -0.4 -2 10.0 -0.7 -7
2023 Sweeper CIN L 388 81.8 41.6 0.1 0 17.1 0.2 1
2023 Sinker CIN L 368 93.4 29.9 0.7 3 16.4 0.2 1
2022 Sinker OAK L 327 93.3 27.9 -0.3 -1 13.3 -1.6 -11
2022 Sweeper OAK L 408 81.7 43.9 1.0 2 17.3 0.9 5
2022 4-Seam Fastball OAK L 2 92.9 20.8 -2.9 -16 3.3 -6.0 -64
2021 Sweeper OAK L 75 83.9 38.3 0.2 0 11.1 0.0 0
2021 Sinker OAK L 92 93.7 26.2 -0.3 -1 15.0 -1.3 -8
2017 Changeup OAK L 12 82.0 41.4 2.0 5 15.6 0.8 6
2017 4-Seam Fastball OAK L 85 92.4 19.5 -0.6 -3 5.4 -4.2 -44
2017 Slider OAK L 50 79.3 45.8 -0.8 -2 11.1 2.7 32
! 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 Sweeper 1.8 7 388 37.9 85 .155 .211 .251 30.1 31.8 21.3 .165 .226 .248 31.1
2023 Sinker 0.7 3 368 35.9 99 .253 .352 .309 14.2 17.2 26.2 .229 .342 .276 38.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 3 255 24.9 72 .190 .286 .278 24.4 33.3 20.7 .203 .261 .258 35.0
2023 Changeup -5.2 -1 14 1.4 4 .333 .333 .625 28.6 0.0 0.0 .140 .148 .272 33.3
2022 Sweeper 0.5 2 408 55.4 101 .160 .351 .258 29.8 33.7 24.3 .184 .325 .245 32.8
2022 Sinker 0.3 1 327 44.4 80 .269 .313 .363 16.1 15.0 16.2 .231 .279 .300 38.2
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 Sinker -1.7 -2 92 55.1 26 .318 .455 .392 2.9 7.7 12.5 .260 .465 .371 50.0
2021 Sweeper 3.5 3 75 44.9 18 .067 .067 .167 34.6 33.3 27.3 .104 .230 .231 11.1
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -1 85 57.8 22 .474 .737 .529 10.3 9.1 11.1 .263 .478 .366 29.4
2017 Slider 1.0 0 50 34.0 11 .273 .455 .309 47.6 45.5 26.3 .211 .249 .199 0.0
2017 Changeup -8.5 -1 12 8.2 2 .500 2.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .470 1.914 .949 100.0
! 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 Changeup 14 86.4 87 15.3 9:00 8:00 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 234 94.0 75 15.2 10:00 10:30 -30
2023 Sinker 317 93.3 78 17.3 10:00 9:00 60
2023 Sweeper 366 81.8 54 18.4 4:00 3:15 45
2022 Sinker 318 93.3 67 14.4 10:15 9:15 60
2022 Sweeper 395 81.8 55 19.0 4:15 3:30 45
2021 Sinker 92 93.7 76 16.2 10:30 9:30 60
2021 Sweeper 72 83.8 40 11.9 3:45 3:15 30
! 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
2017 35 147 -1 0 -1 0 -2
2021 44 167 0 4 0 -2 1
2022 181 737 -1 11 -5 -3 3
2023 260 1,025 6 17 -4 -8 11
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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 %
2017 147 45.6 59.7 87.5 28.7 60.9 43.5 48.6 42.9 22.2 4.8 71.4
2021 167 44.9 52.0 92.3 22.8 66.7 41.9 52.3 35.9 16.7 9.0 60.0
2022 737 49.5 61.6 82.2 23.7 56.8 44.2 52.5 42.5 24.6 7.6 66.1
2023 1,025 52.1 61.2 82.6 26.5 63.1 42.2 58.8 44.6 22.5 7.7 72.2
Player 2,076 50.1 60.6 83.4 25.3 61.1 43.0 55.4 43.0 22.8 7.6 68.8
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
2017 42 90 1
2021 53 93 1
2022 40 98 1
2023 95 92 98 99 57 99 99 77 74 65 15 25 21 44 93 1
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 20.4 2 2.0 0 1 1 1 50.0
2021 23.7 1 0.6 0 1 1 0 0.0
2022 23.1 5 4.1 1 0 3 2 40.0
2023 23.3 2 1.8 0 2 3 0 0.0
Player 22.7 10 8.4 2 4 8 3 30.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
2021 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
2022 5 4 3 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 5 4 4 3 5 5 4 4 3
2023 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 2
Player 10 7 7 9 10 8 9 8 7 6 8 11 9 7 9 10 8 7 9 11 7 7 13 9 7 6 9 11 8 9 7
! 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 93.7 93.3 -0.4 93.7 0.4
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 86.4 0.0
Breaking Velocity 83.9 81.7 -2.2 81.8 0.1
Exit Velocity 90.0 87.6 -2.4 87.7 0.1
Launch Angle 6.5 9.5 3.0 7.9 -1.6
Barrel % 10.3 5.2 -5.1 2.5 -2.7
Hard Hit % 37.9 35.3 -2.6 35.6 0.3
Sweet Spot % 27.6 26.7 -0.9 26.4 -0.3
xBA .196 .204 0.008 .201 -0.003
BA .216 .205 -0.011 .206 0.001
xwOBA .314 .268 -0.046 .262 -0.006
wOBA .297 .279 -0.018 .265 -0.014
xSLG .370 .306 -0.064 .281 -0.025
SLG .297 .335 0.038 .289 -0.046
K% 18.2 24.6 6.4 25.4 0.8
BB% 11.4 11.8 0.4 11.2 -0.6
Swing % 35.9 42.5 6.6 44.6 2.1
Whiff% 16.7 24.6 7.9 22.5 -2.1
In Zone % 44.9 49.5 4.6 52.1 2.6
Out of Zone % 55.1 50.5 -4.6 47.9 -2.6
Out of Zone Swing % 22.8 23.7 0.9 26.5 2.8
First Pitch Swing % 22.7 22.1 -0.6 25.4 3.3
First Pitch Strike % 52.3 52.5 0.2 58.8 6.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 35 .488 9 0 0.0 26 4 15.4
2021 Shifts 44 .297 29 7 24.1 15 10 66.7
2022 Shifts 181 .279 99 15 15.2 82 45 54.9
2023 Shades 258 .265 138 4 2.9 120 44 36.7
! 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 %
2017 41 19.1 7.3% 2.4% 34 20.3 0.0% 2.9%
2021 51 20.7 2.0% 3.9% 44 24.6 0.0% 9.1%
2022 190 21.9 1.6% 7.4% 175 24.4 0.0% 15.4%
2023 225 17.5 10.2% 0.4% 241 20.4 0.8% 3.3%
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Pitch Distribution