P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 230 lbs | Age: 33
Draft: 2010 | Rd. 3, No. 106, St. Louis Cardinals | Aragon HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 3 3 2.55 37 0 0 42.1 34 1.09
2018 4 3 3.41 36 0 0 37 30 1.43
2019 1 0 2.35 23 2 0 23 27 1.04
6 Seasons 8 7 3.33 124 2 0 127 119 1.33
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 37 3-3 2.55 42.1 34 1.09
2018 36 4-3 3.41 37 30 1.43
2019 23 1-0 2.35 23 27 1.04
6 Seasons 124 8-7 3.33 127 119 1.33
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
2015 22 265 37 2 5.4 3.1 85.0 107.6 8.3 35.1 .186 .325 .320 .275 .352 24.3 30.8 12.3 3.07 3.10
2016 23 210 32 0 0.0 0.0 88.1 108.6 12.7 37.5 .290 .372 .351 .359 .353 25.0 14.9 12.8 6.00 5.63
2017 24 643 124 5 4.0 2.9 86.5 109.2 12.6 30.6 .255 .412 .267 .309 .367 31.3 19.9 6.4 2.55 4.09
2018 25 636 121 4 3.3 2.4 88.2 108.9 9.4 32.2 .259 .394 .320 .310 .350 33.1 18.2 7.3 3.40 4.07
2019 26 390 54 3 5.6 3.2 87.7 108.1 20.5 27.8 .197 .328 .250 .287 .326 37.0 28.4 12.6 2.35 3.59
Player 2144 368 14 3.8 2.6 87.3 109.2 12.3 31.8 .242 .378 .294 .306 .352 31.5 21.7 9.0
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Tuivailala relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(33.3%) ,
Sinker
(28.5%) ,
Slider
(20.3%) ,
Curveball
(17.9%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 48.6 51.4 13.5 32.4 5.4 35.1 35.1 29.7 24.3 16.2 8.1 10.8 18.9 21.6
2016 43.8 56.3 18.8 31.3 6.3 34.4 31.3 34.4 21.9 18.8 3.1 12.5 12.5 31.3
2017 49.2 50.8 21.0 23.4 6.5 26.6 38.7 34.7 18.5 21.0 9.7 8.1 17.7 25.0
2018 50.4 49.6 21.5 25.6 2.5 36.4 43.0 20.7 22.3 22.3 5.8 14.0 20.7 14.9
2019 33.3 66.7 33.3 22.2 11.1 27.8 44.4 27.8 14.8 18.5 0.0 13.0 25.9 27.8
Player 46.7 53.3 22.0 25.5 5.7 31.5 39.9 28.5 20.1 20.4 6.3 11.4 19.6 22.3
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 10.8 40.5 18.9 13.5 2.7 5.4 3.1
2016 6.3 18.8 25.0 46.9 3.1 0.0 0.0
2017 4.8 30.6 24.2 25.0 4.0 4.0 2.9
2018 3.3 38.0 20.7 24.8 6.6 3.3 2.4
2019 1.9 24.1 35.2 25.9 7.4 5.6 3.2
Player 4.6 32.1 24.2 25.8 5.2 3.8 2.6
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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
2019 Curveball SEA R 70 78.8 54.6 0.2 11.3GLV 1.5 -8.9 -0.8 11.3GLV 2.1
2019 Sinker SEA R 111 93.3 22.3 -0.3 16.6ARM 1.4 9.7 -0.6 16.6ARM 1.7
2019 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 130 93.5 17.1 -0.6 10.5ARM 2.3 14.8 -0.8 10.5ARM 3.0
2019 Slider SEA R 79 86.8 31.0 -3.4 2.3GLV -1.9 6.0 -4.1 2.3GLV -2.7
2018 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 148 94.9 15.5 -0.1 9.8ARM 1.7 15.3 -0.4 9.8ARM 2.6
2018 Sinker SEA R 228 95.3 19.7 -1.0 16.1ARM 1.1 10.8 -1.5 16.1ARM 1.4
2018 Curveball SEA R 98 79.3 54.8 0.4 13.2GLV 4.4 -9.6 0.0 13.2GLV 4.0
2018 Slider SEA R 161 88.8 29.6 -2.4 2.4GLV -1.4 5.6 -3.8 2.4GLV -2.7
! 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 %
2019 4-Seam Fastball -2.2 -3 130 33.3 23 .353 .588 .489 29.8 21.7 16.1 .215 .382 .337 46.2
2019 Sinker 3.4 4 111 28.5 33 .111 .148 .220 22.6 30.3 31.3 .188 .311 .297 29.4
2019 Slider 2.8 2 79 20.3 22 .136 .273 .170 28.6 27.3 24.0 .219 .385 .251 37.5
2019 Curveball 2.4 2 70 17.9 17 .071 .071 .176 33.3 35.3 21.4 .157 .205 .254 37.5
2018 Sinker -0.3 -1 228 35.9 58 .377 .472 .399 17.8 10.3 11.5 .334 .419 .342 40.8
2018 Slider 0.0 0 161 25.4 43 .238 .310 .293 23.1 20.9 20.0 .178 .263 .203 12.1
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -2 148 23.3 34 .185 .481 .419 28.0 29.4 17.9 .248 .574 .408 38.9
2018 Curveball -0.4 0 98 15.4 28 .231 .346 .291 24.4 17.9 15.2 .250 .371 .298 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.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 10 42 -3 -1 -1 0 -4
2015 64 261 1 2 -3 -1 -1
2016 47 210 0 2 -2 -2 -2
2017 156 598 0 11 -5 -2 5
2018 163 635 1 3 -4 -3 -3
2019 95 390 5 6 -2 -3 5
Player 535 2,136 4 23 -16 4 -1
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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 %
2015 265 46.8 61.0 77.3 27.9 56.4 41.8 60.0 43.0 29.8 6.5 82.4
2016 210 54.8 60.9 85.7 15.8 66.7 38.6 57.4 40.5 17.6 11.0 73.9
2017 643 54.7 63.3 86.0 26.2 47.9 46.2 65.5 46.0 23.0 8.9 67.9
2018 636 52.9 68.2 84.3 27.8 59.0 41.3 60.1 49.1 22.4 7.6 75.0
2019 390 42.6 62.0 81.6 29.0 58.5 38.2 61.1 43.1 27.4 6.4 80.0
Player 2,144 50.9 64.1 83.8 26.5 56.0 41.9 61.7 45.5 23.9 7.9 74.1
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 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
2015 96 92 78
2016 93 75 67
2017 87 68 43 31
2018 80 64 41 47
2019 51 32 19 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 %
2016 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
2017 21.59 4 5.0 -1 1 4 2 50.0
2018 22.94 3 3.0 0 0 0 3 100.0
2019 21.83 1 0.3 1 2 0 0 0.0
Player 22.20 8 8.5 -1 4 4 5 62.5
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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
2016 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2017 4 5 3 6 5 5 5 5 3 5 4 5 5 4 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 4 7 6 6 5 4 7 6 6 3
2018 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2019 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Player 8 9 6 10 8 8 8 8 6 8 7 9 9 7 8 9 8 8 10 8 9 9 11 11 9 8 7 11 11 9 6
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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

2019 +/-   2018 +/-   2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .163 -.114 .277 +.054 .223 -.085 .308 +.080 .228
xBA .197 -.062 .259 +.004 .255 -.035 .290 +.104 .186
OBP .284 -.053 .337 +.055 .282 -.144 .426 +.103 .323
xOBP .314 -.008 .322 +.006 .316 -.095 .411 +.120 .291
SLG .263 -.142 .405 +.061 .344 +.011 .333 -.088 .421
xSLG .328 -.066 .394 -.018 .412 +.040 .372 +.047 .325
ISO .100 -.028 .128 +.007 .121 +.095 .026 -.167 .193
xISO .131 -.003 .134 -.023 .157 +.075 .082 -.056 .138
BABIP .226 -.102 .328 +.067 .261 -.114 .375 +.061 .314
wOBA .250 -.070 .320 +.053 .267 -.084 .351 +.031 .320
xwOBA .287 -.023 .310 +.001 .309 -.050 .359 +.084 .275
wOBACON .261 -.102 .363 +.057 .306 -.035 .341 -.082 .423
xwOBACON .326 -.024 .350 -.017 .367 +.014 .353 +.001 .352
BACON .241 -.104 .345 +.060 .285 -.090 .375 +.024 .351
xBACON .292 -.032 .324 -.008 .332 -.021 .353 +.057 .296
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 37.0 +3.9 33.1 +1.8 31.3 +6.3 25.0 +0.7 24.3
Avg Exit Velocity 87.7 -0.5 88.2 +1.7 86.5 -1.6 88.1 +3.1 85.0
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 27.8 -4.4 32.2 +1.6 30.6 -6.9 37.5 +2.4 35.1
Barrel % 5.6 +2.3 3.3 -0.7 4.0 +4.0 0.0 -5.4 5.4
Avg Launch Angle 20.5 +11.1 9.4 -3.2 12.6 -0.1 12.7 +4.4 8.3
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.4 -1.7 95.1 -0.5 95.6 -0.9 96.5 -0.6 97.1
Breaking Velocity 83.1 -2.1 85.2 +2.0 83.2 -4.1 87.3 +1.2 86.1
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 3 -1 4 -1 5 +5 0 -2 2
Popup % 11.1 +8.6 2.5 -4.0 6.5 +0.2 6.3 +0.9 5.4
Flyball % 33.3 +11.8 21.5 +0.5 21.0 +2.2 18.8 +5.3 13.5
Line Drive % 22.2 -3.4 25.6 +2.2 23.4 -7.9 31.3 -1.1 32.4
Groundball % 33.3 -17.1 50.4 +1.2 49.2 +5.4 43.8 -4.8 48.6
Pull % 27.8 -8.6 36.4 +9.8 26.6 -7.8 34.4 -0.7 35.1
Straight Away % 44.4 +1.4 43.0 +4.3 38.7 +7.4 31.3 -3.8 35.1
Opposite Field % 27.8 +7.1 20.7 -14.0 34.7 +0.3 34.4 +4.7 29.7
Weak Contact % 1.9 -1.4 3.3 -1.5 4.8 -1.5 6.3 -4.5 10.8
Pull Airball % 13.0 -1.0 14.0 +5.9 8.1 -4.4 12.5 +1.7 10.8
Topped Contact % 24.1 -13.9 38.0 +7.4 30.6 +11.8 18.8 -21.7 40.5
Under Contact % 35.2 +14.5 20.7 -3.5 24.2 -0.8 25.0 +6.1 18.9
Flare/Burner Contact % 25.9 +1.1 24.8 -0.2 25.0 -21.9 46.9 +33.4 13.5
Solid Contact % 7.4 +0.8 6.6 +2.6 4.0 +0.9 3.1 +0.4 2.7
HR/FB % 5.6 -5.9 11.5 -3.9 15.4 +15.4 0.0 -40.0 40.0
Popups 6 +3 3 -5 8 +6 2 0 2
Flyballs 18 -8 26 0 26 +20 6 +1 5
Line Drives 12 -19 31 +2 29 +19 10 -2 12
Groundballs 18 -43 61 0 61 +47 14 -4 18
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 42.6 -10.3 52.9 -1.8 54.7 -0.1 54.8 +8.0 46.8
Out of Zone % 57.4 +10.3 47.1 +1.8 45.3 +0.1 45.2 -8.0 53.2
Edge % 38.2 -3.1 41.3 -4.9 46.2 +7.6 38.6 -3.2 41.8
Zone Swing % 62.0 -6.2 68.2 +4.9 63.3 +2.4 60.9 -0.1 61.0
Out of Zone Swing % 29.0 +1.2 27.8 +1.6 26.2 +10.4 15.8 -12.1 27.9
In Zone Contact % 81.6 -2.7 84.3 -1.7 86.0 +0.3 85.7 +8.4 77.3
Out of Zone Contact % 58.5 -0.5 59.0 +11.1 47.9 -18.8 66.7 +10.3 56.4
Whiff % 27.4 +5.0 22.4 -0.6 23.0 +5.4 17.6 -12.2 29.8
First Strike % 61.1 +1.0 60.1 -5.4 65.5 +8.1 57.4 -2.6 60.0
First Pitch Swing % 24.2 -6.5 30.7 +5.7 25.0 +3.7 21.3 -4.9 26.2
Swing % 43.1 -6.0 49.1 +3.1 46.0 +5.5 40.5 -2.5 43.0
Meatball Swing % 80.0 +5.0 75.0 +7.1 67.9 -6.0 73.9 -8.5 82.4
Meatball % 6.4 -1.2 7.6 -1.3 8.9 -2.1 11.0 +4.5 6.5
Zone Swing & Miss % 18.4 +2.7 15.7 +1.7 14.0 -0.3 14.3 -8.4 22.7
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 41.5 +0.5 41.0 -11.1 52.1 +18.8 33.3 -10.3 43.6
In Zone 166 -170 336 +9 327 +212 115 -8 123
Out of Zone 224 -75 299 +28 271 +176 95 -45 140
Edge 149 -113 262 -14 276 +195 81 -29 110
In Zone Swings 103 -126 229 +22 207 +137 70 -5 75
Out of Zone Swings 65 -18 83 +12 71 +56 15 -24 39
In Zone Swing & Misses 19 -17 36 +7 29 +19 10 -7 17
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 27 -7 34 -3 37 +32 5 -12 17
Basic
Pitches 390 -246 636 -7 643 +433 210 -55 265
PA 95 -70 165 -6 171 +124 47 -18 65
AB 80 -68 148 -9 157 +118 39 -18 57
Hits 13 -28 41 +6 35 +23 12 -1 13
Singles 8 -21 29 +5 24 +13 11 +4 7
Doubles 3 -5 8 +1 7 +6 1 -2 3
Triples 1 0 1 +1 0 0 0 -1 1
Home Runs 1 -2 3 -1 4 +4 0 -2 2
Walks 12 0 12 +1 11 +5 6 -2 8
Strikeouts 27 -3 30 -4 34 +27 7 -13 20
K% 28.4 +10.2 18.2 -1.7 19.9 +5.0 14.9 -15.9 30.8
BB% 12.6 +5.3 7.3 +0.9 6.4 -6.4 12.8 +0.5 12.3
HBP 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 +2 0
Batted Balls 54 -67 121 -3 124 +92 32 -5 37
Number of Fastballs 241 -135 376 +7 369 +233 136 -24 160
Number of Offspeed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Number of Breaking 149 -110 259 +30 229 +155 74 -27 101
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 47 .351 24 0 0.0 23 2 8.7
2017 Shifts 156 .270 99 0 0.0 57 4 7.0
2018 Shifts 163 .320 95 3 3.2 68 7 10.3
2019 Shifts 95 .250 57 0 0.0 38 22 57.9
! 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 %
2014 10 20.0 10.0% 0.0% 7 26.3 0.0% 28.6%
2015 73 18.8 23.3% 1.4% 51 23.1 7.8% 23.5%
2016 43 16.7 27.9% 7.0% 66 19.8 19.7% 3.0%
2017 206 18.4 1.9% 1.9% 78 21.8 0.0% 10.3%
2018 153 20.0 3.9% 3.3% 121 23.7 0.0% 14.0%
2019 128 21.2 0.0% 8.6% 68 22.6 0.0% 8.8%

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Pitch Distribution