P | Kansas City Royals
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 220 lbs | Age: 32
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 3 1 3.14 27 2 1 48.2 37 1.19
2025 4 3 4.00 54 0 3 81 61 1.33
2026 0 0 9.39 6 0 0 7.2 12 2.48
3 Seasons 7 4 4.00 87 2 4 137.1 110 1.35
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 27 3-1 3.14 48.2 37 1.19
2025 54 4-3 4.00 81 61 1.33
2026 6 0-0 9.39 7.2 12 2.48
3 Seasons 87 7-4 4.00 137.1 110 1.35
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Team 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
2024 30 768 153 12 7.8 5.9 88.7 109.5 8.7 28.1 .242 .438 .311 .314 .363 36.6 18.3 5.4 3.14 4.02
2025 31 1294 252 18 7.2 5.2 87.5 114.7 7.2 28.6 .247 .394 .322 .313 .346 37.3 17.8 7.3 4.00 4.07
2026 32 182 24 2 8.3 4.8 88.6 115.2 17.4 54.2 .264 .449 .412 .355 .447 25.0 28.6 14.3 9.39 5.51
Player 2244 429 32 7.5 5.5 88.0 115.2 8.3 29.8 .246 .413 .325 .317 .357 36.4 18.7 7.2
MLB 7.6 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.6 33.3 .244 .407 .316 .316 .368 37.1 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Bivens relies on 6 pitches.
Sinker
(35.2%) ,
Four Seamer
(25.3%) ,
Sweeper
(20.3%) ,
Changeup
(11.0%) ,
Cutter
(4.9%) ,
Curveball
(3.3%) ,


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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 %
2024 54.2 45.8 24.8 15.0 5.9 36.6 39.2 24.2 25.5 20.9 7.8 11.1 18.3 16.3
2025 52.8 47.2 20.6 19.4 7.1 36.1 39.7 24.2 21.4 23.4 7.9 14.7 16.3 16.3
2026 33.3 66.7 29.2 33.3 4.2 33.3 37.5 29.2 4.2 20.8 8.3 29.2 16.7 20.8
Player 52.2 47.8 22.6 18.6 6.5 36.1 39.4 24.5 21.9 22.4 7.9 14.2 17.0 16.6
MLB 44.1 55.9 24.3 24.6 7.1 37.5 37.3 25.0 20.7 17.5 5.8 16.9 19.8 19.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2024 3.9 39.2 21.6 20.9 6.5 7.8 5.9
2025 5.6 37.7 21.0 22.6 5.2 7.2 5.2
2026 4.2 20.8 25.0 37.5 4.2 8.3 4.8
Player 4.9 37.3 21.4 22.8 5.6 7.5 5.5
MLB 4.1 32.2 25.0 24.4 5.9 7.6 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)
SeasonPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2026 Sweeper R 37 81.7 35.2 -4.6 15.1GLV 1.0 5.8 -4.7 15.1GLV 1.6
2026 Curveball R 6 81.8 43.8 -7.9 7.3GLV -0.6 -3.0 -7.2 7.3GLV -1.7
2026 Changeup R 20 87.6 35.5 3.8 9.5ARM -4.5 0.0 3.8 9.5ARM -4.7
2026 Cutter R 9 89.7 25.2 0.6 3.2GLV 0.7 8.6 0.6 3.2GLV 1.0
2026 Sinker R 64 95.0 26.5 5.5 15.6ARM 0.8 3.9 3.7 15.6ARM 0.5
2026 4-Seam Fastball R 46 94.5 18.9 -4.3 8.8ARM 1.5 11.8 -3.8 8.8ARM 1.0
2025 4-Seam Fastball R 81 95.2 16.4 -2.6 7.5ARM 0.8 13.8 -2.0 7.5ARM -0.1
2025 Slurve R 69 79.9 47.5 -3.6 5.5GLV -4.9 -4.9 0.1 5.5GLV -6.9
2025 Sweeper R 108 83.1 36.0 -3.5 12.6GLV -1.0 3.7 -2.8 12.6GLV -1.3
2025 Changeup R 198 88.5 32.6 2.4 11.4ARM -2.9 2.3 1.8 11.4ARM -3.1
2025 Cutter R 352 91.0 22.6 1.9 1.5GLV -0.8 10.2 1.9 1.5GLV -0.7
2025 Sinker R 486 94.8 24.0 2.6 16.0ARM 1.2 6.6 0.8 16.0ARM 0.9
! Note: Seasons are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Season Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2026 Sinker 3.0 2 64 35.2 11 .182 .182 .164 18.5 45.5 35.7 .126 .171 .129 16.7
2026 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 0 46 25.3 16 .308 .308 .356 26.1 25.0 19.0 .281 .428 .377 22.2
2026 Sweeper -2.2 -1 37 20.3 6 .400 .600 .475 33.3 33.3 16.7 .222 .360 .323 33.3
2026 Changeup -12.1 -2 20 11.0 5 1.000 1.000 .680 11.1 0.0 0.0 .410 .463 .394 0.0
2026 Cutter -18.5 -2 9 4.9 3 1.000 2.500 1.200 20.0 0.0 0.0 .927 2.534 1.193 100.0
2026 Curveball 2.4 0 6 3.3 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 20.0 -- -- .000 --
2025 Sinker 0.1 0 486 37.6 123 .291 .400 .354 7.5 16.3 19.4 .250 .382 .316 37.8
2025 Cutter 0.6 2 352 27.2 95 .244 .354 .307 17.5 17.9 17.7 .264 .379 .338 28.4
2025 Changeup -1.6 -3 198 15.3 59 .273 .418 .327 22.4 13.6 13.3 .225 .391 .276 38.8
2025 Sweeper -2.5 -3 108 8.3 28 .321 .536 .366 26.3 28.6 17.4 .265 .465 .311 45.0
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 0 81 6.3 20 .176 .353 .293 24.4 30.0 12.2 .210 .517 .362 72.7
2025 Slurve 0.0 0 69 5.3 17 .235 .529 .318 28.9 11.8 6.9 .224 .321 .234 33.3
! 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

Season Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 Changeup 17 87.6 55 9.9 1:45 3:15 -90
2026 4-Seam Fastball 45 94.4 85 14.5 1:30 1:15 15
2026 Sinker 58 94.9 79 16.5 1:30 2:45 -75
2026 Sweeper 36 81.7 58 16.3 8:30 9:30 -60
2025 Changeup 183 88.5 66 12.2 1:45 2:45 -60
2025 Cutter 351 91.0 59 9.7 12:30 11:30 60
2025 4-Seam Fastball 79 95.2 89 15.4 1:15 1:00 15
2025 Sinker 474 94.8 85 17.6 1:30 2:30 -60
2025 Sweeper 108 83.1 40 13.7 8:30 9:15 -45
2025 Slurve 69 79.9 55 9.1 8:15 7:15 60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Season Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2024 201 768 -1 10 -6 -2 0
2025 342 1,294 4 6 -10 -4 -3
2026 42 182 0 -1 -1 -1 -3
Player 585 2,244 2 15 -17 2 -6
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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 %
2024 768 52.7 65.9 84.3 23.7 72.1 44.8 62.4 46.0 18.7 9.2 83.1
2025 1,294 51.9 67.4 88.7 29.4 68.9 43.7 65.5 49.1 17.0 8.3 73.8
2026 182 48.4 60.2 81.1 27.7 65.4 44.5 57.1 43.4 24.1 5.5 90.0
Player 2,244 51.9 66.3 86.7 27.3 69.5 44.1 63.8 47.5 18.1 8.4 78.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.7 28.6 57.9 42.6 61.2 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Season Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed
xERA Fastball
MPH
Fastball
Spin
Curve
Spin
Avg
EV
Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit%
GB% Extension
2024 54 1 41
2025 28 57 27 20 43 60 1 89 63 3 16 65 68 75 90 41
2026 55 1 71
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Season Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2024 23.32 9 8.5 1 4 8 2 22.2
2025 24.31 6 7.7 -2 5 3 5 83.3
2026 24.61 1 1.1 0 1 0 1 100.0
Player 23.77 16 17.2 -1 10 11 8 50.0
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

Season HR
2024 9 8 5 9 8 9 8 9 4 7 9 9 9 6 8 7 8 9 8 11 10 8 12 11 8 9 7 11 10 9 8
2025 6 9 8 7 8 7 7 8 6 7 7 9 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 9 8 7 7 7 8 7 5
2026 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Player 16 18 14 17 17 17 16 18 11 15 17 19 18 15 17 15 17 18 17 21 19 18 22 22 17 17 15 19 20 17 14
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

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024
Results
BA .371 +.102 ↑ .269 +.019 ↑ .250
xBA .264 +.017 ↑ .247 +.005 ↑ .242
OBP .452 +.121 ↑ .331 +.037 ↑ .294
xOBP .364 +.052 ↑ .312 +.029 ↑ .283
SLG .486 +.078 ↑ .408 -.023 ↓ .431
xSLG .449 +.055 ↑ .394 -.044 ↓ .438
ISO .114 -.025 ↓ .139 -.042 ↓ .181
xISO .185 +.037 ↑ .148 -.048 ↓ .196
BABIP .522 +.206 ↑ .316 +.050 ↑ .266
wOBA .412 +.090 ↑ .322 +.011 ↑ .311
xwOBA .355 +.042 ↑ .313 -.001 ↓ .314
wOBAcon .546 +.189 ↑ .357 -.002 ↓ .359
xwOBAcon .447 +.101 ↑ .346 -.017 ↓ .363
BACON .542 +.210 ↑ .332 +.023 ↑ .309
xBACON .388 +.079 ↑ .309 +.009 ↑ .300
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 25.0 -12.3 ↓ 37.3 +0.7 ↑ 36.6
Avg Exit Velocity 88.6 +1.1 ↑ 87.5 -1.2 ↓ 88.7
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 54.2 +25.6 ↑ 28.6 +0.5 ↑ 28.1
Barrel % 8.3 +1.1 ↑ 7.2 -0.6 ↓ 7.8
Avg Launch Angle 17.4 +10.2 ↑ 7.2 -1.5 ↓ 8.7
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 69.9 -1.7 ↓ 71.6 +0.2 ↑ 71.4
Attack Angle 9° -1° ↓ 9° -1° ↓ 11°
Ideal Attack Angle % 48.4 -1.4 ↓ 49.8 +0.3 ↑ 49.5
Attack Direction 3° +3° ↑ 1° +2° ↑ -1°
Swing Path - Tilt 30° -2° ↓ 33° -1° ↓ 34°
Swing Length 7.0 -0.2 ↓ 7.2 -0.1 ↓ 7.3
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 94.4 +1.0 ↑ 93.4 -0.4 ↓ 93.8
Breaking Velocity 81.7 -0.2 ↓ 81.9 +0.9 ↑ 81.0
Offspeed Velocity 87.6 -0.9 ↓ 88.5 -0.1 ↓ 88.6
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 2 -16 ↓ 18 +6 ↑ 12
Popup % 4.2 -2.9 ↓ 7.1 +1.2 ↑ 5.9
Flyball % 29.2 +8.6 ↑ 20.6 -4.2 ↓ 24.8
Line Drive % 33.3 +13.9 ↑ 19.4 +4.4 ↑ 15.0
Groundball % 33.3 -19.5 ↓ 52.8 -1.4 ↓ 54.2
Pull % 33.3 -2.8 ↓ 36.1 -0.5 ↓ 36.6
Straight Away % 37.5 -2.2 ↓ 39.7 +0.5 ↑ 39.2
Opposite Field % 29.2 +5.0 ↑ 24.2 0.0 24.2
Weak Contact % 4.2 -1.4 ↓ 5.6 +1.7 ↑ 3.9
Pull Airball % 29.2 +14.5 ↑ 14.7 +3.6 ↑ 11.1
Topped Contact % 20.8 -16.9 ↓ 37.7 -1.5 ↓ 39.2
Under Contact % 25.0 +4.0 ↑ 21.0 -0.6 ↓ 21.6
Flare/Burner Contact % 37.5 +14.9 ↑ 22.6 +1.7 ↑ 20.9
Solid Contact % 4.2 -1.0 ↓ 5.2 -1.3 ↓ 6.5
HR/FB % 14.3 +2.8 ↑ 11.5 -12.2 ↓ 23.7
Popups 1 -17 ↓ 18 +9 ↑ 9
Flyballs 7 -45 ↓ 52 +14 ↑ 38
Line Drives 8 -41 ↓ 49 +26 ↑ 23
Groundballs 8 -125 ↓ 133 +50 ↑ 83
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 48.4 -3.5 ↓ 51.9 -0.8 ↓ 52.7
Out of Zone % 51.6 +3.5 ↑ 48.1 +0.8 ↑ 47.3
Edge % 44.5 +0.8 ↑ 43.7 -1.1 ↓ 44.8
Zone Swing % 60.2 -7.2 ↓ 67.4 +1.5 ↑ 65.9
Out of Zone Swing % 27.7 -1.7 ↓ 29.4 +5.7 ↑ 23.7
In Zone Contact % 81.1 -7.6 ↓ 88.7 +4.4 ↑ 84.3
Out of Zone Contact % 65.4 -3.5 ↓ 68.9 -3.2 ↓ 72.1
Whiff % 24.1 +7.1 ↑ 17.0 -1.7 ↓ 18.7
First Strike % 57.1 -8.4 ↓ 65.5 +3.1 ↑ 62.4
First Pitch Swing % 23.8 -7.8 ↓ 31.6 +2.4 ↑ 29.2
Swing % 43.4 -5.7 ↓ 49.1 +3.1 ↑ 46.0
Meatball Swing % 90.0 +16.2 ↑ 73.8 -9.3 ↓ 83.1
Meatball % 5.5 -2.8 ↓ 8.3 -0.9 ↓ 9.2
Zone Swing & Miss % 18.9 +7.6 ↑ 11.3 -4.4 ↓ 15.7
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 34.6 +3.5 ↑ 31.1 +3.2 ↑ 27.9
In Zone 88 -583 ↓ 671 +266 ↑ 405
Out of Zone 94 -529 ↓ 623 +260 ↑ 363
Edge 81 -484 ↓ 565 +221 ↑ 344
In Zone Swings 53 -399 ↓ 452 +185 ↑ 267
Out of Zone Swings 26 -157 ↓ 183 +97 ↑ 86
In Zone Swing & Misses 10 -41 ↓ 51 +9 ↑ 42
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 9 -48 ↓ 57 +33 ↑ 24
Basic
Pitches 182 -1,112 ↓ 1,294 +526 ↑ 768
PA 42 -301 ↓ 343 +141 ↑ 202
AB 35 -274 ↓ 309 +121 ↑ 188
Hits 13 -70 ↓ 83 +36 ↑ 47
Singles 11 -46 ↓ 57 +26 ↑ 31
Doubles 1 -14 ↓ 15 +8 ↑ 7
Triples 0 -5 ↓ 5 +5 ↑ 0
Home Runs 1 -5 ↓ 6 -3 ↓ 9
Walks 6 -19 ↓ 25 +14 ↑ 11
Strikeouts 12 -49 ↓ 61 +24 ↑ 37
K% 28.6 +10.8 ↑ 17.8 -0.5 ↓ 18.3
BB% 14.3 +7.0 ↑ 7.3 +1.9 ↑ 5.4
HBP 0 -5 ↓ 5 +4 ↑ 1
Batted Balls 24 -228 ↓ 252 +99 ↑ 153
Fastball Percent 65.4 -5.6 ↓ 71.0 +8.8 ↑ 62.2
Offspeed Percent 11.0 -4.3 ↓ 15.3 +1.8 ↑ 13.5
Breaking Percent 23.6 +9.9 ↑ 13.7 -10.5 ↓ 24.2
Number of Fastballs 119 -800 ↓ 919 +441 ↑ 478
Number of Offspeed 20 -178 ↓ 198 +94 ↑ 104
Number of Breaking 43 -134 ↓ 177 -9 ↓ 186
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
SeasonAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2024 Shades 201 .311 105 2 1.9 96 12 12.5
2025 Shades 342 .322 178 2 1.1 164 7 4.3
2026 Shades 42 .412 22 1 4.5 20 13 65.0
! 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 %
2024 248 15.3 44.4% 0.0% 112 17.3 5.4% 0.0%
2025 325 14.6 58.8% 0.3% 232 18.3 5.6% 0.9%
2026 35 15.5 40.0% 0.0% 39 17.7 7.7% 5.1%

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Pitch Distribution