Spencer Strider
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 195LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2020 | Rd: 4, #126, Atlanta Braves | Clemson
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 1 0 3.86 2 0 0 2.1 0 1.29
2022 11 5 2.67 31 20 0 131.2 202 0.99
2023 20 5 3.86 32 32 0 186.2 281 1.09
3 Seasons 32 10 3.37 65 52 0 320.2 483 1.05
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 2 1-0 3.86 2.1 0 1.29
2022 31 11-5 2.67 131.2 202 0.99
2023 32 20-5 3.86 186.2 281 1.09
3 Seasons 65 32-10 3.37 320.2 483 1.05
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
2021 22 38 8 0 0.0 0.0 89.2 104.5 32.3 25.0 .250 .394 .397 .322 .275 37.5 0.0 11.1 3.86 4.42
2022 23 2277 278 17 6.1 3.2 88.0 111.4 14.1 32.7 .179 .279 .235 .242 .343 36.0 38.3 8.5 2.67 2.39
2023 24 3100 415 34 8.2 4.5 88.5 111.8 17.0 40.2 .205 .345 .279 .273 .390 36.1 36.8 7.6 3.86 3.09
Player 5415 701 51 7.3 3.9 88.3 111.8 16.0 37.1 .195 .319 .262 .261 .370 36.1 37.2 8.0
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

Strider relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(58.9%) ,
Slider
(33.8%) ,
Changeup
(7.3%) ,


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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 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 62.5 25.0 12.5 12.5 12.5 37.5 25.0 12.5 0.0 0.0
2022 40.3 25.9 26.3 7.6 28.8 41.4 29.9 3.6 31.3 27.0 26.3 5.8 6.1 3.2
2023 34.9 31.8 25.8 7.5 31.1 34.5 34.5 2.2 25.3 31.1 25.1 8.2 8.2 4.5
Player 36.9 29.4 26.0 7.7 30.5 37.1 32.4 2.9 27.5 29.5 25.5 7.3 7.3 3.9
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 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 1,823 97.2 10.6 2.5 19 6.0 -1.6 -21
2023 Changeup ATL R 225 87.0 23.7 -6.2 -21 14.5 0.0 0
2023 Slider ATL R 1,048 85.6 35.9 0.2 1 5.6 0.9 19
2022 Changeup ATL R 109 88.9 25.0 -3.7 -13 14.8 0.1 0
2022 Slider ATL R 643 86.3 35.6 0.9 3 5.2 0.4 9
2022 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 1,524 98.2 10.7 1.8 14 5.1 -2.7 -35
2021 Slider ATL R 8 85.5 32.0 -3.4 -10 4.8 -0.2 -3
2021 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 30 97.9 11.7 0.9 7 5.0 -3.1 -38
! 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 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 2 1,826 58.9 435 .256 .431 .339 28.7 28.5 22.3 .240 .418 .317 40.7
2023 Slider 1.1 12 1,048 33.8 273 .154 .269 .223 55.3 50.9 33.2 .162 .259 .222 33.3
2023 Changeup 0.8 2 225 7.3 54 .122 .184 .185 44.4 33.3 22.2 .144 .195 .197 6.5
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 20 1,525 67.0 357 .201 .295 .262 27.7 33.6 24.4 .207 .336 .281 41.8
2022 Slider 1.1 7 643 28.2 148 .139 .197 .205 52.2 50.0 29.4 .118 .162 .165 22.2
2022 Changeup -0.9 -1 109 4.8 22 .136 .227 .155 47.5 36.4 22.2 .160 .186 .154 14.3
2021 4-Seam Fastball 3.1 1 30 78.9 7 .167 .167 .229 15.8 0.0 0.0 .220 .282 .286 16.7
2021 Slider -8.6 -1 8 21.1 2 .500 2.000 1.000 40.0 0.0 0.0 .340 .730 .450 100.0
! 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 224 87.0 98 19.0 1:30 1:45 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1,822 97.2 97 19.0 12:45 12:45 0
2023 Slider 1,042 85.6 33 6.4 10:15 9:00 75
2022 Changeup 109 88.9 91 17.7 1:15 2:00 -45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1,520 98.2 94 18.1 12:45 12:30 15
2022 Slider 640 86.3 34 5.9 10:00 8:45 75
2021 4-Seam Fastball 30 97.9 93 17.1 12:45 12:30 15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 538 2,329 19 22 -10 -8 23
2023 813 3,289 11 20 -7 -9 15
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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 38 52.6 95.0 84.2 27.8 60.0 55.3 55.6 63.2 20.8 7.9 100.0
2022 2,277 51.1 68.3 73.4 30.9 45.3 41.8 60.2 50.0 34.9 7.9 77.7
2023 3,100 51.4 70.7 73.3 34.3 35.0 42.7 67.1 53.0 38.6 7.6 83.5
Player 5,415 51.3 69.9 73.5 32.8 39.3 42.4 64.2 51.8 37.0 7.7 81.1
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
2022 96 97 96 90 94 49 73 61 66 99 40 95 65 97 79 93
2023 91 91 83 71 93 18 43 61 71 99 62 98 95 93 81 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 17.8 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.0
2022 22.9 8 7.9 0 7 7 3 37.5
2023 23.1 26 22.5 4 6 22 8 30.8
Player 22.9 35 31.3 4 13 30 11 31.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2022 8 8 6 6 7 7 9 6 4 6 6 10 10 8 6 10 7 7 8 7 10 12 8 11 7 7 8 9 10 8 9
2023 26 21 15 29 27 23 27 22 25 13 17 28 23 16 24 27 28 19 24 30 18 23 32 31 18 13 25 25 22 17 12
Player 35 30 21 36 35 31 37 29 30 20 24 39 34 25 31 38 36 27 33 38 29 36 41 43 26 21 34 35 33 26 22
! 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 97.9 98.2 0.3 97.2 -1.0
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 88.9 0.0 87.0 -1.9
Breaking Velocity 85.5 86.3 0.8 85.6 -0.7
Exit Velocity 89.2 88.0 -1.2 88.5 0.5
Launch Angle 32.3 14.1 -18.2 17.0 2.9
Barrel % 0.0 6.1 6.1 8.2 2.1
Hard Hit % 37.5 36.0 -1.5 36.1 0.1
Sweet Spot % 25.0 32.7 7.7 40.2 7.5
xBA .250 .179 -0.071 .205 0.026
BA .250 .180 -0.070 .210 0.030
xwOBA .322 .242 -0.080 .273 0.031
wOBA .397 .235 -0.162 .279 0.044
xSLG .394 .279 -0.115 .345 0.066
SLG .625 .264 -0.361 .355 0.091
K% 0.0 38.3 38.3 36.8 -1.5
BB% 11.1 8.5 -2.6 7.6 -0.9
Swing % 63.2 50.0 -13.2 53.0 3.0
Whiff% 20.8 34.9 14.1 38.6 3.7
In Zone % 52.6 51.1 -1.5 51.4 0.3
Out of Zone % 47.4 48.9 1.5 48.6 -0.3
Out of Zone Swing % 27.8 30.9 3.1 34.3 3.4
First Pitch Swing % 44.4 31.8 -12.6 39.3 7.5
First Pitch Strike % 55.6 60.2 4.6 67.1 6.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 9 .397 2 0 0.0 7 3 42.9
2022 Shifts 527 .235 250 21 8.4 277 91 32.9
2023 Shades 749 .280 353 103 29.2 396 185 46.7
! 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 %
2021 11 15.1 45.5% 0.0% 2 18.3 0.0% 0.0%
2022 713 16.9 23.3% 1.4% 281 23.8 0.0% 10.3%
2023 785 15.2 46.9% 0.4% 410 19.3 0.5% 0.7%
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Pitch Distribution