Steven Brault
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 195LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 11, #339, Baltimore Orioles | Regis College
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 1 3 3.38 11 10 0 42.2 38 1.20
2021 0 3 5.86 7 7 0 27.2 19 1.63
2022 0 0 3.00 9 0 0 9 8 1.44
7 Seasons 12 18 4.73 116 52 1 352.1 299 1.52
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 11 1-3 3.38 42.2 38 1.20
2021 7 0-3 5.86 27.2 19 1.63
2022 9 0-0 3.00 9 8 1.44
7 Seasons 116 12-18 4.73 352.1 299 1.52
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
2016 24 662 118 5 4.2 3.0 89.5 109.9 9.8 29.7 .259 .396 .383 .329 .357 29.7 17.5 10.2 4.86 4.61
2017 25 640 123 5 4.1 3.1 86.4 110.6 14.3 29.3 .273 .426 .339 .337 .356 32.8 14.2 8.6 4.67 4.96
2018 26 1649 266 18 6.8 4.3 88.4 111.6 10.5 30.8 .247 .410 .332 .345 .371 34.6 19.8 14.0 4.62 5.16
2019 27 2001 344 21 6.1 4.2 90.5 112.2 10.2 34.3 .255 .436 .338 .336 .375 38.7 19.8 10.5 5.16 5.06
2020 28 746 113 5 4.4 2.8 85.8 110.8 8.2 31.9 .229 .355 .267 .320 .336 32.7 21.3 12.4 3.38 4.36
2021 29 498 95 9 9.5 7.1 89.1 108.7 10.5 30.5 .276 .507 .366 .363 .398 44.2 15.0 9.4 5.86 5.80
2022 30 157 25 1 4.0 2.6 92.9 105.7 11.0 28.0 .164 .267 .336 .263 .244 36.0 20.5 12.8 3.00 2.83
Player 6353 1084 64 5.9 4.0 88.8 112.2 10.5 31.6 .252 .417 .335 .336 .365 35.8 18.8 11.4
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

Brault relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(32.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(31.8%) ,
Slider
(31.2%) ,
Changeup
(4.5%) ,


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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
2016 46.6 19.5 29.7 4.2 39.0 29.7 31.4 0.8 33.9 21.2 24.6 3.4 4.2 3.0
2017 44.7 22.8 22.8 9.8 24.4 41.5 33.3 4.9 29.3 26.8 28.5 3.3 4.1 3.1
2018 49.6 21.4 22.9 6.0 35.7 38.0 26.3 3.0 38.0 20.3 23.7 6.8 6.8 4.3
2019 45.3 20.9 27.6 6.1 32.6 39.0 28.5 3.8 35.2 23.5 22.4 7.6 6.1 4.2
2020 50.4 23.9 23.0 2.7 27.4 48.7 23.9 3.5 39.8 21.2 21.2 8.0 4.4 2.8
2021 45.3 30.5 21.1 3.2 37.9 36.8 25.3 7.4 33.7 20.0 17.9 11.6 9.5 7.1
2022 44.0 36.0 20.0 0.0 32.0 44.0 24.0 0.0 40.0 36.0 12.0 8.0 4.0 2.6
Player 47.0 22.6 24.9 5.5 33.0 38.9 28.0 3.6 35.5 22.6 22.9 6.8 5.9 4.0
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
2022 Sinker CHC L 51 90.9 24.9 1.4 6 14.3 -0.1 -1
2022 Changeup CHC L 7 85.2 32.5 0.7 2 15.0 0.1 1
2022 Slider CHC L 49 81.9 35.8 -3.2 -8 8.1 0.8 10
2022 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 50 91.1 18.5 -1.6 -9 11.3 3.8 51
2021 Curveball PIT L 19 71.9 56.0 -6.9 -11 12.3 -0.7 -5
2021 4-Seam Fastball PIT L 197 90.7 20.8 -3.3 -19 11.1 3.7 50
2021 Sinker PIT L 69 90.5 27.4 2.8 11 15.9 0.9 6
2021 Slider PIT L 105 82.6 40.4 1.1 3 5.7 -1.7 -23
2021 Changeup PIT L 107 83.8 36.3 2.6 8 14.0 0.0 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball PIT L 323 92.2 17.5 -1.6 -10 9.1 1.9 27
2020 Slider PIT L 166 83.0 41.6 2.0 5 6.3 0.2 4
2020 Sinker PIT L 52 91.3 25.1 2.1 9 14.0 -0.5 -3
2020 Curveball PIT L 19 73.9 55.2 -6.1 -10 12.7 1.3 11
2020 Changeup PIT L 180 85.0 34.3 2.8 9 12.5 -0.8 -6
2019 Sinker PIT L 269 91.3 27.0 3.3 14 13.9 -0.5 -3
2019 Cutter PIT L 293 83.5 39.7 -5.9 -17 5.9 1.9 48
2019 Curveball PIT L 21 71.1 55.2 -8.9 -14 12.4 0.1 0
2019 Changeup PIT L 283 84.3 35.6 3.9 12 10.0 -3.2 -24
2019 Slider PIT L 121 81.2 42.5 1.6 4 6.8 -1.1 -13
2019 4-Seam Fastball PIT L 1,013 92.1 19.4 -2.6 -15 9.3 1.6 20
2018 4-Seam Fastball PIT L 748 92.7 18.1 -1.7 -10 10.1 2.5 33
2018 Sinker PIT L 326 92.0 25.6 3.0 13 15.3 0.9 6
2018 Changeup PIT L 212 85.2 33.2 2.6 9 12.8 -0.9 -6
2018 Curveball PIT L 32 77.5 49.0 -5.9 -11 12.2 2.1 20
2018 Cutter PIT L 264 87.0 31.2 -3.3 -12 3.8 1.2 48
2018 Slider PIT L 67 81.8 42.7 2.6 6 7.6 1.8 32
2017 Slider PIT L 86 82.8 37.2 0.3 1 6.4 1.1 22
2017 Curveball PIT L 12 74.3 50.0 -8.1 -14 12.7 2.0 18
2017 4-Seam Fastball PIT L 370 92.0 18.2 -2.5 -16 10.6 2.6 33
2017 Changeup PIT L 79 85.6 27.9 -0.4 -2 13.1 -0.6 -5
2017 Sinker PIT L 91 91.2 25.5 3.0 13 15.8 0.8 5
2016 Slider PIT L 141 83.7 37.6 0.2 1 2.4 -2.8 -54
2016 4-Seam Fastball PIT L 394 91.5 19.0 -1.6 -9 12.9 5.6 77
2016 Changeup PIT L 51 85.1 26.0 -4.7 -15 16.1 3.2 25
! 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 %
2022 Sinker 6.4 3 51 32.5 14 .071 .143 .089 30.4 21.4 33.3 .088 .157 .104 27.3
2022 4-Seam Fastball -6.5 -3 50 31.8 9 .500 .667 .572 20.0 11.1 9.1 .162 .322 .371 40.0
2022 Slider -4.4 -2 49 31.2 15 .250 .417 .367 37.5 26.7 22.2 .189 .298 .307 50.0
2022 Changeup -8.7 -1 7 4.5 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .931 1.126 .911 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 3 197 39.6 47 .250 .475 .357 17.6 14.9 13.0 .285 .557 .400 55.9
2021 Changeup -6.0 -6 107 21.5 34 .387 .548 .459 19.4 8.8 10.7 .336 .570 .416 35.7
2021 Slider 1.1 1 105 21.1 19 .167 .222 .197 32.4 31.6 13.6 .171 .347 .240 41.7
2021 Sinker -3.1 -2 69 13.9 19 .333 .778 .471 15.6 10.5 20.0 .261 .506 .344 43.8
2021 Curveball -7.2 -1 20 4.0 6 .333 .500 .358 30.0 16.7 20.0 .259 .339 .253 20.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 0 325 43.6 73 .135 .135 .290 21.6 21.9 16.8 .200 .275 .341 21.6
2020 Changeup 2.4 4 181 24.3 34 .152 .182 .169 33.8 20.6 17.5 .177 .240 .184 22.2
2020 Slider 0.3 1 168 22.5 52 .245 .388 .327 20.5 23.1 17.6 .294 .534 .370 45.9
2020 Sinker -3.9 -2 53 7.1 18 .286 .286 .406 15.0 16.7 50.0 .250 .342 .358 54.5
2020 Curveball -4.3 -1 19 2.5 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 -- .073 .097 .075 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -6 1,013 50.6 254 .285 .516 .394 19.0 20.5 17.5 .266 .501 .366 39.4
2019 Cutter 1.3 4 293 14.6 77 .155 .239 .214 49.0 44.2 25.2 .195 .347 .263 43.2
2019 Changeup -0.2 0 284 14.2 63 .214 .321 .311 19.7 7.9 7.8 .232 .341 .293 27.5
2019 Sinker 0.2 1 269 13.4 78 .338 .431 .383 4.7 1.3 3.1 .292 .410 .359 37.9
2019 Slider -3.1 -4 121 6.0 30 .321 .571 .462 32.8 26.7 18.2 .286 .392 .317 55.0
2019 Curveball -1.3 0 21 1.0 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 1 748 45.4 204 .233 .368 .350 21.5 22.1 20.9 .250 .441 .372 38.0
2018 Sinker 0.2 0 326 19.8 80 .258 .348 .332 22.0 13.8 20.8 .253 .381 .343 39.3
2018 Cutter 0.0 0 264 16.0 68 .194 .371 .292 28.1 25.0 18.9 .226 .375 .297 24.4
2018 Changeup -0.7 -2 212 12.9 38 .242 .273 .314 33.8 15.8 15.0 .180 .233 .252 25.9
2018 Slider -6.0 -4 67 4.1 15 .467 .800 .540 27.6 20.0 10.7 .431 .736 .497 33.3
2018 Curveball -3.3 -1 32 1.9 5 .400 1.000 .580 8.3 0.0 0.0 .239 .407 .279 40.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 370 57.8 86 .280 .480 .367 17.5 12.8 12.1 .246 .458 .337 35.8
2017 Sinker -4.3 -4 91 14.2 25 .429 .524 .500 11.4 8.0 13.3 .318 .427 .380 26.3
2017 Slider -0.1 0 86 13.4 24 .227 .318 .275 19.5 20.8 14.3 .284 .378 .319 23.5
2017 Changeup 3.6 3 79 12.3 21 .150 .200 .188 32.4 23.8 23.8 .261 .315 .270 33.3
2017 Curveball -4.6 -1 12 1.9 4 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .539 .610 .506 50.0
! 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
2022 4-Seam Fastball 49 91.1 93 18.3 10:30 10:45 -15
2022 Sinker 50 90.9 91 16.5 10:30 9:45 45
2022 Slider 49 81.9 33 10.0 2:45 2:15 30
2021 Changeup 102 83.8 92 14.8 10:00 9:00 60
2021 Curveball 20 72.0 67 14.1 3:30 3:45 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 196 90.7 93 16.5 10:15 10:30 -15
2021 Sinker 65 90.5 93 17.3 10:15 9:30 45
2021 Slider 104 82.6 31 6.7 2:15 3:30 -75
2020 Changeup 141 85.1 85 13.5 10:30 9:15 75
2020 Curveball 18 73.8 67 15.5 4:00 4:00 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 278 92.3 93 17.1 10:45 11:00 -15
2020 Sinker 45 91.4 92 16.2 10:30 9:45 45
2020 Slider 154 83.0 36 7.9 2:45 4:00 -75
! 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
2016 165 658 0 -3 -6 -3 -11
2017 160 638 1 4 -3 -5 -3
2018 410 1,649 5 16 -15 -12 -5
2019 503 2,001 9 11 -14 -11 -6
2020 178 746 9 7 -8 -7 2
2021 125 498 -3 5 -4 -4 -6
2022 39 157 2 -1 -3 -1 -3
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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 %
2016 662 46.4 70.4 80.1 21.4 56.6 41.8 48.2 44.1 25.0 5.9 87.2
2017 640 49.2 70.1 85.5 25.3 67.1 43.3 52.8 47.3 18.5 6.4 70.7
2018 1,649 47.2 68.0 81.3 24.0 56.9 41.1 57.4 44.8 24.1 6.9 79.8
2019 2,001 46.2 66.6 84.1 27.1 60.3 43.0 56.4 45.3 23.3 7.2 77.8
2020 746 43.2 63.0 79.8 24.3 68.9 42.2 54.5 41.0 23.9 5.9 79.5
2021 498 45.8 73.7 83.3 27.8 68.0 38.6 51.2 48.8 20.6 6.8 73.5
2022 157 43.9 63.8 79.5 22.7 50.0 43.9 43.6 40.8 29.7 9.6 73.3
Player 6,353 46.3 67.8 82.5 25.1 61.3 42.0 54.5 44.9 23.1 6.8 78.2
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
2016 29 20 95
2017 32 14 87
2018 12 39 36 37 1 44 41 46 56 32 2 45 10 43 18 92
2019 26 36 34 40 17 40 67 8 29 25 18 33 24 29 8 95
2020 47 60 69 74 24 56 83 90 76 37 16 30 20 32 24 90
2021 12 11 88
2022 12 14 95
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.7 5 3.7 1 2 5 1 20.0
2017 23.9 3 4.4 -1 0 4 2 66.7
2018 23.3 10 10.3 0 6 8 4 40.0
2019 22.6 15 16.8 -2 11 11 8 53.3
2020 21.9 2 2.3 0 3 0 2 100.0
2021 21.9 3 4.5 -2 4 2 3 100.0
2022 -- 0 0.8 -1 0 1 0 --
Player 22.8 38 43.0 -5 26 31 20 52.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 5 4 5 5 4 3 4 1 4 1 4 6 3 2 3 5 1 2 4 5 3 2 7 5 2 4 4 7 4 5 3
2017 3 4 4 4 6 5 6 4 5 3 5 6 3 4 4 5 4 4 5 6 4 3 6 4 4 3 4 6 4 5 3
2018 10 11 7 10 11 10 12 9 9 8 11 16 12 9 10 11 10 10 9 12 10 12 13 11 8 9 10 11 11 11 7
2019 15 21 18 19 18 17 19 16 15 10 13 21 19 14 14 17 12 12 18 20 16 21 22 19 13 14 15 20 22 16 13
2020 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2
2021 3 5 5 5 6 4 6 4 3 3 3 7 4 4 4 5 3 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 3 6 5 5 4 6
2022 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
Player 38 48 43 47 48 42 50 37 39 27 39 59 44 36 38 46 33 34 44 52 40 46 57 47 34 35 43 53 49 44 35
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.6 91.8 0.2 91.4 -0.4 90.4 -1.0 92.1 1.7 90.7 -1.4 91.0 0.3
Offspeed Velocity 85.3 85.6 0.3 85.2 -0.4 84.3 -0.9 85.0 0.7 83.8 -1.2 85.2 1.4
Breaking Velocity 83.9 81.8 -2.1 80.4 -1.4 79.7 -0.7 82.1 2.4 80.9 -1.2 81.9 1.0
Exit Velocity 89.5 86.4 -3.1 88.4 2.0 90.5 2.1 85.8 -4.7 89.1 3.3 92.9 3.8
Launch Angle 9.8 14.3 4.5 10.5 -3.8 10.2 -0.3 8.2 -2.0 10.5 2.3 11.0 0.5
Barrel % 4.2 4.1 -0.1 6.8 2.7 6.1 -0.7 4.4 -1.7 9.5 5.1 4.0 -5.5
Hard Hit % 29.7 32.8 3.1 34.6 1.8 38.7 4.1 32.7 -6.0 44.2 11.5 36.0 -8.2
Sweet Spot % 29.7 29.3 -0.4 30.8 1.5 34.3 3.5 31.9 -2.4 30.5 -1.4 28.0 -2.5
xBA .259 .273 0.014 .247 -0.026 .255 0.008 .229 -0.026 .276 0.047 .164 -0.112
BA .313 .287 -0.026 .244 -0.043 .265 0.021 .195 -0.070 .292 0.097 .242 -0.050
xwOBA .329 .337 0.008 .345 0.008 .336 -0.009 .320 -0.016 .363 0.043 .263 -0.100
wOBA .383 .339 -0.044 .332 -0.007 .338 0.006 .267 -0.071 .366 0.099 .336 -0.030
xSLG .396 .426 0.030 .410 -0.016 .436 0.026 .355 -0.081 .507 0.152 .267 -0.240
SLG .500 .434 -0.066 .384 -0.050 .438 0.054 .248 -0.190 .504 0.256 .394 -0.110
K% 17.5 14.2 -3.3 19.8 5.6 19.8 0.0 21.3 1.5 15.0 -6.3 20.5 5.5
BB% 10.2 8.6 -1.6 14.0 5.4 10.5 -3.5 12.4 1.9 9.4 -3.0 12.8 3.4
Swing % 44.1 47.3 3.2 44.8 -2.5 45.3 0.5 41.0 -4.3 48.8 7.8 40.8 -8.0
Whiff% 25.0 18.5 -6.5 24.1 5.6 23.3 -0.8 23.9 0.6 20.6 -3.3 29.7 9.1
In Zone % 46.4 49.2 2.8 47.2 -2.0 46.2 -1.0 43.2 -3.0 45.8 2.6 43.9 -1.9
Out of Zone % 53.6 50.8 -2.8 52.8 2.0 53.8 1.0 56.8 3.0 54.2 -2.6 56.1 1.9
Out of Zone Swing % 21.4 25.3 3.9 24.0 -1.3 27.1 3.1 24.3 -2.8 27.8 3.5 22.7 -5.1
First Pitch Swing % 22.9 24.8 1.9 29.7 4.9 27.1 -2.6 20.8 -6.3 24.4 3.6 17.9 -6.5
First Pitch Strike % 48.2 52.8 4.6 57.4 4.6 56.4 -1.0 54.5 -1.9 51.2 -3.3 43.6 -7.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 150 .367 127 15 11.8 23 3 13.0
2017 Shifts 160 .334 121 10 8.3 39 8 20.5
2018 Shifts 410 .332 278 20 7.2 132 28 21.2
2019 Shifts 503 .338 390 55 14.1 113 49 43.4
2020 Shifts 178 .267 150 60 40.0 28 22 78.6
2021 Shifts 125 .366 107 2 1.9 18 11 61.1
2022 Shifts 39 .336 20 2 10.0 19 7 36.8
! 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 %
2016 162 16.0 38.3% 1.2% 144 23.0 9.7% 17.4%
2017 131 15.1 49.6% 0.0% 169 21.7 0.0% 7.7%
2018 462 16.9 25.8% 0.4% 312 23.6 0.3% 8.7%
2019 561 16.4 26.9% 0.5% 372 24.7 0.3% 13.4%
2020 241 15.3 44.4% 0.0% 143 24.4 0.0% 11.2%
2021 118 15.6 39.8% 1.7% 102 23.0 0.0% 6.9%
2022 32 18.3 3.1% 0.0% 38 22.5 0.0% 5.3%
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Pitch Distribution