Tommy Layne
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 195LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 26, #793, Arizona Diamondbacks | Mount Olive College
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 2 1 3.97 64 0 1 47.2 45 1.43
2016 2 1 3.63 63 0 1 44.2 38 1.30
2017 0 0 7.62 19 0 0 13 9 1.85
6 Seasons 8 5 3.61 216 0 4 149.2 137 1.33
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 64 2-1 3.97 47.2 45 1.43
2016 63 2-1 3.63 44.2 38 1.30
2017 19 0-0 7.62 13 9 1.85
6 Seasons 216 8-5 3.61 149.2 137 1.33
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
2015 30 798 133 3 2.3 1.4 86.7 107.7 6.4 29.3 .237 .334 .306 .310 .340 27.8 21.7 13.0 3.96 3.96
2016 31 697 125 7 5.6 3.7 86.0 109.3 8.0 31.2 .239 .383 .289 .317 .351 24.8 20.3 11.2 3.63 4.25
2017 32 245 45 1 2.2 1.6 88.2 108.2 8.5 40.0 .296 .434 .367 .367 .374 42.2 14.3 12.7 7.62 6.04
Player 1740 303 11 3.6 2.4 86.7 109.3 7.4 31.7 .246 .368 .308 .321 .350 28.7 20.1 12.3
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

Layne relies on 6 pitches.
Cutter
(37.6%) ,
Sinker
(17.6%) ,
Changeup
(17.6%) ,
Slider
(15.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(7.3%) ,
Curveball
(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
2015 56.4 14.3 23.3 6.0 39.1 33.1 27.1 5.3 41.4 18.0 25.6 3.0 2.3 1.4
2016 52.8 20.8 20.8 5.6 34.4 42.4 23.2 2.4 37.6 20.0 23.2 5.6 5.6 3.7
2017 46.7 11.1 35.6 6.7 37.8 37.8 24.4 4.4 35.6 15.6 37.8 4.4 2.2 1.6
Player 53.5 16.5 24.1 5.9 37.0 37.6 25.1 4.0 38.9 18.5 26.4 4.3 3.6 2.4
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
2017 Changeup NYY L 43 82.6 36.9 4.7 15 13.6 -2.4 -15
2017 Curveball NYY L 11 75.6 62.6 2.3 4 8.2 0.2 3
2017 Slider NYY L 38 79.8 41.8 -3.7 -8 18.7 10.0 115
2017 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 18 88.3 21.1 -3.3 -19 11.2 3.4 43
2017 Sinker NYY L 43 88.0 30.1 6.1 26 16.5 1.3 9
2017 Cutter NYY L 92 85.0 30.3 -0.6 -2 1.6 -1.0 -37
2016 Sinker NYY L 253 90.1 28.7 5.0 21 18.7 4.5 32
2016 Changeup NYY L 14 82.7 36.5 3.2 10 12.9 -0.4 -3
2016 Slider NYY L 184 86.1 32.7 -3.4 -9 0.1 -3.7 -104
2016 Curveball NYY L 137 80.0 47.3 -5.0 -10 10.6 2.1 25
2016 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 87 90.2 22.2 -4.8 -28 8.2 -0.1 -1
2015 Curveball BOS L 54 81.9 39.2 -10.4 -21 12.5 2.5 26
2015 Changeup BOS L 25 83.0 35.7 3.4 11 16.0 2.7 20
2015 4-Seam Fastball BOS L 134 90.4 21.6 -4.9 -29 8.1 0.0 0
2015 Slider BOS L 192 85.3 34.3 -3.0 -8 0.4 -4.6 -109
2015 Sinker BOS L 377 90.2 29.0 5.4 23 19.0 4.9 35
! 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 %
2017 Cutter -1.3 -1 92 37.6 18 .357 .500 .444 13.3 22.2 28.6 .296 .381 .385 50.0
2017 Sinker -1.1 0 43 17.6 13 .333 .583 .415 4.8 0.0 0.0 .336 .592 .414 33.3
2017 Changeup 2.9 1 43 17.6 15 .231 .462 .343 28.0 13.3 18.2 .278 .420 .348 36.4
2017 Slider 0.3 0 38 15.5 9 .143 .143 .256 38.5 22.2 16.7 .249 .332 .350 60.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 6.1 1 18 7.3 4 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .111 .243 .146 50.0
2017 Curveball -17.0 -2 11 4.5 4 .750 .750 .675 0.0 25.0 20.0 .502 .561 .469 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.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 68 280 5 2 -1 -2 4
2013 39 152 0 1 -1 -1 -1
2014 75 300 7 -1 -4 0 2
2015 205 792 2 9 -7 -3 1
2016 184 686 3 9 -5 -4 3
2017 63 245 -4 3 2 -2 -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 798 44.1 57.3 87.1 27.2 59.5 41.5 54.1 40.4 22.4 5.7 71.1
2016 697 47.0 59.8 86.2 26.1 55.2 35.4 56.1 41.8 22.3 8.2 63.2
2017 245 40.4 62.6 88.7 26.0 73.7 43.3 54.0 40.8 17.0 5.3 100.0
Player 1,740 44.7 59.0 86.9 26.6 60.0 39.3 54.9 41.0 21.6 6.6 70.4
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
2015 44 57 81 90 7 98 96 87 89 60 1 47 23 18 21 45 1
2016 13 16 61 1
2017 5 18 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 %
2016 23.5 3 2.8 0 2 3 1 33.3
2017 23.4 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 23.5 4 3.8 0 2 3 2 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 3 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 2 4 4 1
2017 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 1 1 1
Player 4 5 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 5 3 5 5 2
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.3 90.1 -0.2 86.2 -3.9
Offspeed Velocity 83.0 82.7 -0.3 82.6 -0.1
Breaking Velocity 84.4 83.4 -1.0 78.8 -4.6
Exit Velocity 86.7 86.0 -0.7 88.2 2.2
Launch Angle 6.4 8.0 1.6 8.5 0.5
Barrel % 2.3 5.6 3.3 2.2 -3.4
Hard Hit % 27.8 24.8 -3.0 42.2 17.4
Sweet Spot % 29.3 31.2 1.9 40.0 8.8
xBA .237 .239 0.002 .296 0.057
BA .234 .230 -0.004 .296 0.066
xwOBA .310 .317 0.007 .367 0.050
wOBA .306 .289 -0.017 .367 0.078
xSLG .334 .383 0.049 .434 0.051
SLG .343 .323 -0.020 .444 0.121
K% 21.7 20.3 -1.4 14.3 -6.0
BB% 13.0 11.2 -1.8 12.7 1.5
Swing % 40.4 41.8 1.4 40.8 -1.0
Whiff% 22.4 22.3 -0.1 17.0 -5.3
In Zone % 44.1 47.0 2.9 40.4 -6.6
Out of Zone % 55.9 53.0 -2.9 59.6 6.6
Out of Zone Swing % 27.2 26.1 -1.1 26.0 -0.1
First Pitch Swing % 20.8 20.3 -0.5 25.4 5.1
First Pitch Strike % 54.1 56.1 2.0 54.0 -2.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 179 .283 81 1 1.2 98 55 56.1
2017 Shifts 63 .367 36 2 5.6 27 19 70.4
! 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 %
2012 94 14.9 50.0% 1.1% 45 18.3 13.3% 2.2%
2013 29 17.7 31.0% 6.9% 37 21.8 0.0% 8.1%
2014 79 18.9 7.6% 2.5% 65 22.5 1.5% 13.8%
2015 216 18.7 20.8% 13.4% 172 22.3 9.3% 24.4%
2016 200 19.0 20.0% 9.5% 122 25.6 9.8% 27.9%
2017 52 18.5 17.3% 7.7% 65 20.0 3.1% 9.2%
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Pitch Distribution