Trevor Hildenberger
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 205LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 22, #650, Minnesota Twins | California
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 4 6 5.42 73 0 7 73 70 1.38
2019 2 2 10.47 22 0 1 16.1 15 2.27
2021 0 0 15.43 2 0 0 2.1 4 2.57
4 Seasons 9 11 5.52 134 0 9 133.2 133 1.41
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 73 4-6 5.42 73 70 1.38
2019 22 2-2 10.47 16.1 15 2.27
2021 2 0-0 15.43 2.1 4 2.57
4 Seasons 134 9-11 5.52 133.2 133 1.41
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
2017 26 624 116 4 3.4 2.4 86.1 109.4 5.9 28.4 .227 .328 .281 .261 .330 25.9 25.9 3.5 3.21 2.87
2018 27 1158 221 14 6.3 4.4 88.1 113.4 9.0 34.4 .250 .410 .332 .309 .376 35.2 21.9 8.2 5.42 4.04
2019 28 326 63 4 6.3 4.5 89.7 109.0 11.1 42.9 .317 .483 .432 .384 .425 39.7 17.0 8.0 10.47 6.92
2021 30 58 6 1 16.7 7.1 89.6 103.9 24.1 16.7 .197 .551 .469 .417 .507 33.3 28.6 21.4 15.43 8.16
Player 2166 406 23 5.7 3.9 87.8 113.4 8.7 33.7 .252 .399 .336 .309 .373 33.2 22.5 7.1
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

Hildenberger relies on 3 pitches.
Sinker
(46.6%) ,
Slider
(36.2%) ,
Changeup
(17.2%) ,


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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
2017 60.3 14.7 20.7 4.3 37.9 44.8 17.2 5.2 44.8 14.7 25.0 5.2 3.4 2.4
2018 47.5 21.3 26.2 5.0 35.7 41.6 22.6 4.1 36.2 19.0 24.4 6.3 6.3 4.4
2019 41.3 17.5 36.5 4.8 44.4 38.1 17.5 1.6 30.2 22.2 38.1 1.6 6.3 4.5
2021 33.3 66.7 0.0 0.0 33.3 50.0 16.7 0.0 16.7 33.3 16.7 16.7 16.7 7.1
Player 50.0 19.5 25.9 4.7 37.7 42.1 20.2 3.9 37.4 18.5 26.6 5.4 5.7 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
2021 Sinker NYM R 27 88.8 39.0 5.7 17 15.8 -1.4 -8
2021 Slider NYM R 21 77.7 39.6 -2.3 -6 17.9 5.7 47
2021 Changeup NYM R 10 78.6 48.1 0.1 0 15.8 4.2 36
2019 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 17 90.8 21.5 -4.0 -23 14.8 7.5 104
2019 Changeup MIN R 120 76.7 50.4 3.0 6 13.7 -3.1 -19
2019 Slider MIN R 85 76.6 53.5 6.9 15 6.5 -4.7 -42
2019 Sinker MIN R 104 87.3 35.6 1.7 5 17.6 1.6 10
2018 Slider MIN R 257 78.4 50.2 5.1 11 6.1 -3.8 -38
2018 Changeup MIN R 367 78.1 47.5 1.2 3 12.8 -0.9 -7
2018 Sinker MIN R 413 89.0 36.4 3.1 9 16.8 0.1 0
2018 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 80 92.5 21.2 -4.3 -25 13.3 5.2 65
2017 Slider MIN R 90 76.7 48.5 5.1 12 7.2 -3.2 -31
2017 Changeup MIN R 216 76.3 49.0 0.4 1 11.7 -1.8 -13
2017 Sinker MIN R 270 88.3 33.8 0.9 3 16.2 -0.8 -4
2017 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 48 92.6 17.8 -2.1 -14 12.6 4.0 46
! 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 %
2021 Sinker 0.2 0 27 46.6 7 .500 .500 .557 0.0 0.0 0.0 .247 .486 .474 25.0
2021 Slider -12.6 -3 21 36.2 4 .250 1.000 .500 42.9 50.0 33.3 .245 .891 .457 50.0
2021 Changeup 0.5 0 10 17.2 3 .000 .000 .233 50.0 66.7 28.6 -- -- .233 --
2019 Changeup 1.7 2 120 36.8 36 .250 .313 .297 37.7 25.0 18.8 .209 .253 .256 8.7
2019 Sinker -6.4 -7 104 31.9 26 .619 .857 .627 9.3 3.8 10.0 .467 .675 .518 71.4
2019 Slider -4.8 -4 85 26.1 21 .474 .842 .571 9.7 14.3 12.5 .389 .734 .484 37.5
2019 4-Seam Fastball 5.6 1 17 5.2 5 .000 .000 .000 20.0 40.0 16.7 .051 .127 .190 66.7
2018 Sinker -0.8 -3 413 35.7 107 .359 .554 .422 6.3 4.7 13.2 .338 .569 .419 51.6
2018 Changeup 1.2 4 367 31.7 108 .168 .356 .238 45.4 40.7 28.4 .203 .307 .245 16.9
2018 Slider -3.9 -10 257 22.2 66 .281 .531 .359 28.1 15.2 14.7 .225 .402 .279 24.1
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 0 80 6.9 21 .200 .350 .257 16.3 38.1 16.7 .198 .283 .236 50.0
2017 Sinker 2.2 6 270 43.3 77 .329 .486 .370 12.2 7.8 16.7 .303 .447 .345 31.8
2017 Changeup 0.8 2 216 34.6 58 .179 .286 .232 41.0 43.1 36.2 .174 .243 .210 25.8
2017 Slider -0.8 -1 90 14.4 20 .250 .500 .360 26.3 15.0 10.7 .240 .337 .249 5.9
2017 4-Seam Fastball 4.5 2 48 7.7 13 .000 .000 .054 21.1 76.9 31.3 .007 .008 .060 0.0
! 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
2021 Changeup 10 78.6 98 17.9 3:30 3:45 -15
2021 Sinker 24 88.8 89 17.8 2:45 3:45 -60
2021 Slider 21 77.7 56 19.3 8:45 9:30 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 174 653 4 10 -2 -3 9
2018 302 1,117 -9 7 -3 -6 -9
2019 88 326 -5 -2 1 -2 -8
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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 %
2017 624 48.9 63.9 81.0 32.0 59.8 36.9 65.1 47.6 25.9 9.6 70.0
2018 1,158 47.4 67.0 79.7 31.6 54.8 41.9 58.7 48.8 28.0 5.5 67.7
2019 326 43.3 64.5 85.7 33.5 62.9 41.1 63.6 46.9 22.9 5.2 47.1
2021 58 32.8 57.9 100.0 25.6 50.0 37.9 64.3 36.2 23.8 1.7 100.0
Player 2,166 46.8 65.5 81.3 31.8 57.5 40.2 61.4 47.8 26.5 6.6 66.4
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
2017 7 6 28
2018 47 35 36 39 41 56 51 56 51 48 48 71 87 10 4 12
2019 2 3 10
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 25.4 4 3.8 0 4 1 3 75.0
2018 21.8 12 10.9 1 9 10 2 16.7
2019 22.1 2 1.5 1 1 2 0 0.0
2021 27.7 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 23.1 19 17.1 2 14 13 6 31.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 4 7 4 5 3 3 4 5 5 4 3
2018 12 15 10 9 11 10 12 11 8 8 10 16 12 10 9 10 9 8 12 16 11 11 15 12 9 8 10 13 12 10 9
2019 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 0
2021 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 19 22 16 14 18 16 19 16 14 13 17 23 18 15 15 15 14 13 19 23 17 20 22 19 14 13 17 21 20 17 13
! 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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 89.0 89.6 0.6 87.8 -1.8
Offspeed Velocity 76.3 78.1 1.8 76.7 -1.4
Breaking Velocity 76.7 78.4 1.7 76.6 -1.8
Exit Velocity 86.1 88.1 2.0 89.7 1.6
Launch Angle 5.9 9.0 3.1 11.1 2.1
Barrel % 3.4 6.3 2.9 6.3 0.0
Hard Hit % 25.9 35.2 9.3 39.7 4.5
Sweet Spot % 28.4 34.4 6.0 42.9 8.5
xBA .227 .250 0.023 .317 0.067
BA .241 .263 0.022 .395 0.132
xwOBA .261 .309 0.048 .384 0.075
wOBA .281 .332 0.051 .432 0.100
xSLG .328 .410 0.082 .483 0.073
SLG .380 .477 0.097 .579 0.102
K% 25.9 21.9 -4.0 17.0 -4.9
BB% 3.5 8.2 4.7 8.0 -0.2
Swing % 47.6 48.8 1.2 46.9 -1.9
Whiff% 25.9 28.0 2.1 22.9 -5.1
In Zone % 48.9 47.4 -1.5 43.3 -4.1
Out of Zone % 51.1 52.6 1.5 56.7 4.1
Out of Zone Swing % 32.0 31.6 -0.4 33.5 1.9
First Pitch Swing % 26.6 24.7 -1.9 26.1 1.4
First Pitch Strike % 65.1 58.7 -6.4 63.6 4.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 168 .281 107 26 24.3 61 20 32.8
2018 Shifts 302 .326 183 84 45.9 119 62 52.1
2019 Shifts 88 .432 61 30 49.2 27 10 37.0
2021 Shifts 14 .469 11 0 0.0 3 3 100.0
! 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 %
2017 179 14.0 60.3% 0.6% 110 21.2 1.8% 9.1%
2018 299 16.6 29.1% 1.0% 208 22.3 0.5% 13.5%
2019 62 16.1 35.5% 0.0% 85 21.7 1.2% 7.1%
2021 12 16.5 33.3% 0.0% 19 21.5 0.0% 5.3%
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Pitch Distribution