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Tyler Alexander
Popularity: ↓ 38%
P | B/T: R/L | 6' 2" 200LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 2, #65, Detroit Tigers | TCU
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Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 2 3 3.96 14 2 0 36.1 34 1.32
2 Seasons 3 7 4.50 27 10 0 90.0 81 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 14 2-3 3.96 36.1 34 1.32
2 Seasons 27 3-7 4.50 90.0 81 1.37

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Statcast Statistics

Season Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON Hard Hit % K % BB % ERA xERA
2019 918 179 13 7.3 90.4 17.2 32.4 .276 .492 .347 .334 .404 40.8 20.0 3.0 4.86 4.79
2020 599 105 9 8.6 89.1 11.7 28.6 .261 .459 .355 .324 .382 37.1 22.4 5.9 3.96 4.84
ALL 1517 284 22 7.7 89.9 15.2 31.0 .270 .479 .350 .330 .396 39.4 20.9 4.1
MLB 43640 6.4 88.3 11.9 32.8 .250 .414 .317 .321 .376 34.9 21.8 8.3

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Alexander relies on 6 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(22%) ,
Sinker
(21.9%) ,
Changeup
(17.9%) ,
Slider
(15%) ,
Cutter
(14.2%) ,
Curveball
(9%) ,


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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # # RHB # LHB % MPH PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Spin Whiff% PutAway%
2020 4-Seam Fastball 132 101 31 22.0 90.6 33 28 4 3 1 0 0 7 22 .143 .187 .179 .232 .201 .234 82.6 31 2210 19.0 20.6
2020 Sinker 131 107 24 21.9 90.6 29 27 10 7 1 0 2 6 21 .370 .297 .630 .596 .434 .378 91.2 15 2146 8.8 28.6
2020 Changeup 107 107 0 17.9 84.5 30 28 7 4 1 0 2 4 24 .250 .328 .500 .517 .332 .372 88.5 -3 1549 28.6 11.8
2020 Slider 90 43 47 15.0 83.6 24 23 9 5 1 1 2 8 15 .391 .243 .783 .409 .487 .283 93.7 9 2341 30.2 20.5
2020 Cutter 85 52 33 14.2 86.3 21 20 5 3 1 0 1 6 14 .250 .239 .450 .604 .307 .346 93.2 13 2314 24.5 28.6
2020 Curveball 54 37 17 9.0 81.3 15 12 4 3 0 0 1 3 9 .333 .263 .583 .395 .441 .354 87.4 1 2362 27.3 15.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 286 214 72 31.2 90.6 71 67 16 6 5 1 4 18 50 .239 .230 .522 .498 .319 .312 91.8 28 2257 15.3 15.3
2019 Sinker 215 183 32 23.4 90.7 49 45 11 7 2 1 1 8 37 .244 .243 .400 .431 .302 .318 88.6 5 2227 14.1 15.1
2019 Curveball 169 121 48 18.4 81.0 45 45 19 12 5 0 2 12 33 .422 .339 .667 .531 .453 .367 94.6 12 2427 17.0 17.1
2019 Slider 143 111 32 15.6 85.3 39 38 12 11 0 0 1 3 35 .316 .247 .395 .370 .313 .273 85.3 22 2441 18.6 7.5
2019 Changeup 105 104 1 11.4 84.1 31 30 10 7 1 1 1 6 24 .333 .373 .533 .670 .370 .441 91.8 14 1584 34.5 18.8


Pitch Movement

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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
2020 Sinker DET L 131 90.6 20.7 -2.7 -11 14.1 -0.5 -4
2020 Cutter DET L 85 86.3 29.7 -0.1 0 3.9 1.1 41
2020 Slider DET L 90 83.6 38.1 -0.3 -1 4.8 -1.3 -22
2020 4-Seamer DET L 132 90.6 18.7 -1.7 -10 7.8 0.9 12
2020 Changeup DET L 107 84.5 32.7 1.3 4 13 -0.3 -2
2020 Curveball DET L 54 81.3 43.1 -6.9 -14 5.2 -3.7 -42
2019 Slider DET L 143 85.3 32 -4.5 -12 3.5 -1.9 -35
2019 4-Seamer DET L 286 90.6 18.1 -0.3 -1 9.3 1.9 26
2019 Changeup DET L 105 84.1 31 -0.8 -2 12.7 -1.1 -8
2019 Curveball DET L 169 81 43.6 -7.7 -15 5.2 -4.1 -44
2019 Sinker DET L 215 90.7 22.1 -2.1 -9 15 0.3 2
! 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 %
2020 Curveball 4.1 2 54 9.0 15 .333 .583 .453 27.3 20.0 15.0 .263 .395 .356 33.3
2020 Cutter -1.1 -1 85 14.2 21 .250 .450 .317 24.5 28.6 28.6 .239 .604 .346 50.0
2020 Slider 3.0 3 90 15.0 24 .391 .783 .502 30.2 33.3 20.5 .243 .409 .282 46.7
2020 Sinker 0.1 0 131 21.9 29 .370 .630 .447 8.8 20.7 28.6 .297 .596 .377 47.6
2020 Changeup -0.1 0 107 17.9 30 .250 .500 .342 28.6 13.3 11.8 .328 .517 .373 33.3
2020 4-Seamer -3.2 -4 132 22.0 33 .143 .179 .205 19.0 21.2 20.6 .187 .232 .234 18.2
2019 Changeup 1.7 2 105 11.4 31 .333 .533 .365 34.5 19.4 18.8 .373 .670 .442 45.8
2019 Slider -2.5 -4 143 15.6 39 .316 .395 .346 18.6 7.7 7.5 .247 .370 .274 28.6
2019 Curveball 4.1 7 169 18.4 45 .422 .667 .468 17.0 26.7 17.1 .339 .531 .367 51.5
2019 Sinker -0.1 0 215 23.4 49 .244 .400 .310 14.1 16.3 15.1 .243 .431 .317 40.5
2019 4-Seamer -0.7 -2 286 31.2 71 .239 .522 .342 15.3 25.4 15.3 .230 .498 .312 40.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Observed Spin-Based Gap Observed Spin-Based
2020 Cutter 83 86.4 46 7.2 1:15 11:45 -90
2020 Curveball 53 81.3 31 6.9 4:15 2:30 -105
2020 Sinker 127 90.6 95 18.7 10:15 10:45 30
2020 Slider 89 83.6 29 6.0 3:15 1:30 -105
2020 4-Seam Fastball 130 90.6 91 16.1 11:00 10:45 -15
2020 Changeup 106 84.5 92 14.5 9:30 10:15 45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 233 914 6 -11 6 2 3
2020 148 595 2 -7 3 2 0
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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 %
2019 918 51.3 72.8 83.7 30.9 76.8 43.6 65.1 52.4 18.3 7.3 85.1
2020 599 46.2 69.7 86.5 26.4 58.8 40.4 61.2 46.4 21.9 8.0 87.5
ALL 1517 49.3 71.7 84.7 29.0 70.0 42.3 63.6 50.0 19.6 7.6 86.1
MLB 48.4 66.1 82.8 28.2 59.4 42.6 60.6 46.6 24.5 7.2 75.1

Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2019 37.4 29.1 26.3 7.3 35.8 37.4 26.8 2.8 25.7 29.1 26.3 8.4 7.3
2020 45.7 19.0 27.6 7.6 31.4 37.1 31.4 4.8 30.5 24.8 23.8 7.6 8.6
ALL 40.5 25.4 26.8 7.4 34.2 37.3 28.5 3.5 27.5 27.5 25.4 8.1 7.7
MLB 45.3 22.0 25.7 7.1 36.6 38.0 25.5 3.2 33.6 24.3 24.6 5.6 6.4

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2019 32 16 12 14 68 60 43 9 15 26 99 4 32 19 47 41
2020 30 30 23 24 46 28 30 35 49 45 82 17 30 12 35 30
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 23.7 9 9.5 -0.5 6 4 7 77.8
2020 24.5 8 6.7 1.3 2 4 4 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 9 13 11 10 11 8 8 9 9 9 12 9 8 8 8 9 7 10 8 10 7 9 8 10 10 10 10 9 12 9 13
2020 8 9 7 7 9 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 7 5 7 6 7 4 7 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 7 9
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for 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 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.6 89.6 -1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 84.1 84.5 0.4 ↑
Breaking Velocity 83 82.8 -0.2 ↓
Exit Velocity 90.4 89.1 -1.3 ↓
Launch Angle 17.2 11.7 -5.5 ↓
Barrel % 7.3 8.6 1.3 ↑
Hard Hit % 40.8 37.1 -3.7 ↓
Sweet Spot % 32.4 28.6 -3.8 ↓
xBA .276 .261 -0.015 ↓
BA .302 .283 -0.019 ↓
xwOBA .334 .324 -0.01 ↓
wOBA .347 .355 0.008 ↑
xSLG .492 .459 -0.033 ↓
SLG .507 .507 0
K% 20 22.4 2.4 ↑
BB% 3 5.9 2.9 ↑
Swing % 52.4 46.4 -6 ↓
Whiff% 18.3 21.9 3.6 ↑
In Zone Swing % 51.3 46.2 -5.1 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 48.7 53.8 5.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 31.9 34.2 2.3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 65.1 61.2 -3.9 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2019 235 .347 186 20 10.8 49 22 44.9
2020 152 .355 111 33 29.7 41 27 65.9

Pitch Distribution

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