Vince Velasquez
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 210LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 2, #58, Houston Astros | Garey HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 3 9 6.30 25 21 0 94.1 101 1.48
2022 3 3 4.78 27 9 0 75.1 69 1.23
2023 4 4 3.86 8 8 0 37.1 37 1.31
9 Seasons 38 51 4.88 191 144 0 763.2 822 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 25 3-9 6.30 94.1 101 1.48
2022 27 3-3 4.78 75.1 69 1.23
2023 8 4-4 3.86 37.1 37 1.31
9 Seasons 191 38-51 4.88 763.2 822 1.37
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 23 976 150 9 6.0 3.9 88.3 111.9 17.9 37.3 .231 .394 .315 .311 .373 34.0 25.1 9.1 4.37 4.02
2016 24 2213 353 28 7.9 5.1 88.6 116.3 16.9 37.4 .242 .413 .328 .313 .403 34.0 27.6 8.2 4.12 4.13
2017 25 1269 210 16 7.6 5.1 89.4 115.1 13.3 35.7 .273 .484 .360 .362 .423 41.1 21.6 10.8 5.13 5.85
2018 26 2471 402 21 5.2 3.3 89.4 116.6 16.4 32.3 .227 .350 .325 .296 .351 34.8 25.6 9.4 4.85 3.68
2019 27 2120 334 34 10.2 6.6 90.8 114.5 17.7 34.1 .248 .466 .347 .335 .413 40.1 25.2 8.3 4.91 5.02
2020 28 650 88 7 8.0 4.5 87.9 117.4 12.5 30.7 .232 .390 .349 .319 .403 39.8 29.9 11.0 5.56 4.33
2021 29 1750 262 32 12.2 7.7 90.8 115.3 20.6 37.4 .244 .470 .368 .348 .416 43.5 24.2 11.8 6.30 5.26
2022 30 1286 223 29 13.0 9.1 91.9 114.0 19.6 35.0 .243 .456 .314 .332 .392 44.4 21.6 7.8 4.78 4.65
2023 31 650 110 7 6.4 4.3 88.3 113.2 19.5 37.3 .249 .394 .305 .313 .367 39.1 22.8 8.6 3.86 4.13
Player 13385 2132 183 8.6 5.6 89.7 117.4 17.3 35.2 .242 .424 .336 .324 .393 38.6 24.9 9.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Velasquez relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(44.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(41.5%) ,
Changeup
(12.5%) ,
Sinker
(1.1%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(0.3%) ,


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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
2015 31.3 32.0 28.0 8.7 36.7 34.0 29.3 2.0 24.7 32.7 25.3 9.3 6.0 3.9
2016 37.4 24.9 29.5 8.2 32.6 37.1 30.3 5.7 26.1 27.2 26.6 4.5 7.9 5.1
2017 44.8 22.9 25.7 6.7 39.5 34.8 25.7 4.8 29.5 21.9 26.7 8.1 7.6 5.1
2018 40.8 24.6 24.6 10.0 35.8 37.3 25.9 3.2 26.1 30.6 27.9 4.7 5.2 3.3
2019 36.5 30.2 24.9 8.1 37.1 33.5 29.0 1.8 25.1 30.5 22.8 7.2 10.2 6.6
2020 43.2 21.6 22.7 12.5 31.8 42.0 26.1 4.5 28.4 26.1 27.3 5.7 8.0 4.5
2021 32.8 32.1 25.2 9.9 39.7 37.8 22.5 4.2 22.5 30.2 22.9 8.0 12.2 7.7
2022 36.3 35.0 20.2 8.1 40.8 37.2 22.0 2.2 23.8 31.8 20.6 8.1 13.0 9.1
2023 31.8 31.8 27.3 9.1 30.9 34.5 34.5 5.5 20.0 30.9 27.3 10.0 6.4 4.3
Player 37.5 28.1 25.5 8.8 36.5 36.3 27.0 3.7 25.3 29.2 25.1 6.8 8.6 5.6
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2023 Slider PIT R 290 83.2 37.4 -1.2 7.9GLV 1.5 2.0 -0.5 7.9GLV 2.6
2023 Curveball PIT R 2 80.6 47.6 -3.8 5.1GLV -4.1 -5.3 -4.6 5.1GLV -3.8
2023 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 270 93.2 13.8 2.0 3.2ARM -4.2 17.6 1.8 3.2ARM -4.2
2023 Changeup PIT R 81 88.6 28.1 -1.8 11.7ARM -2.9 6.5 -1.1 11.7ARM -2.7
2023 Sinker PIT R 7 92.9 20.4 -3.2 15.0ARM -0.2 11.5 -3.9 15.0ARM 0.0
2022 Sinker CWS R 99 91.9 18.4 -4.9 12.3ARM -2.6 14.0 -5.7 12.3ARM -2.5
2022 Curveball CWS R 214 81.5 50.7 0.7 4.4GLV -4.7 -9.5 -0.4 4.4GLV -4.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 568 93.2 13.1 2.4 5.2ARM -2.5 18.4 2.2 5.2ARM -2.1
2022 Slider CWS R 291 84.7 33.9 -2.7 6.5GLV 1.0 4.0 -2.2 6.5GLV 0.8
2022 Changeup CWS R 113 88.2 28.3 -1.4 12.2ARM -2.4 6.7 -0.8 12.2ARM -2.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 Slider 2.3 7 290 44.6 83 .192 .308 .238 31.9 28.9 27.0 .194 .277 .227 30.9
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -2 270 41.5 61 .314 .510 .410 22.2 18.0 12.8 .329 .590 .438 52.5
2023 Changeup -3.5 -3 81 12.5 17 .250 .375 .400 25.7 11.8 11.1 .262 .348 .289 35.7
2023 Sinker 7.0 0 7 1.1 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 -- .247 .320 .224 0.0
2023 Curveball -3.1 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 6 568 44.2 158 .197 .352 .273 23.2 23.4 20.1 .227 .477 .334 48.6
2022 Slider -1.3 -4 291 22.6 69 .230 .443 .335 31.4 21.7 16.1 .191 .359 .283 36.2
2022 Curveball -0.6 -1 214 16.6 43 .256 .436 .334 28.4 25.6 16.4 .275 .447 .347 50.0
2022 Changeup -3.5 -4 114 8.9 26 .333 .625 .480 30.0 23.1 18.8 .292 .428 .344 38.9
2022 Sinker -2.1 -2 99 7.7 23 .348 .565 .391 5.0 0.0 0.0 .385 .630 .437 39.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 77 88.5 90 13.3 1:30 2:15 -45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 262 93.2 80 17.4 12:45 12:15 30
2023 Slider 277 83.3 41 9.1 9:15 9:00 15
2022 Changeup 109 88.2 92 14.3 1:45 2:15 -30
2022 Curveball 214 81.5 65 12.9 7:30 6:45 45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 567 93.2 86 18.7 12:45 12:30 15
2022 Sinker 98 91.9 81 18.6 12:45 1:30 -45
2022 Slider 289 84.7 33 8.4 10:15 9:45 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 231 975 3 4 -4 -3 0
2016 550 2,208 -1 23 -18 -7 -3
2017 313 1,266 1 5 -7 -5 -6
2018 629 2,471 -1 16 -13 -13 -10
2019 513 2,119 5 14 -12 -12 -5
2020 153 650 1 5 -4 -3 -2
2021 415 1,750 3 2 -14 -8 -17
2022 319 1,286 0 7 -8 -5 -5
2023 162 650 -1 8 -1 -3 2
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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 976 49.1 68.9 83.9 29.4 60.3 42.0 61.0 48.8 23.1 8.1 72.2
2016 2,213 47.7 66.3 78.6 29.6 57.6 41.8 59.9 47.1 27.1 7.4 76.2
2017 1,269 54.7 67.5 84.2 26.0 59.7 42.2 63.8 48.7 20.7 10.2 79.1
2018 2,471 52.3 67.2 77.1 24.6 54.1 41.7 59.4 46.9 26.8 8.5 76.1
2019 2,120 47.8 72.7 79.2 28.4 60.2 40.1 59.7 49.5 26.0 7.7 80.4
2020 650 48.5 68.3 80.0 30.1 57.4 40.8 56.9 48.6 26.6 9.8 82.8
2021 1,750 49.5 69.7 77.5 24.7 57.3 42.3 61.2 47.0 27.4 9.8 76.0
2022 1,286 50.9 69.7 80.5 26.6 59.5 43.8 62.4 48.5 25.2 7.7 85.9
2023 650 47.8 67.5 80.5 27.9 55.8 41.8 64.2 46.9 27.2 6.9 75.6
Player 13,385 49.9 68.7 79.6 27.2 57.9 41.8 60.7 47.9 25.8 8.4 78.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 42 64 42 23 50 70 26 43 42 79 19 53 49 84 70 63 66
2016 48 58 42 32 61 23 12 48 54 87 43 79 60 74 63 49 77
2017 7 17 10 10 8 44 18 6 3 49 16 22 31 63 79 41 84
2018 63 64 78 79 48 36 72 18 55 70 31 63 14 65 65 42 80
2019 27 43 21 10 38 13 7 6 19 64 46 53 42 64 75 44 83
2020 47 57 54 50 35 38 36 56 31 80 25 50 71 57 83 30 83
2021 15 42 14 5 19 17 3 9 15 56 13 60 16 42 80 47 73
2022 18 43 8 3 48 23 1 1 10 41 49 47 18 35 88 30 76
2023 36 94 78
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Expected Home Runs

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Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.2 21 20.5 1 7 11 11 52.4
2017 22.3 15 13.8 1 6 8 7 46.7
2018 22.8 16 13.3 3 11 9 6 37.5
2019 23.0 26 21.7 4 9 21 7 26.9
2020 24.4 5 3.7 1 4 3 1 20.0
2021 23.5 23 21.6 1 9 13 10 43.5
2022 23.3 11 13.8 -3 8 15 4 36.4
2023 22.1 4 4.9 -1 2 5 2 50.0
Player 23.1 121 113.2 8 56 85 48 39.7
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 21 23 15 23 19 20 21 22 18 18 20 21 21 19 21 21 15 20 23 21 20 21 24 24 20 21 19 24 24 20 17
2017 15 11 16 14 16 14 15 13 12 12 14 17 14 14 12 15 13 12 12 14 13 14 17 15 16 13 13 17 15 13 8
2018 16 16 10 14 15 14 15 12 14 9 14 20 15 12 12 15 13 12 13 15 13 12 17 12 13 9 13 16 13 12 8
2019 26 26 17 20 24 21 27 21 19 12 18 25 28 23 20 21 19 17 21 24 25 23 29 27 18 19 18 27 28 20 15
2020 5 6 3 4 3 5 4 2 3 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 5 6 6 5 4 2 1 5 3 6 2 2
2021 23 23 21 22 22 22 22 26 15 19 20 22 24 21 22 24 20 21 24 21 23 21 26 24 19 20 22 21 23 21 16
2022 11 11 8 15 15 14 13 13 10 9 14 17 17 12 16 19 13 13 13 16 14 14 19 18 7 10 16 19 17 12 11
2023 4 4 4 6 7 5 5 4 5 3 4 7 4 3 7 6 7 4 4 5 4 5 8 4 3 3 5 5 5 7 3
Player 121 120 94 118 121 115 122 113 96 83 106 132 126 108 114 125 104 102 115 121 118 116 145 128 98 96 111 132 131 107 80
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.2 94.4 -0.8 ↓ 93.8 -0.6 ↓ 93.8 0.0 94.0 0.2 ↑ 93.7 -0.3 ↓ 93.1 -0.6 ↓ 93.0 -0.1 ↓ 93.2 0.2 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 87.0 88.0 1.0 ↑ 87.6 -0.4 ↓ 87.8 0.2 ↑ 0.0 0.0 88.3 0.0 88.9 0.6 ↑ 88.2 -0.7 ↓ 88.6 0.4 ↑
Breaking Velocity 82.8 82.3 -0.5 ↓ 82.2 -0.1 ↓ 83.1 0.9 ↑ 85.2 2.1 ↑ 84.4 -0.8 ↓ 83.4 -1.0 ↓ 83.4 0.0 83.2 -0.2 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.3 88.6 0.3 ↑ 89.4 0.8 ↑ 89.4 0.0 90.8 1.4 ↑ 87.9 -2.9 ↓ 90.8 2.9 ↑ 91.9 1.1 ↑ 88.3 -3.6 ↓
Launch Angle 17.9 16.9 -1.0 ↓ 13.3 -3.6 ↓ 16.4 3.1 ↑ 17.7 1.3 ↑ 12.5 -5.2 ↓ 20.6 8.1 ↑ 19.6 -1.0 ↓ 19.5 -0.1 ↓
Barrel % 6.0 7.9 1.9 ↑ 7.6 -0.3 ↓ 5.2 -2.4 ↓ 10.2 5.0 ↑ 8.0 -2.2 ↓ 12.2 4.2 ↑ 13.0 0.8 ↑ 6.4 -6.6 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.0 34.0 0.0 41.1 7.1 ↑ 34.8 -6.3 ↓ 40.1 5.3 ↑ 39.8 -0.3 ↓ 43.5 3.7 ↑ 44.4 0.9 ↑ 39.1 -5.3 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.3 37.4 0.1 ↑ 35.7 -1.7 ↓ 32.3 -3.4 ↓ 34.1 1.8 ↑ 30.7 -3.4 ↓ 37.4 6.7 ↑ 35.0 -2.4 ↓ 37.3 2.3 ↑
xBA .231 .242 0.011 ↑ .273 0.031 ↑ .227 -0.046 ↓ .248 0.021 ↑ .232 -0.016 ↓ .244 0.012 ↑ .243 -0.001 ↓ .249 0.006 ↑
BA .240 .263 0.023 ↑ .270 0.007 ↑ .250 -0.020 ↓ .262 0.012 ↑ .269 0.007 ↑ .251 -0.018 ↓ .235 -0.016 ↓ .240 0.005 ↑
xwOBA .311 .313 0.002 ↑ .362 0.049 ↑ .296 -0.066 ↓ .335 0.039 ↑ .319 -0.016 ↓ .348 0.029 ↑ .332 -0.016 ↓ .313 -0.019 ↓
wOBA .315 .328 0.013 ↑ .360 0.032 ↑ .325 -0.035 ↓ .347 0.022 ↑ .349 0.002 ↑ .368 0.019 ↑ .314 -0.054 ↓ .305 -0.009 ↓
xSLG .394 .413 0.019 ↑ .484 0.071 ↑ .350 -0.134 ↓ .466 0.116 ↑ .390 -0.076 ↓ .470 0.080 ↑ .456 -0.014 ↓ .394 -0.062 ↓
SLG .404 .442 0.038 ↑ .496 0.054 ↑ .418 -0.078 ↓ .498 0.080 ↑ .440 -0.058 ↓ .525 0.085 ↑ .422 -0.103 ↓ .384 -0.038 ↓
K% 25.1 27.6 2.5 ↑ 21.6 -6.0 ↓ 25.6 4.0 ↑ 25.2 -0.4 ↓ 29.9 4.7 ↑ 24.2 -5.7 ↓ 21.6 -2.6 ↓ 22.8 1.2 ↑
BB% 9.1 8.2 -0.9 ↓ 10.8 2.6 ↑ 9.4 -1.4 ↓ 8.3 -1.1 ↓ 11.0 2.7 ↑ 11.8 0.8 ↑ 7.8 -4.0 ↓ 8.6 0.8 ↑
Swing % 48.8 47.1 -1.7 ↓ 48.7 1.6 ↑ 46.9 -1.8 ↓ 49.5 2.6 ↑ 48.6 -0.9 ↓ 47.0 -1.6 ↓ 48.5 1.5 ↑ 46.9 -1.6 ↓
Whiff% 23.1 27.1 4.0 ↑ 20.7 -6.4 ↓ 26.8 6.1 ↑ 26.0 -0.8 ↓ 26.6 0.6 ↑ 27.4 0.8 ↑ 25.2 -2.2 ↓ 27.2 2.0 ↑
In Zone % 49.1 47.7 -1.4 ↓ 54.7 7.0 ↑ 52.3 -2.4 ↓ 47.8 -4.5 ↓ 48.5 0.7 ↑ 49.5 1.0 ↑ 50.9 1.4 ↑ 47.8 -3.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.9 52.3 1.4 ↑ 45.3 -7.0 ↓ 47.7 2.4 ↑ 52.2 4.5 ↑ 51.5 -0.7 ↓ 50.5 -1.0 ↓ 49.1 -1.4 ↓ 52.2 3.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 29.4 29.6 0.2 ↑ 26.0 -3.6 ↓ 24.6 -1.4 ↓ 28.4 3.8 ↑ 30.1 1.7 ↑ 24.7 -5.4 ↓ 26.6 1.9 ↑ 27.9 1.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 26.0 24.9 -1.1 ↓ 30.8 5.9 ↑ 27.6 -3.2 ↓ 33.5 5.9 ↑ 28.8 -4.7 ↓ 30.7 1.9 ↑ 30.7 0.0 28.4 -2.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.0 59.9 -1.1 ↓ 63.8 3.9 ↑ 59.4 -4.4 ↓ 59.7 0.3 ↑ 56.9 -2.8 ↓ 61.2 4.3 ↑ 62.4 1.2 ↑ 64.2 1.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 547 .326 276 20 7.2 271 43 15.9
2017 Shifts 313 .362 162 15 9.3 151 34 22.5
2018 Shifts 628 .325 320 33 10.3 308 108 35.1
2019 Shifts 514 .347 292 15 5.1 222 81 36.5
2020 Shifts 153 .349 90 16 17.8 63 20 31.7
2021 Shifts 409 .367 242 38 15.7 167 58 34.7
2022 Shifts 319 .314 178 34 19.1 141 94 66.7
2023 Shades 162 .305 89 4 4.5 73 21 28.8
! 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 %
2015 267 19.9 9.7% 9.0% 164 24.7 6.7% 27.4%
2016 627 18.8 17.1% 4.6% 398 25.3 2.0% 24.4%
2017 368 17.6 19.6% 3.5% 174 24.7 0.6% 25.9%
2018 713 19.2 12.5% 4.1% 391 27.3 0.0% 28.4%
2019 642 18.7 14.3% 4.0% 272 24.7 0.0% 15.4%
2020 156 19.1 5.8% 2.6% 121 25.6 0.0% 14.9%
2021 514 19.9 5.3% 5.4% 254 26.8 0.0% 25.6%
2022 365 20.2 7.7% 4.4% 214 26.1 0.0% 23.8%
2023 175 15.8 34.3% 0.0% 109 21.0 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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