P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 223 lbs | Age: 35
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 1 1 7.45 6 0 0 9.2 10 2.07
2017 3 2 4.88 45 0 0 62.2 44 1.52
2018 4 1 4.46 31 0 1 34.1 16 1.57
3 Seasons 8 4 4.98 82 0 1 106.2 70 1.58
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 6 1-1 7.45 9.2 10 2.07
2017 45 3-2 4.88 62.2 44 1.52
2018 31 4-1 4.46 34.1 16 1.57
3 Seasons 82 8-4 4.98 106.2 70 1.58
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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
2016 26 153 35 3 8.6 6.1 90.7 108.3 7.6 34.3 .326 .464 .399 .389 .465 45.7 20.4 6.1 7.45 6.83
2017 27 1088 199 13 6.5 4.6 87.6 113.2 13.3 35.2 .258 .435 .334 .340 .358 31.2 15.7 11.1 4.88 5.06
2018 28 619 127 12 9.4 7.6 89.7 117.1 10.0 40.2 .322 .538 .363 .395 .412 40.9 10.1 8.2 4.46 7.12
Player 1860 361 28 7.8 5.7 88.7 117.1 11.6 36.8 .286 .472 .350 .363 .387 36.0 14.4 9.7
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Saupold relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(42.3%) ,
Slider
(34.2%) ,
Curveball
(17.6%) ,
Changeup
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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2016 54.3 45.7 8.6 34.3 2.9 54.3 20.0 25.7 37.1 14.3 2.9 17.1 5.7 22.9
2017 44.2 55.8 25.1 23.6 7.0 33.2 34.7 32.2 20.1 18.1 6.0 13.1 16.6 26.1
2018 43.3 56.7 20.5 32.3 3.9 33.1 38.6 27.6 15.7 18.9 7.9 17.3 19.7 19.7
Player 44.9 55.1 21.9 27.7 5.5 35.2 34.6 29.9 20.2 18.0 6.4 15.0 16.6 23.5
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 2.9 28.6 11.4 48.6 0.0 8.6 6.1
2017 5.5 31.2 27.1 23.6 5.5 6.5 4.6
2018 3.9 32.3 18.9 26.0 6.3 9.4 7.6
Player 4.7 31.3 22.7 26.9 5.3 7.8 5.7
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! 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
2018 4-Seam Fastball DET R 262 91.6 20.2 -3.2 13.6ARM 6.1 13.3 -2.4 13.6ARM 6.4
2018 Changeup DET R 36 85.3 29.7 -1.7 17.4ARM 3.9 9.3 -2.6 17.4ARM 4.1
2018 Curveball DET R 109 80.0 60.4 6.4 7.4GLV -0.3 -15.6 6.0 7.4GLV -1.8
2018 Slider DET R 212 88.1 29.1 -3.4 0.2GLV -3.6 6.9 -5.1 0.2GLV -4.9
2017 Slider DET R 314 88.5 28.6 -1.4 2.2GLV -0.7 6.9 -3.2 2.2GLV -2.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball DET R 520 93.0 17.4 -2.8 12.8ARM 4.7 14.8 -2.3 12.8ARM 4.7
2017 Curveball DET R 134 81.7 54.8 4.1 6.5GLV -0.3 -12.0 4.0 6.5GLV -2.1
2017 Sinker DET R 39 92.7 23.7 2.9 18.2ARM 3.3 8.7 2.1 18.2ARM 2.8
2017 Changeup DET R 77 86.3 28.7 -0.5 17.0ARM 3.4 9.3 -0.8 17.0ARM 3.4
! 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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -4 262 42.3 73 .306 .581 .425 3.5 5.5 7.7 .351 .645 .449 50.8
2018 Slider 0.9 2 212 34.2 54 .229 .250 .284 22.3 14.8 14.8 .289 .406 .344 25.0
2018 Curveball -2.7 -3 109 17.6 20 .300 .600 .378 24.3 20.0 10.0 .276 .448 .311 50.0
2018 Changeup -2.7 -1 36 5.8 10 .500 .900 .561 15.8 0.0 0.0 .400 .717 .473 30.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 2 520 48.0 128 .266 .440 .355 8.5 7.8 7.8 .287 .526 .387 37.3
2017 Slider 1.9 6 314 29.0 84 .162 .270 .246 29.9 23.8 21.5 .198 .294 .268 22.2
2017 Curveball -4.2 -6 134 12.4 32 .367 .533 .409 26.9 28.1 13.0 .264 .396 .309 38.1
2017 Changeup -1.2 -1 77 7.1 20 .421 .632 .468 21.4 15.0 20.0 .304 .509 .359 12.5
2017 Sinker -2.2 -1 39 3.6 10 .429 .429 .480 18.2 20.0 16.7 .273 .455 .424 40.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 49 153 -1 -1 -1 -1 -3
2017 275 1,087 3 11 -8 -5 0
2018 157 619 5 -3 -5 -3 -6
Player 481 1,859 6 7 -13 6 -9
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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 153 51.0 74.4 84.5 26.7 50.0 45.1 55.1 51.0 24.4 5.9 88.9
2017 1,088 47.3 68.9 88.4 24.8 64.8 41.3 60.0 45.6 18.3 6.5 80.3
2018 619 41.2 73.3 92.0 23.4 71.8 41.2 52.5 43.9 14.3 6.0 78.4
Player 1,860 45.6 70.7 89.1 24.4 66.0 41.6 57.1 45.5 17.6 6.3 80.3
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 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
2016 46 48 40
2017 21 32 31 33 9 54 38 39 66 13 13 10 21 51 40 65 34
2018 30 24 68 21
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 -- 0 1.2 -1 1 2 0 --
2017 22.48 9 9.8 -1 6 8 4 44.4
2018 21.97 6 6.1 0 2 7 1 16.7
Player 22.28 15 17.1 -2 9 17 5 33.3
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 1
2017 9 9 7 10 11 11 12 9 8 8 10 15 11 11 10 10 7 9 10 9 10 9 10 10 8 9 9 14 11 10 7
2018 6 9 4 7 8 6 7 6 5 3 5 8 6 4 6 8 6 6 5 7 6 5 9 7 4 3 7 7 7 7 4
Player 15 20 11 18 21 17 21 15 15 11 16 25 17 16 18 19 13 16 16 18 17 15 21 19 12 13 18 23 20 19 12
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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

2018 +/-   2017 +/-   2016
Results
BA .293 +.026 ↑ .267 -.128 ↓ .395
xBA .322 +.064 ↑ .258 -.068 ↓ .326
OBP .359 -.003 ↓ .362 -.067 ↓ .429
xOBP .386 +.028 ↑ .358 -.031 ↓ .389
SLG .493 +.076 ↑ .417 -.095 ↓ .512
xSLG .538 +.103 ↑ .435 -.029 ↓ .464
ISO .200 +.050 ↑ .150 +.034 ↑ .116
xISO .216 +.039 ↑ .177 +.038 ↑ .139
BABIP .294 +.003 ↑ .291 -.195 ↓ .486
wOBA .363 +.029 ↑ .334 -.065 ↓ .399
xwOBA .395 +.055 ↑ .340 -.049 ↓ .389
wOBACON .373 +.023 ↑ .350 -.129 ↓ .479
xwOBACON .412 +.054 ↑ .358 -.107 ↓ .465
BACON .328 +.005 ↑ .323 -.163 ↓ .486
xBACON .361 +.044 ↑ .317 -.114 ↓ .431
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 40.9 +9.7 ↑ 31.2 -14.5 ↓ 45.7
Avg Exit Velocity 89.7 +2.1 ↑ 87.6 -3.1 ↓ 90.7
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 40.2 +5.0 ↑ 35.2 +0.9 ↑ 34.3
Barrel % 9.4 +2.9 ↑ 6.5 -2.1 ↓ 8.6
Avg Launch Angle 10.0 -3.3 ↓ 13.3 +5.7 ↑ 7.6
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Angle 0° -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Direction 0° -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 0° -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 91.6 -1.4 ↓ 93.0 +0.3 ↑ 92.7
Breaking Velocity 85.4 -1.0 ↓ 86.4 +1.1 ↑ 85.3
Offspeed Velocity 85.3 -1.0 ↓ 86.3 +0.5 ↑ 85.8
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 12 -1 ↓ 13 +10 ↑ 3
Popup % 3.9 -3.1 ↓ 7.0 +4.1 ↑ 2.9
Flyball % 20.5 -4.6 ↓ 25.1 +16.5 ↑ 8.6
Line Drive % 32.3 +8.7 ↑ 23.6 -10.7 ↓ 34.3
Groundball % 43.3 -0.9 ↓ 44.2 -10.1 ↓ 54.3
Pull % 33.1 -0.1 ↓ 33.2 -21.1 ↓ 54.3
Straight Away % 38.6 +3.9 ↑ 34.7 +14.7 ↑ 20.0
Opposite Field % 27.6 -4.6 ↓ 32.2 +6.5 ↑ 25.7
Weak Contact % 3.9 -1.6 ↓ 5.5 +2.6 ↑ 2.9
Pull Airball % 17.3 +4.2 ↑ 13.1 -4.0 ↓ 17.1
Topped Contact % 32.3 +1.1 ↑ 31.2 +2.6 ↑ 28.6
Under Contact % 18.9 -8.2 ↓ 27.1 +15.7 ↑ 11.4
Flare/Burner Contact % 26.0 +2.4 ↑ 23.6 -25.0 ↓ 48.6
Solid Contact % 6.3 +0.8 ↑ 5.5 +5.5 ↑ 0.0
HR/FB % 23.1 +5.1 ↑ 18.0 +18.0 ↑ 0.0
Popups 5 -9 ↓ 14 +13 ↑ 1
Flyballs 26 -24 ↓ 50 +47 ↑ 3
Line Drives 41 -6 ↓ 47 +35 ↑ 12
Groundballs 55 -33 ↓ 88 +69 ↑ 19
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 41.2 -6.1 ↓ 47.3 -3.7 ↓ 51.0
Out of Zone % 58.8 +6.1 ↑ 52.7 +3.7 ↑ 49.0
Edge % 41.2 -0.1 ↓ 41.3 -3.8 ↓ 45.1
Zone Swing % 73.3 +4.4 ↑ 68.9 -5.5 ↓ 74.4
Out of Zone Swing % 23.4 -1.4 ↓ 24.8 -1.9 ↓ 26.7
In Zone Contact % 92.0 +3.6 ↑ 88.4 +3.9 ↑ 84.5
Out of Zone Contact % 71.8 +7.0 ↑ 64.8 +14.8 ↑ 50.0
Whiff % 14.3 -4.0 ↓ 18.3 -6.1 ↓ 24.4
First Strike % 52.5 -7.5 ↓ 60.0 +4.9 ↑ 55.1
First Pitch Swing % 31.0 +1.5 ↑ 29.5 -13.4 ↓ 42.9
Swing % 43.9 -1.7 ↓ 45.6 -5.4 ↓ 51.0
Meatball Swing % 78.4 -1.9 ↓ 80.3 -8.6 ↓ 88.9
Meatball % 6.0 -0.5 ↓ 6.5 +0.6 ↑ 5.9
Zone Swing & Miss % 8.0 -3.6 ↓ 11.6 -3.9 ↓ 15.5
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 28.2 -7.0 ↓ 35.2 -14.8 ↓ 50.0
In Zone 255 -259 ↓ 514 +436 ↑ 78
Out of Zone 364 -209 ↓ 573 +498 ↑ 75
Edge 255 -194 ↓ 449 +380 ↑ 69
In Zone Swings 187 -167 ↓ 354 +296 ↑ 58
Out of Zone Swings 85 -57 ↓ 142 +122 ↑ 20
In Zone Swing & Misses 15 -26 ↓ 41 +32 ↑ 9
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 24 -26 ↓ 50 +40 ↑ 10
Basic
Pitches 619 -469 ↓ 1,088 +935 ↑ 153
PA 158 -122 ↓ 280 +231 ↑ 49
AB 140 -100 ↓ 240 +197 ↑ 43
Hits 41 -23 ↓ 64 +47 ↑ 17
Singles 26 -20 ↓ 46 +34 ↑ 12
Doubles 8 -1 ↓ 9 +4 ↑ 5
Triples 1 +1 ↑ 0 0 0
Home Runs 6 -3 ↓ 9 +9 ↑ 0
Walks 13 -18 ↓ 31 +28 ↑ 3
Strikeouts 16 -28 ↓ 44 +34 ↑ 10
K% 10.1 -5.6 ↓ 15.7 -4.7 ↓ 20.4
BB% 8.2 -2.9 ↓ 11.1 +5.0 ↑ 6.1
HBP 2 -4 ↓ 6 +5 ↑ 1
Batted Balls 127 -72 ↓ 199 +164 ↑ 35
Number of Fastballs 262 -297 ↓ 559 +474 ↑ 85
Number of Offspeed 36 -41 ↓ 77 +67 ↑ 10
Number of Breaking 321 -127 ↓ 448 +390 ↑ 58
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 43 .356 27 0 0.0 16 6 37.5
2017 Shifts 275 .334 178 1 0.6 97 9 9.3
2018 Shifts 157 .363 85 5 5.9 72 21 29.2
! 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 29 18.6 24.1% 0.0% 32 23.6 0.0% 15.6%
2017 274 18.2 13.5% 0.4% 213 24.4 0.5% 13.1%
2018 161 16.3 32.9% 1.2% 137 20.6 3.6% 2.9%

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Pitch Distribution

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