Zach Pop
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 220LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 7, #220, Los Angeles Dodgers | Kentucky
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 4 0 2.77 35 0 0 39 25 1.15
2023 1 1 6.59 15 0 0 13.2 14 1.24
2024 2 4 5.59 58 0 1 48.1 33 1.32
4 Seasons 8 5 4.45 158 0 1 155.2 123 1.31
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 35 4-0 2.77 39 25 1.15
2023 15 1-1 6.59 13.2 14 1.24
2024 58 2-4 5.59 48.1 33 1.32
4 Seasons 158 8-5 4.45 155.2 123 1.31
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
2021 24 936 163 10 6.1 4.1 86.1 113.3 3.7 24.5 .233 .350 .316 .307 .331 33.1 20.7 9.8 4.12 3.98
2022 25 536 126 7 5.6 4.5 88.2 110.0 1.3 29.4 .256 .364 .287 .286 .323 45.2 15.9 2.5 2.77 3.36
2023 26 199 36 3 8.3 5.4 91.9 113.2 10.1 38.9 .253 .503 .334 .359 .442 44.4 25.0 10.7 6.58 5.62
2024 27 744 155 11 7.1 5.3 88.9 113.1 4.9 25.2 .266 .420 .315 .327 .357 44.5 15.8 9.1 5.59 4.52
Player 2415 480 31 6.5 4.6 88.0 113.3 4.0 27.1 .251 .388 .310 .313 .346 40.8 18.4 7.9
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

Pop relies on 3 pitches.
Sinker
(73.1%) ,
Slider
(14.5%) ,
Cutter
(12.4%) ,


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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
2021 58.3 17.8 19.0 4.9 41.7 37.4 20.9 9.2 39.9 17.8 22.7 3.7 6.1 4.1
2022 57.1 15.9 22.2 4.8 38.1 35.7 26.2 4.0 47.6 15.9 24.6 2.4 5.6 4.5
2023 38.9 27.8 30.6 2.8 38.9 36.1 25.0 0.0 30.6 25.0 25.0 11.1 8.3 5.4
2024 55.5 20.0 18.7 5.8 43.9 35.5 20.6 5.8 39.4 16.1 27.1 3.2 7.1 5.3
Player 55.6 18.8 20.6 5.0 41.3 36.3 22.5 6.0 41.0 17.3 24.8 3.8 6.5 4.6
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


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
2024 Sinker TOR R 535 96.2 25.7 3.4 16.0ARM 0.5 4.0 3.3 16.0ARM 1.2
2024 Cutter TOR R 92 93.6 23.4 -2.5 0.2GLV -1.2 7.7 -0.6 0.2GLV -2.5
2024 Slider TOR R 108 86.2 39.2 4.2 6.6GLV 1.9 -2.5 4.1 6.6GLV 1.5
2023 Sinker TOR R 120 95.8 26.9 5.0 17.6ARM 2.0 3.2 4.4 17.6ARM 2.6
2023 Slider TOR R 78 85.6 40.2 4.4 4.9GLV 0.0 -2.7 4.2 4.9GLV -0.4
! 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 %
2024 Sinker -0.3 -2 543 73.0 160 .252 .413 .361 22.0 16.9 21.1 .279 .442 .350 50.4
2024 Slider -0.8 -1 108 14.5 27 .200 .240 .187 25.0 18.5 8.9 .235 .271 .216 22.7
2024 Cutter -3.1 -3 92 12.4 18 .235 .765 .422 19.5 5.6 5.6 .198 .460 .299 31.3
2023 Sinker -1.1 -1 121 60.8 35 .233 .567 .384 25.0 22.9 26.7 .275 .541 .396 45.5
2023 Slider -1.0 -1 78 39.2 21 .200 .350 .257 29.7 28.6 22.2 .220 .446 .299 42.9
! 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
2024 Cutter 91 93.6 51 7.0 1:00 12:00 60
2024 Sinker 514 96.1 77 17.1 1:30 2:45 -75
2024 Slider 107 86.2 42 8.5 8:45 8:00 45
2023 Sinker 100 95.8 81 18.5 1:45 2:45 -60
2023 Slider 76 85.6 34 7.2 8:45 7:45 60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

! Note: Data is available from 2020 through the present.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 244 936 -3 5 -4 -8 -10
2022 160 550 3 5 -2 -2 4
2023 56 199 -3 0 2 -1 -2
2024 205 743 -5 8 -5 -3 -5
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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 %
2021 936 42.3 66.7 81.1 32.0 59.5 42.2 51.8 46.7 26.5 6.8 64.1
2022 536 48.7 64.0 87.4 39.3 70.4 45.7 61.1 51.3 18.5 5.2 75.0
2023 199 42.2 60.7 92.2 36.5 50.0 40.2 71.4 46.7 26.9 7.5 66.7
2024 744 45.2 71.1 84.9 31.4 64.1 42.1 57.6 49.3 22.1 7.7 70.2
Player 2,415 44.6 66.9 84.6 33.7 62.5 42.8 57.5 48.5 23.3 6.8 68.3
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
2021 55 56 78 87 26 81 76 93 88 29 29 51 87 79 31 48
2022 88 14 50
2023 80 36 44
2024 24 14 26 44 16 77 63 47 8 5 33 22 79 83 42 53
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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 %
2021 25.9 3 3.6 -1 5 2 2 66.7
2022 24.1 2 2.4 0 1 3 1 50.0
2023 23.9 4 3.9 0 0 1 3 75.0
2024 24.3 9 6.6 2 3 8 1 11.1
Player 24.4 18 16.5 2 9 14 7 38.9
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
2021 3 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 4 4 3 3 6 3 3 5 4 3 4 6 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 4
2022 2 2 1 3 2 2 4 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 4 3 1 2 2 3 2 4 4 1 1 4 4 3 1 2
2023 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2024 9 5 5 7 9 9 9 5 6 4 8 11 6 5 8 6 7 3 5 9 6 5 10 6 4 5 7 8 7 9 5
Player 18 14 14 19 18 18 21 12 13 11 16 22 17 14 18 20 17 11 16 19 16 15 24 19 12 13 19 19 17 17 15
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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.4 96.5 1.1 95.8 -0.7 95.8 0.0
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 89.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 85.8 85.0 -0.8 85.6 0.6 86.2 0.6
Exit Velocity 86.1 88.2 2.1 91.9 3.7 88.9 -3.0
Launch Angle 3.7 1.3 -2.4 10.1 8.8 4.9 -5.2
Barrel % 6.1 5.6 -0.5 8.3 2.7 7.1 -1.2
Hard Hit % 33.1 45.2 12.1 44.4 -0.8 44.5 0.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 24.5 29.4 4.9 38.9 9.5 25.2 -13.7
xBA .233 .256 0.023 .253 -0.003 .266 0.013
BA .254 .272 0.018 .220 -0.052 .243 0.023
xwOBA .307 .286 -0.021 .359 0.073 .327 -0.032
wOBA .316 .287 -0.029 .334 0.047 .315 -0.019
xSLG .350 .364 0.014 .503 0.139 .420 -0.083
SLG .362 .351 -0.011 .480 0.129 .422 -0.058
K% 20.7 15.9 -4.8 25.0 9.1 15.8 -9.2
BB% 9.8 2.5 -7.3 10.7 8.2 9.1 -1.6
Swing % 46.7 51.3 4.6 46.7 -4.6 49.3 2.6
Whiff% 26.5 18.5 -8.0 26.9 8.4 22.1 -4.8
In Zone % 42.3 48.7 6.4 42.2 -6.5 45.2 3.0
Out of Zone % 57.7 51.3 -6.4 57.8 6.5 54.8 -3.0
Out of Zone Swing % 32.0 39.3 7.3 36.5 -2.8 31.4 -5.1
First Pitch Swing % 26.9 30.6 3.7 39.3 8.7 30.2 -9.1
First Pitch Strike % 51.8 61.1 9.3 71.4 10.3 57.6 -13.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 244 .316 152 40 26.3 92 22 23.9
2022 Shifts 157 .287 93 12 12.9 64 17 26.6
2023 Shades 56 .334 34 0 0.0 22 0 0.0
2024 Shades 205 .315 119 15 12.6 86 50 58.1
! 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 %
2021 252 22.1 0.0% 4.4% 178 27.1 0.0% 17.4%
2022 122 21.0 0.0% 2.5% 116 24.5 0.0% 13.8%
2023 48 17.6 8.3% 0.0% 40 19.9 2.5% 0.0%
2024 181 17.5 3.9% 0.0% 140 19.8 0.0% 1.4%

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Pitch Distribution