MLB · NL Central

Matthew Boyd

Betting stats, pitch arsenal, opponent splits & prop matchups

Chicago CubsSPBats: R · Throws: L
FormSteadyStuffAbove avg

The read

Elite swing-and-miss stuff, with strong underlying run prevention.

On the mound

This season

ERA

6.00

WHIP

1.29

FIP

2.35

xERA

4.28

2-1 · 5 GS · 24.0 IP · 31 K · 6 BB · 2 HR

MLB avg · 4.20 ERA · 1.30 WHIP · 4.15 FIP

Last 5 starts

ERA

6.00

K/9

11.6

FIP

2.35

HR

2

24.0 IP · 16 ER · 31 K · 6 BB
  • vWSH 3.2IP 6ER 7K
  • vLAA 5.2IP 1ER 10K
  • vPHI 4.2IP 2ER 5K
  • @SD 4IP 5ER 4K
  • vAZ 6IP 2ER 5K

Opponent splits

Statvs Leftiesvs Righties
Opp BA.158.272
K%37%30%
HR allowed02
Sample19 BF81 BF

Quality of stuff

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB pitchers (20+ IP) this season. The dot is this player; further right is better. Over 24.0 IP.

Metric
Percentile
Value
Rank
ERA
6.00
12
FIP
2.35
96
xERA
4.28
48
WHIP
1.29
55
K %
28.8%
89
SwStr %
13.0%
87
Chase %
34.9%
93
Barrel %
12.3%
3

Attack zones

18%13%26%43%

18%

Heart

43%

Shadow

26%

Chase

13%

Waste

Heart = middle · Shadow = edges (command) · 6.3 ft extension

Where he lives around the zone. Heart (red) is the middle, Shadow (gold) the edges (command), Chase (blue) and Waste (slate) further off.

Full Statcast profile

Arsenal · splits · situationalSeason-to-date
Pitch arsenalusage · velo · spin · break · whiff% · xwOBA
4-Seam
51%
Slider
12%
Curve
8%
Change
29%
PitchUsageVeloSpinBreakZone%SwStr%xwOBA
4-Seam50.9%92.523021.650.7%11.9%.481
Change28.6%79.418063.338.2%18.7%.436
Slider11.6%83.825633.030.0%18.0%.374
Curve7.9%73.522574.850.0%8.8%.062

Based on 430 pitches this season.

Expected & ratesnot in the panels above
xwOBA allowed
.323
1st-pitch strike%
65.0%
Putaway%
46.3%
Recent formlast 5 starts
L5 ERA
5.16
L5 FIP
2.31
L5 K/9
12.3
L5 BB/9
2.4
L5 HR/9
0.8
Pitches/start
86.0
Platoon & times-through
vs LHB xwOBA
.179
vs RHB xwOBA
.356
1st time xwOBA
.303
2nd time xwOBA
.301
3rd time xwOBA
.486
Inn 1-3 ERA
3.89
Inn 4-6 ERA
4.65
Rolling formxwOBA allowed / K% / SwStr% / velo
7d xwOBA
.358
7d K%
20.4%
7d velo
85.2
14d xwOBA
.341
14d K%
22.2%
30d xwOBA
.341
30d K%
22.2%
30d velo
85.5

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.