MLB · AL West
Michael Rucker
Betting stats, pitch arsenal, opponent splits & prop matchups
On the mound
Attack zones
23%
Heart
41%
Shadow
23%
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
Pitch arsenalusage · velo · spin · break · whiff% · xwOBA
4-Seam
36%
Sinker
11%
Cutter
19%
Slider
2%
Curve
32%
| Pitch | Usage | Velo | Spin | Break | Zone% | SwStr% | xwOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam | 35.9% | 96.0 | 2329 | 1.2 | 53.3% | 13.9% | .426 |
| Curve | 32.1% | 82.2 | 2774 | 4.3 | 42.2% | 17.4% | .279 |
| Cutter | 18.5% | 90.2 | 2539 | 2.5 | 50.8% | 6.3% | .317 |
| Sinker | 10.9% | 95.3 | 2253 | 1.9 | 64.9% | 8.1% | .321 |
| Slider | 2.4% | 85.6 | 2691 | 3.5 | 25.0% | 0.0% | .612 |
Based on 340 pitches this season.
Expected & ratesnot in the panels above
xwOBA allowed
.311
1st-pitch strike%
59.1%
Putaway%
47.1%
Recent formlast 5 starts
L5 ERA
3.00
L5 FIP
2.93
L5 K/9
10.5
L5 BB/9
0.0
L5 HR/9
1.5
Pitches/start
17.9
Platoon & times-through
vs LHB xwOBA
.396
vs RHB xwOBA
.197
1st time xwOBA
.311
Inn 4-6 ERA
3.15
Inn 7+ ERA
4.32
Rolling formxwOBA allowed / K% / SwStr% / velo
7d xwOBA
.254
7d K%
25.0%
7d velo
91.2
14d xwOBA
.254
14d K%
37.0%
30d xwOBA
.282
30d K%
23.2%
30d velo
90.3
Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.
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