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Drew Smyly

Tigers Career team 2012–2014
Number #11
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 37
Height 6' 2"
Weight 188 lbs
Birth Place Little Rock, AR
Born Jun 13, 1989

Key Insights

2024
The home runs are what is undoing his season

Smyly has given up 10 tracked home runs, 7 of them to left field, the longest 431 feet.

10 tracked home runs allowed in 2024.
Both sides hit him about the same

42.9% of the contact right-handers make against Smyly is hit hard, against 33.8% of what left-handers make.

564 pitches to right-handed hitters, 450 to left-handed hitters.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him

Smyly averages 86.4 mph across his arsenal, 16th percentile in the league.

1014 pitches in 2024. 16th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 649th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits

The quality of contact against Smyly projects a .311 average, 66th percentile.

1014 pitches in 2024. 66th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2024, 264th in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

33.7% of the contact against Smyly is on the ground and 43.4% of it is in the air.

166 tracked batted balls allowed.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit

41.9% of the contact against Smyly with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 37.9% with the bases empty.

220 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 794 with the bases empty.

Contextual Splits

Pitch
Outcome
Batter
Situation
Single
Double
Triple
Home Run
Out
Vs All Pitchers
Player Bio Data
DOB Jun 13, 1989
Birth Place Little Rock, AR
Height 6' 2"
Weight 188 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left
College/Draft Arkansas