James Kaprielian

Starting Pitcher

Toronto Blue Jays

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	3/2/1994 (30)
Height, Weight	6'3", 225 lb
Hometown	Laguna Hills, CA

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	2-6	58.1	5.86	1.53	20.5%	11.0%

	167^th 7 W	162^nd 114 IP	170^th 4.60 ERA	162^nd 1.33 WHIP	110^th 21.6% K%	179^th 8.0% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	92.2	12.3%	28.7%	52.3%	12.0%	4.76	4.88

	151^st 93.5 FB MPH	79^th 11.7% SwStr%	84^th 28.0% CSW%	152^nd - Str-ICR	191^st - MTK%	179^th 4.98 PLV	185^th - PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	QS	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2020	OAK	2	0	3.2	0-0	0	7.36	1.64	6.44	10.69	6.42	7.07	23.5%	11.8%	9.8	4.91	.222	33.3%	93.8%	45.5%	36.4%	16.9%	32.4%	0.55	4.38
2021	OAK	24	21	119.1	8-5	8	4.07	1.22	4.22	4.34	4.51	4.98	24.5%	8.2%	7.9	1.43	.276	13.8%	77.2%	40.8%	36.0%	12.5%	29.9%	0.53	4.67
2022	OAK	26	26	134.0	5-9	7	4.23	1.34	4.58	4.63	5.15	4.48	17.0%	10.2%	8.1	1.07	.264	9.5%	72.0%	38.6%	40.6%	10.1%	25.6%	0.40	4.68
2023	OAK	14	11	61.0	2-6	3	6.34	1.59	5.25	5.08	5.70	5.02	20.4%	11.1%	9.7	1.33	.324	10.7%	63.8%	37.6%	32.1%	12.1%	28.8%	0.54	4.75
SP MLB Percentile		12	12	19	7-49	18	15	18	26	26	4	8	44	11	32	42	31	82	14	72	4	60	57	33	10
SP MLB AVG		21	21	114.0	7-7	8	4.60	1.33	4.57	4.59	4.55	3.90	21.6%	8.0%	8.9	1.37	.296	15.3%	72.1%	39.2%	43.8%	11.7%	28.0%	0.49	4.98
Career		66	58	318.0	15-20	18	4.61	1.35	-	-	-	4.80	20.5%	9.7%	8.4	1.30	.279	11.6%	71.9%	39.3%	37.2%	11.5%	28.0%	0.48	4.69

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 41%
Slider | 31%
Sinker | 14%
Changeup | 8%
Curveball | 6%
All

2020 2021 2022 2023 All

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Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2020	46.5%	95.2	45.5%	38.9%	72.7%	12.1%	18.2%	30.3%	54.5%	37.5%	50.0%	37.5%	25.0%	.300	.286	+0	0.2	9.1%	4.62
2021	53.0%	93.0	46.1%	28.2%	65.0%	13.4%	17.9%	31.3%	51.8%	29.0%	51.5%	42.0%	13.8%	.250	.306	-6	-11.4	13.4%	4.40
2022	49.2%	94.0	44.9%	23.7%	61.3%	7.8%	14.5%	22.3%	46.2%	33.7%	45.4%	42.3%	11.2%	.257	.263	-4	-4.7	12.7%	4.40
2023	41.4%	92.3	45.8%	31.4%	64.6%	13.1%	12.8%	25.9%	51.8%	24.7%	55.8%	37.7%	11.6%	.202	.208	-9	-7.8	14.4%	4.41
SP MLB Percentile	52	22	14	82	40	83	6	25	47	11	95	78	67	91	95	82	88	-	1
SP MLB AVG	38.2%	93.5	50.7%	26.4%	65.4%	9.8%	17.8%	27.6%	51.0%	34.2%	41.7%	43.1%	15.3%	.274	.309	-1	-	8.8%	4.90

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2020	.168	.251	.123	.314	-	25.0%	37.5%	88.7	94.7	21.1	6.0	8.7	-2.4	5.6	-	-
2021	.236	.334	.293	.402	-	8.9%	42.0%	90.0	85.9	24.5	5.6	8.9	-2.2	5.8	6.0	2,012
2022	.266	.366	.273	.372	-	9.7%	42.3%	90.4	88.0	20.8	5.1	9.2	-2.3	6.0	6.1	2,007
2023	.221	.359	.218	.378	-	7.8%	37.7%	92.4	90.2	28.9	5.3	9.1	-2.4	5.9	6.1	2,000
SP MLB Percentile	82	52	94	78	-	76	78	31	33	1	63	43	3	60	14	3
SP MLB AVG	.267	.362	.297	.411	-	10.3%	43.1%	91.1	89.0	19.1	4.7	9.1	-0.7	5.7	6.5	2,256

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2020	33	10	24	9	2	0	0	1	3	5	3	2	0	0
2021	1,072	276	697	375	34	11	3	12	60	87	71	72	32	3
2022	1,097	273	673	424	37	6	6	10	59	85	83	38	35	4
2023	452	120	292	160	12	3	0	5	20	30	29	23	19	1
SP MLB Percentile	38	46	39	59	71	77	46	52	72	-	-	40	38	34
SP MLB AVG	647	159	429	219	22	8	1	6	37	50	45	34	16	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2020	37.5%	12.5%	50.0%	12.5%	25.0%	50.0%	25.0%	12.5%	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	-	62.5%	37.5%
2021	29.0%	19.5%	51.5%	18.9%	30.2%	37.9%	32.0%	23.1%	10.1%	8.9%	37.9%	-	58.0%	42.0%
2022	33.7%	20.9%	45.4%	14.8%	32.7%	33.2%	34.2%	26.0%	6.6%	9.7%	38.8%	-	57.7%	42.3%
2023	24.7%	19.5%	55.8%	24.7%	35.1%	27.3%	37.7%	18.2%	11.7%	7.8%	35.1%	-	62.4%	37.7%
SP MLB Percentile	11	79	95	99	57	9	87	86	10	76	70	-	-	78
SP MLB AVG	34.2%	24.1%	41.7%	12.5%	31.9%	35.5%	32.6%	24.9%	7.9%	10.3%	39.4%	-	56.8%	43.1%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2020	.300	.375	.286	.375	+0	.168	.251	.123	.314	88.7	94.7	21.1	25.0
2021	.250	.350	.306	.355	-6	.236	.334	.293	.402	90.0	85.9	24.5	13.8
2022	.257	.357	.263	.301	-4	.266	.366	.273	.372	90.4	88.0	20.8	11.2
2023	.202	.319	.208	.260	-9	.221	.359	.218	.378	92.4	90.2	28.9	11.6
SP MLB Percentile	91	74	95	96	82	82	52	94	78	31	33	1	67
SP MLB AVG	.274	.363	.309	.353	-1	.267	.362	.297	.411	91.1	89.0	19.1	15.3

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2020	45.5%	72.7%	54.5%	38.9%	22.2%	18.2%	77.8%	72.7%	85.7%	18.2%	12.1%	30.3%	33.3%	24.2%	63.6%	0.58	54.5%
2021	46.1%	65.0%	47.1%	28.2%	28.5%	17.9%	71.5%	73.7%	66.9%	17.9%	13.4%	31.3%	24.2%	15.8%	59.4%	0.61	51.8%
2022	44.9%	61.3%	46.9%	23.7%	16.7%	21.1%	83.3%	85.4%	77.6%	14.5%	7.8%	22.3%	29.1%	17.9%	56.0%	0.32	46.2%
2023	45.8%	64.6%	51.8%	31.4%	25.2%	21.7%	74.8%	75.2%	74.0%	12.8%	13.1%	25.9%	26.4%	17.0%	60.2%	0.47	51.8%
SP MLB Percentile	14	40	76	82	75	51	75	89	31	6	83	25	30	36	52	71	47
SP MLB AVG	50.7%	65.4%	47.5%	26.4%	20.4%	21.1%	79.6%	83.5%	69.5%	17.8%	9.8%	27.6%	-	-	59.5%	0.53	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2020	45.5%	30.3%	30.3%	39.4%	30.3%	21.2%	48.5%	21.2%	48.5%	3.0%
2021	46.1%	40.0%	22.8%	37.2%	44.0%	30.1%	25.8%	23.3%	53.9%	7.3%
2022	44.9%	35.1%	24.2%	40.7%	50.0%	30.2%	19.8%	25.9%	49.9%	6.6%
2023	45.8%	29.9%	24.6%	45.6%	52.4%	30.8%	16.8%	27.4%	48.0%	6.2%
SP MLB Percentile	14	26	7	91	52	88	27	46	80	15
SP MLB AVG	50.7%	34.8%	29.0%	36.2%	51.8%	26.3%	21.9%	29.1%	41.9%	7.6%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2020	45.5%	15.2%	39.4%	26.7%	80.0%	40.0%	26.7%	30.8%	15.4%
2021	53.3%	14.7%	32.0%	13.1%	62.3%	50.6%	23.3%	22.7%	21.0%
2022	58.3%	14.9%	26.7%	13.9%	56.5%	46.8%	17.2%	27.6%	13.0%
2023	54.2%	14.2%	31.6%	14.3%	61.1%	53.7%	14.7%	28.7%	16.1%
SP MLB Percentile	29	41	65	65	36	52	1	94	37
SP MLB AVG	57.2%	13.9%	28.9%	13.7%	62.4%	51.9%	23.1%	21.8%	16.8%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2020	95.2	-	-	-	-	-5.2	1.2	-	4.62
2021	93.0	6.0	9.4	14.3	17.3	-5.2	0.7	2,012	4.40
2022	94.0	6.1	8.2	14.8	17.1	-5.1	0.6	2,007	4.40
2023	92.3	6.1	8.2	14.9	17.1	-5.1	0.6	2,000	4.41
SP MLB Percentile	22	14	58	43	44	26	23	3	1
SP MLB AVG	93.5	6.5	-	-	-	-	-	2,256	4.90

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2020	33	4.62	6.17	33.3%	21.2%	45.5%	-12.1%	0.2	+0
2021	1,072	4.40	5.81	31.3%	20.1%	48.5%	-17.2%	-11.4	-6
2022	1,097	4.40	5.28	30.4%	20.8%	48.8%	-18.3%	-4.7	-4
2023	452	4.41	6.13	30.1%	21.0%	48.9%	-18.8%	-7.8	-9
SP MLB Percentile	38	1	-	2	79	1	1	88	82
SP MLB AVG	647	4.90	1.38	43.0%	18.3%	38.7%	4.3%	-	-1

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2020	28.2%	85.8	25.0%	33.3%	55.0%	30.0%	15.0%	45.0%	45.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	.000	.000	-1	-0.8	5.0%	4.47
2021	18.1%	85.2	43.6%	31.9%	64.0%	15.5%	16.9%	32.4%	49.3%	40.6%	28.1%	41.5%	5.6%	.247	.339	+5	2.9	8.7%	5.10
2022	23.1%	85.0	43.6%	35.5%	65.6%	17.7%	15.0%	32.7%	53.5%	42.9%	38.1%	36.9%	9.4%	.186	.259	-2	2.8	9.3%	5.13
2023	30.7%	80.8	42.1%	37.6%	64.8%	14.9%	17.9%	32.8%	55.2%	36.5%	40.4%	30.8%	4.8%	.263	.392	+2	4.6	7.5%	5.10
SP MLB Percentile	74	9	57	81	70	56	82	83	91	38	63	86	80	31	10	38	29	-	46
SP MLB AVG	23.3%	84.6	40.8%	33.0%	62.2%	15.2%	14.0%	29.2%	49.4%	41.5%	36.7%	37.5%	17.5%	.236	.280	+1	-	8.1%	5.13

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2020	.103	.310	.138	.540	-	100.0%	100.0%	100.3	100.3	27.0	1.2	1.8	-2.5	5.7	-	-
2021	.235	.283	.314	.361	-	4.7%	41.5%	87.1	89.1	11.3	0.6	2.9	-2.4	5.7	5.9	2,218
2022	.198	.284	.266	.371	-	7.1%	36.9%	85.4	86.4	13.5	-1.5	2.4	-2.7	5.8	6.0	2,228
2023	.203	.260	.296	.341	-	1.9%	30.8%	82.3	85.4	19.3	-4.4	2.3	-2.8	5.7	6.0	2,331
SP MLB Percentile	72	77	35	70	-	87	86	97	79	29	75	69	2	39	16	46
SP MLB AVG	.231	.306	.270	.382	-	8.3%	37.5%	87.7	87.1	15.0	-2.6	1.3	-0.9	5.7	6.4	2,366

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2020	20	4	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0
2021	367	97	235	132	13	7	1	1	22	25	27	27	4	1
2022	514	144	337	177	9	12	0	3	24	30	31	46	13	1
2023	335	88	217	117	12	8	0	1	21	23	16	28	6	1
SP MLB Percentile	63	63	65	41	31	14	25	63	33	-	-	71	34	16
SP MLB AVG	318	82	201	117	11	4	0	3	17	24	20	22	5	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2020	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%	-	0.0%	100.0%
2021	40.6%	31.3%	28.1%	7.8%	38.5%	46.2%	15.4%	29.7%	7.8%	4.7%	42.2%	-	57.8%	41.5%
2022	42.9%	19.0%	38.1%	9.5%	60.7%	26.2%	13.1%	21.4%	8.3%	7.1%	35.7%	-	63.2%	36.9%
2023	36.5%	23.1%	40.4%	13.5%	48.1%	34.6%	17.3%	26.9%	1.9%	1.9%	40.4%	-