Brian Flynn
2013–2019 · P

Brian Flynn

6' 8", 245 lbs·Lived to 36·Bats L / Throws L
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2016–2019 · 2,626 pitches · 92.0 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.60
Best ERA · 2016
3
Most W · 2018
47
Most K · 2018
1.102
Best WHIP · 2016
Career Arc · ERA
6 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

6 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2013MIA418.0028.5045152.222
2014MIA27.0019.004262.143
2016KC3655.3122.60161441.102
2017KC12.3003.8611301.286
2018KC4875.7354.04102471.612
2019KC1129.3225.2286221.875
Career102187.6612134
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

LHP · 2,606 pitches · 2016–2019
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SISLFFCH
SI · Sinker41.5% · 91.8 mph
SL · Slider31.8% · 84.8 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball24.4% · 92.4 mph
CH · Changeup1.7% · 84.0 mph
Rare or unclassified pitches (0.6%) not mapped.

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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