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Vertical Break Leaders

BK Scout Statcast leaderboard for average vertical movement leaders.

Season2025

BoardpfxZ

SampleMin 25 BBE Allowed

Avg Velo Spin Ext pfxZ pfxX Barrel % Allowed HardHit % Allowed xwOBA Allowed

LEADERBOARD

Vertical Break Leaders

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Rank	Player	Team	pfxZ	BBE A	Velo	Spin	xwOBA A
1	Scott Kingery	Los Angeles Angels	2.00	36	38.6	—	0.507
2	Tyler Heineman	Toronto Blue Jays	1.83	59	52.4	1450	0.528
3	Luke Williams	Atlanta Braves	1.54	52	63.0	1605	0.332
4	Oswald Peraza	Los Angeles Angels	1.52	27	39.7	953	0.319
5	Miguel Rojas	Los Angeles Dodgers	1.41	60	47.6	1273	0.517
6	Kenley Jansen	Los Angeles Angels	1.41	514	91.9	2562	0.308
7	Unknown	Los Angeles Dodgers	1.41	47	54.4	1266	0.470
8	Korey Lee	Chicago White Sox	1.38	29	75.9	1677	0.439
9	Weston Wilson	Philadelphia Phillies	1.37	32	52.8	1490	0.329
10	Isaac Mattson	Pittsburgh Pirates	1.37	456	92.2	2273	0.288
11	Vinny Capra	Chicago White Sox	1.36	30	52.1	1258	0.370
12	Unknown	Los Angeles Dodgers	1.33	100	96.5	2617	0.341
13	Unknown	Baltimore Orioles	1.33	243	93.8	2014	0.252
14	Kevin Newman	Los Angeles Angels	1.30	39	56.4	1399	0.473
15	Robert Suarez	San Diego Padres	1.27	641	96.7	2274	0.309
16	Wander Suero	Atlanta Braves	1.26	66	90.1	2330	0.343
17	Luke Weaver	New York Yankees	1.25	536	92.7	2303	0.268
18	Jake Rogers	Detroit Tigers	1.25	31	63.7	1380	0.462
19	Unknown	Los Angeles Angels	1.25	1382	84.3	2117	0.344
20	Colin Poche	Washington Nationals	1.22	75	89.9	2310	0.362
21	Jhonny Pereda	Athletics	1.19	32	66.5	1527	0.381
22	Aroldis Chapman	Boston Red Sox	1.17	475	96.2	2289	0.221
23	Alex Vesia	Los Angeles Dodgers	1.17	471	89.4	2392	0.271
24	Nic Enright	Cleveland Guardians	1.16	314	90.3	2496	0.304
25	Jeremiah Estrada	San Diego Padres	1.16	611	92.6	2008	0.268
26	Unknown	Texas Rangers	1.15	26	56.8	1418	0.521
27	Joey Gerber	Tampa Bay Rays	1.14	34	91.3	2331	0.185
28	Beau Brieske	Detroit Tigers	1.13	153	93.8	2443	0.318
29	Tobias Myers	Milwaukee Brewers	1.11	512	88.8	2102	0.315
30	Orlando Ribalta	Washington Nationals	1.10	195	92.2	2383	0.377
31	Kevin Herget	New York Mets	1.09	126	87.1	2152	0.303
32	Jose Trevino	Cincinnati Reds	1.08	34	50.2	991	0.447
33	Unknown	Houston Astros	1.08	47	86.9	2390	0.244
34	Mason Montgomery	Tampa Bay Rays	1.07	376	95.7	2398	0.329
35	Julian Fernández	Washington Nationals	1.07	36	94.0	2172	0.432
36	Brandon Woodruff	Milwaukee Brewers	1.07	638	90.1	2262	0.235
37	Bailey Falter	Pittsburgh Pirates	1.07	1171	88.4	1971	0.344
38	Unknown	San Diego Padres	1.06	213	86.0	2186	0.406
39	Unknown	Milwaukee Brewers	1.05	360	91.8	2319	0.306
40	Brent Headrick	New York Yankees	1.05	183	89.7	2149	0.329
41	Jake Bauers	Milwaukee Brewers	1.05	37	66.6	1753	0.323
42	Yaramil Hiraldo	Baltimore Orioles	1.04	185	90.1	2027	0.263
43	Emilio Pagán	Cincinnati Reds	1.04	593	91.6	2221	0.270
44	Alan Rangel	Philadelphia Phillies	1.04	101	86.7	2200	0.376
45	John Curtiss	AZ	1.04	371	92.0	2380	0.317
46	Erik Sabrowski	Cleveland Guardians	1.04	222	90.7	2631	0.272
47	Payton Tolle	Boston Red Sox	1.03	190	94.0	2267	0.307
48	Jalen Beeks	AZ	1.03	444	91.5	2154	0.325
49	Unknown	Boston Red Sox	1.03	1168	88.2	2039	0.350
50	Robbie Ray	San Francisco Giants	1.02	1560	89.6	2223	0.292
51	Tyler Mahle	Texas Rangers	1.02	707	88.0	2184	0.303
52	Trey Yesavage	Toronto Blue Jays	1.02	136	90.2	2070	0.314
53	Jordan Leasure	Chicago White Sox	1.01	567	92.2	2370	0.281
54	Tyler Wells	Baltimore Orioles	1.01	203	88.7	2363	0.300
55	Ryne Nelson	AZ	1.01	1470	92.0	2308	0.307
56	Trevor Richards	Kansas City Royals	1.01	67	87.1	2304	0.301
57	Bryan Baker	Tampa Bay Rays	1.01	607	91.5	2187	0.313
58	Michael Petersen	Miami Marlins	1.00	225	94.0	2308	0.389
59	Zach Maxwell	Cincinnati Reds	1.00	80	96.3	2573	0.289
60	Bradgley Rodriguez	San Diego Padres	1.00	66	95.1	2164	0.243
61	Dylan Smith	Detroit Tigers	1.00	93	90.9	2381	0.327
62	Ben Bowden	Athletics	0.99	116	89.7	2300	0.429
63	Jonah Tong	New York Mets	0.98	236	90.2	2135	0.342
64	Ryan Pepiot	Tampa Bay Rays	0.98	1355	91.4	2492	0.312
65	Shawn Armstrong	Texas Rangers	0.98	577	91.1	2386	0.271
66	Unknown	Boston Red Sox	0.98	387	91.3	2225	0.300
67	Austin Hedges	Cleveland Guardians	0.97	40	70.8	1793	0.453
68	Unknown	San Francisco Giants	0.97	373	92.6	2713	0.273
69	Cody Laweryson	Minnesota Twins	0.97	64	89.7	2247	0.219
70	Carlos Estévez	Kansas City Royals	0.96	614	92.0	2099	0.302
71	Kaleb Ort	Houston Astros	0.96	393	92.1	2397	0.297
72	Chad Patrick	Milwaukee Brewers	0.96	1186	90.5	2328	0.311
73	Daniel Palencia	Chicago Cubs	0.96	497	96.5	2276	0.291
74	Lucas Sims	Washington Nationals	0.96	56	90.2	2779	0.423
75	Chase Burns	Cincinnati Reds	0.95	418	95.3	2616	0.296
76	Dylan Lee	Atlanta Braves	0.95	523	88.6	2146	0.260
77	Alexis Díaz	Los Angeles Dodgers	0.94	200	91.1	2616	0.398
78	Ryne Stanek	New York Mets	0.94	604	94.0	2224	0.319
79	Keegan Akin	Baltimore Orioles	0.94	609	90.1	2379	0.336
80	Carlos Hernández	Philadelphia Phillies	0.94	428	92.7	2115	0.370
81	Kyle Finnegan	Washington Nationals	0.94	432	92.5	1803	0.262
82	Gunnar Hoglund	Athletics	0.94	290	89.4	2282	0.411
83	Logan Henderson	Milwaukee Brewers	0.94	182	87.8	2401	0.310
84	Cade Smith	Cleveland Guardians	0.94	586	93.6	1942	0.249
85	Jonah Bride	Minnesota Twins	0.93	84	70.4	1773	0.408
86	Hayden Harris	Atlanta Braves	0.93	43	90.3	2148	0.477
87	AJ Blubaugh	Houston Astros	0.93	306	89.6	2436	0.286
88	Unknown	Athletics	0.93	54	89.3	2419	0.381
89	Justin Sterner	Athletics	0.92	530	89.7	2537	0.297
90	Steven Okert	Houston Astros	0.92	522	85.5	2375	0.251
91	Shota Imanaga	Chicago Cubs	0.91	1161	86.2	2103	0.310
92	Javier Sanoja	Miami Marlins	0.91	93	62.3	1553	0.439
93	Luis Gil	New York Yankees	0.91	457	92.0	2339	0.342
94	Blade Tidwell	New York Mets	0.91	200	91.1	2351	0.361
95	Juan Morillo	AZ	0.91	341	95.9	2288	0.302
96	Brent Suter	Cincinnati Reds	0.91	531	84.3	2118	0.308
97	Kevin Gausman	Toronto Blue Jays	0.91	1468	89.9	2050	0.302
98	Unknown	Los Angeles Angels	0.91	49	90.1	1833	0.400
99	Unknown	Cincinnati Reds	0.91	119	88.4	2205	0.410
100	Jacob Latz	Texas Rangers	0.91	686	88.9	2279	0.307