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Player San Francisco Giants Refreshed Sep 26 06:00 AM ET
Player profile / San Francisco Giants

Blade Tidwell

P · Bats/Throws R/R · 6' 3", 244 lb · Age 25

Cards
9
Modules
1
Live Δ
yes
Club San Francisco Giants Position P Roster Current MLB team Status IL-60
Traditional line

Season by season

3D Pitch Lab Projections
WLERAGGSSVIPSOWHIP
2025119.0042015.0102.20
2026124.45179156.2461.18
2 Seasons235.402111171.2561.40
At a glance

Season percentile report

The headline weighs outcome stats (xwOBA, barrels); each bar averages its full strip group below. 100 = best in MLB.

2026-09-26
47
Pitching
percentile
Pitching9 metrics
43
Arsenal6 metrics
40
Rolling projection

Preseason / current pace / Bayesian update

Rolling bands shrink current-season signal toward the preseason prior until the sample earns more weight.

Pending

Rolling player projection appears after current-season Statcast and projection joins refresh.

Live percentile strip

Current traits vs projection tick

100th = best in MLB.

2026-09-26
Pitching · percentile strip
WHIP1.20
71
ERA4.56
37
BB%9.1%
47
K%19.5%
32
xwOBA allowed0.317
45
Barrel allowed10.3%
13
Fastball velo94.5
51
Hard-hit allowed37.6%
56
Whiff%20.9%
35
Mithrandir+

Stuff+ and arsenal context

How nasty this pitcher's stuff grades in our pitch-level model. Missing coverage is shown explicitly.

2026-09-26
Fastball Stuff+100
36
Mithrandir Stuff+101
43
Slider Stuff+103
56
Changeup Stuff+88
4
Curveball Stuff+103
62
Sinker Stuff+101
40
Rolling form chart

xwOBA allowed snapshot line

Live snapshot series; true 50/100 PA windows require PA-level logs

12 snapshots
Mithrandir Metrics ROLLING XWOBA LINE Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. season=2026 Rolling xwOBA allowed Tidwell, Blade · Live snapshot series; true 50/100 PA windows require PA-level logs LG AVG 0.313 0.317 2026-09-12: 0.3242026-09-13: 0.3242026-09-14: 0.3242026-09-18: 0.3252026-09-19: 0.3252026-09-20: 0.3252026-09-21: 0.3252026-09-22: 0.3172026-09-23: 0.3172026-09-24: 0.3172026-09-25: 0.3172026-09-26: 0.317 2026-09-12 2026-09-26 xwOBA allowed MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
Optimization map

Arsenal optimization map

Pitch-shape context from this pitcher’s current arsenal snapshot. Hover a pitch to inspect usage, movement, and bat-missing context.

7Pitches 2026Season 33%Top usage
ride armside gloveside +Arsenal gap +Shape contrast
Zone profile

Aggregate zone heatmap

Aggregate zone metrics from seasonal Statcast leaderboards.

Mithrandir Metrics ZONE HEATMAP Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. season=2026 Pitch Zone Profile Tidwell, Blade · Aggregate zone metrics; not pitch-by-pitch locations Edge: 34%34%Zone: 50%50%Whiff: 21%21%Called strike: 17%17%First pitch strike: 50%50%Hard hit allowed: 38%38% Dashed border = aggregate mixed-batter zone proxy MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
Pitch arsenal

Usage mix, movement map, and Stuff+ composition

2026 pitch-level arsenal aggregates; current season takes over after 100 tracked pitches across at least 2 pitch types. Descriptive pitch-type Stuff+ composition. Not a promoted predictive metric.

Watch the pitches in 3D →

2026
Mithrandir Metrics PITCH ARSENAL DONUT Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. Pitch Arsenal Tidwell, Blade · 2026 arsenal snapshot 4-Seam Fastball: 33.4%Sweeper: 31.8%Sinker: 17.1%Slider: 9.2%Changeup: 4.3%Curveball: 3.9% FF33% · 95 mphprimary pitch FF 33%ST 32%SI 17%SL 9%CH 4%CU 4% MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
Mithrandir Metrics PITCH MOVEMENT Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. Pitch Arsenal Tidwell, Blade · 2026 arsenal snapshot 15″30″45″60″ 4-Seam Fastball: 33% usage, 2″ horizontal break, 14″ drop, 95.1 mphFF95 mphSweeper: 32% usage, 0″ horizontal break, 35″ drop, 82.5 mphST83 mphSinker: 17% usage, 1″ horizontal break, 22″ drop, 93.1 mphSI93 mphSlider: 9% usage, 0″ horizontal break, 31″ drop, 88.1 mphSL88 mphChangeup: 4% usage, 11″ horizontal break, 34″ drop, 83.4 mphCH83 mphCurveball: 4% usage, 2″ horizontal break, 48″ drop, 83.4 mphCU83 mphCutter: 0% usage, 1″ horizontal break, 22″ drop, 92.3 mphFC92 mph less drop ↑ more drop ↓ · horizontal break ↔ · dot size = usage · break incl. gravity MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
PitchUsagePitchesStuff+Status
SL 41.0% 274 103 qualified
FB 35.5% 237 100 qualified
SI 15.9% 106 101 limited sample
CH 4.8% 32 88 limited sample
CB 2.8% 19 103 limited sample
Method note

Renamed from the attempted Kirby Index after audit; true Kirby requires release-angle trajectory data.

Reference layer

Current snapshot

Age25
Height6' 3"
Weight244 lb
Debut2025-05-04
Live layer

Delta / regression

ERA Δ--
K% Δ--

negative regression

Regression watch

Running hot. Expect some cooling.

-0.2σ gap
wOBA-against (actual)0.310
xwOBA-against (deserved)0.317

Tidwell’s wOBA-against sits at 0.310, but the quality of contact underneath says it should be 0.317 — a gap of 0.007, -0.2 standard deviations from the MLB norm over 57 IP. The results have outrun the underlying process; as the sample grows, expect the numbers to drift back toward the deserved level.

Mithrandir coverage

Module shelf

ModuleCardsLatestSignal
Pitching92026-09-21Four-Seam Fastball played up through ST/SI tunnel quality
Projection links / recent games

Available detail

2026-04-17 @ WSH0 ER / 0 K1.0 IP
2026-04-15 @ CIN0 ER / 1 K1.0 IP
2026-04-08 vs PHI0 ER / 0 K1.0 IP
2026-04-06 vs PHI0 ER / 2 K1.0 IP
2026-04-02 vs NYM0 ER / 2 K3.0 IP