Harry 🎙️

A Discord bot named after Harry Doyle, the sardonic, bourbon-fueled announcer from Major League (voiced by Bob Uecker). Harry delivers real MLB Statcast data with the same dry pessimism he used to narrate the Indians' improbable season.

Commands

📊 Statcast Plots

Command	Description
/strikezone [first] [last] [year]	Plots a pitcher's strike zone (colored by pitch type) for the given season
/battedzone [first] [last] [year]	Plots all pitches thrown to a batter in a season
/spraychart [first] [last] [year]	Plots where a batter hits the ball on a stadium spray chart
/hotzones [first] [last] [year]	Show a batter's performance across the strike zone as a 3x3 thermal grid
/matchupzone [p_first] [p_last] [b_first] [b_last] [year]	Zone plot of one pitcher vs one batter
/stadium [team]	Show a ballpark's name, location, and visual outline

📈 Stats & Analytics

Command	Description
/stats [first] [last] [year]	FanGraphs season stats — auto-detects pitcher or batter
/career [first] [last]	Career aggregate stats from FanGraphs
/compare [p1] [p2] [year]	Side-by-side FanGraphs stat comparison of two players
/arsenal [first] [last] [year]	Pitcher's pitch mix — velocity, spin rate, and usage
/exitvelo [first] [last] [year]	Batter's exit velocity and barrel stats
/percentile [first] [last] [year]	Statcast percentile ranks (Higher = better vs. league average)
/hotcold [first] [last] [days]	Rolling Statcast stats for the last N days (7, 14, or 30)
/leaderboard [stat] [year]	Top 10 players for any FanGraphs stat (e.g. ERA, WAR, HR)
/junkstats	Get an absurdly specific and weird baseball fact powered by Gemini

⚔️ Head-to-Head

Command	Description
/matchup [p_first] [p_last] [b_first] [b_last] [year]	Head-to-head Statcast text stats: AVG, H, PA, K

🏆 League Info

Command	Description
/standings [year]	Show MLB division standings for a given season
/schedule [team] [year]	Show a team's recent results and upcoming games
/livescore [team]	Get today's live score for a specific team
/nextgame [team]	Show a team's next scheduled game and probable pitchers
/roster [team]	Show a team's current active 26-man roster
/injury [team]	Show a team's current IL (Injured List) stints
/transactions [team]	Show recent roster moves for a team
/hope [team]	Show a team's playoff odds (HOPE %) — based on FanGraphs odds
/abs [team]	ABS challenge stats — team summary, or league leaders if no team
/playerabs [first] [last]	ABS challenge stats for a single player

Quick Start

# 1. Install dependencies (creates .venv automatically)
cd /path/to/Harry-bot
uv sync

# 2. Set your API tokens
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env and paste your DISCORD_TOKEN and GEMINI_API_KEY

# 3. Run the bot
export DISCORD_TOKEN=your_token_here
export OWNER_ID=your_discord_id_here  # Optional: locks DMs to you
uv run python main.py

# Or use the installed script entrypoint:
uv run harry

Running Tests

uv run pytest

Architecture

• discord.py — async Discord gateway + slash commands via app_commands
• pybaseball — Statcast / Baseball Savant data + plotting.plot_strike_zone()
• asyncio.to_thread() — all blocking pybaseball/matplotlib calls run in a thread pool so the event loop stays responsive
• interaction.response.defer(thinking=True) — prevents Discord's 3-second interaction timeout
• plt.close(fig) — called after every plot save to prevent matplotlib memory leaks
• Gemini 3.1 Flash Preview — powers /junkstats via the google-genai SDK for absurdly specific baseball facts

Memory Optimization

Harry is optimized to run in resource-constrained environments (e.g., a 256MB Fly.io container).

• PyArrow Zero-Copy Engine: Monkey-patched Pandas to use the PyArrow C++ engine for all CSV/JSON reads. This reduced peak memory usage during data fetching from ~250MB to <5MB.
• Global Sentinel Lazy Loading: Matplotlib and Pybaseball modules are deferred using a sentinel pattern in statcast.py. They are only initialized on the first command execution, keeping the idle RAM floor as low as possible.
• Headless Plotting: The Agg backend is forced globally in main.py to prevent loading heavy GUI frameworks (Tkinter/Qt).
• Lean Discord Client: Internal message and member caching is disabled in HarryBot to prevent memory bloat over time.

Harry's Persona

Errors are delivered in the voice of Harry Doyle. Sample:

"Juuust a bit outside... of what I can find. No results, pal."

Bot Permissions

In the Discord Developer Portal, enable:

• bot scope
• applications.commands scope
• Send Messages + Attach Files + Embed Links permissions

Deploying to Fly.io

Harry is configured to deploy as a background worker on Fly.io using the included Dockerfile and fly.toml.

1. Install the flyctl CLI to set up the app.
2. Initialize the app without deploying:

   fly launch --no-deploy

3. Open the Fly.io Dashboard in your browser.
4. Navigate to your new harry-bot app -> Secrets.
5. Add your DISCORD_TOKEN, GEMINI_API_KEY, and OWNER_ID to the Secrets UI.
6. Deploy the bot via the CLI or UI (if linked to GitHub):

   fly deploy

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. See the LICENSE file for details.