Slimming Down: The Next Five Years of BBWAA Hall of Fame Elections

The following article is part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2025 Hall of Fame ballot. For a detailed introduction to this year’s ballot, and other candidates in the series, use the tool above; an introduction to JAWS can be found here. For a tentative schedule, see here. All WAR figures refer to the Baseball Reference version unless otherwise indicated.
Last week, for the second year in a row, BBWAA voters elected a trio of players to the Hall of Fame, namely first year candidates Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia, plus 10th-year candidate Billy Wagner. Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones both finished within 10 points of election as well, setting themselves up for 2026. With that in mind, it’s time to look ahead to what the next five ballots have in store.
This is the 12th time I’ve broken out my crystal ball in such a manner, dating back to the wrap-up of my 2014 election coverage at SI.com. As of last year, I’ve now done this more times at FanGraphs than Sports Illustrated. That first edition was so long ago that candidates still had 15 years of eligibility instead of 10, and so I could afford to project Tim Raines for election in 2018, his 11th year of eligibility. The Hall’s unilateral decision to truncate candidacies to 10 years would come just months later, though thankfully voters accelerated their acceptance of Raines, who was elected in 2017. Read the rest of this entry »
The Braves and Jurickson Profar Make a Perfect Match

In 2023, Jurickson Profar was quite possibly the worst full-time player in Major League Baseball. In 2024, he was one of the best. Slashing .280/.380/.459 while playing half his games at the pitcher-friendly Petco Park, Profar finished with a 139 wRC+, sixth best among qualified NL batters. Despite his mediocre baserunning (-0.8 BsR) and poor defense (-8 DRS, -6 FRV), his bat carried him to a 4.3-WAR season. Still, he entered free agency in a tricky position. He’d be looking for a suitor who’d put much more stock in his recent phenomenal performance than the long, uneven period that came before it. On Thursday, the Braves emerged as one such team. Deciding that Profar’s pros far outweighed his cons, Atlanta inked the veteran outfielder to a three-year, $42 million contract.
In hindsight, this contract and pairing feel so predictable that I could have pre-written this article weeks ago. When it comes to projecting Profar’s future performance, the error bars are wide. We’re talking about a player who was released by, of all teams, the Colorado Rockies in 2023 and found himself starting for the NL All-Stars less than a year later. Yet, projecting his contract turned out to be surprisingly easy. Ben Clemens predicted Profar would sign for three years and $45 million. MLB Trade Rumors predicted Profar would sign for three years and $45 million. Kiley McDaniel of ESPN predicted Profar would sign for three years and $45 million. The median projection from our contract crowdsourcing exercise? Yep, three years and $45 million. As divided as this country might be, we could all agree on one thing: Profar would sign a three-year deal with an AAV close to $15 million. Lo and behold, the Braves will pay him $14 million per annum through 2027.
Three years and $42 million is the same contract both Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Jorge Soler signed last offseason, and very close to the three-year, $43.5 million deal Mitch Haniger signed the winter before. In other words, it’s the going rate for a corner outfielder in his early 30s with something like a two-win projection but All-Star upside. Profar might have a wider range of outcomes, but his median projection is right in that window. If he reverts to the version of himself that we saw in 2023, the Braves will soon regret his contract. If he keeps up his 2024 performance, his salary will look like a bargain. Ultimately, however, Profar only has to be the player he was in 2018 (107 wRC+, 2.2 WAR), 2020 (113 wRC+, 0.9 WAR), or 2022 (110 wRC+, 2.4 WAR) for this deal to pay dividends. That’s exactly the kind of player Steamer thinks he’ll be in 2025: Read the rest of this entry »
2025 ZiPS Projections: St. Louis Cardinals
For the 21st consecutive season, the ZiPS projection system is unleashing a full set of prognostications. For more information on the ZiPS projections, please consult this year’s introduction and MLB’s glossary entry. The team order is selected by lot, and the penultimate team is the St. Louis Cardinals.
Batters
The 2024 St. Louis Cardinals experienced a bit of a bounce back from the team’s worst season in decades, but in a year where it took 89 wins to grab the final NL Wild Card spot, the Red Birds were still well short of being able to squeeze back into the playoffs. While things were sunnier than they were the year before, the Cardinals were outscored on the season, and neither of the stars in the lineup, Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado, returned to their 2023 form. It doesn’t appear as if the Cards feel like they’re on the precipice of an October return, as they’ve largely spent the offseason trying to trade Arenado.
Might Arenado actually be underrated at this point? While his offensive production has come down quite a bit from its peak, his 149 wRC+ in 2022 was likely always a late-era outlier, and a 102 wRC+ is hardly lousy for a third baseman. He’s no longer a star without a resurgence at the plate, but he was at least a good player in 2024, amassing 3.1 WAR thanks to very good defense at the hot corner. I think the perception of Arenado’s 2024 might be a lot worse than his season actually was. When I posted the depth chart graphic on social media, it led to a couple of conversations about ZiPS projecting a comeback season, even though the 2.9 WAR it forecasts is below his 2024 number!
With two glaring exceptions, ZiPS mostly thinks that the Cards are adequate to good around the diamond. Masyn Winn projects as the lineup’s second-best player, and though ZiPS isn’t crazy about Thomas Saggese, it likes Brendan Donovan enough to end up with a good second base WAR number, assuming the latter gets the plate appearances projected on our Depth Charts. The system projects that Willson Contreras will be good enough offensively that he could be a reasonable first baseman, and though it pulls back considerably on Iván Herrera’s rookie offense, the tandem of him and Pedro Pagés also looks solid.
Where ZiPS is unhappy is in the non-Lars Nootbaar portions of the outfield. In center field, Victor Scott II’s defense isn’t enough to completely cancel out a bleak offensive projection, and the computer doesn’t see Michael Siani as providing much of a shove. Scott’s a weird one to project in that he actually hit pretty decently in Double-A in 2023, but he was absolutely horrific in the minors last year, putting up a 59 wRC+. Note that that’s not the translation, but his actual number. Scott hit somewhat better in July after changing his stance, putting up a .711 OPS for the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds, but that hint of production disappeared in the majors and he earned a demotion in mid-September.
As for the other exception, Jordan Walker, ZiPS actually thinks he improved his defense somewhat in 2024, to the point that he’s not a pure designated hitter, just a fairly lousy right fielder who could play if he hits. But that’s kind of the problem. Walker now has about 500 PA of not hitting Triple-A pitchers. If Scott had a 93 wRC+ at Triple-A, it would be cause for optimism, but it’s completely inadequate for someone who is supposed to be valued entirely for his bat. Walker isn’t old, and you can squint and still kind of see his upside, but the odds are against him being a real contributor in 2025.
Pitchers
I’m not sure why ZiPS is suddenly reminded of a couple of knuckleballers, Phil Niekro and Tom Candiotti, when it looks at Sonny Gray, but removing them from the large cohort doesn’t change Gray’s projection, which makes him the favorite to represent the Cardinals at the All-Star Game this summer. It’s hard to tell how seriously the team really considered trading Gray, but he does have some pretty decent value with two years left on his contract. Of course, that assumes that his forearm tendinitis isn’t something darker, but really, you could say that about every pitcher who has ever existed.
He projects as having lower long-term upside than either Quinn Mathews or Tink Hence, but ZiPS is increasingly a fan of Michael McGreevy, who has good control and keeps the ball down, which has value in front of what ZiPS projects to be an above-average infield. Both Mathews and Hence project as legitimate starters right now, with ZiPS a little more confident about the former for 2025. ZiPS isn’t expecting quite as good a year from Erick Fedde, but it remains comfortable with the back of St. Louis’ rotation, both in terms of its non-horrendous quality and its reasonable depth.
It might be a stretch to say that ZiPS sees the Cardinals bullpen as “Ryan Helsley and some other guys,” but their hard-throwing closer is the only reliever who the computer can summon any excitement about. Helsley lost a couple of strikeouts per game coming back from his 2023 injuries, but ZiPS isn’t worried about that, as his velocity is intact and his contact rate is consistent with that of a whiffier pitcher. Ryan Fernandez, JoJo Romero, and John King all project as a bit above average, and the computer would put Matthew Liberatore in that group as well. ZiPS is rather meh on the low-leverage portion of the bullpen, and while the Cardinals could certainly add an arm or two there, this doesn’t appear to be a team that intends to make so much as a ripple in free agency.
Unlike most seasons, ZiPS does’t see the Cardinals as being in the same tier as the Brewers and Cubs. St. Louis has better projections than the Pirates and Reds, at least for now, but even then, only barely. It has been an incredibly quiet offseason in St. Louis outside of the constant Arenado rumors, with the team doing just about nothing, and we’re now only a few weeks from the opening of spring training. The team’s biggest signing this winter? Ryan Vilade. Even throwing in the towel would be more interesting, and probably more helpful than cosplaying as the heat death of the universe.
Ballpark graphic courtesy Eephus League. Depth charts constructed by way of those listed here. Size of player names is very roughly proportional to Depth Chart playing time. The final team projections may differ considerably from our Depth Chart playing time.
Player | B | Age | PO | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nolan Arenado | R | 34 | 3B | 580 | 527 | 61 | 139 | 28 | 1 | 18 | 77 | 42 | 85 | 2 | 2 |
Masyn Winn | R | 23 | SS | 639 | 584 | 87 | 148 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 71 | 44 | 116 | 13 | 4 |
Willson Contreras | R | 33 | C | 422 | 362 | 50 | 86 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 52 | 44 | 107 | 4 | 2 |
Brendan Donovan | L | 28 | LF | 584 | 514 | 69 | 144 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 63 | 53 | 76 | 4 | 4 |
Lars Nootbaar | L | 27 | RF | 475 | 405 | 63 | 99 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 55 | 63 | 97 | 7 | 2 |
Alec Burleson | L | 26 | LF | 545 | 501 | 63 | 139 | 23 | 2 | 17 | 73 | 34 | 74 | 6 | 2 |
Nolan Gorman | L | 25 | 2B | 511 | 461 | 67 | 106 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 75 | 46 | 170 | 6 | 1 |
Iván Herrera | R | 25 | C | 386 | 335 | 47 | 84 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 42 | 43 | 84 | 5 | 1 |
Jimmy Crooks | L | 23 | C | 409 | 367 | 42 | 90 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 32 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
Thomas Saggese | R | 23 | SS | 585 | 541 | 70 | 132 | 24 | 4 | 15 | 73 | 28 | 151 | 7 | 3 |
César Prieto | L | 26 | 3B | 524 | 496 | 55 | 128 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 59 | 18 | 70 | 4 | 5 |
Leonardo Bernal | B | 21 | C | 432 | 395 | 42 | 90 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 33 | 106 | 3 | 4 |
Bryan Torres | L | 27 | CF | 507 | 450 | 62 | 123 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 43 | 89 | 18 | 8 |
Brandon Crawford | L | 38 | SS | 316 | 281 | 34 | 64 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 78 | 2 | 1 |
Pedro Pagés | R | 26 | C | 355 | 322 | 30 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 40 | 26 | 93 | 2 | 0 |
Matt Koperniak | L | 27 | LF | 500 | 459 | 50 | 116 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 58 | 33 | 102 | 5 | 4 |
Victor Scott II | L | 24 | CF | 532 | 480 | 58 | 107 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 33 | 106 | 32 | 6 |
Mike Antico | L | 27 | CF | 511 | 468 | 60 | 106 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 54 | 32 | 129 | 23 | 4 |
Sammy Hernandez | R | 21 | C | 371 | 330 | 41 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 25 | 84 | 1 | 1 |
Ryan Vilade | R | 26 | RF | 489 | 443 | 52 | 105 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 51 | 36 | 119 | 11 | 5 |
Arquímedes Gamboa | B | 27 | SS | 374 | 333 | 39 | 69 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 38 | 106 | 5 | 2 |
Jordan Walker | R | 23 | RF | 589 | 536 | 57 | 131 | 27 | 3 | 19 | 71 | 42 | 136 | 6 | 3 |
Jose Barrero | R | 27 | SS | 375 | 342 | 40 | 71 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 44 | 21 | 128 | 11 | 2 |
José Fermín | R | 26 | SS | 321 | 279 | 40 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 29 | 39 | 9 | 3 |
Gavin Collins | R | 29 | C | 212 | 191 | 19 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
Michael Siani | L | 25 | CF | 459 | 409 | 52 | 86 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 38 | 115 | 21 | 6 |
Luken Baker | R | 28 | 1B | 480 | 425 | 46 | 90 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 66 | 47 | 132 | 1 | 0 |
Chance Sisco | L | 30 | C | 129 | 116 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
Carlos Linarez | R | 23 | C | 133 | 125 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 0 |
Matt Carpenter | L | 39 | DH | 192 | 162 | 18 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 59 | 0 | 1 |
Chase Davis | L | 23 | CF | 464 | 419 | 44 | 86 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 46 | 37 | 137 | 4 | 1 |
Alfonso Rivas III | L | 28 | 1B | 383 | 332 | 41 | 76 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 39 | 103 | 3 | 0 |
Chase Adkison | R | 25 | C | 230 | 207 | 18 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 53 | 0 | 1 |
Chris Rotondo | R | 26 | RF | 404 | 362 | 45 | 78 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 138 | 8 | 3 |
Jacob Buchberger | R | 27 | 3B | 426 | 392 | 46 | 85 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 114 | 7 | 4 |
Ramon Mendoza | R | 24 | 2B | 278 | 245 | 25 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 72 | 1 | 1 |
Dakota Harris | R | 23 | 2B | 363 | 333 | 38 | 77 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 13 | 89 | 4 | 3 |
Graysen Tarlow | R | 23 | C | 89 | 79 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Nathan Church | L | 24 | RF | 522 | 478 | 60 | 112 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 29 | 70 | 13 | 4 |
Joshua Baez | R | 22 | RF | 348 | 314 | 36 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 24 | 147 | 15 | 3 |
Noah Mendlinger | L | 24 | 2B | 422 | 374 | 41 | 89 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 29 | 62 | 3 | 4 |
Jeremy Rivas | R | 22 | SS | 479 | 431 | 47 | 93 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 33 | 109 | 14 | 6 |
R.J. Yeager | R | 26 | 1B | 473 | 436 | 55 | 102 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 52 | 25 | 76 | 6 | 2 |
Matt Lloyd | L | 29 | DH | 437 | 392 | 46 | 87 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 48 | 34 | 110 | 7 | 2 |
Brody Moore | R | 24 | SS | 408 | 376 | 41 | 82 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 23 | 101 | 13 | 6 |
Anyelo Encarnacion | R | 21 | 2B | 343 | 307 | 38 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 122 | 5 | 3 |
Wade Stauss | L | 26 | C | 129 | 109 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
Trey Paige | L | 24 | 3B | 395 | 356 | 41 | 68 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 30 | 119 | 3 | 1 |
Michael Curialle | R | 24 | 3B | 351 | 315 | 37 | 65 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 117 | 3 | 2 |
Zach Levenson | R | 23 | LF | 309 | 277 | 28 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 84 | 4 | 2 |
Tre Richardson | R | 23 | 2B | 347 | 307 | 28 | 57 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 25 | 105 | 8 | 5 |
Miguel Villarroel | R | 23 | SS | 428 | 405 | 44 | 92 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 110 | 16 | 3 |
Kade Kretzschmar | L | 25 | LF | 348 | 311 | 33 | 67 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 26 | 84 | 3 | 2 |
Darlin Moquete | R | 25 | DH | 312 | 286 | 40 | 58 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 17 | 87 | 7 | 3 |
Johnfrank Salazar | R | 21 | 1B | 338 | 311 | 29 | 68 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 59 | 0 | 1 |
Chandler Redmond | L | 28 | 1B | 425 | 385 | 39 | 77 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 43 | 35 | 161 | 2 | 1 |
Won-Bin Cho | L | 21 | CF | 457 | 411 | 45 | 85 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 31 | 153 | 10 | 7 |
William Sullivan | L | 24 | 1B | 169 | 154 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 64 | 1 | 1 |
Alex Iadisernia | L | 24 | LF | 439 | 399 | 43 | 79 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 29 | 120 | 11 | 6 |
Miguel Ugueto | R | 22 | LF | 251 | 239 | 22 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 60 | 5 | 3 |
Osvaldo Tovalin | L | 25 | 1B | 394 | 370 | 35 | 76 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 12 | 82 | 4 | 2 |
Brayden Jobert | L | 24 | RF | 370 | 328 | 33 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 125 | 7 | 3 |
Player | PA | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS+ | ISO | BABIP | Def | WAR | wOBA | 3YOPS+ | RC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nolan Arenado | 580 | .264 | .321 | .423 | 106 | .159 | .285 | 5 | 2.9 | .321 | 102 | 73 |
Masyn Winn | 639 | .253 | .307 | .392 | 94 | .139 | .295 | 5 | 2.9 | .304 | 97 | 75 |
Willson Contreras | 422 | .237 | .341 | .422 | 113 | .185 | .293 | -2 | 2.6 | .336 | 106 | 54 |
Brendan Donovan | 584 | .280 | .360 | .408 | 115 | .128 | .310 | 2 | 2.5 | .339 | 113 | 78 |
Lars Nootbaar | 475 | .244 | .344 | .432 | 116 | .188 | .284 | 4 | 2.3 | .337 | 114 | 62 |
Alec Burleson | 545 | .277 | .325 | .433 | 110 | .156 | .297 | 2 | 2.0 | .328 | 111 | 73 |
Nolan Gorman | 511 | .230 | .301 | .447 | 106 | .217 | .300 | -4 | 1.9 | .322 | 109 | 64 |
Iván Herrera | 386 | .251 | .342 | .382 | 103 | .131 | .312 | -2 | 1.9 | .321 | 102 | 45 |
Jimmy Crooks | 409 | .245 | .314 | .363 | 89 | .117 | .320 | 4 | 1.9 | .298 | 93 | 42 |
Thomas Saggese | 585 | .244 | .291 | .386 | 88 | .142 | .312 | -1 | 1.6 | .295 | 92 | 64 |
César Prieto | 524 | .258 | .292 | .365 | 83 | .107 | .287 | 8 | 1.3 | .287 | 84 | 56 |
Leonardo Bernal | 432 | .228 | .289 | .331 | 74 | .104 | .294 | 7 | 1.3 | .276 | 79 | 40 |
Bryan Torres | 507 | .273 | .336 | .337 | 90 | .064 | .338 | -2 | 1.1 | .300 | 89 | 58 |
Brandon Crawford | 316 | .228 | .304 | .367 | 87 | .139 | .287 | 2 | 1.0 | .293 | 78 | 32 |
Pedro Pagés | 355 | .220 | .282 | .338 | 73 | .118 | .285 | 4 | 1.0 | .274 | 73 | 31 |
Matt Koperniak | 500 | .253 | .308 | .373 | 90 | .120 | .304 | 6 | 1.0 | .299 | 91 | 55 |
Victor Scott II | 532 | .223 | .280 | .318 | 68 | .096 | .272 | 5 | 0.7 | .265 | 71 | 52 |
Mike Antico | 511 | .226 | .283 | .344 | 75 | .118 | .292 | 1 | 0.7 | .277 | 77 | 52 |
Sammy Hernandez | 371 | .194 | .274 | .288 | 58 | .094 | .245 | 7 | 0.6 | .255 | 62 | 27 |
Ryan Vilade | 489 | .237 | .299 | .345 | 80 | .108 | .306 | 8 | 0.6 | .284 | 81 | 50 |
Arquímedes Gamboa | 374 | .207 | .292 | .301 | 67 | .093 | .289 | 3 | 0.6 | .268 | 67 | 31 |
Jordan Walker | 589 | .244 | .306 | .412 | 99 | .168 | .294 | -5 | 0.5 | .312 | 102 | 70 |
Jose Barrero | 375 | .208 | .270 | .348 | 72 | .140 | .299 | 0 | 0.4 | .272 | 72 | 35 |
José Fermín | 321 | .229 | .315 | .329 | 82 | .100 | .251 | -4 | 0.4 | .290 | 84 | 32 |
Gavin Collins | 212 | .214 | .280 | .329 | 70 | .115 | .253 | -1 | 0.2 | .271 | 69 | 18 |
Michael Siani | 459 | .210 | .281 | .291 | 61 | .081 | .280 | 4 | 0.2 | .258 | 64 | 40 |
Luken Baker | 480 | .212 | .292 | .400 | 92 | .188 | .254 | -1 | 0.1 | .300 | 94 | 50 |
Chance Sisco | 129 | .173 | .256 | .294 | 54 | .121 | .252 | 2 | 0.1 | .249 | 54 | 9 |
Carlos Linarez | 133 | .185 | .227 | .241 | 32 | .056 | .280 | 5 | 0.0 | .210 | 33 | 7 |
Matt Carpenter | 192 | .197 | .308 | .363 | 88 | .166 | .267 | 0 | 0.0 | .298 | 80 | 19 |
Chase Davis | 464 | .205 | .276 | .312 | 65 | .107 | .284 | 3 | 0.0 | .261 | 70 | 37 |
Alfonso Rivas III | 383 | .229 | .323 | .328 | 84 | .099 | .320 | -1 | 0.0 | .294 | 83 | 36 |
Chase Adkison | 230 | .217 | .280 | .294 | 62 | .077 | .283 | 0 | 0.0 | .258 | 64 | 18 |
Chris Rotondo | 404 | .215 | .287 | .309 | 68 | .094 | .333 | 6 | -0.1 | .268 | 70 | 35 |
Jacob Buchberger | 426 | .217 | .277 | .309 | 64 | .092 | .290 | 3 | -0.1 | .260 | 66 | 36 |
Ramon Mendoza | 278 | .204 | .275 | .290 | 59 | .086 | .277 | 2 | -0.1 | .255 | 61 | 20 |
Dakota Harris | 363 | .231 | .276 | .333 | 70 | .102 | .298 | -1 | -0.2 | .268 | 72 | 33 |
Graysen Tarlow | 89 | .176 | .258 | .239 | 41 | .063 | .239 | 0 | -0.2 | .230 | 39 | 5 |
Nathan Church | 522 | .234 | .289 | .301 | 66 | .067 | .267 | 8 | -0.2 | .263 | 68 | 46 |
Joshua Baez | 348 | .194 | .265 | .322 | 64 | .128 | .334 | 3 | -0.3 | .261 | 73 | 31 |
Noah Mendlinger | 422 | .238 | .312 | .292 | 71 | .054 | .283 | -5 | -0.4 | .275 | 73 | 36 |
Jeremy Rivas | 479 | .216 | .277 | .260 | 52 | .044 | .284 | 2 | -0.4 | .245 | 57 | 37 |
R.J. Yeager | 473 | .234 | .286 | .346 | 76 | .112 | .263 | 2 | -0.4 | .278 | 77 | 45 |
Matt Lloyd | 437 | .222 | .291 | .345 | 78 | .123 | .283 | 0 | -0.5 | .280 | 77 | 41 |
Brody Moore | 408 | .218 | .267 | .279 | 54 | .061 | .293 | -1 | -0.6 | .245 | 55 | 33 |
Anyelo Encarnacion | 343 | .192 | .266 | .284 | 55 | .091 | .301 | 0 | -0.6 | .248 | 62 | 26 |
Wade Stauss | 129 | .165 | .282 | .229 | 46 | .064 | .346 | -5 | -0.7 | .244 | 44 | 7 |
Trey Paige | 395 | .191 | .258 | .256 | 45 | .065 | .284 | 5 | -0.7 | .233 | 48 | 24 |
Michael Curialle | 351 | .206 | .277 | .304 | 63 | .098 | .314 | -4 | -0.7 | .261 | 64 | 28 |
Zach Levenson | 309 | .184 | .262 | .296 | 57 | .112 | .241 | 1 | -0.9 | .251 | 64 | 23 |
Tre Richardson | 347 | .186 | .262 | .254 | 46 | .068 | .279 | 1 | -0.9 | .235 | 51 | 24 |
Miguel Villarroel | 428 | .227 | .257 | .291 | 54 | .064 | .307 | -4 | -1.0 | .241 | 57 | 35 |
Kade Kretzschmar | 348 | .215 | .289 | .273 | 59 | .058 | .292 | 0 | -1.0 | .256 | 63 | 26 |
Darlin Moquete | 312 | .203 | .253 | .322 | 60 | .119 | .262 | 0 | -1.1 | .253 | 63 | 26 |
Johnfrank Salazar | 338 | .219 | .269 | .290 | 57 | .071 | .261 | 2 | -1.1 | .248 | 63 | 25 |
Chandler Redmond | 425 | .200 | .271 | .317 | 64 | .117 | .314 | 1 | -1.1 | .261 | 65 | 34 |
Won-Bin Cho | 457 | .207 | .270 | .275 | 54 | .068 | .321 | -2 | -1.2 | .246 | 61 | 35 |
William Sullivan | 169 | .169 | .243 | .234 | 35 | .065 | .273 | -2 | -1.3 | .220 | 44 | 9 |
Alex Iadisernia | 439 | .198 | .263 | .301 | 58 | .103 | .268 | 1 | -1.3 | .252 | 63 | 36 |
Miguel Ugueto | 251 | .205 | .231 | .289 | 45 | .084 | .266 | -1 | -1.5 | .227 | 49 | 18 |
Osvaldo Tovalin | 394 | .206 | .247 | .279 | 47 | .073 | .254 | 3 | -1.7 | .235 | 52 | 27 |
Brayden Jobert | 370 | .168 | .254 | .256 | 44 | .088 | .249 | -2 | -1.9 | .234 | 48 | 24 |
Player | Hit Comp 1 | Hit Comp 2 | Hit Comp 3 |
---|---|---|---|
Nolan Arenado | Bill Madlock | Mike Lowell | Brooks Robinson |
Masyn Winn | Jimmy Rollins | Robin Yount | Zoilo Versalles |
Willson Contreras | Mike Stanley | Chris Hoiles | Ray Mueller |
Brendan Donovan | Mark Grace | Orlando Gonzalez | Nick Markakis |
Lars Nootbaar | Mike Jorgensen | Tommy Henrich | Phil Stephenson |
Alec Burleson | Derrick May | Chad Tracy | Lou Piniella |
Nolan Gorman | Dean Palmer | Pedro Alvarez | Jeff Kent |
Iván Herrera | Doug Robbins | Shawn McGill | Mike Stanley |
Jimmy Crooks | Frank Zupo | Jim Bonnici | Johnny Edwards |
Thomas Saggese | Alex Gonzalez | Max Alvis | Sheldon Neuse |
César Prieto | Luis Sojo | Bruce Miller | Bobby Pfeil |
Leonardo Bernal | Bill Fahey | Conrado Lezcano | John Wathan |
Bryan Torres | Joey Gathright | Tony Gwynn Jr. | Orlando Gonzalez |
Brandon Crawford | Chris Speier | Don Lang | Charlie Hayes |
Pedro Pagés | Dusty Brown | Martín Maldonado | Chad Moeller |
Matt Koperniak | Andy Dirks | Art James | Del Unser |
Victor Scott II | Keith Curcio | Mel Stocker | Tike Redman |
Mike Antico | Gary Brown | Dave Jacas | Eric Fox |
Sammy Hernandez | Wynston Sawyer | Ben Rortvedt | Gerry Brooks |
Ryan Vilade | Gary Thomas | Winston Ficklin | Jamie Hoffmann |
Arquímedes Gamboa | Darrel Chaney | Anderson Machado | Ken Jackson |
Jordan Walker | Frank Demaree | Les Norman | Darryl Motley |
Jose Barrero | Haley Young | Carlos Duncan | Tony Thomas |
José Fermín | Sonny Jackson | Jeff Huson | Al Newman |
Gavin Collins | Cody Clark | Jerry Zimmerman | Jim Command |
Michael Siani | Patrick Biondi | Steve Murphy | Mike Mesh |
Luken Baker | Eric Munson | Cotton Nash | R C Stevens |
Chance Sisco | Jeff Hearron | Gary Tremblay | Fred Hofmann |
Carlos Linarez | Josh Davis | Juan Nunez | Angel Diaz |
Matt Carpenter | Woodie Held | Duke Snider | Eric Hinske |
Chase Davis | Jake Skole | Sean Dwyer | Andy Rohleder |
Alfonso Rivas III | Reid Fronk | Derek Nicholson | Joe Bracchitta |
Chase Adkison | David Fore | Matt Kennelly | Jorge Maduro |
Chris Rotondo | Mark Doran | Torii Hunter | Juan Piniella |
Jacob Buchberger | Shane Turner | Ed Lucas | Jeff Bertoni |
Ramon Mendoza | Chuck Scrivener | Zach McKinstry | John Hamilton |
Dakota Harris | Rex Hudler | Luis Gonzalez | Pat Meares |
Graysen Tarlow | Mark Carroll | John Harrell | Raul Jimenez |
Nathan Church | Bobby Moore | Pookie Wilson | Chad Wright |
Joshua Baez | Tyler Johnson | Todd Steverson | Dylan Johnston |
Noah Mendlinger | Douglas Palmer | Irving Lopez | Raymond Rivas |
Jeremy Rivas | Jhonny Carvajal | Chone Figgins | Guillermo Reyes |
R.J. Yeager | Tony Martinez | Ken Foster | Garrett Guzman |
Matt Lloyd | Andy Barkett | Larry DiPippo | Danny Ozark |
Brody Moore | James Lofton | Robbie Hudson | Ryan Rutz |
Anyelo Encarnacion | Joe Morales | Wayne Busby | Kevin Flora |
Wade Stauss | Jim Baxter | Matt Allen | Bodie Shepherd |
Trey Paige | Jack Lind | Zach Strong | Pooh Hines |
Michael Curialle | Rob Marconi | Rob Mackowiak | Ronald Schmitt |
Zach Levenson | Joe Mackay | Theodore Savia | Dan Madsen |
Tre Richardson | Rick Wolff | Ron Dillard | Kevin Flora |
Miguel Villarroel | Tony Pena Jr. | Tim Olson | Juan Ciriaco |
Kade Kretzschmar | Justin Maffei | Matthew Acosta | Jared James |
Darlin Moquete | Sthervin Matos | Jeffrey Baez | Jerry Simmons |
Johnfrank Salazar | Ruben Cruz | Jeffrey Ronevich | Mark Elliott |
Chandler Redmond | Ron Durham | Phil Westendorf | Chip Cannon |
Won-Bin Cho | Greg Burns | Josh Womack | Kevin Kiermaier |
William Sullivan | Onesimo Perez | Ryan Davis | Matt Brooks |
Alex Iadisernia | Duane Singleton | Josh Beauregard | Wynter Phoenix |
Miguel Ugueto | Walker Gourley | Cristian Paulino | Julio Pacheco |
Osvaldo Tovalin | Scott Gillitzer | David Hicks | Christopher Minaker |
Brayden Jobert | Brian Blair | Enoch Simmons | Brad Bennett |
Player | 80th BA | 80th OBP | 80th SLG | 80th OPS+ | 80th WAR | 20th BA | 20th OBP | 20th SLG | 20th OPS+ | 20th WAR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nolan Arenado | .295 | .350 | .470 | 127 | 4.3 | .237 | .295 | .375 | 86 | 1.4 |
Masyn Winn | .280 | .334 | .444 | 113 | 4.4 | .230 | .282 | .348 | 75 | 1.4 |
Willson Contreras | .262 | .367 | .467 | 131 | 3.6 | .208 | .317 | .365 | 92 | 1.6 |
Brendan Donovan | .304 | .386 | .450 | 133 | 3.8 | .248 | .333 | .364 | 96 | 1.1 |
Lars Nootbaar | .270 | .369 | .493 | 137 | 3.4 | .220 | .319 | .380 | 97 | 1.1 |
Alec Burleson | .307 | .355 | .485 | 130 | 3.4 | .249 | .295 | .385 | 91 | 0.6 |
Nolan Gorman | .259 | .330 | .511 | 129 | 3.4 | .202 | .270 | .388 | 84 | 0.5 |
Iván Herrera | .281 | .369 | .440 | 124 | 2.9 | .222 | .310 | .341 | 83 | 0.9 |
Jimmy Crooks | .273 | .339 | .421 | 112 | 3.0 | .217 | .283 | .322 | 71 | 1.0 |
Thomas Saggese | .272 | .318 | .442 | 108 | 3.0 | .219 | .269 | .343 | 70 | 0.2 |
César Prieto | .286 | .318 | .413 | 103 | 2.6 | .225 | .262 | .321 | 64 | 0.0 |
Leonardo Bernal | .259 | .323 | .383 | 97 | 2.5 | .198 | .261 | .291 | 56 | 0.3 |
Bryan Torres | .303 | .369 | .378 | 109 | 2.4 | .241 | .304 | .297 | 70 | -0.1 |
Brandon Crawford | .257 | .332 | .419 | 109 | 1.9 | .196 | .272 | .315 | 64 | 0.2 |
Pedro Pagés | .251 | .310 | .385 | 92 | 1.8 | .189 | .251 | .292 | 54 | 0.1 |
Matt Koperniak | .283 | .339 | .421 | 110 | 2.1 | .226 | .281 | .329 | 71 | -0.2 |
Victor Scott II | .248 | .304 | .359 | 84 | 1.8 | .195 | .259 | .278 | 51 | -0.5 |
Mike Antico | .250 | .306 | .382 | 91 | 1.7 | .201 | .257 | .303 | 57 | -0.5 |
Sammy Hernandez | .233 | .307 | .342 | 83 | 1.7 | .165 | .243 | .244 | 41 | -0.2 |
Ryan Vilade | .262 | .326 | .386 | 97 | 1.6 | .216 | .277 | .303 | 64 | -0.4 |
Arquímedes Gamboa | .232 | .320 | .347 | 86 | 1.4 | .174 | .262 | .260 | 49 | -0.3 |
Jordan Walker | .271 | .333 | .463 | 118 | 1.9 | .221 | .278 | .367 | 80 | -0.9 |
Jose Barrero | .234 | .295 | .402 | 94 | 1.5 | .179 | .240 | .296 | 51 | -0.5 |
José Fermín | .258 | .343 | .376 | 101 | 1.2 | .205 | .288 | .287 | 65 | -0.3 |
Gavin Collins | .243 | .307 | .386 | 93 | 0.8 | .184 | .249 | .280 | 50 | -0.4 |
Michael Siani | .237 | .305 | .331 | 78 | 1.1 | .182 | .254 | .257 | 46 | -0.8 |
Luken Baker | .235 | .311 | .453 | 109 | 1.0 | .188 | .268 | .350 | 75 | -0.9 |
Chance Sisco | .202 | .286 | .357 | 78 | 0.4 | .151 | .227 | .248 | 35 | -0.2 |
Carlos Linarez | .221 | .262 | .283 | 53 | 0.4 | .156 | .204 | .198 | 14 | -0.3 |
Matt Carpenter | .222 | .340 | .423 | 108 | 0.5 | .168 | .277 | .303 | 64 | -0.5 |
Chase Davis | .231 | .300 | .354 | 82 | 1.0 | .177 | .251 | .268 | 46 | -1.0 |
Alfonso Rivas III | .257 | .351 | .375 | 103 | 0.9 | .202 | .294 | .289 | 65 | -1.0 |
Chase Adkison | .248 | .312 | .342 | 83 | 0.6 | .184 | .253 | .253 | 44 | -0.6 |
Chris Rotondo | .250 | .318 | .359 | 89 | 1.0 | .189 | .260 | .270 | 49 | -1.0 |
Jacob Buchberger | .241 | .303 | .355 | 83 | 0.9 | .190 | .252 | .274 | 48 | -0.9 |
Ramon Mendoza | .236 | .308 | .341 | 81 | 0.7 | .178 | .251 | .253 | 43 | -0.7 |
Dakota Harris | .257 | .301 | .371 | 88 | 0.7 | .206 | .252 | .293 | 54 | -0.9 |
Graysen Tarlow | .206 | .294 | .277 | 59 | 0.0 | .148 | .229 | .202 | 23 | -0.4 |
Nathan Church | .262 | .316 | .342 | 84 | 0.9 | .207 | .263 | .267 | 50 | -1.3 |
Joshua Baez | .230 | .294 | .376 | 86 | 0.7 | .171 | .237 | .274 | 45 | -1.2 |
Noah Mendlinger | .264 | .338 | .325 | 86 | 0.5 | .209 | .286 | .257 | 55 | -1.2 |
Jeremy Rivas | .245 | .307 | .296 | 69 | 0.7 | .194 | .255 | .234 | 40 | -1.2 |
R.J. Yeager | .263 | .314 | .395 | 96 | 0.7 | .208 | .261 | .305 | 59 | -1.6 |
Matt Lloyd | .249 | .318 | .395 | 97 | 0.7 | .193 | .261 | .299 | 56 | -1.6 |
Brody Moore | .240 | .294 | .311 | 69 | 0.2 | .189 | .243 | .247 | 38 | -1.4 |
Anyelo Encarnacion | .219 | .299 | .337 | 77 | 0.3 | .163 | .240 | .238 | 34 | -1.5 |
Wade Stauss | .203 | .317 | .276 | 69 | -0.3 | .136 | .252 | .189 | 28 | -1.0 |
Trey Paige | .223 | .286 | .300 | 64 | 0.2 | .165 | .230 | .222 | 28 | -1.6 |
Michael Curialle | .235 | .302 | .349 | 80 | 0.0 | .182 | .249 | .268 | 46 | -1.5 |
Zach Levenson | .214 | .290 | .349 | 77 | -0.1 | .161 | .238 | .259 | 41 | -1.5 |
Tre Richardson | .212 | .289 | .294 | 65 | -0.1 | .158 | .235 | .218 | 28 | -1.7 |
Miguel Villarroel | .255 | .284 | .326 | 70 | 0.0 | .199 | .230 | .253 | 36 | -1.9 |
Kade Kretzschmar | .242 | .314 | .310 | 74 | -0.4 | .189 | .260 | .237 | 42 | -1.8 |
Darlin Moquete | .231 | .282 | .375 | 80 | -0.2 | .177 | .228 | .279 | 44 | -1.8 |
Johnfrank Salazar | .249 | .297 | .331 | 76 | -0.3 | .194 | .240 | .255 | 39 | -1.9 |
Chandler Redmond | .230 | .300 | .366 | 83 | -0.1 | .174 | .243 | .276 | 45 | -2.1 |
Won-Bin Cho | .239 | .298 | .318 | 74 | -0.1 | .182 | .243 | .243 | 38 | -2.1 |
William Sullivan | .195 | .268 | .281 | 51 | -1.0 | .144 | .214 | .198 | 17 | -1.7 |
Alex Iadisernia | .225 | .289 | .344 | 76 | -0.4 | .175 | .240 | .262 | 42 | -2.2 |
Miguel Ugueto | .237 | .261 | .334 | 65 | -0.8 | .178 | .202 | .248 | 26 | -2.1 |
Osvaldo Tovalin | .232 | .275 | .317 | 65 | -0.8 | .179 | .220 | .238 | 29 | -2.7 |
Brayden Jobert | .193 | .281 | .293 | 60 | -1.1 | .145 | .228 | .219 | 28 | -2.7 |
Player | BA vs. L | OBP vs. L | SLG vs. L | BA vs. R | OBP vs. R | SLG vs. R |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nolan Arenado | .273 | .338 | .439 | .260 | .315 | .418 |
Masyn Winn | .263 | .323 | .427 | .248 | .297 | .372 |
Willson Contreras | .248 | .356 | .455 | .234 | .336 | .410 |
Brendan Donovan | .268 | .349 | .396 | .285 | .365 | .414 |
Lars Nootbaar | .239 | .331 | .389 | .247 | .349 | .449 |
Alec Burleson | .267 | .314 | .398 | .282 | .331 | .450 |
Nolan Gorman | .222 | .289 | .393 | .233 | .307 | .469 |
Iván Herrera | .254 | .349 | .389 | .249 | .338 | .378 |
Jimmy Crooks | .230 | .297 | .320 | .251 | .320 | .378 |
Thomas Saggese | .247 | .297 | .388 | .242 | .289 | .386 |
César Prieto | .250 | .285 | .346 | .262 | .294 | .374 |
Leonardo Bernal | .232 | .289 | .336 | .226 | .290 | .330 |
Bryan Torres | .256 | .317 | .318 | .280 | .345 | .346 |
Brandon Crawford | .228 | .295 | .342 | .228 | .307 | .376 |
Pedro Pagés | .226 | .291 | .348 | .217 | .278 | .333 |
Matt Koperniak | .245 | .297 | .357 | .256 | .313 | .380 |
Victor Scott II | .214 | .268 | .275 | .226 | .285 | .335 |
Mike Antico | .220 | .275 | .312 | .229 | .287 | .358 |
Sammy Hernandez | .204 | .278 | .327 | .190 | .273 | .272 |
Ryan Vilade | .244 | .307 | .355 | .232 | .294 | .339 |
Arquímedes Gamboa | .202 | .281 | .312 | .210 | .296 | .295 |
Jordan Walker | .250 | .316 | .438 | .241 | .300 | .398 |
Jose Barrero | .214 | .275 | .365 | .204 | .266 | .338 |
José Fermín | .224 | .311 | .318 | .233 | .318 | .337 |
Gavin Collins | .225 | .291 | .352 | .208 | .273 | .317 |
Michael Siani | .209 | .278 | .288 | .211 | .283 | .293 |
Luken Baker | .214 | .298 | .417 | .210 | .287 | .389 |
Chance Sisco | .167 | .242 | .300 | .174 | .260 | .291 |
Carlos Linarez | .190 | .227 | .214 | .181 | .225 | .253 |
Matt Carpenter | .182 | .288 | .295 | .203 | .317 | .390 |
Chase Davis | .197 | .264 | .291 | .209 | .281 | .321 |
Alfonso Rivas III | .209 | .298 | .308 | .237 | .332 | .336 |
Chase Adkison | .227 | .288 | .318 | .213 | .277 | .284 |
Chris Rotondo | .219 | .297 | .333 | .214 | .282 | .298 |
Jacob Buchberger | .232 | .298 | .326 | .209 | .265 | .299 |
Ramon Mendoza | .205 | .283 | .284 | .204 | .272 | .293 |
Dakota Harris | .233 | .282 | .340 | .230 | .273 | .330 |
Graysen Tarlow | .185 | .267 | .222 | .173 | .254 | .250 |
Nathan Church | .233 | .286 | .295 | .235 | .290 | .304 |
Joshua Baez | .198 | .268 | .337 | .192 | .264 | .315 |
Noah Mendlinger | .225 | .298 | .265 | .243 | .317 | .301 |
Jeremy Rivas | .221 | .283 | .269 | .213 | .275 | .255 |
R.J. Yeager | .244 | .299 | .356 | .229 | .280 | .342 |
Matt Lloyd | .211 | .278 | .307 | .227 | .296 | .360 |
Brody Moore | .215 | .267 | .289 | .220 | .267 | .275 |
Anyelo Encarnacion | .198 | .277 | .297 | .189 | .260 | .277 |
Wade Stauss | .152 | .282 | .182 | .171 | .284 | .250 |
Trey Paige | .188 | .248 | .240 | .192 | .262 | .262 |
Michael Curialle | .204 | .275 | .306 | .207 | .279 | .304 |
Zach Levenson | .186 | .268 | .302 | .183 | .259 | .293 |
Tre Richardson | .184 | .266 | .235 | .187 | .260 | .263 |
Miguel Villarroel | .227 | .259 | .305 | .227 | .256 | .285 |
Kade Kretzschmar | .200 | .274 | .247 | .221 | .295 | .283 |
Darlin Moquete | .210 | .266 | .330 | .199 | .246 | .317 |
Johnfrank Salazar | .229 | .281 | .295 | .214 | .262 | .286 |
Chandler Redmond | .191 | .254 | .278 | .204 | .278 | .333 |
Won-Bin Cho | .195 | .258 | .265 | .211 | .275 | .279 |
William Sullivan | .163 | .250 | .256 | .171 | .240 | .225 |
Alex Iadisernia | .187 | .254 | .271 | .202 | .266 | .312 |
Miguel Ugueto | .213 | .241 | .320 | .201 | .227 | .274 |
Osvaldo Tovalin | .200 | .252 | .261 | .208 | .245 | .286 |
Brayden Jobert | .169 | .257 | .225 | .167 | .253 | .268 |
Player | T | Age | W | L | ERA | G | GS | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sonny Gray | R | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3.43 | 26 | 26 | 149.7 | 129 | 57 | 17 | 41 | 156 |
Michael McGreevy | R | 24 | 9 | 8 | 3.99 | 28 | 27 | 153.3 | 155 | 68 | 18 | 41 | 108 |
Andre Pallante | R | 26 | 7 | 7 | 3.82 | 36 | 18 | 117.7 | 115 | 50 | 9 | 47 | 87 |
Quinn Mathews | L | 24 | 6 | 6 | 4.05 | 25 | 25 | 126.7 | 115 | 57 | 15 | 46 | 122 |
Ryan Helsley | R | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2.77 | 58 | 0 | 61.7 | 45 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 75 |
Erick Fedde | R | 32 | 8 | 9 | 4.21 | 26 | 26 | 143.3 | 143 | 67 | 21 | 45 | 129 |
Drew Rom | L | 25 | 5 | 5 | 3.98 | 18 | 17 | 83.7 | 80 | 37 | 9 | 29 | 73 |
Tink Hence | R | 22 | 5 | 5 | 4.20 | 26 | 26 | 98.7 | 95 | 46 | 13 | 34 | 83 |
Kyle Gibson | R | 37 | 7 | 8 | 4.47 | 25 | 25 | 139.0 | 141 | 69 | 18 | 55 | 116 |
Gordon Graceffo | R | 25 | 7 | 9 | 4.42 | 25 | 24 | 124.3 | 126 | 61 | 16 | 41 | 86 |
Lance Lynn | R | 38 | 6 | 8 | 4.44 | 23 | 23 | 125.7 | 125 | 62 | 19 | 46 | 115 |
Matthew Liberatore | L | 25 | 6 | 5 | 4.15 | 43 | 15 | 102.0 | 96 | 47 | 12 | 38 | 93 |
Steven Matz | L | 34 | 4 | 4 | 4.10 | 21 | 16 | 83.3 | 86 | 38 | 10 | 27 | 73 |
Miles Mikolas | R | 36 | 7 | 10 | 4.63 | 25 | 25 | 140.0 | 151 | 72 | 21 | 28 | 95 |
Sem Robberse | R | 23 | 5 | 5 | 4.41 | 21 | 19 | 100.0 | 100 | 49 | 13 | 35 | 78 |
Zack Thompson | L | 27 | 5 | 6 | 4.27 | 26 | 18 | 92.7 | 86 | 44 | 11 | 44 | 91 |
Max Rajcic | R | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4.62 | 24 | 23 | 120.7 | 126 | 62 | 17 | 37 | 84 |
Alex Cornwell | L | 26 | 5 | 5 | 4.50 | 22 | 15 | 90.0 | 97 | 45 | 12 | 26 | 62 |
Packy Naughton | L | 29 | 2 | 2 | 3.71 | 20 | 8 | 43.7 | 43 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 38 |
Adam Kloffenstein | R | 24 | 5 | 5 | 4.61 | 20 | 19 | 95.7 | 96 | 49 | 12 | 41 | 74 |
Victor Santos | R | 24 | 6 | 7 | 4.52 | 28 | 14 | 93.7 | 95 | 47 | 11 | 28 | 62 |
John King | L | 30 | 4 | 3 | 3.58 | 53 | 1 | 60.3 | 63 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 39 |
JoJo Romero | L | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3.60 | 57 | 0 | 55.0 | 49 | 22 | 6 | 18 | 55 |
Tekoah Roby | R | 23 | 3 | 4 | 4.48 | 16 | 16 | 64.3 | 65 | 32 | 9 | 20 | 49 |
Ryan Fernandez | R | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3.71 | 53 | 0 | 60.7 | 55 | 25 | 6 | 23 | 60 |
Roddery Muñoz | R | 25 | 6 | 8 | 4.84 | 26 | 21 | 109.7 | 108 | 59 | 18 | 49 | 93 |
Ian Bedell | R | 25 | 3 | 3 | 4.82 | 21 | 18 | 93.3 | 94 | 50 | 14 | 36 | 71 |
Kyle Leahy | R | 28 | 4 | 4 | 4.39 | 39 | 6 | 84.0 | 85 | 41 | 10 | 32 | 64 |
Riley O’Brien | R | 30 | 3 | 3 | 4.44 | 29 | 7 | 50.7 | 46 | 25 | 6 | 27 | 51 |
Zane Mills | R | 24 | 4 | 6 | 4.80 | 26 | 10 | 80.7 | 89 | 43 | 11 | 25 | 47 |
Keynan Middleton | R | 31 | 2 | 1 | 3.93 | 39 | 0 | 36.7 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 39 |
Ryan Loutos | R | 26 | 3 | 2 | 4.14 | 46 | 0 | 58.7 | 58 | 27 | 6 | 23 | 49 |
Chris Roycroft | R | 28 | 5 | 5 | 4.19 | 53 | 0 | 68.7 | 66 | 32 | 7 | 32 | 57 |
Wilfredo Pereira | R | 26 | 4 | 6 | 5.03 | 26 | 13 | 91.3 | 98 | 51 | 13 | 35 | 58 |
Oddanier Mosqueda | L | 26 | 4 | 3 | 4.33 | 49 | 1 | 60.3 | 54 | 29 | 7 | 29 | 58 |
Cooper Hjerpe | L | 24 | 3 | 4 | 5.11 | 17 | 17 | 56.3 | 52 | 32 | 9 | 30 | 53 |
Bailey Horn | L | 27 | 4 | 4 | 4.50 | 41 | 2 | 54.0 | 52 | 27 | 7 | 28 | 49 |
Nick Raquet | L | 29 | 4 | 6 | 4.78 | 32 | 5 | 75.3 | 80 | 40 | 10 | 31 | 53 |
Matt Svanson | R | 26 | 3 | 4 | 4.55 | 45 | 1 | 59.3 | 61 | 30 | 7 | 21 | 43 |
Jacob Bosiokovic | R | 31 | 3 | 3 | 4.47 | 38 | 0 | 46.3 | 44 | 23 | 6 | 23 | 43 |
Benito Garcia | R | 25 | 3 | 3 | 4.65 | 30 | 1 | 60.0 | 65 | 31 | 8 | 16 | 37 |
Josh James | R | 32 | 1 | 0 | 4.87 | 21 | 1 | 20.3 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 18 |
Ryan Shreve | R | 27 | 4 | 4 | 4.55 | 36 | 0 | 63.3 | 66 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 45 |
Andre Granillo | R | 25 | 4 | 5 | 4.63 | 45 | 0 | 58.3 | 55 | 30 | 8 | 31 | 55 |
Jack Ralston | R | 27 | 3 | 3 | 4.71 | 34 | 1 | 49.7 | 46 | 26 | 6 | 30 | 47 |
Michael Gomez | R | 28 | 3 | 4 | 4.61 | 38 | 0 | 54.7 | 53 | 28 | 6 | 25 | 42 |
Nathanael Heredia | L | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5.48 | 34 | 1 | 44.3 | 43 | 27 | 5 | 32 | 35 |
Andrew Marrero | R | 25 | 3 | 4 | 5.24 | 37 | 0 | 46.3 | 45 | 27 | 7 | 27 | 42 |
Leonardo Taveras | R | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5.26 | 39 | 0 | 53.0 | 51 | 31 | 7 | 35 | 46 |
Edwin Nunez | R | 23 | 3 | 5 | 6.00 | 27 | 12 | 69.0 | 71 | 46 | 11 | 42 | 48 |
Player | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | BB% | K% | BABIP | ERA+ | 3ERA+ | FIP | ERA- | WAR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sonny Gray | 149.7 | 9.4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 6.7% | 25.4% | .284 | 120 | 112 | 3.49 | 84 | 2.9 |
Michael McGreevy | 153.3 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 6.3% | 16.7% | .287 | 103 | 105 | 4.14 | 97 | 2.1 |
Andre Pallante | 117.7 | 6.7 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 9.1% | 16.9% | .292 | 107 | 108 | 3.99 | 93 | 1.6 |
Quinn Mathews | 126.7 | 8.7 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 8.6% | 22.7% | .287 | 101 | 104 | 4.07 | 99 | 1.6 |
Ryan Helsley | 61.7 | 10.9 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 8.8% | 29.9% | .274 | 148 | 143 | 2.87 | 68 | 1.6 |
Erick Fedde | 143.3 | 8.1 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 7.4% | 21.1% | .295 | 98 | 94 | 4.29 | 103 | 1.6 |
Drew Rom | 83.7 | 7.9 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 8.1% | 20.3% | .292 | 103 | 106 | 4.05 | 97 | 1.1 |
Tink Hence | 98.7 | 7.6 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 8.0% | 19.6% | .285 | 98 | 101 | 4.30 | 102 | 1.1 |
Kyle Gibson | 139.0 | 7.5 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 9.1% | 19.1% | .297 | 92 | 84 | 4.49 | 109 | 1.1 |
Gordon Graceffo | 124.3 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 7.6% | 16.0% | .284 | 93 | 97 | 4.55 | 108 | 1.1 |
Lance Lynn | 125.7 | 8.2 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 8.5% | 21.2% | .295 | 92 | 84 | 4.55 | 108 | 1.0 |
Matthew Liberatore | 102.0 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 8.7% | 21.2% | .290 | 99 | 103 | 4.18 | 101 | 0.9 |
Steven Matz | 83.3 | 7.9 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 7.5% | 20.3% | .308 | 100 | 92 | 4.07 | 100 | 0.9 |
Miles Mikolas | 140.0 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 4.8% | 16.1% | .293 | 89 | 83 | 4.48 | 113 | 0.9 |
Sem Robberse | 100.0 | 7.0 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 8.1% | 18.1% | .289 | 93 | 99 | 4.45 | 107 | 0.9 |
Zack Thompson | 92.7 | 8.8 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 10.8% | 22.4% | .293 | 96 | 98 | 4.34 | 104 | 0.9 |
Max Rajcic | 120.7 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 7.1% | 16.1% | .288 | 89 | 93 | 4.74 | 113 | 0.8 |
Alex Cornwell | 90.0 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 6.6% | 15.9% | .297 | 91 | 94 | 4.53 | 110 | 0.7 |
Packy Naughton | 43.7 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 6.5% | 20.7% | .302 | 111 | 112 | 3.52 | 90 | 0.7 |
Adam Kloffenstein | 95.7 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 9.6% | 17.4% | .290 | 89 | 94 | 4.83 | 112 | 0.7 |
Victor Santos | 93.7 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 7.0% | 15.6% | .284 | 91 | 96 | 4.41 | 110 | 0.7 |
John King | 60.3 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 5.9% | 15.2% | .297 | 115 | 113 | 3.81 | 87 | 0.6 |
JoJo Romero | 55.0 | 9.0 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 7.8% | 23.8% | .289 | 114 | 114 | 3.74 | 88 | 0.5 |
Tekoah Roby | 64.3 | 6.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 7.2% | 17.8% | .287 | 92 | 98 | 4.55 | 109 | 0.5 |
Ryan Fernandez | 60.7 | 8.9 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 8.9% | 23.3% | .293 | 111 | 113 | 3.67 | 90 | 0.5 |
Roddery Muñoz | 109.7 | 7.6 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 10.1% | 19.2% | .283 | 85 | 90 | 5.12 | 118 | 0.4 |
Ian Bedell | 93.3 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 8.9% | 17.5% | .284 | 85 | 89 | 5.02 | 117 | 0.4 |
Kyle Leahy | 84.0 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 8.7% | 17.4% | .292 | 93 | 95 | 4.45 | 107 | 0.3 |
Riley O’Brien | 50.7 | 9.1 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 12.0% | 22.7% | .290 | 92 | 92 | 4.60 | 108 | 0.3 |
Zane Mills | 80.7 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 7.1% | 13.4% | .293 | 86 | 91 | 4.86 | 117 | 0.2 |
Keynan Middleton | 36.7 | 9.6 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 9.5% | 24.7% | .289 | 105 | 104 | 4.13 | 96 | 0.2 |
Ryan Loutos | 58.7 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 9.0% | 19.1% | .297 | 99 | 101 | 4.12 | 101 | 0.1 |
Chris Roycroft | 68.7 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 10.5% | 18.8% | .291 | 98 | 98 | 4.42 | 102 | 0.1 |
Wilfredo Pereira | 91.3 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 8.7% | 14.4% | .289 | 82 | 84 | 5.07 | 122 | 0.1 |
Oddanier Mosqueda | 60.3 | 8.7 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 11.0% | 22.1% | .283 | 95 | 97 | 4.60 | 105 | 0.0 |
Cooper Hjerpe | 56.3 | 8.5 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 12.0% | 21.2% | .277 | 80 | 86 | 5.29 | 125 | 0.0 |
Bailey Horn | 54.0 | 8.2 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 11.7% | 20.4% | .292 | 91 | 94 | 4.72 | 110 | 0.0 |
Nick Raquet | 75.3 | 6.3 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 9.3% | 15.8% | .295 | 86 | 86 | 4.89 | 116 | 0.0 |
Matt Svanson | 59.3 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 8.1% | 16.7% | .293 | 90 | 94 | 4.63 | 111 | 0.0 |
Jacob Bosiokovic | 46.3 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 11.0% | 20.6% | .290 | 92 | 89 | 4.69 | 109 | -0.1 |
Benito Garcia | 60.0 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 6.2% | 14.4% | .292 | 88 | 92 | 4.68 | 113 | -0.1 |
Josh James | 20.3 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 0.9 | 14.6% | 18.8% | .288 | 84 | 79 | 5.05 | 119 | -0.1 |
Ryan Shreve | 63.3 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 8.7% | 16.2% | .293 | 90 | 92 | 4.58 | 111 | -0.1 |
Andre Granillo | 58.3 | 8.5 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 11.7% | 20.8% | .288 | 89 | 93 | 4.72 | 113 | -0.2 |
Jack Ralston | 49.7 | 8.5 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 13.0% | 20.3% | .288 | 87 | 90 | 4.79 | 115 | -0.2 |
Michael Gomez | 54.7 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 10.4% | 17.4% | .285 | 89 | 90 | 4.88 | 112 | -0.2 |
Nathanael Heredia | 44.3 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 15.2% | 16.7% | .286 | 75 | 80 | 5.64 | 134 | -0.5 |
Andrew Marrero | 46.3 | 8.2 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 12.6% | 19.5% | .288 | 78 | 83 | 5.47 | 128 | -0.5 |
Leonardo Taveras | 53.0 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 14.2% | 18.6% | .288 | 78 | 80 | 5.48 | 128 | -0.6 |
Edwin Nunez | 69.0 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 12.9% | 14.8% | .280 | 68 | 74 | 6.21 | 146 | -0.7 |
Player | BA vs. L | OBP vs. L | SLG vs. L | BA vs. R | OBP vs. R | SLG vs. R | 80th WAR | 20th WAR | 80th ERA | 20th ERA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sonny Gray | .223 | .283 | .363 | .231 | .283 | .372 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 2.86 | 4.09 |
Michael McGreevy | .274 | .336 | .462 | .241 | .273 | .359 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 3.56 | 4.56 |
Andre Pallante | .236 | .306 | .322 | .263 | .337 | .406 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 3.40 | 4.36 |
Quinn Mathews | .230 | .318 | .370 | .239 | .308 | .390 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 3.51 | 4.63 |
Ryan Helsley | .206 | .281 | .324 | .194 | .257 | .298 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 2.07 | 3.87 |
Erick Fedde | .254 | .314 | .428 | .254 | .308 | .429 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 3.71 | 4.94 |
Drew Rom | .225 | .292 | .343 | .256 | .325 | .413 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 3.46 | 4.55 |
Tink Hence | .249 | .316 | .396 | .247 | .305 | .419 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 3.65 | 4.75 |
Kyle Gibson | .267 | .344 | .429 | .247 | .313 | .411 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 3.92 | 5.23 |
Gordon Graceffo | .262 | .331 | .444 | .254 | .307 | .402 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 4.00 | 4.90 |
Lance Lynn | .265 | .348 | .466 | .243 | .298 | .402 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 3.78 | 5.27 |
Matthew Liberatore | .225 | .288 | .308 | .251 | .329 | .429 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 3.58 | 4.74 |
Steven Matz | .269 | .341 | .385 | .258 | .313 | .425 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 3.58 | 4.94 |
Miles Mikolas | .279 | .320 | .461 | .261 | .295 | .436 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 4.12 | 5.29 |
Sem Robberse | .246 | .329 | .421 | .263 | .310 | .411 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 3.91 | 5.03 |
Zack Thompson | .236 | .328 | .349 | .242 | .330 | .409 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 3.71 | 5.00 |
Max Rajcic | .262 | .338 | .433 | .264 | .313 | .439 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 4.14 | 5.12 |
Alex Cornwell | .265 | .318 | .429 | .271 | .325 | .439 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 4.05 | 5.09 |
Packy Naughton | .214 | .254 | .304 | .270 | .325 | .426 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 3.12 | 4.52 |
Adam Kloffenstein | .262 | .355 | .437 | .249 | .326 | .394 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 4.19 | 5.16 |
Victor Santos | .249 | .312 | .403 | .266 | .317 | .415 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 4.03 | 5.08 |
John King | .238 | .287 | .300 | .277 | .322 | .428 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3.08 | 4.06 |
JoJo Romero | .200 | .264 | .277 | .248 | .317 | .421 | 1.1 | -0.1 | 2.86 | 4.40 |
Tekoah Roby | .239 | .311 | .367 | .271 | .321 | .465 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 3.95 | 5.19 |
Ryan Fernandez | .238 | .328 | .406 | .235 | .287 | .341 | 1.0 | -0.1 | 3.09 | 4.45 |
Roddery Muñoz | .267 | .349 | .485 | .238 | .322 | .396 | 1.1 | -0.3 | 4.35 | 5.40 |
Ian Bedell | .266 | .349 | .467 | .247 | .320 | .404 | 1.0 | -0.2 | 4.30 | 5.39 |
Kyle Leahy | .248 | .325 | .393 | .263 | .325 | .425 | 0.8 | -0.2 | 3.89 | 4.99 |
Riley O’Brien | .238 | .354 | .393 | .234 | .333 | .378 | 0.8 | -0.2 | 3.67 | 5.28 |
Zane Mills | .292 | .352 | .465 | .261 | .315 | .428 | 0.7 | -0.3 | 4.33 | 5.37 |
Keynan Middleton | .242 | .329 | .419 | .228 | .295 | .392 | 0.5 | -0.2 | 3.15 | 5.06 |
Ryan Loutos | .255 | .336 | .402 | .250 | .312 | .383 | 0.5 | -0.3 | 3.62 | 4.76 |
Chris Roycroft | .272 | .370 | .416 | .225 | .302 | .352 | 0.5 | -0.5 | 3.72 | 4.94 |
Wilfredo Pereira | .277 | .353 | .446 | .261 | .326 | .437 | 0.5 | -0.5 | 4.58 | 5.57 |
Oddanier Mosqueda | .193 | .306 | .301 | .257 | .355 | .426 | 0.5 | -0.5 | 3.70 | 5.08 |
Cooper Hjerpe | .238 | .347 | .317 | .240 | .344 | .468 | 0.5 | -0.5 | 4.51 | 5.84 |
Bailey Horn | .229 | .313 | .386 | .257 | .352 | .421 | 0.5 | -0.4 | 3.91 | 5.11 |
Nick Raquet | .281 | .358 | .438 | .260 | .333 | .431 | 0.4 | -0.6 | 4.31 | 5.43 |
Matt Svanson | .274 | .352 | .463 | .252 | .323 | .374 | 0.4 | -0.4 | 4.02 | 5.13 |
Jacob Bosiokovic | .271 | .347 | .435 | .221 | .330 | .379 | 0.4 | -0.4 | 3.77 | 5.18 |
Benito Garcia | .294 | .345 | .486 | .252 | .308 | .389 | 0.3 | -0.5 | 4.04 | 5.27 |
Josh James | .243 | .391 | .378 | .238 | .340 | .357 | 0.1 | -0.4 | 4.17 | 6.20 |
Ryan Shreve | .264 | .339 | .436 | .262 | .318 | .404 | 0.3 | -0.6 | 4.00 | 5.14 |
Andre Granillo | .276 | .390 | .469 | .219 | .289 | .359 | 0.3 | -0.6 | 3.98 | 5.28 |
Jack Ralston | .239 | .352 | .402 | .240 | .342 | .380 | 0.3 | -0.6 | 4.09 | 5.51 |
Michael Gomez | .253 | .357 | .411 | .246 | .338 | .381 | 0.2 | -0.7 | 4.07 | 5.33 |
Nathanael Heredia | .255 | .379 | .345 | .246 | .384 | .424 | -0.2 | -1.0 | 4.89 | 6.41 |
Andrew Marrero | .256 | .389 | .449 | .243 | .342 | .408 | -0.2 | -0.9 | 4.68 | 5.96 |
Leonardo Taveras | .271 | .398 | .438 | .227 | .344 | .391 | -0.3 | -1.1 | 4.73 | 6.00 |
Edwin Nunez | .269 | .385 | .479 | .253 | .376 | .429 | -0.3 | -1.3 | 5.47 | 6.84 |
Players are listed with their most recent teams wherever possible. This includes players who are unsigned or have retired, players who will miss 2025 due to injury, and players who were released in 2024. So yes, if you see Joe Schmoe, who quit baseball back in August to form a Norwegian Ukulele Dixieland Jazz band that only covers songs by The Smiths, he’s still listed here intentionally. ZiPS is assuming a league with an ERA of 4.11.
Hitters are ranked by zWAR, which is to say, WAR values as calculated by me, Dan Szymborski, whose surname is spelled with a z. WAR values might differ slightly from those that appear in the full release of ZiPS. Finally, I will advise anyone against — and might karate chop anyone guilty of — merely adding up WAR totals on a depth chart to produce projected team WAR. It is important to remember that ZiPS is agnostic about playing time, and has no information about, for example, how quickly a team will call up a prospect or what veteran has fallen into disfavor.
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Sunday Notes: Garrett Cleavinger Emerged With a Five-Pitch Mix (Or Was It Four?)
The Tampa Bay Rays have a reputation of getting the best out of previously undervalued pitchers, and Garrett Cleavinger is a prime example. Acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers in August 2022 in exchange for German Tapia, the 30-year-old southpaw was subsequently limited to 12 games in 2023 due to a knee injury, but a breakout was right around the corner. Cleavinger made a career-high 68 appearances last year, logging a 3.75 ERA and a 26.7 strikeout rate over 60 relief innings. His ledger included seven wins and six saves.
A high-octane heater was one of his best weapons; at 96.3 mph, Cleavinger’s four-seamer ranked in the 84th percentile for velocity. With that in mind, I asked the Lawrence, Kansas native if he identifies as a power pitcher.
“It’s a part of my game,” Cleavinger told me at the close of the 2024 campaign. “I’m definitely not a pinpoint command guy like some pitchers are — I wish I was a little bit better in that aspect — but power stuff coming out of the pen does kind of fit the description for me.”
Possessor of a varied arsenal is another accurate description. The erstwhile University of Oregon closer now features five-pitches, only one of which he threw less than 10 percent of the time. Per Baseball Savant, the breakdown was: cutter 26.3%, four-seamer 24.8%, slider 22.0%, sweeper 17.4%, and two-seamer 9.5%. Two of those were recent additions. Read the rest of this entry »
Effectively Wild Episode 2275: Stop the Stop Signs
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s memories of Ichiro and his sensational MLB debut, Ippei Mizuhara’s letter about his work with Shohei Ohtani, Roki Sasaki’s dog, the misleading name of “Sluggball,” Jurickson Profar and the prospect of a Braves rebound, which players will get “shorter” thanks to the challenge system, two new rules changes, how the Dodgers will make innings meet, how to make 3B coaches more aggressive, “Tragedeigh,” and more.
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Job Posting: Los Angeles Dodgers – Junior Analyst, Baseball Strategy & Information
Junior Analyst, Baseball Strategy and Information
Department: Baseball Strategy and Information
Status: Full Time
Reports to: Director, Baseball Strategy and Information
Salary: $23.00/hour*
*Compensation rates vary based on job-related factors, including experience, job skills, education, and training.
The Baseball Strategy and Information team of the Los Angeles Dodgers is responsible for supporting the Major League Coaching Staff and Baseball Operations leadership group with data and information needed for strategic decision making. As a Junior Analyst, you will work with other members of the Baseball Strategy and Information team to build reports and visualizations to communicate insights clearly and concisely to stakeholders. This position offers the opportunity to push the boundaries of conventional thinking, grow analytically by solving challenging problems, and collaborate with leaders throughout Baseball Operations. As a member of the Baseball Strategy and Information team, you will see your work impact the Major League team on a nightly basis.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Coordinate and execute a selection of R scripts on a daily, series, and ad-hoc basis, which produce reports containing data and visualizations for Major League Coaching staff and Baseball Operations Leadership.
- Interpret data and conduct in-depth analysis on players, team strategy, and in-game tactics, providing insights and observations to enhance coaching and decision making.
- Support Data Collection and Data Management processes involving a variety of tracking and training technologies.
- Work with Performance Science and Quantitative Analysis departments on the development of new proprietary metrics.
- Collaborate across departments within Baseball Operations to advance various initiatives related to player evaluation and process automation.
- Assist with on-boarding and training of interns within Baseball Operations
- Occasional travel to represent the department outside of LA, such as an annual Spring Training trip, road trips with the club, affiliate visits, and scouting trips.
- Complete ad-hoc research using SQL and R/Python to enhance in-game strategy and/or player improvement as requested.
Basic Requirements/Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field (or equivalent experience)
- 1+ Years of Experience with R or Python in a non-classroom environment
- Familiarity with SQL, Git, and cloud-based computing
- Experience playing on a sports team or working with a sports organization is preferred (college or professional)
- Ability to relocate to Los Angeles and commute to Dodger Stadium
- Ability to work frequent overtime including evenings, weekends, and holidays. Overtime compensation will be provided according to company policy and applicable laws.
To Apply:
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Job Posting: Kansas City Royals – Multiple Openings
Direct links to applications (please see job details below):
Pro Player Analyst
Developer-Baseball Systems
Pro Player Analyst
Location: Kauffman Stadium, One Royal Way, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Job Summary: The Kansas City Royals Baseball Club is seeking a highly motivated and creative analyst to join the organization. Under the direction of the Assistant Director of Research & Development/Player Personnel and the Director of Pro Personnel & Strategy, the analyst will be involved in several stages of the player evaluation process to meet the needs of the organization. The successful applicant will leverage baseball data to provide a competitive edge when evaluating players for the Kansas City Royals. This role will be located in Kansas City, MO.
Position Accountabilities/Responsibilities:
- Provide data driven insights to help evaluate both pitchers and position players.
- Collaborate with other analysts and Baseball Operations personnel to provide support at all stages of the player evaluation process
- Query and organize data to effectively communicate
- Perform ad-hoc analysis to assist in decision making processes
- Work to create, advance, and or maintain machine learning models
Position Qualifications, Skills, and Experience Required:
- 4-year degree or equivalent experience in computer science, mathematics, statistics, or related quantitative field
- Proficiency with SQL and R to query and organize data from large databases
- Strong understanding of advanced baseball metrics to evaluate players
- Interpersonal and communication skills to seamlessly interact with front office, analysts, scouts, and other Baseball Operations personnel
- Familiarity with the landscape of Major League Baseball. e.g. teams, affiliates, rosters, prospects, free agents, etc.
- Ability to work evening, weekend, and holiday hours during the baseball season
Preferred Qualifications:
- Record of published baseball research and or experience ranking / evaluating players
- Intimate knowledge of MLB rosters, farm systems, free agency, and all things involving player personnel
- Experience with machine learning and modeling techniques to extract actionable insights within large data sets
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to lift items weighing as much as 25 pounds
- Must be able to work in a seated position for majority of workday
- Must be able to be productive utilizing a computer keyboard and telephone
- Must be able to be productive in a work environment where the noise level can be high at times
- Must be comfortable walking to navigate the facility to access the office, concourse, etc.
- Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as required by deadlines and event scheduling
The physical demands described here are representative of those that may be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
This role is a Full-Time, Exempt opportunity that is eligible for Company Benefits, 401K, and PTO. This role is expected to have a standard 40-hour work week.
To Apply:
To apply, please follow this link.
Developer-Baseball Systems
Location: Kauffman Stadium, One Royal Way, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America – Virtual
Job Summary: The Kansas City Royals Baseball Club is seeking a highly motivated developer to work with our group of Developers to support baseball operations. The ideal applicant will be able to manage multiple concurrent projects that facilitate enhanced communications, reporting, and other interactions between teams internal to the organization. At this time, we are open to the possibility of Remote work for the right candidate.
Position Accountabilities/Responsibilities:
- Assist in development tasks and data operations
- Help with system administration of database and web servers
- Assist in daily task monitoring to ensure data health, quality assurance, and reliability of systems
- Automate reports and other tasks that are used on a regular basis
- Support schema and testing of databases of various sizes
- Maintain and support existing code across various languages and frameworks
- Develop, test, and optimize performance and accuracy of scripts used to calculate derived data
- Design, build, and deploy new features for organizational web applications
- Automate, manage, and report data lifecycle based on retention and storage requirements
- Explore novel tools to visualize data and explore models by implementing UI/UX in HTML, CSS, JavaScript/Vue.js
- Develop responsive front-end designs suitable for multiple devices and screen sizes
- Collaborate with baseball operations staff to create and improve internal analysis and informational tools.
- Help ensure that systems and solutions are in line with organizational objectives
Position Qualifications, Skills, and Experience Required:
- 4 year degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field or equivalent experience is required
- Ability to work evening, weekend, and holiday hours during the baseball season is a must
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills and ability to interact and work with staff at all levels
- Ability to recognize and maintain confidentiality of work materials and issues as appropriate
- Experience with the following tools, platforms, and business data is required:
- Two years of experience with Python
- Strong knowledge of SQL
- Strong knowledge of Django, Flask, or similar
- Basic administration of UNIX-based servers (Linux, Mac, etc.)
- Managing cloud resources on AWS or a similar platform
- Interest in and knowledge of UI/UX and web development technologies such as HTML5, JavaScript, Vue.js, Vite, ChartJS
- Experience with the following tools, platforms and business data is preferred:
- Business intelligence experience is a plus
- Baseball knowledge and exposure to baseball statistics
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to lift items weighing as much as 25 pounds
- Must be able to be productive utilizing a computer keyboard and telephone
- Must be able to be productive in a work environment where the noise level can be high at times
- Must be comfortable walking to navigate the facility to access the office, concourse, etc.
- Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as required by deadlines and event scheduling
The physical demands described here are representative of those that may be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
This role is a Full-Time, Exempt opportunity that is eligible for Company Benefits, 401K, and PTO. This role is expected to have a standard 40-hour work week.
To Apply:
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Matrix Reloaded: January 24, 2025

I began last week’s Matrix Reloaded with a note about the slow pace of the offseason in January, and that was still the case when the column was published at 3:35 p.m. ET. So, of course, less than three hours after that went live, Roki Sasaki announced on Instagram that he’d signed with the Dodgers. His signing kicked the market into gear, making these past seven days far more eventful than what we’d experienced in recent weeks.
For my neurotic Offseason Matrices work, that means a lot fewer blank cells and a lot more maroon cells, indicating a lack of fit due to a positional logjam. The game of musical chairs continues and free agents remain available to sign, but many of the teams that might’ve been interested earlier in the offseason have since filled their openings. That doesn’t necessarily mean that all of these players will sign for less than what they were expected to when the offseason began — though, as Ben Clemens demonstrated earlier this week, many of them will — but it does mean their options are limited. Without further ado, let’s get to the transactions that happened and what we can glean about the ones that may still be to come. Read the rest of this entry »