Cooper Criswell
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 200LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 13, #391, Los Angeles Angels | North Carolina
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 0 2.70 1 1 0 3.1 4 0.90
2023 1 1 5.73 10 0 0 33 27 1.55
2024 3 3 4.15 12 11 0 52 49 1.21
4 Seasons 4 5 4.92 24 13 0 89.2 80 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 1 0-0 2.70 3.1 4 0.90
2023 10 1-1 5.73 33 27 1.55
2024 12 3-3 4.15 52 49 1.21
4 Seasons 24 4-5 4.92 89.2 80 1.37
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2021 24 41 10 0 0.0 0.0 97.4 107.0 2.4 30.0 .420 .505 .633 .403 .403 70.0 0.0 0.0 20.25 7.48
2022 25 45 8 0 0.0 0.0 93.3 103.8 4.9 12.5 .117 .154 .189 .163 .178 25.0 30.8 7.7 2.70 1.14
2023 26 554 109 6 5.5 4.0 87.1 111.9 8.0 38.5 .279 .443 .368 .346 .386 33.0 17.9 7.3 5.73 5.16
2024 27 962 153 13 8.5 6.0 88.8 113.5 9.7 35.9 .243 .392 .310 .301 .355 37.9 22.5 6.0 4.15 3.58
Player 1602 280 19 6.8 4.8 88.6 113.5 8.6 36.1 .257 .406 .337 .316 .364 36.8 20.4 6.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.4 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Criswell relies on 4 pitches.
Sweeper
(29.6%) ,
Changeup
(28.3%) ,
Sinker
(28.0%) ,
Cutter
(14.1%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 60.0 10.0 30.0 0.0 40.0 50.0 10.0 0.0 40.0 10.0 40.0 10.0 0.0 0.0
2022 62.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 37.5 50.0 12.5 0.0 50.0 25.0 12.5 12.5 0.0 0.0
2023 43.1 21.1 32.1 3.7 37.6 41.3 21.1 2.8 36.7 23.9 26.6 4.6 5.5 4.0
2024 47.7 21.6 24.2 6.5 49.7 31.4 19.0 3.9 35.9 23.5 21.6 6.5 8.5 6.0
Player 46.8 20.7 27.1 5.4 44.3 36.4 19.3 3.2 36.8 23.2 23.9 6.1 6.8 4.8
MLB 44.6 23.6 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Changeup BOS R 272 84.6 43.6 7.5 21 14.1 -1.0 -7
2024 Sweeper BOS R 285 77.0 41.1 -1.1 -3 18.8 3.2 21
2024 Sinker BOS R 269 89.3 32.9 5.0 18 17.5 1.9 12
2024 Cutter BOS R 136 86.0 28.5 0.9 3 0.8 -1.3 -63
2023 Cutter TB R 99 84.0 32.1 -0.3 -1 1.8 -0.5 -20
2023 Slider TB R 39 82.0 35.4 -3.8 -10 7.3 0.0 0
2023 Sinker TB R 189 88.4 33.1 4.4 15 18.1 2.9 19
2023 Changeup TB R 72 83.5 44.0 8.1 22 14.5 -0.1 -1
2023 Sweeper TB R 155 76.2 43.5 -1.9 -4 20.1 2.8 16
2022 Sweeper TB R 16 77.6 44.8 0.0 0 17.5 0.4 3
2022 Sinker TB R 25 90.2 30.6 4.9 19 18.4 3.2 21
2022 Cutter TB R 4 82.9 33.6 -0.5 -2 7.3 4.2 133
2021 Changeup LAA R 7 83.2 40.5 6.3 19 15.8 1.7 12
2021 Sinker LAA R 20 87.2 33.3 6.8 26 15.6 1.0 7
2021 Sweeper LAA R 14 75.1 45.5 -2.2 -5 16.7 -1.6 -9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 Sweeper -2.2 -6 285 29.6 59 .269 .442 .382 21.4 25.4 13.9 .255 .383 .325 18.9
2024 Changeup 1.0 3 272 28.3 86 .241 .349 .274 20.6 15.1 13.3 .248 .373 .275 40.8
2024 Sinker 1.0 3 269 28.0 45 .300 .475 .378 6.5 15.6 11.1 .265 .422 .322 47.1
2024 Cutter -0.3 0 136 14.1 28 .160 .400 .280 36.2 50.0 25.0 .165 .424 .293 54.5
2023 Sinker -1.6 -3 189 34.1 50 .372 .674 .466 11.4 12.0 15.8 .351 .571 .432 50.0
2023 Sweeper -1.4 -2 155 28.0 44 .205 .333 .305 25.7 38.6 20.7 .162 .248 .235 13.6
2023 Cutter 0.9 1 99 17.9 26 .292 .458 .387 11.9 0.0 0.0 .368 .568 .423 20.8
2023 Changeup -4.5 -3 72 13.0 21 .381 .619 .429 19.4 14.3 11.5 .312 .509 .349 44.4
2023 Slider 5.6 2 39 7.0 9 .125 .125 .178 28.6 11.1 20.0 .107 .166 .179 14.3
2022 Sinker 3.1 1 25 55.6 6 .167 .167 .150 16.7 0.0 0.0 .090 .098 .085 0.0
2022 Sweeper -7.0 -1 16 35.6 6 .200 .200 .267 57.1 66.7 44.4 .120 .138 .211 100.0
2022 Cutter 4.8 0 4 8.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .269 .577 .350 100.0
2021 Sinker -12.0 -2 20 48.8 6 .667 1.000 .717 0.0 0.0 0.0 .390 .461 .368 66.7
2021 Sweeper -3.1 0 14 34.1 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .430 .574 .440 50.0
2021 Changeup -5.6 0 7 17.1 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .501 .570 .473 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 211 84.6 86 16.5 2:45 3:45 -60
2024 Cutter 135 86.0 44 7.6 12:45 11:45 60
2024 Sinker 265 89.3 82 18.4 2:15 3:00 -45
2024 Sweeper 282 77.0 73 20.2 8:45 9:15 -30
2023 Changeup 62 83.5 87 16.7 2:45 3:45 -60
2023 Cutter 98 84.0 38 6.6 12:00 11:15 45
2023 Sinker 185 88.4 84 19.2 2:00 3:00 -60
2023 Slider 39 82.0 38 8.8 11:00 9:45 75
2023 Sweeper 153 76.1 71 21.5 8:30 9:15 -45
2022 Sinker 25 90.2 90 19.5 2:00 2:45 -45
2022 Sweeper 16 77.6 69 18.6 8:30 9:00 -30
2021 Sinker 20 87.2 76 16.5 2:00 2:45 -45
2021 Sweeper 14 75.1 70 17.6 8:45 9:00 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 150 554 2 0 -5 -3 -5
2024 218 962 3 3 -5 -4 -2
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2021 41 48.8 80.0 100.0 19.0 100.0 31.7 40.0 48.8 0.0 12.2 100.0
2022 45 62.2 53.6 73.3 29.4 60.0 57.8 84.6 44.4 30.0 4.4 50.0
2023 554 51.6 62.6 87.7 28.0 68.0 38.1 64.9 45.8 17.7 7.0 69.2
2024 962 46.7 59.0 84.9 29.8 71.9 47.3 66.1 43.5 19.9 5.3 66.7
Player 1,602 48.9 60.7 86.1 28.9 70.9 44.0 65.6 44.4 18.8 6.1 69.1
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 60.9 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2023 2 10 90
2024 64 50 55 57 71 27 34 49 55 50 78 12 65 3 10 78
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 25.2 6 4.8 1 1 2 3 50.0
2024 24.4 6 6.3 0 5 5 2 33.3
Player 24.8 12 11.2 1 6 7 5 41.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 6 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 6 5 5
2024 6 3 7 7 5 8 8 8 6 5 6 11 4 5 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 9 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 6
Player 12 7 12 11 10 13 13 13 10 10 11 15 9 10 13 11 11 11 11 12 11 11 14 12 9 11 9 11 12 11 11
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 87.2 89.2 2.0 86.9 -2.3 88.2 1.3
Offspeed Velocity 83.2 0.0 0.0 83.5 0.0 84.6 1.1
Breaking Velocity 75.1 77.6 2.5 77.3 -0.3 77.0 -0.3
Exit Velocity 97.4 93.3 -4.1 87.1 -6.2 88.8 1.7
Launch Angle 2.4 4.9 2.5 8.0 3.1 9.7 1.7
Barrel % 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.5 5.5 8.5 3.0
Hard Hit % 70.0 25.0 -45.0 33.0 8.0 37.9 4.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.0 12.5 -17.5 38.5 26.0 35.9 -2.6
xBA .420 .117 -0.303 .279 0.162 .243 -0.036
BA .600 .167 -0.433 .296 0.129 .250 -0.046
xwOBA .403 .163 -0.240 .346 0.183 .301 -0.045
wOBA .633 .189 -0.444 .368 0.179 .310 -0.058
xSLG .505 .154 -0.351 .443 0.289 .392 -0.051
SLG .900 .167 -0.733 .496 0.329 .405 -0.091
K% 0.0 30.8 30.8 17.9 -12.9 22.5 4.6
BB% 0.0 7.7 7.7 7.3 -0.4 6.0 -1.3
Swing % 48.8 44.4 -4.4 45.8 1.4 43.5 -2.3
Whiff% 0.0 30.0 30.0 17.7 -12.3 19.9 2.2
In Zone % 48.8 62.2 13.4 51.6 -10.6 46.7 -4.9
Out of Zone % 51.2 37.8 -13.4 48.4 10.6 53.3 4.9
Out of Zone Swing % 19.0 29.4 10.4 28.0 -1.4 29.8 1.8
First Pitch Swing % 10.0 30.8 20.8 27.8 -3.0 18.3 -9.5
First Pitch Strike % 40.0 84.6 44.6 64.9 -19.7 66.1 1.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 10 .633 6 2 33.3 4 4 100.0
2022 Shifts 13 .189 11 5 45.5 2 2 100.0
2023 Shades 150 .368 90 12 13.3 60 26 43.3
2024 Shades 218 .310 104 7 6.7 114 78 68.4
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 9 13.8 77.8% 0.0% 11 19.2 0.0% 0.0%
2022 23 16.8 21.7% 0.0% 1 21.5 0.0% 0.0%
2023 155 11.5 94.2% 0.0% 95 16.1 26.3% 0.0%
2024 275 11.2 90.9% 0.0% 153 15.6 34.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution