Justin Anderson
P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 230LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 14, #419, Los Angeles Angels | St Pius X (TX) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 3 3 4.07 57 0 4 55.1 67 1.48
2019 3 0 5.55 54 0 1 47 60 1.57
2024 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 3.1 3 1.80
3 Seasons 6 3 4.77 114 0 5 105.2 130 1.53
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 57 3-3 4.07 55.1 67 1.48
2019 54 3-0 5.55 47 60 1.57
2024 3 0-0 5.40 3.1 3 1.80
3 Seasons 114 6-3 4.77 105.2 130 1.53
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
2018 25 1051 129 5 3.9 2.1 88.0 108.1 11.3 24.0 .189 .258 .295 .281 .296 35.7 27.9 16.7 4.07 3.30
2019 26 914 124 10 8.1 4.6 88.0 109.8 18.7 31.5 .205 .346 .333 .305 .351 34.4 27.6 14.7 5.55 4.08
2024 31 62 9 1 11.1 6.3 85.6 104.1 17.5 44.4 .173 .335 .285 .330 .278 33.3 18.8 25.0 5.40 4.29
Player 2027 262 16 6.1 3.4 87.9 109.8 14.9 28.2 .196 .301 .312 .294 .321 35.0 27.5 16.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Anderson relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(46.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(24.2%) ,
Sinker
(24.2%) ,
Cutter
(4.8%) ,


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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
2018 53.5 17.8 18.6 10.1 31.8 45.7 22.5 4.7 38.0 24.8 26.4 1.6 3.9 2.1
2019 36.3 22.6 26.6 14.5 37.9 31.5 30.6 4.0 24.2 28.2 26.6 5.6 8.1 4.6
2024 33.3 44.4 22.2 0.0 11.1 44.4 44.4 11.1 22.2 44.4 0.0 11.1 11.1 6.3
Player 44.7 21.0 22.5 11.8 34.0 38.9 27.1 4.6 30.9 27.1 25.6 3.8 6.1 3.4
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 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 Cutter CWS R 3 93.4 22.0 -1.6 -8 4.6 -6.4 -355
2024 Slider CWS R 29 85.7 35.7 0.4 1 9.3 4.4 90
2024 Sinker CWS R 15 95.6 19.6 -0.8 -4 15.8 0.9 6
2024 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 15 96.4 12.3 1.0 7 9.2 1.8 24
2019 Slider LAA R 467 84.5 35.0 -1.6 -4 8.4 3.9 86
2019 Sinker LAA R 55 94.7 16.6 -3.9 -19 13.1 -1.4 -9
2019 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 366 94.6 13.6 1.4 9 7.2 -0.3 -4
2019 Changeup LAA R 8 88.0 21.1 -7.3 -26 11.1 -2.7 -20
2018 Sinker LAA R 215 97.2 15.3 -3.4 -18 12.9 -1.4 -10
2018 Slider LAA R 577 85.6 37.5 2.0 6 9.0 4.7 107
2018 Curveball LAA R 1 73.6 54.3 -9.1 -14 7.4 -2.6 -26
2018 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 257 97.2 12.3 1.5 11 7.3 -0.3 -4
! 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 Slider -8.9 -3 29 46.8 7 .400 .400 .457 54.5 28.6 18.2 .175 .262 .330 33.3
2024 Sinker 7.6 1 15 24.2 4 .000 .000 .000 16.7 0.0 -- .147 .221 .153 25.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 0 15 24.2 5 .000 .000 .280 16.7 20.0 33.3 .204 .607 .474 50.0
2024 Cutter -7.1 0 3 4.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 Slider -1.2 -5 467 51.1 111 .229 .385 .325 40.6 35.1 25.5 .190 .290 .284 29.8
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -3 366 40.0 85 .231 .492 .397 17.6 18.8 15.0 .227 .444 .369 38.5
2019 Sinker 3.5 2 55 6.0 15 .214 .357 .273 0.0 6.7 16.7 .265 .369 .298 38.5
2019 Changeup -0.3 0 8 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 16.7 -- -- .000 --
2018 Slider 2.1 12 577 54.9 108 .168 .257 .226 52.6 42.6 24.1 .145 .219 .193 18.2
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -2 257 24.5 65 .267 .311 .398 21.3 16.9 16.4 .241 .338 .391 52.9
2018 Sinker 0.8 2 215 20.5 64 .260 .280 .341 11.6 15.6 17.9 .234 .266 .324 45.0
2018 Curveball 7.5 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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 4-Seam Fastball 15 96.4 96 19.3 1:15 1:00 15
2024 Sinker 15 95.6 92 19.3 1:15 2:00 -45
2024 Slider 29 85.7 41 10.6 8:00 9:15 -75
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 237 1,050 6 18 -6 -6 11
2019 212 896 4 1 -6 -6 -7
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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 %
2018 1,051 43.5 58.0 78.1 24.1 33.6 42.1 52.5 38.8 37.0 6.3 62.1
2019 914 43.6 68.8 85.9 28.1 45.8 39.3 58.5 45.8 28.4 6.8 86.9
2024 62 38.7 58.3 71.4 23.7 55.6 38.7 43.8 37.1 34.8 6.5 25.0
Player 2,027 43.4 62.8 81.8 25.9 40.1 40.7 55.0 41.9 32.7 6.5 72.5
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
2018 80 95 99 99 17 94 92 59 45 82 1 98 10 96 67 71
2019 59 87 86 76 32 74 28 68 68 76 2 71 39 73 58 86
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 22.8 3 3.5 -1 1 3 1 33.3
2019 24.9 6 4.9 1 4 5 1 16.7
Player 24.2 9 8.3 1 5 8 2 22.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 3 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 4 5 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2
2019 6 6 5 7 5 5 6 5 5 3 5 6 8 4 5 5 3 3 4 6 5 4 8 4 4 3 5 7 5 4 1
Player 9 10 7 11 9 9 10 8 8 5 9 11 11 7 9 9 6 6 6 10 8 7 12 8 7 7 9 11 9 8 3
! 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 2018 2019 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.2 94.6 -2.6
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 88.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 85.6 84.5 -1.1
Exit Velocity 88.0 88.0 0.0
Launch Angle 11.3 18.7 7.4
Barrel % 3.9 8.1 4.2
Hard Hit % 35.7 34.4 -1.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 24.0 31.5 7.5
xBA .189 .205 0.016
BA .214 .232 0.018
xwOBA .281 .305 0.024
wOBA .295 .333 0.038
xSLG .258 .346 0.088
SLG .276 .431 0.155
K% 27.9 27.6 -0.3
BB% 16.7 14.7 -2.0
Swing % 38.8 45.8 7.0
Whiff% 37.0 28.4 -8.6
In Zone % 43.5 43.6 0.1
Out of Zone % 56.5 56.4 -0.1
Out of Zone Swing % 24.1 28.1 4.0
First Pitch Swing % 21.0 32.3 11.3
First Pitch Strike % 52.5 58.5 6.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 237 .295 138 0 0.0 99 14 14.1
2019 Shifts 211 .322 111 0 0.0 100 17 17.0
2024 Shades 16 .285 11 0 0.0 5 0 0.0
! 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 %
2018 267 23.1 0.7% 13.9% 241 26.4 0.0% 21.6%
2019 222 24.6 0.0% 8.1% 185 28.9 0.0% 37.3%
2024 13 16.7 15.4% 0.0% 17 19.3 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution