P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 2" 200 lbs | Age: 39
Draft: 2007 | Rd. C-A, No. 38, Toronto Blue Jays | Maryland
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 1 7 3.93 54 0 0 36.2 45 1.28
2017 2 4 3.88 73 0 1 67.1 66 1.23
2018 1 1 6.89 40 0 0 32.2 19 1.96
10 Seasons 44 47 4.29 443 74 12 756 670 1.36
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 54 1-7 3.93 36.2 45 1.28
2017 73 2-4 3.88 67.1 66 1.23
2018 40 1-1 6.89 32.2 19 1.96
10 Seasons 443 44-47 4.29 756 670 1.36
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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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
2015 28 823 129 5 3.9 2.3 88.4 108.6 8.4 28.7 .189 .285 .243 .235 .324 31.0 32.7 6.1 2.48 2.26
2016 29 566 102 5 4.9 3.2 90.2 112.1 10.5 36.3 .256 .411 .320 .314 .419 43.1 28.7 5.1 3.93 4.16
2017 30 990 195 6 3.1 2.2 87.2 112.1 13.3 32.8 .229 .356 .299 .270 .336 28.9 23.8 5.8 3.88 3.08
2018 31 569 113 9 8.0 5.7 88.7 113.7 14.5 31.9 .275 .480 .378 .377 .386 38.9 12.1 15.9 6.89 6.35
Player 2948 539 25 4.6 3.1 88.4 113.7 11.9 32.3 .232 .370 .303 .291 .360 34.2 24.8 7.7
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Cecil relies on 5 pitches.
Knuckle Curve
(36.7%) ,
Sinker
(19.7%) ,
Four Seamer
(17.9%) ,
Cutter
(16.3%) ,
Changeup
(9.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 53.5 46.5 15.5 24.8 6.2 40.3 37.2 22.5 27.1 19.4 7.0 13.2 17.8 15.5
2016 43.1 56.9 18.6 32.4 5.9 43.1 35.3 21.6 20.6 17.6 4.9 22.5 17.6 16.7
2017 46.7 53.3 21.0 25.1 7.2 38.5 34.4 27.2 20.5 18.5 7.7 17.9 15.9 19.5
2018 40.7 59.3 27.4 24.8 7.1 40.7 35.4 23.9 21.2 15.0 4.4 19.5 20.4 19.5
Player 46.4 53.6 20.6 26.3 6.7 40.3 35.4 24.3 22.3 17.8 6.3 18.0 17.6 18.0
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 2.3 37.2 20.9 27.1 4.7 3.9 2.3
2016 4.9 33.3 15.7 29.4 7.8 4.9 3.2
2017 4.6 30.3 25.6 24.6 7.7 3.1 2.2
2018 7.1 26.5 24.8 27.4 6.2 8.0 5.7
Player 4.6 31.7 22.4 26.7 6.7 4.6 3.1
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2018 Changeup STL L 53 82.9 32.6 0.3 10.7ARM -2.7 8.7 -1.1 10.7ARM -3.4
2018 Curveball STL L 209 81.3 49.2 -3.9 1.8GLV -5.1 -6.1 -3.2 1.8GLV -6.4
2018 Cutter STL L 93 85.9 30.3 0.6 1.5GLV -2.0 7.8 -0.1 1.5GLV -0.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball STL L 102 89.9 19.2 -1.6 4.4ARM -1.9 15.5 -0.1 4.4ARM -3.5
2018 Sinker STL L 112 89.7 23.3 -0.3 13.2ARM -1.0 11.7 -2.2 13.2ARM -1.1
2017 Curveball STL L 283 83.4 44.0 -4.5 1.3GLV -4.6 -2.8 -4.3 1.3GLV -7.5
2017 Sinker STL L 97 90.9 23.3 2.1 15.6ARM 0.5 11.2 -0.2 15.6ARM 1.8
2017 Changeup STL L 128 83.1 32.6 1.5 12.5ARM -1.4 9.1 0.7 12.5ARM -0.9
2017 4-Seam Fastball STL L 302 91.9 17.5 -2.5 7.0ARM -0.9 16.1 -0.9 7.0ARM -1.0
2017 Cutter STL L 164 88.7 25.2 0.4 0.9ARM -2.9 11.0 1.1 0.9ARM -2.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2018 Curveball 0.8 2 209 36.7 56 .240 .320 .280 30.7 23.2 17.1 .231 .337 .299 42.1
2018 Sinker -4.6 -5 112 19.7 33 .414 .690 .526 9.4 6.1 10.5 .298 .561 .408 33.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball -5.0 -5 102 17.9 33 .304 .565 .497 11.6 6.1 5.3 .314 .574 .476 47.6
2018 Cutter -0.4 0 93 16.3 19 .278 .667 .371 20.0 10.5 25.0 .278 .657 .409 29.4
2018 Changeup 0.0 0 53 9.3 11 .333 .333 .309 13.6 0.0 0.0 .337 .424 .353 40.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 302 31.0 85 .273 .481 .352 19.1 23.5 24.7 .245 .440 .324 32.8
2017 Curveball 0.6 2 283 29.1 93 .225 .371 .252 38.8 40.9 27.5 .168 .248 .201 30.2
2017 Cutter -0.1 0 164 16.8 42 .342 .447 .349 17.9 2.4 5.3 .320 .453 .350 26.3
2017 Changeup 3.4 4 128 13.1 31 .200 .233 .167 37.7 16.1 17.2 .213 .263 .199 19.2
2017 Sinker -1.3 -1 97 10.0 19 .389 .667 .489 18.4 0.0 0.0 .338 .530 .386 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 420 1,602 -4 8 -10 -8 -13
2010 722 2,698 -1 16 -14 -8 -7
2011 530 1,910 4 7 -15 -7 -10
2012 270 1,021 0 0 -6 -4 -10
2013 246 909 3 15 -3 -3 11
2014 230 877 3 5 0 -2 6
2015 208 797 4 10 0 -1 14
2016 157 566 2 -1 -1 -2 -1
2017 271 975 8 4 -3 -3 6
2018 152 569 -2 1 -6 -2 -9
Player 3,206 11,924 18 65 -58 18 -14
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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 %
2015 823 46.7 66.4 82.1 33.4 43.1 41.5 59.8 48.5 32.1 7.7 79.0
2016 566 53.7 61.2 81.2 30.9 49.4 39.4 66.2 47.2 28.5 8.7 67.3
2017 990 48.2 71.5 80.1 35.4 58.7 44.5 61.8 52.9 27.9 6.6 84.4
2018 569 49.9 68.0 86.5 24.9 62.0 42.7 60.1 46.4 20.1 5.8 81.8
Player 2,948 49.2 67.3 82.1 32.0 52.8 42.3 61.8 49.3 27.7 7.1 78.4
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
2015 98 96 96 91 97 91 78 40 68 97 72 94 86 45 34 39 21
2016 41 31 43 7
2017 88 73 78 80 90 88 95 49 82 64 89 76 97 29 8 20 3
2018 12 14 34 10
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 25.98 6 4.7 1 4 3 2 33.3
2017 22.11 7 6.6 0 7 4 3 42.9
2018 23.00 5 5.5 -1 3 3 3 60.0
Player 23.18 18 16.8 1 14 10 8 44.4
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 6 5 4 7 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 6 4 4 5 5 3 4 4 5 4 4 6 6 4 5 5 7 4 5 3
2017 7 6 5 8 6 7 7 6 5 6 6 13 6 6 6 7 6 6 8 6 7 6 8 7 6 6 6 9 7 6 4
2018 5 7 3 4 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 7 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 6 5 6
Player 18 18 12 19 17 18 18 17 15 13 16 25 16 15 17 19 15 16 17 17 17 15 20 19 15 16 16 20 17 16 13
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2018 +/-   2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .302 +.040 .262 -.007 .269 +.072 .197
xBA .275 +.046 .229 -.027 .256 +.067 .189
OBP .408 +.108 .300 -.014 .314 +.060 .254
xOBP .394 +.119 .275 -.033 .308 +.060 .248
SLG .496 +.082 .414 -.014 .428 +.120 .308
xSLG .480 +.124 .356 -.055 .411 +.126 .285
ISO .194 +.042 .152 -.007 .159 +.048 .111
xISO .206 +.080 .126 -.029 .155 +.060 .095
BABIP .315 -.004 .319 -.028 .347 +.065 .282
wOBA .378 +.079 .299 -.021 .320 +.077 .243
xwOBA .377 +.107 .270 -.044 .314 +.079 .235
wOBACON .386 +.012 .374 -.051 .425 +.091 .334
xwOBACON .386 +.050 .336 -.083 .419 +.095 .324
BACON .345 +.001 .344 -.042 .386 +.081 .305
xBACON .326 +.016 .310 -.068 .378 +.082 .296
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 38.9 +10.0 28.9 -14.2 43.1 +12.1 31.0
Avg Exit Velocity 88.7 +1.5 87.2 -3.0 90.2 +1.8 88.4
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 31.9 -0.9 32.8 -3.5 36.3 +7.6 28.7
Barrel % 8.0 +4.9 3.1 -1.8 4.9 +1.0 3.9
Avg Launch Angle 14.5 +1.2 13.3 +2.8 10.5 +2.1 8.4
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 88.6 -2.2 90.8 -1.5 92.3 0.0 92.3
Breaking Velocity 81.3 -2.1 83.4 -1.0 84.4 -0.2 84.6
Offspeed Velocity 82.9 -0.2 83.1 -1.8 84.9 -0.8 85.7
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 9 +3 6 +1 5 0 5
Popup % 7.1 -0.1 7.2 +1.3 5.9 -0.3 6.2
Flyball % 27.4 +6.4 21.0 +2.4 18.6 +3.1 15.5
Line Drive % 24.8 -0.3 25.1 -7.3 32.4 +7.6 24.8
Groundball % 40.7 -6.0 46.7 +3.6 43.1 -10.4 53.5
Pull % 40.7 +2.2 38.5 -4.6 43.1 +2.8 40.3
Straight Away % 35.4 +1.0 34.4 -0.9 35.3 -1.9 37.2
Opposite Field % 23.9 -3.3 27.2 +5.6 21.6 -0.9 22.5
Weak Contact % 7.1 +2.5 4.6 -0.3 4.9 +2.6 2.3
Pull Airball % 19.5 +1.6 17.9 -4.6 22.5 +9.3 13.2
Topped Contact % 26.5 -3.8 30.3 -3.0 33.3 -3.9 37.2
Under Contact % 24.8 -0.8 25.6 +9.9 15.7 -5.2 20.9
Flare/Burner Contact % 27.4 +2.8 24.6 -4.8 29.4 +2.3 27.1
Solid Contact % 6.2 -1.5 7.7 -0.1 7.8 +3.1 4.7
HR/FB % 16.1 -1.0 17.1 -14.5 31.6 +11.6 20.0
Popups 8 -6 14 +8 6 -2 8
Flyballs 31 -10 41 +22 19 -1 20
Line Drives 28 -21 49 +16 33 +1 32
Groundballs 46 -45 91 +47 44 -25 69
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 49.9 +1.7 48.2 -5.5 53.7 +7.0 46.7
Out of Zone % 50.1 -1.7 51.8 +5.5 46.3 -7.0 53.3
Edge % 42.7 -1.8 44.5 +5.1 39.4 -2.1 41.5
Zone Swing % 68.0 -3.5 71.5 +10.3 61.2 -5.2 66.4
Out of Zone Swing % 24.9 -10.5 35.4 +4.5 30.9 -2.5 33.4
In Zone Contact % 86.5 +6.4 80.1 -1.1 81.2 -0.9 82.1
Out of Zone Contact % 62.0 +3.3 58.7 +9.3 49.4 +6.3 43.1
Whiff % 20.1 -7.8 27.9 -0.6 28.5 -3.6 32.1
First Strike % 60.1 -1.7 61.8 -4.4 66.2 +6.4 59.8
First Pitch Swing % 34.6 +0.1 34.5 -3.7 38.2 +5.0 33.2
Swing % 46.4 -6.5 52.9 +5.7 47.2 -1.3 48.5
Meatball Swing % 81.8 -2.6 84.4 +17.1 67.3 -11.7 79.0
Meatball % 5.8 -0.8 6.6 -2.1 8.7 +1.0 7.7
Zone Swing & Miss % 13.5 -6.4 19.9 +1.1 18.8 +0.9 17.9
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 38.0 -3.3 41.3 -9.3 50.6 -6.3 56.9
In Zone 284 -186 470 +166 304 -74 378
Out of Zone 285 -220 505 +243 262 -169 431
Edge 243 -191 434 +211 223 -113 336
In Zone Swings 193 -143 336 +150 186 -65 251
Out of Zone Swings 71 -108 179 +98 81 -63 144
In Zone Swing & Misses 26 -41 67 +32 35 -10 45
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 27 -47 74 +33 41 -41 82
Basic
Pitches 569 -421 990 +424 566 -257 823
PA 157 -120 277 +120 157 -57 214
AB 129 -127 256 +111 145 -53 198
Hits 39 -28 67 +28 39 0 39
Singles 26 -16 42 +14 28 +1 27
Doubles 6 -12 18 +13 5 -1 6
Triples 2 +2 0 0 0 -2 2
Home Runs 5 -2 7 +1 6 +2 4
Walks 25 +9 16 +8 8 -5 13
Strikeouts 19 -47 66 +21 45 -25 70
K% 12.1 -11.7 23.8 -4.9 28.7 -4.0 32.7
BB% 15.9 +10.1 5.8 +0.7 5.1 -1.0 6.1
HBP 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2
Batted Balls 113 -82 195 +93 102 -27 129
Number of Fastballs 307 -256 563 +293 270 -157 427
Number of Offspeed 53 -75 128 +90 38 -16 54
Number of Breaking 209 -74 283 +25 258 -58 316
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 153 .315 83 0 0.0 70 19 27.1
2017 Shifts 271 .302 155 0 0.0 116 3 2.6
2018 Shifts 152 .378 86 3 3.5 66 3 4.5
! 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 %
2010 804 15.0 43.3% 6.1% 470 22.9 0.9% 10.0%
2011 583 15.8 40.8% 1.4% 275 23.5 0.0% 11.3%
2012 305 17.3 20.7% 1.6% 181 24.3 0.0% 14.9%
2013 239 17.9 10.5% 1.3% 166 22.3 0.0% 15.1%
2014 176 19.1 9.7% 2.3% 220 22.7 0.9% 13.6%
2015 233 20.0 11.6% 10.3% 112 23.6 5.4% 17.9%
2016 155 19.5 16.1% 5.8% 92 23.2 12.0% 18.5%
2017 255 18.3 7.1% 0.4% 134 22.6 0.7% 5.2%
2018 133 20.1 6.0% 3.0% 121 23.0 0.0% 3.3%

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Pitch Distribution