Josh Tomlin
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 190LBS | Age: 40
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 19, #581, Cleveland Indians | Texas Tech
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 2 1 3.74 51 1 2 79.1 51 1.12
2020 2 2 4.76 17 5 0 39.2 36 1.21
2021 4 0 6.57 35 0 0 49.1 37 1.50
12 Seasons 69 56 4.77 286 150 2 1,067 736 1.23
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 51 2-1 3.74 79.1 51 1.12
2020 17 2-2 4.76 39.2 36 1.21
2021 35 4-0 6.57 49.1 37 1.50
12 Seasons 286 69-56 4.77 1,067 736 1.23
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 30 949 184 21 11.4 8.4 89.4 112.2 15.5 35.9 .242 .480 .275 .324 .405 36.4 22.7 3.2 3.02 4.40
2016 31 2612 584 42 7.2 5.8 87.9 112.2 10.7 35.4 .278 .482 .327 .332 .388 32.2 16.3 2.8 4.40 4.71
2017 32 2088 458 32 7.0 5.5 88.5 113.8 13.7 39.3 .300 .511 .340 .351 .423 36.6 18.6 2.4 4.98 5.44
2018 33 1185 259 27 10.4 8.4 88.9 117.1 18.1 39.0 .297 .581 .396 .386 .439 38.0 14.3 3.7 6.14 6.73
2019 34 1136 262 17 6.5 5.3 89.1 111.9 17.8 33.2 .270 .466 .308 .314 .367 33.6 15.9 2.2 3.74 4.35
2020 35 575 118 14 11.9 8.6 88.9 111.1 17.0 34.7 .263 .472 .310 .326 .403 36.4 22.1 4.9 4.76 4.54
2021 36 808 175 15 8.6 6.9 89.1 111.0 18.1 38.3 .297 .502 .377 .350 .412 39.4 17.0 2.3 6.57 5.33
Player 9353 2040 168 8.2 6.5 88.6 117.1 14.7 36.7 .281 .499 .334 .341 .404 35.3 17.6 2.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Tomlin relies on 4 pitches.
Cutter
(47.2%) ,
Curveball
(28.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(22.5%) ,
Changeup
(1.5%) ,


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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
2015 38.6 26.1 27.7 7.6 38.6 33.2 26.1 2.7 27.7 32.6 19.0 6.0 11.4 8.4
2016 44.5 21.9 28.4 5.1 38.4 38.0 23.5 3.3 33.0 22.4 25.3 5.3 7.2 5.8
2017 41.5 22.5 29.5 6.6 40.0 41.0 19.0 2.2 30.6 23.6 28.2 6.3 7.0 5.5
2018 31.7 30.5 28.6 9.3 39.0 39.4 21.2 1.9 22.8 29.7 26.6 5.0 10.4 8.4
2019 35.1 30.2 26.3 8.4 39.7 35.9 24.4 2.3 25.2 32.4 24.4 7.3 6.5 5.3
2020 39.0 25.4 25.4 10.2 44.9 32.2 22.9 2.5 27.1 28.8 25.4 4.2 11.9 8.6
2021 34.3 30.9 26.9 8.0 42.3 35.4 22.3 1.7 23.4 30.9 29.1 5.7 8.6 6.9
Player 39.3 25.5 28.0 7.2 39.7 37.6 22.4 2.5 28.5 26.9 25.8 5.8 8.2 6.5
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2021 Changeup ATL R 12 84.7 28.1 -3.1 13.3ARM -0.9 10.1 -3.8 13.3ARM -0.6
2021 Curveball ATL R 233 76.4 53.3 -4.3 4.2GLV -4.8 -6.6 -3.5 4.2GLV -5.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 182 88.9 16.3 1.3 5.9ARM -1.2 18.4 2.2 5.9ARM -1.3
2021 Cutter ATL R 381 86.0 26.0 3.5 3.5GLV 0.6 10.7 2.7 3.5GLV 0.6
2020 Sinker ATL R 3 87.8 18.3 -7.9 13.4ARM -0.8 17.4 -8.3 13.4ARM -1.4
2020 Cutter ATL R 293 85.6 26.4 2.8 2.4GLV -0.3 10.6 2.4 2.4GLV -0.4
2020 Curveball ATL R 150 76.4 52.5 -4.7 4.3GLV -4.7 -5.8 -3.9 4.3GLV -4.9
2020 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 106 88.3 17.7 0.7 8.8ARM 1.7 17.5 1.5 8.8ARM 1.5
2020 Changeup ATL R 23 84.0 29.4 -2.5 13.8ARM 0.1 9.3 -2.9 13.8ARM 0.4
! 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 %
2021 Cutter -2.1 -8 381 47.2 117 .307 .553 .392 20.8 15.4 17.3 .272 .524 .345 35.4
2021 Curveball -2.2 -5 233 28.8 48 .413 .674 .460 37.1 25.0 18.5 .348 .521 .377 42.9
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 1 182 22.5 51 .286 .429 .325 12.1 13.7 12.5 .298 .434 .329 45.2
2021 Changeup -5.3 -1 12 1.5 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .523 .563 .477 50.0
2020 Cutter 0.9 3 293 51.0 99 .272 .380 .302 21.7 21.2 23.1 .261 .403 .303 31.5
2020 Curveball -1.4 -2 150 26.1 30 .300 .567 .367 33.8 33.3 29.4 .278 .581 .356 45.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 0 106 18.4 26 .200 .480 .333 12.5 15.4 13.3 .263 .629 .379 47.6
2020 Changeup 2.4 1 23 4.0 5 .200 .400 .250 14.3 20.0 25.0 .219 .293 .221 25.0
2020 Sinker -7.7 0 3 0.5 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 12 84.7 98 16.5 1:45 2:00 -15
2021 Curveball 231 76.4 47 10.2 7:30 6:45 45
2021 Cutter 380 86.0 53 10.5 12:15 11:15 60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 182 88.9 90 18.8 1:00 12:45 15
2020 Changeup 23 84.0 98 16.8 1:45 2:00 -15
2020 Curveball 145 76.4 47 9.5 7:30 7:00 30
2020 Cutter 291 85.6 54 10.0 12:15 11:30 45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 103 88.2 93 19.1 1:15 1:00 15
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 298 1,103 1 0 -3 -4 -6
2011 652 2,347 6 4 -5 -4 0
2012 449 1,593 -13 1 -10 -3 -25
2014 442 1,702 -13 8 -9 -5 -19
2015 251 948 2 12 -3 -2 8
2016 795 2,866 -3 9 -11 -4 -9
2017 590 2,112 -9 18 -12 -5 -8
2018 311 1,137 -4 -2 -6 -4 -17
2019 332 1,170 10 10 -4 -2 14
2020 172 617 5 -2 -3 -1 -1
2021 218 808 1 -7 -5 -1 -13
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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 949 52.4 68.0 84.9 27.9 62.7 45.1 66.1 49.0 21.1 7.0 72.7
2016 2,612 49.2 62.7 89.1 34.5 70.5 46.2 67.7 48.4 17.0 7.3 73.7
2017 2,088 50.5 67.8 85.8 29.5 64.8 44.4 68.5 48.9 19.5 6.3 77.3
2018 1,185 50.7 70.3 86.9 27.1 62.5 44.9 62.8 49.3 19.0 6.2 77.1
2019 1,136 47.6 73.2 87.9 31.3 62.4 42.0 64.4 51.2 19.8 7.3 78.3
2020 575 50.8 69.2 84.7 29.7 57.1 43.8 67.3 49.7 22.7 7.0 85.0
2021 808 47.0 72.4 84.0 38.3 62.2 43.6 64.2 54.3 23.5 6.8 76.4
Player 9,353 49.7 67.8 86.7 31.5 65.1 44.6 66.4 49.6 19.5 6.8 76.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 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 26 50 4 1 86 29 1 15 19 66 98 34 31 10 90 78 10
2016 25 9 8 9 69 3 21 66 69 16 99 6 94 6 88 87 9
2017 15 2 5 10 45 10 29 17 18 26 100 16 70 4 65 84 8
2018 1 1 1 1 25 24 3 32 28 4 99 8 37 3 43 85 11
2019 48 17 21 25 81 47 59 37 74 6 100 9 73 6 33 87 5
2020 40 27 18 19 64 8 8 38 54 42 90 23 68 4 59 71 6
2021 13 2 5 12 46 57 37 41 42 10 100 28 99 5 71 78 9
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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 22.5 37 35.7 1 15 25 19 51.4
2017 22.6 23 27.7 -5 7 24 9 39.1
2018 22.8 25 21.4 4 5 9 14 56.0
2019 24.0 14 14.8 -1 3 8 9 64.3
2020 23.5 7 7.6 -1 2 7 3 42.9
2021 24.1 10 8.7 1 1 8 4 40.0
Player 23.0 116 115.9 0 33 81 58 50.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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 37 38 31 36 39 29 38 35 33 26 33 44 36 32 32 39 23 29 38 42 36 34 48 48 30 30 38 50 39 37 27
2017 23 27 23 24 30 30 32 27 23 26 28 34 25 28 28 28 26 25 32 26 31 29 34 29 24 28 25 33 29 30 17
2018 25 25 18 21 20 20 22 23 19 19 20 23 23 22 21 22 22 21 23 22 23 21 25 23 20 20 20 22 24 21 18
2019 14 19 14 13 17 16 17 14 14 12 13 15 16 14 15 14 14 14 14 17 14 16 17 19 12 13 13 15 17 15 12
2020 7 8 7 10 7 7 9 7 6 6 7 8 8 6 9 5 9 8 8 8 7 7 11 7 7 6 8 8 9 9 7
2021 10 7 10 10 9 7 9 9 6 6 6 9 10 8 8 11 10 8 10 8 9 7 12 11 9 8 10 9 9 7 8
Player 116 124 103 114 122 109 127 115 101 95 107 133 118 110 113 119 104 105 125 123 120 114 147 137 102 105 114 137 127 119 89
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 87.9 87.2 -0.7 ↓ 86.7 -0.5 ↓ 86.7 0.0 87.9 1.2 ↑ 86.3 -1.6 ↓ 86.9 0.6 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 84.7 83.9 -0.8 ↓ 83.8 -0.1 ↓ 83.1 -0.7 ↓ 84.7 1.6 ↑ 84.0 -0.7 ↓ 84.7 0.7 ↑
Breaking Velocity 77.8 75.6 -2.2 ↓ 74.4 -1.2 ↓ 75.1 0.7 ↑ 76.5 1.4 ↑ 76.4 -0.1 ↓ 76.4 0.0
Exit Velocity 89.4 87.9 -1.5 ↓ 88.5 0.6 ↑ 88.9 0.4 ↑ 89.1 0.2 ↑ 88.9 -0.2 ↓ 89.1 0.2 ↑
Launch Angle 15.5 10.7 -4.8 ↓ 13.7 3.0 ↑ 18.1 4.4 ↑ 17.8 -0.3 ↓ 17.0 -0.8 ↓ 18.1 1.1 ↑
Barrel % 11.4 7.2 -4.2 ↓ 7.0 -0.2 ↓ 10.4 3.4 ↑ 6.5 -3.9 ↓ 11.9 5.4 ↑ 8.6 -3.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 36.4 32.2 -4.2 ↓ 36.6 4.4 ↑ 38.0 1.4 ↑ 33.6 -4.4 ↓ 36.4 2.8 ↑ 39.4 3.0 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.9 35.4 -0.5 ↓ 39.3 3.9 ↑ 39.0 -0.3 ↓ 33.2 -5.8 ↓ 34.7 1.5 ↑ 38.3 3.6 ↑
xBA .242 .278 0.036 ↑ .300 0.022 ↑ .297 -0.003 ↓ .270 -0.027 ↓ .263 -0.007 ↓ .297 0.034 ↑
BA .195 .269 0.074 ↑ .294 0.025 ↑ .304 0.010 ↑ .267 -0.037 ↓ .263 -0.004 ↓ .327 0.064 ↑
xwOBA .324 .332 0.008 ↑ .351 0.019 ↑ .386 0.035 ↑ .314 -0.072 ↓ .326 0.012 ↑ .350 0.024 ↑
wOBA .275 .327 0.052 ↑ .340 0.013 ↑ .396 0.056 ↑ .308 -0.088 ↓ .310 0.002 ↑ .377 0.067 ↑
xSLG .480 .482 0.002 ↑ .511 0.029 ↑ .581 0.070 ↑ .466 -0.115 ↓ .472 0.006 ↑ .502 0.030 ↑
SLG .415 .487 0.072 ↑ .493 0.006 ↑ .611 0.118 ↑ .463 -0.148 ↓ .434 -0.029 ↓ .550 0.116 ↑
K% 22.7 16.3 -6.4 ↓ 18.6 2.3 ↑ 14.3 -4.3 ↓ 15.9 1.6 ↑ 22.1 6.2 ↑ 17.0 -5.1 ↓
BB% 3.2 2.8 -0.4 ↓ 2.4 -0.4 ↓ 3.7 1.3 ↑ 2.2 -1.5 ↓ 4.9 2.7 ↑ 2.3 -2.6 ↓
Swing % 49.0 48.4 -0.6 ↓ 48.9 0.5 ↑ 49.3 0.4 ↑ 51.2 1.9 ↑ 49.7 -1.5 ↓ 54.3 4.6 ↑
Whiff% 21.1 17.0 -4.1 ↓ 19.5 2.5 ↑ 19.0 -0.5 ↓ 19.8 0.8 ↑ 22.7 2.9 ↑ 23.5 0.8 ↑
In Zone % 52.4 49.2 -3.2 ↓ 50.5 1.3 ↑ 50.7 0.2 ↑ 47.6 -3.1 ↓ 50.8 3.2 ↑ 47.0 -3.8 ↓
Out of Zone % 47.6 50.8 3.2 ↑ 49.5 -1.3 ↓ 49.3 -0.2 ↓ 52.4 3.1 ↑ 49.2 -3.2 ↓ 53.0 3.8 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 27.9 34.5 6.6 ↑ 29.5 -5.0 ↓ 27.1 -2.4 ↓ 31.3 4.2 ↑ 29.7 -1.6 ↓ 38.3 8.6 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.3 27.9 -0.4 ↓ 29.4 1.5 ↑ 31.3 1.9 ↑ 36.3 5.0 ↑ 32.1 -4.2 ↓ 36.2 4.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 66.1 67.7 1.6 ↑ 68.5 0.8 ↑ 62.8 -5.7 ↓ 64.4 1.6 ↑ 67.3 2.9 ↑ 64.2 -3.1 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 702 .328 414 16 3.9 288 86 29.9
2017 Shifts 583 .341 331 15 4.5 252 59 23.4
2018 Shifts 313 .397 172 4 2.3 141 27 19.1
2019 Shifts 320 .308 191 19 9.9 129 37 28.7
2020 Shifts 161 .310 90 8 8.9 71 11 15.5
2021 Shifts 217 .379 132 45 34.1 85 40 47.1
! 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 355 14.1 57.7% 0.3% 158 23.0 0.0% 7.6%
2011 743 13.5 66.8% 0.4% 263 21.7 2.7% 9.5%
2012 449 13.6 68.8% 1.1% 238 21.3 1.3% 2.9%
2013 4 15.0 25.0% 0.0% 6 19.5 0.0% 0.0%
2014 519 16.1 34.3% 0.8% 219 26.6 0.0% 27.4%
2015 353 17.1 30.3% 2.0% 71 26.1 0.0% 32.4%
2016 867 15.8 41.2% 0.9% 307 26.3 1.3% 26.1%
2017 655 14.9 51.3% 0.3% 274 23.6 0.0% 7.3%
2018 342 14.3 59.1% 0.0% 155 23.6 0.0% 6.5%
2019 315 16.4 32.1% 0.0% 172 24.7 0.0% 7.6%
2020 170 15.5 41.8% 1.2% 63 24.8 0.0% 7.9%
2021 227 18.4 18.5% 1.8% 93 23.6 0.0% 8.6%

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Pitch Distribution

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