Scott Alexander
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 195LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 6, #179, Kansas City Royals | Sonoma State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 0 1.04 17 4 2 17.1 10 0.75
2023 7 3 4.66 55 8 1 48.1 31 1.37
2024 1 3 2.56 45 0 0 38.2 31 1.19
10 Seasons 20 15 3.20 328 13 10 309.1 232 1.29
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 17 0-0 1.04 17.1 10 0.75
2023 55 7-3 4.66 48.1 31 1.37
2024 45 1-3 2.56 38.2 31 1.19
10 Seasons 328 20-15 3.20 309.1 232 1.29
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
?
  • ▾

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 25 86 18 0 0.0 0.0 92.8 111.0 -6.5 16.7 .247 .313 .287 .323 .292 50.0 12.0 12.0 4.50 4.37
2016 26 324 61 2 3.3 2.4 88.0 110.7 0.4 18.0 .247 .351 .343 .291 .322 37.7 19.0 8.3 3.32 3.53
2017 27 1059 196 6 3.1 2.1 86.6 113.0 -4.4 24.0 .228 .337 .288 .289 .316 35.2 20.8 10.2 2.48 3.55
2018 28 968 183 5 2.7 1.9 87.8 113.4 -5.7 22.4 .226 .313 .295 .283 .310 35.0 20.9 10.1 3.68 3.35
2019 29 278 59 3 5.1 3.9 90.3 110.8 -2.1 30.5 .302 .456 .308 .353 .372 37.3 11.8 9.2 3.63 5.66
2020 30 202 34 2 5.9 3.8 90.7 115.5 -7.1 20.6 .249 .405 .315 .348 .357 41.2 17.3 17.3 2.92 5.27
2021 31 259 54 2 3.7 3.0 86.5 109.0 5.1 22.2 .254 .355 .287 .291 .304 37.0 11.9 6.0 2.94 3.55
2022 32 214 52 3 5.8 4.8 84.5 110.0 -11.0 21.2 .210 .318 .210 .238 .275 30.8 15.9 1.6 1.04 2.32
2023 33 694 165 7 4.2 3.4 90.4 111.3 -0.6 26.1 .267 .374 .299 .294 .327 33.9 14.9 5.3 4.66 3.61
2024 34 566 112 14 12.5 8.8 89.2 115.1 -1.5 36.6 .247 .400 .268 .310 .362 44.6 19.4 9.4 2.56 4.02
Player 4650 934 44 4.7 3.4 88.3 115.5 -3.1 25.1 .244 .356 .291 .295 .324 36.7 18.0 8.8
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

Alexander relies on 3 pitches.
Sinker
(64.5%) ,
Slider
(22.6%) ,
Changeup
(12.9%) ,


  • ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾

+ If Available Pitches Click to Video.


  • ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾

Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 72.2 5.6 22.2 0.0 27.8 55.6 16.7 0.0 55.6 5.6 27.8 5.6 0.0 0.0
2016 68.9 18.0 13.1 0.0 39.3 36.1 24.6 3.3 52.5 9.8 23.0 6.6 3.3 2.4
2017 73.0 8.2 17.9 1.0 34.2 44.9 20.4 6.6 59.2 5.6 20.4 4.6 3.1 2.1
2018 71.6 8.2 18.0 2.2 33.3 48.1 17.5 3.3 59.6 6.6 24.0 3.3 2.7 1.9
2019 61.0 11.9 27.1 0.0 37.3 42.4 20.3 1.7 45.8 10.2 30.5 6.8 5.1 3.9
2020 70.6 11.8 17.6 0.0 58.8 35.3 5.9 5.9 55.9 5.9 23.5 2.9 5.9 3.8
2021 63.0 9.3 18.5 9.3 29.6 40.7 29.6 3.7 50.0 16.7 22.2 3.7 3.7 3.0
2022 78.8 5.8 13.5 1.9 51.9 34.6 13.5 11.5 63.5 3.8 11.5 3.8 5.8 4.8
2023 61.8 13.3 21.2 3.6 38.8 43.0 18.2 3.0 50.3 12.1 24.8 5.5 4.2 3.4
2024 60.7 17.0 21.4 0.9 42.0 33.0 25.0 4.5 47.3 9.8 18.8 6.3 12.5 8.8
Player 67.9 11.0 19.1 2.0 37.8 42.1 19.8 4.5 54.5 8.6 22.4 4.8 4.7 3.4
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

  • ▾

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
2024 Sinker OAK L 365 92.1 28.9 4.6 14.1ARM -1.0 3.4 4.7 14.1ARM -1.1
2024 Changeup OAK L 73 84.5 36.0 3.8 10.1ARM -3.7 2.1 3.8 10.1ARM -4.0
2024 Slider OAK L 128 82.7 44.6 5.5 5.1GLV -1.9 -4.7 6.2 5.1GLV 0.0
2023 Sinker SF L 525 92.8 27.8 4.6 13.7ARM -1.3 3.9 4.4 13.7ARM -1.4
2023 Slider SF L 111 83.0 43.6 4.7 3.8GLV -3.1 -4.0 5.8 3.8GLV -1.4
2023 Changeup SF L 58 85.9 33.7 2.5 10.9ARM -3.3 3.2 3.1 10.9ARM -3.1
! 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 %
2024 Sinker 1.7 6 365 64.5 106 .261 .359 .317 10.9 9.4 15.4 .274 .421 .343 45.3
2024 Slider 2.7 3 128 22.6 29 .069 .069 .062 31.9 44.8 25.5 .157 .230 .168 37.5
2024 Changeup 0.0 0 73 12.9 18 .278 .667 .392 48.7 44.4 26.7 .257 .569 .348 50.0
2023 Sinker 1.1 6 525 75.6 166 .306 .389 .337 15.3 9.6 13.9 .277 .387 .307 34.8
2023 Slider 0.2 0 111 16.0 27 .192 .308 .215 39.6 40.7 26.2 .218 .327 .233 25.0
2023 Changeup -0.5 0 58 8.4 12 .167 .250 .179 34.6 33.3 19.0 .235 .302 .234 37.5
! 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
2024 Changeup 66 84.5 77 10.7 10:15 9:15 60
2024 Sinker 354 92.1 77 14.9 10:30 9:15 75
2024 Slider 128 82.7 45 8.6 4:00 4:45 -45
2023 Changeup 48 85.9 82 12.0 10:15 9:30 45
2023 Sinker 436 92.7 74 14.6 10:30 9:15 75
2023 Slider 99 82.9 45 7.2 4:00 4:45 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
+ Show More Seasons
▾
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
+ View Complete Spin Direction Leaderboard

Pitcher Arm Angle

! Note: Data is available from 2020 through the present.
+ View Complete Arm Angle Leaderboard

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 84 324 5 -2 -2 -1 0
2017 284 1,059 7 19 -5 -4 17
2018 276 1,001 1 12 -8 -5 0
2019 74 278 -3 0 -1 -1 -6
2020 51 202 2 -1 -1 -1 0
2021 66 259 1 1 -1 -1 1
2022 63 214 4 5 0 0 9
2023 205 694 1 8 0 -2 6
2024 153 566 6 11 -5 -2 10
+ View Complete Swing/Take Leaderboard

Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 86 50.6 67.4 89.7 23.8 60.0 37.6 48.0 46.5 17.5 9.4 87.5
2016 324 47.8 65.2 81.2 34.3 56.9 46.0 63.1 49.1 27.0 5.9 73.7
2017 1,059 49.5 72.1 77.8 27.3 48.6 42.4 60.6 49.5 29.4 7.6 81.3
2018 968 45.6 68.5 83.8 26.4 46.0 44.2 62.8 45.6 27.7 6.7 89.2
2019 278 44.6 66.9 81.9 32.5 70.0 43.2 64.9 47.8 21.1 5.4 93.3
2020 202 47.5 69.8 86.6 26.4 53.6 40.6 56.9 47.0 23.2 5.9 75.0
2021 259 49.0 65.4 79.5 30.3 70.0 47.1 59.1 47.5 19.5 8.1 61.9
2022 214 49.1 60.0 79.4 40.4 65.9 43.5 66.7 50.0 25.2 7.0 80.0
2023 694 53.2 72.4 87.6 30.8 56.0 40.3 61.7 52.9 20.2 9.1 79.4
2024 566 47.2 69.3 93.0 31.1 54.8 41.7 55.6 49.1 19.8 6.5 75.7
Player 4,650 48.4 69.2 83.6 29.5 54.8 42.8 60.8 48.8 24.5 7.2 80.6
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 58 40 3
2016 24 22 25
2017 75 75 86 90 62 88 95 65 33 42 21 82 46 54 53 25
2018 77 65 90 96 49 94 97 65 53 42 21 68 31 56 50 22
2019 42 56 37
2020 46 36 26
2021 26 40 29
2022 24 36 30
2023 74 21 71 88 60 92 94 15 83 4 90 8 74 30 48 30
2024 20 31 26
+ View Complete Percentile Rankings Leaderboard

Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 21.3 1 2.5 -2 2 3 0 0.0
2017 22.7 3 3.5 -1 2 2 2 66.7
2018 21.4 4 3.9 0 1 2 2 50.0
2019 20.6 2 1.7 0 1 2 0 0.0
2020 23.3 2 1.9 0 0 1 1 50.0
2021 23.0 2 1.3 1 0 2 0 0.0
2022 21.0 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.0
2023 25.0 2 1.5 1 3 2 0 0.0
2024 22.0 3 2.9 0 1 4 1 33.3
Player 22.3 20 20.3 0 10 19 6 30.0
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.
+ View Standard Expected Home Runs

Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 1 2 3 4 3 1 2 3 2 1 1 4 4 3 2 3 1 3 3 2 2 0 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 1
2017 3 4 3 5 4 3 5 3 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 5 4 3 3 3 5 3 3 3
2018 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
2019 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 2
2020 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
2021 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
2022 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2023 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 2
2024 3 3 2 2 4 3 5 2 2 1 3 5 2 2 3 2 3 2 4 5 2 3 5 4 1 2 3 3 3 4 2
Player 20 21 20 23 23 18 25 17 12 16 16 25 22 19 19 21 18 17 23 23 18 20 30 24 17 18 19 22 25 23 16
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.
+ View Standard Expected Home Runs By Park
+ View Complete Expected Home Runs Leaderboard

Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.3 91.2 -2.1 ↓ 93.2 2.0 ↑ 93.3 0.1 ↑ 92.8 -0.5 ↓ 93.1 0.3 ↑ 92.2 -0.9 ↓ 92.2 0.0 92.8 0.6 ↑ 92.1 -0.7 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 82.2 83.6 1.4 ↑ 86.0 2.4 ↑ 86.7 0.7 ↑ 87.0 0.3 ↑ 0.0 0.0 86.2 0.0 86.7 0.5 ↑ 85.9 -0.8 ↓ 84.5 -1.4 ↓
Breaking Velocity 82.6 83.2 0.6 ↑ 85.7 2.5 ↑ 85.3 -0.4 ↓ 84.2 -1.1 ↓ 87.9 3.7 ↑ 84.3 -3.6 ↓ 83.9 -0.4 ↓ 83.0 -0.9 ↓ 82.7 -0.3 ↓
Exit Velocity 92.8 88.0 -4.8 ↓ 86.6 -1.4 ↓ 87.8 1.2 ↑ 90.3 2.5 ↑ 90.7 0.4 ↑ 86.5 -4.2 ↓ 84.5 -2.0 ↓ 90.4 5.9 ↑ 89.2 -1.2 ↓
Launch Angle -6.5 0.4 6.9 ↑ -4.4 -4.8 ↓ -5.7 -1.3 ↓ -2.1 3.6 ↑ -7.1 -5.0 ↓ 5.1 12.2 ↑ -11.0 -16.1 ↓ -0.6 10.4 ↑ -1.5 -0.9 ↓
Barrel % 0.0 3.3 3.3 ↑ 3.1 -0.2 ↓ 2.7 -0.4 ↓ 5.1 2.4 ↑ 5.9 0.8 ↑ 3.7 -2.2 ↓ 5.8 2.1 ↑ 4.2 -1.6 ↓ 12.5 8.3 ↑
Hard Hit % 50.0 37.7 -12.3 ↓ 35.2 -2.5 ↓ 35.0 -0.2 ↓ 37.3 2.3 ↑ 41.2 3.9 ↑ 37.0 -4.2 ↓ 30.8 -6.2 ↓ 33.9 3.1 ↑ 44.6 10.7 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 16.7 18.0 1.3 ↑ 24.0 6.0 ↑ 22.4 -1.6 ↓ 30.5 8.1 ↑ 20.6 -9.9 ↓ 22.2 1.6 ↑ 21.2 -1.0 ↓ 26.1 4.9 ↑ 36.6 10.5 ↑
xBA .247 .247 0.000 .228 -0.019 ↓ .226 -0.002 ↓ .302 0.077 ↑ .249 -0.053 ↓ .254 0.005 ↑ .210 -0.044 ↓ .267 0.057 ↑ .247 -0.020 ↓
BA .238 .316 0.078 ↑ .246 -0.070 ↓ .239 -0.007 ↓ .250 0.011 ↑ .214 -0.036 ↓ .242 0.028 ↑ .194 -0.048 ↓ .282 0.088 ↑ .223 -0.059 ↓
xwOBA .323 .291 -0.032 ↓ .289 -0.002 ↓ .283 -0.006 ↓ .353 0.070 ↑ .348 -0.005 ↓ .291 -0.057 ↓ .238 -0.053 ↓ .294 0.056 ↑ .310 0.016 ↑
wOBA .287 .343 0.056 ↑ .288 -0.055 ↓ .295 0.007 ↑ .308 0.013 ↑ .315 0.007 ↑ .287 -0.028 ↓ .210 -0.077 ↓ .299 0.089 ↑ .268 -0.031 ↓
xSLG .313 .351 0.038 ↑ .337 -0.014 ↓ .313 -0.024 ↓ .456 0.143 ↑ .405 -0.051 ↓ .355 -0.050 ↓ .318 -0.037 ↓ .374 0.056 ↑ .400 0.026 ↑
SLG .238 .421 0.183 ↑ .325 -0.096 ↓ .345 0.020 ↑ .412 0.067 ↑ .357 -0.055 ↓ .371 0.014 ↑ .274 -0.097 ↓ .369 0.095 ↑ .338 -0.031 ↓
K% 12.0 19.0 7.0 ↑ 20.8 1.8 ↑ 20.9 0.1 ↑ 11.8 -9.1 ↓ 17.3 5.5 ↑ 11.9 -5.4 ↓ 15.9 4.0 ↑ 14.9 -1.0 ↓ 19.4 4.5 ↑
BB% 12.0 8.3 -3.7 ↓ 10.2 1.9 ↑ 10.1 -0.1 ↓ 9.2 -0.9 ↓ 17.3 8.1 ↑ 6.0 -11.3 ↓ 1.6 -4.4 ↓ 5.3 3.7 ↑ 9.4 4.1 ↑
Swing % 46.5 49.1 2.6 ↑ 49.5 0.4 ↑ 45.6 -3.9 ↓ 47.8 2.2 ↑ 47.0 -0.8 ↓ 47.5 0.5 ↑ 50.0 2.5 ↑ 52.9 2.9 ↑ 49.1 -3.8 ↓
Whiff% 17.5 27.0 9.5 ↑ 29.4 2.4 ↑ 27.7 -1.7 ↓ 21.1 -6.6 ↓ 23.2 2.1 ↑ 19.5 -3.7 ↓ 25.2 5.7 ↑ 20.2 -5.0 ↓ 19.8 -0.4 ↓
In Zone % 50.6 47.8 -2.8 ↓ 49.5 1.7 ↑ 45.6 -3.9 ↓ 44.6 -1.0 ↓ 47.5 2.9 ↑ 49.0 1.5 ↑ 49.1 0.1 ↑ 53.2 4.1 ↑ 47.2 -6.0 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.4 52.2 2.8 ↑ 50.5 -1.7 ↓ 54.4 3.9 ↑ 55.4 1.0 ↑ 52.5 -2.9 ↓ 51.0 -1.5 ↓ 50.9 -0.1 ↓ 46.8 -4.1 ↓ 52.8 6.0 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 23.8 34.3 10.5 ↑ 27.3 -7.0 ↓ 26.4 -0.9 ↓ 32.5 6.1 ↑ 26.4 -6.1 ↓ 30.3 3.9 ↑ 40.4 10.1 ↑ 30.8 -9.6 ↓ 31.1 0.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 24.0 29.8 5.8 ↑ 32.4 2.6 ↑ 30.1 -2.3 ↓ 25.7 -4.4 ↓ 33.3 7.6 ↑ 27.3 -6.0 ↓ 25.4 -1.9 ↓ 30.6 5.2 ↑ 32.0 1.4 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 48.0 63.1 15.1 ↑ 60.6 -2.5 ↓ 62.8 2.2 ↑ 64.9 2.1 ↑ 56.9 -8.0 ↓ 59.1 2.2 ↑ 66.7 7.6 ↑ 61.7 -5.0 ↓ 55.6 -6.1 ↓
+ View Complete Year to Year Changes Leaderboard

Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 84 .343 47 0 0.0 37 0 0.0
2017 Shifts 284 .288 203 1 0.5 81 6 7.4
2018 Shifts 266 .295 157 13 8.3 109 36 33.0
2019 Shifts 74 .308 39 14 35.9 35 12 34.3
2020 Shifts 51 .315 29 19 65.5 22 9 40.9
2021 Shifts 66 .287 26 14 53.8 40 19 47.5
2022 Shifts 63 .210 35 9 25.7 28 13 46.4
2023 Shades 198 .296 119 9 7.6 79 29 36.7
2024 Shades 152 .263 86 8 9.3 66 32 48.5
! 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.
Learn more about how positioning is defined here

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2015 22 17.9 13.6% 0.0% 15 17.2 40.0% 13.3%
2016 80 17.9 13.8% 7.5% 61 21.3 1.6% 13.1%
2017 256 17.6 14.1% 1.2% 187 20.8 3.2% 4.8%
2018 285 19.3 2.8% 1.8% 156 21.3 0.6% 3.8%
2019 94 19.1 4.3% 0.0% 35 21.7 0.0% 2.9%
2020 56 21.3 0.0% 8.9% 34 24.0 0.0% 2.9%
2021 73 21.7 0.0% 2.7% 36 25.3 0.0% 19.4%
2022 62 21.3 0.0% 1.6% 36 23.5 0.0% 5.6%
2023 152 17.1 7.2% 0.7% 115 18.6 0.0% 0.0%
2024 135 17.4 12.6% 0.7% 95 19.0 0.0% 1.1%

+ View Complete Pitch Tempo Leaderboard

Pitch Distribution

  • ▾