Connor Sadzeck
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 7" 235LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 11, #354, Texas Rangers | Howard College
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 0 0 0.96 13 2 0 9.1 7 1.82
2019 0 1 2.66 20 0 1 23.2 27 1.39
2022 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 3 2 1.67
3 Seasons 0 1 2.75 35 2 1 36 36 1.53
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 13 0-0 0.96 9.1 7 1.82
2019 20 0-1 2.66 23.2 27 1.39
2022 2 0-0 9.00 3 2 1.67
3 Seasons 35 0-1 2.75 36 36 1.53
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2018 26 166 26 0 0.0 0.0 87.9 102.9 15.7 26.9 .194 .278 .301 .328 .262 30.8 15.6 24.4 0.96 4.60
2019 27 424 63 6 9.5 5.6 88.6 112.0 13.7 34.9 .209 .390 .296 .316 .355 34.9 25.2 14.0 2.66 4.41
2022 30 48 10 2 20.0 15.4 88.8 107.6 35.9 30.0 .261 .682 .537 .422 .479 40.0 15.4 7.7 9.00 8.28
Player 638 99 8 8.1 4.8 88.4 112.0 16.4 32.3 .210 .389 .317 .327 .343 34.3 21.8 16.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sadzeck relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(68.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(22.9%) ,
Sinker
(6.3%) ,
Changeup
(2.1%) ,


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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
2018 42.3 26.9 23.1 7.7 46.2 38.5 15.4 3.8 38.5 34.6 15.4 7.7 0.0 0.0
2019 46.0 12.7 27.0 14.3 28.6 50.8 20.6 3.2 34.9 30.2 15.9 6.3 9.5 5.6
2022 10.0 60.0 10.0 20.0 20.0 60.0 20.0 0.0 10.0 60.0 10.0 0.0 20.0 15.4
Player 41.4 21.2 24.2 13.1 32.3 48.5 19.2 3.0 33.3 34.3 15.2 6.1 8.1 4.8
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
2022 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 11 95.1 16.0 -1.9 -13 11.5 4.3 60
2022 Changeup MIL R 1 84.8 30.4 -0.2 -1 13.8 0.0 0
2022 Sinker MIL R 3 94.3 23.6 2.7 13 17.7 2.9 20
2022 Slider MIL R 33 89.3 27.7 -3.6 -12 1.4 -2.2 -61
2019 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 160 96.4 15.3 -1.0 -7 10.8 2.8 36
2019 Changeup SEA R 9 90.6 27.8 0.8 3 11.4 -2.9 -20
2019 Slider SEA R 217 89.9 27.2 -2.8 -9 0.1 -2.9 -103
2019 Sinker SEA R 38 94.3 23.8 2.4 11 17.7 2.8 19
2018 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 74 97.0 14.2 -0.2 -1 9.3 1.5 20
2018 Slider TEX R 51 88.3 30.2 -1.4 -5 2.2 -1.3 -37
2018 Sinker TEX R 24 96.7 16.5 -2.7 -14 13.1 -1.6 -11
2018 Curveball TEX R 17 78.7 56.1 1.5 3 17.4 8.2 90
! 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 %
2022 Slider 1.4 0 33 68.8 10 .222 .556 .360 14.3 10.0 20.0 .250 .628 .405 37.5
2022 4-Seam Fastball -22.4 -2 11 22.9 2 1.000 3.000 1.625 14.3 0.0 0.0 .444 1.266 .721 50.0
2022 Sinker 6.9 0 3 6.3 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 Changeup -2.9 0 1 2.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Slider 2.1 4 217 51.2 55 .200 .420 .316 20.0 18.2 18.5 .249 .499 .344 32.5
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -3 160 37.7 43 .176 .235 .330 29.2 34.9 23.4 .155 .266 .284 42.1
2019 Sinker -2.4 -1 38 9.0 8 .333 .333 .400 35.7 25.0 22.2 .188 .191 .302 25.0
2019 Changeup -3.1 0 9 2.1 -- -- -- 33.3 -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -1 74 44.6 15 .273 .273 .367 20.0 13.3 11.8 .298 .422 .415 55.6
2018 Slider 7.8 4 51 30.7 18 .133 .200 .236 37.9 16.7 17.6 .110 .178 .222 16.7
2018 Sinker -2.3 -1 24 14.5 7 .333 .333 .529 0.0 0.0 0.0 .434 .538 .583 33.3
2018 Curveball 4.7 1 17 10.2 4 .000 .000 .225 33.3 50.0 33.3 .043 .065 .055 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
2022 4-Seam Fastball 11 95.1 93 18.1 1:30 1:30 0
2022 Slider 31 89.4 42 6.1 12:30 11:30 60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 44 166 5 1 -1 -2 3
2019 106 424 3 4 -3 -4 0
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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 166 50.0 65.1 72.2 13.3 72.7 34.9 52.3 39.2 27.7 9.6 75.0
2019 424 50.9 68.5 79.1 19.7 56.1 41.5 57.5 44.6 24.9 9.2 79.5
2022 48 43.8 76.2 87.5 18.5 80.0 33.3 69.2 43.8 14.3 10.4 100.0
Player 638 50.2 68.1 78.0 17.9 61.4 39.2 57.1 43.1 24.7 9.4 80.0
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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 95 80 62
2019 87 52 50
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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 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
2019 22.9 3 3.2 0 1 2 2 66.7
2022 23.1 2 1.9 0 0 2 0 0.0
Player 23.0 5 5.1 0 2 4 2 40.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 2 5 4 3 3
2022 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 6 3 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 5 4 7 6 5 5
! 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 96.9 96.0 -0.9
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 90.6 0.0
Breaking Velocity 85.9 89.9 4.0
Exit Velocity 87.9 88.6 0.7
Launch Angle 15.7 13.7 -2.0
Barrel % 0.0 9.5 9.5
Hard Hit % 30.8 34.9 4.1
Sweet Spot % 26.9 34.9 8.0
xBA .194 .209 0.015
BA .182 .200 0.018
xwOBA .328 .316 -0.012
wOBA .301 .296 -0.005
xSLG .278 .390 0.112
SLG .212 .344 0.132
K% 15.6 25.2 9.6
BB% 24.4 14.0 -10.4
Swing % 39.2 44.6 5.4
Whiff% 27.7 24.9 -2.8
In Zone % 50.0 50.9 0.9
Out of Zone % 50.0 49.1 -0.9
Out of Zone Swing % 13.3 19.7 6.4
First Pitch Swing % 20.5 25.5 5.0
First Pitch Strike % 52.3 57.5 5.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 44 .301 30 1 3.3 14 4 28.6
2019 Shifts 106 .296 61 2 3.3 45 26 57.8
2022 Shifts 13 .537 8 0 0.0 5 2 40.0
! 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 28 21.9 0.0% 17.9% 56 25.2 0.0% 19.6%
2019 108 20.7 0.0% 6.5% 91 25.6 0.0% 13.2%
2022 11 17.6 0.0% 0.0% 11 25.3 0.0% 9.1%
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Pitch Distribution


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