Nick Tropeano
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 205LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 5, #160, Houston Astros | SUNY Stony Brook
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 0 1 9.88 3 1 0 13.2 10 1.76
2020 1 0 1.15 7 0 0 15.2 19 1.15
2021 1 0 2.25 5 0 0 8 2 1.38
7 Seasons 14 14 4.22 54 39 0 241 214 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 3 0-1 9.88 13.2 10 1.76
2020 7 1-0 1.15 15.2 19 1.15
2021 5 1-0 2.25 8 2 1.38
7 Seasons 54 14-14 4.22 241 214 1.37
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 24 651 113 4 3.5 2.5 87.7 112.7 13.6 31.9 .253 .380 .306 .299 .369 30.1 23.6 6.2 3.82 3.69
2016 25 1213 195 23 11.8 7.8 89.8 112.0 19.2 29.7 .237 .475 .358 .343 .413 31.8 23.0 10.5 3.56 5.07
2018 27 1179 219 20 9.1 6.3 89.3 112.8 14.8 36.1 .256 .467 .342 .344 .396 38.8 20.3 9.8 4.74 5.13
2019 28 273 48 6 12.5 9.1 90.1 111.7 21.4 39.6 .329 .619 .429 .424 .467 39.6 15.2 9.1 9.88 8.87
2020 29 242 41 3 7.3 4.5 92.3 111.4 16.8 39.0 .244 .428 .294 .317 .416 43.9 28.8 6.1 1.15 4.27
2021 30 120 29 1 3.4 2.9 88.1 113.7 17.7 31.0 .297 .414 .332 .343 .329 31.0 5.9 8.8 2.25 5.09
Player 3678 645 57 8.8 6.1 89.4 113.7 16.6 33.6 .255 .460 .343 .340 .400 35.2 21.4 9.1
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

Tropeano relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(28.3%) ,
Slider
(28.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(16.7%) ,
Changeup
(15.8%) ,
Split Finger
(10.8%) ,


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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
2015 41.6 20.4 32.7 5.3 46.0 30.1 23.9 2.7 28.3 25.7 29.2 6.2 3.5 2.5
2016 35.9 30.3 22.6 11.3 36.4 35.9 27.7 2.6 23.1 30.3 17.4 3.6 11.8 7.8
2018 37.9 27.9 25.6 8.7 41.6 32.9 24.2 2.3 27.4 25.1 26.0 10.0 9.1 6.3
2019 25.0 37.5 29.2 8.3 41.7 22.9 35.4 2.1 14.6 39.6 25.0 6.3 12.5 9.1
2020 31.7 22.0 36.6 9.8 34.1 43.9 22.0 4.9 19.5 29.3 26.8 12.2 7.3 4.5
2021 44.8 20.7 24.1 10.3 58.6 31.0 10.3 6.9 34.5 24.1 24.1 3.4 3.4 2.9
Player 36.9 27.3 26.8 9.0 41.1 33.2 25.3 2.8 25.1 28.1 23.9 7.0 8.8 6.1
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 Slider NYM R 34 78.5 44.3 -0.2 2.3GLV -5.3 -0.1 1.9 2.3GLV -3.4
2021 4-Seam Fastball NYM R 20 90.6 17.3 -1.0 12.3ARM 5.4 16.1 -0.1 12.3ARM 5.1
2021 Sinker NYM R 34 89.4 23.2 -1.2 15.7ARM 1.4 11.0 -2.2 15.7ARM 0.9
2021 Split-Finger NYM R 13 80.1 40.4 3.6 6.3ARM -3.0 2.5 1.5 6.3ARM -4.4
2021 Changeup NYM R 19 80.3 29.9 -3.5 14.9ARM 1.6 12.6 -6.3 14.9ARM 1.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 58 90.9 18.5 -2.1 13.8ARM 6.8 14.6 -1.4 13.8ARM 6.5
2020 Changeup PIT R 31 81.1 31.3 -0.8 17.2ARM 4.2 10.4 -4.0 17.2ARM 3.8
2020 Sinker PIT R 15 91.1 21.3 -1.6 17.1ARM 2.8 11.8 -2.7 17.1ARM 2.3
2020 Slider PIT R 75 78.6 44.7 -0.3 2.0GLV -5.3 -0.4 1.8 2.0GLV -3.3
2020 Split-Finger PIT R 63 81.0 41.2 1.2 8.3ARM 1.2 0.6 4.0 8.3ARM -2.6
! 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 Sinker -2.0 -1 34 28.3 16 .333 .750 .536 10.5 0.0 0.0 .364 .583 .467 46.2
2021 Slider 3.1 1 34 28.3 8 .250 .250 .225 47.1 25.0 25.0 .217 .274 .212 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 0 20 16.7 4 .500 .500 .450 12.5 0.0 0.0 .483 .593 .468 50.0
2021 Changeup 4.9 1 19 15.8 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 -- .128 .145 .120 0.0
2021 Split-Finger 0.4 0 13 10.8 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .186 .201 .175 33.3
2020 Slider 3.7 3 75 31.0 13 .077 .154 .096 57.1 53.8 43.8 .120 .270 .164 33.3
2020 Split-Finger -0.4 0 63 26.0 21 .250 .500 .333 42.4 42.9 34.6 .213 .403 .279 45.5
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 0 58 24.0 17 .286 .357 .356 11.1 17.6 25.0 .314 .448 .393 45.5
2020 Changeup 6.0 2 31 12.8 9 .143 .286 .294 23.1 0.0 0.0 .149 .360 .320 42.9
2020 Sinker 0.4 0 15 6.2 6 .500 .667 .508 0.0 0.0 0.0 .559 .887 .622 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 19 80.3 99 19.2 2:00 1:45 15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 20 90.6 99 20.0 1:15 1:15 0
2021 Split-Finger 11 80.1 86 7.8 2:45 2:45 0
2021 Sinker 34 89.4 98 19.2 1:30 2:00 -30
2021 Slider 33 78.4 20 3.4 7:15 7:45 -30
2020 Changeup 25 81.0 98 20.1 2:00 2:15 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 51 90.9 99 20.0 1:30 1:30 0
2020 Split-Finger 34 81.1 82 10.7 2:45 3:15 -30
2020 Sinker 14 91.1 99 20.9 1:30 2:00 -30
2020 Slider 65 78.5 30 3.7 7:30 7:30 0
! 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
2014 90 364 2 3 -2 -3 0
2015 161 649 4 5 -3 -2 4
2016 295 1,208 0 12 -5 -6 0
2018 314 1,179 -6 11 -7 -6 -8
2019 66 273 -1 -3 -1 -2 -7
2020 66 242 3 2 0 0 4
2021 34 120 2 1 -1 0 1
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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 651 46.5 61.4 80.6 29.6 58.3 39.3 64.0 44.4 27.3 8.1 73.6
2016 1,213 45.2 65.3 81.8 28.7 51.3 41.1 61.1 45.3 28.8 7.5 75.8
2018 1,179 44.1 67.1 82.8 26.4 50.0 40.5 56.0 44.4 27.2 6.4 72.4
2019 273 44.3 72.7 81.8 22.4 50.0 35.2 57.6 44.7 27.0 7.7 85.7
2020 242 43.4 67.6 81.7 27.0 37.8 39.3 56.1 44.6 33.3 7.9 84.2
2021 120 42.5 66.7 94.1 30.4 47.6 40.8 61.8 45.8 23.6 6.7 87.5
Player 3,678 44.8 65.9 82.3 27.6 51.1 40.0 59.3 44.8 28.0 7.3 76.1
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 34 66 3
2016 18 64 11 1 33 31 1 16 71 66 15 85 47 28 49 2
2018 14 26 8 4 24 39 9 21 21 38 25 67 31 16 56 5
2019 16 61 3
2020 17 46 2
2021 8 36 6
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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 21.7 14 13.9 0 11 7 7 50.0
2018 23.3 16 11.4 5 8 6 7 43.8
2019 25.0 6 4.4 2 1 4 1 16.7
2020 26.3 1 1.2 0 2 0 1 100.0
2021 25.8 1 1.0 0 1 1 0 0.0
Player 23.2 38 31.9 6 23 18 16 42.1
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 14 15 11 16 14 13 15 13 10 12 14 17 14 13 14 15 9 13 15 15 13 13 17 19 13 12 14 20 14 14 9
2018 16 14 8 12 11 10 10 12 11 9 10 14 15 10 10 13 10 10 11 12 13 12 14 13 11 10 12 12 14 10 10
2019 6 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 5 2 5 5 5 4 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 4
2020 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
2021 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Player 38 36 26 34 32 30 32 32 26 26 31 37 36 30 31 35 24 30 32 34 33 32 39 39 29 29 32 40 35 31 24
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 91.7 -- -0.2 ↓ -- -- 90.3 -- 90.7 0.4 ↑ 90.9 0.2 ↑ 89.9 -1.0 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 82.8 -- -0.4 ↓ -- -- 82.4 -- 82.0 -0.4 ↓ 81.0 -1.0 ↓ 80.2 -0.8 ↓
Breaking Velocity 80.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 79.7 -- 78.9 -0.8 ↓ 78.6 -0.3 ↓ 78.5 -0.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.7 -- 2.1 ↑ -- -- 89.3 -- 90.1 0.8 ↑ 92.3 2.2 ↑ 88.1 -4.2 ↓
Launch Angle 13.6 -- 5.6 ↑ -- -- 14.8 -- 21.4 6.6 ↑ 16.8 -4.6 ↓ 17.7 0.9 ↑
Barrel % 3.5 -- 8.3 ↑ -- -- 9.1 -- 12.5 3.4 ↑ 7.3 -5.2 ↓ 3.4 -3.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 30.1 -- 1.7 ↑ -- -- 38.8 -- 39.6 0.8 ↑ 43.9 4.3 ↑ 31.0 -12.9 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.9 -- -2.2 ↓ -- -- 36.1 -- 39.6 3.5 ↑ 39.0 -0.6 ↓ 31.0 -8.0 ↓
xBA .253 -- -0.016 ↓ -- -- .256 -- .329 0.073 ↑ .244 -0.085 ↓ .297 0.053 ↑
BA .270 -- 0.000 -- -- .242 -- .316 0.074 ↑ .233 -0.083 ↓ .267 0.034 ↑
xwOBA .299 -- 0.044 ↑ -- -- .344 -- .424 0.080 ↑ .317 -0.107 ↓ .343 0.026 ↑
wOBA .306 -- 0.052 ↑ -- -- .342 -- .429 0.087 ↑ .294 -0.135 ↓ .332 0.038 ↑
xSLG .380 -- 0.095 ↑ -- -- .467 -- .619 0.152 ↑ .428 -0.191 ↓ .414 -0.014 ↓
SLG .385 -- 0.109 ↑ -- -- .488 -- .667 0.179 ↑ .383 -0.284 ↓ .433 0.050 ↑
K% 23.6 -- -0.6 ↓ -- -- 20.3 -- 15.2 -5.1 ↓ 28.8 13.6 ↑ 5.9 -22.9 ↓
BB% 6.2 -- 4.3 ↑ -- -- 9.8 -- 9.1 -0.7 ↓ 6.1 -3.0 ↓ 8.8 2.7 ↑
Swing % 44.4 -- 0.9 ↑ -- -- 44.4 -- 44.7 0.3 ↑ 44.6 -0.1 ↓ 45.8 1.2 ↑
Whiff% 27.3 -- 1.5 ↑ -- -- 27.2 -- 27.0 -0.2 ↓ 33.3 6.3 ↑ 23.6 -9.7 ↓
In Zone % 46.5 -- -1.3 ↓ -- -- 44.1 -- 44.3 0.2 ↑ 43.4 -0.9 ↓ 42.5 -0.9 ↓
Out of Zone % 53.5 -- 1.3 ↑ -- -- 55.9 -- 55.7 -0.2 ↓ 56.6 0.9 ↑ 57.5 0.9 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 29.6 -- -0.9 ↓ -- -- 26.4 -- 22.4 -4.0 ↓ 27.0 4.6 ↑ 30.4 3.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.0 -- 3.8 ↑ -- -- 28.5 -- 30.3 1.8 ↑ 27.3 -3.0 ↓ 32.4 5.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 64.0 -- -2.9 ↓ -- -- 56.0 -- 57.6 1.6 ↑ 56.1 -1.5 ↓ 61.8 5.7 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 253 .348 120 8 6.7 133 57 42.9
2018 Shifts 314 .342 154 0 0.0 160 13 8.1
2019 Shifts 66 .429 33 17 51.5 33 4 12.1
2020 Shifts 66 .294 49 22 44.9 17 7 41.2
2021 Shifts 34 .332 16 3 18.8 18 9 50.0
! 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 %
2014 117 15.8 39.3% 1.7% 64 20.9 0.0% 3.1%
2015 242 16.2 33.5% 2.1% 83 22.4 6.0% 18.1%
2016 364 17.8 20.6% 3.6% 185 25.5 1.1% 25.4%
2018 424 19.1 10.1% 1.9% 143 25.0 0.0% 13.3%
2019 77 17.2 15.6% 0.0% 56 25.0 0.0% 14.3%
2020 66 21.1 3.0% 1.5% 45 27.9 0.0% 40.0%
2021 36 19.1 5.6% 5.6% 21 24.9 0.0% 19.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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