Josh Fleming
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 5, #139, Tampa Bay Rays | Webster (MO)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 2 5 6.43 10 3 0 35 29 1.89
2023 2 0 4.70 12 3 0 51.2 25 1.45
2024 1 1 4.02 25 3 1 31.1 17 1.53
5 Seasons 20 14 4.77 80 25 2 254.2 161 1.43
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 10 2-5 6.43 35 29 1.89
2023 12 2-0 4.70 51.2 25 1.45
2024 25 1-1 4.02 31.1 17 1.53
5 Seasons 80 20-14 4.77 254.2 161 1.43
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
2020 24 470 97 5 5.2 3.8 86.0 110.7 0.0 18.6 .228 .357 .289 .281 .319 34.0 19.2 5.4 2.78 3.30
2021 25 1629 349 23 6.6 5.1 87.5 116.1 2.9 30.1 .277 .433 .313 .330 .362 35.0 14.5 6.9 5.09 4.66
2022 26 662 127 10 7.9 5.9 90.4 114.0 -3.7 29.9 .263 .421 .403 .324 .363 43.3 17.2 7.1 6.43 4.40
2023 27 759 177 10 5.6 4.5 90.7 113.1 -0.3 28.8 .295 .463 .342 .352 .369 48.6 11.3 8.6 4.70 5.37
2024 28 534 106 4 3.8 2.9 86.6 107.0 6.6 23.6 .257 .374 .334 .320 .318 33.3 12.3 10.1 4.02 4.31
Player 4054 856 52 6.1 4.7 88.3 116.1 1.4 27.7 .270 .421 .333 .326 .353 38.7 14.6 7.5
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

Fleming relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(37.8%) ,
Changeup
(30.1%) ,
Cutter
(25.6%) ,
Curveball
(6.2%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.4%) ,


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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
2020 64.9 14.4 16.5 4.1 28.9 44.3 26.8 6.2 53.6 12.4 18.6 4.1 5.2 3.8
2021 56.4 17.8 22.9 2.9 34.7 42.7 22.6 6.6 43.8 15.2 24.9 2.9 6.6 5.1
2022 63.8 13.4 21.3 1.6 37.0 37.8 25.2 3.1 51.2 7.9 20.5 8.7 7.9 5.9
2023 61.6 15.3 20.3 2.8 40.1 39.0 20.9 3.4 49.7 9.0 24.3 7.9 5.6 4.5
2024 53.8 17.9 22.6 5.7 40.6 34.0 25.5 8.5 34.0 21.7 26.4 4.7 3.8 2.9
Player 59.2 16.2 21.4 3.2 36.2 40.3 23.5 5.6 46.0 13.3 23.6 5.1 6.1 4.7
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 Changeup PIT L 160 83.2 39.6 4.5 12.2ARM -1.8 -0.1 6.0 12.2ARM -1.9
2024 Curveball PIT L 32 77.9 45.8 -8.8 10.8GLV -0.1 -0.6 -7.6 10.8GLV 3.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball PIT L 2 89.8 18.9 -0.7 5.3ARM -3.3 14.5 -1.1 5.3ARM -2.9
2024 Cutter PIT L 135 87.2 28.7 -0.1 2.3ARM -5.2 7.1 -0.1 2.3ARM -4.5
2024 Sinker PIT L 201 90.4 31.5 5.5 16.6ARM 1.4 2.0 6.1 16.6ARM 1.4
2023 Curveball TB L 168 76.5 46.1 -9.7 14.7GLV 2.9 1.1 -9.5 14.7GLV 7.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball TB L 37 91.5 22.7 -5.5 9.9ARM 2.3 10.1 -5.2 9.9ARM 2.0
2023 Changeup TB L 220 82.9 42.3 6.5 14.1ARM 0.0 -2.2 8.5 14.1ARM 0.1
2023 Sinker TB L 334 90.3 32.7 6.2 17.3ARM 1.9 1.1 7.2 17.3ARM 2.2
! 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 -5.4 -11 201 37.6 54 .400 .578 .504 21.8 11.1 16.7 .335 .492 .415 30.8
2024 Changeup 0.2 0 160 30.0 48 .156 .200 .246 15.9 14.6 11.7 .236 .295 .263 31.6
2024 Cutter 1.5 2 136 25.5 25 .261 .304 .286 16.4 12.0 12.0 .162 .237 .214 30.0
2024 Curveball -2.7 -1 33 6.2 10 .333 .778 .485 29.4 10.0 10.0 .222 .526 .353 62.5
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 0 2 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Sinker 0.4 1 334 44.0 98 .244 .465 .358 20.0 13.3 21.7 .290 .503 .380 53.4
2023 Changeup -1.6 -3 220 29.0 77 .352 .507 .371 15.4 6.5 10.2 .322 .449 .347 50.7
2023 Curveball -0.3 0 168 22.1 37 .278 .472 .330 15.3 13.5 11.6 .271 .410 .303 32.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.8 1 37 4.9 7 .000 .000 .100 38.5 28.6 8.0 .179 .370 .297 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
2024 Changeup 154 83.2 82 13.2 9:45 8:45 60
2024 Curveball 27 77.9 30 11.6 3:30 3:15 15
2024 Cutter 134 87.2 52 6.6 10:00 11:15 -75
2024 Sinker 185 90.4 91 17.5 10:00 9:00 60
2023 Changeup 203 82.9 83 15.4 9:30 8:30 60
2023 Curveball 162 76.6 48 15.5 3:45 3:15 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 37 91.5 89 14.0 10:00 10:15 -15
2023 Sinker 306 90.2 87 18.2 10:00 9:00 60
! 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
2020 155 557 -2 9 -2 -2 2
2021 449 1,655 2 8 -10 -7 -8
2022 168 662 -9 -1 -5 -2 -18
2023 219 759 7 2 -6 -5 -2
2024 137 532 -4 2 -4 -3 -9
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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 %
2020 470 41.3 69.6 86.7 34.4 66.3 46.0 60.0 48.9 20.9 2.8 76.9
2021 1,629 42.9 69.0 86.7 34.6 70.2 44.3 61.7 49.4 19.5 4.6 73.3
2022 662 45.3 68.0 84.8 33.1 62.5 49.1 65.7 48.9 23.5 3.5 69.6
2023 759 46.4 68.0 88.3 27.5 67.0 47.1 57.7 46.4 18.2 3.8 72.4
2024 534 39.8 65.6 82.0 34.1 78.0 40.8 56.5 46.8 18.8 5.1 70.4
Player 4,054 43.4 68.3 86.2 33.0 69.1 45.3 60.7 48.3 20.0 4.1 72.5
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
2020 77 61 68 73 85 56 72 88 66 23 87 14 93 15 1 69
2021 28 12 29 52 28 34 67 78 78 4 71 6 97 17 1 1 52
2022 14 1 1 48
2023 13 4 16 41 11 79 83 10 1 1 46 4 32 8 1 21 44
2024 7 1 46
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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 %
2020 24.2 6 4.9 1 2 5 1 16.7
2021 23.0 11 10.3 1 6 9 3 27.3
2022 22.3 5 4.5 1 1 4 1 20.0
2023 22.8 9 8.0 1 2 8 2 22.2
2024 22.9 3 2.9 0 1 1 2 66.7
Player 23.0 34 30.5 4 12 27 9 26.5
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
2020 6 5 4 6 7 6 6 6 4 4 3 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 3 6 4 5 2 5 4 6 4 3
2021 11 11 8 11 10 8 12 13 4 7 7 13 12 10 11 11 10 11 12 10 11 13 13 13 10 10 11 11 11 8 7
2022 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 2 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 3 4 5 4 5 4 4
2023 9 6 6 8 9 7 10 7 7 6 6 8 9 8 10 9 10 7 9 10 7 10 12 10 6 5 8 9 9 7 4
2024 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3
Player 34 30 25 33 33 28 36 33 19 24 22 33 35 31 34 33 33 30 35 33 32 35 40 35 27 24 32 30 34 26 21
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 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 88.7 89.4 0.7 89.7 0.3 90.4 0.7 89.1 -1.3
Offspeed Velocity 81.5 81.8 0.3 82.2 0.4 82.9 0.7 83.2 0.3
Breaking Velocity 77.8 78.6 0.8 79.5 0.9 76.5 -3.0 77.9 1.4
Exit Velocity 86.0 87.5 1.5 90.4 2.9 90.7 0.3 86.6 -4.1
Launch Angle 0.0 2.9 2.9 -3.7 -6.6 -0.3 3.4 6.6 6.9
Barrel % 5.2 6.6 1.4 7.9 1.3 5.6 -2.3 3.8 -1.8
Hard Hit % 34.0 35.0 1.0 43.3 8.3 48.6 5.3 33.3 -15.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 18.6 30.1 11.5 29.9 -0.2 28.8 -1.1 23.6 -5.2
xBA .228 .277 0.049 .263 -0.014 .295 0.032 .257 -0.038
BA .230 .268 0.038 .348 0.080 .281 -0.067 .276 -0.005
xwOBA .281 .330 0.049 .324 -0.006 .352 0.028 .320 -0.032
wOBA .289 .313 0.024 .403 0.090 .342 -0.061 .334 -0.008
xSLG .357 .433 0.076 .421 -0.012 .463 0.042 .374 -0.089
SLG .393 .407 0.014 .542 0.135 .467 -0.075 .398 -0.069
K% 19.2 14.5 -4.7 17.2 2.7 11.3 -5.9 12.3 1.0
BB% 5.4 6.9 1.5 7.1 0.2 8.6 1.5 10.1 1.5
Swing % 48.9 49.4 0.5 48.9 -0.5 46.4 -2.5 46.8 0.4
Whiff% 20.9 19.5 -1.4 23.5 4.0 18.2 -5.3 18.8 0.6
In Zone % 41.3 42.9 1.6 45.3 2.4 46.4 1.1 39.8 -6.6
Out of Zone % 58.7 57.1 -1.6 54.7 -2.4 53.6 -1.1 60.2 6.6
Out of Zone Swing % 34.4 34.6 0.2 33.1 -1.5 27.5 -5.6 34.1 6.6
First Pitch Swing % 37.7 28.4 -9.3 34.3 5.9 28.2 -6.1 28.3 0.1
First Pitch Strike % 60.0 61.7 1.7 65.7 4.0 57.7 -8.0 56.5 -1.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 130 .289 92 22 23.9 38 6 15.8
2021 Shifts 434 .313 316 33 10.4 118 29 24.6
2022 Shifts 168 .403 113 18 15.9 55 17 30.9
2023 Shades 219 .342 170 24 14.1 49 25 51.0
2024 Shades 137 .336 88 5 5.7 49 9 18.4
! 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 %
2020 167 15.0 50.3% 1.2% 51 22.5 0.0% 3.9%
2021 482 14.4 56.4% 0.2% 279 22.0 0.7% 5.0%
2022 172 15.2 47.1% 1.7% 132 21.3 0.0% 5.3%
2023 237 12.6 89.5% 0.0% 124 18.7 0.8% 0.0%
2024 148 14.7 56.1% 0.0% 95 17.9 7.4% 1.1%

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Pitch Distribution