A.J. Cole
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 5" 240LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 4, #116, Washington Nationals | Oviedo HS

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 0 0 1.13 6 0 1 8.0 7 0.88
7 Seasons 14 10 4.51 109 19 4 205.1 208 1.44
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 6 0-0 1.13 8.0 7 0.88
7 Seasons 109 14-10 4.51 205.1 208 1.44

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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
2015 23 157 34 2 5.9 4.5 90.8 106.3 15.4 29.4 .289 .413 .340 .318 .404 47.1 20.5 2.3 5.79 4.19
2016 24 674 113 11 9.7 6.5 88.8 114.7 23.9 28.3 .187 .366 .328 .273 .313 26.5 23.2 8.3 5.17 3.09
2017 25 937 155 8 5.2 3.5 87.8 113.8 14.2 32.9 .260 .434 .348 .347 .377 34.2 19.1 12.2 3.81 5.30
2018 26 877 140 15 10.7 6.8 88.1 112.6 18.4 41.4 .243 .448 .389 .333 .423 36.2 26.7 10.0 6.14 4.76
2019 27 481 80 4 5.0 3.4 86.9 111.3 20.5 32.5 .227 .373 .341 .277 .340 23.8 25.4 6.8 3.81 3.33
2020 28 390 66 2 3.0 2.1 86.7 110.2 22.3 22.7 .190 .292 .290 .243 .268 27.3 21.1 9.5 3.09 2.46
2021 29 114 22 3 13.6 10.0 91.3 107.3 23.1 50.0 .224 .441 .261 .291 .365 40.9 23.3 3.3 1.13 3.55
Player 3630 610 45 7.4 5.0 88.1 114.7 19.1 33.3 .231 .401 .344 .307 .360 32.1 23.0 9.2
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Cole relies on 5 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(42.1%) ,
Slider
(23.7%) ,
Cutter
(19.3%) ,
Curveball
(11.4%) ,
Changeup
(3.5%) ,


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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 44.1 17.6 26.5 11.8 32.4 38.2 29.4 2.9 26.5 26.5 32.4 2.9 5.9 4.5
2016 31.9 28.3 22.1 17.7 38.9 35.4 25.7 0.0 24.8 42.5 14.2 3.5 9.7 6.5
2017 45.2 24.5 21.9 8.4 29.7 41.3 29.0 4.5 27.1 25.8 28.4 6.5 5.2 3.5
2018 34.3 35.7 22.9 7.1 38.6 36.4 22.9 1.4 21.4 27.1 26.4 9.3 10.7 6.8
2019 31.3 35.0 23.8 10.0 35.0 31.3 33.8 5.0 18.8 41.3 23.8 5.0 5.0 3.4
2020 34.8 31.8 18.2 15.2 45.5 34.8 19.7 6.1 22.7 42.4 19.7 6.1 3.0 2.1
2021 27.3 31.8 31.8 9.1 36.4 36.4 27.3 0.0 22.7 36.4 13.6 13.6 13.6 10.0
Player 36.6 29.8 22.6 11.0 36.2 36.7 26.6 3.0 23.6 33.4 23.4 6.4 7.4 5.0
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2021 Changeup TOR R 4 87.6 24.2 -4.8 -17 16.1 2.1 15
2021 Curveball TOR R 13 78.2 47.8 -7.1 -13 5.1 -4.1 -45
2021 Slider TOR R 27 84.8 32.6 -3.8 -10 1.6 -3.6 -69
2021 4-Seamer TOR R 48 93.8 13.1 1.4 10 7.3 0.4 6
2021 Cutter TOR R 22 89.7 23.6 2.3 9 0.3 -2.6 -112
2020 Cutter TOR R 38 88.6 23.3 3.3 13 2.3 -4.6 -197
2020 Curveball TOR R 10 78.3 45.6 -8.7 -16 5.8 -4.3 -43
2020 Slider TOR R 177 83.5 33.2 -5.4 -14 1.7 -3.9 -70
2020 Changeup TOR R 31 86.3 28.2 -2.0 -7 17.4 4.0 30
2020 4-Seamer TOR R 134 93.4 14.3 0.9 6 8.3 1.1 15
2019 Slider CLE R 221 83.8 33.4 -3.9 -11 1.6 -3.3 -68
2019 Curveball CLE R 34 78.8 45.4 -9.3 -17 4.9 -5.0 -51
2019 Changeup CLE R 9 86.6 25.2 -3.9 -13 16.2 2.4 17
2019 4-Seamer CLE R 216 94.4 13.4 1.6 10 8.4 1.0 14
2018 Curveball NYY R 176 79.5 44.2 -9.4 -18 3.5 -5.6 -62
2018 Slider NYY R 378 84.4 33.1 -3.8 -10 1.0 -3.6 -77
2018 Changeup NYY R 23 86.5 28.6 -1.7 -6 16.5 2.7 19
2018 Sinker NYY R 112 92.4 19.1 -3.0 -14 13.7 -0.8 -6
2018 4-Seamer NYY R 182 94.0 14.8 0.7 4 7.6 0.1 2
2017 Curveball WSH R 166 79.7 40.5 -10.3 -20 6.7 -1.6 -19
2017 4-Seamer WSH R 431 93.2 14.3 -0.1 -1 9.4 1.9 25
2017 Slider WSH R 197 85.2 27.1 -6.5 -19 3.4 -0.1 -2
2017 Changeup WSH R 61 86.2 26.7 -1.1 -4 11.1 -2.7 -20
2017 Sinker WSH R 82 92.9 18.4 -1.6 -8 13.1 -1.5 -10
2016 Curveball WSH R 51 75.1 48.9 -9.2 -16 7.9 -4.1 -34
2016 4-Seamer WSH R 214 91.4 13.8 1.5 10 10.8 3.7 52
2016 Sinker WSH R 133 91.3 17.0 -3.3 -16 14.0 0.2 2
2016 Changeup WSH R 45 84.1 29.0 -0.9 -3 14.3 1.5 12
2016 Slider WSH R 171 82.6 31.9 -4.6 -12 5.0 -0.6 -10
! 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 %
2021 4-Seamer 0.0 0 48 42.1 10 .400 .600 .430 33.3 10.0 9.1 .382 .675 .440 66.7
2021 Slider -5.7 -2 27 23.7 7 .000 .000 .000 40.0 57.1 25.0 .095 .352 .180 33.3
2021 Cutter -0.5 0 22 19.3 10 .111 .444 .270 17.6 20.0 33.3 .137 .304 .234 14.3
2021 Curveball 0.2 0 13 11.4 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .248 .274 .242 50.0
2021 Changeup -1.1 0 4 3.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .270 .287 .251 0.0
2020 Slider 1.1 2 177 45.4 51 .255 .383 .301 30.2 27.5 18.7 .168 .203 .195 11.8
2020 4-Seamer -3.3 -4 134 34.4 22 .158 .368 .252 26.6 13.6 13.0 .200 .384 .277 41.2
2020 Cutter 0.2 0 38 9.7 11 .200 .600 .359 16.0 9.1 7.1 .226 .447 .319 55.6
2020 Changeup 3.3 1 31 7.9 6 .400 .400 .417 33.3 16.7 14.3 .309 .536 .423 50.0
2020 Curveball -9.1 -1 10 2.6 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 33.3 50.0 .158 .176 .148 0.0
2019 Slider 1.5 3 221 45.9 63 .283 .453 .375 40.7 25.4 16.3 .187 .290 .261 12.8
2019 4-Seamer 1.0 2 216 44.9 42 .310 .571 .415 21.6 28.6 18.5 .264 .441 .296 40.0
2019 Curveball -2.7 -1 34 7.1 13 .250 .333 .304 11.1 15.4 33.3 .274 .496 .297 18.2
2019 Changeup -1.3 0 9 1.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 Slider -1.2 -4 378 43.1 108 .168 .337 .279 42.9 36.1 26.7 .169 .273 .251 19.0
2018 4-Seamer 5.8 11 182 20.8 30 .519 .963 .635 21.1 3.3 4.3 .419 .716 .504 53.8
2018 Curveball -0.5 -1 176 20.1 46 .256 .535 .328 28.6 32.6 25.0 .194 .346 .254 34.5
2018 Sinker 6.6 7 112 12.8 29 .462 1.154 .669 26.0 13.8 26.7 .386 .970 .578 59.1
2018 Changeup 9.5 2 23 2.6 5 .667 .667 .640 0.0 0.0 0.0 .430 .508 .521 66.7
2017 4-Seamer -0.8 -3 431 46.0 111 .253 .463 .348 17.6 15.3 14.2 .273 .515 .369 36.6
2017 Slider -1.9 -4 197 21.0 51 .209 .326 .304 42.0 31.4 21.3 .215 .308 .299 22.2
2017 Curveball -0.9 -1 166 17.7 32 .143 .250 .240 27.3 28.1 18.0 .151 .214 .225 21.1
2017 Sinker 3.7 3 82 8.8 21 .471 .824 .581 3.0 0.0 0.0 .390 .635 .482 52.9
2017 Changeup 5.0 3 61 6.5 15 .500 .583 .523 24.0 13.3 15.4 .388 .455 .432 40.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 31 86.3 96 19.6 1:45 2:15 -30
2020 Curveball 10 78.3 31 7.1 9:00 8:00 60
2020 Cutter 38 88.6 70 10.9 12:45 12:30 15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 133 93.4 95 18.7 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Slider 177 83.5 32 5.4 12:00 11:15 45
2021 Curveball 13 78.2 43 8.0 7:45 7:30 15
2021 Cutter 22 89.7 70 9.4 12:45 12:00 45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 48 93.8 95 19.1 1:00 12:45 15
2021 Slider 27 84.8 26 4.9 11:45 11:00 45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 43 152 1 4 0 0 5
2016 167 670 -6 2 5 3 4
2017 230 937 -8 -8 10 3 -2
2018 218 871 2 1 8 4 15
2019 118 480 -1 1 2 1 4
2020 96 404 0 -7 3 2 0
2021 30 114 -1 -2 0 0 -2
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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 157 47.1 71.6 88.7 26.5 54.5 43.3 43.2 47.8 21.3 5.1 50.0
2016 674 45.1 67.4 82.9 29.7 61.8 40.2 58.3 46.7 23.2 6.1 73.2
2017 937 48.2 65.5 79.1 26.2 65.4 42.2 61.3 45.1 23.9 6.9 75.4
2018 877 47.5 63.5 76.8 29.5 43.7 39.0 60.2 45.7 32.9 5.9 78.4
2019 481 50.9 75.5 75.7 28.4 52.2 43.7 59.3 52.4 30.2 7.9 92.1
2020 390 45.6 70.8 78.6 28.8 60.7 41.8 50.5 47.9 27.3 6.7 76.9
2021 114 53.5 70.5 76.7 28.3 53.3 50.9 53.3 50.9 27.6 6.1 100.0
Player 3,630 47.7 67.8 79.0 28.3 56.2 41.5 58.0 47.1 27.2 6.5 78.4
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 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
2015 29 11 78
2016 31 17 20 80
2017 16 30 31 37 7 78 65 34 41 30 6 48 34 57 24 19 80
2018 22 46 16 6 38 53 1 56 41 74 23 92 68 62 35 25 66
2019 72 82 85
2020 96 89 93 88 92 88 95 79 95 35 41 53 62 44 56 71
2021 38 63 67
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.9 7 5.6 1 4 6 3 42.9
2017 22.5 8 7.8 0 2 7 2 25.0
2018 23.1 15 13.4 2 3 10 7 46.7
2019 23.2 4 4.1 0 4 3 2 50.0
2020 22.7 4 2.3 2 1 3 0 0.0
2021 25.9 1 1.5 -1 2 2 0 0.0
Player 23.2 39 34.7 4 16 31 14 35.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 7 6 6 6 5 3 6 7 3 4 3 6 8 5 5 7 3 3 6 3 6 4 9 8 9 5 5 9 10 6 3
2017 8 9 6 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 7 6 9 9 7 9 8 8 8 6 10 8 8 7 7 9 8 8 5
2018 15 18 10 14 14 12 14 13 11 9 12 16 14 14 11 16 13 13 14 17 16 13 17 15 14 10 13 15 14 12 8
2019 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 5 7 4 3 5 3 3 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 7 8 3 2
2020 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 2
2021 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2
Player 39 42 31 36 36 28 36 35 27 25 28 41 39 31 31 40 29 31 36 37 39 34 47 38 38 28 33 45 43 34 22
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.1 91.5 0.4 ↑ 93.1 1.6 ↑ 93.4 0.3 ↑ 94.4 1.0 ↑ 92.3 -2.1 ↓ 92.5 0.2 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 82.5 84.0 1.5 ↑ 86.2 2.2 ↑ 86.5 0.3 ↑ 86.6 0.1 ↑ 86.3 -0.3 ↓ 87.6 1.3 ↑
Breaking Velocity 78.5 80.8 2.3 ↑ 82.7 1.9 ↑ 82.8 0.1 ↑ 83.1 0.3 ↑ 83.2 0.1 ↑ 82.7 -0.5 ↓
Exit Velocity 90.8 88.8 -2.0 ↓ 87.8 -1.0 ↓ 88.1 0.3 ↑ 86.9 -1.2 ↓ 86.7 -0.2 ↓ 91.3 4.6 ↑
Launch Angle 15.4 23.9 8.5 ↑ 14.2 -9.7 ↓ 18.4 4.2 ↑ 20.5 2.1 ↑ 22.3 1.8 ↑ 23.1 0.8 ↑
Barrel % 5.9 9.7 3.8 ↑ 5.2 -4.5 ↓ 10.7 5.5 ↑ 5.0 -5.7 ↓ 3.0 -2.0 ↓ 13.6 10.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 47.1 26.5 -20.6 ↓ 34.2 7.7 ↑ 36.2 2.0 ↑ 23.8 -12.4 ↓ 27.3 3.5 ↑ 40.9 13.6 ↑
Sweet Spot % 29.4 28.3 -1.1 ↓ 32.9 4.6 ↑ 41.4 8.5 ↑ 32.5 -8.9 ↓ 22.7 -9.8 ↓ 50.0 27.3 ↑
xBA .289 .187 -0.102 ↓ .260 0.073 ↑ .243 -0.017 ↓ .227 -0.016 ↓ .190 -0.037 ↓ .224 0.034 ↑
BA .341 .248 -0.093 ↓ .262 0.014 ↑ .281 0.019 ↑ .290 0.009 ↑ .226 -0.064 ↓ .207 -0.019 ↓
xwOBA .318 .273 -0.045 ↓ .347 0.074 ↑ .333 -0.014 ↓ .277 -0.056 ↓ .243 -0.034 ↓ .291 0.048 ↑
wOBA .340 .328 -0.012 ↓ .348 0.020 ↑ .389 0.041 ↑ .341 -0.048 ↓ .290 -0.051 ↓ .261 -0.029 ↓
xSLG .413 .366 -0.047 ↓ .434 0.068 ↑ .448 0.014 ↑ .373 -0.075 ↓ .292 -0.081 ↓ .441 0.149 ↑
SLG .463 .463 0.000 .441 -0.022 ↓ .577 0.136 ↑ .486 -0.091 ↓ .393 -0.093 ↓ .379 -0.014 ↓
K% 20.5 23.2 2.7 ↑ 19.1 -4.1 ↓ 26.7 7.6 ↑ 25.4 -1.3 ↓ 21.1 -4.3 ↓ 23.3 2.2 ↑
BB% 2.3 8.3 6.0 ↑ 12.2 3.9 ↑ 10.0 -2.2 ↓ 6.8 -3.2 ↓ 9.5 2.7 ↑ 3.3 -6.2 ↓
Swing % 47.8 46.7 -1.1 ↓ 45.1 -1.6 ↓ 45.7 0.6 ↑ 52.4 6.7 ↑ 47.9 -4.5 ↓ 50.9 3.0 ↑
Whiff% 21.3 23.2 1.9 ↑ 23.9 0.7 ↑ 32.9 9.0 ↑ 30.2 -2.7 ↓ 27.3 -2.9 ↓ 27.6 0.3 ↑
In Zone % 47.1 45.1 -2.0 ↓ 48.2 3.1 ↑ 47.5 -0.7 ↓ 50.9 3.4 ↑ 45.6 -5.3 ↓ 53.5 7.9 ↑
Out of Zone % 52.9 54.9 2.0 ↑ 51.8 -3.1 ↓ 52.5 0.7 ↑ 49.1 -3.4 ↓ 54.4 5.3 ↑ 46.5 -7.9 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 26.5 29.7 3.2 ↑ 26.2 -3.5 ↓ 29.5 3.3 ↑ 28.4 -1.1 ↓ 28.8 0.4 ↑ 28.3 -0.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 25.0 25.0 0.0 29.1 4.1 ↑ 29.0 -0.1 ↓ 31.4 2.4 ↑ 24.7 -6.7 ↓ 20.0 -4.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 43.2 58.3 15.1 ↑ 61.3 3.0 ↑ 60.2 -1.1 ↓ 59.3 -0.9 ↓ 50.5 -8.8 ↓ 53.3 2.8 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 154 .337 69 1 1.4 85 39 45.9
2017 230 .348 108 6 5.6 122 21 17.2
2018 220 .389 127 22 17.3 93 51 54.8
2019 118 .341 75 1 1.3 43 15 34.9
2020 93 .290 54 12 22.2 39 23 59.0
2021 23 .248 14 1 7.1 9 8 88.9

Pitch Tempo

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