Alex Lange
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 3" 202LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 1, #30, Chicago Cubs | Louisiana State

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 7 4 3.41 71 0 0 63.1 82 1.23
2 Seasons 8 7 3.64 107 0 1 99.0 121 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 71 7-4 3.41 63.1 82 1.23
2 Seasons 107 8-7 3.64 99.0 121 1.32

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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
2021 25 639 104 14 13.5 8.6 93.9 112.2 11.5 35.6 .273 .491 .335 .366 .443 52.9 24.1 9.9 4.04 5.92
2022 26 1046 153 8 5.2 3.0 86.1 109.9 4.9 26.1 .202 .310 .282 .283 .343 35.9 30.3 11.4 3.41 3.29
Player 1685 257 22 8.6 5.1 89.3 112.2 7.6 30.0 .229 .380 .302 .315 .384 42.8 27.9 10.9
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Lange relies on 4 pitches.
Curveball
(48.8%) ,
Sinker
(28.5%) ,
Changeup
(19.5%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(3.3%) ,


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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
2021 44.2 22.1 27.9 5.8 42.3 40.4 17.3 1.0 33.7 18.3 27.9 5.8 13.5 8.6
2022 55.6 20.9 17.6 5.9 47.7 34.0 18.3 7.8 37.3 20.3 22.2 4.6 5.2 3.0
Player 51.0 21.4 21.8 5.8 45.5 36.6 17.9 5.1 35.8 19.5 24.5 5.1 8.6 5.1
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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
2022 Sinker DET R 298 96.2 20.4 0.2 1 15.8 0.5 3
2022 Curveball DET R 510 85.5 42.9 -2.1 -5 0.6 -5.8 -90
2022 4-Seamer DET R 34 95.7 15.7 -1.6 -11 9.5 1.8 23
2022 Changeup DET R 204 89.7 31.4 2.9 10 16.5 1.8 12
2021 Curveball DET R 251 84.6 45.6 -1.7 -4 2.5 -4.1 -63
2021 4-Seamer DET R 289 96.4 13.7 -0.3 -2 10.5 3.0 40
2021 Slider DET R 1 89.2 30.4 -0.9 -3 4.1 -7.8 -210
2021 Sinker DET R 1 97.1 15.6 -2.7 -15 17.9 3.2 22
2021 Changeup DET R 97 89.0 29.6 1.7 6 16.3 2.4 17
! 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 Curveball -0.9 -4 510 48.8 131 .190 .284 .271 57.8 42.7 36.6 .174 .250 .234 37.1
2022 Sinker 2.0 6 298 28.5 93 .257 .419 .399 12.9 12.9 18.8 .265 .451 .384 35.9
2022 Changeup -1.4 -3 204 19.5 37 .118 .147 .143 56.0 35.1 22.0 .139 .189 .190 33.3
2022 4-Seamer -0.8 0 34 3.3 9 .286 .429 .394 0.0 11.1 12.5 .324 .431 .412 33.3
2021 4-Seamer 2.0 6 289 45.2 91 .312 .468 .412 11.5 8.8 11.0 .326 .554 .422 60.9
2021 Curveball -0.2 -1 251 39.3 51 .229 .438 .307 48.0 47.1 27.6 .220 .452 .306 37.5
2021 Changeup -2.3 -2 97 15.2 20 .111 .167 .178 46.2 35.0 25.9 .186 .328 .267 36.4
2021 Sinker -3.8 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 Slider 4.8 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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
2021 Changeup 95 89.0 97 17.5 2:00 2:30 -30
2021 Curveball 251 84.6 59 10.2 7:00 6:30 30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 286 96.4 94 18.8 1:15 1:15 0
2022 Changeup 197 89.7 93 17.4 2:00 2:45 -45
2022 Curveball 497 85.5 39 7.8 7:15 6:15 60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 34 95.7 84 17.1 1:15 1:15 0
2022 Sinker 293 96.2 84 18.6 1:15 2:00 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 162 639 0 -4 6 2 3
2022 270 1,046 -5 -4 4 4 -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 %
2021 639 42.6 69.1 82.4 33.0 44.6 38.2 63.0 48.4 32.0 6.9 63.6
2022 1,046 37.5 59.2 78.4 35.3 32.5 37.4 54.8 44.3 44.1 5.8 70.5
Player 1,685 39.4 63.3 80.2 34.5 36.6 37.7 57.9 45.8 39.2 6.2 67.6
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.2 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
2021 90 73 10 61
2022 74 87 89 86 46 87 83 93 67 87 9 100 95 86 45 13 59
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 25.4 5 7.7 -3 4 6 3 60.0
2022 22.1 5 4.8 0 3 5 1 20.0
Player 23.7 10 12.5 -3 7 11 4 40.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 5 7 10 5 7 10 7 9 9 8 9 8 4 5 7 9 9 7 7 8 9 8 7 8 6 8 8 7 8 8 9
2022 5 6 4 5 6 7 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 2 4 6 7 5 4 5 6 5 4 6 5 4 6 4 5 3 7
Player 10 13 14 10 13 17 11 13 14 11 13 12 7 7 11 15 16 12 11 13 15 13 11 14 11 12 14 11 13 11 16
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.4 96.1 -0.3 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 89 89.7 0.7 ↑
Breaking Velocity 84.6 85.5 0.9 ↑
Exit Velocity 93.9 86.1 -7.8 ↓
Launch Angle 11.5 4.9 -6.6 ↓
Barrel % 13.5 5.2 -8.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 52.9 35.9 -17 ↓
Sweet Spot % 35.6 26.1 -9.5 ↓
xBA .273 .202 -0.071 ↓
BA .259 .203 -0.056 ↓
xwOBA .366 .283 -0.083 ↓
wOBA .335 .282 -0.053 ↓
xSLG .491 .31 -0.181 ↓
SLG .42 .312 -0.108 ↓
K% 24.1 30.3 6.2 ↑
BB% 9.9 11.4 1.5 ↑
Swing % 48.4 44.3 -4.1 ↓
Whiff% 32 44.1 12.1 ↑
In Zone % 42.6 37.5 -5.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 57.4 62.5 5.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 33 35.3 2.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 35.8 31.1 -4.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63 54.8 -8.2 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2021 151 .330 82 16 19.5 69 53 76.8
2022 270 .282 162 26 16.0 108 78 72.2

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 140 19.5 12.1% 5.0% 133 25.4 0.0% 24.1%
2022 269 17.9 16.4% 1.5% 208 22.3 0.0% 15.9%
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Pitch Distribution

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