Alex Vesia
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 1" 209LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 17, #507, Miami Marlins | Cal State - East Bay
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 2 5 4.35 56 1 1 49.2 64 1.39
2024 5 4 1.76 67 0 5 66.1 87 0.99
2025 0 0 3.46 14 0 1 13 19 1.23
6 Seasons 15 11 2.93 246 1 9 227.2 308 1.16
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 56 2-5 4.35 49.2 64 1.39
2024 67 5-4 1.76 66.1 87 0.99
2025 14 0-0 3.46 13 19 1.23
6 Seasons 246 15-11 2.93 227.2 308 1.16
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 24 133 15 2 13.3 7.4 91.6 111.5 27.2 33.3 .207 .524 .532 .401 .396 46.7 18.5 25.9 18.69 7.40
2021 25 651 83 9 10.8 5.6 87.6 109.2 23.5 33.7 .145 .311 .241 .260 .320 34.9 33.5 13.7 2.25 2.81
2022 26 951 122 8 6.6 3.5 87.0 108.6 17.4 35.2 .188 .295 .244 .261 .343 34.4 34.8 10.6 2.15 2.79
2023 27 853 134 11 8.2 5.1 92.1 117.1 23.8 30.6 .231 .391 .318 .296 .389 42.5 29.5 7.8 4.35 3.66
2024 28 1109 140 17 12.1 6.5 87.5 113.3 30.0 29.3 .157 .319 .246 .260 .328 35.0 33.1 12.5 1.76 2.78
2025 29 234 26 5 19.2 9.6 89.6 108.5 26.2 38.5 .189 .414 .357 .313 .437 42.3 36.5 11.5 3.46 3.66
Player 3931 520 52 10.0 5.5 88.8 117.1 24.1 32.3 .183 .339 .276 .276 .354 37.5 32.5 11.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Vesia relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(54.3%) ,
Slider
(42.3%) ,
Changeup
(3.4%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2020 20.0 80.0 46.7 26.7 6.7 33.3 40.0 26.7 13.3 6.7 0.0 20.0 33.3 26.7
2021 25.3 74.7 45.8 16.9 12.0 36.1 30.1 33.7 12.0 9.6 3.6 24.1 20.5 30.1
2022 36.1 63.9 27.9 25.4 10.7 30.3 45.9 23.8 17.2 15.6 3.3 13.1 30.3 20.5
2023 29.1 70.9 35.8 22.4 12.7 34.3 35.8 29.9 10.4 13.4 5.2 23.9 22.4 24.6
2024 25.7 74.3 37.9 15.7 20.7 33.6 37.9 28.6 15.7 6.4 3.6 17.9 31.4 25.0
2025 26.9 73.1 34.6 19.2 19.2 42.3 19.2 38.5 15.4 7.7 3.8 26.9 11.5 34.6
Player 28.8 71.2 36.3 20.4 14.4 33.8 37.1 29.0 14.0 11.0 3.8 19.8 26.2 25.2
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2020 6.7 13.3 53.3 6.7 6.7 13.3 7.4
2021 4.8 20.5 44.6 10.8 8.4 10.8 5.6
2022 9.0 18.9 33.6 28.7 3.3 6.6 3.5
2023 2.2 17.2 38.8 23.9 9.7 8.2 5.1
2024 7.9 12.9 47.1 16.4 3.6 12.1 6.5
2025 3.8 23.1 38.5 11.5 3.8 19.2 9.6
Player 6.0 17.1 41.2 19.8 6.0 10.0 5.5
MLB 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
2025 Slider LAD L 89 83.6 35.8 -2.0 6.7GLV 1.2 3.1 -1.4 6.7GLV 2.3
2025 Changeup LAD L 8 84.2 28.3 -4.9 13.3ARM -0.9 10.3 -5.1 13.3ARM -1.3
2025 4-Seam Fastball LAD L 120 92.2 10.7 4.6 5.9ARM -0.9 21.7 5.4 5.9ARM -2.2
2024 Slider LAD L 352 85.0 33.5 -2.9 7.0GLV 2.0 4.1 -2.6 7.0GLV 2.1
2024 Sinker LAD L 1 93.3 7.0 -16.0 7.7ARM -7.1 25.0 -16.8 7.7ARM -7.4
2024 Changeup LAD L 56 85.5 23.2 -8.5 6.7ARM -7.3 14.2 -8.3 6.7ARM -7.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball LAD L 700 93.4 11.2 4.2 6.2ARM -1.1 20.3 4.6 6.2ARM -1.9
! 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 0 120 55.3 33 .207 .483 .336 30.6 42.4 29.2 .163 .422 .298 53.3
2025 Slider -0.8 -1 89 41.0 14 .182 .545 .382 44.4 28.6 11.1 .206 .413 .355 42.9
2025 Changeup -0.9 0 8 3.7 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 50.0 25.0 .149 .149 .136 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 8 700 63.1 170 .150 .357 .295 28.4 28.8 21.0 .165 .403 .313 40.9
2024 Slider 2.0 7 352 31.7 72 .106 .136 .140 39.4 45.8 25.6 .122 .158 .155 14.3
2024 Changeup -1.4 -1 56 5.0 17 .313 .375 .326 30.4 29.4 29.4 .237 .272 .254 54.5
2024 Sinker 30.2 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .006 .012 .008 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.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2025 4-Seam Fastball 103 92.1 99 21.9 11:30 11:30 0
2025 Slider 83 83.5 38 7.4 1:15 2:30 -75
2024 Changeup 55 85.5 97 15.2 10:30 11:00 -30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 682 93.4 99 20.8 11:15 11:30 -15
2024 Slider 337 85.0 39 8.2 1:15 2:30 -75
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

! Note: Data is available from 2020 through the present.
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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 27 133 -1 -1 -2 -1 -5
2021 158 651 7 10 -6 -2 9
2022 226 951 10 12 -8 -3 12
2023 214 853 2 9 -5 -3 2
2024 260 1,109 14 11 -5 -5 14
2025 49 217 3 -2 -1 -1 0
Player 934 3,914 35 39 -27 35 32
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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 133 50.4 71.6 72.9 18.2 66.7 39.8 51.9 45.1 28.3 8.3 81.8
2021 651 50.4 72.3 65.4 24.1 47.4 43.3 51.9 48.4 38.1 7.5 81.6
2022 951 50.3 67.4 68.9 29.6 57.1 44.5 60.6 48.6 34.0 8.0 78.9
2023 853 50.9 72.8 75.9 27.9 52.1 44.4 60.7 50.8 30.3 7.7 87.9
2024 1,109 48.1 70.0 73.3 26.6 54.9 43.6 60.0 47.5 31.3 6.6 83.6
2025 234 52.6 72.4 73.0 30.6 47.1 42.3 78.8 52.6 32.5 11.5 77.8
Player 3,931 49.9 70.6 71.5 27.1 53.6 43.7 59.8 48.8 32.8 7.7 82.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 61.1 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 25 75 71
2021 55 82 61
2022 88 93 92 87 78 87 63 82 77 97 14 92 50 54 74 62
2023 72 67 59 49 72 74 43 1 23 88 60 78 38 56 81 51
2024 92 99 90 30 91 47 3 81 79 95 5 88 25 38 85 42
2025 61 94 50 15 74 25 1 15 20 98 23 93 58 21 86 40
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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 23.9 3 2.3 1 0 1 2 66.7
2021 22.9 7 5.1 2 2 4 2 28.6
2022 26.7 2 3.3 -1 2 3 1 50.0
2023 24.6 8 6.4 2 2 3 4 50.0
2024 22.4 7 7.0 0 3 6 2 28.6
2025 24.5 3 3.0 0 1 1 2 66.7
Player 23.8 30 27.2 3 10 18 13 43.3
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 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 2
2021 7 7 2 4 5 4 6 5 3 3 4 4 5 4 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 7 5 6 5 6 7 5 6
2022 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 2 3 2 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 6 4 4 2 2 4 5 4 2 2
2023 8 4 6 8 7 6 7 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 7 6 7 6 8 7 6
2024 7 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 5 7 7 6 8 6 7 6 6 8 7 8 10 7 10 8 6 7 5 8 10 7 7
2025 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Player 30 25 19 27 28 26 30 24 22 23 25 26 28 24 28 28 26 27 28 31 30 31 33 31 25 26 27 30 35 26 26
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 +/-   2025
Fastball Velocity 91.7 2.1 93.8 0.3 94.1 0.3 94.4 -1.0 93.4 -1.2 92.2
Offspeed Velocity 84.4 1.5 85.9 -0.3 85.6 0.8 86.4 -0.9 85.5 -1.3 84.2
Breaking Velocity 84.1 0.9 85.0 0.0 85.0 0.9 85.9 -0.9 85.0 -1.4 83.6
Exit Velocity 91.6 -4.0 87.6 -0.6 87.0 5.1 92.1 -4.6 87.5 4.0 91.5
Launch Angle 27.2 -3.7 23.5 -6.1 17.4 6.4 23.8 6.2 30.0 -3.5 26.5
Barrel % 13.3 -2.5 10.8 -4.2 6.6 1.6 8.2 3.9 12.1 9.6 21.7
Hard Hit % 46.7 -11.8 34.9 -0.5 34.4 8.1 42.5 -7.5 35.0 12.8 47.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.3 0.4 33.7 1.5 35.2 -4.6 30.6 -1.3 29.3 1.1 30.4
xBA .207 -0.062 .145 0.043 .188 0.043 .231 -0.074 .157 0.016 .173
BA .350 -0.224 .126 0.061 .187 0.076 .263 -0.115 .148 0.066 .214
xwOBA .401 -0.141 .260 0.001 .261 0.035 .296 -0.036 .260 0.047 .307
wOBA .532 -0.291 .241 0.003 .244 0.074 .318 -0.072 .246 0.115 .361
xSLG .524 -0.213 .311 -0.016 .295 0.096 .391 -0.072 .319 0.088 .407
SLG .800 -0.504 .296 -0.049 .247 0.167 .414 -0.123 .291 0.209 .500
K% 18.5 15.0 33.5 1.3 34.8 -5.3 29.5 3.6 33.1 5.7 38.8
BB% 25.9 -12.2 13.7 -3.1 10.6 -2.8 7.8 4.7 12.5 -0.3 12.2
Swing % 45.1 3.3 48.4 0.2 48.6 2.2 50.8 -3.3 47.5 3.7 51.2
Whiff% 28.3 9.8 38.1 -4.1 34.0 -3.7 30.3 1.0 31.3 3.8 35.1
In Zone % 50.4 0.0 50.4 -0.1 50.3 0.6 50.9 -2.8 48.1 4.0 52.1
Out of Zone % 49.6 0.0 49.6 0.1 49.7 -0.6 49.1 2.8 51.9 -4.0 47.9
Out of Zone Swing % 18.2 5.9 24.1 5.5 29.6 -1.7 27.9 -1.3 26.6 2.2 28.8
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 -2.9 30.4 0.6 31.0 8.3 39.3 -6.6 32.7 10.2 42.9
First Pitch Strike % 51.9 0.0 51.9 8.7 60.6 0.1 60.7 -0.7 60.0 19.6 79.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 27 .532 14 5 35.7 13 1 7.7
2021 Shifts 158 .241 83 42 50.6 75 48 64.0
2022 Shifts 226 .244 147 62 42.2 79 43 54.4
2023 Shades 214 .318 121 10 8.3 93 43 46.2
2024 Shades 254 .244 150 6 4.0 104 35 33.7
2025 Shades 49 .361 30 7 23.3 19 15 78.9
! 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 41 23.8 0.0% 14.6% 21 25.6 0.0% 23.8%
2021 193 23.1 0.0% 7.3% 93 27.3 0.0% 31.2%
2022 241 24.5 0.0% 13.3% 175 27.5 0.0% 34.9%
2023 215 18.7 0.5% 0.0% 135 21.3 0.0% 0.7%
2024 311 18.1 4.8% 0.3% 175 19.9 0.6% 0.6%
2025 49 18.2 0.0% 0.0% 19 20.2 0.0% 5.3%

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Pitch Distribution