Brett Cecil
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 2" 200LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2007 | Rd: C-A, #38, Toronto Blue Jays | Maryland
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 1 7 3.93 54 0 0 36.2 45 1.28
2017 2 4 3.88 73 0 1 67.1 66 1.23
2018 1 1 6.89 40 0 0 32.2 19 1.96
10 Seasons 44 47 4.29 443 74 12 756 670 1.36
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 54 1-7 3.93 36.2 45 1.28
2017 73 2-4 3.88 67.1 66 1.23
2018 40 1-1 6.89 32.2 19 1.96
10 Seasons 443 44-47 4.29 756 670 1.36
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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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 28 823 129 5 3.9 2.3 88.4 108.6 8.4 28.7 .189 .285 .243 .235 .324 31.0 32.7 6.1 2.48 2.24
2016 29 566 102 5 4.9 3.2 90.2 112.1 10.5 36.3 .257 .411 .320 .314 .419 43.1 28.7 5.1 3.93 4.16
2017 30 990 195 6 3.1 2.2 87.2 112.1 13.3 32.8 .229 .356 .299 .270 .336 28.9 23.8 5.8 3.88 3.08
2018 31 569 113 9 8.0 5.7 88.7 113.7 14.5 31.9 .275 .480 .378 .378 .386 38.9 12.1 15.9 6.89 6.40
Player 2948 539 25 4.6 3.1 88.4 113.7 11.9 32.3 .232 .370 .303 .291 .360 34.2 24.8 7.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Cecil relies on 5 pitches.
Curveball
(36.7%) ,
Sinker
(19.7%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(17.9%) ,
Cutter
(16.3%) ,
Changeup
(9.3%) ,


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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
2015 53.5 15.5 24.8 6.2 40.3 37.2 22.5 2.3 37.2 20.9 27.1 4.7 3.9 2.3
2016 43.1 18.6 32.4 5.9 43.1 35.3 21.6 4.9 33.3 15.7 29.4 7.8 4.9 3.2
2017 46.7 21.0 25.1 7.2 38.5 34.4 27.2 4.6 30.3 25.6 24.6 7.7 3.1 2.2
2018 40.7 27.4 24.8 7.1 40.7 35.4 23.9 7.1 26.5 24.8 27.4 6.2 8.0 5.7
Player 46.4 20.6 26.3 6.7 40.3 35.4 24.3 4.6 31.7 22.4 26.7 6.7 4.6 3.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 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
2018 Changeup STL L 53 82.9 32.6 0.3 1 10.7 -2.7 -20
2018 Cutter STL L 93 85.9 30.3 0.6 2 1.5 -1.9 -56
2018 Curveball STL L 209 81.3 49.2 -3.9 -7 1.8 -5.1 -74
2018 4-Seamer STL L 102 89.9 19.2 -1.6 -9 4.4 -1.8 -29
2018 Sinker STL L 112 89.7 23.3 -0.3 -1 13.2 -1.0 -7
2017 Changeup STL L 128 83.1 32.6 1.5 5 12.5 -1.4 -10
2017 4-Seamer STL L 302 91.9 17.5 -2.5 -16 7.0 -0.9 -11
2017 Sinker STL L 97 90.9 23.3 2.1 10 15.6 0.5 4
2017 Cutter STL L 164 88.7 25.2 0.3 1 0.9 -2.9 -149
2017 Curveball STL L 283 83.4 44.0 -4.5 -9 1.3 -4.6 -78
2016 4-Seamer TOR L 156 92.4 16.6 -2.2 -15 8.3 0.9 13
2016 Changeup TOR L 38 84.9 29.1 0.5 2 14.3 2.1 17
2016 Sinker TOR L 104 92.5 19.8 0.9 5 16.1 2.2 16
2016 Cutter TOR L 9 89.3 23.9 -0.6 -2 0.1 -2.0 -97
2016 Curveball TOR L 252 84.4 45.2 0.0 0 0.9 -5.4 -85
2015 Cutter TOR L 40 91.0 -- -- 1.1 -0.6 -35
2015 Changeup TOR L 54 85.7 -- -- 12.3 -0.1 -1
2015 4-Seamer TOR L 277 92.4 -- -- 5.4 -1.6 -22
2015 Sinker TOR L 106 92.5 -- -- 14.2 0.4 3
2015 Curveball TOR L 316 84.6 -- -- 0.3 -5.9 -95
! 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 %
2018 Curveball 1.1 2 209 36.7 56 .240 .320 .280 28.7 23.2 17.1 .231 .337 .299 42.1
2018 Sinker -4.4 -5 112 19.7 33 .414 .690 .526 9.4 6.1 10.5 .298 .561 .408 33.3
2018 4-Seamer -4.4 -5 102 17.9 33 .304 .565 .497 11.6 6.1 5.3 .315 .575 .476 47.6
2018 Cutter -0.7 -1 93 16.3 19 .278 .667 .371 20.0 10.5 25.0 .279 .658 .410 29.4
2018 Changeup 0.8 0 53 9.3 11 .333 .333 .309 13.6 0.0 0.0 .337 .424 .353 40.0
2017 4-Seamer -0.4 -1 302 30.5 85 .273 .481 .352 19.1 23.5 24.7 .245 .440 .324 32.8
2017 Curveball 1.6 4 283 28.6 93 .225 .371 .252 38.8 40.9 27.5 .168 .248 .201 30.2
2017 Cutter -2.5 -4 164 16.6 42 .342 .447 .349 17.9 2.4 5.3 .320 .453 .350 26.3
2017 Changeup 3.8 5 128 12.9 31 .200 .233 .167 37.7 16.1 17.2 .213 .263 .199 19.2
2017 Sinker -3.5 -3 97 9.8 19 .389 .667 .489 16.3 0.0 0.0 .338 .530 .386 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 420 1,601 -6 12 -10 -7 -11
2010 722 2,698 -3 17 -13 -8 -7
2011 530 1,909 3 8 -13 -5 -7
2012 270 1,021 -2 1 -5 -4 -9
2013 246 909 4 16 -3 -3 14
2014 230 877 7 7 1 -2 12
2015 215 824 4 11 -1 -1 13
2016 171 621 3 -2 -1 -2 -2
2017 271 975 5 3 -3 -3 1
2018 152 569 -3 3 -5 -2 -7
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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 823 46.7 66.4 80.1 33.4 42.4 41.5 59.8 48.5 31.8 7.7 79.0
2016 566 53.7 61.2 80.1 30.9 48.1 39.4 66.2 47.2 28.1 8.7 67.3
2017 990 48.2 71.5 79.5 35.4 57.5 44.5 61.8 52.9 27.7 6.6 84.4
2018 569 49.9 68.0 86.5 24.9 60.6 42.7 60.1 46.4 19.3 5.8 81.8
Player 2,948 49.2 67.3 81.2 32.0 51.8 42.3 61.8 49.3 27.4 7.1 78.4
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 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 98 96 96 91 97 90 78 40 68 97 72 94 86 45 34 39 21
2016 41 31 43 7
2017 89 73 78 80 90 88 95 49 82 64 89 75 97 29 8 20 3
2018 12 14 34 10
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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 26.0 6 4.8 1 4 3 2 33.3
2017 22.1 7 6.7 0 7 4 3 42.9
2018 23.0 5 6.0 -1 3 4 3 60.0
Player 23.2 18 17.5 1 14 11 8 44.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 6 5 4 7 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 6 4 4 5 6 3 5 4 5 4 4 6 6 4 5 5 7 4 5 3
2017 7 6 5 8 6 7 8 6 5 6 6 13 6 7 6 7 6 6 8 6 7 6 8 7 6 6 6 9 7 6 4
2018 5 8 4 5 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 5 6 8 6 7 5 6 6 5 7 6 5 5 6 5 7 7 7
Player 18 19 13 20 18 18 19 17 15 14 16 26 18 16 17 21 15 18 17 17 17 15 21 19 15 16 17 21 18 18 14
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.3 92.3 0.0 90.8 -1.5 ↓ 88.6 -2.2 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 85.7 84.9 -0.8 ↓ 83.1 -1.8 ↓ 82.9 -0.2 ↓
Breaking Velocity 84.6 84.4 -0.2 ↓ 83.4 -1.0 ↓ 81.3 -2.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.4 90.2 1.8 ↑ 87.2 -3.0 ↓ 88.7 1.5 ↑
Launch Angle 8.4 10.5 2.1 ↑ 13.3 2.8 ↑ 14.5 1.2 ↑
Barrel % 3.9 4.9 1.0 ↑ 3.1 -1.8 ↓ 8.0 4.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 31.0 43.1 12.1 ↑ 28.9 -14.2 ↓ 38.9 10.0 ↑
Sweet Spot % 28.7 36.3 7.6 ↑ 32.8 -3.5 ↓ 31.9 -0.9 ↓
xBA .189 .257 0.068 ↑ .229 -0.028 ↓ .275 0.046 ↑
BA .197 .269 0.072 ↑ .262 -0.007 ↓ .302 0.040 ↑
xwOBA .235 .314 0.079 ↑ .270 -0.044 ↓ .378 0.108 ↑
wOBA .243 .320 0.077 ↑ .299 -0.021 ↓ .378 0.079 ↑
xSLG .285 .411 0.126 ↑ .356 -0.055 ↓ .480 0.124 ↑
SLG .308 .428 0.120 ↑ .414 -0.014 ↓ .496 0.082 ↑
K% 32.7 28.7 -4.0 ↓ 23.8 -4.9 ↓ 12.1 -11.7 ↓
BB% 6.1 5.1 -1.0 ↓ 5.8 0.7 ↑ 15.9 10.1 ↑
Swing % 48.5 47.2 -1.3 ↓ 52.9 5.7 ↑ 46.4 -6.5 ↓
Whiff% 31.8 28.1 -3.7 ↓ 27.7 -0.4 ↓ 19.3 -8.4 ↓
In Zone % 46.7 53.7 7.0 ↑ 48.2 -5.5 ↓ 49.9 1.7 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.3 46.3 -7.0 ↓ 51.8 5.5 ↑ 50.1 -1.7 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 33.4 30.9 -2.5 ↓ 35.4 4.5 ↑ 24.9 -10.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 33.2 38.2 5.0 ↑ 34.5 -3.7 ↓ 34.6 0.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.8 66.2 6.4 ↑ 61.8 -4.4 ↓ 60.1 -1.7 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 153 .315 83 0 0.0 70 21 30.0
2017 Shifts 271 .302 155 1 0.6 116 5 4.3
2018 Shifts 152 .378 86 5 5.8 66 6 9.1
! 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 %
2010 804 15.0 43.3% 6.1% 470 22.9 0.9% 10.0%
2011 583 15.8 40.8% 1.4% 275 23.5 0.0% 11.3%
2012 305 17.3 20.7% 1.6% 181 24.3 0.0% 14.9%
2013 239 17.9 10.5% 1.3% 166 22.3 0.0% 15.1%
2014 176 19.1 9.7% 2.3% 220 22.7 0.9% 13.6%
2015 233 20.0 11.6% 10.3% 112 23.6 5.4% 17.9%
2016 155 19.5 16.1% 5.8% 92 23.2 12.0% 18.5%
2017 255 18.3 7.1% 0.4% 134 22.6 0.7% 5.2%
2018 133 20.1 6.0% 3.0% 121 23.0 0.0% 3.3%
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Pitch Distribution

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