Cole Ragans
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 190LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #30, Texas Rangers | North Florida Christian HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 3 4.95 9 9 0 40 27 1.48
2023 7 5 3.47 29 12 0 96 113 1.16
2024 11 9 3.33 29 29 0 167.1 204 1.15
3 Seasons 18 17 3.59 67 50 0 303.1 344 1.20
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 9 0-3 4.95 40 27 1.48
2023 29 7-5 3.47 96 113 1.16
2024 29 11-9 3.33 167.1 204 1.15
3 Seasons 67 18-17 3.59 303.1 344 1.20
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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
2022 24 706 131 9 6.9 5.2 87.5 110.2 18.2 36.6 .276 .418 .346 .336 .362 32.8 15.5 9.2 4.95 4.78
2023 25 1586 236 15 6.4 3.8 87.8 113.6 10.6 31.8 .212 .331 .266 .283 .345 36.9 28.8 10.5 3.47 3.33
2024 26 2824 423 27 6.4 3.9 88.4 115.4 15.7 32.4 .221 .350 .280 .285 .364 36.4 29.6 8.3 3.33 3.30
Player 5116 790 51 6.5 4.1 88.1 115.4 14.6 32.9 .226 .354 .285 .291 .358 35.9 27.4 9.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Ragans relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(41.6%) ,
Changeup
(23.9%) ,
Slider
(12.6%) ,
Cutter
(11.6%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(10.3%) ,


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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
2022 37.4 19.8 29.0 13.7 44.3 26.0 29.8 3.1 22.1 29.8 32.1 5.3 6.9 5.2
2023 44.5 26.3 24.2 5.1 33.9 37.7 28.4 3.8 33.1 26.3 23.7 5.5 6.4 3.8
2024 40.4 27.7 24.1 7.8 37.6 35.5 27.0 4.0 26.7 28.4 27.4 6.6 6.4 3.9
Player 41.1 25.9 24.9 8.0 37.6 34.6 27.8 3.8 27.8 28.0 27.1 6.1 6.5 4.1
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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
2024 Slider KC L 355 86.1 36.1 1.0 3 1.0 -3.6 -78
2024 Changeup KC L 676 84.9 25.7 -5.1 -17 15.9 2.3 17
2024 4-Seam Fastball KC L 1,174 95.5 12.9 0.7 5 12.6 5.5 78
2024 Curveball KC L 292 80.8 54.8 3.1 6 10.2 2.6 35
2024 Cutter KC L 327 90.9 23.0 1.6 6 1.0 -3.5 -143
2023 Cutter KC L 209 91.8 26.1 -2.2 -9 2.1 -4.3 -198
2023 Changeup KC L 375 86.6 25.9 -4.1 -14 15.6 1.5 11
2023 4-Seam Fastball KC L 631 96.5 13.4 -0.1 -1 12.4 4.9 66
2023 Curveball KC L 194 81.8 52.5 1.5 3 10.3 3.5 52
2023 Slider KC L 165 86.6 36.0 1.4 4 2.0 -2.3 -54
2022 Changeup TEX L 235 82.2 26.6 -4.9 -16 16.1 2.7 20
2022 Curveball TEX L 44 76.3 62.3 2.9 5 11.2 2.9 35
2022 4-Seam Fastball TEX L 311 92.1 13.9 0.8 6 10.7 4.7 79
2022 Cutter TEX L 116 88.5 27.5 -0.3 -1 0.9 -3.9 -131
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 14 1,174 41.6 313 .213 .371 .306 23.7 27.2 23.0 .226 .384 .313 42.4
2024 Changeup 0.7 5 676 23.9 179 .194 .300 .269 48.2 31.8 25.8 .191 .283 .256 23.3
2024 Slider -1.4 -5 355 12.6 99 .206 .309 .253 34.1 45.5 24.5 .188 .289 .215 32.7
2024 Cutter -1.1 -4 327 11.6 65 .349 .444 .373 22.0 6.2 20.0 .347 .475 .365 42.4
2024 Curveball 0.9 3 292 10.3 32 .161 .226 .184 31.5 40.6 17.8 .183 .330 .232 38.9
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -4 636 40.1 147 .234 .411 .341 27.9 32.7 22.4 .193 .358 .305 52.6
2023 Changeup 2.8 11 376 23.7 110 .152 .192 .212 34.4 22.7 19.7 .194 .276 .248 20.0
2023 Cutter 1.2 3 212 13.4 43 .270 .378 .345 23.8 9.3 17.4 .263 .424 .350 38.2
2023 Curveball -0.1 0 197 12.4 39 .194 .306 .251 29.5 30.8 18.2 .278 .412 .328 37.5
2023 Slider 4.3 7 165 10.4 52 .180 .200 .179 40.0 46.2 30.0 .206 .246 .203 37.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -4.1 -13 311 44.1 80 .388 .701 .513 11.7 12.5 10.6 .305 .516 .408 47.4
2022 Changeup 2.5 6 235 33.3 55 .151 .170 .179 36.2 21.8 15.2 .211 .255 .223 9.8
2022 Cutter 1.0 1 116 16.4 35 .235 .412 .322 18.8 14.3 15.2 .297 .462 .339 34.5
2022 Curveball 0.0 0 44 6.2 4 .250 .500 .313 25.0 0.0 0.0 .464 .591 .460 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.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 652 84.9 99 20.1 10:15 10:00 15
2024 Curveball 290 80.8 83 18.8 5:15 4:45 30
2024 Cutter 315 90.9 55 9.3 11:00 11:45 -45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1,152 95.5 99 21.2 10:45 10:45 0
2024 Slider 344 86.1 17 3.2 4:00 4:00 0
2023 Changeup 365 86.6 99 19.0 10:00 10:00 0
2023 Curveball 196 81.8 79 17.8 5:00 4:45 15
2023 Cutter 207 91.8 44 5.9 11:15 11:15 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 621 96.6 97 20.2 10:30 10:45 -15
2023 Slider 160 86.6 17 3.4 3:30 3:45 -15
2022 Changeup 235 82.2 97 21.3 10:15 10:15 0
2022 Curveball 44 76.3 88 21.3 5:15 5:00 15
2022 Cutter 116 88.5 53 6.5 11:15 11:45 -30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 311 92.1 99 21.1 10:45 11:00 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 174 706 3 0 -6 -3 -6
2023 391 1,586 18 15 -13 -5 16
2024 688 2,824 16 24 -16 -12 12
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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 %
2022 706 43.5 77.5 84.9 29.6 61.9 43.1 60.3 50.4 22.5 7.5 86.8
2023 1,586 49.1 71.2 76.2 28.4 50.2 44.2 59.3 49.4 30.9 7.3 81.7
2024 2,824 48.1 69.8 75.0 29.8 51.4 43.3 57.9 49.0 32.1 6.8 83.3
Player 5,116 47.8 71.2 76.8 29.3 52.6 43.6 58.7 49.4 30.4 7.0 83.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.9 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
2022 22 89 26
2023 84 85 88 83 72 60 75 75 64 85 21 83 44 88 95 50 22
2024 80 78 79 80 76 25 75 63 70 90 44 92 63 75 98 41 20
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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 %
2022 24.9 6 4.6 1 3 3 2 33.3
2023 22.2 7 8.5 -2 3 7 2 28.6
2024 23.8 14 15.0 -1 7 6 11 78.6
Player 23.6 27 28.1 -1 13 16 15 55.6
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
2022 6 2 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 6 5 4 5 4 4 6 5 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 4
2023 7 7 6 8 9 9 9 8 7 8 8 7 11 8 8 10 9 9 8 10 7 9 11 10 7 8 9 8 10 9 7
2024 14 13 15 15 14 14 17 14 13 13 15 19 14 13 14 15 14 13 16 19 16 18 18 18 12 15 15 15 15 15 14
Player 27 22 25 28 28 28 31 26 24 25 27 31 31 26 26 31 28 26 29 33 27 33 34 34 23 27 29 28 30 29 25
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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.1 95.4 4.3 ↑ 94.5 -0.9 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 82.2 86.6 4.4 ↑ 84.9 -1.7 ↓
Breaking Velocity 76.3 84.0 7.7 ↑ 83.7 -0.3 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.5 87.8 0.3 ↑ 88.4 0.6 ↑
Launch Angle 18.2 10.6 -7.6 ↓ 15.7 5.1 ↑
Barrel % 6.9 6.4 -0.5 ↓ 6.4 0.0
Hard Hit % 32.8 36.9 4.1 ↑ 36.4 -0.5 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.6 31.8 -4.8 ↓ 32.4 0.6 ↑
xBA .276 .212 -0.064 ↓ .221 0.009 ↑
BA .272 .202 -0.070 ↓ .218 0.016 ↑
xwOBA .336 .283 -0.053 ↓ .285 0.002 ↑
wOBA .346 .266 -0.080 ↓ .280 0.014 ↑
xSLG .418 .331 -0.087 ↓ .350 0.019 ↑
SLG .456 .303 -0.153 ↓ .343 0.040 ↑
K% 15.5 28.8 13.3 ↑ 29.6 0.8 ↑
BB% 9.2 10.5 1.3 ↑ 8.3 -2.2 ↓
Swing % 50.4 49.4 -1.0 ↓ 49.0 -0.4 ↓
Whiff% 22.5 30.9 8.4 ↑ 32.1 1.2 ↑
In Zone % 43.5 49.1 5.6 ↑ 48.1 -1.0 ↓
Out of Zone % 56.5 50.9 -5.6 ↓ 51.9 1.0 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 29.6 28.4 -1.2 ↓ 29.8 1.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 33.9 34.3 0.4 ↑ 32.2 -2.1 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.3 59.3 -1.0 ↓ 57.9 -1.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 174 .346 147 30 20.4 27 18 66.7
2023 Shades 390 .266 298 7 2.3 92 50 54.3
2024 Shades 688 .280 550 8 1.5 138 27 19.6
! 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 %
2022 189 16.7 29.6% 1.6% 117 22.6 0.0% 4.3%
2023 408 14.8 52.7% 0.0% 257 18.7 3.5% 0.0%
2024 836 15.1 48.6% 0.1% 367 17.9 7.4% 1.4%

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Pitch Distribution