P | Kansas City Royals
Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 190 lbs | Age: 27
Draft: 2016 | Rd. 1, No. 30, Texas Rangers | North Florida Christian HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 7 5 3.47 29 12 0 96 113 1.16
2024 11 9 3.14 32 32 0 186.1 223 1.14
2025 3 3 4.67 13 13 0 61.2 98 1.18
4 Seasons 21 20 3.66 83 66 0 384 461 1.19
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 29 7-5 3.47 96 113 1.16
2024 32 11-9 3.14 186.1 223 1.14
2025 13 3-3 4.67 61.2 98 1.18
4 Seasons 83 21-20 3.66 384 461 1.19
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
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 3118 466 29 6.2 3.8 88.3 115.4 15.2 31.8 .216 .340 .277 .283 .356 35.4 29.3 8.8 3.14 3.31
2025 27 1079 137 13 9.5 5.1 88.4 117.2 16.6 32.1 .189 .316 .295 .255 .369 39.4 38.1 7.8 4.67 2.67
Player 6489 970 66 6.8 4.2 88.1 117.2 14.7 32.5 .217 .342 .285 .284 .356 36.0 29.1 9.1
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 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
(49.5%) ,
Changeup
(19.2%) ,
Slider
(13.8%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(12.8%) ,
Cutter
(4.7%) ,


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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 %
2022 37.4 62.6 19.8 29.0 13.7 44.3 26.0 29.8 19.8 10.7 6.9 24.4 15.3 22.9
2023 44.5 55.5 26.3 24.2 5.1 33.9 37.7 28.4 21.2 18.2 5.1 12.7 19.5 23.3
2024 41.4 58.6 27.3 23.6 7.7 38.0 34.3 27.7 20.0 16.3 5.2 18.0 18.0 22.5
2025 37.2 62.8 27.0 25.5 10.2 46.0 28.5 25.5 19.0 16.1 2.2 27.0 12.4 23.4
Player 41.0 59.0 26.0 24.7 8.2 39.0 33.2 27.8 20.1 16.0 4.9 18.9 17.2 22.9
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 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
2022 3.1 22.1 29.8 32.1 5.3 6.9 5.2
2023 3.8 33.1 26.3 23.7 5.5 6.4 3.8
2024 3.9 28.1 27.9 26.8 6.7 6.2 3.8
2025 5.8 24.8 31.4 22.6 5.8 9.5 5.1
Player 4.0 28.0 28.2 26.2 6.1 6.8 4.2
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! 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 4-Seam Fastball KC L 534 95.3 13.4 0.7 13.8ARM 6.7 17.0 1.2 13.8ARM 5.7
2025 Changeup KC L 207 84.4 27.1 -5.0 16.2ARM 2.4 11.5 -6.3 16.2ARM 2.0
2025 Slider KC L 149 84.7 40.3 3.6 1.8GLV -2.8 -2.5 4.5 1.8GLV -2.3
2025 Curveball KC L 138 80.1 56.1 2.1 11.5GLV 3.3 -13.1 3.5 11.5GLV 3.7
2025 Cutter KC L 51 89.9 25.4 0.2 0.3GLV -1.9 8.1 0.2 0.3GLV -1.6
2024 Slider KC L 400 86.0 36.3 0.9 0.9GLV -3.6 0.4 1.1 0.9GLV -3.9
2024 Sinker KC L 4 96.3 12.7 -7.3 14.1ARM -0.4 17.0 -8.8 14.1ARM -1.0
2024 Cutter KC L 352 90.8 23.2 1.6 1.0ARM -3.5 9.8 2.6 1.0ARM -3.0
2024 Changeup KC L 740 84.8 25.9 -5.1 16.0ARM 2.4 12.3 -6.4 16.0ARM 1.9
2024 4-Seam Fastball KC L 1299 95.4 12.9 0.8 12.6ARM 5.5 17.3 1.6 12.6ARM 4.5
2024 Curveball KC L 323 80.8 55.0 2.7 10.2GLV 2.6 -12.7 4.2 10.2GLV 3.1
! 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 0.2 1 534 49.5 118 .225 .422 .317 28.6 33.9 23.1 .191 .381 .289 41.5
2025 Changeup 0.8 2 207 19.2 60 .193 .351 .254 50.4 38.3 29.9 .158 .241 .198 23.5
2025 Slider 0.4 1 149 13.8 40 .211 .316 .250 43.4 55.0 28.9 .165 .237 .200 43.8
2025 Curveball -0.3 0 138 12.8 26 .227 .227 .281 32.4 38.5 22.2 .221 .250 .283 33.3
2025 Cutter -1.5 -1 51 4.7 13 .462 .692 .496 11.5 23.1 60.0 .321 .474 .341 80.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 11 1,299 41.7 342 .210 .349 .300 23.2 26.3 22.3 .220 .360 .307 40.7
2024 Changeup 1.1 8 740 23.7 197 .183 .280 .260 47.8 31.0 25.2 .183 .271 .253 21.9
2024 Slider -0.9 -4 400 12.8 108 .210 .305 .255 33.7 44.4 23.3 .195 .290 .223 33.3
2024 Cutter -0.1 0 352 11.3 68 .348 .455 .375 22.8 5.9 20.0 .341 .478 .366 41.9
2024 Curveball 1.0 3 323 10.4 45 .140 .256 .191 35.2 44.4 22.5 .172 .321 .233 39.1
2024 Sinker -27.8 -1 4 0.1 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 -- .914 3.423 1.791 100.0
! 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 Changeup 206 84.4 99 19.8 10:00 10:00 0
2025 Cutter 51 89.9 38 7.4 11:15 12:15 -60
2025 4-Seam Fastball 533 95.3 99 21.8 10:30 10:30 0
2025 Knuckle Curve 137 80.1 92 20.0 5:00 4:45 15
2025 Slider 146 84.7 26 5.1 4:15 5:00 -45
2024 Changeup 716 84.8 99 20.2 10:15 10:00 15
2024 Cutter 340 90.8 54 9.2 11:00 11:45 -45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1,281 95.4 99 21.3 10:45 10:45 0
2024 Knuckle Curve 321 80.8 83 18.8 5:15 4:45 30
2024 Slider 389 86.0 17 3.2 4:00 4:15 -15
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 174 706 3 0 -6 -3 -6
2023 391 1,586 20 16 -13 -5 17
2024 761 3,118 23 27 -21 -13 17
2025 257 1,079 6 5 -6 -3 2
Player 1,583 6,489 53 48 -46 53 30
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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 85.3 29.6 61.9 43.1 60.3 50.4 22.5 7.5 86.8
2023 1,586 49.1 71.2 76.6 28.4 50.7 44.2 59.3 49.4 31.0 7.3 81.7
2024 3,118 48.0 69.7 75.7 29.8 51.3 43.1 58.7 48.9 32.0 6.8 82.5
2025 1,079 51.7 68.1 71.8 29.8 49.0 40.7 60.3 49.6 34.8 8.2 77.3
Player 6,489 48.4 70.6 76.3 29.4 52.1 43.0 59.3 49.3 31.1 7.2 81.8
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 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
2022 22 89 26
2023 84 85 88 83 71 60 75 75 64 85 21 83 44 89 95 49 22
2024 78 79 80 78 73 27 79 65 76 88 38 90 62 71 97 43 22
2025 96 97 91 74 97 72 28 73 59 100 53 95 68 66 97 32 24
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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 24.93 6 4.6 1 3 3 2 33.3
2023 22.23 7 8.3 -1 3 7 2 28.6
2024 24.35 15 16.6 -2 6 7 12 80.0
2025 24.17 7 8.5 -2 2 4 5 71.4
Player 23.98 35 38.0 -3 14 21 21 60.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 6 5 4 5 4 4 6 5 5 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 8 8 9 7 9 11 10 7 8 9 8 10 7 7
2024 15 14 16 15 15 16 19 16 15 15 17 19 16 14 16 16 16 15 18 19 19 20 20 20 13 17 16 17 17 17 15
2025 7 8 8 8 9 8 9 8 8 8 8 9 10 11 8 9 9 6 8 9 8 7 10 9 8 7 9 9 10 9 8
Player 35 31 34 37 38 38 42 36 34 35 37 40 42 38 36 41 39 33 39 41 38 42 46 44 32 36 39 39 42 38 34
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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

2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023 +/-   2022
Results
BA .228 +.015 .213 +.011 .202 -.070 .272
xBA .189 -.027 .216 +.004 .212 -.064 .276
OBP .293 +.004 .289 +.001 .288 -.051 .339
xOBP .258 -.034 .292 -.007 .299 -.044 .343
SLG .384 +.050 .334 +.031 .303 -.153 .456
xSLG .316 -.024 .340 +.009 .331 -.087 .418
ISO .155 +.034 .121 +.020 .101 -.083 .184
xISO .127 +.003 .124 +.004 .120 -.023 .143
BABIP .357 +.065 .292 +.017 .275 -.021 .296
wOBA .295 +.018 .277 +.011 .266 -.080 .346
xwOBA .255 -.028 .283 .000 .283 -.053 .336
wOBACON .444 +.098 .346 +.030 .316 -.060 .376
xwOBACON .369 +.013 .356 +.011 .345 -.017 .362
BACON .390 +.075 .315 +.018 .297 -.031 .328
xBACON .323 +.002 .321 +.007 .314 -.019 .333
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 39.4 +4.0 35.4 -1.5 36.9 +4.1 32.8
Avg Exit Velocity 88.4 +0.1 88.3 +0.5 87.8 +0.3 87.5
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 32.1 +0.3 31.8 0.0 31.8 -4.8 36.6
Barrel % 9.5 +3.3 6.2 -0.2 6.4 -0.5 6.9
Avg Launch Angle 16.6 +1.4 15.2 +4.6 10.6 -7.6 18.2
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.5 -0.1 71.6 -0.3 71.9 -- --
Attack Angle 10° -2° 11° 11° -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 49.6 +3.5 46.1 +0.1 46.0 -- --
Attack Direction -2° +3° -5° -3° -2° -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 31° -1° 32° 33° -- --
Swing Length 7.3 -0.1 7.4 -0.1 7.5 -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 94.8 +0.4 94.4 -1.0 95.4 +4.3 91.1
Breaking Velocity 82.5 -1.1 83.6 -0.4 84.0 +7.7 76.3
Offspeed Velocity 84.4 -0.4 84.8 -1.8 86.6 +4.4 82.2
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 13 -16 29 +14 15 +6 9
Popup % 10.2 +2.5 7.7 +2.6 5.1 -8.6 13.7
Flyball % 27.0 -0.3 27.3 +1.0 26.3 +6.5 19.8
Line Drive % 25.5 +1.9 23.6 -0.6 24.2 -4.8 29.0
Groundball % 37.2 -4.2 41.4 -3.1 44.5 +7.1 37.4
Pull % 46.0 +8.0 38.0 +4.1 33.9 -10.4 44.3
Straight Away % 28.5 -5.8 34.3 -3.4 37.7 +11.7 26.0
Opposite Field % 25.5 -2.2 27.7 -0.7 28.4 -1.4 29.8
Weak Contact % 5.8 +1.9 3.9 +0.1 3.8 +0.7 3.1
Pull Airball % 27.0 +9.0 18.0 +5.3 12.7 -11.7 24.4
Topped Contact % 24.8 -3.3 28.1 -5.0 33.1 +11.0 22.1
Under Contact % 31.4 +3.5 27.9 +1.6 26.3 -3.5 29.8
Flare/Burner Contact % 22.6 -4.2 26.8 +3.1 23.7 -8.4 32.1
Solid Contact % 5.8 -0.9 6.7 +1.2 5.5 +0.2 5.3
HR/FB % 18.9 +7.1 11.8 +0.5 11.3 -11.8 23.1
Popups 14 -22 36 +24 12 -6 18
Flyballs 37 -90 127 +65 62 +36 26
Line Drives 35 -75 110 +53 57 +19 38
Groundballs 51 -142 193 +88 105 +56 49
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 51.7 +3.7 48.0 -1.1 49.1 +5.6 43.5
Out of Zone % 48.3 -3.7 52.0 +1.1 50.9 -5.6 56.5
Edge % 40.7 -2.4 43.1 -1.1 44.2 +1.1 43.1
Zone Swing % 68.1 -1.6 69.7 -1.5 71.2 -6.3 77.5
Out of Zone Swing % 29.8 0.0 29.8 +1.4 28.4 -1.2 29.6
In Zone Contact % 71.8 -3.9 75.7 -0.9 76.6 -8.7 85.3
Out of Zone Contact % 49.0 -2.3 51.3 +0.6 50.7 -11.2 61.9
Whiff % 34.8 +2.8 32.0 +1.0 31.0 +8.5 22.5
First Strike % 60.3 +1.6 58.7 -0.6 59.3 -1.0 60.3
First Pitch Swing % 33.5 +0.8 32.7 -1.6 34.3 +0.4 33.9
Swing % 49.6 +0.7 48.9 -0.5 49.4 -1.0 50.4
Meatball Swing % 77.3 -5.2 82.5 +0.8 81.7 -5.1 86.8
Meatball % 8.2 +1.4 6.8 -0.5 7.3 -0.2 7.5
Zone Swing & Miss % 28.2 +3.9 24.3 +0.9 23.4 +8.7 14.7
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 51.0 +2.3 48.7 -0.6 49.3 +11.2 38.1
In Zone 558 -939 1,497 +718 779 +472 307
Out of Zone 521 -1,100 1,621 +814 807 +408 399
Edge 439 -906 1,345 +644 701 +397 304
In Zone Swings 380 -663 1,043 +488 555 +317 238
Out of Zone Swings 155 -328 483 +254 229 +111 118
In Zone Swing & Misses 107 -146 253 +123 130 +95 35
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 79 -156 235 +122 113 +68 45
Basic
Pitches 1,079 -2,039 3,118 +1,532 1,586 +880 706
PA 257 -505 762 +370 392 +218 174
AB 232 -453 685 +339 346 +188 158
Hits 53 -93 146 +76 70 +27 43
Singles 32 -64 96 +45 51 +23 28
Doubles 13 -19 32 +22 10 +3 7
Triples 1 -2 3 +1 2 0 2
Home Runs 7 -8 15 +8 7 +1 6
Walks 20 -47 67 +26 41 +25 16
Strikeouts 98 -125 223 +110 113 +86 27
K% 38.1 +8.8 29.3 +0.5 28.8 +13.3 15.5
BB% 7.8 -1.0 8.8 -1.7 10.5 +1.3 9.2
HBP 2 -4 6 +4 2 +2 0
Batted Balls 137 -329 466 +230 236 +105 131
Number of Fastballs 585 -1,070 1,655 +807 848 +421 427
Number of Offspeed 207 -533 740 +364 376 +141 235
Number of Breaking 287 -436 723 +361 362 +318 44
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 174 .346 147 30 20.4 27 17 63.0
2023 Shades 390 .266 298 7 2.3 92 50 54.3
2024 Shades 761 .277 593 8 1.3 168 34 20.2
2025 Shades 257 .295 186 10 5.4 71 19 26.8
! 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 913 15.1 48.6% 0.1% 409 17.7 7.3% 1.2%
2025 309 15.7 38.2% 0.6% 139 18.0 7.9% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution