Cole Ragans
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 190LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #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 2 3 5.18 10 10 0 48.2 76 1.29
4 Seasons 20 20 3.69 80 63 0 371 439 1.20
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 10 2-3 5.18 48.2 76 1.29
4 Seasons 80 20-20 3.69 371 439 1.20
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 27 873 115 10 8.7 4.8 88.4 117.2 15.9 34.8 .201 .334 .315 .266 .376 39.1 36.4 7.7 5.18 2.67
Player 6283 948 63 6.6 4.1 88.1 117.2 14.6 32.8 .220 .346 .287 .287 .357 35.9 28.6 9.1
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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
(48.6%) ,
Changeup
(19.7%) ,
Slider
(13.9%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(13.7%) ,
Cutter
(4.1%) ,


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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 37.4 62.6 25.2 27.8 9.6 46.1 27.8 26.1 17.4 17.4 2.6 28.7 10.4 23.5
Player 41.1 58.9 25.7 25.0 8.1 38.8 33.2 28.0 19.9 16.1 5.1 18.9 17.1 22.9
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 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
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 7.0 24.3 30.4 23.5 6.1 8.7 4.8
Player 4.1 28.1 28.1 26.4 6.1 6.6 4.1
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 Cutter KC L 36 90.0 25.0 0.6 0.1GLV -2.0 8.5 0.5 0.1GLV -1.8
2025 Curveball KC L 120 80.2 55.8 1.8 11.5GLV 3.1 -12.9 3.4 11.5GLV 3.6
2025 4-Seam Fastball KC L 424 95.3 13.4 0.7 13.7ARM 6.6 16.9 1.0 13.7ARM 5.5
2025 Slider KC L 121 84.7 40.4 3.4 1.6GLV -3.2 -2.5 4.3 1.6GLV -2.5
2025 Changeup KC L 172 84.4 27.2 -5.0 16.2ARM 2.3 11.3 -6.1 16.2ARM 1.9
2024 Slider KC L 400 86.0 36.3 0.9 0.9GLV -3.6 0.4 1.1 0.9GLV -3.9
2024 Cutter KC L 352 90.8 23.2 1.6 1.0ARM -3.5 9.8 2.6 1.0ARM -3.0
2024 Sinker KC L 4 96.3 12.7 -7.3 14.1ARM -0.4 17.0 -8.8 14.1ARM -1.0
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 0.1 0 424 48.6 95 .247 .420 .327 24.1 30.5 21.2 .212 .409 .308 43.6
2025 Changeup 0.4 1 172 19.7 48 .213 .404 .270 48.9 35.4 30.9 .171 .256 .193 23.3
2025 Slider -0.5 -1 121 13.9 31 .241 .379 .294 43.3 54.8 29.8 .166 .264 .216 41.7
2025 Curveball -0.3 0 120 13.7 25 .238 .238 .292 35.3 40.0 22.7 .210 .239 .276 27.3
2025 Cutter -4.0 -1 36 4.1 10 .500 .800 .555 15.8 30.0 60.0 .343 .491 .357 85.7
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 .289 .222 33.3
2024 Cutter -0.1 0 352 11.3 68 .348 .455 .375 22.8 5.9 20.0 .341 .477 .365 41.9
2024 Curveball 1.0 3 323 10.4 45 .140 .256 .191 35.2 44.4 22.5 .173 .324 .235 39.1
2024 Sinker -27.8 -1 4 0.1 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 -- .897 3.365 1.755 100.0
! 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 171 84.4 99 19.8 10:00 10:00 0
2025 Cutter 36 90.0 39 7.8 11:15 12:00 -45
2025 4-Seam Fastball 423 95.3 99 21.7 10:30 10:30 0
2025 Knuckle Curve 119 80.2 92 19.8 5:00 4:45 15
2025 Slider 118 84.7 25 5.1 4:30 5:15 -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 209 873 5 1 -5 -3 -2
Player 1,535 6,283 52 44 -46 52 26
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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 31.0 7.3 81.7
2024 3,118 48.0 69.7 75.6 29.8 51.1 43.1 58.7 48.9 32.0 6.8 82.5
2025 873 52.0 66.1 74.0 29.4 48.0 41.4 60.8 48.5 32.9 8.1 77.5
Player 6,283 48.3 70.3 76.5 29.4 51.8 43.1 59.3 49.2 30.8 7.2 82.0
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 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 50 22
2024 78 79 80 78 74 27 79 65 76 88 38 90 62 71 97 43 22
2025 94 94 91 77 93 56 43 72 65 98 56 93 64 67 97 28 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 23.82 5 6.8 -2 4 3 4 80.0
Player 23.92 33 36.3 -3 16 20 20 60.6
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 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 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 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 5 7 6 8 9 6 7 6 6 5 7 8 8 9 6 7 7 5 6 8 6 5 8 7 6 5 7 7 8 7 6
Player 33 30 32 37 38 36 40 34 32 32 36 39 40 36 34 39 37 32 37 40 36 40 44 43 30 34 37 37 40 36 32
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

2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Results
BA .272 -.070 .202 +.011 .213 +.037 .250
xBA .276 -.064 .212 +.004 .216 -.015 .201
OBP .339 -.051 .288 +.001 .289 +.024 .313
xOBP .343 -.044 .299 -.007 .292 -.023 .269
SLG .456 -.153 .303 +.031 .334 +.076 .410
xSLG .418 -.087 .331 +.009 .340 -.006 .334
ISO .184 -.083 .101 +.020 .121 +.039 .160
xISO .143 -.023 .120 +.004 .124 +.008 .132
BABIP .296 -.021 .275 +.017 .292 +.093 .385
wOBA .346 -.080 .266 +.011 .277 +.038 .315
xwOBA .336 -.053 .283 .000 .283 -.017 .266
wOBACON .376 -.060 .316 +.030 .346 +.119 .465
xwOBACON .362 -.017 .345 +.011 .356 +.020 .376
BACON .328 -.031 .297 +.018 .315 +.097 .412
xBACON .333 -.019 .314 +.007 .321 +.012 .333
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 32.8 +4.1 36.9 -1.5 35.4 +3.7 39.1
Avg Exit Velocity 87.5 +0.3 87.8 +0.5 88.3 +0.1 88.4
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 36.6 -4.8 31.8 0.0 31.8 +3.0 34.8
Barrel % 6.9 -0.5 6.4 -0.2 6.2 +2.5 8.7
Avg Launch Angle 18.2 -7.6 10.6 +4.6 15.2 +0.7 15.9
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- 71.9 -0.3 71.6 -0.2 71.4
Attack Angle -- -- 11° 11° -2° 10°
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- 46.1 0.0 46.1 +3.5 49.6
Attack Direction -- -- -2° -3° -5° +2° -3°
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- 33° 32° -1° 31°
Swing Length -- -- 7.5 -0.1 7.4 0.0 7.4
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 91.1 +4.3 95.4 -1.0 94.4 +0.4 94.8
Breaking Velocity 76.3 +7.7 84.0 -0.4 83.6 -1.2 82.4
Offspeed Velocity 82.2 +4.4 86.6 -1.8 84.8 -0.4 84.4
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 9 +6 15 +14 29 -19 10
Popup % 13.7 -8.6 5.1 +2.6 7.7 +1.9 9.6
Flyball % 19.8 +6.5 26.3 +1.0 27.3 -2.1 25.2
Line Drive % 29.0 -4.8 24.2 -0.6 23.6 +4.2 27.8
Groundball % 37.4 +7.1 44.5 -3.1 41.4 -4.0 37.4
Pull % 44.3 -10.4 33.9 +4.1 38.0 +8.1 46.1
Straight Away % 26.0 +11.7 37.7 -3.4 34.3 -6.5 27.8
Opposite Field % 29.8 -1.4 28.4 -0.7 27.7 -1.6 26.1
Weak Contact % 3.1 +0.7 3.8 +0.1 3.9 +3.1 7.0
Pull Airball % 24.4 -11.7 12.7 +5.3 18.0 +10.7 28.7
Topped Contact % 22.1 +11.0 33.1 -5.0 28.1 -3.8 24.3
Under Contact % 29.8 -3.5 26.3 +1.6 27.9 +2.5 30.4
Flare/Burner Contact % 32.1 -8.4 23.7 +3.1 26.8 -3.3 23.5
Solid Contact % 5.3 +0.2 5.5 +1.2 6.7 -0.6 6.1
HR/FB % 23.1 -11.8 11.3 +0.5 11.8 +5.4 17.2
Popups 18 -6 12 +24 36 -25 11
Flyballs 26 +36 62 +65 127 -98 29
Line Drives 38 +19 57 +53 110 -78 32
Groundballs 49 +56 105 +88 193 -150 43
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 43.5 +5.6 49.1 -1.1 48.0 +4.0 52.0
Out of Zone % 56.5 -5.6 50.9 +1.1 52.0 -4.0 48.0
Edge % 43.1 +1.1 44.2 -1.1 43.1 -1.7 41.4
Zone Swing % 77.5 -6.3 71.2 -1.5 69.7 -3.6 66.1
Out of Zone Swing % 29.6 -1.2 28.4 +1.4 29.8 -0.4 29.4
In Zone Contact % 84.9 -8.7 76.2 -0.6 75.6 -1.6 74.0
Out of Zone Contact % 61.9 -11.7 50.2 +0.9 51.1 -3.1 48.0
Whiff % 22.5 +8.5 31.0 +1.0 32.0 +0.9 32.9
First Strike % 60.3 -1.0 59.3 -0.6 58.7 +2.1 60.8
First Pitch Swing % 33.9 +0.4 34.3 -1.6 32.7 -0.2 32.5
Swing % 50.4 -1.0 49.4 -0.5 48.9 -0.4 48.5
Meatball Swing % 86.8 -5.1 81.7 +0.8 82.5 -5.0 77.5
Meatball % 7.5 -0.2 7.3 -0.5 6.8 +1.3 8.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 14.7 +8.7 23.4 +0.9 24.3 +1.0 25.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 38.1 +11.2 49.3 -0.6 48.7 +2.5 51.2
In Zone 307 +472 779 +718 1,497 -1,043 454
Out of Zone 399 +408 807 +814 1,621 -1,202 419
Edge 304 +397 701 +644 1,345 -984 361
In Zone Swings 238 +317 555 +488 1,043 -743 300
Out of Zone Swings 118 +111 229 +254 483 -360 123
In Zone Swing & Misses 35 +95 130 +123 253 -177 76
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 45 +68 113 +122 235 -172 63
Basic
Pitches 706 +880 1,586 +1,532 3,118 -2,245 873
PA 174 +218 392 +370 762 -553 209
AB 158 +188 346 +339 685 -497 188
Hits 43 +27 70 +76 146 -99 47
Singles 28 +23 51 +45 96 -68 28
Doubles 7 +3 10 +22 32 -19 13
Triples 2 0 2 +1 3 -2 1
Home Runs 6 +1 7 +8 15 -10 5
Walks 16 +25 41 +26 67 -51 16
Strikeouts 27 +86 113 +110 223 -147 76
K% 15.5 +13.3 28.8 +0.5 29.3 +7.1 36.4
BB% 9.2 +1.3 10.5 -1.7 8.8 -1.1 7.7
HBP 0 +2 2 +4 6 -4 2
Batted Balls 131 +105 236 +230 466 -351 115
Number of Fastballs 427 +421 848 +807 1,655 -1,195 460
Number of Offspeed 235 +141 376 +364 740 -568 172
Number of Breaking 44 +318 362 +361 723 -482 241
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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 209 .315 149 9 6.0 60 16 26.7
! 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 246 15.5 39.8% 0.4% 123 18.0 7.3% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution