Cole Sulser
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 1" 190LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 25, #741, Cleveland Indians | Dartmouth

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 0 0 6.23 3 0 0 4.1 4 1.38
5 Seasons 7 13 3.83 128 0 15 131.2 143 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 3 0-0 6.23 4.1 4 1.38
5 Seasons 128 7-13 3.83 131.2 143 1.32

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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
2019 29 130 17 1 5.9 3.4 89.9 107.0 18.3 23.5 .120 .207 .233 .194 .210 23.5 31.0 10.3 0.00 1.66
2020 30 416 64 3 4.7 3.0 86.9 107.3 17.3 34.4 .218 .372 .314 .325 .329 31.3 19.0 17.0 5.56 4.51
2021 31 1070 161 13 8.1 5.1 88.1 113.2 14.9 29.2 .207 .341 .264 .274 .339 39.8 28.4 8.9 2.70 3.13
2022 32 619 95 8 8.4 5.4 90.2 113.4 13.9 40.0 .261 .445 .374 .342 .426 43.2 25.5 10.7 5.29 4.97
2023 33 72 11 2 18.2 11.1 90.0 107.4 20.5 36.4 .288 .668 .391 .448 .543 45.5 22.2 16.7 6.23 9.48
Player 2307 348 27 7.8 4.9 88.6 113.4 15.4 33.0 .222 .377 .305 .303 .361 38.5 25.9 11.2
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sulser relies on 3 pitches.
Changeup
(40.3%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(38.9%) ,
Slider
(20.8%) ,


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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
2019 35.3 41.2 11.8 11.8 23.5 17.6 58.8 0.0 29.4 47.1 11.8 5.9 5.9 3.4
2020 40.6 25.0 21.9 12.5 35.9 34.4 29.7 9.4 29.7 32.8 20.3 3.1 4.7 3.0
2021 41.0 28.6 22.4 8.1 33.5 36.6 29.8 3.7 34.2 29.8 18.0 6.2 8.1 5.1
2022 43.2 24.2 27.4 5.3 36.8 45.3 17.9 5.3 27.4 16.8 30.5 10.5 8.4 5.4
2023 36.4 27.3 18.2 18.2 27.3 27.3 45.5 9.1 18.2 27.3 27.3 0.0 18.2 11.1
Player 41.1 27.3 23.0 8.6 34.2 37.4 28.4 5.2 30.7 27.6 21.8 6.6 7.8 4.9
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.6 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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
2023 Slider AZ R 15 82.8 30.3 -8.4 -22 8.8 1.7 24
2023 Changeup AZ R 29 85.1 31.9 -0.1 0 17.6 2.9 20
2023 4-Seamer AZ R 28 92.8 13.6 2.1 13 8.5 1.4 20
2022 4-Seamer MIA R 306 91.9 14.5 1.4 9 7.6 0.7 10
2022 Curveball MIA R 8 77.8 46.9 -8.0 -15 15.6 5.5 55
2022 Changeup MIA R 240 83.2 33.9 1.3 4 14.7 0.6 4
2022 Slider MIA R 64 84.0 31.9 -5.4 -15 6.7 0.6 10
2021 Curveball BAL R 24 77.3 54.2 -2.0 -4 16.7 7.0 73
2021 Changeup BAL R 355 84.0 33.2 1.7 5 13.5 -0.3 -2
2021 4-Seamer BAL R 547 93.2 13.3 1.7 11 8.4 1.3 19
2021 Slider BAL R 144 86.3 32.4 -1.9 -5 4.8 0.1 1
2020 Changeup BAL R 107 85.7 27.1 -3.4 -11 14.8 1.6 12
2020 Slider BAL R 69 87.5 27.8 -5.4 -16 3.4 -0.6 -16
2020 4-Seamer BAL R 240 93.8 12.6 2.5 16 10.0 2.7 36
2019 Slider TB R 35 86.7 30.8 -2.5 -7 4.5 0.8 22
2019 4-Seamer TB R 83 93.3 12.9 2.9 18 9.8 2.2 29
2019 Changeup TB R 12 83.4 26.6 -4.7 -15 11.9 -1.6 -12
! 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 %
2023 Changeup 0.4 0 29 40.3 7 .000 .000 .200 63.6 28.6 18.2 .147 .199 .306 33.3
2023 4-Seamer 7.8 2 28 38.9 10 .333 1.000 .560 35.7 20.0 40.0 .398 1.002 .593 57.1
2023 Slider 0.3 0 15 20.8 1 .000 .000 .000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .001 .001 .000 0.0
2022 4-Seamer -0.5 -2 307 49.6 74 .292 .508 .380 24.8 17.6 16.7 .309 .566 .410 50.9
2022 Changeup 2.3 6 240 38.8 57 .294 .471 .374 37.3 36.8 20.6 .202 .279 .261 36.7
2022 Slider 4.3 3 64 10.3 16 .333 .533 .394 42.3 25.0 30.8 .266 .494 .346 27.3
2022 Curveball -4.2 0 8 1.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .076 .098 .071 0.0
2021 4-Seamer 0.2 1 547 51.1 98 .279 .500 .376 28.7 26.5 18.2 .226 .453 .334 58.3
2021 Changeup -3.2 -11 355 33.2 124 .125 .179 .177 34.1 33.9 24.0 .179 .251 .227 25.0
2021 Slider -1.8 -3 144 13.5 32 .290 .323 .286 25.0 15.6 14.7 .246 .352 .272 34.6
2021 Curveball 1.6 0 24 2.2 3 .333 .333 .300 28.6 0.0 0.0 .346 .399 .324 66.7
2020 4-Seamer 3.4 8 240 57.7 54 .243 .432 .440 27.6 14.8 13.3 .225 .376 .383 32.3
2020 Changeup -1.0 -1 107 25.7 32 .156 .188 .180 33.8 28.1 18.0 .191 .314 .217 30.4
2020 Slider 0.1 0 69 16.6 13 .250 .583 .373 31.0 15.4 9.5 .271 .514 .361 30.0
2019 4-Seamer -2.1 -2 83 63.8 19 .063 .063 .158 28.9 42.1 24.2 .063 .145 .181 37.5
2019 Slider 2.9 1 35 26.9 7 .429 .429 .386 18.8 0.0 0.0 .205 .245 .199 0.0
2019 Changeup 10.0 1 12 9.2 3 .333 .667 .417 25.0 33.3 25.0 .227 .451 .281 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 99 85.6 97 18.1 1:30 2:00 -30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 231 93.8 99 21.0 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Slider 64 87.5 46 8.0 12:00 11:00 60
2021 Changeup 338 83.9 82 14.9 1:30 2:30 -60
2021 Curveball 23 77.2 72 20.5 7:30 8:00 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 545 93.2 97 19.8 1:00 12:45 15
2021 Slider 141 86.3 39 6.3 11:00 10:00 60
2022 Changeup 229 83.2 86 16.1 1:30 2:30 -60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 303 91.8 95 19.2 1:00 12:45 15
2022 Slider 64 84.0 30 9.8 10:15 10:15 0
2023 Changeup 29 85.1 85 19.0 1:30 2:30 -60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 28 92.8 94 19.8 1:00 1:00 0
2023 Slider 15 82.8 32 12.9 9:15 10:30 -75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 29 130 -2 1 1 0 0
2020 99 416 3 -3 4 2 7
2021 257 1,070 -8 -18 8 6 -12
2022 148 619 0 0 3 3 6
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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 %
2019 130 39.2 62.7 78.1 38.0 70.0 43.1 55.2 47.7 25.8 5.4 85.7
2020 416 43.0 76.0 75.0 27.8 59.1 47.8 52.0 48.6 30.2 7.2 86.7
2021 1,070 49.2 70.5 77.4 31.4 52.0 42.5 59.5 50.7 30.3 6.9 73.0
2022 619 44.9 70.9 80.7 32.3 48.2 40.4 64.2 49.6 30.9 6.1 78.9
2023 72 38.9 75.0 76.2 20.5 11.1 44.4 50.0 41.7 43.3 4.2 66.7
Player 2,307 46.0 71.3 77.8 31.0 52.6 43.0 58.9 49.5 30.5 6.6 77.6
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 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
2019 54 67 80
2020 40 72 62 55 18 74 80 74 84 22 2 74 52 64 80 76
2021 86 85 83 73 85 67 45 66 38 80 41 79 82 51 62 83
2022 26 48 86
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
2020 22.9 2 2.1 0 1 1 1 50.0
2021 24.2 5 4.6 0 2 5 1 20.0
2022 23.3 6 6.3 0 5 6 1 16.7
2023 21.5 2 1.6 0 0 2 0 0.0
Player 23.2 15 14.6 0 9 14 3 20.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2
2021 5 5 5 6 4 5 6 6 4 2 3 7 5 4 6 6 4 4 5 6 4 3 6 5 2 2 6 4 5 4 4
2022 6 4 4 8 6 7 8 5 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 6 5 7 5 7 6 10 7 4 5 7 8 7 6 6
2023 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1
Player 15 12 13 19 14 16 18 14 10 10 13 17 17 14 17 19 15 12 15 15 15 13 21 16 9 10 16 15 16 15 13
! 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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.3 93.8 0.5 ↑ 93.2 -0.6 ↓ 91.9 -1.3 ↓ 92.8 0.9 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 83.4 85.7 2.3 ↑ 84.0 -1.7 ↓ 83.2 -0.8 ↓ 85.1 1.9 ↑
Breaking Velocity 86.7 87.5 0.8 ↑ 85.0 -2.5 ↓ 83.3 -1.7 ↓ 82.8 -0.5 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.9 86.9 -3.0 ↓ 88.1 1.2 ↑ 90.2 2.1 ↑ 90.0 -0.2 ↓
Launch Angle 18.3 17.3 -1.0 ↓ 14.9 -2.4 ↓ 13.9 -1.0 ↓ 20.5 6.6 ↑
Barrel % 5.9 4.7 -1.2 ↓ 8.1 3.4 ↑ 8.4 0.3 ↑ 18.2 9.8 ↑
Hard Hit % 23.5 31.3 7.8 ↑ 39.8 8.5 ↑ 43.2 3.4 ↑ 45.5 2.3 ↑
Sweet Spot % 23.5 34.4 10.9 ↑ 29.2 -5.2 ↓ 40.0 10.8 ↑ 36.4 -3.6 ↓
xBA .120 .218 0.098 ↑ .207 -0.011 ↓ .261 0.054 ↑ .288 0.027 ↑
BA .192 .210 0.018 ↑ .207 -0.003 ↓ .295 0.088 ↑ .200 -0.095 ↓
xwOBA .194 .325 0.131 ↑ .274 -0.051 ↓ .342 0.068 ↑ .448 0.106 ↑
wOBA .233 .314 0.081 ↑ .264 -0.050 ↓ .374 0.110 ↑ .391 0.017 ↑
xSLG .207 .372 0.165 ↑ .341 -0.031 ↓ .445 0.104 ↑ .668 0.223 ↑
SLG .231 .358 0.127 ↑ .319 -0.039 ↓ .492 0.173 ↑ .600 0.108 ↑
K% 31.0 19.0 -12.0 ↓ 28.4 9.4 ↑ 25.5 -2.9 ↓ 22.2 -3.3 ↓
BB% 10.3 17.0 6.7 ↑ 8.9 -8.1 ↓ 10.7 1.8 ↑ 16.7 6.0 ↑
Swing % 47.7 48.6 0.9 ↑ 50.7 2.1 ↑ 49.6 -1.1 ↓ 41.7 -7.9 ↓
Whiff% 25.8 30.2 4.4 ↑ 30.3 0.1 ↑ 30.9 0.6 ↑ 43.3 12.4 ↑
In Zone % 39.2 43.0 3.8 ↑ 49.2 6.2 ↑ 44.9 -4.3 ↓ 38.9 -6.0 ↓
Out of Zone % 60.8 57.0 -3.8 ↓ 50.8 -6.2 ↓ 55.1 4.3 ↑ 61.1 6.0 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 38.0 27.8 -10.2 ↓ 31.4 3.6 ↑ 32.3 0.9 ↑ 20.5 -11.8 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 34.5 32.0 -2.5 ↓ 30.0 -2.0 ↓ 34.5 4.5 ↑ 38.9 4.4 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 55.2 52.0 -3.2 ↓ 59.5 7.5 ↑ 64.2 4.7 ↑ 50.0 -14.2 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2019 29 .233 21 0 0.0 8 3 37.5
2020 99 .314 50 15 30.0 49 28 57.1
2021 249 .253 126 14 11.1 123 69 56.1
2022 148 .374 87 25 28.7 61 38 62.3
2023 18 .391 9 0 0.0 9 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2019 50 16.0 38.0% 0.0% 12 18.7 0.0% 0.0%
2020 99 17.4 18.2% 1.0% 74 20.1 6.8% 1.4%
2021 277 17.1 24.9% 2.2% 172 19.6 6.4% 5.8%
2022 163 17.2 19.0% 1.2% 93 20.6 3.2% 4.3%
2023 29 16.1 31.0% 0.0% 6 18.1 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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