Daniel Norris
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 207LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 2, #74, Toronto Blue Jays | Science Hill (TN) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 2 3 6.16 56 0 1 57 58 1.49
2022 2 4 5.22 41 3 0 58.2 66 1.26
2023 0 0 5.68 7 0 0 12.2 11 1.74
10 Seasons 22 38 4.73 215 86 1 582.1 545 1.40
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 56 2-3 6.16 57 58 1.49
2022 41 2-4 5.22 58.2 66 1.26
2023 7 0-0 5.68 12.2 11 1.74
10 Seasons 215 22-38 4.73 582.1 545 1.40
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
2015 22 1035 185 9 4.9 3.6 87.8 112.2 15.7 30.8 .237 .409 .314 .312 .345 31.9 17.9 7.6 3.75 4.05
2016 23 1190 209 15 7.2 5.0 89.9 114.2 14.7 33.5 .253 .420 .326 .320 .390 40.2 23.5 7.3 3.38 4.34
2017 24 1827 326 25 7.7 5.4 89.3 114.9 14.2 35.6 .272 .480 .357 .353 .400 38.0 18.7 9.6 5.31 5.52
2018 25 816 128 14 10.9 7.0 90.7 114.2 18.3 40.6 .275 .485 .341 .360 .451 46.1 25.5 9.5 5.68 5.70
2019 26 2361 443 39 8.8 6.4 90.9 112.6 11.7 30.9 .266 .475 .334 .335 .397 43.3 20.5 6.2 4.49 5.02
2020 27 490 80 6 7.5 5.2 90.6 111.4 6.3 28.7 .230 .409 .278 .296 .365 45.0 24.1 6.0 3.25 3.68
2021 28 989 158 10 6.3 4.0 92.3 113.3 10.2 31.0 .233 .385 .340 .317 .360 45.6 23.4 12.1 6.16 4.27
2022 29 1012 148 16 10.8 6.4 89.1 116.8 12.0 32.4 .228 .394 .331 .327 .385 40.5 26.5 11.2 5.22 4.49
2023 30 258 39 6 15.4 9.5 91.9 111.6 15.4 30.8 .254 .524 .343 .408 .427 41.0 17.5 19.0 5.68 7.68
Player 9978 1716 140 8.2 5.6 90.1 116.8 13.2 32.9 .254 .445 .334 .334 .390 40.9 21.7 8.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Norris relies on 4 pitches.
Changeup
(42.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(41.5%) ,
Slider
(14.0%) ,
Sweeper
(1.9%) ,


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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 41.6 23.8 22.7 11.9 42.2 31.4 26.5 1.6 31.9 31.4 20.5 8.6 4.9 3.6
2016 38.3 25.4 28.2 8.1 32.5 41.1 26.3 1.4 31.1 26.8 28.2 5.3 7.2 5.0
2017 39.6 24.8 27.9 7.7 37.4 39.0 23.6 1.5 29.1 26.4 25.8 8.3 7.7 5.4
2018 32.8 27.3 30.5 9.4 39.1 33.6 27.3 3.1 22.7 27.3 27.3 7.0 10.9 7.0
2019 43.6 27.3 23.9 5.2 35.9 39.1 25.1 2.7 34.3 24.4 21.9 7.0 8.8 6.4
2020 57.5 21.3 18.8 2.5 35.0 43.8 21.3 3.8 42.5 18.8 20.0 6.3 7.5 5.2
2021 47.5 22.8 24.7 5.1 38.0 43.0 19.0 2.5 38.0 20.9 24.1 8.2 6.3 4.0
2022 46.6 23.6 23.0 6.8 34.5 40.5 25.0 4.1 33.8 23.6 24.3 3.4 10.8 6.4
2023 41.0 33.3 15.4 10.3 33.3 30.8 35.9 2.6 33.3 28.2 17.9 2.6 15.4 9.5
Player 42.4 25.3 25.1 7.2 36.7 38.6 24.8 2.4 32.5 25.5 23.9 6.9 8.2 5.6
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 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
2023 4-Seam Fastball CLE L 107 88.8 18.9 0.4 9.9ARM 1.9 16.0 0.7 9.9ARM 2.0
2023 Sweeper CLE L 5 78.0 47.4 3.7 15.2GLV -0.8 -2.1 3.2 15.2GLV 1.1
2023 Changeup CLE L 110 82.9 38.2 3.6 7.2ARM -6.8 1.8 4.5 7.2ARM -6.8
2023 Slider CLE L 36 81.9 39.9 -0.3 4.5GLV -3.7 0.9 0.9 4.5GLV -0.7
2022 Slider DET L 9 81.0 39.5 -1.7 5.4GLV -2.9 2.8 -0.9 5.4GLV 0.5
2022 Sinker DET L 79 90.9 22.7 -1.8 15.7ARM 0.7 10.5 -1.6 15.7ARM 0.5
2022 Sweeper DET L 278 79.9 42.7 1.0 13.7GLV -1.5 0.4 -0.1 13.7GLV -2.2
2022 Changeup DET L 282 86.7 37.3 6.4 13.1ARM -1.4 -0.7 7.5 13.1ARM -1.2
2022 Curveball DET L 15 76.1 61.2 2.2 6.7GLV -3.1 -13.3 4.5 6.7GLV -1.6
2022 4-Seam Fastball DET L 347 91.2 15.5 0.9 7.4ARM 0.4 17.4 1.4 7.4ARM -0.2
! 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 %
2023 Changeup -4.3 -5 110 42.6 19 .357 .643 .555 27.5 5.3 3.3 .383 .705 .524 42.9
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.3 2 107 41.5 32 .160 .280 .300 23.8 25.0 28.6 .176 .387 .336 35.3
2023 Slider -2.0 -1 36 14.0 11 .111 .444 .391 13.3 9.1 11.1 .296 .683 .457 50.0
2023 Sweeper -0.8 0 5 1.9 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -3 347 34.3 92 .227 .560 .404 21.1 20.7 22.4 .240 .518 .391 50.0
2022 Changeup 1.3 4 282 27.9 69 .152 .242 .191 41.2 40.6 22.6 .193 .234 .209 42.1
2022 Sweeper -1.5 -4 279 27.6 63 .189 .415 .323 38.4 30.2 26.8 .194 .356 .310 26.5
2022 Sinker -4.8 -4 79 7.8 21 .389 .611 .512 11.1 0.0 0.0 .389 .566 .454 38.9
2022 Curveball -1.7 0 15 1.5 1 -- -- .700 40.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2022 Slider 2.9 0 9 0.9 3 .500 .500 .533 25.0 0.0 0.0 .366 .428 .469 0.0
! 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
2023 Changeup 101 82.8 70 8.2 9:45 9:15 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 107 88.8 87 18.4 10:30 10:45 -15
2023 Slider 35 82.1 18 5.2 1:45 3:15 -90
2022 Changeup 216 86.7 77 13.8 10:00 8:45 75
2022 Curveball 15 76.1 83 17.8 5:00 5:15 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 338 91.2 85 18.5 10:45 11:15 -30
2022 Sinker 75 90.9 85 19.0 10:45 10:00 45
2022 Sweeper 276 79.9 38 14.7 3:45 3:15 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 30 138 2 1 -1 -1 1
2015 251 1,035 7 3 -8 -3 -1
2016 302 1,190 0 13 -4 -4 5
2017 456 1,827 1 7 -12 -8 -11
2018 200 815 0 2 -3 -4 -4
2019 610 2,360 5 21 -10 -9 7
2020 116 490 6 0 -2 -2 3
2021 247 988 5 0 -7 -8 -9
2022 248 1,010 8 -6 0 -9 -7
2023 63 258 2 1 -4 -2 -3
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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 1,035 48.3 62.4 87.8 23.7 49.6 41.9 53.4 42.4 23.0 7.1 68.5
2016 1,190 53.3 63.7 81.2 26.4 55.1 42.0 64.6 46.3 25.4 8.0 71.6
2017 1,827 50.0 63.5 84.5 24.2 56.6 39.8 55.3 43.8 22.7 8.3 73.5
2018 816 51.9 66.2 83.9 26.3 53.4 39.5 58.5 46.9 24.3 9.4 75.3
2019 2,361 50.0 66.8 86.5 28.5 51.8 41.5 64.4 47.6 23.1 8.6 73.9
2020 490 49.4 66.5 82.6 28.6 49.3 42.4 56.0 47.3 27.6 6.7 78.8
2021 989 46.4 68.3 84.7 25.5 44.4 39.1 58.9 45.3 27.2 7.0 84.1
2022 1,012 44.8 61.9 80.7 27.6 46.1 40.6 58.2 43.1 31.4 7.0 60.6
2023 258 42.2 69.7 82.9 22.8 55.9 39.5 52.4 42.6 24.5 8.5 90.9
Player 9,978 49.3 65.0 84.4 26.2 51.4 40.8 59.3 45.3 24.9 8.0 73.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 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
2015 40 57 32 18 61 70 52 59 59 33 47 51 3 47 93 84 15
2016 37 41 37 38 56 49 21 12 9 69 60 67 20 64 93 64 7
2017 14 18 11 11 16 24 17 7 11 28 29 37 17 52 90 49 16
2018 15 87 12
2019 27 21 17 14 49 7 19 5 6 30 78 31 44 16 74 53 8
2020 66 59 46 37 82 46 44 13 11 54 81 56 59 39 87 5
2021 43 56 56 56 26 81 72 1 6 49 12 58 22 34 86 7
2022 24 61 39 24 17 51 6 32 27 73 11 87 28 13 76 15
2023 3 73 26
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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 %
2016 23.6 10 9.9 0 7 5 6 60.0
2017 22.6 12 14.9 -3 12 13 6 50.0
2018 23.1 8 7.2 1 4 6 3 37.5
2019 22.9 25 26.4 -1 6 12 17 68.0
2020 25.1 2 3.4 -1 2 3 1 50.0
2021 23.8 9 8.8 0 2 5 5 55.6
2022 22.6 11 7.7 3 4 5 4 36.4
2023 23.9 3 2.0 1 1 0 2 66.7
Player 23.1 80 80.4 0 38 49 44 55.0
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
2016 10 9 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 7 9 13 10 9 10 10 7 7 10 12 9 8 14 12 9 10 10 15 11 10 9
2017 12 17 13 12 14 12 19 14 10 11 14 17 17 15 13 17 12 11 19 14 18 19 20 16 15 13 13 19 20 15 8
2018 8 11 9 4 8 6 9 5 6 4 8 9 5 6 6 7 5 6 9 8 8 10 9 9 4 5 8 7 9 9 8
2019 25 32 24 27 28 26 29 27 21 21 20 23 28 27 28 26 27 25 27 28 27 28 30 30 26 25 23 28 29 29 22
2020 2 4 4 3 2 4 4 3 1 2 2 4 5 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 3 4 3 3 3 5 3 3
2021 9 10 8 8 9 9 9 9 7 7 8 8 10 7 9 9 9 10 7 9 8 9 10 10 10 10 8 9 10 9 9
2022 11 7 8 8 6 6 10 7 5 5 6 9 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 7 8 10 11 9 7 6 11 10 8 5 5
2023 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 80 92 78 74 78 74 92 77 62 59 70 85 85 77 80 83 75 72 85 83 84 90 101 91 77 74 78 93 94 82 66
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.5 93.7 1.2 93.1 -0.6 90.2 -2.9 90.7 0.5 92.6 1.9 92.7 0.1 91.1 -1.6 88.8 -2.3
Offspeed Velocity 86.0 86.4 0.4 86.1 -0.3 84.5 -1.6 85.7 1.2 87.6 1.9 86.9 -0.7 86.7 -0.2 82.9 -3.8
Breaking Velocity 80.5 83.8 3.3 84.4 0.6 82.1 -2.3 82.4 0.3 85.3 2.9 84.8 -0.5 79.7 -5.1 81.5 1.8
Exit Velocity 87.8 89.9 2.1 89.3 -0.6 90.7 1.4 90.9 0.2 90.6 -0.3 92.3 1.7 89.1 -3.2 91.9 2.8
Launch Angle 15.7 14.7 -1.0 14.2 -0.5 18.3 4.1 11.7 -6.6 6.3 -5.4 10.2 3.9 12.0 1.8 15.4 3.4
Barrel % 4.9 7.2 2.3 7.7 0.5 10.9 3.2 8.8 -2.1 7.5 -1.3 6.3 -1.2 10.8 4.5 15.4 4.6
Hard Hit % 31.9 40.2 8.3 38.0 -2.2 46.1 8.1 43.3 -2.8 45.0 1.7 45.6 0.6 40.5 -5.1 41.0 0.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.8 33.5 2.7 35.6 2.1 40.6 5.0 30.9 -9.7 28.7 -2.2 31.0 2.3 32.4 1.4 30.8 -1.6
xBA .237 .253 0.016 .272 0.019 .275 0.003 .266 -0.009 .230 -0.036 .233 0.003 .228 -0.005 .254 0.026
BA .236 .271 0.035 .295 0.024 .261 -0.034 .275 0.014 .231 -0.044 .256 0.025 .210 -0.046 .204 -0.006
xwOBA .312 .320 0.008 .353 0.033 .360 0.007 .335 -0.025 .296 -0.039 .317 0.021 .327 0.010 .408 0.081
wOBA .314 .326 0.012 .357 0.031 .341 -0.016 .334 -0.007 .278 -0.056 .340 0.062 .331 -0.009 .343 0.012
xSLG .409 .420 0.011 .480 0.060 .485 0.005 .475 -0.010 .409 -0.066 .385 -0.024 .394 0.009 .524 0.130
SLG .436 .440 0.004 .474 0.034 .455 -0.019 .473 0.018 .361 -0.112 .428 0.067 .430 0.002 .408 -0.022
K% 17.9 23.5 5.6 18.7 -4.8 25.5 6.8 20.5 -5.0 24.1 3.6 23.4 -0.7 26.5 3.1 17.5 -9.0
BB% 7.6 7.3 -0.3 9.6 2.3 9.5 -0.1 6.2 -3.3 6.0 -0.2 12.1 6.1 11.2 -0.9 19.0 7.8
Swing % 42.4 46.3 3.9 43.8 -2.5 46.9 3.1 47.6 0.7 47.3 -0.3 45.3 -2.0 43.1 -2.2 42.6 -0.5
Whiff% 23.0 25.4 2.4 22.7 -2.7 24.3 1.6 23.1 -1.2 27.6 4.5 27.2 -0.4 31.4 4.2 24.5 -6.9
In Zone % 48.3 53.3 5.0 50.0 -3.3 51.9 1.9 50.0 -1.9 49.4 -0.6 46.4 -3.0 44.8 -1.6 42.2 -2.6
Out of Zone % 51.7 46.7 -5.0 50.0 3.3 48.1 -1.9 50.0 1.9 50.6 0.6 53.6 3.0 55.2 1.6 57.8 2.6
Out of Zone Swing % 23.7 26.4 2.7 24.2 -2.2 26.3 2.1 28.5 2.2 28.6 0.1 25.5 -3.1 27.6 2.1 22.8 -4.8
First Pitch Swing % 19.1 26.2 7.1 26.4 0.2 26.0 -0.4 28.4 2.4 28.4 0.0 29.8 1.4 27.3 -2.5 34.9 7.6
First Pitch Strike % 53.4 64.6 11.2 55.3 -9.3 58.5 3.2 64.4 5.9 56.0 -8.4 58.9 2.9 58.2 -0.7 52.4 -5.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 302 .326 223 2 0.9 79 5 6.3
2017 Shifts 454 .358 346 5 1.4 108 14 13.0
2018 Shifts 200 .341 157 9 5.7 43 17 39.5
2019 Shifts 610 .334 496 72 14.5 114 59 51.8
2020 Shifts 116 .278 88 35 39.8 28 13 46.4
2021 Shifts 247 .340 152 31 20.4 95 52 54.7
2022 Shifts 248 .332 150 38 25.3 98 49 50.0
2023 Shades 63 .343 42 0 0.0 21 5 23.8
! 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 %
2014 46 15.1 43.5% 0.0% 30 23.0 0.0% 0.0%
2015 370 15.1 48.9% 3.2% 165 25.3 4.2% 24.8%
2016 410 17.1 31.0% 2.9% 162 23.5 3.7% 17.3%
2017 527 16.9 28.3% 2.1% 309 27.0 0.0% 24.6%
2018 247 14.7 55.5% 0.0% 124 20.9 5.6% 5.6%
2019 746 14.0 62.3% 0.7% 320 20.3 2.2% 2.8%
2020 128 18.6 14.8% 2.3% 96 21.6 0.0% 8.3%
2021 267 20.0 2.6% 4.5% 174 23.2 0.0% 11.5%
2022 309 18.6 15.2% 2.6% 179 22.6 0.0% 8.4%
2023 59 14.0 62.7% 0.0% 59 17.6 10.2% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution