Eric Lauer
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 3" 209LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #25, San Diego Padres | Kent State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 7 5 3.19 24 20 0 118.2 117 1.14
2022 11 7 3.69 29 29 0 158.2 157 1.22
2023 4 6 6.56 10 9 0 46.2 43 1.67
6 Seasons 36 37 4.30 120 112 0 596.2 567 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 24 7-5 3.19 118.2 117 1.14
2022 29 11-7 3.69 158.2 157 1.22
2023 10 4-6 6.56 46.2 43 1.67
6 Seasons 120 36-37 4.30 596.2 567 1.37
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
2018 23 2026 352 21 6.0 4.2 88.4 111.9 15.6 37.5 .260 .413 .347 .333 .381 35.2 19.8 9.1 4.34 4.76
2019 24 2510 457 27 5.9 4.1 89.8 112.6 14.1 32.4 .246 .419 .321 .312 .364 39.4 21.2 7.8 4.45 4.29
2020 25 244 38 3 7.9 4.9 88.6 113.8 23.4 47.4 .298 .524 .438 .410 .454 36.8 19.7 14.8 13.09 7.83
2021 26 1956 329 27 8.2 5.5 89.8 115.9 18.2 37.1 .231 .393 .280 .302 .361 37.1 23.9 8.4 3.19 3.84
2022 27 2676 439 35 8.0 5.3 88.8 116.0 17.7 35.8 .240 .393 .310 .311 .370 38.0 23.8 8.9 3.69 4.02
2023 28 844 144 20 13.9 9.5 91.7 110.7 21.8 41.0 .307 .569 .411 .405 .478 45.1 20.4 11.4 6.56 7.54
Player 10256 1759 133 7.6 5.2 89.4 116.0 16.9 36.2 .250 .421 .326 .324 .380 38.2 22.0 8.9
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

Lauer relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(43.2%) ,
Cutter
(35.8%) ,
Curveball
(12.4%) ,
Slider
(7.8%) ,
Changeup
(0.7%) ,


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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
2018 38.6 23.6 29.3 8.5 34.7 33.5 31.8 4.8 23.6 26.4 26.4 4.8 6.0 4.2
2019 41.8 24.1 25.4 8.8 37.4 38.7 23.9 1.3 30.0 28.7 23.4 9.4 5.9 4.1
2020 21.1 36.8 36.8 5.3 31.6 44.7 23.7 0.0 15.8 31.6 34.2 10.5 7.9 4.9
2021 37.7 31.9 24.3 6.1 33.4 40.7 25.8 4.6 26.7 30.4 22.2 7.9 8.2 5.5
2022 34.9 31.9 24.4 8.9 36.2 37.4 26.4 4.6 23.9 30.8 27.1 5.5 8.0 5.3
2023 25.0 39.6 29.9 5.6 47.2 31.3 21.5 0.0 16.0 33.3 27.8 9.0 13.9 9.5
Player 36.8 28.9 26.3 7.9 36.5 37.2 26.3 3.3 25.1 29.5 25.3 7.2 7.6 5.2
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

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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 Changeup MIL L 6 82.8 27.1 -6.0 13.0ARM -0.8 12.7 -6.4 13.0ARM -1.0
2023 Curveball MIL L 105 75.3 55.5 -4.7 6.5GLV -3.3 -7.3 -1.1 6.5GLV -1.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball MIL L 365 90.8 16.4 0.5 10.0ARM 3.8 16.8 1.5 10.0ARM 2.1
2023 Cutter MIL L 301 86.7 26.2 3.4 0.6ARM -3.9 10.0 3.1 0.6ARM -2.4
2023 Slider MIL L 66 82.6 38.4 -1.0 3.7GLV -3.2 1.6 0.2 3.7GLV -1.5
2022 Slider MIL L 460 86.7 32.3 -2.0 3.1GLV -1.4 4.0 -2.1 3.1GLV -1.8
2022 Curveball MIL L 425 78.2 52.7 -2.5 6.4GLV -2.6 -8.1 -0.7 6.4GLV -1.9
2022 4-Seam Fastball MIL L 1174 93.3 14.6 0.4 9.8ARM 2.7 16.9 0.9 9.8ARM 2.2
2022 Changeup MIL L 82 87.2 27.3 -2.7 15.0ARM 0.8 8.6 -1.8 15.0ARM 0.7
2022 Cutter MIL L 527 89.7 23.1 2.5 0.5ARM -2.6 10.7 2.7 0.5ARM -2.1
! 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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -6 365 43.2 81 .261 .580 .394 25.8 28.4 20.9 .287 .602 .411 51.1
2023 Cutter -1.7 -5 302 35.8 94 .309 .568 .419 21.2 16.0 20.0 .320 .503 .397 40.3
2023 Curveball -5.8 -6 105 12.4 18 .412 1.235 .672 13.8 11.1 10.0 .346 .757 .474 33.3
2023 Slider -1.1 -1 66 7.8 16 .188 .188 .169 11.1 12.5 5.9 .271 .429 .298 57.1
2023 Changeup -18.8 -1 6 0.7 2 .500 2.000 1.000 0.0 50.0 50.0 .425 1.671 .844 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 9 1,176 43.9 268 .193 .366 .286 29.8 32.8 21.1 .188 .332 .275 43.7
2022 Cutter -0.6 -3 530 19.8 156 .284 .485 .383 15.8 12.2 14.7 .311 .470 .389 38.3
2022 Slider 0.4 2 463 17.3 143 .173 .301 .240 24.7 28.7 19.1 .202 .310 .249 30.9
2022 Curveball -1.0 -4 425 15.9 81 .324 .595 .409 17.2 9.9 13.6 .324 .570 .402 34.3
2022 Changeup -2.1 -2 82 3.1 13 .308 .538 .362 18.2 7.7 16.7 .369 .582 .414 41.7
! 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 Curveball 105 75.3 56 12.1 4:15 4:45 -30
2023 Cutter 302 86.7 58 9.3 11:30 12:00 -30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 350 90.8 96 19.3 10:45 11:00 -15
2023 Slider 66 82.6 29 5.5 1:30 3:00 -90
2022 Changeup 75 87.2 98 17.6 10:15 9:45 30
2022 Curveball 422 78.2 57 12.7 4:15 5:00 -45
2022 Cutter 511 89.7 60 10.2 11:30 12:00 -30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1,148 93.3 96 19.3 10:45 11:00 -15
2022 Slider 454 86.7 37 6.2 12:30 1:45 -75
! 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
2018 474 1,921 6 3 -16 -7 -15
2019 647 2,507 1 19 -18 -9 -7
2020 61 244 1 -7 -1 -1 -9
2021 505 2,030 21 11 -14 -8 11
2022 661 2,676 14 15 -19 -9 2
2023 211 844 -4 -3 -9 -3 -19
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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 %
2018 2,026 50.5 68.1 82.5 25.4 68.5 44.7 59.8 46.9 20.0 7.2 80.6
2019 2,510 52.6 68.0 85.6 25.6 59.2 43.0 63.7 47.8 20.1 8.1 80.4
2020 244 41.0 67.0 77.6 25.7 56.8 45.5 50.8 42.6 28.8 6.6 75.0
2021 1,956 51.4 70.4 78.5 25.5 64.9 42.8 61.3 48.6 24.2 8.1 81.1
2022 2,676 51.1 65.5 80.0 26.9 64.2 43.5 62.0 46.6 24.2 8.7 77.3
2023 844 48.6 69.5 81.8 25.6 68.5 43.6 56.9 46.9 22.0 8.9 81.3
Player 10,256 51.0 67.9 81.7 25.9 64.1 43.5 61.2 47.3 22.3 8.1 79.7
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
2018 21 22 34 46 15 36 59 46 51 32 35 14 21 26 42 19 43
2019 50 46 45 48 55 28 70 20 24 36 55 11 13 28 42 30 33
2020 23 39 16
2021 62 60 52 47 69 28 43 25 63 53 47 34 22 32 58 48 26
2022 41 47 39 36 44 12 36 41 50 58 34 37 22 40 66 35 35
2023 1 1 1 1 2 44 1 1 8 30 12 20 14 10 36 29 33
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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 %
2018 22.8 15 12.7 2 7 9 5 33.3
2019 23.3 20 17.6 2 11 13 7 35.0
2020 24.7 2 2.2 0 1 2 1 50.0
2021 23.4 16 15.3 1 7 13 5 31.3
2022 24.3 27 26.6 0 11 21 9 33.3
2023 22.7 16 10.9 5 6 13 2 12.5
Player 23.5 96 85.3 11 43 71 29 30.2
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

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Year HR
2018 15 14 10 11 13 11 13 12 7 10 12 16 14 13 13 13 13 13 14 15 14 15 16 13 10 12 10 12 14 16 11
2019 20 23 18 14 21 19 20 14 15 13 16 23 17 16 18 16 16 13 15 19 16 20 23 19 15 17 15 24 20 19 15
2020 2 2 4 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 2
2021 16 17 14 13 15 14 17 14 11 13 14 19 16 12 17 16 13 15 17 15 15 17 19 17 14 14 16 17 16 15 18
2022 27 21 19 30 28 29 30 24 21 22 26 31 26 25 30 31 28 28 25 26 27 25 32 30 22 23 31 29 27 25 27
2023 16 5 7 10 13 9 13 8 11 7 11 12 10 8 14 13 12 8 11 13 9 12 17 17 7 8 11 15 13 13 11
Player 96 82 72 79 93 83 96 73 67 66 80 104 85 76 94 90 84 79 84 90 83 92 110 98 70 76 85 101 93 91 84
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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.4 90.7 0.3 ↑ 90.1 -0.6 ↓ 91.9 1.8 ↑ 92.2 0.3 ↑ 89.0 -3.2 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 84.7 85.9 1.2 ↑ 84.2 -1.7 ↓ 86.6 2.4 ↑ 87.2 0.6 ↑ 82.8 -4.4 ↓
Breaking Velocity 77.5 78.7 1.2 ↑ 79.8 1.1 ↑ 82.7 2.9 ↑ 82.6 -0.1 ↓ 78.1 -4.5 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.4 89.8 1.4 ↑ 88.6 -1.2 ↓ 89.8 1.2 ↑ 88.8 -1.0 ↓ 91.7 2.9 ↑
Launch Angle 15.6 14.1 -1.5 ↓ 23.4 9.3 ↑ 18.2 -5.2 ↓ 17.7 -0.5 ↓ 21.8 4.1 ↑
Barrel % 6.0 5.9 -0.1 ↓ 7.9 2.0 ↑ 8.2 0.3 ↑ 8.0 -0.2 ↓ 13.9 5.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 35.2 39.4 4.2 ↑ 36.8 -2.6 ↓ 37.1 0.3 ↑ 38.0 0.9 ↑ 45.1 7.1 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.5 32.4 -5.1 ↓ 47.4 15.0 ↑ 37.1 -10.3 ↓ 35.8 -1.3 ↓ 41.0 5.2 ↑
xBA .260 .246 -0.014 ↓ .298 0.052 ↑ .231 -0.067 ↓ .240 0.009 ↑ .307 0.067 ↑
BA .285 .268 -0.017 ↓ .347 0.079 ↑ .215 -0.132 ↓ .228 0.013 ↑ .292 0.064 ↑
xwOBA .333 .312 -0.021 ↓ .410 0.098 ↑ .302 -0.108 ↓ .311 0.009 ↑ .405 0.094 ↑
wOBA .347 .321 -0.026 ↓ .438 0.117 ↑ .280 -0.158 ↓ .310 0.030 ↑ .411 0.101 ↑
xSLG .413 .419 0.006 ↑ .524 0.105 ↑ .393 -0.131 ↓ .393 0.000 .569 0.176 ↑
SLG .442 .430 -0.012 ↓ .571 0.141 ↑ .356 -0.215 ↓ .410 0.054 ↑ .616 0.206 ↑
K% 19.8 21.2 1.4 ↑ 19.7 -1.5 ↓ 23.9 4.2 ↑ 23.8 -0.1 ↓ 20.4 -3.4 ↓
BB% 9.1 7.8 -1.3 ↓ 14.8 7.0 ↑ 8.4 -6.4 ↓ 8.9 0.5 ↑ 11.4 2.5 ↑
Swing % 46.9 47.8 0.9 ↑ 42.6 -5.2 ↓ 48.6 6.0 ↑ 46.6 -2.0 ↓ 46.9 0.3 ↑
Whiff% 20.0 20.1 0.1 ↑ 28.8 8.7 ↑ 24.2 -4.6 ↓ 24.2 0.0 22.0 -2.2 ↓
In Zone % 50.5 52.6 2.1 ↑ 41.0 -11.6 ↓ 51.4 10.4 ↑ 51.1 -0.3 ↓ 48.6 -2.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.5 47.4 -2.1 ↓ 59.0 11.6 ↑ 48.6 -10.4 ↓ 48.9 0.3 ↑ 51.4 2.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 25.4 25.6 0.2 ↑ 25.7 0.1 ↑ 25.5 -0.2 ↓ 26.9 1.4 ↑ 25.6 -1.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 24.9 29.0 4.1 ↑ 26.2 -2.8 ↓ 30.9 4.7 ↑ 29.2 -1.7 ↓ 30.3 1.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.8 63.7 3.9 ↑ 50.8 -12.9 ↓ 61.3 10.5 ↑ 62.0 0.7 ↑ 56.9 -5.1 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 460 .344 356 4 1.1 104 22 21.2
2019 Shifts 647 .321 482 24 5.0 165 29 17.6
2020 Shifts 61 .438 47 13 27.7 14 8 57.1
2021 Shifts 488 .280 372 37 9.9 116 53 45.7
2022 Shifts 661 .310 553 83 15.0 108 51 47.2
2023 Shades 208 .407 170 4 2.4 38 12 31.6
! 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 %
2018 533 14.0 62.5% 0.4% 349 24.2 0.3% 14.0%
2019 761 15.4 44.2% 1.3% 364 24.2 0.0% 15.7%
2020 47 15.5 44.7% 0.0% 68 22.4 0.0% 5.9%
2021 641 16.0 39.8% 1.9% 243 24.1 0.4% 13.2%
2022 817 15.4 43.9% 2.2% 424 22.9 0.2% 12.5%
2023 251 13.7 65.3% 0.0% 124 19.6 1.6% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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