P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 225 lbs | Age: 40
Draft: 2006 | Rd. 5, No. 164, New York Yankees | Northwestern
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 3 2 2.53 57 0 0 53.1 35 1.16
2017 1 6 3.39 65 0 1 66.1 70 1.22
2018 2 3 4.39 28 0 1 26.2 15 1.28
8 Seasons 18 18 3.10 350 0 2 357 288 1.15
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 57 3-2 2.53 53.1 35 1.16
2017 65 1-6 3.39 66.1 70 1.22
2018 28 2-3 4.39 26.2 15 1.28
8 Seasons 350 18-18 3.10 357 288 1.15
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 30 1053 228 11 4.8 3.9 87.7 112.4 11.2 31.1 .242 .396 .253 .288 .331 28.9 15.5 4.2 2.33 3.41
2016 31 799 159 4 2.5 1.9 86.4 111.4 11.1 30.2 .245 .359 .266 .298 .317 28.3 16.2 9.3 2.53 3.72
2017 32 1020 188 6 3.2 2.2 85.6 108.4 10.6 30.9 .224 .357 .301 .276 .341 29.0 25.2 7.2 3.39 3.22
2018 33 450 91 4 4.4 3.4 88.9 114.6 10.9 31.9 .279 .462 .339 .353 .373 37.4 12.9 6.0 4.39 5.44
Player 3322 666 25 3.8 2.8 87.0 114.6 11.0 30.9 .242 .384 .282 .295 .337 30.0 18.3 6.6
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

Kontos relies on 6 pitches.
Cutter
(52.4%) ,
Slider
(22.9%) ,
Sinker
(20.9%) ,
Four Seamer
(2.0%) ,
Changeup
(1.6%) ,
Curveball
(0.2%) ,


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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 %
2015 44.3 55.7 22.4 28.1 5.3 35.1 35.5 29.4 21.5 16.2 6.6 13.6 19.3 22.8
2016 44.7 55.3 20.8 28.9 5.7 36.5 40.3 22.0 12.6 24.5 6.3 23.9 15.7 15.7
2017 50.5 49.5 18.1 23.4 8.0 41.0 43.6 15.4 21.3 25.0 4.3 19.7 18.6 11.2
2018 49.5 50.5 22.0 22.0 6.6 57.1 28.6 13.2 31.9 11.0 5.5 25.3 17.6 7.7
Player 46.8 53.2 20.7 26.1 6.3 40.1 38.0 21.5 20.7 20.0 5.7 19.4 18.0 15.8
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
2015 1.8 36.0 23.7 21.1 6.1 4.8 3.9
2016 3.1 34.6 26.4 25.2 3.8 2.5 1.9
2017 4.8 34.6 22.9 22.3 8.0 3.2 2.2
2018 1.1 39.6 20.9 23.1 9.9 4.4 3.4
Player 2.9 35.7 23.7 22.7 6.6 3.8 2.8
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
2018 Cutter NYY R 236 86.5 29.9 -0.6 0.9GLV -1.7 7.4 -0.9 0.9GLV -1.7
2018 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 9 89.7 19.9 -2.0 6.1ARM -0.7 14.9 -0.8 6.1ARM -1.1
2018 Sinker NYY R 94 89.6 26.0 1.6 16.2ARM 1.8 8.9 0.4 16.2ARM 1.5
2018 Curveball NYY R 1 79.5 47.2 -6.9 4.4GLV -2.8 -1.6 -8.0 4.4GLV -4.8
2018 Slider NYY R 103 83.5 39.5 0.7 5.5GLV 0.5 1.1 0.7 5.5GLV 0.4
2018 Changeup NYY R 7 83.7 27.7 -4.3 15.5ARM 2.2 12.3 -5.6 15.5ARM 2.2
2017 Sinker PIT R 114 91.0 22.7 0.8 15.7ARM 1.0 11.0 -0.2 15.7ARM 0.3
2017 Changeup PIT R 7 85.4 24.5 -4.5 14.7ARM 1.1 13.7 -5.2 14.7ARM 1.1
2017 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 142 91.0 17.3 -1.5 7.1ARM -0.8 16.4 -0.7 7.1ARM -1.0
2017 Cutter PIT R 529 87.2 30.0 -2.6 2.3GLV 0.0 6.9 -2.4 2.3GLV 0.0
2017 Slider PIT R 202 83.9 37.7 0.8 11.3GLV 6.8 2.4 1.3 11.3GLV 7.1
2017 Curveball PIT R 19 79.4 52.4 -1.5 10.6GLV 3.3 -7.0 -1.0 10.6GLV 2.0
! 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 %
2018 Cutter -1.4 -3 236 52.4 56 .280 .500 .403 25.2 14.3 13.6 .315 .507 .391 47.6
2018 Slider -0.1 0 103 22.9 33 .290 .355 .288 28.1 21.2 17.1 .258 .313 .261 28.0
2018 Sinker -1.1 -1 94 20.9 26 .190 .619 .396 10.8 0.0 0.0 .219 .575 .390 30.4
2018 4-Seam Fastball -2.7 0 9 2.0 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Changeup 4.5 0 7 1.6 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 -- .384 .411 .351 0.0
2018 Curveball -4.0 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 Cutter 1.6 8 529 52.2 152 .219 .372 .300 36.9 24.3 25.9 .200 .338 .264 26.2
2017 Slider 0.0 0 202 19.9 60 .259 .414 .303 46.4 43.3 29.9 .177 .229 .194 25.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 0 142 14.0 33 .267 .533 .359 18.6 9.1 9.7 .294 .495 .356 35.7
2017 Sinker -0.8 -1 114 11.3 28 .320 .520 .373 25.0 14.3 21.1 .392 .602 .418 39.1
2017 Curveball -2.2 0 19 1.9 1 -- -- .700 50.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2017 Changeup -1.5 0 7 0.7 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 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.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 24 90 1 1 -1 0 1
2012 177 647 2 7 -4 -1 4
2013 236 865 -9 11 -4 -3 -6
2014 122 457 2 5 0 -2 6
2015 281 1,043 10 7 -5 -1 12
2016 213 789 2 15 -4 -5 9
2017 274 1,014 -3 17 -3 -4 7
2018 116 450 -3 4 -2 -3 -4
Player 1,443 5,355 4 67 -23 4 29
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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 1,053 48.1 72.3 85.8 33.8 64.9 42.5 58.5 52.3 21.2 6.5 73.5
2016 799 44.8 67.9 82.7 29.7 63.4 40.1 61.1 46.8 24.1 7.4 78.0
2017 1,020 47.4 67.8 72.4 32.3 49.4 43.1 63.5 49.2 35.3 7.2 78.1
2018 450 49.1 67.9 82.7 28.4 61.5 42.4 56.9 47.8 23.7 7.3 78.8
Player 3,322 47.2 69.3 80.6 31.6 59.3 42.1 60.5 49.4 26.5 7.0 76.8
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
2015 73 50 41 35 85 59 55 62 81 17 96 35 88 35 55 31
2016 65 54 73 84 38 96 96 91 89 15 29 57 62 30 41 45
2017 84 77 77 75 86 88 93 88 82 70 69 96 90 22 39 28
2018 10 29 27
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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 19.93 4 4.8 -1 2 3 3 75.0
2017 22.88 9 9.4 0 1 11 2 22.2
2018 22.88 5 4.7 0 0 2 4 80.0
Player 22.51 18 18.9 -1 3 16 9 50.0
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
2016 4 5 5 6 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 7 5 4 4 4 3 4 6 6 4 5 7 6 4 4 6 6 5 6 3
2017 9 12 5 8 12 11 13 6 8 6 11 12 6 8 11 8 6 8 10 13 9 11 13 9 6 8 11 13 9 12 7
2018 5 6 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 6 5 4
Player 18 23 14 18 20 20 23 16 16 14 19 24 16 16 20 17 15 16 20 24 18 20 25 19 15 17 21 24 20 23 14
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

2018 +/-   2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .262 +.020 .242 +.023 .219 +.006 .213
xBA .279 +.055 .224 -.021 .245 +.003 .242
OBP .322 +.025 .297 -.001 .298 +.054 .244
xOBP .343 +.062 .281 -.042 .323 +.049 .274
SLG .476 +.063 .413 +.106 .307 -.044 .351
xSLG .462 +.105 .357 -.002 .359 -.037 .396
ISO .214 +.043 .171 +.082 .089 -.049 .138
xISO .183 +.051 .132 +.018 .114 -.040 .154
BABIP .259 -.040 .299 +.047 .252 +.032 .220
wOBA .339 +.038 .301 +.035 .266 +.013 .253
xwOBA .353 +.077 .276 -.022 .298 +.010 .288
wOBACON .356 -.022 .378 +.105 .273 -.012 .285
xwOBACON .373 +.032 .341 +.024 .317 -.014 .331
BACON .300 -.033 .333 +.067 .266 +.015 .251
xBACON .328 +.017 .311 +.011 .300 +.010 .290
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 37.4 +8.4 29.0 +0.7 28.3 -0.6 28.9
Avg Exit Velocity 88.9 +3.3 85.6 -0.8 86.4 -1.3 87.7
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 31.9 +1.0 30.9 +0.7 30.2 -0.9 31.1
Barrel % 4.4 +1.2 3.2 +0.7 2.5 -2.3 4.8
Avg Launch Angle 10.9 +0.3 10.6 -0.5 11.1 -0.1 11.2
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 87.5 -1.0 88.5 -1.2 89.7 -0.5 90.2
Breaking Velocity 83.5 0.0 83.5 -0.7 84.2 -0.3 84.5
Offspeed Velocity 83.7 -1.7 85.4 -0.3 85.7 +0.8 84.9
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 4 -2 6 +2 4 -7 11
Popup % 6.6 -1.4 8.0 +2.3 5.7 +0.4 5.3
Flyball % 22.0 +3.9 18.1 -2.7 20.8 -1.6 22.4
Line Drive % 22.0 -1.4 23.4 -5.5 28.9 +0.8 28.1
Groundball % 49.5 -1.0 50.5 +5.8 44.7 +0.4 44.3
Pull % 57.1 +16.1 41.0 +4.5 36.5 +1.4 35.1
Straight Away % 28.6 -15.0 43.6 +3.3 40.3 +4.8 35.5
Opposite Field % 13.2 -2.2 15.4 -6.6 22.0 -7.4 29.4
Weak Contact % 1.1 -3.7 4.8 +1.7 3.1 +1.3 1.8
Pull Airball % 25.3 +5.6 19.7 -4.2 23.9 +10.3 13.6
Topped Contact % 39.6 +5.0 34.6 0.0 34.6 -1.4 36.0
Under Contact % 20.9 -2.0 22.9 -3.5 26.4 +2.7 23.7
Flare/Burner Contact % 23.1 +0.8 22.3 -2.9 25.2 +4.1 21.1
Solid Contact % 9.9 +1.9 8.0 +4.2 3.8 -2.3 6.1
HR/FB % 25.0 -1.5 26.5 +17.4 9.1 -8.5 17.6
Popups 6 -9 15 +6 9 -3 12
Flyballs 20 -14 34 +1 33 -18 51
Line Drives 20 -24 44 -2 46 -18 64
Groundballs 45 -50 95 +24 71 -30 101
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 49.1 +1.7 47.4 +2.6 44.8 -3.3 48.1
Out of Zone % 50.9 -1.7 52.6 -2.6 55.2 +3.3 51.9
Edge % 42.4 -0.7 43.1 +3.0 40.1 -2.4 42.5
Zone Swing % 67.9 +0.1 67.8 -0.1 67.9 -4.4 72.3
Out of Zone Swing % 28.4 -3.9 32.3 +2.6 29.7 -4.1 33.8
In Zone Contact % 82.7 +10.3 72.4 -10.3 82.7 -3.1 85.8
Out of Zone Contact % 61.5 +12.1 49.4 -14.0 63.4 -1.5 64.9
Whiff % 23.7 -11.6 35.3 +11.2 24.1 +2.9 21.2
First Strike % 56.9 -6.6 63.5 +2.4 61.1 +2.6 58.5
First Pitch Swing % 27.6 -8.1 35.7 +4.7 31.0 +2.8 28.2
Swing % 47.8 -1.4 49.2 +2.4 46.8 -5.5 52.3
Meatball Swing % 78.8 +0.7 78.1 +0.1 78.0 +4.5 73.5
Meatball % 7.3 +0.1 7.2 -0.2 7.4 +0.9 6.5
Zone Swing & Miss % 17.3 -10.3 27.6 +10.3 17.3 +3.1 14.2
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 38.5 -12.1 50.6 +14.0 36.6 +1.5 35.1
In Zone 221 -260 481 +123 358 -148 506
Out of Zone 229 -304 533 +92 441 -106 547
Edge 191 -246 437 +117 320 -128 448
In Zone Swings 150 -176 326 +83 243 -123 366
Out of Zone Swings 65 -107 172 +41 131 -54 185
In Zone Swing & Misses 26 -64 90 +48 42 -10 52
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 25 -62 87 +39 48 -17 65
Basic
Pitches 450 -570 1,020 +221 799 -254 1,053
PA 116 -162 278 +62 216 -68 284
AB 103 -149 252 +60 192 -76 268
Hits 27 -34 61 +19 42 -15 57
Singles 16 -20 36 +4 32 -7 39
Doubles 5 -11 16 +10 6 -2 8
Triples 1 +1 0 -1 1 0 1
Home Runs 5 -4 9 +6 3 -6 9
Walks 7 -13 20 0 20 +8 12
Strikeouts 15 -55 70 +35 35 -9 44
K% 12.9 -12.3 25.2 +9.0 16.2 +0.7 15.5
BB% 6.0 -1.2 7.2 -2.1 9.3 +5.1 4.2
HBP 3 +3 0 -2 2 +2 0
Batted Balls 91 -97 188 +29 159 -69 228
Number of Fastballs 339 -446 785 +176 609 -158 767
Number of Offspeed 7 0 7 -13 20 -9 29
Number of Breaking 104 -117 221 +62 159 -87 246
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 205 .268 126 0 0.0 79 8 10.1
2017 Shifts 274 .300 174 8 4.6 100 15 15.0
2018 Shifts 116 .339 59 6 10.2 57 12 21.1
! 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 %
2011 19 15.3 47.4% 0.0% 17 19.8 17.6% 5.9%
2012 181 17.6 16.0% 3.3% 119 23.9 0.0% 9.2%
2013 181 18.6 9.9% 3.3% 185 24.4 1.1% 15.7%
2014 110 20.0 0.0% 8.2% 88 27.1 0.0% 28.4%
2015 271 21.1 8.1% 12.5% 155 27.2 2.6% 37.4%
2016 247 21.7 10.1% 8.5% 112 26.0 7.1% 19.6%
2017 264 19.6 3.0% 2.3% 175 24.4 0.0% 16.0%
2018 120 18.4 3.3% 1.7% 73 23.5 0.0% 12.3%

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Pitch Distribution