Hector Neris
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 227LBS | Age: 34
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 4 7 3.63 74 0 12 74.1 98 1.17
2022 6 4 3.72 70 0 3 65.1 79 1.01
2023 6 3 1.78 69 0 2 65.2 76 1.05
10 Seasons 33 36 3.26 544 0 89 538.2 675 1.15
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 74 4-7 3.63 74.1 98 1.17
2022 70 6-4 3.72 65.1 79 1.01
2023 69 6-3 1.78 65.2 76 1.05
10 Seasons 544 33-36 3.26 538.2 675 1.15
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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
2015 26 681 115 11 9.6 6.5 88.3 112.6 14.7 34.8 .220 .417 .334 .308 .372 33.0 24.1 5.9 3.79 3.91
2016 27 1358 193 8 4.1 2.4 89.1 112.8 12.9 32.1 .227 .346 .270 .289 .380 35.2 31.1 9.1 2.58 3.48
2017 28 1232 202 15 7.4 4.7 87.6 108.5 17.1 34.2 .224 .402 .298 .305 .380 33.3 26.9 8.1 3.01 3.98
2018 29 796 110 14 12.7 6.9 90.1 111.5 18.3 43.6 .213 .418 .341 .301 .458 39.1 37.4 7.9 5.10 3.81
2019 30 1126 156 11 7.1 4.0 88.9 112.3 13.0 33.3 .191 .329 .265 .269 .343 36.1 32.4 8.7 2.93 3.14
2020 31 399 63 4 6.3 3.9 89.3 107.7 13.9 34.9 .238 .349 .300 .303 .364 39.7 26.2 12.6 4.57 3.87
2021 32 1243 176 11 6.3 3.5 86.6 113.3 11.7 27.3 .185 .316 .292 .266 .334 35.8 31.6 10.3 3.63 2.94
2022 33 1012 161 11 6.8 4.2 89.7 112.9 16.6 36.0 .216 .348 .262 .283 .364 44.7 30.0 6.5 3.72 3.29
2023 34 1060 154 13 8.4 4.9 86.5 112.7 19.9 29.9 .191 .332 .261 .281 .334 27.9 28.9 11.0 1.78 3.26
Player 8907 1330 98 7.4 4.4 88.3 113.3 15.3 33.5 .209 .359 .287 .287 .367 35.8 30.2 8.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Neris relies on 4 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(51.4%) ,
Split Finger
(28.3%) ,
Sinker
(16.4%) ,
Slider
(3.9%) ,


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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 39.1 23.5 28.7 8.7 34.8 33.0 32.2 2.6 29.6 31.3 17.4 7.0 9.6 6.5
2016 44.0 21.8 26.9 7.3 45.6 32.6 21.8 1.0 32.1 24.9 31.1 5.7 4.1 2.4
2017 35.1 26.7 27.2 10.9 40.1 39.1 20.8 5.0 24.3 30.2 23.8 7.4 7.4 4.7
2018 32.7 24.5 32.7 10.0 42.7 32.7 23.6 2.7 20.9 26.4 28.2 6.4 12.7 6.9
2019 46.2 19.9 24.4 9.6 46.8 32.7 20.5 3.2 37.2 23.7 23.7 4.5 7.1 4.0
2020 41.3 12.7 33.3 12.7 34.9 41.3 23.8 1.6 33.3 25.4 28.6 3.2 6.3 3.9
2021 50.0 25.0 18.2 6.8 45.5 34.7 19.9 6.8 34.7 25.6 19.3 7.4 6.3 3.5
2022 34.8 31.7 25.5 8.1 39.8 34.2 26.1 5.0 26.7 28.0 23.6 9.9 6.8 4.2
2023 32.5 35.1 20.8 11.7 46.1 31.2 22.7 9.1 21.4 37.7 18.8 3.2 8.4 4.9
Player 39.8 25.4 25.6 9.2 42.6 34.4 23.0 4.4 28.9 28.2 23.7 6.3 7.4 4.4
MLB 44.7 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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 4-Seamer HOU R 543 93.0 14.2 1.3 8 8.2 1.3 19
2023 Splitter HOU R 305 82.9 40.2 3.5 9 9.5 -0.9 -9
2023 Sinker HOU R 170 92.9 19.3 -2.6 -12 15.8 1.2 8
2023 Slider HOU R 42 85.9 32.2 -3.1 -9 2.8 -1.9 -40
2022 Splitter HOU R 312 85.1 38.7 5.4 16 10.7 -1.3 -11
2022 4-Seamer HOU R 414 94.3 13.9 0.8 6 10.4 2.9 39
2022 Slider HOU R 67 87.6 29.9 -3.3 -10 1.7 -2.3 -58
2022 Sinker HOU R 219 94.5 18.5 -2.7 -13 16.8 1.7 11
2021 4-Seamer PHI R 458 94.1 15.0 0.2 1 9.5 1.7 22
2021 Sinker PHI R 236 94.8 20.1 -0.7 -3 16.5 1.5 10
2021 Splitter PHI R 505 84.2 38.1 3.4 10 8.3 -2.6 -24
2021 Slider PHI R 44 87.7 30.1 -2.7 -8 2.1 -1.9 -48
2020 Splitter PHI R 192 85.5 37.4 4.4 13 7.3 -4.1 -36
2020 Sinker PHI R 37 94.4 22.1 1.0 5 17.8 2.9 19
2020 4-Seamer PHI R 170 93.8 15.4 0.0 0 10.1 2.4 30
2019 4-Seamer PHI R 290 94.4 15.6 0.1 1 9.6 1.4 16
2019 Sinker PHI R 100 94.8 21.3 0.3 1 16.1 1.2 8
2019 Splitter PHI R 735 86.9 36.3 3.8 12 7.7 -2.9 -27
2018 Slider PHI R 29 87.7 29.2 -3.6 -11 2.0 -1.8 -48
2018 4-Seamer PHI R 339 94.6 14.6 1.0 6 8.8 0.7 8
2018 Sinker PHI R 37 94.3 21.9 0.5 3 17.0 2.1 14
2018 Splitter PHI R 391 86.0 38.3 5.1 15 11.6 0.2 2
2017 4-Seamer PHI R 456 94.7 13.2 1.0 7 9.1 0.3 3
2017 Splitter PHI R 631 87.0 32.9 2.4 8 12.8 0.1 1
2017 Sinker PHI R 141 94.5 19.9 -0.9 -4 16.2 0.7 4
2017 Slider PHI R 3 88.0 28.9 -2.4 -8 5.5 2.6 87
2016 4-Seamer PHI R 318 94.8 13.0 0.9 6 9.9 1.8 22
2016 Splitter PHI R 666 87.6 32.8 2.8 9 14.9 3.0 25
2016 Changeup PHI R 2 88.4 35.8 7.5 26 22.2 9.9 80
2016 Sinker PHI R 313 94.4 18.3 -0.7 -4 15.6 1.4 10
2016 Slider PHI R 39 87.9 27.8 -2.7 -9 0.0 -4.5 -100
2015 Changeup PHI R 3 87.4 -- -- 21.6 9.3 76
2015 Splitter PHI R 168 86.0 -- -- 11.0 0.0 0
2015 Sinker PHI R 184 93.9 -- -- 16.3 2.1 14
2015 Slider PHI R 113 86.8 -- -- 0.4 -5.2 -108
2015 4-Seamer PHI R 201 93.6 -- -- 8.5 0.9 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 4-Seamer 1.9 10 543 51.2 127 .151 .311 .287 29.5 29.9 22.4 .172 .360 .303 35.3
2023 Splitter 0.5 1 305 28.8 81 .178 .247 .221 41.4 35.8 22.3 .178 .245 .221 17.4
2023 Sinker 1.7 3 170 16.0 47 .256 .395 .323 15.5 17.0 25.0 .265 .422 .331 28.6
2023 Slider 1.6 1 42 4.0 7 .000 .000 .100 33.3 14.3 16.7 .139 .248 .237 20.0
2022 4-Seamer 0.8 3 414 40.9 103 .209 .374 .300 24.1 25.2 23.9 .229 .474 .344 53.8
2022 Splitter 0.4 1 312 30.8 84 .173 .247 .200 52.4 51.2 34.1 .198 .273 .223 50.0
2022 Sinker 1.3 3 219 21.6 66 .246 .281 .291 11.6 13.6 21.4 .227 .279 .282 32.7
2022 Slider 0.7 0 67 6.6 10 .200 .300 .215 16.7 10.0 11.1 .191 .209 .176 22.2
2021 Splitter 1.3 7 505 40.6 133 .136 .280 .252 45.6 39.8 27.3 .152 .240 .223 32.8
2021 4-Seamer -1.2 -6 458 36.8 107 .239 .511 .376 32.3 35.5 24.7 .193 .421 .318 53.7
2021 Sinker -0.1 0 236 19.0 64 .271 .373 .341 15.6 9.4 13.6 .235 .303 .272 18.9
2021 Slider 0.4 0 44 3.5 3 .333 .667 .417 33.3 33.3 20.0 .203 .359 .242 100.0
2020 Splitter -0.5 -1 192 48.1 49 .222 .267 .313 49.5 38.8 27.1 .203 .288 .269 38.5
2020 4-Seamer -0.1 0 170 42.6 42 .286 .286 .331 30.4 19.0 18.6 .236 .380 .336 40.7
2020 Sinker -5.1 -2 37 9.3 10 .400 .600 .430 18.8 0.0 0.0 .402 .505 .399 40.0
2019 Splitter 1.7 13 735 65.3 175 .170 .283 .240 42.0 32.6 24.1 .182 .297 .239 32.4
2019 4-Seamer 1.0 3 290 25.8 76 .169 .400 .315 33.9 39.5 28.8 .189 .382 .301 48.6
2019 Sinker -1.3 -1 100 8.9 22 .412 .647 .511 15.8 9.1 33.3 .278 .431 .394 33.3
2018 Splitter 1.0 4 391 49.1 122 .193 .284 .254 54.2 45.1 40.7 .170 .268 .236 30.4
2018 4-Seamer -0.6 -2 339 42.6 67 .254 .571 .365 28.2 31.3 24.7 .231 .489 .327 47.6
2018 Sinker -7.0 -3 37 4.6 7 .667 1.500 .808 11.8 0.0 0.0 .530 1.306 .754 33.3
2018 Slider -11.7 -3 29 3.6 6 .833 2.333 1.300 42.1 0.0 0.0 .543 1.622 .881 66.7
2017 Splitter 1.6 10 631 51.2 176 .190 .282 .246 44.2 38.6 26.5 .176 .290 .233 29.5
2017 4-Seamer 0.5 2 456 37.0 97 .345 .583 .415 23.2 15.5 15.3 .277 .558 .392 38.9
2017 Sinker 1.0 1 141 11.4 43 .216 .324 .349 16.4 7.0 20.0 .312 .552 .411 32.4
2017 Slider -1.4 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 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.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 4-Seam Fastball 537 93.0 87 19.1 1:15 1:00 15
2023 Splitter 259 82.8 66 10.7 2:30 3:15 -45
2023 Sinker 162 92.9 87 20.4 1:00 1:45 -45
2023 Slider 41 85.9 30 4.9 12:00 10:45 75
2022 4-Seam Fastball 411 94.3 89 19.8 1:15 1:00 15
2022 Splitter 246 85.0 76 11.4 2:15 3:15 -60
2022 Sinker 216 94.5 90 21.1 1:15 2:00 -45
2022 Slider 65 87.6 36 5.3 12:45 11:15 90
2021 4-Seam Fastball 457 94.1 86 18.4 1:30 1:00 30
2021 Splitter 458 84.2 66 9.5 2:30 3:15 -45
2021 Sinker 233 94.8 88 19.8 1:15 2:00 -45
2021 Slider 43 87.8 35 5.1 12:45 11:00 105
2020 4-Seam Fastball 169 93.8 87 18.4 1:30 1:15 15
2020 Splitter 181 85.5 60 8.3 2:30 3:30 -60
2020 Sinker 35 94.3 89 20.2 1:30 2:15 -45
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 170 680 3 2 -5 -2 -3
2016 325 1,347 11 14 -8 -5 12
2017 316 1,231 9 17 -6 -6 14
2018 202 796 -4 5 -3 -4 -4
2019 273 1,125 10 14 -3 -7 14
2020 101 399 3 2 -6 -1 -3
2021 307 1,243 3 12 -7 -7 1
2022 283 1,083 4 12 -1 -4 11
2023 262 1,060 9 17 -6 -5 15
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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 681 44.2 69.1 78.8 32.6 54.0 37.9 52.4 48.8 30.1 7.9 81.5
2016 1,358 48.5 66.1 74.5 32.4 49.8 40.4 52.1 48.7 33.8 8.6 73.5
2017 1,232 51.6 72.1 70.7 32.4 54.4 43.1 59.6 52.9 33.6 10.3 81.9
2018 796 48.6 68.0 68.1 31.8 36.9 44.8 59.4 49.4 41.5 6.2 79.6
2019 1,126 41.0 67.0 72.2 35.8 46.6 39.2 60.2 48.7 38.3 6.7 74.7
2020 399 43.1 67.4 74.1 30.8 37.1 38.6 60.2 46.6 38.7 6.3 80.0
2021 1,243 46.4 68.5 71.9 32.9 54.3 44.4 60.6 49.4 34.4 6.7 84.3
2022 1,012 50.3 66.4 79.9 32.4 46.6 46.4 59.3 49.5 30.3 7.3 79.7
2023 1,060 47.7 71.5 73.5 31.8 58.5 43.0 56.3 50.8 30.5 6.8 75.0
Player 8,907 47.2 68.6 73.5 32.8 49.9 42.3 57.7 49.7 34.2 7.6 78.7
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 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
2015 65 78 22
2016 75 75 80 81 62 82 83 32 44 94 32 97 83 76 83 14
2017 58 77 50 31 69 47 22 39 49 80 55 93 91 75 93 21
2018 57 80 29 6 81 56 1 7 18 98 55 100 88 75 93 37
2019 89 94 92 79 85 69 47 42 53 90 39 98 98 72 90 57
2020 60 51 72 84 33 65 59 31 32 64 15 97 77 60 69 33
2021 90 95 92 76 83 76 72 88 71 91 23 93 93 67 70 41
2022 74 74 72 62 75 72 60 18 8 87 70 82 80 59 91 38
2023 85 96 88 70 80 63 39 90 98 85 16 80 80 32 87 24
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.4 9 8.2 1 2 7 3 33.3
2017 23.4 9 9.3 0 5 7 4 44.4
2018 23.0 11 9.6 1 3 7 4 36.4
2019 23.0 10 8.6 1 1 5 5 50.0
2021 24.4 12 11.0 1 7 10 3 25.0
2022 24.3 4 4.8 -1 3 6 1 25.0
2023 23.6 7 7.2 0 2 6 3 42.9
Player 23.4 62 58.7 3 23 48 23 37.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 9 9 8 9 9 9 10 7 7 7 9 11 8 6 7 8 5 7 9 11 7 6 11 9 7 7 9 11 8 10 5
2017 9 8 10 10 11 10 11 8 6 8 10 13 10 10 8 10 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 9 9 8 8 11 11 10 5
2018 11 11 7 7 10 9 12 9 7 7 10 13 9 9 10 10 9 10 10 12 11 10 12 10 8 7 8 12 10 11 8
2019 10 9 8 9 9 8 9 9 8 7 8 10 9 8 8 9 8 8 10 9 9 9 10 9 8 8 7 11 9 9 7
2021 12 13 9 9 12 11 11 12 7 8 10 13 10 10 10 12 11 10 11 12 12 14 12 13 10 9 12 13 12 10 11
2022 4 4 3 6 4 5 5 6 4 3 4 5 7 4 7 5 5 6 3 4 6 4 8 5 3 3 4 5 6 4 5
2023 7 6 5 4 7 7 8 6 5 6 7 7 7 7 9 7 8 7 10 10 8 8 11 8 5 6 10 5 9 6 8
Player 62 60 50 54 62 59 66 57 44 46 58 72 60 54 59 61 54 56 62 67 63 61 75 63 50 48 58 68 65 60 49
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.8 94.6 0.8 94.6 0.0 94.6 0.0 94.5 -0.1 93.9 -0.6 94.4 0.5 94.4 0.0 93.0 -1.4
Offspeed Velocity 86.0 87.6 1.6 87.0 -0.6 86.0 -1.0 86.9 0.9 85.5 -1.4 84.2 -1.3 85.1 0.9 82.9 -2.2
Breaking Velocity 86.8 87.9 1.1 88.0 0.1 87.7 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 87.7 0.0 87.6 -0.1 85.9 -1.7
Exit Velocity 88.3 89.1 0.8 87.6 -1.5 90.1 2.5 88.9 -1.2 89.3 0.4 86.6 -2.7 89.7 3.1 86.5 -3.2
Launch Angle 14.7 12.9 -1.8 17.1 4.2 18.3 1.2 13.0 -5.3 13.9 0.9 11.7 -2.2 16.6 4.9 19.9 3.3
Barrel % 9.6 4.1 -5.5 7.4 3.3 12.7 5.3 7.1 -5.6 6.3 -0.8 6.3 0.0 6.8 0.5 8.4 1.6
Hard Hit % 33.0 35.2 2.2 33.3 -1.9 39.1 5.8 36.1 -3.0 39.7 3.6 35.8 -3.9 44.7 8.9 27.9 -16.8
Sweet Spot % 34.8 32.1 -2.7 34.2 2.1 43.6 9.4 33.3 -10.3 34.9 1.6 27.3 -7.6 36.0 8.7 29.9 -6.1
xBA .220 .227 0.007 .224 -0.003 .213 -0.011 .191 -0.022 .238 0.047 .185 -0.053 .216 0.031 .191 -0.025
BA .245 .202 -0.043 .239 0.037 .250 0.011 .186 -0.064 .267 0.081 .202 -0.065 .205 0.003 .175 -0.030
xwOBA .308 .289 -0.019 .305 0.016 .301 -0.004 .269 -0.032 .303 0.034 .266 -0.037 .283 0.017 .281 -0.002
wOBA .334 .270 -0.064 .298 0.028 .341 0.043 .265 -0.076 .300 0.035 .292 -0.008 .262 -0.030 .261 -0.001
xSLG .417 .346 -0.071 .402 0.056 .418 0.016 .329 -0.089 .349 0.020 .316 -0.033 .348 0.032 .332 -0.016
SLG .465 .339 -0.126 .375 0.036 .489 0.114 .339 -0.150 .311 -0.028 .382 0.071 .305 -0.077 .298 -0.007
K% 24.1 31.1 7.0 26.9 -4.2 37.4 10.5 32.4 -5.0 26.2 -6.2 31.6 5.4 30.0 -1.6 28.9 -1.1
BB% 5.9 9.1 3.2 8.1 -1.0 7.9 -0.2 8.7 0.8 12.6 3.9 10.3 -2.3 6.5 -3.8 11.0 4.5
Swing % 48.8 48.7 -0.1 52.9 4.2 49.4 -3.5 48.7 -0.7 46.6 -2.1 49.4 2.8 49.5 0.1 50.8 1.3
Whiff% 30.1 33.8 3.7 33.6 -0.2 41.5 7.9 38.3 -3.2 38.7 0.4 34.4 -4.3 30.3 -4.1 30.5 0.2
In Zone % 44.2 48.5 4.3 51.6 3.1 48.6 -3.0 41.0 -7.6 43.1 2.1 46.4 3.3 50.3 3.9 47.7 -2.6
Out of Zone % 55.8 51.5 -4.3 48.4 -3.1 51.4 3.0 59.0 7.6 56.9 -2.1 53.6 -3.3 49.7 -3.9 52.3 2.6
Out of Zone Swing % 32.6 32.4 -0.2