Iván Nova
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 250LBS | Age: 37
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 9 9 4.19 29 29 0 161 114 1.28
2019 11 12 4.72 34 34 0 187 114 1.45
2020 1 1 8.53 4 4 0 19 9 1.63
11 Seasons 90 77 4.38 240 227 1 1,347.2 963 1.36
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 29 9-9 4.19 161 114 1.28
2019 34 11-12 4.72 187 114 1.45
2020 4 1-1 8.53 19 9 1.63
11 Seasons 240 90-77 4.38 1,347.2 963 1.36
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 28 1529 310 21 6.8 5.1 89.5 113.3 8.4 29.7 .263 .414 .344 .334 .356 37.4 15.3 8.0 5.07 4.67
2016 29 2310 520 35 6.7 5.1 90.7 118.0 5.2 31.9 .266 .445 .330 .323 .379 41.0 18.6 4.1 4.17 4.43
2017 30 2677 611 40 6.5 5.1 89.4 112.4 9.2 34.0 .282 .480 .330 .341 .393 36.8 16.7 4.6 4.14 5.10
2018 31 2529 530 42 7.9 6.1 90.0 115.3 11.0 33.2 .267 .463 .327 .332 .380 38.7 16.7 5.1 4.19 4.73
2019 32 3005 635 46 7.2 5.7 88.8 118.9 10.7 34.6 .295 .477 .351 .352 .386 38.4 14.1 5.8 4.72 5.63
2020 33 284 70 7 10.0 8.0 90.2 112.8 6.0 28.6 .315 .585 .358 .412 .429 41.4 10.2 10.2 8.53 7.92
Player 12334 2676 191 7.1 5.5 89.6 118.9 9.0 33.0 .277 .464 .337 .339 .383 38.6 16.1 5.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Nova relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(40.1%) ,
Curveball
(25.4%) ,
Four Seamer
(19.0%) ,
Changeup
(15.5%) ,


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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 51.6 18.7 24.2 5.5 38.7 36.5 23.5 3.5 38.7 22.3 22.6 3.5 6.8 5.1
2016 55.4 17.1 24.0 3.5 39.2 38.7 22.1 2.1 42.5 14.8 22.1 6.7 6.7 5.1
2017 47.6 19.1 28.3 4.9 38.6 39.9 21.4 3.8 33.6 19.3 24.9 6.4 6.5 5.1
2018 46.6 23.2 24.5 5.7 35.8 38.5 25.5 1.7 35.3 23.8 24.0 5.7 7.9 6.1
2019 46.6 19.4 27.6 6.5 41.7 38.3 20.0 4.1 34.8 21.4 26.1 5.4 7.2 5.7
2020 57.1 20.0 21.4 1.4 37.1 50.0 12.9 7.1 42.9 11.4 18.6 8.6 10.0 8.0
Player 49.4 19.6 25.9 5.1 38.9 38.9 22.0 3.2 36.8 20.0 24.0 5.8 7.1 5.5
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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
2020 Sinker DET R 114 92.1 25.4 3.8 17 16.5 2.2 15
2020 4-Seam Fastball DET R 54 92.3 21.3 -5.7 -36 10.9 4.4 68
2020 Curveball DET R 72 79.6 48.4 -5.3 -10 4.5 -3.0 -40
2020 Changeup DET R 44 86.4 30.6 1.9 7 15.5 2.2 17
2019 Curveball CWS R 504 79.9 50.5 -3.1 -6 2.8 -4.4 -61
2019 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 528 92.5 20.8 -4.5 -28 12.4 5.4 76
2019 Cutter CWS R 390 86.7 28.9 0.1 0 3.6 -5.8 -262
2019 Sinker CWS R 1,101 92.3 25.5 3.3 15 17.2 2.7 19
2019 Changeup CWS R 480 86.2 29.9 0.6 2 16.5 3.2 24
2018 Changeup PIT R 300 86.5 30.4 0.7 3 16.8 3.4 25
2018 Curveball PIT R 533 80.6 50.1 -3.2 -6 2.9 -4.5 -60
2018 Sinker PIT R 898 92.7 25.4 3.5 16 17.9 3.3 22
2018 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 797 93.0 19.3 -3.3 -20 13.6 6.2 85
2017 Changeup PIT R 253 86.4 27.3 0.2 1 16.9 3.6 27
2017 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 649 93.1 17.4 -3.1 -22 12.6 4.7 59
2017 Sinker PIT R 1,102 92.5 24.0 3.6 18 18.4 3.4 23
2017 Curveball PIT R 570 80.6 48.7 -3.1 -6 1.6 -5.1 -76
2016 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 282 93.4 18.9 -3.5 -23 9.4 2.1 29
2016 Changeup PIT R 102 86.9 28.1 -0.4 -1 13.0 0.9 7
2016 Curveball PIT R 630 80.6 50.0 -2.8 -5 6.6 -1.3 -17
2016 Slider PIT R 64 87.3 28.5 -4.3 -13 2.3 -7.4 -146
2016 Sinker PIT R 1,158 93.1 23.8 3.0 14 15.0 1.3 9
2015 Curveball NYY R 448 80.5 53.1 0.1 0 6.8 -1.5 -18
2015 Changeup NYY R 80 87.3 28.1 0.5 2 14.9 3.0 25
2015 Sinker NYY R 691 93.5 23.6 2.5 12 14.8 1.3 9
2015 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 279 93.8 17.6 -2.6 -17 9.1 2.4 35
! 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 %
2020 Sinker -3.1 -4 114 40.1 41 .314 .543 .425 10.3 2.4 6.7 .363 .697 .486 44.1
2020 Curveball 1.6 1 72 25.4 18 .118 .294 .200 47.4 38.9 30.4 .200 .471 .301 40.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -8.9 -5 54 19.0 19 .529 .824 .595 0.0 5.3 11.1 .331 .610 .424 56.3
2020 Changeup 1.7 1 44 15.5 10 .000 .000 .090 16.7 0.0 0.0 .321 .356 .297 10.0
2019 Sinker -0.5 -6 1,101 36.6 355 .333 .508 .411 10.6 11.5 13.4 .298 .466 .358 41.5
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 2 528 17.6 118 .309 .509 .382 11.1 7.6 8.0 .299 .504 .361 38.6
2019 Curveball -1.0 -5 504 16.8 82 .299 .442 .326 31.3 19.5 14.0 .320 .468 .359 42.9
2019 Changeup 0.3 1 480 16.0 130 .273 .446 .334 22.4 8.5 10.6 .297 .481 .347 28.6
2019 Cutter -1.8 -7 390 13.0 120 .246 .456 .316 34.2 30.8 20.0 .264 .485 .332 37.7
2018 Sinker 0.0 0 898 35.5 275 .302 .490 .383 14.3 8.7 13.2 .303 .501 .371 39.1
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -2 797 31.5 194 .275 .506 .361 11.8 11.9 12.0 .296 .556 .383 44.3
2018 Curveball 0.4 2 533 21.1 140 .153 .277 .190 37.7 42.9 22.7 .172 .285 .201 32.1
2018 Changeup -1.6 -5 300 11.9 70 .353 .588 .447 29.0 10.0 12.7 .244 .441 .316 31.1
2017 Sinker 0.4 4 1,102 41.2 376 .307 .473 .368 9.5 7.2 13.5 .320 .526 .376 40.2
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -12 649 24.2 173 .295 .545 .392 9.9 9.2 10.4 .311 .577 .397 35.7
2017 Curveball 1.4 8 570 21.3 144 .152 .268 .200 44.2 53.5 30.0 .144 .241 .181 29.0
2017 Changeup -0.9 -2 253 9.5 64 .333 .635 .441 29.4 9.4 18.2 .324 .539 .367 28.1
! 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
2020 Changeup 37 86.4 100 17.1 2:00 2:30 -30
2020 Curveball 66 79.5 63 9.0 7:00 7:00 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 42 92.3 87 15.3 1:45 1:45 0
2020 Sinker 96 92.2 88 18.3 1:45 2:30 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 182 656 5 4 -5 -3 1
2011 735 2,677 19 14 -12 -11 10
2012 744 2,675 -4 1 -8 -11 -23
2013 582 2,079 12 15 -2 -10 15
2014 96 328 -4 -1 -1 -3 -9
2015 413 1,528 -1 7 -5 -6 -5
2016 683 2,308 -5 24 -3 -9 7
2017 757 2,575 6 15 -16 -7 -3
2018 679 2,528 2 12 -14 -6 -5
2019 805 3,003 5 13 -21 -13 -15
2020 88 284 -4 1 -2 -1 -7
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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 1,529 44.0 62.2 90.4 34.5 68.6 42.4 55.0 46.7 17.5 6.1 71.3
2016 2,310 46.3 65.9 90.8 35.3 60.5 42.9 61.7 49.5 20.3 5.8 70.9
2017 2,677 50.6 68.6 87.7 31.8 65.4 42.3 64.5 50.5 17.9 8.0 75.8
2018 2,529 46.9 70.6 86.9 29.7 61.9 42.8 57.4 48.9 19.6 7.0 73.4
2019 3,005 47.0 69.1 87.9 30.9 67.1 43.1 60.7 48.9 18.4 6.7 77.6
2020 284 44.4 74.6 89.4 31.0 61.2 44.4 60.2 50.4 19.6 7.0 85.0
Player 12,334 47.1 68.0 88.5 32.2 64.5 42.8 60.4 49.1 18.8 6.8 74.7
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 18 23 29 39 17 29 14 13 12 16 41 12 91 63 43 62 33
2016 34 24 24 23 60 10 32 3 5 32 97 27 97 54 36 31 21
2017 20 10 11 17 42 3 38 6 17 17 96 9 88 48 45 31 23
2018 23 14 9 10 50 2 22 10 22 15 93 12 70 48 50 20 22
2019 12 4 15 38 17 2 45 45 33 3 83 6 70 35 35 17 26
2020 1 1 1 2 4 38 16 17 23 1 33 9 79 34 34 14 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 21.7 23 22.8 0 15 20 7 30.4
2017 23.0 29 30.3 -1 10 23 13 44.8
2018 22.7 26 27.3 -1 8 19 13 50.0
2019 23.3 30 25.7 4 12 22 11 36.7
2020 26.0 4 5.3 -1 2 4 2 50.0
Player 22.9 112 111.4 1 47 88 46 41.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 23 24 20 26 24 19 26 20 22 15 23 33 22 18 24 27 11 18 22 27 21 18 32 30 19 22 24 32 23 25 18
2017 29 28 25 29 34 32 37 29 25 23 29 34 30 30 32 33 24 28 31 34 30 27 39 33 28 28 28 41 32 34 22
2018 26 34 19 23 27 25 32 26 25 20 28 29 27 26 27 27 26 25 29 34 32 27 35 30 23 21 25 29 33 29 26
2019 30 33 21 26 30 25 30 25 21 15 20 29 32 29 23 27 23 22 25 27 28 29 30 29 26 22 23 30 33 22 15
2020 4 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 5 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 5 5 4 5 5 7 5 3
Player 112 124 91 109 120 107 130 105 97 77 104 130 118 108 111 119 90 98 112 127 118 109 143 127 101 97 105 137 128 115 84
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.6 93.2 -0.4 92.8 -0.4 92.9 0.1 91.3 -1.6 92.2 0.9
Offspeed Velocity 87.3 86.9 -0.4 86.4 -0.5 86.5 0.1 86.2 -0.3 86.4 0.2
Breaking Velocity 80.5 81.2 0.7 80.6 -0.6 80.6 0.0 79.9 -0.7 79.6 -0.3
Exit Velocity 89.5 90.7 1.2 89.4 -1.3 90.0 0.6 88.8 -1.2 90.2 1.4
Launch Angle 8.4 5.2 -3.2 9.2 4.0 11.0 1.8 10.7 -0.3 6.0 -4.7
Barrel % 6.8 6.7 -0.1 6.5 -0.2 7.9 1.4 7.2 -0.7 10.0 2.8
Hard Hit % 37.4 41.0 3.6 36.8 -4.2 38.7 1.9 38.4 -0.3 41.4 3.0
Sweet Spot % 29.7 31.9 2.2 34.0 2.1 33.2 -0.8 34.6 1.4 28.6 -6.0
xBA .263 .266 0.003 .282 0.016 .267 -0.015 .295 0.028 .315 0.020
BA .269 .275 0.006 .277 0.002 .268 -0.009 .303 0.035 .278 -0.025
xwOBA .334 .323 -0.011 .341 0.018 .332 -0.009 .352 0.020 .412 0.060
wOBA .344 .330 -0.014 .330 0.000 .327 -0.003 .351 0.024 .358 0.007
xSLG .414 .445 0.031 .480 0.035 .463 -0.017 .477 0.014 .585 0.108
SLG .454 .465 0.011 .464 -0.001 .459 -0.005 .483 0.024 .481 -0.002
K% 15.3 18.6 3.3 16.7 -1.9 16.7 0.0 14.1 -2.6 10.2 -3.9
BB% 8.0 4.1 -3.9 4.6 0.5 5.1 0.5 5.8 0.7 10.2 4.4
Swing % 46.7 49.5 2.8 50.5 1.0 48.9 -1.6 48.9 0.0 50.4 1.5
Whiff% 17.5 20.3 2.8 17.9 -2.4 19.6 1.7 18.4 -1.2 19.6 1.2
In Zone % 44.0 46.3 2.3 50.6 4.3 46.9 -3.7 47.0 0.1 44.4 -2.6
Out of Zone % 56.0 53.7 -2.3 49.4 -4.3 53.1 3.7 53.0 -0.1 55.6 2.6
Out of Zone Swing % 34.5 35.3 0.8 31.8 -3.5 29.7 -2.1 30.9 1.2 31.0 0.1
First Pitch Swing % 26.9 30.3 3.4 35.1 4.8 29.4 -5.7 32.2 2.8 33.0 0.8
First Pitch Strike % 55.0 61.7 6.7 64.5 2.8 57.4 -7.1 60.7 3.3 60.2 -0.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 670 .328 381 57 15.0 289 105 36.3
2017 Shifts 756 .330 401 35 8.7 355 79 22.3
2018 Shifts 679 .327 349 45 12.9 330 101 30.6
2019 Shifts 805 .351 399 65 16.3 406 241 59.4
2020 Shifts 88 .358 37 15 40.5 51 41 80.4
! 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 %
2010 218 15.1 44.0% 1.8% 117 25.0 2.6% 19.7%
2011 759 15.1 48.5% 0.8% 395 23.7 0.3% 11.4%
2012 752 15.1 48.0% 0.5% 466 23.4 0.2% 10.5%
2013 611 15.3 45.0% 1.3% 376 22.9 0.5% 6.4%
2014 84 17.5 14.3% 1.2% 54 25.4 0.0% 9.3%
2015 442 19.5 9.7% 6.6% 247 26.9 0.8% 28.3%
2016 690 17.6 25.9% 3.3% 326 25.8 3.1% 25.8%
2017 760 15.7 40.3% 0.9% 361 24.4 0.0% 13.9%
2018 776 15.1 47.2% 0.9% 352 24.7 0.0% 13.6%
2019 873 15.8 39.1% 0.6% 449 25.6 0.0% 14.9%
2020 79 15.9 35.4% 0.0% 44 23.8 0.0% 4.5%
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Pitch Distribution