Jackson Stephens
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 18, #562, Cincinnati Reds | Oxford HS (AL)
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 1 1 1.08 10 0 1 16.2 19 1.02
3 Seasons 5 5 4.05 46 4 1 80.0 73 1.38
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 10 1-1 1.08 16.2 19 1.02
3 Seasons 46 5-5 4.05 80.0 73 1.38

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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
2017 23 414 70 6 8.6 5.9 86.5 114.1 19.3 32.9 .250 .466 .310 .339 .390 28.6 20.8 8.9 4.68 5.03
2018 24 678 132 9 6.8 4.9 85.3 106.8 11.9 43.2 .291 .465 .377 .356 .408 29.5 18.0 8.2 4.93 5.55
2022 28 274 45 3 6.7 4.3 87.6 107.9 2.8 33.3 .209 .342 .227 .259 .330 31.1 27.5 7.2 1.08 2.36
Player 1366 247 18 7.3 5.1 86.1 114.1 12.3 38.5 .263 .440 .328 .332 .388 29.6 20.7 8.2
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.2 12.0 32.9 .246 .409 .317 .316 .370 35.6 22.0 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Stephens relies on 5 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(32.1%) ,
Curveball
(26.6%) ,
Sinker
(26.6%) ,
Changeup
(9.1%) ,
Slider
(5.5%) ,


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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
2017 35.7 35.7 17.1 11.4 30.0 42.9 27.1 2.9 30.0 28.6 24.3 5.7 8.6 5.9
2018 40.9 18.9 34.1 6.1 32.6 35.6 31.8 7.6 28.0 19.7 28.8 6.8 6.8 4.9
2022 55.6 13.3 31.1 0.0 28.9 46.7 24.4 2.2 51.1 20.0 17.8 2.2 6.7 4.3
Player 42.1 22.7 28.7 6.5 31.2 39.7 29.1 5.3 32.8 22.3 25.5 5.7 7.3 5.1
MLB 45.0 22.8 25.1 7.1 36.7 37.8 25.4 3.8 33.2 24.5 24.5 5.7 6.7 4.6
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2022 4-Seamer ATL R 88 93.9 16.4 -2.0 -14 5.6 -1.4 -20
2022 Curveball ATL R 73 76.2 59.0 1.2 2 16.2 7.2 79
2022 Sinker ATL R 73 94.1 22.1 0.6 3 15.8 0.6 4
2022 Changeup ATL R 25 85.1 36.3 5.0 16 8.1 -6.1 -43
2022 Slider ATL R 15 86.1 36.7 1.6 5 4.5 -0.3 -6
2018 Curveball CIN R 103 75.9 64.6 4.5 8 17.0 6.9 69
2018 Changeup CIN R 21 87.6 31.3 -0.6 -2 16.1 2.1 15
2018 4-Seamer CIN R 291 94.1 18.1 -2.1 -13 5.4 -2.6 -32
2018 Sinker CIN R 157 93.9 23.6 1.4 6 15.1 -0.1 0
2018 Slider CIN R 103 87.5 32.1 -2.4 -7 4.5 0.2 6
2017 Curveball CIN R 83 77.0 53.9 -2.6 -5 14.8 5.8 64
2017 Sinker CIN R 98 93.2 20.9 -0.6 -3 15.6 0.2 1
2017 Changeup CIN R 32 86.3 27.2 -3.5 -11 15.0 1.2 9
2017 4-Seamer CIN R 154 93.8 15.5 -0.9 -6 7.4 -1.2 -14
2017 Slider CIN R 46 84.9 32.0 -4.0 -11 3.1 -1.4 -31
! 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 %
2022 4-Seamer -5.6 -5 88 32.1 23 .048 .048 .139 33.3 52.2 37.5 .117 .154 .167 22.2
2022 Curveball -0.6 0 73 26.6 15 .067 .133 .203 25.0 33.3 13.9 .076 .112 .080 10.0
2022 Sinker 0.2 0 73 26.6 20 .316 .474 .360 15.9 5.0 3.8 .326 .562 .390 33.3
2022 Changeup 0.7 0 25 9.1 7 .500 .667 .536 15.4 0.0 0.0 .479 .808 .560 50.0
2022 Slider 3.6 1 15 5.5 3 .333 .333 .300 33.3 33.3 20.0 .246 .488 .299 100.0
2018 4-Seamer 1.6 5 291 42.9 73 .281 .516 .386 24.5 23.3 22.4 .298 .497 .375 34.7
2018 Sinker 0.7 1 157 23.2 57 .288 .385 .368 17.6 7.0 16.0 .290 .451 .355 27.1
2018 Slider 6.2 6 103 15.2 19 .529 1.059 .671 31.8 21.1 19.0 .389 .637 .464 46.2
2018 Curveball 1.6 2 103 15.2 27 .192 .269 .219 38.6 29.6 20.0 .190 .217 .200 11.1
2018 Changeup 11.4 2 21 3.1 3 1.000 2.000 1.267 0.0 0.0 0.0 .472 1.200 .695 33.3
2017 4-Seamer 1.5 2 154 37.2 41 .270 .622 .404 19.8 17.1 18.9 .290 .674 .425 30.0
2017 Sinker -1.4 -1 98 23.7 21 .211 .263 .255 11.1 14.3 9.4 .306 .420 .352 43.8
2017 Curveball -2.5 -2 83 20.0 28 .120 .280 .223 25.0 32.1 21.4 .165 .245 .231 12.5
2017 Slider 0.2 0 46 11.1 8 .143 .143 .200 30.8 25.0 28.6 .205 .334 .289 20.0
2017 Changeup 2.6 1 32 7.7 3 .333 1.333 .667 15.4 0.0 0.0 .214 .344 .238 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2022 Changeup 21 84.7 66 8.5 1:45 3:00 -75
2022 Curveball 70 76.2 80 22.5 7:45 7:45 0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 88 93.9 85 15.1 1:15 12:45 30
2022 Sinker 72 94.1 86 18.6 1:15 2:15 -60
2022 Slider 15 86.1 29 5.7 9:45 8:30 75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 101 413 0 -5 4 1 0
2018 180 676 -1 2 10 4 16
2022 68 274 -5 -2 3 0 -5
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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 %
2017 414 49.5 68.3 85.0 29.2 63.9 39.4 57.4 48.6 19.4 6.8 89.3
2018 678 49.7 71.5 81.7 26.1 56.2 39.4 59.7 48.7 24.5 8.4 75.4
2022 274 51.5 70.9 81.0 27.1 61.1 44.2 60.3 49.6 24.3 6.2 76.5
Player 1,366 50.0 70.4 82.5 27.2 59.7 40.3 59.1 48.8 22.9 7.5 79.4
MLB 48.5 66.8 82.0 28.3 58.4 42.6 60.7 47.0 24.6 7.2 76.0
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2017 64 25 97
2018 71 23 99
2022 94 86 88 78 90 67 60 71 87 78 60 39 94 60 5 97
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 23.5 6 5.2 1 4 1 4 66.7
2018 23.0 7 5.9 1 6 5 3 42.9
2022 21.4 1 0.3 1 1 1 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 6 4 7 4 5 7 5 5 6 5 6 7 4 5 5 5 5 6 4 6 6 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 6 6
2018 7 6 9 4 6 6 6 9 8 6 7 4 4 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 4 4 4 5 8 5 4 4 4 9
2022 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.6 0.4 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 86.3 1.3 ↑
Breaking Velocity 79.8 1.9 ↑
Exit Velocity 86.5 -1.2 ↓
Launch Angle 19.3 -7.4 ↓
Barrel % 8.6 -1.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 28.6 0.9 ↑
Sweet Spot % 32.9 10.3 ↑
xBA .25 0.041 ↑
BA .209 0.098 ↑
xwOBA .339 0.017 ↑
wOBA .31 0.067 ↑
xSLG .466 -0.001 ↓
SLG .44 0.075 ↑
K% 20.8 -2.8 ↓
BB% 8.9 -0.7 ↓
Swing % 48.6 0.1 ↑
Whiff% 19.4 5.1 ↑
In Zone % 49.5 0.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.5 -0.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 29.2 -3.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.7 5.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 57.4 2.3 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2017 101 .310 57 0 0.0 44 6 13.6
2018 180 .377 106 1 0.9 74 10 13.5
2022 68 .227 37 4 10.8 31 14 45.2

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2017 138 15.1 47.1% 0.0% 50 23.4 0.0% 6.0%
2018 146 15.6 38.4% 0.0% 153 22.5 0.0% 9.8%
2022 64 16.1 32.8% 3.1% 52 23.0 0.0% 7.7%

Pitch Distribution

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