Jake Cousins
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 4" 193LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 20, #613, Washington Nationals | Pennsylvania

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 0 0 3.24 7 0 0 8.1 7 1.80
3 Seasons 3 1 2.79 49 0 0 51.2 72 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 7 0-0 3.24 8.1 7 1.80
3 Seasons 49 3-1 2.79 51.2 72 1.32

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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
2021 26 533 58 4 6.9 3.2 86.9 109.5 12.3 27.6 .178 .309 .272 .295 .368 41.4 35.2 15.2 2.70 3.65
2022 27 267 28 2 7.1 3.4 83.2 109.2 13.2 35.7 .184 .289 .313 .281 .358 32.1 35.6 13.6 2.70 3.24
2023 28 175 23 1 4.3 2.6 85.5 108.1 -3.7 21.7 .229 .369 .358 .351 .337 21.7 18.4 21.1 3.24 5.16
Player 975 109 7 6.4 3.2 85.7 109.5 9.1 28.4 .188 .313 .298 .301 .359 34.9 32.4 15.8
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Cousins relies on 2 pitches.
Slider
(54.3%) ,
Sinker
(45.7%) ,


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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
2021 48.3 25.9 22.4 3.4 48.3 31.0 20.7 6.9 37.9 27.6 20.7 0.0 6.9 3.2
2022 50.0 39.3 7.1 3.6 39.3 39.3 21.4 7.1 32.1 21.4 28.6 3.6 7.1 3.4
2023 65.2 17.4 17.4 0.0 65.2 13.0 21.7 8.7 43.5 13.0 26.1 0.0 4.3 2.6
Player 52.3 27.5 17.4 2.8 49.5 29.4 21.1 7.3 37.6 22.9 23.9 0.9 6.4 3.2
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 4.7
! 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
2023 Slider MIL R 95 81.8 41.8 2.4 6 11.1 2.8 34
2023 Sinker MIL R 80 94.8 21.1 -0.8 -4 15.2 -0.2 -2
2022 Changeup MIL R 2 89.5 35.5 5.6 19 18.8 4.0 27
2022 Slider MIL R 150 82.9 38.4 0.3 1 13.3 6.1 85
2022 Sinker MIL R 115 95.7 20.3 -0.4 -2 16.1 0.7 5
2021 Sinker MIL R 193 95.5 19.4 0.1 0 15.3 0.7 5
2021 Slider MIL R 325 83.3 39.2 0.8 2 8.5 1.7 24
2021 Changeup MIL R 8 88.2 32.7 2.7 9 16.9 2.4 17
2021 4-Seamer MIL R 7 95.5 17.1 -3.1 -22 10.4 2.7 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 %
2023 Slider 1.0 1 95 54.3 18 .267 .467 .378 45.5 22.2 14.3 .297 .528 .410 27.3
2023 Sinker -0.7 -1 80 45.7 20 .200 .333 .363 12.5 15.0 16.7 .157 .198 .297 16.7
2022 Slider -1.6 -2 150 56.2 29 .222 .370 .283 48.4 51.7 30.6 .165 .252 .217 16.7
2022 Sinker 0.1 0 115 43.1 29 .182 .364 .343 35.2 20.7 15.0 .206 .334 .346 43.8
2022 Changeup 1.7 0 2 0.7 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Slider -3.0 -10 325 61.0 81 .101 .145 .189 51.9 43.2 32.4 .147 .236 .237 40.0
2021 Sinker 0.6 1 193 36.2 41 .233 .433 .395 16.9 22.0 15.8 .230 .374 .378 42.9
2021 Changeup 10.4 1 8 1.5 2 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 0.0 .480 1.853 .932 50.0
2021 4-Seamer 2.4 0 7 1.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! 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
2021 Sinker 192 95.5 98 18.9 1:45 2:00 -15
2021 Slider 324 83.3 39 9.3 8:00 8:45 -45
2022 Sinker 115 95.7 96 19.3 2:00 2:00 0
2022 Slider 150 82.9 49 14.0 8:00 9:00 -60
2023 Sinker 80 94.8 91 18.5 1:45 2:00 -15
2023 Slider 95 81.8 55 12.1 8:00 8:30 -30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 128 554 -7 -10 4 4 -8
2022 58 267 0 -7 4 1 -2
2023 38 175 -1 -2 2 1 0
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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 %
2021 533 42.4 58.4 72.7 30.9 36.8 38.5 61.3 42.6 40.5 7.3 66.7
2022 267 42.3 61.9 67.1 31.2 43.8 43.8 58.6 44.2 42.4 5.2 35.7
2023 175 40.0 60.0 76.2 21.9 60.9 42.9 44.7 37.1 29.2 4.6 37.5
Player 975 41.9 59.7 71.7 29.3 42.2 40.7 57.7 42.1 39.3 6.3 55.7
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 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
2021 83 32 91
2022 81 55 85
2023 71 69 91
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 22.8 3 4.4 -1 2 3 2 66.7
2022 26.2 1 1.8 -1 1 1 1 100.0
2023 22.6 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 23.4 5 7.3 -2 3 4 4 80.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 3 5 5 4 5 3
2022 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
2023 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 5 8 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 6 8 8 7 7 8 6 7 6 7 8 7 8 6
! 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.5 95.7 0.2 ↑ 94.8 -0.9 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 88.2 89.5 1.3 ↑ 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 83.3 82.9 -0.4 ↓ 81.8 -1.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 86.9 83.2 -3.7 ↓ 85.5 2.3 ↑
Launch Angle 12.3 13.2 0.9 ↑ -3.7 -16.9 ↓
Barrel % 6.9 7.1 0.2 ↑ 4.3 -2.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 41.4 32.1 -9.3 ↓ 21.7 -10.4 ↓
Sweet Spot % 27.6 35.7 8.1 ↑ 21.7 -14.0 ↓
xBA .178 .184 0.006 ↑ .229 0.045 ↑
BA .158 .204 0.046 ↑ .233 0.029 ↑
xwOBA .295 .281 -0.014 ↓ .351 0.070 ↑
wOBA .272 .313 0.041 ↑ .358 0.045 ↑
xSLG .309 .289 -0.020 ↓ .369 0.080 ↑
SLG .267 .367 0.100 ↑ .400 0.033 ↑
K% 35.2 35.6 0.4 ↑ 18.4 -17.2 ↓
BB% 15.2 13.6 -1.6 ↓ 21.1 7.5 ↑
Swing % 42.6 44.2 1.6 ↑ 37.1 -7.1 ↓
Whiff% 40.5 42.4 1.9 ↑ 29.2 -13.2 ↓
In Zone % 42.4 42.3 -0.1 ↓ 40.0 -2.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 57.6 57.7 0.1 ↑ 60.0 2.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.9 31.2 0.3 ↑ 21.9 -9.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.2 19.0 -9.2 ↓ 18.4 -0.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.3 58.6 -2.7 ↓ 44.7 -13.9 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2021 119 .251 64 2 3.1 55 18 32.7
2022 52 .311 29 8 27.6 23 7 30.4
2023 38 .358 28 0 0.0 10 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 146 19.7 8.2% 4.8% 106 25.6 0.0% 16.0%
2022 70 18.0 10.0% 0.0% 57 23.7 1.8% 8.8%
2023 3 13.8 100.0% 0.0% 18 17.2 22.2% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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