Jake Newberry
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 200LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 37, #1123, Kansas City Royals | Mira Mesa HS (CA)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 1 0 3.77 27 0 0 31 29 1.45
2020 1 0 4.09 20 0 1 22 24 1.45
2021 0 0 16.62 4 0 0 4.1 5 3.00
4 Seasons 4 0 4.84 65 0 1 70.2 69 1.58
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 27 1-0 3.77 31 29 1.45
2020 20 1-0 4.09 22 24 1.45
2021 4 0-0 16.62 4.1 5 3.00
4 Seasons 65 4-0 4.84 70.2 69 1.58
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
2018 23 252 40 4 10.0 6.7 90.2 109.7 17.8 37.5 .299 .505 .370 .395 .437 50.0 18.3 15.0 4.72 7.12
2019 24 539 91 9 9.9 6.6 90.8 107.2 17.9 36.3 .251 .526 .345 .357 .415 40.7 21.2 11.7 3.77 5.81
2020 25 387 56 3 5.4 3.2 88.9 113.0 13.6 41.1 .236 .396 .339 .329 .377 44.6 25.5 12.8 4.09 4.64
2021 26 100 16 3 18.8 12.5 89.3 109.7 10.4 56.3 .337 .688 .577 .461 .562 37.5 20.8 12.5 16.61 10.67
Player 1278 203 19 9.4 6.0 90.1 113.0 16.1 39.4 .262 .497 .366 .364 .420 43.3 21.9 12.7
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

Newberry relies on 3 pitches.
Slider
(52.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(45.0%) ,
Changeup
(3.0%) ,


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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
2018 32.5 27.5 30.0 10.0 47.5 30.0 22.5 0.0 25.0 25.0 30.0 10.0 10.0 6.7
2019 34.1 30.8 26.4 8.8 35.2 41.8 23.1 1.1 28.6 31.9 18.7 9.9 9.9 6.6
2020 37.5 26.8 28.6 7.1 37.5 41.1 21.4 1.8 32.1 33.9 23.2 3.6 5.4 3.2
2021 37.5 18.8 31.3 12.5 37.5 31.3 31.3 0.0 37.5 18.8 12.5 12.5 18.8 12.5
Player 35.0 28.1 28.1 8.9 38.4 38.4 23.2 1.0 29.6 30.0 21.7 8.4 9.4 6.0
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
2021 4-Seam Fastball KC R 45 93.3 14.0 0.7 5 3.5 -3.2 -48
2021 Slider KC R 52 84.7 36.6 0.1 0 5.1 0.1 2
2021 Changeup KC R 3 87.4 21.9 -7.4 -25 11.9 -2.1 -15
2020 Changeup KC R 14 86.8 24.2 -5.1 -17 7.8 -5.8 -43
2020 Slider KC R 198 83.3 40.6 2.3 6 5.0 -0.2 -4
2020 4-Seam Fastball KC R 175 93.4 15.2 -0.5 -3 2.6 -4.1 -61
2019 Sinker KC R 4 90.8 19.3 -3.8 -17 14.9 0.6 4
2019 Changeup KC R 15 87.1 27.2 -2.4 -8 7.3 -6.4 -46
2019 4-Seam Fastball KC R 280 93.8 15.7 -0.2 -1 4.6 -2.5 -35
2019 Slider KC R 240 83.6 41.4 2.4 6 5.5 0.3 6
2018 Slider KC R 104 83.4 41.9 1.9 5 4.9 -0.4 -7
2018 Changeup KC R 10 85.7 29.8 -0.6 -2 5.5 -8.0 -59
2018 4-Seam Fastball KC R 138 93.8 15.4 0.4 2 4.9 -2.6 -34
! 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 %
2021 Slider -3.5 -2 52 52.0 12 .417 .750 .496 34.6 33.3 22.2 .213 .433 .271 25.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -10.9 -5 45 45.0 12 .556 1.000 .671 16.7 8.3 10.0 .501 1.027 .652 50.0
2021 Changeup -3.6 0 3 3.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 Slider 0.6 1 198 51.2 58 .224 .388 .305 48.5 32.8 31.7 .175 .333 .268 37.5
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -1 175 45.2 34 .333 .481 .425 15.5 14.7 12.8 .347 .523 .439 59.1
2020 Changeup 5.4 1 14 3.6 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .225 .252 .222 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -5 280 51.9 75 .387 .823 .521 13.2 12.0 13.4 .377 .855 .526 52.7
2019 Slider 2.6 6 240 44.5 57 .096 .173 .168 44.1 33.3 24.4 .103 .151 .146 20.6
2019 Changeup 2.7 0 15 2.8 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 25.0 .006 .006 .006 0.0
2019 Sinker 8.1 0 4 0.7 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .560 .627 .514 100.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 1 138 54.8 40 .242 .364 .339 18.2 22.5 24.3 .269 .415 .365 54.2
2018 Slider -2.7 -3 104 41.3 18 .250 .750 .489 38.1 11.1 6.5 .378 .732 .494 50.0
2018 Changeup -4.0 0 10 4.0 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .159 .181 .143 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
2021 4-Seam Fastball 45 93.3 77 17.2 12:45 12:30 15
2021 Slider 51 84.7 27 5.8 9:45 9:00 45
2020 Changeup 13 86.7 76 13.9 1:00 1:15 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 159 93.4 76 15.7 12:45 12:15 30
2020 Slider 175 83.2 31 6.4 9:00 8:00 60
! 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
2018 60 252 0 2 -3 -1 -2
2019 135 539 3 5 -2 -5 2
2020 94 387 3 2 -1 -3 1
2021 24 100 -3 -2 0 -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 %
2018 252 44.8 62.8 81.7 20.1 50.0 43.3 51.7 39.3 26.3 4.4 81.8
2019 539 42.7 70.0 84.5 27.8 50.0 38.8 54.1 45.8 27.5 5.8 87.1
2020 387 41.3 63.1 78.2 27.3 40.3 39.5 52.1 42.1 36.2 6.2 58.3
2021 100 42.0 71.4 83.3 24.1 50.0 38.0 50.0 44.0 27.3 5.0 100.0
Player 1,278 42.6 66.6 82.1 25.9 46.8 39.8 52.7 43.3 29.8 5.6 77.5
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
2018 64 82 11
2019 58 76 24
2020 37 53 51 47 23 74 70 38 14 62 14 92 47 51 81 10
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 23.3 3 2.2 1 1 0 2 66.7
2019 25.0 7 9.0 -2 1 7 4 57.1
2020 24.4 3 3.0 0 0 2 2 66.7
2021 22.9 2 1.9 0 0 1 1 50.0
Player 24.3 15 16.1 -1 2 10 9 60.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
2019 7 10 6 9 10 10 10 10 8 6 9 10 9 7 9 9 9 9 8 10 8 9 11 11 10 8 9 10 9 10 7
2020 3 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 2 3 2 4 2 2
2021 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 15 19 12 16 16 18 18 18 14 12 15 16 17 14 16 16 16 16 16 18 17 15 20 19 17 14 16 16 18 16 13
! 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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.8 93.7 -0.1 93.4 -0.3 93.3 -0.1
Offspeed Velocity 85.7 87.1 1.4 86.8 -0.3 87.4 0.6
Breaking Velocity 83.4 83.6 0.2 83.3 -0.3 84.7 1.4
Exit Velocity 90.2 90.8 0.6 88.9 -1.9 89.3 0.4
Launch Angle 17.8 17.9 0.1 13.6 -4.3 10.4 -3.2
Barrel % 10.0 9.9 -0.1 5.4 -4.5 18.8 13.4
Hard Hit % 50.0 40.7 -9.3 44.6 3.9 37.5 -7.1
Sweet Spot % 37.5 36.3 -1.2 41.1 4.8 56.3 15.2
xBA .299 .251 -0.048 .236 -0.015 .337 0.101
BA .255 .248 -0.007 .256 0.008 .476 0.220
xwOBA .395 .357 -0.038 .329 -0.028 .461 0.132
wOBA .370 .345 -0.025 .339 -0.006 .577 0.238
xSLG .505 .526 0.021 .396 -0.130 .688 0.292
SLG .490 .513 0.023 .410 -0.103 .857 0.447
K% 18.3 21.2 2.9 25.5 4.3 20.8 -4.7
BB% 15.0 11.7 -3.3 12.8 1.1 12.5 -0.3
Swing % 39.3 45.8 6.5 42.1 -3.7 44.0 1.9
Whiff% 26.3 27.5 1.2 36.2 8.7 27.3 -8.9
In Zone % 44.8 42.7 -2.1 41.3 -1.4 42.0 0.7
Out of Zone % 55.2 57.3 2.1 58.7 1.4 58.0 -0.7
Out of Zone Swing % 20.1 27.8 7.7 27.3 -0.5 24.1 -3.2
First Pitch Swing % 25.0 28.1 3.1 24.5 -3.6 29.2 4.7
First Pitch Strike % 51.7 54.1 2.4 52.1 -2.0 50.0 -2.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 60 .370 32 6 18.8 28 10 35.7
2019 Shifts 135 .345 84 16 19.0 51 25 49.0
2020 Shifts 93 .342 54 21 38.9 39 22 56.4
2021 Shifts 24 .577 14 10 71.4 10 7 70.0
! 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 %
2018 62 16.9 22.6% 1.6% 66 21.2 0.0% 3.0%
2019 149 18.6 4.0% 0.0% 90 23.9 0.0% 13.3%
2020 87 19.6 3.4% 2.3% 101 24.3 0.0% 5.0%
2021 14 18.8 0.0% 0.0% 28 20.9 0.0% 10.7%
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Pitch Distribution