Jeffrey Springs
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 218LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 30, #888, Texas Rangers | Appalachian State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 5 1 3.43 43 0 2 44.2 63 1.10
2022 9 5 2.46 33 25 0 135.1 144 1.07
2023 2 0 0.56 3 3 0 16 24 0.50
6 Seasons 21 10 3.40 138 30 2 280.2 322 1.23
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 43 5-1 3.43 44.2 63 1.10
2022 33 9-5 2.46 135.1 144 1.07
2023 3 2-0 0.56 16 24 0.50
6 Seasons 138 21-10 3.40 280.2 322 1.23
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Pitch Distribution
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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
2018 25 562 95 6 6.3 4.3 86.7 108.0 17.6 41.1 .255 .409 .324 .326 .378 27.4 22.0 9.9 3.38 4.54
2019 26 665 99 6 6.1 3.9 88.0 110.0 21.0 45.5 .275 .431 .375 .353 .388 38.4 20.6 14.8 6.40 5.66
2020 27 405 63 8 12.7 8.1 86.5 116.3 15.2 41.3 .271 .491 .405 .345 .459 36.5 28.3 7.1 7.08 5.16
2021 28 751 102 14 13.7 7.8 87.6 112.9 13.8 39.2 .209 .378 .302 .281 .404 36.3 35.2 7.8 3.42 3.30
2022 29 2149 371 22 5.9 4.0 87.5 114.6 14.9 34.0 .231 .364 .272 .282 .357 37.7 26.2 5.6 2.46 3.27
2023 30 211 26 1 3.8 1.8 88.1 108.8 15.0 26.9 .153 .223 .138 .199 .307 30.8 43.6 7.3 0.56 1.66
Player 4743 756 57 7.5 4.8 87.4 116.3 15.9 37.4 .235 .384 .301 .298 .377 36.0 27.3 7.9
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Springs relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(40.8%) ,
Changeup
(34.1%) ,
Slider
(12.8%) ,
Sweeper
(12.3%) ,


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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 32.6 24.2 30.5 12.6 32.6 37.9 29.5 3.2 25.3 32.6 26.3 5.3 6.3 4.3
2019 25.3 37.4 31.3 6.1 29.3 34.3 36.4 1.0 21.2 33.3 28.3 10.1 6.1 3.9
2020 38.1 19.0 30.2 12.7 41.3 28.6 30.2 9.5 25.4 23.8 27.0 1.6 12.7 8.1
2021 35.3 29.4 26.5 8.8 39.2 27.5 33.3 5.9 27.5 24.5 22.5 5.9 13.7 7.8
2022 41.2 26.1 23.7 8.9 38.8 38.0 23.2 5.1 26.1 27.2 27.5 7.8 5.9 4.0
2023 50.0 15.4 15.4 19.2 50.0 15.4 34.6 0.0 30.8 30.8 34.6 0.0 3.8 1.8
Player 37.3 26.9 26.2 9.7 37.4 34.5 28.0 4.6 25.7 28.2 27.0 6.7 7.5 4.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 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

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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 4-Seam Fastball TB L 86 91.7 14.5 2.1 12 9.2 2.6 39
2023 Slider TB L 27 85.1 34.5 -1.7 -5 5.6 0.7 14
2023 Sweeper TB L 26 79.2 40.1 -2.7 -6 13.8 -1.8 -12
2023 Changeup TB L 72 80.3 36.9 3.1 9 13.4 0.1 1
2022 Slider TB L 533 85.4 32.4 -3.3 -9 4.5 -0.6 -11
2022 4-Seam Fastball TB L 868 91.4 15.3 0.8 5 11.4 4.7 69
2022 Sinker TB L 3 90.1 20.0 -4.2 -17 18.5 3.9 26
2022 Changeup TB L 745 81.1 34.1 1.5 5 13.7 0.4 3
2021 Slider TB L 227 82.9 42.5 3.7 9 3.8 -2.0 -34
2021 4-Seam Fastball TB L 315 93.4 13.5 1.5 10 10.9 3.7 51
2021 Changeup TB L 209 84.0 27.8 -2.3 -8 12.6 -0.8 -6
2020 Slider BOS L 110 83.0 40.9 1.7 4 4.2 -1.5 -27
2020 4-Seam Fastball BOS L 190 92.1 15.5 0.5 3 10.2 3.1 43
2020 Changeup BOS L 105 81.5 31.2 0.1 0 10.7 -1.5 -12
2019 Sinker TEX L 3 90.4 20.4 -3.9 -16 20.4 5.8 40
2019 Slider TEX L 75 83.7 39.4 1.2 3 4.8 -0.3 -6
2019 4-Seam Fastball TEX L 383 92.1 16.2 0.2 1 10.6 3.3 45
2019 Changeup TEX L 204 80.3 30.5 -1.5 -5 9.3 -3.1 -25
2018 Curveball TEX L 1 73.9 54.7 -8.6 -14 3.6 -6.8 -65
2018 Slider TEX L 78 81.8 42.3 1.5 4 4.7 -1.0 -18
2018 Sinker TEX L 4 90.3 22.5 -1.3 -5 19.5 5.2 37
2018 Changeup TEX L 130 79.0 31.4 -1.9 -6 9.7 -2.1 -18
2018 4-Seam Fastball TEX L 348 91.3 18.3 -1.4 -8 12.5 5.5 79
! 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-Seam Fastball 2.3 2 86 40.8 24 .143 .286 .246 17.6 50.0 40.0 .162 .277 .250 33.3
2023 Changeup 3.2 2 72 34.1 23 .048 .048 .100 50.0 43.5 33.3 .164 .205 .206 36.4
2023 Slider 3.2 1 27 12.8 4 .000 .000 .000 28.6 0.0 0.0 .080 .128 .085 0.0
2023 Sweeper 1.8 0 26 12.3 4 .000 .000 .000 55.6 50.0 25.0 .116 .124 .106 50.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 4 868 40.4 182 .209 .393 .315 26.5 29.1 18.9 .244 .456 .344 53.6
2022 Changeup 1.7 12 745 34.7 240 .229 .320 .265 38.1 29.2 26.3 .205 .279 .229 27.3
2022 Slider 0.9 5 533 24.8 127 .227 .361 .291 19.7 16.5 18.1 .263 .405 .309 37.0
2022 Sinker 0.6 0 3 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 315 41.9 76 .206 .397 .296 39.3 47.4 34.0 .137 .241 .210 36.4
2021 Slider -0.6 -1 227 30.2 56 .283 .679 .405 24.0 16.1 14.3 .335 .670 .422 43.5
2021 Changeup 0.8 2 209 27.8 46 .146 .220 .217 48.2 39.1 24.0 .165 .230 .228 21.7
2020 4-Seam Fastball -3.7 -7 190 46.9 42 .316 .632 .427 39.8 35.7 25.4 .280 .591 .393 47.8
2020 Slider -3.0 -3 110 27.2 30 .448 .690 .503 17.6 10.0 10.0 .320 .463 .326 29.6
2020 Changeup 1.8 2 105 25.9 26 .217 .391 .310 52.8 38.5 27.8 .194 .362 .289 30.8
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -3 383 57.6 83 .277 .415 .378 24.8 20.5 12.8 .262 .386 .361 40.8
2019 Changeup -0.9 -2 204 30.7 55 .271 .458 .360 41.5 23.6 17.6 .266 .435 .345 40.0
2019 Slider -3.9 -3 75 11.3 17 .438 .875 .518 12.5 11.8 7.7 .355 .605 .371 26.7
2019 Sinker 3.5 0 3 0.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -3 348 61.9 84 .296 .465 .392 18.6 23.8 20.2 .307 .520 .403 38.5
2018 Changeup -0.3 0 130 23.1 37 .222 .417 .282 44.7 21.6 27.6 .201 .300 .228 10.7
2018 Slider 3.5 3 78 13.9 18 .176 .176 .189 22.9 16.7 12.0 .166 .200 .192 21.4
2018 Sinker 2.6 0 4 0.7 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .007 .007 .007 0.0
2018 Curveball 1.6 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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 Changeup 70 80.3 90 14.8 10:30 9:30 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 86 91.7 98 20.1 10:45 11:00 -15
2023 Slider 27 85.1 34 6.7 1:00 2:30 -90
2023 Sweeper 26 79.2 44 15.6 3:30 2:45 45
2022 Changeup 734 81.1 98 15.7 10:15 9:45 30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 865 91.4 99 20.8 10:45 10:45 0
2022 Slider 531 85.4 39 6.9 12:15 1:45 -90
2021 Changeup 209 84.0 99 16.7 10:15 10:15 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 315 93.4 99 20.9 10:45 11:00 -15
2021 Slider 224 82.9 31 6.5 3:30 4:45 -75
2020 Changeup 103 81.5 98 14.3 10:15 10:15 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 188 92.1 98 19.4 10:45 11:00 -15
2020 Slider 109 83.0 29 5.8 3:00 4:15 -75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 140 561 3 2 -3 -2 0
2019 155 665 0 -2 -5 -1 -8
2020 98 405 -4 0 -3 -2 -8
2021 178 751 1 7 -3 -3 1
2022 549 2,149 16 25 -15 -4 22
2023 55 211 4 3 0 0 6
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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 562 53.5 63.7 72.8 23.4 72.1 45.5 60.7 44.8 27.0 9.3 59.6
2019 665 51.0 67.3 74.1 23.6 57.1 41.8 61.9 45.9 30.2 8.3 80.0
2020 405 50.9 68.9 66.9 27.6 50.9 42.7 62.2 48.6 37.6 7.2 82.8
2021 751 47.0 62.9 73.0 32.4 45.0 42.3 63.7 46.7 36.2 6.3 70.2
2022 2,149 48.4 66.2 76.6 35.4 59.2 45.3 64.1 50.3 29.5 6.7 69.0
2023 211 58.8 52.4 75.4 31.0 33.3 46.0 78.2 43.6 37.0 9.0 36.8
Player 4,743 49.8 65.0 74.3 31.1 56.0 44.2 63.9 48.0 31.3 7.3 68.9
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 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 26 32 85
2019 31 39 78
2020 24 21 13 15 41 33 6 83 54 74 69 95 50 32 45 81
2021 47 64 85
2022 75 57 60 60 81 38 75 73 52 71 83 76 96 16 58 72
2023 16 51 71
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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 22.9 4 3.8 0 2 2 2 50.0
2019 23.5 4 4.7 -1 4 3 2 50.0
2020 23.9 5 4.9 0 5 2 3 60.0
2021 23.1 9 8.7 0 1 4 6 66.7
2022 24.1 14 13.8 0 3 14 4 28.6
2023 22.8 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 23.6 37 36.8 0 15 25 18 48.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 5 5 3
2019 4 6 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 2 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 3 5 5 4 7 5 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 4
2020 5 5 8 6 5 6 5 4 4 3 3 6 6 4 4 6 5 4 6 5 5 5 7 4 4 3 5 4 7 4 4
2021 9 8 9 8 10 9 10 9 8 6 7 11 8 7 8 10 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 10 7 8 11 10 8 9 8
2022 14 12 13 13 15 15 18 12 8 10 13 15 13 14 16 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 20 15 11 10 17 14 14 13 13
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 37 37 39 35 41 39 44 33 28 25 32 42 38 34 36 41 35 33 38 39 36 40 48 40 30 30 41 39 41 38 33
! 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 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.3 92.1 0.8 ↑ 92.1 0.0 93.4 1.3 ↑ 91.4 -2.0 ↓ 91.7 0.3 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 79.0 80.3 1.3 ↑ 81.5 1.2 ↑ 84.0 2.5 ↑ 81.1 -2.9 ↓ 80.3 -0.8 ↓
Breaking Velocity 81.7 83.7 2.0 ↑ 83.0 -0.7 ↓ 82.9 -0.1 ↓ 85.4 2.5 ↑ 82.2 -3.2 ↓
Exit Velocity 86.7 88.0 1.3 ↑ 86.5 -1.5 ↓ 87.6 1.1 ↑ 87.5 -0.1 ↓ 88.1 0.6 ↑
Launch Angle 17.6 21.0 3.4 ↑ 15.2 -5.8 ↓ 13.8 -1.4 ↓ 14.9 1.1 ↑ 15.0 0.1 ↑
Barrel % 6.3 6.1 -0.2 ↓ 12.7 6.6 ↑ 13.7 1.0 ↑ 5.9 -7.8 ↓ 3.8 -2.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 27.4 38.4 11.0 ↑ 36.5 -1.9 ↓ 36.3 -0.2 ↓ 37.7 1.4 ↑ 30.8 -6.9 ↓
Sweet Spot % 41.1 45.5 4.4 ↑ 41.3 -4.2 ↓ 39.2 -2.1 ↓ 34.0 -5.2 ↓ 26.9 -7.1 ↓
xBA .255 .275 0.020 ↑ .271 -0.004 ↓ .209 -0.062 ↓ .231 0.022 ↑ .153 -0.078 ↓
BA .256 .295 0.039 ↑ .333 0.038 ↑ .216 -0.117 ↓ .222 0.006 ↑ .080 -0.142 ↓
xwOBA .326 .353 0.027 ↑ .345 -0.008 ↓ .281 -0.064 ↓ .282 0.001 ↑ .199 -0.083 ↓
wOBA .324 .375 0.051 ↑ .405 0.030 ↑ .302 -0.103 ↓ .272 -0.030 ↓ .138 -0.134 ↓
xSLG .409 .431 0.022 ↑ .491 0.060 ↑ .378 -0.113 ↓ .364 -0.014 ↓ .223 -0.141 ↓
SLG .408 .488 0.080 ↑ .589 0.101 ↑ .444 -0.145 ↓ .353 -0.091 ↓ .140 -0.213 ↓
K% 22.0 20.6 -1.4 ↓ 28.3 7.7 ↑ 35.2 6.9 ↑ 26.2 -9.0 ↓ 43.6 17.4 ↑
BB% 9.9 14.8 4.9 ↑ 7.1 -7.7 ↓ 7.8 0.7 ↑ 5.6 -2.2 ↓ 7.3 1.7 ↑
Swing % 44.8 45.9 1.1 ↑ 48.6 2.7 ↑ 46.7 -1.9 ↓ 50.3 3.6 ↑ 43.6 -6.7 ↓
Whiff% 27.0 30.2 3.2 ↑ 37.6 7.4 ↑ 36.2 -1.4 ↓ 29.5 -6.7 ↓ 37.0 7.5 ↑
In Zone % 53.5 51.0 -2.5 ↓ 50.9 -0.1 ↓ 47.0 -3.9 ↓ 48.4 1.4 ↑ 58.8 10.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 46.5 49.0 2.5 ↑ 49.1 0.1 ↑ 53.0 3.9 ↑ 51.6 -1.4 ↓ 41.2 -10.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 23.4 23.6 0.2 ↑ 27.6 4.0 ↑ 32.4 4.8 ↑ 35.4 3.0 ↑ 31.0 -4.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.4 31.0 4.6 ↑ 29.6 -1.4 ↓ 32.4 2.8 ↑ 32.8 0.4 ↑ 30.9 -1.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.7 61.9 1.2 ↑ 62.2 0.3 ↑ 63.7 1.5 ↑ 64.1 0.4 ↑ 78.2 14.1 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 139 .317 100 4 4.0 39 9 23.1
2019 Shifts 155 .375 101 13 12.9 54 26 48.1
2020 Shifts 97 .402 55 4 7.3 42 11 26.2
2021 Shifts 171 .297 108 11 10.2 63 43 68.3
2022 Shifts 549 .272 422 67 15.9 127 43 33.9
2023 Shades 55 .138 39 19 48.7 16 7 43.8
! 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 156 17.2 26.3% 1.3% 110 22.1 0.0% 8.2%
2019 153 17.4 17.0% 0.0% 163 22.3 1.8% 7.4%
2020 88 19.2 11.4% 2.3% 86 24.7 0.0% 11.6%
2021 266 21.1 2.3% 6.4% 81 26.9 0.0% 30.9%
2022 649 19.6 6.6% 3.9% 319 26.1 0.0% 18.8%
2023 84 17.2 22.6% 1.2% 18 20.8 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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