Joe Ross
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 4" 232LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 1, #25, San Diego Padres | Bishop O'Dowd School (CA)

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 5 9 4.17 20 19 0 108.0 109 1.22
6 Seasons 26 28 4.26 98 76 0 443.1 403 1.33
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 20 5-9 4.17 108.0 109 1.22
6 Seasons 98 26-28 4.26 443.1 403 1.33

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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
2015 22 1153 222 12 5.4 3.8 87.1 110.0 9.1 25.7 .213 .372 .277 .286 .336 35.1 22.0 6.7 3.64 3.36
2016 23 1708 319 10 3.1 2.2 89.0 120.1 11.4 33.2 .270 .398 .309 .318 .377 31.7 20.8 6.5 3.43 4.31
2017 24 1204 233 17 7.3 5.3 87.9 115.0 13.6 38.2 .285 .489 .364 .348 .426 37.6 21.1 6.2 5.01 5.34
2018 25 250 55 5 9.1 7.4 84.1 111.9 15.5 36.4 .246 .455 .370 .332 .335 32.7 10.3 5.9 5.06 4.73
2019 26 1138 201 14 7 4.7 87.5 110.0 10.1 36.8 .267 .455 .355 .351 .390 35.8 19.3 11.2 5.48 5.59
2021 28 1700 309 26 8.4 5.7 87.6 111.8 12.2 34.6 .247 .415 .305 .316 .381 37.2 23.7 7.4 4.17 4.24
Player 7153 1339 84 6.3 4.4 87.7 120.1 11.6 33.8 .256 .424 .321 .323 .380 35.2 21.1 7.4
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 32.8 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Ross relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(46.6%) ,
Slider
(31.3%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(16%) ,
Changeup
(6.1%) ,


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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 53.6 18.5 22.1 5.9 33.8 40.1 26.1 5.4 36.5 24.3 18.5 5.4 5.4 3.8
2016 44.5 16.6 32.3 6.6 33.5 39.8 26.6 3.8 30.7 22.6 31.0 3.8 3.1 2.2
2017 40.8 22.3 29.2 7.7 35.6 35.6 28.8 5.6 23.6 24.9 29.2 5.2 7.3 5.3
2018 36.4 25.5 23.6 14.5 25.5 29.1 45.5 5.5 30.9 27.3 21.8 5.5 9.1 7.4
2019 45.3 23.4 24.9 6.5 35.3 41.8 22.9 2.0 37.3 22.9 23.9 5.5 7.0 4.7
2021 44.7 30.7 21.4 3.2 34.3 34.0 31.7 6.1 32.0 25.2 23.6 4.5 8.4 5.7
Player 45.2 22.6 26.1 6.2 34.1 37.6 28.3 4.7 31.7 24.1 25.5 4.8 6.3 4.4
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 32.9 24.5 24.3 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
2021 Slider WSH R 532 84.6 35.9 -0.7 -2 3.5 -2.6 -43
2021 4-Seamer WSH R 272 93.6 16.7 -1.7 -11 5.6 -1.6 -23
2021 Sinker WSH R 792 93.4 21.0 -0.1 -1 14.3 -0.4 -3
2021 Changeup WSH R 104 88.6 26.6 -1.8 -6 13.8 -0.3 -2
2019 Curveball WSH R 102 81.3 46.4 -4.9 -10 1.5 -7.1 -82
2019 Sinker WSH R 432 94.0 20.7 -0.7 -3 14.5 -0.2 -1
2019 Slider WSH R 235 88.0 29.7 -2.2 -7 2.0 -1.3 -40
2019 Changeup WSH R 86 87.9 26.9 -1.5 -5 14.5 0.4 3
2019 4-Seamer WSH R 283 94.1 16.3 -0.9 -6 7.7 0.0 1
2018 Slider WSH R 57 86.7 30.0 -3.4 -10 2.2 -1.6 -42
2018 Changeup WSH R 54 87.5 27.2 -1.9 -6 13.0 -0.9 -6
2018 Sinker WSH R 63 93.0 20.3 -1.2 -6 14.2 -0.3 -2
2018 4-Seamer WSH R 76 93.2 17.1 -1.2 -7 8.2 0.7 10
2017 Slider WSH R 442 84.9 29.9 -4.5 -13 2.6 -1.4 -34
2017 4-Seamer WSH R 42 91.9 15.6 -0.5 -3 6.6 -1.1 -14
2017 Sinker WSH R 601 91.5 21.3 -0.1 -1 13.2 -1.4 -10
2017 Changeup WSH R 96 84.8 27.5 -1.7 -6 11.7 -1.7 -13
2016 Sinker WSH R 846 93.3 18.2 -0.5 -3 16.5 1.9 13
2016 Slider WSH R 628 84.2 33.5 -1.1 -3 2.9 -5.8 -199
2016 Changeup WSH R 147 87.8 21.7 -5.2 -19 17.8 4.2 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 %
2021 Sinker -1.1 -9 792 46.6 204 .266 .412 .363 16.5 15.2 21.2 .288 .479 .373 41.2
2021 Slider -0.3 -1 532 31.3 173 .194 .333 .262 32.2 31.8 26.8 .205 .333 .245 31.3
2021 4-Seamer 2.5 7 272 16.0 57 .220 .460 .337 37.7 40.4 18.5 .197 .377 .298 33.3
2021 Changeup 3.0 3 104 6.1 22 .381 .714 .443 8.5 0.0 0.0 .347 .621 .400 45.5
2019 Sinker 0.2 1 432 38.0 123 .288 .404 .364 14.9 13.0 22.2 .251 .356 .321 34.4
2019 4-Seamer -0.5 -1 283 24.9 52 .293 .512 .413 22.8 15.4 9.2 .341 .722 .486 41.2
2019 Slider 1.6 4 235 20.7 76 .279 .397 .327 30.7 26.3 18.7 .223 .367 .293 38.8
2019 Curveball 0.2 0 102 9.0 21 .250 .450 .317 41.7 38.1 25.8 .267 .528 .349 25.0
2019 Changeup 4.4 4 86 7.6 22 .381 .714 .475 26.3 22.7 20.0 .339 .636 .415 31.3
2018 4-Seamer 3.1 2 76 30.4 15 .385 .769 .513 7.7 0.0 0.0 .274 .485 .374 38.5
2018 Sinker -1.6 -1 63 25.2 24 .238 .476 .350 16.7 16.7 22.2 .256 .608 .400 47.1
2018 Slider -0.2 0 57 22.8 12 .167 .500 .346 32.1 16.7 8.0 .132 .240 .159 10.0
2018 Changeup 4.0 2 54 21.6 17 .313 .438 .347 15.6 5.9 5.6 .296 .390 .323 26.7
2017 Sinker 1.7 10 601 49.9 151 .368 .662 .459 10.0 12.6 15.2 .342 .569 .409 44.2
2017 Slider -0.7 -3 442 36.7 123 .241 .457 .316 36.7 34.1 25.8 .228 .445 .302 29.3
2017 Changeup -0.8 -1 96 8.0 28 .259 .296 .272 18.9 7.1 6.7 .297 .374 .307 28.0
2017 4-Seamer 1.3 1 42 3.5 12 .182 .273 .195 15.8 25.0 12.0 .206 .333 .227 44.4
! 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 Changeup 99 88.5 93 16.3 1:45 2:00 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 266 93.6 85 15.0 1:00 12:45 15
2021 Sinker 774 93.5 84 17.7 1:00 2:00 -60
2021 Slider 514 84.6 28 4.4 11:00 9:15 105
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 314 1,153 -5 -6 0 3 -8
2016 459 1,754 -12 -7 11 7 0
2017 314 1,181 12 -9 0 3 7
2018 68 250 2 -1 1 1 3
2019 321 1,235 -6 -5 14 5 8
2021 456 1,700 1 -19 11 6 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 %
2015 1,153 48.7 66.2 80.4 33.3 60.4 42.2 58.9 49.3 25.0 8.3 84.4
2016 1,708 48.2 66.5 82.4 30.8 57.4 43.6 56.4 48.0 24.1 7.1 77.0
2017 1,204 50.8 63.7 81.4 30.5 65.0 43.4 64.2 47.3 23.2 7.1 69.0
2018 250 45.6 76.3 90.8 35.3 68.8 53.2 63.2 54.0 17.0 5.2 76.9
2019 1,138 44.2 69.4 81.4 29.6 66.5 42.4 59.3 47.2 23.5 5.9 77.6
2021 1,700 51.6 65.0 78.8 26.3 61.1 46.4 64.5 46.3 25.0 8.4 73.9
Player 7,153 48.8 66.3 81.2 30.1 61.9 44.2 60.8 47.8 23.9 7.4 76.3
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 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
2015 75 84 58 28 86 55 38 78 30 62 65 68 86 69 10 59
2016 39 19 51 74 31 71 93 34 72 50 72 58 73 61 8 64
2017 16 8 8 13 31 41 24 31 12 45 84 42 78 32 5 71
2018 57 21 75
2019 13 19 26 32 7 55 48 77 56 23 14 35 56 67 18 8 79
2021 45 39 39 40 47 29 39 77 62 51 63 41 33 55 20 76
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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 22.4 10 8.1 2 5 6 3 30.0
2017 22.0 16 13.6 2 4 11 4 25.0
2018 22.1 3 2.9 0 1 3 1 33.3
2019 23.3 9 9.9 -1 5 6 5 55.6
2021 24.2 17 16.7 0 8 13 8 47.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 10 10 10 8 8 9 7 9 9 6 8 8 7 5 9 10 7 10 6 10 12 5 7 8 8 8 9 7 3 9 10
2017 16 15 14 14 14 14 15 13 15 13 12 14 12 8 14 16 10 15 8 15 16 14 14 15 14 13 16 13 13 13 15
2018 3 3 3 2 3 4 2 4 3 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 3 2 3 2 4
2019 9 15 11 9 9 10 9 11 10 8 10 8 7 10 9 11 10 14 7 9 12 8 8 10 9 11 10 9 13 8 12
2021 17 17 19 11 17 18 17 19 16 17 15 18 10 11 12 21 19 16 19 16 17 15 17 20 19 16 19 14 20 15 22
! 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 93.9 93.4 -0.5 ↓ 91.5 -1.9 ↓ 93.1 1.6 ↑ 0.9 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 87.3 87.8 0.5 ↑ 84.8 -3 ↓ 87.5 2.7 ↑ 0.4 ↑
Breaking Velocity 84.4 84.3 -0.1 ↓ 84.9 0.6 ↑ 86.7 1.8 ↑ -0.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.1 89 1.9 ↑ 87.9 -1.1 ↓ 84.1 -3.8 ↓ 3.4 ↑
Launch Angle 9.1 11.4 2.3 ↑ 13.6 2.2 ↑ 15.5 1.9 ↑ -5.4 ↓
Barrel % 5.4 3.1 -2.3 ↓ 7.3 4.2 ↑ 9.1 1.8 ↑ -2.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 35.1 31.7 -3.4 ↓ 37.6 5.9 ↑ 32.7 -4.9 ↓ 3.1 ↑
Sweet Spot % 25.7 33.2 7.5 ↑ 38.2 5 ↑ 36.4 -1.8 ↓ 0.4 ↑
xBA .213 .27 0.057 ↑ .285 0.015 ↑ .246 -0.039 ↓ 0.021 ↑
BA .223 .269 0.046 ↑ .297 0.028 ↑ .274 -0.023 ↓ 0.017 ↑
xwOBA .286 .318 0.032 ↑ .348 0.03 ↑ .332 -0.016 ↓ 0.019 ↑
wOBA .277 .309 0.032 ↑ .364 0.055 ↑ .37 0.006 ↑ -0.015 ↓
xSLG .372 .398 0.026 ↑ .489 0.091 ↑ .455 -0.034 ↓ 0
SLG .348 .388 0.04 ↑ .524 0.136 ↑ .532 0.008 ↑ -0.083 ↓
K% 22 20.8 -1.2 ↓ 21.1 0.3 ↑ 10.3 -10.8 ↓ 9 ↑
BB% 6.7 6.5 -0.2 ↓ 6.2 -0.3 ↓ 5.9 -0.3 ↓ 5.3 ↑
Swing % 49.3 48 -1.3 ↓ 47.3 -0.7 ↓ 54 6.7 ↑ -6.8 ↓
Whiff% 25 24.1 -0.9 ↓ 23.2 -0.9 ↓ 17 -6.2 ↓ 6.5 ↑
In Zone % 48.7 48.2 -0.5 ↓ 50.8 2.6 ↑ 45.6 -5.2 ↓ -1.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.3 51.8 0.5 ↑ 49.2 -2.6 ↓ 54.4 5.2 ↑ 1.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 33.3 30.8 -2.5 ↓ 30.5 -0.3 ↓ 35.3 4.8 ↑ -5.7 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 30.9 28.2 -2.7 ↓ 28.3 0.1 ↑ 41.2 12.9 ↑ -9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 58.9 56.4 -2.5 ↓ 64.2 7.8 ↑ 63.2 -1 ↓ -3.9 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 430 .307 222 13 5.9 208 56 26.9
2017 314 .368 150 0 0.0 164 56 34.1
2018 68 .370 30 3 10.0 38 9 23.7
2019 294 .355 151 2 1.3 143 51 35.7
2021 456 .305 227 32 14.1 229 132 57.6

Pitch Tempo

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