Josh Fleming
P | B/T: L/L | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 27

Draft: 2017 | Rd: 5, #139, Tampa Bay Rays | Webster (MO)

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 1 0 3.59 10 2 0 42.2 21 1.31
4 Seasons 18 13 4.66 53 21 1 214.1 140 1.39
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 10 1-0 3.59 42.2 21 1.31
4 Seasons 53 18-13 4.66 214.1 140 1.39

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
2020 24 470 97 5 5.2 3.8 86.0 110.7 0.0 18.6 .228 .357 .289 .281 .318 34.0 19.2 5.4 2.78 3.30
2021 25 1629 349 23 6.6 5.1 87.5 116.1 2.9 30.1 .277 .433 .313 .330 .362 35.0 14.5 6.9 5.09 4.66
2022 26 662 127 10 7.9 5.9 90.4 114.0 -3.7 29.9 .263 .421 .403 .323 .363 43.3 17.2 7.1 6.43 4.37
2023 27 636 137 4 2.9 2.3 89.5 113.1 -2.1 27.0 .264 .362 .304 .310 .312 43.8 12.0 9.7 3.59 3.93
Player 3397 710 42 5.9 4.6 88.2 116.1 0.4 27.9 .265 .407 .325 .318 .346 38.0 15.2 7.3
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

Fleming relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(43.9%) ,
Changeup
(29.7%) ,
Curveball
(22%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(4.4%) ,


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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
2020 64.9 14.4 16.5 4.1 28.9 44.3 26.8 6.2 53.6 12.4 18.6 4.1 5.2 3.8
2021 56.4 17.8 22.9 2.9 34.7 42.7 22.6 6.6 43.8 15.2 24.9 2.9 6.6 5.1
2022 63.8 13.4 21.3 1.6 37.0 37.8 25.2 3.1 51.2 7.9 20.5 8.7 7.9 5.9
2023 64.2 10.9 21.2 3.6 37.2 40.1 22.6 4.4 51.1 10.2 25.5 5.8 2.9 2.3
Player 60.4 15.2 21.4 3.0 34.8 41.5 23.7 5.5 47.9 12.5 23.4 4.6 5.9 4.6
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


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 Curveball TB L 140 76.4 46.2 -8.8 -16 14.9 2.7 22
2023 Sinker TB L 279 90.2 32.7 6.4 24 17.2 1.6 10
2023 Changeup TB L 189 82.8 42.4 6.2 17 14.0 -0.4 -3
2023 4-Seamer TB L 28 91.7 22.2 -5.5 -33 10.0 2.0 25
2022 Sinker TB L 362 91.2 30.3 6.2 26 17.5 2.6 17
2022 Changeup TB L 126 82.2 41.8 6.8 19 15.0 0.4 3
2022 Curveball TB L 72 79.5 48.0 -3.8 -7 12.5 1.9 18
2022 4-Seamer TB L 1 91.3 10.9 5.7 34 7.4 0.4 6
2022 Cutter TB L 101 84.3 32.7 -1.6 -5 0.8 -2.3 -74
2021 Changeup TB L 359 81.8 40.8 5.6 16 13.5 -0.5 -4
2021 Cutter TB L 440 86.3 29.9 -0.7 -3 0.5 -2.9 -122
2021 Sinker TB L 744 91.2 29.3 5.4 23 18.3 3.5 23
2021 4-Seamer TB L 8 91.0 18.1 -1.2 -7 12.3 4.7 61
2021 Curveball TB L 77 78.6 46.5 -6.8 -13 8.2 -3.2 -28
2020 Cutter TB L 138 85.4 31.1 -0.7 -2 0.5 -2.4 -82
2020 Sinker TB L 251 90.5 27.2 3.7 16 18.1 3.5 24
2020 Changeup TB L 73 81.5 39.7 5.5 16 13.5 0.1 0
2020 Curveball TB L 4 77.8 48.6 -5.2 -10 0.7 -10.4 -94
2020 4-Seamer TB L 4 90.5 20.2 -3.3 -20 10.9 4.1 60
! 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 Sinker -1.0 -3 279 43.9 78 .227 .394 .332 18.2 12.8 18.2 .258 .361 .334 48.2
2023 Changeup 0.2 0 189 29.7 58 .309 .400 .319 17.0 6.9 9.5 .290 .380 .303 48.1
2023 Curveball -1.2 -2 140 22.0 32 .226 .323 .252 13.1 15.6 11.6 .255 .364 .281 26.9
2023 4-Seamer -2.4 -1 28 4.4 6 .000 .000 .117 36.4 33.3 10.0 .102 .169 .211 33.3
2022 Sinker 1.9 7 362 54.7 100 .340 .500 .387 23.1 21.0 19.1 .237 .343 .279 37.0
2022 Changeup 5.3 7 126 19.0 37 .324 .529 .466 21.9 10.8 7.1 .284 .502 .367 50.0
2022 Cutter 2.0 2 101 15.3 15 .364 .545 .427 18.6 13.3 7.7 .304 .447 .399 60.0
2022 Curveball 3.1 2 72 10.9 16 .438 .813 .528 29.4 12.5 12.5 .341 .683 .436 50.0
2022 4-Seamer -1.7 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 Sinker 0.4 3 745 45.7 214 .272 .410 .333 20.6 14.5 20.7 .287 .427 .342 37.0
2021 Cutter -0.2 -1 440 27.0 110 .267 .446 .340 15.5 12.7 11.5 .268 .478 .335 28.9
2021 Changeup 1.1 4 359 22.0 102 .242 .333 .281 20.1 15.7 10.9 .261 .398 .296 38.6
2021 Curveball 2.1 2 77 4.7 17 .400 .600 .465 26.7 23.5 18.2 .311 .438 .368 27.3
2021 4-Seamer -1.9 0 8 0.5 -- -- -- 50.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 Sinker -3.2 -8 251 53.4 81 .224 .276 .260 18.9 14.8 27.9 .239 .302 .268 35.9
2020 Cutter 2.3 3 138 29.4 25 .360 .880 .514 20.0 20.0 12.8 .226 .456 .286 35.0
2020 Changeup 0.6 0 73 15.5 22 .105 .263 .227 32.3 36.4 25.0 .207 .478 .342 18.2
2020 4-Seamer -0.3 0 4 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .013 .020 .014 0.0
2020 Curveball -1.7 0 4 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .096 .103 .089 100.0
! 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
2020 Changeup 70 81.5 76 14.3 10:00 9:00 60
2020 Cutter 134 85.4 40 5.3 10:45 12:15 -90
2020 Sinker 233 90.5 91 19.6 10:15 9:30 45
2021 Changeup 340 81.8 82 14.5 9:45 8:45 60
2021 Curveball 77 78.6 61 9.9 4:30 4:00 30
2021 Cutter 436 86.3 47 5.8 10:30 11:45 -75
2021 Sinker 738 91.2 92 19.4 10:00 9:15 45
2022 Changeup 108 82.2 87 15.9 9:45 8:45 60
2022 Curveball 70 79.5 52 14.8 4:45 3:45 60
2022 Cutter 93 84.3 32 5.1 10:30 12:15 -105
2022 Sinker 351 91.2 89 18.5 10:00 9:15 45
2023 Changeup 174 82.8 82 15.3 9:30 8:30 60
2023 Curveball 134 76.4 49 15.7 3:45 3:15 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 28 91.7 90 14.1 10:00 10:30 -30
2023 Sinker 257 90.2 87 18.1 10:00 9:00 60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 155 557 2 -9 2 2 -2
2021 449 1,655 -2 -8 10 7 8
2022 168 662 9 1 5 2 18
2023 174 636 -9 -6 5 5 -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 %
2020 470 41.3 69.6 86.7 34.4 66.3 46.0 60.0 48.9 20.9 2.8 76.9
2021 1,629 42.9 69.0 86.7 34.6 70.2 44.3 61.7 49.4 19.4 4.6 73.3
2022 662 45.3 68.0 84.8 33.1 62.5 49.1 65.7 48.9 22.8 3.5 69.6
2023 636 45.1 66.2 88.4 27.7 69.1 46.6 55.7 45.1 17.4 3.8 75.0
Player 3,397 43.6 68.3 86.6 33.1 68.0 45.9 61.1 48.4 19.9 4.0 73.3
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
2020 77 61 68 73 85 56 72 87 66 23 87 14 93 8 1 69
2021 28 12 29 52 28 34 67 78 78 4 71 7 97 10 1 1 53
2022 9 1 1 50
2023 57 29 71 85 34 66 94 39 23 3 34 6 44 11 1 18 45
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 24.2 6 5.8 0 1 6 1 16.7
2021 23.0 11 10.3 1 6 10 2 18.2
2022 22.3 5 4.5 1 1 4 1 20.0
2023 22.3 4 2.5 2 1 4 0 0.0
Player 23.0 26 23.0 3 9 24 4 15.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2020 6 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 4 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 3 7 4 7 3 6 5 7 5 4
2021 11 11 8 11 10 6 12 13 4 7 7 13 12 10 11 11 10 11 12 10 12 13 14 13 10 10 11 11 11 8 7
2022 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 3 4 5 4 5 4 4
2023 4 2 1 3 4 2 3 0 3 1 1 4 3 2 4 4 4 1 2 4 2 2 4 4 0 1 3 3 3 3 1
Player 26 24 19 25 25 19 27 24 14 16 16 28 27 23 26 26 25 22 26 25 26 24 30 26 20 18 25 23 26 20 16
! 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 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 88.7 89.4 0.7 ↑ 89.7 0.3 ↑ 90.3 0.6 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 81.5 81.8 0.3 ↑ 82.2 0.4 ↑ 82.8 0.6 ↑
Breaking Velocity 77.8 78.6 0.8 ↑ 79.5 0.9 ↑ 76.4 -3.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 86.0 87.5 1.5 ↑ 90.4 2.9 ↑ 89.5 -0.9 ↓
Launch Angle 0.0 2.9 2.9 ↑ -3.7 -6.6 ↓ -2.1 1.6 ↑
Barrel % 5.2 6.6 1.4 ↑ 7.9 1.3 ↑ 2.9 -5.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.0 35.0 1.0 ↑ 43.3 8.3 ↑ 43.8 0.5 ↑
Sweet Spot % 18.6 30.1 11.5 ↑ 29.9 -0.2 ↓ 27.0 -2.9 ↓
xBA .228 .277 0.049 ↑ .263 -0.014 ↓ .264 0.001 ↑
BA .230 .268 0.038 ↑ .348 0.080 ↑ .248 -0.100 ↓
xwOBA .281 .330 0.049 ↑ .323 -0.007 ↓ .310 -0.013 ↓
wOBA .289 .313 0.024 ↑ .403 0.090 ↑ .304 -0.099 ↓
xSLG .357 .433 0.076 ↑ .421 -0.012 ↓ .362 -0.059 ↓
SLG .393 .407 0.014 ↑ .542 0.135 ↑ .369 -0.173 ↓
K% 19.2 14.5 -4.7 ↓ 17.2 2.7 ↑ 12.0 -5.2 ↓
BB% 5.4 6.9 1.5 ↑ 7.1 0.2 ↑ 9.7 2.6 ↑
Swing % 48.9 49.4 0.5 ↑ 48.9 -0.5 ↓ 45.1 -3.8 ↓
Whiff% 20.9 19.4 -1.5 ↓ 22.8 3.4 ↑ 17.4 -5.4 ↓
In Zone % 41.3 42.9 1.6 ↑ 45.3 2.4 ↑ 45.1 -0.2 ↓
Out of Zone % 58.7 57.1 -1.6 ↓ 54.7 -2.4 ↓ 54.9 0.2 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 34.4 34.6 0.2 ↑ 33.1 -1.5 ↓ 27.7 -5.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 37.7 28.4 -9.3 ↓ 34.3 5.9 ↑ 24.7 -9.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.0 61.7 1.7 ↑ 65.7 4.0 ↑ 55.7 -10.0 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2020 130 .289 92 22 23.9 38 6 15.8
2021 434 .313 316 33 10.4 118 29 24.6
2022 168 .403 113 18 15.9 55 17 30.9
2023 174 .304 138 0 0.0 36 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo

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