Josh Tomlin
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 1" 190LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 19, #581, Cleveland Indians | Texas Tech

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 4 0 6.57 35 0 0 49.1 37 1.50
12 Seasons 69 56 4.77 286 150 2 1067.0 736 1.23
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 35 4-0 6.57 49.1 37 1.50
12 Seasons 286 69-56 4.77 1067.0 736 1.23

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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 30 949 184 21 11.4 8.4 89.4 112.2 15.5 35.9 .243 .480 .275 .324 .405 36.4 22.7 3.2 3.02 4.37
2016 31 2612 584 42 7.2 5.8 87.9 112.2 10.7 35.4 .278 .482 .327 .332 .388 32.2 16.3 2.8 4.40 4.71
2017 32 2088 458 32 7.0 5.5 88.5 113.8 13.7 39.3 .300 .511 .340 .351 .423 36.6 18.6 2.4 4.98 5.44
2018 33 1185 259 27 10.4 8.4 88.9 117.1 18.1 39.0 .297 .581 .396 .386 .439 38.0 14.4 3.4 6.14 6.73
2019 34 1136 262 17 6.5 5.3 89.1 111.9 17.8 33.2 .270 .466 .308 .314 .367 33.6 15.9 2.2 3.74 4.35
2020 35 575 118 14 11.9 8.7 88.9 111.1 17.0 34.7 .263 .472 .310 .326 .404 36.4 22.4 3.7 4.76 4.54
2021 36 808 175 15 8.6 6.9 89.1 111.0 18.1 38.3 .297 .502 .377 .350 .412 39.4 17.0 2.3 6.57 5.33
Player 9353 2040 168 8.2 6.5 88.6 117.1 14.7 36.7 .282 .500 .334 .341 .404 35.3 17.6 2.8
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Tomlin relies on 4 pitches.
Cutter
(47.2%) ,
Curveball
(28.8%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(22.5%) ,
Changeup
(1.5%) ,


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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 38.6 26.1 27.7 7.6 39.7 33.7 26.6 2.7 27.7 32.6 19.0 6.0 11.4 8.4
2016 44.5 21.9 28.4 5.1 38.4 38.0 23.5 3.3 33.0 22.4 25.3 5.3 7.2 5.8
2017 41.5 22.5 29.5 6.6 40.0 41.0 19.0 2.2 30.6 23.6 28.2 6.3 7.0 5.5
2018 31.7 30.5 28.6 9.3 39.0 39.4 21.2 1.9 22.8 29.7 26.6 5.0 10.4 8.4
2019 35.1 30.2 26.3 8.4 39.7 35.9 24.4 2.3 25.2 32.4 24.4 7.3 6.5 5.3
2020 39.0 25.4 25.4 10.2 44.9 32.2 22.9 2.5 27.1 28.8 25.4 4.2 11.9 8.7
2021 34.3 30.9 26.9 8.0 42.3 35.4 22.3 1.7 23.4 30.9 29.1 5.7 8.6 6.9
Player 39.3 25.5 28.0 7.2 39.8 37.6 22.5 2.5 28.5 26.9 25.8 5.8 8.2 6.5
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 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 Changeup ATL R 12 84.7 28.1 -3.1 -10 13.3 -0.9 -6
2021 4-Seamer ATL R 182 88.9 16.3 1.2 7 5.9 -1.2 -17
2021 Curveball ATL R 233 76.4 53.3 -4.2 -7 4.2 -4.8 -54
2021 Cutter ATL R 381 86.0 26.0 3.7 12 3.5 0.5 18
2020 4-Seamer ATL R 106 88.3 17.7 0.7 4 8.8 1.7 25
2020 Changeup ATL R 23 84.0 29.4 -2.5 -8 13.8 0.1 0
2020 Sinker ATL R 3 87.8 18.3 -7.8 -30 13.4 -0.8 -5
2020 Cutter ATL R 293 85.6 26.4 2.8 10 2.4 -0.3 -12
2020 Curveball ATL R 150 76.4 52.5 -4.7 -8 4.3 -4.7 -52
2019 Sinker ATL R 65 88.5 22.9 -5.3 -19 13.6 -2.0 -13
2019 Curveball ATL R 197 76.5 57.1 -1.1 -2 7.1 -3.9 -35
2019 Changeup ATL R 97 84.7 32.6 -1.2 -4 14.7 0.3 2
2019 4-Seamer ATL R 286 89.4 19.7 -0.1 -1 10.7 3.1 40
2019 Cutter ATL R 491 86.9 27.1 2.9 10 2.5 -0.2 -8
2018 Curveball CLE R 259 75.1 63.7 2.8 5 10.3 -0.6 -5
2018 4-Seamer CLE R 317 87.9 20.5 -0.3 -1 10.2 2.3 29
2018 Cutter CLE R 443 85.8 27.2 3.0 10 2.9 0.3 14
2018 Changeup CLE R 54 83.1 32.2 -1.9 -6 14.7 0.7 5
2018 Sinker CLE R 63 87.3 23.9 -4.0 -14 13.7 -1.6 -10
2017 Cutter CLE R 707 85.5 26.0 3.3 11 3.3 0.8 34
2017 Sinker CLE R 331 87.7 22.8 -2.7 -11 13.8 -1.3 -9
2017 Changeup CLE R 152 83.8 28.4 -3.9 -12 12.8 -0.9 -6
2017 Curveball CLE R 500 74.4 63.8 3.2 5 9.6 -1.5 -14
2017 4-Seamer CLE R 388 87.8 19.8 0.2 1 8.3 -1.2 -13
2016 Curveball CLE R 382 75.6 61.9 3.4 6 8.0 -2.3 -22
2016 Sinker CLE R 234 88.5 21.3 -1.9 -8 9.6 -4.4 -31
2016 Changeup CLE R 205 83.8 27.3 -3.1 -10 9.9 -2.6 -21
2016 4-Seamer CLE R 759 88.4 18.9 -0.8 -4 3.5 -3.9 -52
2016 Cutter CLE R 973 85.9 24.6 3.0 11 6.1 3.9 182
! 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 Cutter 2.1 8 381 47.2 117 .307 .553 .392 20.8 15.4 17.3 .272 .524 .345 35.4
2021 Curveball 2.1 5 233 28.8 48 .413 .674 .460 37.1 25.0 18.5 .348 .521 .377 42.9
2021 4-Seamer -0.6 -1 182 22.5 51 .286 .429 .325 12.1 13.7 12.5 .299 .434 .329 45.2
2021 Changeup 5.4 1 12 1.5 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .523 .563 .477 50.0
2020 Cutter -0.9 -3 293 51.0 99 .272 .380 .302 21.7 21.2 23.1 .261 .403 .303 31.5
2020 Curveball 1.4 2 150 26.1 30 .300 .567 .367 33.8 33.3 29.4 .279 .582 .358 45.0
2020 4-Seamer 0.4 0 106 18.4 26 .200 .480 .333 12.5 15.4 13.3 .263 .629 .379 47.6
2020 Changeup -2.4 -1 23 4.0 5 .200 .400 .250 14.3 20.0 25.0 .219 .293 .221 25.0
2020 Sinker 7.7 0 3 0.5 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2019 Cutter -2.2 -11 491 43.2 156 .243 .428 .287 19.2 16.0 17.2 .242 .399 .270 28.5
2019 4-Seamer -0.8 -2 286 25.2 85 .272 .519 .349 12.7 15.3 15.3 .316 .652 .412 45.6
2019 Curveball -0.6 -1 197 17.3 45 .256 .419 .311 35.2 26.7 21.1 .214 .311 .235 21.9
2019 Changeup 4.3 4 97 8.5 18 .529 .824 .579 25.0 5.6 4.5 .404 .564 .412 35.3
2019 Sinker -3.3 -2 65 5.7 16 .214 .214 .227 4.5 0.0 0.0 .319 .503 .366 46.7
2018 Cutter 1.2 5 443 37.4 153 .276 .552 .386 20.7 17.6 18.8 .264 .517 .346 35.3
2018 4-Seamer 1.2 4 317 26.8 79 .306 .625 .409 6.7 3.8 3.8 .330 .628 .427 47.1
2018 Curveball 0.8 2 259 21.9 57 .232 .554 .332 33.3 26.3 20.8 .266 .565 .359 34.1
2018 Sinker 4.4 3 63 5.3 10 .556 1.333 .775 0.0 0.0 0.0 .380 1.025 .595 55.6
2018 Changeup 5.3 3 54 4.6 12 .667 1.000 .721 21.7 8.3 20.0 .577 .812 .600 9.1
2017 Cutter 0.8 5 707 33.9 233 .311 .476 .355 20.7 21.9 22.2 .289 .466 .333 30.5
2017 Curveball 0.2 1 500 23.9 115 .239 .478 .316 32.5 22.6 19.0 .253 .411 .287 29.9
2017 4-Seamer 0.5 2 388 18.6 114 .312 .550 .377 12.0 16.7 17.0 .321 .626 .397 45.7
2017 Sinker 1.4 5 331 15.9 86 .337 .530 .370 8.9 15.1 14.6 .339 .560 .384 46.5
2017 Changeup -1.7 -3 152 7.3 33 .233 .433 .320 11.1 0.0 0.0 .376 .669 .460 40.0
! 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 23 84.0 98 16.8 1:45 2:00 -15
2020 Curveball 145 76.4 47 9.5 7:30 7:00 30
2020 Cutter 291 85.6 54 10.0 12:15 11:30 45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 103 88.2 93 19.1 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Changeup 12 84.7 98 16.5 1:45 2:00 -15
2021 Curveball 231 76.4 47 10.2 7:30 6:45 45
2021 Cutter 380 86.0 53 10.5 12:15 11:15 60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 182 88.9 90 18.8 1:00 12:45 15
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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 949 52.4 68.0 84.9 27.9 62.7 45.1 66.1 49.0 21.1 7.0 72.7
2016 2,612 49.2 62.7 89.1 34.5 70.5 46.2 67.7 48.4 16.8 7.3 73.7
2017 2,088 50.5 67.8 85.8 29.5 64.8 44.4 68.5 48.9 19.5 6.3 77.3
2018 1,185 50.7 70.3 86.9 27.1 62.5 44.9 62.8 49.3 19.0 6.2 77.1
2019 1,136 47.6 73.2 87.9 31.3 62.4 42.0 64.4 51.2 19.8 7.3 78.3
2020 575 50.8 69.2 84.7 29.7 57.1 43.8 67.7 49.7 22.7 7.0 85.0
2021 808 47.0 72.4 84.0 38.3 62.2 43.6 64.2 54.3 23.5 6.8 76.4
Player 9,353 49.7 67.8 86.7 31.5 65.1 44.6 66.4 49.6 19.5 6.8 76.3
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.7 7.2 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 26 49 4 1 86 29 1 15 19 66 98 35 31 5 94 78 6
2016 25 9 8 10 69 3 21 66 69 16 99 6 94 3 98 87 6
2017 15 2 5 9 40 10 29 17 18 25 99 17 70 3 89 84 6
2018 1 2 1 1 23 24 3 32 28 4 98 8 37 2 88 85 8
2019 48 17 21 25 79 47 59 37 74 6 100 10 73 4 86 86 3
2020 40 27 18 19 70 8 8 38 54 45 96 23 68 2 93 71 6
2021 13 2 5 12 42 56 37 41 42 10 99 29 99 2 93 78 9
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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 22.5 37 35.0 2 17 25 19 51.4
2017 22.6 23 28.7 -6 9 23 10 43.5
2018 22.8 25 23.1 2 5 8 16 64.0
2019 24.0 14 14.3 0 5 6 9 64.3
2020 23.5 7 8.1 -1 2 6 4 57.1
2021 24.1 10 9.9 0 2 8 5 50.0
Player 23.0 116 119.1 -3 40 76 63 54.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 37 36 48 31 30 39 28 38 36 31 35 33 27 32 33 39 37 39 26 36 50 22 27 35 34 40 45 31 31 33 47
2017 23 27 37 28 29 30 30 28 28 26 26 27 26 24 28 33 26 30 21 32 34 25 27 33 30 26 30 29 29 27 34
2018 25 25 23 23 23 24 22 28 22 20 22 25 20 21 22 24 22 25 21 23 23 23 23 24 25 24 24 21 24 21 27
2019 14 16 15 14 14 14 15 18 15 13 13 14 12 13 13 15 13 16 12 15 15 13 13 14 14 15 17 13 16 12 16
2020 7 8 9 7 9 5 0 9 8 8 11 7 5 6 7 10 7 9 9 9 8 10 10 9 7 8 7 7 7 7 12
2021 10 12 10 8 8 12 8 10 10 10 11 10 7 7 8 10 11 10 11 10 13 10 9 11 10 9 12 9 8 10 13
Player 116 124 142 111 113 124 103 131 119 108 118 116 97 103 111 131 116 129 100 125 143 103 109 126 120 122 135 110 115 110 149
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 87.9 87.2 -0.7 ↓ 86.7 -0.5 ↓ 86.7 0 87.9 1.2 ↑ 86.3 -1.6 ↓ 86.9 0.6 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 84.7 83.9 -0.8 ↓ 83.8 -0.1 ↓ 83.1 -0.7 ↓ 84.7 1.6 ↑ 84 -0.7 ↓ 84.7 0.7 ↑
Breaking Velocity 77.8 75.6 -2.2 ↓ 74.4 -1.2 ↓ 75.1 0.7 ↑ 76.5 1.4 ↑ 76.4 -0.1 ↓ 76.4 0
Exit Velocity 89.4 87.9 -1.5 ↓ 88.5 0.6 ↑ 88.9 0.4 ↑ 89.1 0.2 ↑ 88.9 -0.2 ↓ 89.1 0.2 ↑
Launch Angle 15.5 10.7 -4.8 ↓ 13.7 3 ↑ 18.1 4.4 ↑ 17.8 -0.3 ↓ 17 -0.8 ↓ 18.1 1.1 ↑
Barrel % 11.4 7.2 -4.2 ↓ 7 -0.2 ↓ 10.4 3.4 ↑ 6.5 -3.9 ↓ 11.9 5.4 ↑ 8.6 -3.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 36.4 32.2 -4.2 ↓ 36.6 4.4 ↑ 38 1.4 ↑ 33.6 -4.4 ↓ 36.4 2.8 ↑ 39.4 3 ↑
Sweet Spot % 35.9 35.4 -0.5 ↓ 39.3 3.9 ↑ 39 -0.3 ↓ 33.2 -5.8 ↓ 34.7 1.5 ↑ 38.3 3.6 ↑
xBA .243 .278 0.035 ↑ .3 0.022 ↑ .297 -0.003 ↓ .27 -0.027 ↓ .263 -0.007 ↓ .297 0.034 ↑
BA .195 .269 0.074 ↑ .294 0.025 ↑ .304 0.01 ↑ .267 -0.037 ↓ .263 -0.004 ↓ .327 0.064 ↑
xwOBA .324 .332 0.008 ↑ .351 0.019 ↑ .386 0.035 ↑ .314 -0.072 ↓ .326 0.012 ↑ .35 0.024 ↑
wOBA .275 .327 0.052 ↑ .34 0.013 ↑ .396 0.056 ↑ .308 -0.088 ↓ .31 0.002 ↑ .377 0.067 ↑
xSLG .48 .482 0.002 ↑ .511 0.029 ↑ .581 0.07 ↑ .466 -0.115 ↓ .472 0.006 ↑ .502 0.03 ↑
SLG .415 .487 0.072 ↑ .493 0.006 ↑ .611 0.118 ↑ .463 -0.148 ↓ .434 -0.029 ↓ .55 0.116 ↑
K% 22.7 16.3 -6.4 ↓ 18.6 2.3 ↑ 14.4 -4.2 ↓ 15.9 1.5 ↑ 22.4 6.5 ↑ 17 -5.4 ↓
BB% 3.2 2.8 -0.4 ↓ 2.4 -0.4 ↓ 3.4 1 ↑ 2.2 -1.2 ↓ 3.7 1.5 ↑ 2.3 -1.4 ↓
Swing % 49 48.4 -0.6 ↓ 48.9 0.5 ↑ 49.3 0.4 ↑ 51.2 1.9 ↑ 49.7 -1.5 ↓ 54.3 4.6 ↑
Whiff% 21.1 16.8 -4.3 ↓ 19.5 2.7 ↑ 19 -0.5 ↓ 19.8 0.8 ↑ 22.7 2.9 ↑ 23.5 0.8 ↑
In Zone % 52.4 49.2 -3.2 ↓ 50.5 1.3 ↑ 50.7 0.2 ↑ 47.6 -3.1 ↓ 50.8 3.2 ↑ 47 -3.8 ↓
Out of Zone % 47.6 50.8 3.2 ↑ 49.5 -1.3 ↓ 49.3 -0.2 ↓ 52.4 3.1 ↑ 49.2 -3.2 ↓ 53 3.8 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 27.9 34.5 6.6 ↑ 29.5 -5 ↓ 27.1 -2.4 ↓ 31.3 4.2 ↑ 29.7 -1.6 ↓ 38.3 8.6 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.3 27.9 -0.4 ↓ 29.4 1.5 ↑ 31.3 1.9 ↑ 36.3 5 ↑ 32.3 -4 ↓ 36.2 3.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 66.1 67.7 1.6 ↑ 68.5 0.8 ↑ 62.8 -5.7 ↓ 64.4 1.6 ↑ 67.7 3.3 ↑ 64.2 -3.5 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 702 .328 414 16 3.9 288 86 29.9
2017 584 .340 332 15 4.5 252 59 23.4
2018 313 .397 172 4 2.3 141 27 19.1
2019 320 .308 191 19 9.9 129 37 28.7
2020 161 .310 90 8 8.9 71 11 15.5
2021 217 .379 132 45 34.1 85 40 47.1

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 355 14.1 57.7% 0.3% 160 23.0 0.0% 8.8%
2011 744 13.5 66.7% 0.5% 265 21.7 2.6% 9.8%
2012 449 13.6 68.8% 1.1% 242 21.3 1.2% 4.5%
2013 4 15.0 25.0% 0.0% 6 19.5 0.0% 0.0%
2014 519 16.1 34.3% 0.8% 224 26.7 0.0% 29.0%
2015 354 17.0 30.2% 2.0% 71 26.1 0.0% 32.4%
2016 868 15.8 41.1% 1.0% 314 26.3 1.3% 27.1%
2017 655 14.9 51.3% 0.3% 279 23.7 0.0% 9.0%
2018 342 14.3 59.1% 0.0% 161 24.0 0.0% 9.9%
2019 315 16.4 32.1% 0.0% 175 24.7 0.0% 9.1%
2020 170 15.5 41.8% 1.2% 69 24.8 0.0% 11.6%
2021 227 18.4 18.5% 1.8% 98 23.6 0.0% 9.2%
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Pitch Distribution

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