P | Chicago Cubs
Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 205 lbs | Age: 30
Draft: 2014 | Rd. 5, No. 139, Chicago Cubs | George County (MS) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 16 5 3.06 30 30 0 173.1 176 1.17
2024 5 5 3.07 24 24 0 134.2 135 1.10
2025 3 1 4.76 4 4 0 22.2 21 1.15
5 Seasons 32 22 3.30 102 91 0 506.2 517 1.21
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 30 16-5 3.06 173.1 176 1.17
2024 24 5-5 3.07 134.2 135 1.10
2025 4 3-1 4.76 22.2 21 1.15
5 Seasons 102 32-22 3.30 506.2 517 1.21
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
?

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2021 25 964 157 9 5.7 3.6 87.9 112.1 8.3 29.3 .226 .369 .332 .308 .350 35.0 23.8 10.9 4.26 4.04
2022 26 2032 332 13 3.9 2.5 87.1 112.1 7.5 31.0 .236 .335 .296 .294 .343 33.7 24.6 9.8 3.18 3.57
2023 27 2678 497 27 5.4 3.8 87.8 111.1 9.3 33.4 .249 .365 .291 .290 .358 36.6 24.6 5.0 3.06 3.50
2024 28 2046 379 16 4.2 2.9 86.9 114.1 12.3 30.9 .212 .304 .271 .258 .304 33.2 24.3 6.7 3.07 2.74
2025 29 313 65 6 9.2 6.5 92.0 111.7 10.0 33.8 .270 .470 .326 .338 .414 47.7 22.8 5.4 4.76 4.87
Player 8033 1430 71 5.0 3.3 87.6 114.1 9.6 31.7 .235 .347 .293 .287 .342 35.4 24.4 7.3
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Steele relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(56.5%) ,
Slider
(31.0%) ,
Sinker
(6.1%) ,
Curveball
(3.8%) ,
Changeup
(2.6%) ,


  •   
  •   
  •   

+ If Available Pitches Click to Video.


  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   

Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2021 52.2 47.8 23.6 19.7 4.5 40.1 35.7 24.2 25.5 19.1 7.6 14.6 16.6 16.6
2022 51.8 48.2 20.5 24.1 3.6 38.0 38.3 23.8 25.9 19.6 6.3 12.0 18.7 17.5
2023 50.3 49.7 19.5 24.1 6.0 41.4 34.2 24.3 27.8 16.7 5.8 13.7 17.5 18.5
2024 45.6 54.4 23.0 23.0 8.4 37.2 34.8 28.0 20.8 17.9 6.9 16.4 16.9 21.1
2025 41.5 58.5 26.2 23.1 9.2 44.6 38.5 16.9 18.5 20.0 3.1 26.2 18.5 13.8
Player 49.2 50.8 21.4 23.3 6.1 39.5 35.7 24.8 24.8 18.1 6.3 14.7 17.6 18.5
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 5.1 41.4 22.3 21.0 4.5 5.7 3.6
2022 4.8 36.1 20.8 28.6 4.8 3.9 2.5
2023 5.2 36.6 20.5 28.0 4.2 5.4 3.8
2024 7.1 31.9 28.8 23.2 4.7 4.2 2.9
2025 3.1 27.7 23.1 29.2 7.7 9.2 6.5
Player 5.5 35.4 23.1 26.2 4.7 5.0 3.3
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2025 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 177 90.8 18.4 -2.2 0.8ARM -6.0 14.9 -0.9 0.8ARM -7.3
2025 Sinker CHC L 19 90.4 24.6 0.1 12.9ARM -1.5 8.9 -1.4 12.9ARM -2.5
2025 Changeup CHC L 8 84.9 28.7 -3.1 14.2ARM 0.3 9.6 -4.4 14.2ARM 0.0
2025 Curveball CHC L 12 79.4 51.5 -3.3 10.3GLV 2.0 -7.7 -1.9 10.3GLV 2.5
2025 Slider CHC L 97 81.5 42.2 2.4 13.7GLV 7.9 -0.6 2.6 13.7GLV 9.6
2024 Slider CHC L 608 83.3 38.7 0.2 12.3GLV 6.7 0.9 0.6 12.3GLV 7.5
2024 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 1221 91.6 19.2 -3.2 0.3ARM -6.4 13.2 -2.5 0.3ARM -7.8
2024 Changeup CHC L 66 86.2 28.9 -1.7 12.3ARM -1.5 7.8 -1.9 12.3ARM -1.8
2024 Sinker CHC L 107 91.5 22.9 -0.5 12.4ARM -2.0 9.6 -1.4 12.4ARM -2.7
2024 Curveball CHC L 44 79.9 51.0 -2.0 10.7GLV 2.7 -8.1 -0.4 10.7GLV 3.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 2 177 56.5 55 .212 .365 .258 16.3 21.8 27.9 .284 .469 .333 56.1
2025 Slider -1.8 -2 97 31.0 25 .304 .609 .410 26.4 28.0 17.5 .209 .376 .284 25.0
2025 Sinker 2.0 0 19 6.1 8 .167 .167 .288 10.0 12.5 50.0 .214 .271 .334 40.0
2025 Curveball 0.7 0 12 3.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 14.3 -- -- .000 --
2025 Changeup -22.4 -2 8 2.6 3 .667 2.000 1.083 0.0 0.0 -- .702 1.765 1.016 66.7
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 8 1,221 59.7 324 .253 .394 .334 22.3 21.9 24.3 .232 .337 .290 38.0
2024 Slider 1.2 7 608 29.7 180 .160 .243 .201 28.2 31.7 21.3 .182 .260 .217 26.7
2024 Sinker -0.7 -1 107 5.2 26 .304 .478 .352 16.7 11.5 30.0 .270 .342 .302 38.1
2024 Changeup 0.4 0 66 3.2 18 .222 .222 .200 17.9 5.6 6.7 .168 .228 .176 17.6
2024 Curveball 2.6 1 44 2.2 7 .000 .000 .000 20.0 42.9 12.5 .043 .047 .039 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.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2025 Curveball 12 79.4 67 15.1 4:30 4:30 0
2025 4-Seam Fastball 142 90.8 66 14.4 11:15 12:00 -45
2025 Sinker 17 90.4 72 15.6 11:15 10:00 75
2025 Slider 66 81.3 48 15.0 4:15 3:15 60
2024 Changeup 64 86.2 80 14.5 11:00 10:00 60
2024 Curveball 44 79.9 71 15.4 4:30 4:30 0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1,218 91.6 65 12.6 11:30 12:00 -30
2024 Sinker 104 91.5 73 15.6 11:15 10:00 75
2024 Slider 606 83.3 46 13.2 4:00 3:00 60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
+ Show More Seasons
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
+ View Complete Spin Direction Leaderboard

Pitcher Arm Angle

! Note: Data is available from 2020 through the present.
+ View Complete Arm Angle Leaderboard

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 246 964 3 8 -9 -6 -4
2022 512 2,032 12 10 -12 -7 4
2023 715 2,678 14 15 -2 -9 19
2024 555 2,046 18 13 -9 -5 16
2025 92 313 5 -5 -1 -1 -1
Player 2,120 8,033 52 41 -32 52 34
+ View Complete Pitching Run Value Leaderboard
+ Show Leverage-Based Run Value

Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2021 964 49.2 63.1 79.9 26.3 55.0 40.9 57.7 44.4 27.6 8.2 70.9
2022 2,032 51.6 66.9 83.3 26.3 55.6 41.8 59.8 47.3 24.0 7.6 81.8
2023 2,678 53.2 71.5 84.2 31.9 55.1 43.0 65.5 52.9 24.0 8.1 80.7
2024 2,046 57.3 68.2 82.7 29.2 56.1 44.2 68.1 51.5 23.7 10.7 78.9
2025 313 54.6 66.1 90.3 34.5 61.2 44.4 67.4 51.8 18.5 5.8 77.8
Player 8,033 53.4 68.3 83.4 29.2 55.7 42.8 64.0 50.1 24.1 8.6 79.2
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
2021 54 67 65 65 33 87 82 71 78 52 19 62 32 42 94 69 55
2022 62 52 80 91 36 62 95 80 82 64 24 34 15 22 96 57 45
2023 78 41 74 86 76 32 85 75 67 58 93 34 82 18 86 33
2024 93 83 94 96 89 50 94 89 88 60 68 35 54 16 87 38
2025 8 70 36
+ View Complete Percentile Rankings Leaderboard

Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 23.72 12 9.1 3 3 7 4 33.3
2022 23.89 8 8.0 0 4 6 4 50.0
2023 22.48 14 13.2 1 3 12 6 42.9
2024 23.18 12 11.9 0 0 14 2 16.7
2025 23.41 5 4.0 1 1 0 4 80.0
Player 23.23 51 46.2 5 11 39 20 39.2
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
+ View Standard Expected Home Runs

Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 12 9 7 9 10 10 10 10 8 6 9 11 9 7 10 10 9 9 7 10 8 11 12 11 8 7 10 11 9 9 7
2022 8 9 7 8 8 9 9 6 5 6 7 9 11 9 7 10 10 8 7 6 9 8 9 8 8 7 7 8 9 8 7
2023 14 10 10 14 11 12 16 10 14 11 11 16 12 12 15 14 13 11 14 18 12 14 20 16 12 12 15 13 14 13 11
2024 12 9 11 14 11 12 14 13 11 8 13 13 10 12 11 12 11 10 12 16 14 9 16 13 11 10 11 13 12 13 11
2025 5 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Player 51 41 39 49 44 45 53 43 42 35 44 53 46 45 47 50 47 42 44 54 47 46 61 52 43 40 47 49 48 47 40
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
+ View Standard Expected Home Runs By Park
+ View Complete Expected Home Runs Leaderboard

Year to Year Changes

2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023 +/-   2022 +/-   2021
Results
BA .247 +.028 .219 -.032 .251 +.007 .244 +.011 .233
xBA .270 +.058 .212 -.037 .249 +.013 .236 +.010 .226
OBP .293 +.017 .276 -.019 .295 -.026 .321 -.011 .332
xOBP .316 +.045 .271 -.024 .295 -.021 .316 -.010 .326
SLG .471 +.135 .336 -.035 .371 +.032 .339 -.098 .437
xSLG .470 +.166 .304 -.061 .365 +.030 .335 -.034 .369
ISO .224 +.107 .117 -.003 .120 +.025 .095 -.110 .205
xISO .200 +.108 .092 -.024 .116 +.017 .099 -.044 .143
BABIP .267 -.006 .273 -.047 .320 +.002 .318 +.054 .264
wOBA .326 +.055 .271 -.020 .291 -.005 .296 -.036 .332
xwOBA .338 +.080 .258 -.032 .290 -.004 .294 -.014 .308
wOBACON .397 +.075 .322 -.037 .359 +.013 .346 -.041 .387
xwOBACON .414 +.110 .304 -.054 .358 +.015 .343 -.007 .350
BACON .323 +.026 .297 -.042 .339 +.005 .334 +.013 .321
xBACON .355 +.067 .288 -.051 .339 +.013 .326 +.014 .312
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 47.7 +14.5 33.2 -3.4 36.6 +2.9 33.7 -1.3 35.0
Avg Exit Velocity 92.0 +5.1 86.9 -0.9 87.8 +0.7 87.1 -0.8 87.9
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 33.8 +2.9 30.9 -2.5 33.4 +2.4 31.0 +1.7 29.3
Barrel % 9.2 +5.0 4.2 -1.2 5.4 +1.5 3.9 -1.8 5.7
Avg Launch Angle 10.0 -2.3 12.3 +3.0 9.3 +1.8 7.5 -0.8 8.3
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.5 -0.3 71.8 +0.3 71.5 -- -- -- --
Attack Angle 10° +2° +1° -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 50.0 +1.9 48.1 +7.6 40.5 -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -1° -4° -2° -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 30° -3° 33° 33° -- -- -- --
Swing Length 7.2 0.0 7.2 +0.1 7.1 -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 90.8 -0.8 91.6 -0.2 91.8 -0.3 92.1 -1.0 93.1
Breaking Velocity 81.2 -1.8 83.0 -0.2 83.2 +1.4 81.8 +0.7 81.1
Offspeed Velocity 84.9 -1.3 86.2 -1.3 87.5 -0.3 87.8 +0.3 87.5
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 6 -10 16 -11 27 +14 13 +4 9
Popup % 9.2 +0.8 8.4 +2.4 6.0 +2.4 3.6 -0.9 4.5
Flyball % 26.2 +3.2 23.0 +3.5 19.5 -1.0 20.5 -3.1 23.6
Line Drive % 23.1 +0.1 23.0 -1.1 24.1 0.0 24.1 +4.4 19.7
Groundball % 41.5 -4.1 45.6 -4.7 50.3 -1.5 51.8 -0.4 52.2
Pull % 44.6 +7.4 37.2 -4.2 41.4 +3.4 38.0 -2.1 40.1
Straight Away % 38.5 +3.7 34.8 +0.6 34.2 -4.1 38.3 +2.6 35.7
Opposite Field % 16.9 -11.1 28.0 +3.7 24.3 +0.5 23.8 -0.4 24.2
Weak Contact % 3.1 -4.0 7.1 +1.9 5.2 +0.4 4.8 -0.3 5.1
Pull Airball % 26.2 +9.8 16.4 +2.7 13.7 +1.7 12.0 -2.6 14.6
Topped Contact % 27.7 -4.2 31.9 -4.7 36.6 +0.5 36.1 -5.3 41.4
Under Contact % 23.1 -5.7 28.8 +8.3 20.5 -0.3 20.8 -1.5 22.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 29.2 +6.0 23.2 -4.8 28.0 -0.6 28.6 +7.6 21.0
Solid Contact % 7.7 +3.0 4.7 +0.5 4.2 -0.6 4.8 +0.3 4.5
HR/FB % 29.4 +15.6 13.8 -0.6 14.4 +2.6 11.8 -20.6 32.4
Popups 6 -26 32 +2 30 +18 12 +5 7
Flyballs 17 -70 87 -10 97 +29 68 +31 37
Line Drives 15 -72 87 -33 120 +40 80 +49 31
Groundballs 27 -146 173 -77 250 +78 172 +90 82
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 54.6 -2.7 57.3 +4.1 53.2 +1.6 51.6 +2.4 49.2
Out of Zone % 45.4 +2.7 42.7 -4.1 46.8 -1.6 48.4 -2.4 50.8
Edge % 44.4 +0.2 44.2 +1.2 43.0 +1.2 41.8 +0.9 40.9
Zone Swing % 66.1 -2.1 68.2 -3.3 71.5 +4.6 66.9 +3.8 63.1
Out of Zone Swing % 34.5 +5.3 29.2 -2.7 31.9 +5.6 26.3 0.0 26.3
In Zone Contact % 90.3 +7.6 82.7 -1.5 84.2 +0.9 83.3 +3.4 79.9
Out of Zone Contact % 61.2 +5.1 56.1 +1.0 55.1 -0.5 55.6 +0.6 55.0
Whiff % 18.5 -5.2 23.7 -0.3 24.0 0.0 24.0 -3.6 27.6
First Strike % 67.4 -0.7 68.1 +2.6 65.5 +5.7 59.8 +2.1 57.7
First Pitch Swing % 29.3 -7.8 37.1 +1.5 35.6 +4.9 30.7 +1.3 29.4
Swing % 51.8 +0.3 51.5 -1.4 52.9 +5.6 47.3 +2.9 44.4
Meatball Swing % 77.8 -1.1 78.9 -1.8 80.7 -1.1 81.8 +10.9 70.9
Meatball % 5.8 -4.9 10.7 +2.6 8.1 +0.5 7.6 -0.6 8.2
Zone Swing & Miss % 9.7 -7.6 17.3 +1.5 15.8 -0.9 16.7 -3.4 20.1
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 38.8 -5.1 43.9 -1.0 44.9 +0.9 44.0 -1.0 45.0
In Zone 171 -1,001 1,172 -254 1,426 +377 1,049 +575 474
Out of Zone 142 -732 874 -378 1,252 +269 983 +493 490
Edge 139 -766 905 -246 1,151 +301 850 +456 394
In Zone Swings 113 -686 799 -220 1,019 +317 702 +403 299
Out of Zone Swings 49 -206 255 -144 399 +140 259 +130 129
In Zone Swing & Misses 11 -127 138 -23 161 +44 117 +57 60
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 19 -93 112 -67 179 +65 114 +56 58
Basic
Pitches 313 -1,733 2,046 -632 2,678 +646 2,032 +1,068 964
PA 92 -463 555 -161 716 +204 512 +264 248
AB 85 -421 506 -160 666 +212 454 +239 215
Hits 21 -90 111 -56 167 +56 111 +61 50
Singles 12 -64 76 -41 117 +32 85 +55 30
Doubles 4 -19 23 -11 34 +17 17 +9 8
Triples 0 0 0 -2 2 +1 1 +1 0
Home Runs 5 -7 12 -2 14 +6 8 -4 12
Walks 5 -32 37 +1 36 -14 50 +23 27
Strikeouts 21 -114 135 -41 176 +50 126 +67 59
K% 22.8 -1.5 24.3 -0.3 24.6 0.0 24.6 +0.8 23.8
BB% 5.4 -1.3 6.7 +1.7 5.0 -4.8 9.8 -1.1 10.9
HBP 1 -3 4 -3 7 +4 3 -2 5
Batted Balls 65 -314 379 -118 497 +165 332 +175 157
Number of Fastballs 196 -1,132 1,328 -396 1,724 +419 1,305 +670 635
Number of Offspeed 8 -58 66 +38 28 -14 42 +22 20
Number of Breaking 109 -543 652 -274 926 +241 685 +376 309
+ Toggle Viewing All Player's Year to Year Stats

Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 246 .332 195 31 15.9 51 21 41.2
2022 Shifts 511 .295 397 107 27.0 114 53 46.5
2023 Shades 691 .293 554 43 7.8 137 36 26.3
2024 Shades 555 .271 447 49 11.0 108 36 33.3
2025 Shades 81 .310 54 5 9.3 27 12 44.4
! 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.
Learn more about how positioning is defined here

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 249 16.3 32.1% 0.8% 204 22.2 0.0% 6.9%
2022 563 16.6 29.8% 1.4% 359 21.2 0.8% 5.0%
2023 706 14.1 62.7% 0.3% 390 18.2 8.5% 0.0%
2024 592 14.5 58.3% 0.2% 259 17.7 8.5% 0.4%
2025 90 14.4 58.9% 0.0% 39 17.4 10.3% 0.0%

+ View Complete Pitch Tempo Leaderboard

Pitch Distribution