Justus Sheffield
P | B/T: L/L | 5' 10" 224LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 1, #31, Cleveland Indians | Tullahoma (TN) HS
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 6.2 3 0.60
5 Seasons 11 12 5.37 47 32 0 181.0 151 1.62
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 5 0-0 0.00 6.2 3 0.60
5 Seasons 47 11-12 5.37 181.0 151 1.62

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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 22 57 11 1 9.1 7.1 85.3 107.5 9.1 27.3 .315 .547 .508 .437 .368 27.3 0.0 21.4 10.13 9.23
2019 23 673 109 6 5.5 3.6 90.7 112.0 7.1 29.4 .246 .406 .375 .328 .370 43.1 22.0 10.7 5.50 4.79
2020 24 880 161 6 3.7 2.6 90.7 111.8 9.6 29.8 .257 .367 .285 .312 .350 46.6 20.7 8.6 3.58 4.13
2021 25 1470 274 32 11.7 8.3 92.9 115.8 10.2 32.1 .302 .530 .390 .396 .436 47.1 16.4 11.2 6.83 7.16
2022 26 80 18 0 0 0 95.8 109.6 4.0 16.7 .276 .337 .137 .302 .309 55.6 13.0 8.7 0.00 3.32
Player 3160 573 45 7.9 5.5 91.8 115.8 9.2 30.4 .277 .452 .352 .357 .394 46.1 18.4 10.5
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.2 12.1 33.0 .246 .410 .317 .317 .370 35.7 22.0 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sheffield relies on 3 pitches.
Sinker
(48.8%) ,
Slider
(43.8%) ,
Changeup
(7.5%) ,


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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
2018 54.5 9.1 18.2 18.2 18.2 36.4 45.5 0.0 45.5 18.2 27.3 0.0 9.1 7.1
2019 54.1 17.4 22.9 5.5 37.6 36.7 25.7 3.7 40.4 22.9 23.9 3.7 5.5 3.6
2020 50.3 15.5 26.7 7.5 41.0 39.1 19.9 3.7 37.3 18.6 28.6 8.1 3.7 2.6
2021 47.1 22.6 26.3 4.0 41.2 35.4 23.4 2.9 34.7 20.1 25.9 4.4 11.7 8.3
2022 66.7 22.2 11.1 0.0 44.4 22.2 33.3 5.6 38.9 22.2 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 50.1 19.4 25.1 5.4 40.1 36.3 23.6 3.3 36.8 20.2 26.5 5.1 7.9 5.5
MLB 44.9 22.9 25.1 7.1 36.7 37.8 25.4 3.8 33.1 24.5 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
2022 Sinker SEA L 39 91.9 24.3 0.5 2 15.4 0.2 2
2022 Changeup SEA L 6 85.7 33.4 2.3 8 14.1 -0.1 -1
2022 Slider SEA L 35 81.1 44.0 2.9 7 10.6 0.2 2
2021 Slider SEA L 472 81.7 43.5 3.2 8 7.5 -1.1 -12
2021 Changeup SEA L 306 85.8 33.6 2.2 7 12.6 -1.9 -13
2021 Sinker SEA L 682 92.3 24.1 0.2 1 14.9 -0.1 0
2021 4-Seamer SEA L 10 93.5 19.6 -3.4 -21 6.6 -1.7 -20
2020 Changeup SEA L 164 86.3 34.5 2.9 9 14.6 0.4 2
2020 4-Seamer SEA L 8 92.5 18.7 -2.3 -14 8.9 0.7 9
2020 Slider SEA L 295 81.8 42.1 2.2 6 5.7 -1.7 -23
2020 Sinker SEA L 413 91.9 24.9 1.0 4 15.5 0.3 2
2019 4-Seamer SEA L 322 92.8 21.1 -3.8 -22 7.2 -1.5 -17
2019 Curveball SEA L 1 79.4 48.1 -6.5 -12 5.6 -3.5 -39
2019 Changeup SEA L 110 87.7 34.1 2.3 7 13.8 -1.2 -8
2019 Slider SEA L 240 84.2 40.8 2.2 6 4.4 -2.3 -34
2018 Curveball NYY L 1 82.6 49.1 0.9 2 4.8 -4.5 -48
2018 Slider NYY L 19 84.6 40.0 0.8 2 4.5 -1.8 -28
2018 Changeup NYY L 6 89.9 32.2 1.5 5 15.9 0.8 5
2018 4-Seamer NYY L 31 94.3 19.1 -2.8 -17 9.6 0.8 9
! 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 %
2022 Sinker -4.9 -2 39 48.8 14 .167 .167 .229 0.0 7.1 33.3 .399 .478 .424 63.6
2022 Slider -3.8 -1 35 43.8 7 .000 .000 .000 30.8 28.6 28.6 .079 .104 .078 40.0
2022 Changeup -9.7 -1 6 7.5 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .232 .309 .240 50.0
2021 Sinker 2.1 14 682 46.4 176 .340 .525 .464 10.9 6.8 10.0 .346 .613 .466 50.4
2021 Slider 1.5 7 472 32.1 133 .228 .472 .308 29.6 34.6 20.0 .227 .463 .307 40.0
2021 Changeup 2.1 6 306 20.8 73 .433 .582 .495 19.3 5.5 12.9 .352 .487 .393 49.2
2021 4-Seamer 1.5 0 10 0.7 2 .000 .000 .350 33.3 50.0 16.7 -- -- .350 --
2020 Sinker -0.6 -2 413 46.9 107 .304 .359 .350 13.3 14.0 18.1 .297 .413 .363 49.4
2020 Slider -1.8 -5 295 33.5 81 .192 .219 .236 28.1 37.0 23.1 .187 .257 .240 38.6
2020 Changeup -1.1 -2 164 18.6 43 .244 .341 .259 16.2 4.7 8.0 .297 .468 .329 50.0
2020 4-Seamer -1.7 0 8 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 20.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seamer -0.3 -1 322 47.8 83 .299 .507 .409 12.7 7.2 7.1 .279 .460 .384 48.4
2019 Slider 3.4 8 240 35.7 59 .302 .491 .376 47.5 49.2 30.2 .214 .367 .290 41.7
2019 Changeup -2.0 -2 110 16.3 26 .320 .440 .344 34.0 7.7 11.8 .227 .342 .261 30.4
2019 Curveball 6.3 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seamer 0.7 0 31 54.4 6 .333 .333 .500 12.5 0.0 0.0 .468 .523 .563 33.3
2018 Slider -4.1 -1 19 33.3 5 .200 .400 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 .195 .233 .194 20.0
2018 Changeup 41.8 3 6 10.5 3 .667 1.667 .967 0.0 0.0 -- .362 1.092 .601 33.3
2018 Curveball 8.1 0 1 1.8 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! 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 126 86.3 83 15.4 10:15 9:15 60
2020 Sinker 362 91.8 87 17.6 10:30 9:45 45
2020 Slider 278 81.8 35 7.0 3:30 4:00 -30
2021 Changeup 291 85.8 73 13.5 10:30 9:15 75
2021 4-Seam Fastball 10 93.5 83 13.0 10:45 10:45 0
2021 Sinker 653 92.3 81 17.1 11:00 9:45 75
2021 Slider 467 81.7 45 9.4 3:45 4:00 -15
2022 Sinker 38 91.9 80 17.8 11:00 9:45 75
2022 Slider 35 81.1 50 12.7 4:00 3:45 15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 168 673 1 -1 -1 6 5
2020 232 880 -15 -6 7 4 -9
2021 384 1,470 14 -5 10 9 28
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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 57 45.6 50.0 100.0 19.4 83.3 49.1 35.7 33.3 5.3 7.0 100.0
2019 673 45.6 69.4 83.1 25.7 38.3 41.6 62.5 45.6 30.0 5.8 82.1
2020 880 50.0 63.0 89.5 25.0 53.6 40.1 63.4 44.0 19.6 7.4 69.2
2021 1,470 47.3 66.1 88.0 24.7 59.2 41.4 62.6 44.3 19.8 8.0 83.8
2022 80 47.5 57.9 90.9 19.0 75.0 33.8 52.2 37.5 13.3 10.0 87.5
Player 3,160 47.7 65.4 87.6 24.7 53.5 41.0 62.0 44.1 21.7 7.4 79.8
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.3 58.4 42.6 60.7 47.0 24.6 7.2 76.0
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2019 48 1
2020 53 32 65 84 37 46 89 12 8 34 50 9 53 36 2
2021 1 1 2 4 1 17 5 1 3 7 16 8 1 34 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 %
2018 22.3 1 0.8 0 0 1 0 0.0
2019 26.5 5 5.6 -1 3 3 3 60.0
2020 24.1 2 2.7 -1 7 0 2 100.0
2021 24.3 14 15.1 -1 5 10 9 64.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2019 5 4 8 6 5 5 6 7 6 5 7 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 6 5 5 7 6 5 5 4 5 6
2020 2 3 4 2 2 2 0 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 7 2 5
2021 14 18 14 14 15 17 13 17 13 16 14 15 10 10 11 17 16 19 17 13 17 15 15 16 16 12 18 14 16 15 19
! 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 94.3 92.8 -1.5 ↓ 91.9 -0.9 ↓ 92.3 0.4 ↑ 91.9 -0.4 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 89.9 87.7 -2.2 ↓ 86.3 -1.4 ↓ 85.8 -0.5 ↓ 85.7 -0.1 ↓
Breaking Velocity 84.5 84.2 -0.3 ↓ 81.8 -2.4 ↓ 81.7 -0.1 ↓ 81.1 -0.6 ↓
Exit Velocity 85.3 90.7 5.4 ↑ 90.7 0 92.9 2.2 ↑ 95.8 2.9 ↑
Launch Angle 9.1 7.1 -2 ↓ 9.6 2.5 ↑ 10.2 0.6 ↑ 4 -6.2 ↓
Barrel % 9.1 5.5 -3.6 ↓ 3.7 -1.8 ↓ 11.7 8 ↑ 0 -11.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 27.3 43.1 15.8 ↑ 46.6 3.5 ↑ 47.1 0.5 ↑ 55.6 8.5 ↑
Sweet Spot % 27.3 29.4 2.1 ↑ 29.8 0.4 ↑ 32.1 2.3 ↑ 16.7 -15.4 ↓
xBA .315 .246 -0.069 ↓ .257 0.011 ↑ .302 0.045 ↑ .276 -0.026 ↓
BA .364 .303 -0.061 ↓ .251 -0.052 ↓ .316 0.065 ↑ .095 -0.221 ↓
xwOBA .437 .328 -0.109 ↓ .312 -0.016 ↓ .396 0.084 ↑ .302 -0.094 ↓
wOBA .508 .375 -0.133 ↓ .285 -0.09 ↓ .39 0.105 ↑ .137 -0.253 ↓
xSLG .547 .406 -0.141 ↓ .367 -0.039 ↓ .53 0.163 ↑ .337 -0.193 ↓
SLG .727 .49 -0.237 ↓ .304 -0.186 ↓ .515 0.211 ↑ .095 -0.42 ↓
K% 0 22 22 ↑ 20.7 -1.3 ↓ 16.4 -4.3 ↓ 13 -3.4 ↓
BB% 21.4 10.7 -10.7 ↓ 8.6 -2.1 ↓ 11.2 2.6 ↑ 8.7 -2.5 ↓
Swing % 33.3 45.6 12.3 ↑ 44 -1.6 ↓ 44.3 0.3 ↑ 37.5 -6.8 ↓
Whiff% 5.3 30 24.7 ↑ 19.6 -10.4 ↓ 19.8 0.2 ↑ 13.3 -6.5 ↓
In Zone % 45.6 45.6 0 50 4.4 ↑ 47.3 -2.7 ↓ 47.5 0.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 54.4 54.4 0 50 -4.4 ↓ 52.7 2.7 ↑ 52.5 -0.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 19.4 25.7 6.3 ↑ 25 -0.7 ↓ 24.7 -0.3 ↓ 19 -5.7 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 21.4 31.5 10.1 ↑ 31 -0.5 ↓ 30.9 -0.1 ↓ 26.1 -4.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 35.7 62.5 26.8 ↑ 63.4 0.9 ↑ 62.6 -0.8 ↓ 52.2 -10.4 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2018 14 .508 6 0 0.0 8 5 62.5
2019 168 .375 131 16 12.2 37 20 54.1
2020 232 .285 175 19 10.9 57 46 80.7
2021 384 .390 291 53 18.2 93 53 57.0
2022 23 .137 14 7 50.0 9 7 77.8

Pitch Tempo

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