Lucas Luetge
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 205LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 21, #638, Milwaukee Brewers | Rice
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 4 2 2.74 57 1 1 72.1 78 1.13
2022 4 4 2.67 50 0 2 57.1 60 1.40
2023 1 0 7.24 12 0 0 13.2 14 1.76
7 Seasons 12 11 3.60 230 1 5 232.1 226 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 57 4-2 2.74 72.1 78 1.13
2022 50 4-4 2.67 57.1 60 1.40
2023 12 1-0 7.24 13.2 14 1.76
7 Seasons 230 12-11 3.60 232.1 226 1.37
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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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 28 33 4 0 0.0 0.0 88.1 98.0 6.5 50.0 .132 .242 .172 .299 .255 25.0 25.0 25.0 0.00 3.67
2021 34 1241 204 9 4.4 3.0 86.6 110.1 15.2 36.3 .243 .358 .279 .282 .355 31.4 25.9 5.0 2.74 3.32
2022 35 971 170 9 5.3 3.6 85.2 112.4 17.6 40.6 .245 .349 .317 .294 .351 23.5 23.9 6.8 2.67 3.57
2023 36 286 43 1 2.3 1.5 85.8 105.4 11.7 34.9 .284 .390 .357 .337 .380 27.9 21.5 10.8 7.24 4.86
Player 2531 421 19 4.5 3.0 86.0 112.4 15.7 38.0 .246 .356 .301 .293 .355 27.8 24.6 6.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Luetge relies on 4 pitches.
Cutter
(48.6%) ,
Sweeper
(35.3%) ,
Curveball
(13.3%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(2.8%) ,


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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 50.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 25.0 50.0 25.0 0.0 50.0 25.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 0.0
2021 42.6 26.5 22.5 8.3 45.1 36.3 18.6 2.0 30.9 27.5 27.9 7.4 4.4 3.0
2022 35.9 21.8 30.6 11.8 39.4 34.1 26.5 5.3 24.1 31.2 29.4 4.7 5.3 3.6
2023 41.9 23.3 27.9 7.0 46.5 34.9 18.6 4.7 30.2 23.3 34.9 4.7 2.3 1.5
Player 39.9 24.2 26.4 9.5 42.8 35.4 21.9 3.6 28.3 28.5 29.0 6.2 4.5 3.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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
2023 Sweeper ATL L 100 76.4 49.0 2.1 4 19.5 2.7 16
2023 4-Seamer ATL L 8 87.0 22.9 -3.8 -20 2.6 -3.1 -54
2023 Curveball ATL L 38 73.0 67.0 2.0 3 10.4 0.3 3
2023 Cutter ATL L 137 86.6 29.7 -0.1 0 4.8 1.5 45
2022 Slider NYY L 2 78.3 47.9 3.6 8 15.6 5.0 47
2022 Cutter NYY L 526 87.6 29.1 -1.2 -4 5.2 2.0 64
2022 4-Seamer NYY L 4 87.5 26.4 -8.1 -45 0.4 -5.7 -94
2022 Curveball NYY L 138 73.5 66.4 1.7 3 10.3 -0.6 -6
2022 Sweeper NYY L 301 77.4 47.5 1.6 3 19.3 2.5 15
2021 Curveball NYY L 189 74.5 65.4 3.8 6 12.4 2.4 24
2021 Cutter NYY L 770 88.3 27.4 -0.2 -1 4.8 2.0 71
2021 Sweeper NYY L 3 79.2 49.1 5.6 13 18.4 2.7 17
2021 Slider NYY L 278 81.3 43.0 2.1 5 9.1 2.3 33
2021 4-Seamer NYY L 1 90.3 22.6 -5.9 -35 1.2 -5.6 -83
2015 4-Seamer SEA L 7 92.2 -- -- 1.7 -5.4 -77
2015 Curveball SEA L 6 76.5 -- -- 9.6 -1.0 -9
2015 Sinker SEA L 12 90.5 -- -- 11.4 -2.7 -19
2015 Changeup SEA L 1 83.0 -- -- 10.9 -2.1 -16
2015 Slider SEA L 7 85.4 -- -- 5.6 0.8 17
! 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 Cutter -4.5 -6 139 48.6 29 .565 .739 .574 14.9 17.2 12.5 .445 .559 .470 36.8
2023 Sweeper 1.4 1 101 35.3 26 .174 .304 .262 21.2 7.7 6.3 .221 .295 .276 14.3
2023 Curveball 2.3 1 38 13.3 8 .000 .000 .000 46.7 87.5 22.6 .001 .001 .001 0.0
2023 4-Seamer 10.5 1 8 2.8 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .301 1.107 .558 100.0
2022 Cutter -0.5 -3 526 54.2 157 .333 .440 .378 23.0 17.2 24.3 .270 .386 .323 28.4
2022 Sweeper 1.2 4 301 31.0 64 .217 .317 .259 28.4 21.9 21.2 .254 .361 .295 10.9
2022 Curveball 0.9 1 138 14.2 26 .040 .040 .062 53.3 73.1 22.1 .058 .066 .078 16.7
2022 4-Seamer -30.7 -1 4 0.4 2 1.000 4.000 1.350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .691 1.502 .813 100.0
2022 Slider -110.1 -2 2 0.2 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 0.0 .349 .423 .342 0.0
2021 Cutter 0.2 2 770 62.0 186 .275 .392 .323 24.5 17.7 17.9 .272 .385 .313 33.1
2021 Slider -0.4 -1 278 22.4 64 .250 .483 .390 24.3 15.6 15.2 .288 .486 .352 30.0
2021 Curveball 0.8 1 189 15.2 50 .100 .100 .090 51.4 70.0 25.4 .087 .112 .086 20.0
2021 Sweeper -6.5 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seamer -7.0 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Curveball 38 73.0 90 21.4 5:00 5:00 0
2023 Cutter 138 86.6 44 7.6 12:30 1:30 -60
2023 Sweeper 98 76.4 64 21.0 4:00 3:30 30
2022 Curveball 138 73.5 89 21.4 5:00 5:00 0
2022 Cutter 525 87.6 41 7.9 12:45 1:30 -45
2022 Sweeper 299 77.4 63 20.8 4:00 3:15 45
2021 Curveball 189 74.5 86 22.9 4:45 4:45 0
2021 Cutter 765 88.3 44 8.3 12:30 1:15 -45
2021 Slider 274 81.3 45 10.6 3:15 3:45 -30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 172 693 3 6 0 -2 6
2013 163 544 -4 -4 -4 -3 -15
2014 36 130 0 0 0 0 -1
2021 300 1,241 6 13 -10 -6 2
2022 250 971 0 11 -6 -7 -1
2023 65 286 2 -1 -2 -2 -3
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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 33 42.4 42.9 83.3 31.6 50.0 33.3 75.0 36.4 33.3 15.2 80.0
2021 1,241 41.4 75.3 80.9 32.9 58.6 39.2 58.3 50.4 27.5 6.2 79.2
2022 971 40.6 65.0 85.5 30.7 53.1 38.5 58.4 44.6 27.5 4.6 71.1
2023 286 39.2 67.0 88.0 36.2 66.7 39.5 53.8 48.3 20.3 5.9 70.6
Player 2,531 40.9 70.0 83.3 32.4 57.5 38.9 58.1 47.8 26.7 5.7 75.7
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 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
2021 81 45 74 87 80 87 94 88 92 65 94 63 93 75
2022 63 41 70 88 45 82 81 97 100 59 63 64 64 40
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 23.2 6 7.2 -1 6 7 1 16.7
2022 24.0 4 4.7 -1 2 6 0 0.0
2023 22.2 2 1.5 1 1 1 1 50.0
Player 23.3 12 13.3 -1 9 14 2 16.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 6 7 6 9 8 7 8 6 5 5 7 10 8 5 8 10 5 5 10 9 6 8 11 6 4 5 10 10 7 7 4
2022 4 4 2 5 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 7 6 5 7 5 4 5 4 6 3 6 6 4 3 4 6 7 5 4
2023 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
Player 12 12 10 15 16 13 14 10 11 9 13 17 16 12 15 18 12 10 16 15 13 12 19 13 9 9 15 18 15 14 9
! 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 88.3 87.6 -0.7 ↓ 86.6 -1.0 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 78.6 76.2 -2.4 ↓ 75.4 -0.8 ↓
Exit Velocity 86.6 85.2 -1.4 ↓ 85.8 0.6 ↑
Launch Angle 15.2 17.6 2.4 ↑ 11.7 -5.9 ↓
Barrel % 4.4 5.3 0.9 ↑ 2.3 -3.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 31.4 23.5 -7.9 ↓ 27.9 4.4 ↑
Sweet Spot % 36.3 40.6 4.3 ↑ 34.9 -5.7 ↓
xBA .243 .245 0.002 ↑ .284 0.039 ↑
BA .238 .276 0.038 ↑ .304 0.028 ↑
xwOBA .282 .294 0.012 ↑ .337 0.043 ↑
wOBA .279 .317 0.038 ↑ .357 0.040 ↑
xSLG .358 .349 -0.009 ↓ .390 0.041 ↑
SLG .359 .386 0.027 ↑ .429 0.043 ↑
K% 25.9 23.9 -2.0 ↓ 21.5 -2.4 ↓
BB% 5.0 6.8 1.8 ↑ 10.8 4.0 ↑
Swing % 50.4 44.6 -5.8 ↓ 48.3 3.7 ↑
Whiff% 27.5 27.5 0.0 20.3 -7.2 ↓
In Zone % 41.4 40.6 -0.8 ↓ 39.2 -1.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 58.6 59.4 0.8 ↑ 60.8 1.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 32.9 30.7 -2.2 ↓ 36.2 5.5 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 35.0 30.4 -4.6 ↓ 26.2 -4.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 58.3 58.4 0.1 ↑ 53.8 -4.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 286 .274 195 53 27.2 91 59 64.8
2022 Shifts 250 .317 158 43 27.2 92 51 55.4
2023 Shades 65 .357 40 8 20.0 25 6 24.0
! 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.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2012 149 16.1 33.6% 0.7% 135 20.7 3.7% 4.4%
2013 146 17.5 23.3% 0.0% 98 21.2 1.0% 7.1%
2014 45 16.0 35.6% 0.0% 15 21.5 0.0% 0.0%
2015 11 13.3 54.5% 0.0% 7 21.2 0.0% 0.0%
2021 326 20.2 3.7% 6.1% 183 25.3 0.0% 15.8%
2022 269 19.8 5.6% 10.0% 180 22.9 0.0% 11.7%
2023 69 14.8 50.7% 0.0% 50 18.0 8.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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