Lucas Sims
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 2" 213LBS | Age: 28

Draft: 2012 | Rd: 1, #21, Atlanta Braves | Brookwood HS (GA)

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 1 0 9.45 6 0 1 6.2 5 1.65
6 Seasons 14 10 4.97 120 14 8 195.2 232 1.29
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 6 1-0 9.45 6.2 5 1.65
6 Seasons 120 14-10 4.97 195.2 232 1.29

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
2017 23 985 184 9 4.9 3.5 86.7 114.1 15.2 34.8 .264 .437 .366 .335 .367 29.9 17.3 9.0 5.62 4.89
2018 24 312 46 3 6.5 3.9 88.0 109.4 16.9 39.1 .230 .404 .361 .347 .361 37.0 20.8 16.9 7.47 5.23
2019 25 751 99 6 6.1 3.4 88.7 112.0 25.0 37.4 .176 .340 .302 .270 .336 31.3 32.2 10.7 4.61 3.16
2020 26 464 55 1 1.8 1.0 87.3 107.4 18.8 20.0 .133 .209 .257 .229 .240 34.5 32.7 11.5 2.46 2.19
2021 27 815 97 6 6.2 3.1 86.5 112.2 20.4 44.3 .167 .296 .281 .244 .347 35.1 39.0 9.2 4.40 2.47
2022 28 129 19 1 5.3 3.2 87.9 107.9 7.4 31.6 .229 .345 .323 .341 .302 26.3 16.1 19.4 9.45 4.94
Player 3456 500 26 5.2 3.1 87.3 114.1 18.4 35.8 .202 .349 .317 .288 .340 32.2 27.7 10.8
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sims relies on 3 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(42.6%) ,
Slider
(29.5%) ,
Curveball
(27.9%) ,


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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
2017 40.2 27.2 23.9 8.7 34.2 38.0 26.1 5.4 28.8 26.6 23.9 7.6 4.9 3.5
2018 37.0 21.7 30.4 10.9 30.4 39.1 30.4 2.2 26.1 30.4 28.3 6.5 6.5 3.9
2019 26.3 39.4 20.2 14.1 38.4 37.4 24.2 2.0 19.2 46.5 17.2 8.1 6.1 3.4
2020 41.8 29.1 16.4 12.7 40.0 30.9 29.1 5.5 32.7 36.4 16.4 5.5 1.8 1.0
2021 28.9 30.9 27.8 12.4 32.0 36.1 32.0 8.2 17.5 38.1 20.6 9.3 6.2 3.1
2022 52.6 21.1 26.3 0.0 68.4 15.8 15.8 5.3 47.4 15.8 15.8 10.5 5.3 3.2
Player 35.6 29.8 23.8 10.8 36.2 36.0 27.2 5.0 25.6 33.8 21.2 7.8 5.2 3.1
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


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 Slider CIN R 38 84.2 39.0 1.9 5 8.7 2.0 30
2022 4-Seamer CIN R 55 93.5 13.0 2.5 16 9.4 1.2 15
2022 Curveball CIN R 36 80.9 43.2 -6.4 -13 12.4 3.7 42
2021 Curveball CIN R 195 82.3 43.8 -4.2 -9 10.5 2.5 32
2021 4-Seamer CIN R 336 95.1 12.2 3.1 20 8.5 0.3 4
2021 Changeup CIN R 2 91.1 19.2 -8.3 -30 12.7 -2.5 -16
2021 Slider CIN R 281 85.6 37.3 1.8 5 7.7 2.1 36
2020 Slider CIN R 93 83.1 40.9 2.6 7 13.3 7.3 121
2020 4-Seamer CIN R 223 93.9 12.8 3.0 19 7.2 -0.9 -11
2020 Changeup CIN R 7 87.5 30.5 0.1 0 16.3 2.0 14
2020 Curveball CIN R 141 81.4 46.0 -2.2 -5 15.3 6.0 65
2019 4-Seamer CIN R 376 93.5 14.8 2.0 12 9.1 0.4 5
2019 Slider CIN R 143 83.3 35.7 -4.0 -10 11.5 4.0 53
2019 Curveball CIN R 186 81.6 47.7 -2.1 -4 12.0 2.9 32
2019 Sinker CIN R 4 95.3 17.3 -5.9 -26 14.5 -1.9 -11
2019 Changeup CIN R 42 86.5 35.1 3.6 12 15.1 0.4 3
2018 4-Seamer CIN R 145 92.3 18.8 -1.5 -9 5.6 -2.6 -32
2018 Sinker CIN R 30 93.0 20.0 -3.5 -15 12.9 -2.4 -15
2018 Curveball CIN R 85 79.9 51.0 -2.1 -4 13.8 4.3 46
2018 Slider CIN R 15 89.1 29.2 -3.6 -11 5.7 1.2 28
2018 Changeup CIN R 37 86.0 35.3 2.6 8 14.6 0.6 5
2017 Slider ATL R 267 86.4 32.4 -2.8 -8 4.8 0.6 16
2017 Curveball ATL R 129 76.7 55.8 -2.1 -4 15.1 5.0 49
2017 Sinker ATL R 215 92.3 22.5 -1.0 -4 16.0 0.3 2
2017 Changeup ATL R 128 83.5 36.9 3.3 10 16.7 2.9 21
2017 4-Seamer ATL R 246 91.2 18.0 -0.6 -4 5.3 -3.9 -42
! 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 4-Seamer 3.6 2 55 42.6 14 .375 .375 .493 16.7 7.1 9.1 .361 .444 .502 28.6
2022 Slider -1.5 -1 38 29.5 11 .222 .444 .291 29.4 36.4 28.6 .153 .331 .231 33.3
2022 Curveball -2.8 -1 36 27.9 6 .000 .000 .000 15.4 0.0 0.0 .169 .233 .176 16.7
2021 4-Seamer -0.2 -1 336 41.2 83 .151 .356 .261 26.3 39.8 24.4 .153 .355 .261 34.1
2021 Slider -1.7 -5 281 34.5 70 .197 .348 .248 42.2 37.1 27.7 .152 .211 .181 29.3
2021 Curveball -0.1 0 195 23.9 38 .323 .452 .386 40.8 44.7 34.7 .235 .339 .313 53.3
2021 Changeup 31.0 1 3 0.4 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2020 4-Seamer -0.1 0 223 48.1 59 .184 .429 .351 29.0 22.0 19.7 .172 .293 .284 41.7
2020 Curveball -3.2 -4 141 30.4 26 .087 .130 .163 48.9 50.0 31.7 .104 .139 .176 20.0
2020 Slider -0.6 -1 93 20.0 18 .125 .125 .178 33.3 38.9 24.1 .068 .074 .134 22.2
2020 Changeup 6.6 0 7 1.5 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seamer 0.9 4 376 50.1 81 .258 .606 .409 26.4 18.5 13.0 .191 .431 .324 39.6
2019 Curveball -1.9 -4 186 24.8 45 .140 .233 .183 30.5 35.6 22.2 .190 .296 .227 22.2
2019 Slider -1.0 -1 143 19.0 39 .167 .250 .238 55.2 56.4 41.5 .104 .146 .171 14.3
2019 Changeup 4.7 2 42 5.6 11 .250 .625 .455 50.0 36.4 30.8 .312 .738 .499 50.0
2019 Sinker -5.2 0 4 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .013 .028 .018 0.0
2018 4-Seamer 1.8 3 145 46.5 33 .217 .522 .426 25.0 15.2 15.2 .193 .487 .408 33.3
2018 Curveball -0.3 0 85 27.2 15 .143 .143 .167 36.7 33.3 17.9 .146 .186 .180 22.2
2018 Changeup 2.4 1 37 11.9 11 .200 .400 .291 40.0 27.3 23.1 .184 .257 .233 14.3
2018 Sinker 7.3 2 30 9.6 12 .500 .750 .542 9.1 25.0 42.9 .378 .593 .417 66.7
2018 Slider -0.6 0 15 4.8 5 .000 .000 .280 14.3 0.0 0.0 .455 .521 .536 66.7
2017 Slider -1.5 -4 267 27.1 62 .186 .407 .284 24.2 19.4 18.8 .214 .410 .282 29.8
2017 4-Seamer 0.0 0 246 25.0 57 .310 .595 .452 15.5 14.0 12.1 .236 .454 .380 40.5
2017 Sinker 0.2 1 215 21.8 61 .302 .434 .346 12.9 13.1 12.5 .320 .461 .359 25.0
2017 Curveball 5.3 7 129 13.1 40 .324 .541 .395 25.0 25.0 16.4 .248 .384 .299 18.5
2017 Changeup 2.0 3 128 13.0 33 .387 .645 .442 25.4 18.2 17.6 .319 .490 .366 36.0
! 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 Curveball 130 81.4 60 17.8 7:45 8:15 -30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 180 93.9 82 19.2 12:45 12:45 0
2021 Curveball 177 82.2 55 13.0 8:00 8:00 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 336 95.1 90 19.8 1:00 1:00 0
2021 Slider 235 85.6 37 9.0 8:15 8:30 -15
2022 Curveball 36 80.9 52 14.6 8:15 8:30 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 55 93.5 93 20.5 1:00 1:00 0
2022 Slider 37 84.2 35 10.2 8:30 8:30 0
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 253 985 7 -11 4 5 6
2018 76 312 0 0 4 2 5
2019 177 751 -7 0 3 4 0
2020 113 503 -7 -9 5 4 -7
2021 192 815 -3 -10 4 5 -5
2022 31 129 -1 -2 3 1 0
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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 %
2017 985 47.4 63.8 84.9 27.6 62.9 42.6 66.7 44.8 20.2 7.6 68.0
2018 312 43.9 61.3 75.0 29.1 64.7 38.8 53.9 43.3 27.4 7.7 66.7
2019 751 40.5 64.8 76.6 34.9 51.9 40.2 66.1 47.0 34.0 5.6 59.5
2020 464 44.8 56.3 77.8 25.8 40.9 42.0 51.9 39.4 35.0 6.9 56.3
2021 815 48.1 59.4 75.1 29.1 43.1 39.9 58.3 43.7 35.1 7.7 61.9
2022 129 41.9 57.4 80.6 22.7 76.5 37.2 61.3 37.2 20.8 10.9 71.4
Player 3,456 45.2 61.5 79.0 29.4 53.4 40.8 61.4 43.9 29.4 7.2 63.6
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.8 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
2017 27 25 30 36 21 72 70 63 75 19 37 20 52 35 72 93 2
2018 46 80 91 10
2019 57 99 99 15
2020 98 99 99 98 93 97 98 68 63 89 22 90 30 66 100 100 9
2021 79 98 98 4
2022 50 95 5
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 22.9 9 9.3 0 2 5 5 55.6
2018 24.1 3 3.0 0 0 1 2 66.7
2019 23.7 8 6.1 2 2 4 3 37.5
2020 22.2 3 1.5 2 3 1 0 0.0
2021 24.5 6 6.5 -1 0 3 4 66.7
2022 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
Player 23.5 29 26.6 2 8 14 14 48.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 9 7 9 9 10 10 10 9 11 7 10 10 9 8 10 11 8 10 7 10 11 9 9 10 9 9 11 9 8 9 11
2018 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2019 8 8 6 6 7 6 7 6 7 5 6 7 4 4 5 7 5 7 4 5 7 6 5 5 7 7 8 5 7 6 8
2020 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 1 3
2021 6 6 7 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 6 7
2022 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Player 29 26 27 23 28 28 27 28 29 25 26 28 23 21 25 29 24 30 20 26 29 25 25 28 27 27 32 24 29 25 32
! 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 91.7 92.4 0.7 93.5 1.1 93.9 0.4 95.1 1.2 93.5 -1.6
Offspeed Velocity 83.5 86 2.5 86.5 0.5 87.5 1 90.9 3.4 0 0
Breaking Velocity 83.2 81.3 -1.9 82.3 1 82.1 -0.2 84.2 2.1 82.6 -1.6
Exit Velocity 86.7 88 1.3 88.7 0.7 87.3 -1.4 86.5 -0.8 87.9 1.4
Launch Angle 15.2 16.9 1.7 25 8.1 18.8 -6.2 20.4 1.6 7.4 -13
Barrel % 4.9 6.5 1.6 6.1 -0.4 1.8 -4.3 6.2 4.4 5.3 -0.9
Hard Hit % 29.9 37 7.1 31.3 -5.7 34.5 3.2 35.1 0.6 26.3 -8.8
Sweet Spot % 34.8 39.1 4.3 37.4 -1.7 20 -17.4 44.3 24.3 31.6 -12.7
xBA .264 .23 -0.035 .176 -0.054 .133 -0.043 .167 0.034 .229 0.062
BA .288 .242 -0.046 .201 -0.041 .146 -0.055 .2 0.054 .217 0.017
xwOBA .335 .347 0.012 .27 -0.077 .229 -0.041 .244 0.015 .341 0.097
wOBA .366 .361 -0.005 .302 -0.059 .257 -0.045 .281 0.024 .323 0.042
xSLG .437 .404 -0.033 .34 -0.064 .209 -0.131 .296 0.087 .345 0.049
SLG .505 .435 -0.07 .416 -0.019 .292 -0.124 .371 0.079 .304 -0.067
K% 17.3 20.8 3.5 32.2 11.4 32.7 0.5 39 6.3 16.1 -22.9
BB% 9 16.9 7.9 10.7 -6.2 11.5 0.8 9.2 -2.3 19.4 10.2
Swing % 44.8 43.3 -1.5 47 3.7 39.4 -7.6 43.7 4.3 37.2 -6.5
Whiff% 20.2 27.4 7.2 34 6.6 35 1 35.1 0.1 20.8 -14.3
In Zone % 47.4 43.9 -3.5 40.5 -3.4 44.8 4.3 48.1 3.3 41.9 -6.2
Out of Zone % 52.6 56.1 3.5 59.5 3.4 55.2 -4.3 51.9 -3.3 58.1 6.2
Out of Zone Swing % 27.6 29.1 1.5 34.9 5.8 25.8 -9.1 29.1 3.3 22.7 -6.4
First Pitch Swing % 26.3 28.9 2.6 26.6 -2.3 19.2 -7.4 20.8 1.6 12.9 -7.9
First Pitch Strike % 66.7 53.9 -12.8 66.1 12.2 51.9 -14.2 58.3 6.4 61.3 3
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2017 253 .366 140 5 3.6 113 29 25.7
2018 76 .361 40 0 0.0 36 3 8.3
2019 177 .302 100 5 5.0 77 38 49.4
2020 102 .262 49 7 14.3 53 39 73.6
2021 185 .287 105 4 3.8 80 42 52.5
2022 31 .323 18 0 0.0 13 7 53.8

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2017 287 16.0 41.1% 1.4% 187 23.5 0.5% 10.7%
2018 73 14.6 54.8% 0.0% 77 20.5 0.0% 6.5%
2019 209 15.7 43.1% 1.4% 142 22.9 0.0% 8.5%
2020 142 16.9 23.2% 1.4% 98 20.0 2.0% 5.1%
2021 230 18.4 8.7% 3.5% 174 23.5 0.0% 16.1%
2022 29 17.7 3.4% 0.0% 43 19.3 4.7% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution