Lucas Sims
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 213LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 1, #21, Atlanta Braves | Brookwood HS (GA)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 7 3 3.10 67 0 3 61 72 1.18
2024 1 6 4.38 58 0 1 49.1 49 1.44
2025 1 0 13.86 18 0 0 12.1 13 2.27
9 Seasons 23 19 4.86 263 14 12 318.1 366 1.33
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 67 7-3 3.10 61 72 1.18
2024 58 1-6 4.38 49.1 49 1.44
2025 18 1-0 13.86 12.1 13 2.27
9 Seasons 263 23-19 4.86 318.1 366 1.33
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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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
2017 23 985 184 9 4.9 3.5 86.7 114.1 15.2 34.8 .263 .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 .229 .404 .361 .346 .361 37.0 20.8 16.9 7.47 5.19
2019 25 751 99 6 6.1 3.4 88.7 112.0 25.0 37.4 .175 .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 .295 .281 .244 .345 35.1 39.0 9.2 4.40 2.49
2022 28 129 19 1 5.3 3.2 87.9 107.9 7.4 31.6 .228 .343 .323 .341 .300 26.3 16.1 19.4 9.45 4.94
2023 29 1057 137 12 8.8 4.7 87.6 109.7 27.6 32.1 .176 .330 .287 .302 .321 32.1 27.9 15.1 3.10 3.82
2024 30 885 134 13 9.7 6.0 85.4 110.6 24.1 32.8 .223 .384 .331 .321 .349 31.3 22.8 14.0 4.38 4.34
2025 31 279 38 4 10.5 5.6 86.7 110.3 14.1 28.9 .256 .447 .437 .417 .401 39.5 18.1 19.4 13.87 7.24
Player 5677 809 55 6.8 4.0 87.0 114.1 20.7 34.4 .203 .355 .320 .302 .341 32.4 26.4 12.6
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sims relies on 7 pitches.
Four Seamer
(44.1%) ,
Sweeper
(43.7%) ,
Curveball
(4.3%) ,
Sinker
(3.2%) ,
Cutter
(2.2%) ,
Slider
(2.2%) ,
Split Finger
(0.4%) ,


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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 %
2017 40.2 59.8 27.2 23.9 8.7 34.2 38.0 26.1 18.5 15.2 6.0 15.8 22.8 20.1
2018 37.0 63.0 21.7 30.4 10.9 30.4 39.1 30.4 17.4 13.0 6.5 13.0 26.1 23.9
2019 26.3 73.7 39.4 20.2 14.1 38.4 37.4 24.2 10.1 13.1 3.0 28.3 24.2 21.2
2020 41.8 58.2 29.1 16.4 12.7 40.0 30.9 29.1 20.0 16.4 5.5 20.0 14.5 23.6
2021 28.9 71.1 30.9 27.8 12.4 32.0 36.1 32.0 8.2 11.3 9.3 23.7 24.7 22.7
2022 52.6 47.4 21.1 26.3 0.0 68.4 15.8 15.8 42.1 5.3 5.3 26.3 10.5 10.5
2023 24.8 75.2 39.4 21.2 14.6 35.8 37.2 27.0 11.7 10.2 2.9 24.1 27.0 24.1
2024 28.4 71.6 33.6 23.1 14.9 38.8 36.6 24.6 12.7 9.0 6.7 26.1 27.6 17.9
2025 42.1 57.9 31.6 23.7 2.6 39.5 42.1 18.4 18.4 18.4 5.3 21.1 23.7 13.2
Player 32.9 67.1 32.1 23.2 11.7 36.7 36.6 26.3 14.7 12.5 5.6 22.0 24.1 20.8
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 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
2017 5.4 28.8 26.6 23.9 7.6 4.9 3.5
2018 2.2 26.1 30.4 28.3 6.5 6.5 3.9
2019 2.0 19.2 46.5 17.2 8.1 6.1 3.4
2020 5.5 32.7 36.4 16.4 5.5 1.8 1.0
2021 8.2 17.5 38.1 20.6 9.3 6.2 3.1
2022 5.3 47.4 15.8 15.8 10.5 5.3 3.2
2023 5.1 13.9 49.6 17.5 5.1 8.8 4.7
2024 9.0 13.4 37.3 22.4 8.2 9.7 6.0
2025 5.3 31.6 23.7 21.1 7.9 10.5 5.6
Player 5.7 21.9 36.6 20.8 7.4 6.8 4.0
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! 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 Slider WSH R 6 86.5 28.1 -7.2 8.8GLV 4.3 8.5 -6.8 8.8GLV 3.9
2025 Split-Finger WSH R 1 86.2 33.4 -1.9 13.5ARM 1.8 3.2 -0.4 13.5ARM 2.0
2025 Curveball WSH R 12 82.2 47.6 -2.9 12.0GLV 2.8 -7.0 -2.8 12.0GLV 2.6
2025 Sinker WSH R 9 95.2 17.2 -5.8 14.1ARM -1.8 12.9 -5.6 14.1ARM -1.2
2025 4-Seam Fastball WSH R 123 94.9 12.2 2.8 6.2ARM -2.1 18.2 2.3 6.2ARM -1.5
2025 Cutter WSH R 6 90.7 23.1 1.7 2.2GLV 0.7 9.8 1.4 2.2GLV -0.1
2025 Sweeper WSH R 122 84.8 34.4 -3.5 15.6GLV 2.8 3.8 -2.5 15.6GLV 1.6
2024 Curveball BOS R 65 79.8 54.7 1.8 14.6GLV 4.8 -11.4 1.4 14.6GLV 5.2
2024 Cutter BOS R 137 90.9 22.7 2.2 4.1GLV 2.6 10.2 1.9 4.1GLV 1.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 278 94.2 13.3 1.8 4.7ARM -3.5 17.5 1.8 4.7ARM -2.9
2024 Split-Finger BOS R 2 88.3 26.5 -5.8 11.0ARM -0.4 8.5 -5.9 11.0ARM 0.3
2024 Slider BOS R 21 85.3 30.0 -6.4 9.1GLV 4.0 7.6 -6.0 9.1GLV 4.2
2024 Sweeper BOS R 382 84.1 34.5 -3.9 17.5GLV 3.5 4.2 -2.7 17.5GLV 3.4
! 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 -3.5 -4 123 44.1 29 .316 .526 .478 34.1 10.3 11.5 .338 .583 .499 43.8
2025 Sweeper -2.3 -3 122 43.7 36 .214 .464 .400 40.0 25.0 20.9 .170 .273 .302 26.3
2025 Curveball -6.0 -1 12 4.3 2 1.000 1.000 .800 0.0 0.0 0.0 .540 1.039 .682 100.0
2025 Sinker 0.3 0 9 3.2 2 .500 .500 .450 16.7 0.0 0.0 .664 1.501 .907 100.0
2025 Cutter -4.2 0 6 2.2 2 .000 .000 .350 100.0 50.0 50.0 -- -- .350 --
2025 Slider -7.7 0 6 2.2 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2025 Split-Finger -3.9 0 1 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 Sweeper 0.1 0 382 43.2 87 .215 .380 .286 26.6 27.6 20.5 .243 .405 .308 30.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -7 278 31.4 76 .281 .561 .428 21.6 21.1 15.7 .201 .412 .356 32.6
2024 Cutter 2.6 4 137 15.5 36 .167 .267 .272 28.4 13.9 19.2 .179 .232 .266 24.0
2024 Curveball -0.2 0 65 7.3 10 .333 .444 .305 33.3 20.0 25.0 .294 .503 .305 50.0
2024 Slider 2.5 1 21 2.4 5 .000 .000 .280 40.0 40.0 40.0 .129 .319 .391 100.0
2024 Split-Finger 7.6 0 2 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .823 .867 .742 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 82.2 62 15.6 7:45 7:45 0
2025 4-Seam Fastball 123 94.9 91 18.9 1:00 12:45 15
2025 Sweeper 121 84.8 46 16.7 8:30 9:15 -45
2024 Curveball 65 79.8 78 21.0 7:45 7:30 15
2024 Cutter 137 90.9 57 10.4 12:00 11:15 45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 278 94.2 87 17.7 12:45 12:30 15
2024 Slider 21 85.3 38 12.7 9:15 10:00 -45
2024 Sweeper 377 84.1 52 18.7 8:30 9:15 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 253 985 -6 9 -4 -6 -7
2018 76 312 2 1 -4 -1 -3
2019 177 751 7 2 -2 -4 4
2020 104 464 7 7 -4 -3 6
2021 192 815 5 11 -3 -5 8
2022 31 129 0 2 -2 -1 0
2023 257 1,056 9 12 -7 -9 5
2024 215 885 3 5 -6 -4 -2
2025 72 279 0 -1 -3 -5 -8
Player 1,377 5,676 28 46 -35 28 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 %
2017 985 47.4 63.8 84.9 27.6 62.9 42.6 66.7 44.8 20.6 7.6 68.0
2018 312 43.9 61.3 75.0 29.1 64.7 38.8 53.9 43.3 28.1 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 35.4 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
2023 1,057 44.7 67.9 75.7 27.7 46.9 41.5 55.3 45.7 33.1 6.8 63.9
2024 885 46.1 65.7 83.6 30.0 55.9 38.9 55.3 46.4 25.8 7.5 77.3
2025 279 44.4 58.1 77.8 19.4 30.0 39.8 51.4 36.6 35.3 7.9 72.7
Player 5,677 45.2 63.1 79.0 28.6 51.9 40.6 58.8 44.2 29.9 7.2 66.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 61.1 47.2 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
2017 26 27 30 36 21 72 70 63 75 19 37 21 52 31 75 92 2
2018 42 82 90 10
2019 53 99 99 14
2020 98 99 99 98 93 97 98 68 63 89 22 90 30 60 100 100 9
2021 75 98 98 4
2022 43 96 5
2023 63 99 89 57 32 68 34 78 91 81 2 91 35 53 100 98 4
2024 32 73 54 32 17 64 14 99 95 49 1 52 65 52 99 99 6
2025 63 95 12
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 22.87 9 8.2 1 4 5 4 44.4
2018 24.13 3 3.0 0 0 1 2 66.7
2019 23.74 8 6.4 2 2 4 3 37.5
2020 22.20 3 1.6 1 2 2 0 0.0
2021 24.49 6 6.3 0 0 2 5 83.3
2022 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
2023 25.28 5 4.7 0 3 4 2 40.0
2024 24.30 8 7.1 1 3 5 4 50.0
2025 25.49 2 1.0 1 1 2 0 0.0
Player 24.00 44 38.5 6 16 25 20 45.5
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs 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.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2017 9 8 4 9 9 9 9 9 7 8 7 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 9 10 8 8 8 11 9 8 6
2018 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 3 3 3 3 3
2019 8 7 6 6 7 7 7 8 4 4 6 6 9 6 7 7 7 6 5 7 7 7 8 8 6 5 6 7 8 5 4
2020 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0
2021 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7
2022 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2023 5 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 7 5 7 3 4 5 5 6 7 6 4 4 4 5 5 6 5
2024 8 6 8 6 6 7 7 8 6 5 6 8 6 6 7 7 6 6 10 9 9 8 10 10 5 6 6 7 9 6 7
2025 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1
Player 44 40 32 36 37 40 39 41 28 32 34 38 41 37 41 39 40 35 41 43 42 43 49 48 34 34 35 42 45 37 33
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Fastball Velocity 91.7 0.7 92.4 1.1 93.5 0.4 93.9 1.2 95.1 -1.6 93.5 0.7 94.2 -1.1 93.1 1.6 94.7
Offspeed Velocity 83.5 2.5 86.0 0.5 86.5 1.0 87.5 3.4 90.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 88.3 -2.1 86.2
Breaking Velocity 83.2 -1.9 81.3 1.0 82.3 -0.2 82.1 2.1 84.2 -1.6 82.6 0.6 83.2 0.4 83.6 1.0 84.6
Exit Velocity 86.7 1.3 88.0 0.7 88.7 -1.4 87.3 -0.8 86.5 1.4 87.9 -0.3 87.6 -2.2 85.4 1.3 86.7
Launch Angle 15.2 1.7 16.9 8.1 25.0 -6.2 18.8 1.6 20.4 -13.0 7.4 20.2 27.6 -3.5 24.1 -10.0 14.1
Barrel % 4.9 1.6 6.5 -0.4 6.1 -4.3 1.8 4.4 6.2 -0.9 5.3 3.5 8.8 0.9 9.7 0.8 10.5
Hard Hit % 29.9 7.1 37.0 -5.7 31.3 3.2 34.5 0.6 35.1 -8.8 26.3 5.8 32.1 -0.8 31.3 8.2 39.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.8 4.3 39.1 -1.7 37.4 -17.4 20.0 24.3 44.3 -12.7 31.6 0.5 32.1 0.7 32.8 -3.9 28.9
xBA .263 -0.034 .229 -0.054 .175 -0.042 .133 0.034 .167 0.061 .228 -0.052 .176 0.047 .223 0.033 .256
BA .288 -0.046 .242 -0.041 .201 -0.055 .146 0.054 .200 0.017 .217 -0.054 .163 0.066 .229 0.046 .275
xwOBA .335 0.011 .346 -0.076 .270 -0.041 .229 0.015 .244 0.097 .341 -0.039 .302 0.019 .321 0.096 .417
wOBA .366 -0.005 .361 -0.059 .302 -0.045 .257 0.024 .281 0.042 .323 -0.036 .287 0.044 .331 0.106 .437
xSLG .437 -0.033 .404 -0.064 .340 -0.131 .209 0.086 .295 0.048 .343 -0.013 .330 0.054 .384 0.063 .447
SLG .505 -0.070 .435 -0.019 .416 -0.124 .292 0.079 .371 -0.067 .304 -0.002 .302 0.111 .413 0.077 .490
K% 17.3 3.5 20.8 11.4 32.2 0.5 32.7 6.3 39.0 -22.9 16.1 11.8 27.9 -5.1 22.8 -4.7 18.1
BB% 9.0 7.9 16.9 -6.2 10.7 0.8 11.5 -2.3 9.2 10.2 19.4 -4.3 15.1 -1.1 14.0 5.4 19.4
Swing % 44.8 -1.5 43.3 3.7 47.0 -7.6 39.4 4.3 43.7 -6.5 37.2 8.5 45.7 0.7 46.4 -9.8 36.6
Whiff% 20.6 7.5 28.1 5.9 34.0 1.0 35.0 0.4 35.4 -14.6 20.8 12.3 33.1 -7.3 25.8 9.5 35.3
In Zone % 47.4 -3.5 43.9 -3.4 40.5 4.3 44.8 3.3 48.1 -6.2 41.9 2.8 44.7 1.4 46.1 -1.7 44.4
Out of Zone % 52.6 3.5 56.1 3.4 59.5 -4.3 55.2 -3.3 51.9 6.2 58.1 -2.8 55.3 -1.4 53.9 1.7 55.6
Out of Zone Swing % 27.6 1.5 29.1 5.8 34.9 -9.1 25.8 3.3 29.1 -6.4 22.7 5.0 27.7 2.3 30.0 -10.6 19.4
First Pitch Swing % 26.3 2.6 28.9 -2.3 26.6 -7.4 19.2 1.6 20.8 -7.9 12.9 16.7 29.6 -2.6 27.0 -6.2 20.8
First Pitch Strike % 66.7 -12.8 53.9 12.2 66.1 -14.2 51.9 6.4 58.3 3.0 61.3 -6.0 55.3 0.0 55.3 -3.9 51.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 253 .366 140 5 3.6 113 29 25.7
2018 Shifts 76 .361 40 0 0.0 36 3 8.3
2019 Shifts 177 .302 100 5 5.0 77 38 49.4
2020 Shifts 102 .262 49 7 14.3 53 39 73.6
2021 Shifts 192 .281 109 5 4.6 83 44 53.0
2022 Shifts 31 .323 18 0 0.0 13 7 53.8
2023 Shades 257 .287 144 22 15.3 113 56 49.6
2024 Shades 215 .331 135 7 5.2 80 53 66.3
2025 Shades 72 .437 44 1 2.3 28 7 25.0
! 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 %
2017 284 15.9 41.5% 0.4% 185 23.5 0.5% 9.7%
2018 73 14.6 54.8% 0.0% 76 20.5 0.0% 5.3%
2019 209 15.7 43.1% 1.4% 138 22.8 0.0% 5.8%
2020 142 16.9 23.2% 1.4% 98 20.0 2.0% 5.1%
2021 230 18.4 8.7% 3.5% 166 23.3 0.0% 12.7%
2022 29 17.7 3.4% 0.0% 43 19.3 4.7% 0.0%
2023 206 15.8 36.4% 0.0% 257 18.1 6.6% 0.0%
2024 210 14.9 51.9% 1.0% 197 16.8 18.8% 0.5%
2025 66 15.5 36.4% 0.0% 66 16.7 19.7% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution