Luis Cessa
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 0" 222LBS | Age: 30

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 4 4 4.57 46 10 0 80.2 59 1.29
7 Seasons 16 18 4.13 201 29 4 399.0 320 1.27
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 46 4-4 4.57 80.2 59 1.29
7 Seasons 201 16-18 4.13 399.0 320 1.27

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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
2016 24 1052 222 19 8.6 6.7 88.5 114.9 11.8 32.9 .260 .458 .316 .329 .369 35.1 16.1 4.9 4.35 4.61
2017 25 624 110 10 9.1 6.3 87.1 109.4 10.3 40.0 .268 .499 .355 .368 .408 33.6 18.8 10.6 4.75 6.08
2018 26 704 143 4 2.8 2.1 89.7 111.4 8.4 35.7 .277 .421 .330 .327 .384 39.9 20.0 6.7 5.24 4.57
2019 27 1352 234 12 5.1 3.5 88.3 109.1 10.7 30.3 .228 .372 .316 .299 .342 36.9 21.9 9.0 4.11 3.91
2020 28 360 68 3 4.4 3.2 88.9 110.1 13.5 35.3 .244 .403 .299 .308 .345 42.6 18.3 7.5 3.32 4.01
2021 29 949 188 12 6.4 4.6 86.9 118.2 8.5 30.3 .251 .374 .277 .301 .347 35.1 20.5 8.0 2.50 3.81
2022 30 1235 247 23 9.3 6.9 89.7 113.7 8.4 27.9 .253 .429 .327 .325 .360 42.9 17.6 8.1 4.57 4.43
Player 6276 1212 83 6.8 5.0 88.5 118.2 9.9 32.1 .253 .418 .317 .320 .363 37.9 19.1 7.8
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

Cessa relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(38.9%) ,
Sinker
(21.9%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(20.2%) ,
Changeup
(19%) ,


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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
2016 44.6 24.8 24.8 5.9 41.9 35.1 23.0 4.5 33.8 25.7 19.4 7.7 8.6 6.7
2017 45.5 20.9 27.3 6.4 32.7 38.2 28.2 3.6 32.7 21.8 28.2 4.5 9.1 6.3
2018 48.3 18.2 27.3 6.3 33.6 38.5 28.0 2.1 37.1 15.4 28.0 13.3 2.8 2.1
2019 48.3 22.6 22.2 6.8 41.0 35.0 23.9 3.4 33.3 21.4 24.8 6.8 5.1 3.5
2020 39.7 19.1 30.9 10.3 29.4 39.7 30.9 2.9 30.9 30.9 22.1 8.8 4.4 3.2
2021 52.7 16.0 24.5 6.9 45.7 35.6 18.6 8.0 35.1 19.1 28.2 3.2 6.4 4.6
2022 49.8 21.9 22.7 5.7 40.9 38.5 20.6 4.5 38.9 20.6 19.8 6.5 9.3 6.9
Player 47.9 21.0 24.7 6.5 39.6 36.8 23.5 4.4 35.1 21.5 23.8 7.0 6.8 5.0
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

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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 Slider CIN R 470 82.8 44.2 4.8 12 5.6 -1.3 -18
2022 4-Seamer CIN R 249 93.3 16.8 -1.9 -13 7.4 0.4 6
2022 Sinker CIN R 267 93.6 20.8 -0.8 -4 14.8 0.0 0
2022 Changeup CIN R 235 87.8 29.6 0.0 0 11.5 -2.7 -19
2021 4-Seamer CIN R 200 93.8 15.9 -0.8 -5 6.4 -0.8 -11
2021 Slider CIN R 538 82.7 42.9 3.9 10 3.3 -2.9 -47
2021 Sinker CIN R 97 93.2 19.5 -2.4 -11 14.1 -0.7 -5
2021 Changeup CIN R 114 87.9 30.7 1.5 5 13.2 -1.0 -7
2020 4-Seamer NYY R 61 93.7 14.8 0.2 1 6.4 -0.6 -9
2020 Curveball NYY R 7 80.4 48.8 -2.9 -6 8.5 0.2 2
2020 Sinker NYY R 51 93.5 17.2 -4.2 -20 13.1 -1.5 -10
2020 Slider NYY R 196 83.7 40.1 2.5 7 3.1 -2.0 -39
2020 Changeup NYY R 45 87.5 27.5 -1.8 -6 12.6 -1.2 -9
2019 Slider NYY R 650 84.8 38.5 0.8 2 1.0 -3.8 -80
2019 Changeup NYY R 97 87.1 28.7 -1.5 -5 12.2 -1.6 -12
2019 Curveball NYY R 11 80.7 47.7 -5.0 -10 4.3 -3.1 -42
2019 4-Seamer NYY R 444 94.6 15.3 0.3 2 9.2 1.3 16
2019 Sinker NYY R 102 93.8 20.0 -2.3 -10 15.0 0.0 0
2018 Sinker NYY R 4 93.9 20.8 -1.1 -5 11.9 -3.1 -20
2018 4-Seamer NYY R 289 94.8 16.1 -0.5 -3 7.8 -0.2 -2
2018 Slider NYY R 298 83.7 42.1 2.1 5 2.0 -3.6 -65
2018 Curveball NYY R 22 80.5 51.9 -1.6 -3 5.4 -2.0 -27
2018 Changeup NYY R 91 86.1 28.6 -2.0 -6 11.8 -1.8 -13
2017 Sinker NYY R 1 92.7 25.6 4.2 20 19.9 4.4 28
2017 4-Seamer NYY R 261 95.3 13.3 0.3 2 9.7 1.1 13
2017 Slider NYY R 187 85.7 35.9 1.3 4 0.1 -3.9 -103
2017 Changeup NYY R 120 86.5 29.7 1.0 3 14.3 0.8 6
2017 Curveball NYY R 55 80.9 46.5 -5.2 -10 6.4 -0.7 -9
2016 4-Seamer NYY R 524 95.2 13.7 -0.4 -3 7.6 -0.2 -3
2016 Curveball NYY R 172 81.1 46.3 -3.3 -7 8.4 -0.4 -5
2016 Slider NYY R 238 85.8 34.2 0.9 3 1.9 -2.8 -60
2016 Changeup NYY R 112 85.5 28.7 -0.4 -1 12.0 -0.3 -3
! 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 Slider 0.4 2 481 38.9 137 .202 .452 .317 34.5 33.6 23.7 .208 .417 .301 41.8
2022 Sinker 0.5 1 270 21.9 72 .313 .388 .326 14.2 5.6 13.3 .294 .469 .346 43.8
2022 4-Seamer -0.2 0 249 20.2 60 .173 .481 .325 10.6 5.0 5.0 .232 .431 .337 46.9
2022 Changeup 1.7 4 235 19.0 66 .344 .426 .380 19.8 9.1 10.2 .317 .409 .345 40.0
2021 Slider -0.5 -3 538 56.7 149 .237 .348 .302 31.4 22.8 20.6 .239 .342 .288 29.1
2021 4-Seamer -0.3 -1 200 21.1 57 .245 .408 .339 14.8 14.0 15.1 .267 .453 .362 46.3
2021 Changeup -5.0 -6 114 12.0 29 .103 .241 .143 39.0 31.0 52.9 .239 .375 .262 35.0
2021 Sinker -0.4 0 97 10.2 27 .296 .296 .300 13.5 11.1 21.4 .293 .389 .294 41.7
2020 Slider -1.0 -2 196 54.4 55 .180 .340 .263 35.1 29.1 21.3 .184 .329 .262 32.4
2020 4-Seamer 1.3 1 61 16.9 10 .250 .750 .555 5.0 0.0 0.0 .382 .917 .569 75.0
2020 Sinker 0.8 0 51 14.2 9 .375 .375 .378 22.2 0.0 0.0 .326 .376 .354 62.5
2020 Changeup -1.1 0 45 12.5 19 .316 .421 .321 25.8 5.3 8.3 .308 .391 .304 38.9
2020 Curveball -1.0 0 7 1.9 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 Slider -1.3 -9 674 49.9 181 .204 .407 .299 40.7 33.7 24.1 .185 .311 .250 37.0
2019 4-Seamer 0.2 1 462 34.2 103 .314 .500 .391 15.8 10.7 12.5 .284 .470 .368 40.3
2019 Sinker 0.1 0 105 7.8 25 .261 .565 .389 12.2 0.0 0.0 .315 .564 .399 42.9
2019 Changeup -0.2 0 98 7.2 32 .286 .286 .323 23.5 9.4 10.7 .239 .274 .286 20.8
2019 Curveball -3.8 0 13 1.0 1 .000 .000 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- -- -- --
2018 Slider -0.9 -3 298 42.3 77 .176 .351 .240 37.8 32.5 22.5 .173 .289 .219 32.7
2018 4-Seamer 0.5 1 289 41.1 82 .384 .493 .409 15.7 9.8 19.0 .380 .548 .428 47.0
2018 Changeup 1.4 1 91 12.9 34 .250 .406 .306 27.5 17.6 18.8 .256 .390 .305 30.8
2018 Curveball 5.6 1 22 3.1 2 1.000 1.500 1.075 20.0 0.0 0.0 .776 1.228 .853 100.0
2018 Sinker 0.5 0 4 0.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seamer 2.7 7 261 41.8 63 .314 .647 .475 13.5 7.9 10.4 .307 .632 .450 43.5
2017 Slider 0.7 1 187 30.0 51 .277 .468 .362 42.7 37.3 23.2 .246 .400 .320 25.0
2017 Changeup -2.5 -3 120 19.2 36 .152 .273 .222 18.3 11.1 13.3 .250 .477 .337 31.0
2017 Curveball -2.4 -1 55 8.8 10 .222 .333 .285 21.1 20.0 15.4 .231 .348 .285 14.3
2017 Sinker -2.2 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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 43 87.5 86 15.1 1:30 2:00 -30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 60 93.7 91 17.1 12:45 12:45 0
2020 Sinker 51 93.5 89 19.0 12:45 1:30 -45
2020 Slider 194 83.7 21 4.8 7:45 7:45 0
2021 Changeup 108 87.9 80 14.7 1:30 2:30 -60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 200 93.8 90 16.1 1:00 12:45 15
2021 Sinker 96 93.2 87 18.5 12:45 1:45 -60
2021 Slider 538 82.7 29 6.4 7:15 7:15 0
2022 Changeup 226 87.8 82 13.2 1:30 2:15 -45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 247 93.3 85 15.9 1:00 1:00 0
2022 Sinker 256 93.6 84 18.1 1:00 2:00 -60
2022 Slider 463 82.8 41 9.0 7:15 7:30 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 285 1,052 5 -10 4 3 3
2017 160 624 0 -5 6 3 4
2018 195 704 0 -3 3 2 1
2019 342 1,370 -1 -19 6 5 -9
2020 111 434 0 -7 3 2 -2
2021 262 949 -5 -16 11 1 -10
2022 335 1,235 -1 -2 7 3 7
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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 %
2016 1,052 48.5 64.1 84.4 30.1 58.9 43.2 57.9 46.6 24.1 7.6 71.3
2017 624 48.1 63.3 84.7 27.8 50.0 43.4 58.1 44.9 25.4 6.7 66.7
2018 704 46.2 67.4 82.6 30.3 53.9 44.2 63.1 47.4 26.9 6.5 73.9
2019 1,352 43.5 66.5 81.2 31.9 51.5 40.8 58.6 47.2 29.2 6.1 72.2
2020 360 42.2 65.1 83.8 35.6 56.8 41.9 65.6 48.1 27.7 7.2 61.5
2021 949 47.8 65.2 84.1 29.9 50.7 43.2 61.1 46.8 27.0 8.4 72.5
2022 1,235 48.9 65.6 87.1 28.2 56.2 44.5 62.1 46.5 22.0 7.4 71.4
Player 6,276 46.8 65.4 84.1 30.2 53.9 43.0 60.4 46.7 25.9 7.1 70.9
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
2016 29 32 17 12 62 39 7 51 45 14 91 58 64 84 48 45 9
2017 85 54 48 9
2018 80 72 6
2019 67 68 71 75 58 65 84 58 47 43 34 74 76 72 57 6
2020 56 45 49 49 65 74 83 38 19 17 63 57 96 60 45 11
2021 63 33 63 82 54 72 71 84 76 28 54 57 68 57 41 13
2022 26 29 19 16 36 36 17 18 14 15 46 21 34 50 50 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 %
2016 24.0 16 14.1 2 7 12 4 25.0
2017 22.7 7 5.9 1 4 4 3 42.9
2018 23.3 5 5.0 0 4 4 2 40.0
2019 23.2 14 12.2 2 2 5 8 57.1
2020 24.5 2 1.7 0 1 1 1 50.0
2021 23.9 5 5.7 -1 3 4 3 60.0
2022 24.6 14 12.7 1 3 9 7 50.0
Player 23.8 63 57.3 6 24 39 28 44.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 16 9 15 9 16 15 15 18 15 8 19 15 11 13 15 16 15 13 11 14 18 9 15 15 10 16 19 13 12 15 18
2017 7 7 8 6 5 6 4 5 7 7 8 5 4 4 4 7 6 7 4 6 7 4 4 8 6 6 7 4 8 5 8
2018 5 6 7 4 5 6 5 6 6 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 5 7 4 4 6 4 7
2019 14 12 14 11 12 11 12 14 13 12 12 12 10 12 10 13 11 13 12 13 13 11 12 14 12 13 13 11 12 12 13
2020 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 7 5 5 5 6 4 4 5 7 6 6 5 5 6 6 4 6 6 5 7 6 7 5 7
2022 14 14 15 13 11 14 11 12 12 13 13 11 10 10 11 14 15 15 11 12 16 10 10 14 14 13 16 10 15 9 16
Player 63 56 66 51 57 60 52 64 60 50 63 55 44 48 51 65 59 60 50 58 68 46 52 62 55 62 68 50 62 52 71
! 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 95.2 95.3 0.1 ↑ 94.8 -0.5 ↓ 94.4 -0.4 ↓ 93.6 -0.8 ↓ 93.6 0 93.5 -0.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 85.5 86.5 1 ↑ 86.1 -0.4 ↓ 87.1 1 ↑ 87.5 0.4 ↑ 87.9 0.4 ↑ 87.8 -0.1 ↓
Breaking Velocity 83.8 84.7 0.9 ↑ 83.5 -1.2 ↓ 84.8 1.3 ↑ 83.6 -1.2 ↓ 82.7 -0.9 ↓ 82.9 0.2 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.5 87.1 -1.4 ↓ 89.7 2.6 ↑ 88.3 -1.4 ↓ 88.9 0.6 ↑ 86.9 -2 ↓ 89.7 2.8 ↑
Launch Angle 11.8 10.3 -1.5 ↓ 8.4 -1.9 ↓ 10.7 2.3 ↑ 13.5 2.8 ↑ 8.5 -5 ↓ 8.4 -0.1 ↓
Barrel % 8.6 9.1 0.5 ↑ 2.8 -6.3 ↓ 5.1 2.3 ↑ 4.4 -0.7 ↓ 6.4 2 ↑ 9.3 2.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 35.1 33.6 -1.5 ↓ 39.9 6.3 ↑ 36.9 -3 ↓ 42.6 5.7 ↑ 35.1 -7.5 ↓ 42.9 7.8 ↑
Sweet Spot % 32.9 40 7.1 ↑ 35.7 -4.3 ↓ 30.3 -5.4 ↓ 35.3 5 ↑ 30.3 -5 ↓ 27.9 -2.4 ↓
xBA .26 .268 0.008 ↑ .277 0.009 ↑ .228 -0.049 ↓ .244 0.016 ↑ .251 0.007 ↑ .253 0.002 ↑
BA .241 .257 0.016 ↑ .282 0.025 ↑ .246 -0.036 ↓ .235 -0.011 ↓ .229 -0.006 ↓ .25 0.021 ↑
xwOBA .329 .368 0.039 ↑ .327 -0.041 ↓ .299 -0.028 ↓ .308 0.009 ↑ .301 -0.007 ↓ .325 0.024 ↑
wOBA .316 .355 0.039 ↑ .33 -0.025 ↓ .316 -0.014 ↓ .299 -0.017 ↓ .277 -0.022 ↓ .327 0.05 ↑
xSLG .458 .499 0.041 ↑ .421 -0.078 ↓ .372 -0.049 ↓ .403 0.031 ↑ .374 -0.029 ↓ .429 0.055 ↑
SLG .459 .479 0.02 ↑ .431 -0.048 ↓ .433 0.002 ↑ .4 -0.033 ↓ .342 -0.058 ↓ .438 0.096 ↑
K% 16.1 18.8 2.7 ↑ 20 1.2 ↑ 21.9 1.9 ↑ 18.3 -3.6 ↓ 20.5 2.2 ↑ 17.6 -2.9 ↓
BB% 4.9 10.6 5.7 ↑ 6.7 -3.9 ↓ 9 2.3 ↑ 7.5 -1.5 ↓ 8 0.5 ↑ 8.1 0.1 ↑
Swing % 46.6 44.9 -1.7 ↓ 47.4 2.5 ↑ 47.2 -0.2 ↓ 48.1 0.9 ↑ 46.8 -1.3 ↓ 46.5 -0.3 ↓
Whiff% 24.1 25.4 1.3 ↑ 26.9 1.5 ↑ 29.2 2.3 ↑ 27.7 -1.5 ↓ 27 -0.7 ↓ 22 -5 ↓
In Zone % 48.5 48.1 -0.4 ↓ 46.2 -1.9 ↓ 43.5 -2.7 ↓ 42.2 -1.3 ↓ 47.8 5.6 ↑ 48.9 1.1 ↑
Out of Zone % 51.5 51.9 0.4