Luis Cessa
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 222LBS | Age: 32
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 5 2 2.51 53 0 0 64.2 54 1.14
2022 4 4 4.57 46 10 0 80.2 59 1.29
2023 1 4 9.00 7 6 0 26 11 2.23
8 Seasons 17 22 4.43 208 35 4 425 331 1.33
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 53 5-2 2.51 64.2 54 1.14
2022 46 4-4 4.57 80.2 59 1.29
2023 7 1-4 9.00 26 11 2.23
8 Seasons 208 17-22 4.43 425 331 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
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 .326 .383 39.9 20.0 6.7 5.24 4.54
2019 27 1352 234 12 5.1 3.5 88.4 109.1 10.9 31.2 .228 .369 .316 .297 .336 37.6 21.9 9.0 4.11 3.86
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 .250 .374 .277 .301 .346 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
2023 31 463 108 8 7.4 6.1 91.8 118.6 13.2 44.4 .380 .563 .446 .437 .450 46.3 8.3 9.1 9.00 9.18
Player 6739 1320 91 6.9 5.0 88.8 118.6 10.3 33.3 .262 .428 .326 .328 .368 38.7 18.3 7.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Cessa relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(37.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(22.5%) ,
Changeup
(22.2%) ,
Sinker
(17.7%) ,


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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 %
2016 44.6 55.4 24.8 24.8 5.9 41.9 35.1 23.0 18.0 23.4 3.2 23.9 11.7 19.8
2017 45.5 54.5 20.9 27.3 6.4 32.7 38.2 28.2 20.0 17.3 7.3 12.7 20.9 20.9
2018 48.3 51.7 18.2 27.3 6.3 33.6 38.5 28.0 19.6 22.4 6.3 14.0 16.1 21.7
2019 48.3 51.7 22.6 22.2 6.8 40.6 35.5 23.9 21.8 19.2 7.3 18.8 16.2 16.7
2020 39.7 60.3 19.1 30.9 10.3 29.4 39.7 30.9 14.7 16.2 8.8 14.7 23.5 22.1
2021 52.7 47.3 16.0 24.5 6.9 45.7 35.6 18.6 29.3 19.1 4.3 16.5 16.5 14.4
2022 49.8 50.2 21.9 22.7 5.7 40.9 38.5 20.6 23.9 21.9 4.0 17.0 16.6 16.6
2023 38.0 62.0 16.7 38.0 7.4 39.8 38.0 22.2 19.4 17.6 0.9 20.4 20.4 21.3
Player 47.0 53.0 20.6 25.8 6.6 39.5 37.0 23.4 21.7 20.3 5.0 17.9 16.7 18.4
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 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
2016 4.5 33.8 25.7 19.4 7.7 8.6 6.7
2017 3.6 32.7 21.8 28.2 4.5 9.1 6.3
2018 2.1 37.1 15.4 28.0 13.3 2.8 2.1
2019 3.4 35.0 23.5 26.1 6.8 5.1 3.5
2020 2.9 30.9 30.9 22.1 8.8 4.4 3.2
2021 8.0 35.1 19.1 28.2 3.2 6.4 4.6
2022 4.5 38.9 20.6 19.8 6.5 9.3 6.9
2023 1.9 29.6 18.5 35.2 7.4 7.4 6.1
Player 4.2 34.9 21.7 25.0 7.0 6.9 5.0
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2023 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 104 91.9 18.6 -2.7 8.4ARM 1.5 13.8 -2.0 8.4ARM 1.0
2023 Slider CIN R 174 81.2 46.3 5.0 6.1GLV -1.8 -5.0 6.5 6.1GLV 0.9
2023 Sinker CIN R 82 91.9 23.0 1.0 14.5ARM 0.6 9.3 -1.6 14.5ARM -0.4
2023 Changeup CIN R 103 86.3 33.1 2.6 13.4ARM -1.0 3.6 1.8 13.4ARM -1.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 252 93.3 16.8 -1.9 7.6ARM 0.5 14.6 -1.6 7.6ARM 0.2
2022 Slider CIN R 470 82.8 44.2 4.8 5.6GLV -0.8 -4.6 6.4 5.6GLV 0.1
2022 Changeup CIN R 235 87.8 29.6 0.0 11.5ARM -2.7 5.7 0.2 11.5ARM -2.7
2022 Sinker CIN R 264 93.6 20.9 -0.7 14.7ARM 0.0 10.3 -2.0 14.7ARM 0.0
! 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 %
2023 Slider -2.2 -4 174 37.6 40 .389 .500 .413 12.5 12.5 9.8 .359 .514 .400 43.8
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.0 -2 104 22.5 36 .393 .643 .481 7.4 2.8 4.8 .340 .530 .446 50.0
2023 Changeup -1.9 -2 103 22.2 28 .346 .462 .352 25.9 17.9 20.8 .367 .479 .382 40.9
2023 Sinker -6.0 -5 82 17.7 28 .462 .846 .596 12.8 0.0 0.0 .464 .751 .532 50.0
2022 Slider -0.8 -4 481 38.9 137 .202 .452 .317 34.5 33.6 23.7 .208 .416 .301 41.8
2022 Sinker 0.6 2 267 21.6 71 .303 .379 .318 14.9 5.6 13.3 .294 .472 .347 42.9
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 252 20.4 61 .189 .491 .334 10.6 4.9 5.0 .232 .427 .335 48.0
2022 Changeup -0.9 -2 235 19.0 66 .344 .426 .380 19.8 9.1 10.2 .317 .408 .344 40.0
! 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
2023 Changeup 93 86.3 82 14.4 1:45 2:45 -60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 104 91.9 86 15.7 1:00 1:15 -15
2023 Sinker 82 91.9 83 17.5 1:00 2:00 -60
2023 Slider 173 81.2 45 9.7 7:15 7:30 -15
2022 Changeup 226 87.8 82 13.2 1:30 2:15 -45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 248 93.3 85 16.1 1:00 1:00 0
2022 Sinker 255 93.6 84 18.0 1:00 2:00 -60
2022 Slider 463 82.8 41 9.0 7:15 7:30 -15
! 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
2016 285 1,052 -5 8 -4 -4 -5
2017 160 624 2 1 -5 -3 -5
2018 195 704 2 4 -3 -2 1
2019 342 1,352 -5 17 -8 -6 -2
2020 93 360 -1 6 -2 -2 2
2021 262 949 6 11 -8 -1 8
2022 335 1,235 3 4 -8 -4 -5
2023 132 463 -2 -5 -3 -2 -13
Player 1,804 6,739 2 45 -42 2 -18
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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 25.7 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 43.8 66.7 81.8 32.0 51.4 41.1 58.6 47.2 29.3 6.1 72.3
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 22.1 7.4 71.4
2023 463 50.0 69.8 89.5 24.6 73.7 45.7 64.4 47.3 14.6 8.0 86.5
Player 6,739 47.0 65.8 84.6 29.9 55.0 43.2 60.7 46.8 25.2 7.2 72.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 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
2016 29 32 17 12 62 39 7 51 45 14 91 58 64 82 50 46 9
2017 83 55 48 8
2018 78 74 6
2019 68 68 73 76 59 65 84 56 41 43 34 73 77 70 59 6
2020 56 45 49 48 65 74 83 38 19 17 63 57 96 54 48 11
2021 63 34 63 82 54 72 71 84 76 28 54 56 68 50 43 12
2022 25 28 19 16 36 36 17 18 14 15 46 21 34 43 53 5
2023 18 40 2
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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 %
2016 24.0 16 13.8 2 7 12 4 25.0
2017 22.7 7 5.0 2 4 5 2 28.6
2018 23.3 5 5.3 0 4 5 2 40.0
2019 23.2 14 11.3 3 2 8 5 35.7
2020 24.5 2 1.8 0 1 1 1 50.0
2021 23.9 5 5.6 -1 3 5 2 40.0
2022 24.6 14 12.2 2 3 8 7 50.0
2023 23.7 3 2.1 1 1 1 1 33.3
Player 23.8 66 57.1 9 25 45 24 36.4
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
2016 16 15 8 19 14 14 15 16 13 11 13 16 11 11 15 14 10 13 14 16 12 12 19 18 12 13 15 17 13 13 12
2017 7 3 4 7 5 3 6 5 3 4 3 8 7 5 3 6 3 3 6 4 7 5 8 5 5 4 3 7 8 6 3
2018 5 6 3 5 6 5 6 4 5 4 5 7 7 4 5 6 4 5 4 7 6 7 7 4 4 4 5 7 5 6 5
2019 14 13 10 11 12 13 12 11 11 9 11 13 11 12 11 10 11 11 13 12 11 11 12 12 11 10 10 11 12 12 10
2020 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
2021 5 7 4 5 5 5 8 6 3 4 5 7 6 6 7 6 6 4 7 5 6 5 7 6 5 5 6 7 6 5 5
2022 14 12 11 13 11 11 14 11 10 9 10 14 14 10 11 14 11 10 12 14 12 15 15 14 10 11 16 15 15 12 10
2023 3 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 66 60 43 65 57 55 65 57 48 44 50 68 61 52 55 61 49 50 59 62 58 59 73 63 51 51 58 68 63 58 49
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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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023
Fastball Velocity 95.2 0.1 ↑ 95.3 -0.5 ↓ 94.8 -0.4 ↓ 94.4 -0.8 ↓ 93.6 0.0 93.6 -0.1 ↓ 93.5 -1.6 ↓ 91.9
Offspeed Velocity 85.5 1.0 ↑ 86.5 -0.4 ↓ 86.1 1.0 ↑ 87.1 0.4 ↑ 87.5 0.4 ↑ 87.9 -0.1 ↓ 87.8 -1.5 ↓ 86.3
Breaking Velocity 83.8 0.9 ↑ 84.7 -1.2 ↓ 83.5 1.3 ↑ 84.8 -1.2 ↓ 83.6 -0.9 ↓ 82.7 0.2 ↑ 82.9 -1.7 ↓ 81.2
Exit Velocity 88.5 -1.4 ↓ 87.1 2.6 ↑ 89.7 -1.3 ↓ 88.4 0.5 ↑ 88.9 -2.0 ↓ 86.9 2.8 ↑ 89.7 2.1 ↑ 91.8
Launch Angle 11.8 -1.5 ↓ 10.3 -1.9 ↓ 8.4 2.5 ↑ 10.9 2.6 ↑ 13.5 -5.0 ↓ 8.5 -0.1 ↓ 8.4 4.8 ↑ 13.2
Barrel % 8.6 0.5 ↑ 9.1 -6.3 ↓ 2.8 2.3 ↑ 5.1 -0.7 ↓ 4.4 2.0 ↑ 6.4 2.9 ↑ 9.3 -1.9 ↓ 7.4
Hard Hit % 35.1 -1.5 ↓ 33.6 6.3 ↑ 39.9 -2.3 ↓ 37.6 5.0 ↑ 42.6 -7.5 ↓ 35.1 7.8 ↑ 42.9 3.4 ↑ 46.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.9 7.1 ↑ 40.0 -4.3 ↓ 35.7 -4.5 ↓ 31.2 4.1 ↑ 35.3 -5.0 ↓ 30.3 -2.4 ↓ 27.9 16.5 ↑ 44.4
xBA .260 0.008 ↑ .268 0.009 ↑ .277 -0.049 ↓ .228 0.016 ↑ .244 0.006 ↑ .250 0.003 ↑ .253 0.127 ↑ .380
BA .241 0.016 ↑ .257 0.025 ↑ .282 -0.036 ↓ .246 -0.011 ↓ .235 -0.006 ↓ .229 0.021 ↑ .250 0.147 ↑ .397
xwOBA .329 0.039 ↑ .368 -0.042 ↓ .326 -0.029 ↓ .297 0.011 ↑ .308 -0.007 ↓ .301 0.024 ↑ .325 0.112 ↑ .437
wOBA .316 0.039 ↑ .355 -0.025 ↓ .330 -0.014 ↓ .316 -0.017 ↓ .299 -0.022 ↓ .277 0.050 ↑ .327 0.119 ↑ .446
xSLG .458 0.041 ↑ .499 -0.078 ↓ .421 -0.052 ↓ .369 0.034 ↑ .403 -0.029 ↓ .374 0.055 ↑ .429 0.134 ↑ .563
SLG .459 0.020 ↑ .479 -0.048 ↓ .431 0.002 ↑ .433 -0.033 ↓ .400 -0.058 ↓ .342 0.096 ↑ .438 0.165 ↑ .603
K% 16.1 2.7 ↑ 18.8 1.2 ↑ 20.0 1.9 ↑ 21.9 -3.6 ↓ 18.3 2.2 ↑ 20.5 -2.9 ↓ 17.6 -9.3 ↓ 8.3
BB% 4.9 5.7 ↑ 10.6 -3.9 ↓ 6.7 2.3 ↑ 9.0 -1.5 ↓ 7.5 0.5 ↑ 8.0 0.1 ↑ 8.1 1.0 ↑ 9.1
Swing % 46.6 -1.7 ↓ 44.9 2.5 ↑ 47.4 -0.2 ↓ 47.2 0.9 ↑ 48.1 -1.3 ↓ 46.8 -0.3 ↓ 46.5 0.8 ↑ 47.3
Whiff% 24.1 1.6 ↑ 25.7 1.2 ↑ 26.9 2.4 ↑ 29.3 -1.6 ↓ 27.7 -0.7 ↓ 27.0 -4.9 ↓ 22.1 -7.5 ↓ 14.6
In Zone % 48.5 -0.4 ↓ 48.1 -1.9 ↓ 46.2 -2.4 ↓ 43.8 -1.6 ↓ 42.2 5.6 ↑ 47.8 1.1 ↑ 48.9 1.1 ↑ 50.0
Out of Zone % 51.5 0.4 ↑ 51.9 1.9 ↑ 53.8 2.4 ↑ 56.2 1.6 ↑ 57.8 -5.6 ↓ 52.2 -1.1 ↓ 51.1 -1.1 ↓ 50.0
Out of Zone Swing % 30.1 -2.3 ↓ 27.8 2.5 ↑ 30.3 1.7 ↑ 32.0 3.6 ↑ 35.6 -5.7 ↓ 29.9 -1.7 ↓ 28.2 -3.6 ↓ 24.6
First Pitch Swing % 27.4 2.6 ↑ 30.0 0.3 ↑ 30.3 -1.1 ↓ 29.2 6.3 ↑ 35.5 -8.0 ↓ 27.5 5.6 ↑ 33.1 -1.3 ↓ 31.8
First Pitch Strike % 57.9 0.2 ↑ 58.1 5.0 ↑ 63.1 -4.5 ↓ 58.6 7.0 ↑ 65.6 -4.5 ↓ 61.1 1.0 ↑ 62.1 2.3 ↑ 64.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 278 .322 163 10 6.1 115 56 48.7
2017 Shifts 160 .355 94 6 6.4 66 30 45.5
2018 Shifts 195 .330 111 19 17.1 84 40 47.6
2019 Shifts 328 .318 191 39 20.4 137 84 61.3
2020 Shifts 93 .299 54 17 31.5 39 25 64.1
2021 Shifts 258 .282 150 27 18.0 108 67 62.0
2022 Shifts 335 .327 176 30 17.0 159 106 66.7
2023 Shades 132 .446 70 6 8.6 62 44 71.0
! 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 %
2016 380 16.0 40.0% 2.1% 120 23.7 1.7% 17.5%
2017 207 15.1 46.4% 1.9% 86 22.0 1.2% 11.6%
2018 195 16.2 39.0% 0.5% 125 21.3 1.6% 4.8%
2019 367 17.3 28.3% 1.9% 225 21.9 2.2% 6.2%
2020 79 18.5 17.7% 1.3% 68 22.3 1.5% 0.0%
2021 283 19.8 4.9% 2.5% 154 22.9 0.0% 13.0%
2022 382 18.9 7.1% 4.2% 189 22.2 1.6% 6.3%
2023 113 13.6 70.8% 0.0% 88 16.3 18.2% 1.1%

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Pitch Distribution

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