Luke Farrell
P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 6" 200LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 6, #174, Kansas City Royals | Northwestern
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 0 0 8.44 4 0 0 5.1 8 1.88
2021 1 1 4.74 20 1 0 24.2 25 1.66
2022 0 0 5.40 6 2 0 15 14 1.67
6 Seasons 5 5 5.00 69 7 0 102.2 107 1.49
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 4 0-0 8.44 5.1 8 1.88
2021 20 1-1 4.74 24.2 25 1.66
2022 6 0-0 5.40 15 14 1.67
6 Seasons 69 5-5 5.00 102.2 107 1.49
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 26 246 42 2 4.8 3.3 84.6 108.3 18.1 26.2 .212 .362 .334 .318 .296 28.6 14.8 16.4 5.54 4.36
2018 27 595 85 8 9.4 5.7 89.4 113.6 19.0 42.4 .249 .427 .338 .331 .419 42.4 27.7 11.3 5.17 4.70
2019 28 212 33 4 12.1 8.3 90.1 111.3 31.6 18.2 .171 .426 .232 .270 .332 27.3 25.0 6.3 2.70 3.16
2020 29 119 13 3 23.1 11.1 92.3 103.8 25.4 23.1 .226 .459 .402 .385 .490 46.2 29.6 18.5 8.44 6.69
2021 30 473 75 8 10.7 7.1 91.4 115.9 13.3 42.7 .284 .492 .363 .370 .438 42.7 22.1 11.5 4.74 6.07
2022 31 285 49 4 8.2 5.7 91.2 107.3 19.0 42.9 .287 .466 .363 .361 .418 42.9 20.0 10.0 5.40 5.63
Player 1930 297 29 9.8 6.3 89.7 115.9 19.0 36.7 .250 .443 .340 .340 .400 39.1 23.3 11.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Farrell relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(48.4%) ,
Slider
(37.2%) ,
Curveball
(11.6%) ,
Changeup
(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
2017 38.1 35.7 16.7 9.5 35.7 52.4 11.9 9.5 26.2 31.0 16.7 7.1 4.8 3.3
2018 30.6 32.9 30.6 5.9 49.4 27.1 23.5 0.0 23.5 31.8 25.9 9.4 9.4 5.7
2019 27.3 48.5 9.1 15.2 33.3 30.3 36.4 0.0 15.2 57.6 12.1 0.0 12.1 8.3
2020 38.5 23.1 23.1 15.4 15.4 38.5 46.2 15.4 15.4 15.4 23.1 0.0 23.1 11.1
2021 37.3 32.0 26.7 4.0 40.0 33.3 26.7 1.3 29.3 24.0 29.3 5.3 10.7 7.1
2022 30.6 28.6 32.7 8.2 51.0 18.4 30.6 2.0 18.4 30.6 30.6 8.2 8.2 5.7
Player 33.3 33.7 25.3 7.7 42.1 31.6 26.3 2.7 23.2 31.6 24.6 6.4 9.8 6.3
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 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
2022 Changeup CIN R 8 85.0 24.9 -4.2 10.0ARM -3.6 12.9 -7.0 10.0ARM -4.2
2022 Curveball CIN R 33 78.6 54.3 -1.4 7.3GLV -0.4 -10.0 0.1 7.3GLV -1.8
2022 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 138 91.1 15.3 0.1 3.7ARM -1.9 17.7 1.5 3.7ARM -3.6
2022 Slider CIN R 106 82.5 41.0 1.4 2.7GLV -3.7 -1.0 2.8 2.7GLV -3.0
2021 Slider MIN R 244 81.7 42.8 2.5 2.9GLV -2.5 -2.2 4.0 2.9GLV -2.8
2021 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 190 91.4 14.2 0.7 3.6ARM -2.0 18.6 2.4 3.6ARM -3.6
2021 Curveball MIN R 30 76.5 62.4 4.1 7.3GLV -0.2 -15.3 5.2 7.3GLV -1.9
2021 Changeup MIN R 9 83.4 27.7 -1.4 10.2ARM -2.6 11.5 -5.2 10.2ARM -3.7
! 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 %
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -1 138 48.4 24 .286 .571 .404 14.3 4.2 5.9 .312 .564 .415 40.0
2022 Slider -1.9 -2 106 37.2 31 .333 .444 .385 19.6 22.6 18.9 .312 .475 .386 60.0
2022 Curveball -0.6 0 33 11.6 11 .182 .455 .290 27.3 54.5 37.5 .155 .283 .188 20.0
2022 Changeup 9.9 1 8 2.8 4 .250 .250 .225 0.0 0.0 0.0 .320 .351 .293 0.0
2021 Slider 1.6 4 244 51.6 68 .210 .403 .298 33.9 27.9 24.1 .217 .386 .294 32.6
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -3 190 40.2 39 .394 .606 .472 15.3 7.7 8.8 .419 .692 .507 56.7
2021 Curveball -4.1 -1 30 6.3 5 .500 .750 .570 60.0 40.0 20.0 .271 .614 .433 50.0
2021 Changeup -0.8 0 9 1.9 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
! 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
2022 Curveball 32 78.7 67 14.9 7:00 7:00 0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 137 91.1 86 17.5 12:45 12:30 15
2022 Slider 105 82.5 18 4.3 8:30 7:30 60
2021 Curveball 30 76.5 78 19.9 6:45 6:45 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 190 91.4 88 18.4 12:45 12:30 15
2021 Slider 243 81.7 20 5.3 7:45 7:15 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 61 246 6 1 -7 -1 -1
2018 139 594 -7 9 -5 -3 -6
2019 48 212 2 2 0 -1 3
2020 27 119 -2 0 0 -1 -2
2021 113 473 2 3 -3 -2 0
2022 70 285 3 -1 -4 -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 %
2017 246 48.8 68.3 74.4 25.4 81.3 45.9 63.9 46.3 23.7 6.9 70.6
2018 595 49.3 66.9 80.6 27.6 53.0 44.3 50.0 47.1 26.8 7.6 68.9
2019 212 50.5 55.1 84.7 27.6 62.1 39.6 56.3 41.5 22.7 8.0 52.9
2020 119 49.6 54.2 84.4 25.0 40.0 37.0 66.7 39.5 29.8 8.4 80.0
2021 473 44.0 64.4 85.1 28.7 46.1 43.8 51.3 44.4 29.0 6.6 71.0
2022 285 46.0 61.8 90.1 18.8 62.1 39.3 58.6 38.6 17.3 7.0 75.0
Player 1,930 47.6 63.6 82.7 26.1 55.7 42.7 55.1 44.0 25.4 7.3 69.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 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 24 77 51
2018 42 87 47
2019 26 92 43
2021 19 85 49
2022 13 75 56
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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 24.2 2 2.6 -1 0 2 1 50.0
2018 22.8 7 6.8 0 3 3 4 57.1
2019 23.1 3 2.6 0 1 2 1 33.3
2020 25.6 1 0.9 0 0 1 0 0.0
2021 23.1 4 4.0 0 2 2 2 50.0
2022 25.0 3 3.1 0 1 1 2 66.7
Player 23.6 20 20.2 0 7 11 10 50.0
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 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 1
2018 7 8 6 8 7 6 7 6 7 6 6 9 8 7 6 8 6 6 7 8 7 6 9 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 5
2019 3 3 2 3 2 2 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
2020 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
2021 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 5 5 4 4
2022 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
Player 20 22 18 21 21 19 22 20 18 17 18 24 22 21 19 23 20 19 21 21 21 19 24 22 19 18 20 22 21 18 15
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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.2 92.4 1.2 ↑ 91.6 -0.8 ↓ 91.4 -0.2 ↓ 91.4 0.0 91.1 -0.3 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.3 84.5 1.2 ↑ 0.0 0.0 83.0 0.0 83.4 0.4 ↑ 85.0 1.6 ↑
Breaking Velocity 81.5 82.9 1.4 ↑ 81.3 -1.6 ↓ 80.4 -0.9 ↓ 81.1 0.7 ↑ 81.6 0.5 ↑
Exit Velocity 84.6 89.4 4.8 ↑ 90.1 0.7 ↑ 92.3 2.2 ↑ 91.4 -0.9 ↓ 91.2 -0.2 ↓
Launch Angle 18.1 19.0 0.9 ↑ 31.6 12.6 ↑ 25.4 -6.2 ↓ 13.3 -12.1 ↓ 19.0 5.7 ↑
Barrel % 4.8 9.4 4.6 ↑ 12.1 2.7 ↑ 23.1 11.0 ↑ 10.7 -12.4 ↓ 8.2 -2.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 28.6 42.4 13.8 ↑ 27.3 -15.1 ↓ 46.2 18.9 ↑ 42.7 -3.5 ↓ 42.9 0.2 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.2 42.4 16.2 ↑ 18.2 -24.2 ↓ 23.1 4.9 ↑ 42.7 19.6 ↑ 42.9 0.2 ↑
xBA .212 .249 0.037 ↑ .171 -0.078 ↓ .226 0.055 ↑ .284 0.058 ↑ .287 0.003 ↑
BA .235 .244 0.009 ↑ .136 -0.108 ↓ .250 0.114 ↑ .280 0.030 ↑ .286 0.006 ↑
xwOBA .318 .331 0.013 ↑ .270 -0.061 ↓ .385 0.115 ↑ .370 -0.015 ↓ .361 -0.009 ↓
wOBA .334 .338 0.004 ↑ .232 -0.106 ↓ .402 0.170 ↑ .363 -0.039 ↓ .363 0.000
xSLG .362 .427 0.065 ↑ .426 -0.001 ↓ .459 0.033 ↑ .492 0.033 ↑ .466 -0.026 ↓
SLG .392 .463 0.071 ↑ .386 -0.077 ↓ .500 0.114 ↑ .480 -0.020 ↓ .476 -0.004 ↓
K% 14.8 27.7 12.9 ↑ 25.0 -2.7 ↓ 29.6 4.6 ↑ 22.1 -7.5 ↓ 20.0 -2.1 ↓
BB% 16.4 11.3 -5.1 ↓ 6.3 -5.0 ↓ 18.5 12.2 ↑ 11.5 -7.0 ↓ 10.0 -1.5 ↓
Swing % 46.3 47.1 0.8 ↑ 41.5 -5.6 ↓ 39.5 -2.0 ↓ 44.4 4.9 ↑ 38.6 -5.8 ↓
Whiff% 23.7 26.8 3.1 ↑ 22.7 -4.1 ↓ 29.8 7.1 ↑ 29.0 -0.8 ↓ 17.3 -11.7 ↓
In Zone % 48.8 49.3 0.5 ↑ 50.5 1.2 ↑ 49.6 -0.9 ↓ 44.0 -5.6 ↓ 46.0 2.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 51.2 50.7 -0.5 ↓ 49.5 -1.2 ↓ 50.4 0.9 ↑ 56.0 5.6 ↑ 54.0 -2.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 25.4 27.6 2.2 ↑ 27.6 0.0 25.0 -2.6 ↓ 28.7 3.7 ↑ 18.8 -9.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 32.8 29.3 -3.5 ↓ 16.7 -12.6 ↓ 22.2 5.5 ↑ 25.7 3.5 ↑ 22.9 -2.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63.9 50.0 -13.9 ↓ 56.3 6.3 ↑ 66.7 10.4 ↑ 51.3 -15.4 ↓ 58.6 7.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 61 .334 31 0 0.0 30 6 20.0
2018 Shifts 139 .338 75 1 1.3 64 6 9.4
2019 Shifts 48 .232 28 5 17.9 20 13 65.0
2020 Shifts 26 .389 17 5 29.4 9 6 66.7
2021 Shifts 113 .363 74 9 12.2 39 22 56.4
2022 Shifts 70 .363 33 8 24.2 37 21 56.8
! 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 64 16.2 32.8% 0.0% 51 19.6 2.0% 2.0%
2018 179 17.6 19.0% 1.7% 91 21.2 0.0% 5.5%
2019 82 16.2 25.6% 0.0% 26 22.0 0.0% 7.7%
2020 38 16.4 23.7% 0.0% 25 21.2 0.0% 0.0%
2021 153 19.2 7.2% 2.0% 79 20.9 1.3% 3.8%
2022 87 18.9 10.3% 4.6% 63 20.0 0.0% 1.6%

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Pitch Distribution

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