Nick Sandlin
P | B/T: R/R | 5' 11" 175LBS | Age: 26

Draft: 2018 | Rd: 2, #67, Cleveland Indians | Southern Mississippi

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 2 2 3.10 20 0 0 20.1 19 0.74
3 Seasons 8 5 2.66 100 0 0 98.0 108 1.06
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 20 2-2 3.10 20.1 19 0.74
3 Seasons 100 8-5 2.66 98.0 108 1.06

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
2021 24 603 72 3 4.2 2.1 84.0 108.5 12.6 34.7 .157 .261 .269 .257 .300 27.8 34.0 12.1 2.94 2.74
2022 25 740 112 5 4.5 2.8 86.5 110.2 8.0 25.0 .212 .297 .253 .286 .303 37.5 22.8 13.3 2.25 3.36
2023 26 312 49 6 12.2 8.1 88.4 111.8 17.3 12.2 .188 .405 .217 .278 .344 40.8 25.7 8.1 3.10 3.09
Player 1655 233 14 6.0 3.5 86.1 111.8 11.4 25.3 .188 .306 .252 .274 .311 35.2 27.3 11.9
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sandlin relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(50.6%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(24.7%) ,
Sinker
(20.8%) ,
Split Finger
(3.8%) ,


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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
2021 41.7 27.8 19.4 11.1 41.7 37.5 20.8 4.2 31.9 34.7 18.1 5.6 4.2 2.1
2022 56.3 19.6 16.1 8.0 40.2 37.5 22.3 7.1 37.5 25.9 23.2 1.8 4.5 2.8
2023 49.0 38.8 8.2 4.1 42.9 30.6 26.5 8.2 36.7 26.5 12.2 4.1 12.2 8.1
Player 50.2 26.2 15.5 8.2 41.2 36.1 22.7 6.4 35.6 28.8 19.3 3.4 6.0 3.5
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 4.7
! 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
2023 Slider CLE R 158 79.2 35.7 -2.2 -6 9.8 -2.2 -19
2023 4-Seamer CLE R 77 92.1 21.7 -2.4 -12 12.7 1.5 13
2023 Sinker CLE R 62 92.2 30.9 0.5 2 15.8 -0.8 -5
2023 Splitter CLE R 12 86.6 38.1 0.2 0 12.3 0.2 1
2022 Splitter CLE R 57 88.3 36.2 0.1 0 11.7 -0.3 -2
2022 Sinker CLE R 204 93.5 28.7 1.5 5 15.8 -0.1 -1
2022 Slider CLE R 331 78.9 37.8 -0.4 -1 12.7 0.9 7
2022 4-Seamer CLE R 148 93.6 20.1 -2.3 -13 11.2 1.5 16
2021 4-Seamer CLE R 96 94.4 19.2 -1.8 -10 12.9 3.0 30
2021 Slider CLE R 280 79.3 36.7 -0.9 -2 12.5 0.4 3
2021 Splitter CLE R 13 87.3 36.5 -0.2 -1 9.4 0.1 1
2021 Sinker CLE R 214 94.5 27.3 2.5 10 16.6 0.0 0
! 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 %
2023 Slider -0.9 -1 158 50.6 37 .171 .314 .232 36.1 24.3 15.0 .181 .314 .237 19.2
2023 4-Seamer -1.9 -1 77 24.7 17 .071 .286 .200 28.9 41.2 21.9 .100 .371 .242 75.0
2023 Sinker -5.0 -3 65 20.8 18 .063 .063 .094 14.8 16.7 27.3 .232 .437 .310 57.1
2023 Splitter 9.1 1 12 3.8 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .969 3.550 1.840 100.0
2022 Slider -0.1 0 331 44.7 78 .176 .250 .251 41.7 38.5 24.2 .123 .186 .207 15.8
2022 Sinker -2.0 -4 204 27.6 53 .209 .326 .319 9.9 0.0 0.0 .298 .426 .387 51.2
2022 4-Seamer -1.9 -3 148 20.0 34 .167 .200 .225 25.4 32.4 13.6 .264 .358 .321 52.6
2022 Splitter -0.2 0 57 7.7 12 .083 .083 .150 8.3 0.0 0.0 .283 .308 .262 33.3
2021 Slider -1.2 -3 280 46.4 63 .100 .200 .259 47.7 39.7 29.1 .105 .174 .239 12.0
2021 Sinker -0.9 -2 214 35.5 47 .293 .341 .346 16.3 17.0 19.0 .250 .364 .313 41.2
2021 4-Seamer 1.2 1 96 15.9 31 .143 .357 .253 26.1 48.4 30.6 .115 .269 .211 23.1
2021 Splitter 1.0 0 13 2.2 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! 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
2021 4-Seam Fastball 96 94.4 82 17.3 1:45 1:45 0
2021 Splitter 12 87.4 85 10.9 2:45 3:30 -45
2021 Sinker 208 94.5 81 17.6 2:00 2:45 -45
2021 Slider 276 79.3 54 14.3 9:15 9:45 -30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 148 93.6 80 15.7 2:00 1:30 30
2022 Splitter 56 88.2 85 12.9 2:30 3:30 -60
2022 Sinker 191 93.5 78 16.7 2:00 2:45 -45
2022 Slider 331 78.9 53 14.3 9:15 9:45 -30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 75 92.1 79 16.4 2:00 1:45 15
2023 Splitter 11 86.3 84 13.3 2:45 3:30 -45
2023 Sinker 54 92.1 75 16.8 2:00 3:00 -60
2023 Slider 156 79.2 49 12.5 9:30 10:00 -30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 141 603 -7 -4 3 4 -4
2022 180 759 -9 -8 3 6 -8
2023 73 312 -2 -5 1 2 -5
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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 %
2021 603 49.1 57.4 75.3 24.4 48.0 38.5 48.9 40.6 32.7 6.5 56.4
2022 740 45.5 69.1 79.4 27.0 56.0 43.6 54.5 46.2 27.5 5.7 73.8
2023 312 50.6 73.4 77.6 22.7 45.7 40.1 59.5 48.4 29.8 8.7 81.5
Player 1,655 47.8 65.6 77.6 25.3 51.6 41.1 53.4 44.6 29.7 6.5 69.4
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.3 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
2021 72 52 63
2022 50 43 69
2023 80 92 48 15 96 51 10 61 40 66 54 75 9 28 43 70
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 24.5 2 1.9 0 2 1 1 50.0
2022 24.8 2 2.0 0 2 2 1 50.0
2023 23.9 3 2.9 0 2 2 1 33.3
Player 24.3 7 6.8 0 6 5 3 42.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2022 2 1 3 2 2 3 4 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 5 2 1 1 4 5 1 2 1
2023 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2
Player 7 5 7 7 7 8 9 6 6 5 7 11 6 5 7 7 5 6 7 7 5 7 10 7 4 6 9 10 6 7 5
! 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.5 93.5 -1.0 92.1 -1.4
Offspeed Velocity 87.3 88.3 1.0 86.6 -1.7
Breaking Velocity 79.3 78.9 -0.4 79.2 0.3
Exit Velocity 84.0 86.5 2.5 88.4 1.9
Launch Angle 12.6 8.0 -4.6 17.3 9.3
Barrel % 4.2 4.5 0.3 12.2 7.7
Hard Hit % 27.8 37.5 9.7 40.8 3.3
Sweet Spot % 34.7 25.0 -9.7 12.2 -12.8
xBA .157 .212 0.055 .188 -0.024
BA .176 .176 0.000 .136 -0.040
xwOBA .257 .286 0.029 .278 -0.008
wOBA .269 .253 -0.016 .217 -0.036
xSLG .261 .297 0.036 .405 0.108
SLG .286 .248 -0.038 .303 0.055
K% 34.0 22.8 -11.2 25.7 2.9
BB% 12.1 13.3 1.2 8.1 -5.2
Swing % 40.6 46.2 5.6 48.4 2.2
Whiff% 32.7 27.5 -5.2 29.8 2.3
In Zone % 49.1 45.5 -3.6 50.6 5.1
Out of Zone % 50.9 54.5 3.6 49.4 -5.1
Out of Zone Swing % 24.4 27.0 2.6 22.7 -4.3
First Pitch Swing % 16.3 23.6 7.3 31.1 7.5
First Pitch Strike % 48.9 54.5 5.6 59.5 5.0
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2021 141 .269 92 2 2.2 49 14 28.6
2022 177 .253 116 3 2.6 61 25 41.0
2023 73 .217 53 0 0.0 20 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 170 15.5 44.1% 2.4% 142 23.0 0.0% 12.7%
2022 160 14.8 51.9% 0.6% 182 21.0 3.3% 3.3%
2023 46 13.0 80.4% 0.0% 34 17.6 11.8% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution