Ricky Nolasco
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 235LBS | Age: 42
Draft: 2001 | Rd: 4, #108, Chicago Cubs | Rialto HS (CA)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 5 2 6.75 9 8 0 37.1 35 1.71
2016 8 14 4.42 32 32 0 197.2 144 1.24
2017 6 15 4.92 33 33 0 181 143 1.45
12 Seasons 114 118 4.56 330 312 0 1,887.2 1,513 1.33
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 9 5-2 6.75 37.1 35 1.71
2016 32 8-14 4.42 197.2 144 1.24
2017 33 6-15 4.92 181 143 1.45
12 Seasons 330 114-118 4.56 1,887.2 1,513 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
2015 32 665 123 7 5.7 4.0 88.2 110.5 12.0 37.4 .279 .438 .366 .341 .401 36.6 20.2 8.1 6.75 4.93
2016 33 3127 624 40 6.4 4.9 88.7 111.8 11.6 33.8 .262 .433 .318 .318 .363 35.9 17.6 5.4 4.42 4.28
2017 34 3091 582 49 8.4 6.2 90.0 114.0 14.6 36.6 .291 .517 .357 .365 .423 40.0 18.2 7.4 4.92 5.97
Player 6883 1329 96 7.2 5.4 89.2 114.0 12.9 35.4 .276 .470 .340 .341 .393 37.8 18.1 6.5
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

Nolasco relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(29.1%) ,
Slider
(27.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(19.3%) ,
Split Finger
(15.0%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(9.3%) ,


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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
2015 42.3 23.6 27.6 6.5 42.3 33.3 24.4 3.3 35.8 20.3 29.3 5.7 5.7 4.0
2016 44.1 26.0 25.3 4.6 37.0 42.0 20.7 2.9 33.5 25.3 24.5 6.1 6.4 4.9
2017 41.4 25.1 27.0 6.5 42.6 34.4 22.9 3.4 26.8 26.6 28.2 5.3 8.4 6.2
Player 42.7 25.4 26.3 5.6 40.0 37.8 22.0 3.2 30.8 25.4 26.6 5.7 7.2 5.4
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
2017 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 595 91.0 17.7 -1.7 8.4ARM 0.3 16.2 -0.9 8.4ARM 0.3
2017 Curveball LAA R 287 73.6 67.6 6.0 14.5GLV 3.8 -14.0 6.0 14.5GLV 5.9
2017 Slider LAA R 843 81.0 46.8 4.8 4.0GLV -2.7 -3.3 6.9 4.0GLV -0.2
2017 Sinker LAA R 898 90.8 24.3 1.9 16.4ARM 1.3 9.9 0.9 16.4ARM 1.0
2017 Split-Finger LAA R 464 80.9 39.8 2.6 12.5ARM 0.2 3.7 2.7 12.5ARM 1.3
2016 Sinker LAA R 767 90.9 24.7 2.0 14.5ARM 0.5 8.9 0.7 14.5ARM 1.2
2016 Split-Finger LAA R 232 80.0 39.5 1.7 9.0ARM -1.7 3.7 1.2 9.0ARM -0.9
2016 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 746 91.0 17.8 -0.4 6.5ARM -0.9 15.8 -0.1 6.5ARM 0.1
2016 Curveball LAA R 343 73.6 64.7 2.6 16.1GLV 5.0 -13.0 3.0 16.1GLV 5.0
2016 Slider LAA R 1022 81.7 44.0 2.4 4.8GLV -2.1 -2.4 4.9 4.8GLV -1.2
! 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 %
2017 Sinker -1.3 -11 898 29.1 279 .343 .596 .427 12.8 11.8 17.1 .358 .672 .457 50.7
2017 Slider -0.7 -6 843 27.3 204 .286 .526 .375 33.8 24.0 19.0 .260 .457 .322 36.6
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -4 595 19.2 144 .273 .539 .388 14.9 18.8 13.9 .270 .551 .380 42.6
2017 Split-Finger 0.8 4 464 15.0 101 .204 .316 .247 42.4 21.8 17.6 .239 .315 .242 24.4
2017 Curveball 0.3 1 287 9.3 54 .212 .327 .249 33.0 22.2 15.2 .240 .315 .255 20.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 836 3,140 14 34 -10 -10 29
2009 771 2,990 -5 3 -3 -7 -12
2010 662 2,466 -5 14 -4 -10 -5
2011 869 3,112 -8 13 -11 -10 -16
2012 822 2,933 2 11 -10 -9 -5
2013 848 3,232 6 14 -15 -10 -5
2014 694 2,636 -19 13 -16 -11 -32
2015 171 657 -10 3 -2 -3 -12
2016 817 3,126 8 11 -11 -10 -2
2017 783 3,089 -9 27 -20 -13 -16
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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 %
2015 665 47.8 64.2 86.3 28.2 60.2 40.5 52.0 45.4 21.9 6.6 63.6
2016 3,127 47.1 66.0 88.8 29.1 58.3 41.6 61.0 46.5 20.9 7.1 70.9
2017 3,091 44.8 70.3 81.5 26.0 58.6 41.5 60.3 45.9 25.4 6.6 79.8
Player 6,883 46.1 67.7 85.2 27.6 58.6 41.4 59.8 46.1 23.0 6.8 74.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
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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
2015 24 13 81 15
2016 40 30 31 32 62 5 39 44 36 24 88 29 51 22 12 71 8
2017 6 5 4 4 17 1 8 1 5 24 65 56 31 21 14 60 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 %
2016 23.5 26 28.6 -3 14 24 12 46.2
2017 22.6 35 38.4 -3 14 27 19 54.3
Player 23.0 61 67.0 -6 28 51 31 50.8
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 26 31 19 35 27 25 31 31 24 17 22 36 29 25 29 34 15 25 26 34 30 19 43 38 30 27 30 40 34 31 20
2017 35 37 36 44 42 36 45 37 33 28 37 50 35 38 36 41 32 33 43 39 39 37 48 44 35 33 36 49 44 37 29
Player 61 68 55 79 69 61 76 68 57 45 59 86 64 63 65 75 47 58 69 73 69 56 91 82 65 60 66 89 78 68 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.9 91.0 0.1 ↑ 90.9 -0.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 80.2 80.0 -0.2 ↓ 80.9 0.9 ↑
Breaking Velocity 78.9 79.7 0.8 ↑ 79.1 -0.6 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.2 88.7 0.5 ↑ 90.0 1.3 ↑
Launch Angle 12.0 11.6 -0.4 ↓ 14.6 3.0 ↑
Barrel % 5.7 6.4 0.7 ↑ 8.4 2.0 ↑
Hard Hit % 36.6 35.9 -0.7 ↓ 40.0 4.1 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.4 33.8 -3.6 ↓ 36.6 2.8 ↑
xBA .279 .262 -0.017 ↓ .291 0.029 ↑
BA .321 .267 -0.054 ↓ .286 0.019 ↑
xwOBA .341 .318 -0.023 ↓ .365 0.047 ↑
wOBA .366 .318 -0.048 ↓ .357 0.039 ↑
xSLG .438 .433 -0.005 ↓ .517 0.084 ↑
SLG .481 .435 -0.046 ↓ .508 0.073 ↑
K% 20.2 17.6 -2.6 ↓ 18.2 0.6 ↑
BB% 8.1 5.4 -2.7 ↓ 7.4 2.0 ↑
Swing % 45.4 46.5 1.1 ↑ 45.9 -0.6 ↓
Whiff% 21.9 20.9 -1.0 ↓ 25.4 4.5 ↑
In Zone % 47.8 47.1 -0.7 ↓ 44.8 -2.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 52.2 52.9 0.7 ↑ 55.2 2.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 28.2 29.1 0.9 ↑ 26.0 -3.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 23.1 27.5 4.4 ↑ 30.9 3.4 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 52.0 61.0 9.0 ↑ 60.3 -0.7 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 806 .317 440 32 7.3 366 65 17.8
2017 Shifts 780 .357 393 6 1.5 387 22 5.7
! 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 %
2010 743 16.0 36.1% 2.2% 389 24.0 0.5% 10.0%
2011 858 16.3 33.6% 0.7% 495 25.6 3.0% 19.8%
2012 786 15.7 42.2% 0.5% 477 24.3 0.2% 13.0%
2013 1010 16.3 35.4% 1.7% 505 23.6 0.2% 11.5%
2014 736 16.6 32.6% 1.0% 476 22.6 0.4% 7.4%
2015 166 17.1 32.5% 7.8% 125 23.0 5.6% 18.4%
2016 1020 17.8 27.1% 5.5% 443 24.6 5.0% 21.0%
2017 963 17.0 27.7% 1.8% 432 23.6 0.2% 10.4%

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Pitch Distribution

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