Robert Gsellman
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 237LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 13, #402, New York Mets | Westchester (CA) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 0 0 9.64 6 4 0 14 9 2.14
2021 0 1 3.77 17 1 0 28.2 17 1.19
2022 0 2 4.70 8 0 1 15.1 9 1.30
7 Seasons 20 18 4.60 184 34 15 366 289 1.40
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 6 0-0 9.64 14 9 2.14
2021 17 0-1 3.77 28.2 17 1.19
2022 8 0-2 4.70 15.1 9 1.30
7 Seasons 184 20-18 4.60 366 289 1.40
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 22 713 127 3 2.4 1.6 89.6 113.2 4.7 31.5 .236 .344 .281 .281 .330 37.8 22.7 8.1 2.42 3.28
2017 23 2049 417 21 5.0 3.8 86.3 117.0 6.9 33.8 .280 .442 .344 .340 .368 32.5 14.9 7.7 5.19 5.06
2018 24 1283 242 12 5.0 3.5 88.3 110.1 8.8 30.2 .229 .358 .300 .291 .331 34.6 20.3 8.1 4.28 3.55
2019 25 1072 188 7 3.7 2.5 86.0 108.4 12.6 29.8 .229 .349 .326 .290 .323 30.9 21.6 8.6 4.67 3.67
2020 26 278 53 6 11.3 8.5 88.8 112.9 13.5 35.8 .318 .607 .459 .428 .454 49.1 12.7 11.3 9.64 8.74
2021 27 427 92 5 5.4 4.2 86.3 111.8 7.4 30.4 .281 .428 .302 .334 .361 31.5 14.3 5.9 3.77 4.79
2022 28 207 52 7 13.5 10.9 90.2 107.7 10.9 38.5 .321 .578 .340 .400 .453 50.0 14.1 4.7 4.70 7.22
Player 6029 1171 61 5.2 3.8 87.3 117.0 8.5 32.2 .259 .409 .326 .320 .356 34.7 17.9 7.9
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

Gsellman relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(55.6%) ,
Slider
(29.0%) ,
Changeup
(11.6%) ,
Curveball
(3.4%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.5%) ,


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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 57.5 15.0 24.4 3.1 31.5 43.3 25.2 4.7 43.3 16.5 25.2 4.7 2.4 1.6
2017 51.1 19.7 24.9 4.3 33.6 39.1 27.3 6.5 36.5 19.9 24.7 4.6 5.0 3.8
2018 52.5 23.6 18.6 5.4 38.4 37.6 24.0 4.1 40.5 21.9 20.7 6.2 5.0 3.5
2019 45.2 21.8 25.0 8.0 29.8 42.6 27.7 3.7 35.6 26.6 23.4 5.3 3.7 2.5
2020 41.5 24.5 26.4 7.5 41.5 35.8 22.6 7.5 26.4 24.5 20.8 9.4 11.3 8.5
2021 48.9 21.7 23.9 5.4 38.0 41.3 20.7 6.5 35.9 21.7 28.3 2.2 5.4 4.2
2022 42.3 26.9 26.9 3.8 38.5 38.5 23.1 1.9 32.7 19.2 25.0 7.7 13.5 10.9
Player 50.1 21.0 23.7 5.2 34.7 39.8 25.5 5.2 37.2 21.3 23.8 5.2 5.2 3.8
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 Slider CHC R 60 89.6 28.3 -2.7 2.2ARM -5.7 5.6 -3.8 2.2ARM -7.9
2022 Curveball CHC R 7 80.7 51.8 0.6 11.2GLV 1.7 -9.5 -0.4 11.2GLV 2.1
2022 Changeup CHC R 24 85.1 31.6 -0.2 15.5ARM 1.2 6.0 -0.1 15.5ARM 1.3
2022 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 1 94.4 17.5 -2.5 10.5ARM 2.8 13.2 -3.0 10.5ARM 3.2
2022 Sinker CHC R 115 92.6 27.3 3.9 17.4ARM 2.1 4.6 3.7 17.4ARM 2.6
2021 Slider NYM R 84 89.5 27.5 -3.3 1.7ARM -4.9 6.5 -4.7 1.7ARM -7.4
2021 Sinker NYM R 246 93.9 24.3 3.1 17.6ARM 2.8 6.8 2.0 17.6ARM 2.8
2021 Curveball NYM R 6 79.2 52.2 -1.2 9.6GLV 0.2 -8.6 -1.5 9.6GLV 0.4
2021 Changeup NYM R 70 84.8 30.0 -0.6 15.5ARM 1.6 8.0 -1.7 15.5ARM 1.6
2021 4-Seam Fastball NYM R 21 94.5 19.9 -5.3 11.3ARM 4.0 10.6 -5.6 11.3ARM 4.1
! 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 Sinker -2.2 -3 115 55.6 40 .333 .590 .400 17.2 10.0 16.7 .367 .654 .445 54.3
2022 Slider 2.6 2 60 29.0 15 .143 .143 .167 39.3 13.3 13.3 .237 .280 .260 25.0
2022 Changeup -1.3 0 24 11.6 9 .250 .500 .356 27.3 33.3 42.9 .244 .729 .438 80.0
2022 Curveball -2.2 0 7 3.4 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -3.3 0 1 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Sinker 1.1 3 246 57.6 70 .281 .438 .356 14.4 8.6 11.8 .301 .444 .353 34.5
2021 Slider -1.1 -1 84 19.7 24 .174 .217 .194 36.8 25.0 21.4 .228 .268 .236 29.4
2021 Changeup 2.3 2 70 16.4 16 .250 .438 .294 32.4 18.8 16.7 .300 .646 .395 23.1
2021 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 0 21 4.9 8 .167 .333 .331 33.3 25.0 15.4 .223 .289 .345 25.0
2021 Curveball -5.6 0 6 1.4 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
! 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 Changeup 24 85.1 99 16.9 2:15 2:30 -15
2022 Sinker 113 92.6 92 18.7 1:45 2:45 -60
2022 Slider 60 89.6 40 5.9 1:00 12:45 15
2021 Changeup 70 84.8 99 17.7 2:00 2:15 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 21 94.5 92 15.5 1:30 1:45 -15
2021 Sinker 240 93.9 93 19.4 1:30 2:30 -60
2021 Slider 82 89.5 47 6.1 1:00 12:30 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
2016 183 709 8 6 -3 -3 8
2017 544 2,046 -9 19 -17 -11 -18
2018 337 1,281 12 -1 -8 -4 -1
2019 276 1,072 5 4 -5 -5 -1
2020 71 277 -5 0 -3 -1 -9
2021 119 427 9 1 -4 -3 3
2022 64 207 2 -2 -1 0 -1
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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 713 47.0 67.5 85.8 29.9 56.6 40.7 61.6 47.5 22.4 7.3 86.5
2017 2,049 46.8 69.9 86.1 28.3 73.1 41.4 64.7 47.8 17.0 7.2 77.0
2018 1,283 51.5 69.2 86.7 26.7 51.2 42.9 60.7 48.7 22.2 8.1 74.0
2019 1,072 47.6 67.6 82.6 29.2 52.4 41.1 58.7 47.5 26.3 9.0 81.4
2020 278 43.2 72.5 85.1 25.9 75.6 41.4 52.1 46.0 16.4 7.6 90.5
2021 427 50.8 71.4 83.2 29.0 60.7 43.8 63.0 50.6 22.2 6.3 70.4
2022 207 49.8 68.9 83.1 30.8 56.3 44.4 64.1 49.8 24.3 7.2 93.3
Player 6,029 48.2 69.3 85.2 28.4 61.7 41.9 61.7 48.1 21.0 7.7 79.1
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
2016 72 43 80 41
2017 21 11 28 43 17 31 68 71 57 9 61 5 60 48 26 71 35
2018 69 61 73 73 55 65 76 50 56 38 50 33 35 68 31 78 27
2019 76 67 84 91 53 92 96 98 88 41 41 56 51 79 40 80 20
2020 53 34 46
2021 60 8 48
2022 28 2 47
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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 23.1 1 1.7 -1 2 2 1 100.0
2017 21.7 17 15.2 2 5 10 7 41.2
2018 22.9 8 6.8 1 2 6 3 37.5
2019 22.1 7 6.9 0 3 8 1 14.3
2020 25.9 4 4.5 -1 2 4 2 50.0
2021 24.5 3 3.0 0 0 1 2 66.7
2022 21.7 2 3.1 -1 3 4 0 0.0
Player 22.5 42 41.2 1 17 35 16 38.1
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 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 2 1
2017 17 17 11 14 16 15 17 14 12 13 16 17 15 16 15 16 14 14 16 15 16 15 17 17 16 17 13 17 18 16 12
2018 8 10 4 7 6 5 9 6 7 4 4 9 7 6 5 8 5 5 8 11 8 7 11 8 5 4 8 7 8 6 5
2019 7 8 5 6 8 8 9 9 7 2 5 10 6 7 8 6 6 6 7 8 7 7 9 9 6 5 6 7 8 7 4
2020 4 6 5 4 4 6 5 6 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 4 5 6 3 6 4 5 3 4 5 6 5 3
2021 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2022 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 3 2 3 4 4 4 2 3 4 2 5 5 2 2 3 6 4 2 3
Player 42 49 32 39 41 41 47 43 35 28 34 49 41 39 39 43 38 39 41 46 46 38 54 50 40 36 38 47 50 41 31
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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.3 92.8 -1.5 ↓ 94.0 1.2 ↑ 95.3 1.3 ↑ 93.5 -1.8 ↓ 94.0 0.5 ↑ 92.6 -1.4 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 87.3 85.4 -1.9 ↓ 86.6 1.2 ↑ 87.2 0.6 ↑ 85.9 -1.3 ↓ 84.8 -1.1 ↓ 85.1 0.3 ↑
Breaking Velocity 86.2 85.1 -1.1 ↓ 86.4 1.3 ↑ 87.7 1.3 ↑ 86.9 -0.8 ↓ 88.8 1.9 ↑ 88.7 -0.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.6 86.3 -3.3 ↓ 88.3 2.0 ↑ 86.0 -2.3 ↓ 88.8 2.8 ↑ 86.3 -2.5 ↓ 90.2 3.9 ↑
Launch Angle 4.7 6.9 2.2 ↑ 8.8 1.9 ↑ 12.6 3.8 ↑ 13.5 0.9 ↑ 7.4 -6.1 ↓ 10.9 3.5 ↑
Barrel % 2.4 5.0 2.6 ↑ 5.0 0.0 3.7 -1.3 ↓ 11.3 7.6 ↑ 5.4 -5.9 ↓ 13.5 8.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 37.8 32.5 -5.3 ↓ 34.6 2.1 ↑ 30.9 -3.7 ↓ 49.1 18.2 ↑ 31.5 -17.6 ↓ 50.0 18.5 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.5 33.8 2.3 ↑ 30.2 -3.6 ↓ 29.8 -0.4 ↓ 35.8 6.0 ↑ 30.4 -5.4 ↓ 38.5 8.1 ↑
xBA .236 .280 0.044 ↑ .229 -0.051 ↓ .229 0.000 .318 0.089 ↑ .281 -0.037 ↓ .321 0.040 ↑
BA .258 .280 0.022 ↑ .250 -0.030 ↓ .261 0.011 ↑ .361 0.100 ↑ .248 -0.113 ↓ .279 0.031 ↑
xwOBA .281 .340 0.059 ↑ .291 -0.049 ↓ .290 -0.001 ↓ .428 0.138 ↑ .334 -0.094 ↓ .400 0.066 ↑
wOBA .281 .344 0.063 ↑ .300 -0.044 ↓ .326 0.026 ↑ .459 0.133 ↑ .302 -0.157 ↓ .340 0.038 ↑
xSLG .344 .442 0.098 ↑ .358 -0.084 ↓ .349 -0.009 ↓ .607 0.258 ↑ .428 -0.179 ↓ .578 0.150 ↑
SLG .319 .462 0.143 ↑ .382 -0.080 ↓ .429 0.047 ↑ .672 0.243 ↑ .385 -0.287 ↓ .475 0.090 ↑
K% 22.7 14.9 -7.8 ↓ 20.3 5.4 ↑ 21.6 1.3 ↑ 12.7 -8.9 ↓ 14.3 1.6 ↑ 14.1 -0.2 ↓
BB% 8.1 7.7 -0.4 ↓ 8.1 0.4 ↑ 8.6 0.5 ↑ 11.3 2.7 ↑ 5.9 -5.4 ↓ 4.7 -1.2 ↓
Swing % 47.5 47.8 0.3 ↑ 48.7 0.9 ↑ 47.5 -1.2 ↓ 46.0 -1.5 ↓ 50.6 4.6 ↑ 49.8 -0.8 ↓
Whiff% 22.4 17.0 -5.4 ↓ 22.2 5.2 ↑ 26.3 4.1 ↑ 16.4 -9.9 ↓ 22.2 5.8 ↑ 24.3 2.1 ↑
In Zone % 47.0 46.8 -0.2 ↓ 51.5 4.7 ↑ 47.6 -3.9 ↓ 43.2 -4.4 ↓ 50.8 7.6 ↑ 49.8 -1.0 ↓
Out of Zone % 53.0 53.2 0.2 ↑ 48.5 -4.7 ↓ 52.4 3.9 ↑ 56.8 4.4 ↑ 49.2 -7.6 ↓ 50.2 1.0 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 29.9 28.3 -1.6 ↓ 26.7 -1.6 ↓ 29.2 2.5 ↑ 25.9 -3.3 ↓ 29.0 3.1 ↑ 30.8 1.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 33.3 4.7 ↑ 29.3 -4.0 ↓ 31.9 2.6 ↑ 29.6 -2.3 ↓ 34.5 4.9 ↑ 39.1 4.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 61.6 64.7 3.1 ↑ 60.7 -4.0 ↓ 58.7 -2.0 ↓ 52.1 -6.6 ↓ 63.0 10.9 ↑ 64.1 1.1 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 182 .282 99 3 3.0 83 11 13.3
2017 Shifts 544 .344 287 2 0.7 257 31 12.1
2018 Shifts 339 .300 180 7 3.9 159 42 26.4
2019 Shifts 276 .326 172 7 4.1 104 33 31.7
2020 Shifts 71 .459 42 2 4.8 29 8 27.6
2021 Shifts 119 .302 68 41 60.3 51 33 64.7
2022 Shifts 64 .340 39 11 28.2 25 17 68.0
! 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 207 16.4 38.6% 1.4% 122 25.5 0.8% 23.0%
2017 578 14.2 60.7% 0.5% 338 23.9 0.3% 9.5%
2018 338 17.4 20.7% 1.5% 243 22.3 1.6% 8.6%
2019 301 18.7 15.6% 1.0% 182 23.3 0.0% 12.6%
2020 72 16.6 31.9% 0.0% 56 25.6 0.0% 16.1%
2021 96 16.1 35.4% 1.0% 92 21.4 1.1% 9.8%
2022 65 16.2 33.8% 3.1% 29 19.6 3.4% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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