Ryan Zeferjahn
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 209LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 3, #107, Boston Red Sox | Kansas
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 0 0 2.12 12 0 0 17 18 0.76
2025 3 1 5.04 29 0 1 25 32 1.52
2 Seasons 3 1 3.86 41 0 1 42 50 1.21
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 12 0-0 2.12 17 18 0.76
2025 29 3-1 5.04 25 32 1.52
2 Seasons 41 3-1 3.86 42 50 1.21
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
2024 26 208 38 0 0.0 0.0 87.0 109.8 17.4 26.3 .143 .174 .181 .200 .203 26.3 28.1 9.4 2.12 1.67
2025 27 465 65 4 6.2 3.6 90.2 114.9 9.2 40.0 .223 .380 .352 .308 .382 44.6 29.1 10.9 5.04 3.55
Player 673 103 4 3.9 2.3 89.0 114.9 12.2 35.0 .194 .305 .290 .269 .316 37.9 28.7 10.3
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Zeferjahn relies on 3 pitches.
Cutter
(50.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(27.3%) ,
Sweeper
(21.9%) ,


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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 %
2024 39.5 60.5 28.9 21.1 10.5 39.5 42.1 18.4 23.7 13.2 2.6 15.8 28.9 15.8
2025 44.6 55.4 24.6 23.1 7.7 43.1 32.3 24.6 27.7 12.3 4.6 15.4 20.0 20.0
Player 42.7 57.3 26.2 22.3 8.7 41.7 35.9 22.3 26.2 12.6 3.9 15.5 23.3 18.4
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 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
2024 2.6 36.8 44.7 13.2 2.6 0.0 0.0
2025 1.5 35.4 26.2 21.5 9.2 6.2 3.6
Player 1.9 35.9 33.0 18.4 6.8 3.9 2.3
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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
2025 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 127 97.5 13.0 0.1 5.4ARM -2.4 16.0 0.1 5.4ARM -2.3
2025 Cutter LAA R 236 89.7 31.6 -5.7 5.1GLV 2.7 2.4 -6.0 5.1GLV 2.8
2025 Sweeper LAA R 102 83.1 38.6 -0.5 15.4GLV 1.9 1.4 -0.1 15.4GLV 1.4
2024 Cutter LAA R 99 90.4 30.3 -5.1 4.2GLV 1.7 3.2 -5.1 4.2GLV 1.5
2024 Curveball LAA R 1 70.2 59.5 -9.2 17.5GLV 4.3 -3.6 -6.4 17.5GLV 8.1
2024 Sweeper LAA R 34 83.3 37.1 -1.2 15.6GLV 2.0 2.4 -0.9 15.6GLV 1.5
2024 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 74 97.3 13.7 -0.5 6.5ARM -1.4 15.3 -0.4 6.5ARM -1.1
! 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 %
2025 Cutter -0.2 0 236 50.8 50 .286 .548 .408 31.9 24.0 25.0 .308 .597 .432 56.7
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 0 127 27.3 37 .257 .314 .276 24.6 32.4 19.0 .162 .208 .189 34.8
2025 Sweeper -3.4 -4 102 21.9 23 .200 .500 .343 33.3 34.8 14.3 .152 .225 .232 33.3
2024 Cutter 3.3 3 99 47.6 25 .174 .217 .214 27.5 16.0 44.4 .187 .236 .225 36.8
2024 4-Seam Fastball 3.3 2 74 35.6 27 .130 .130 .178 37.1 33.3 34.6 .142 .165 .197 20.0
2024 Sweeper 3.3 1 34 16.3 11 .000 .000 .127 31.6 45.5 29.4 .031 .037 .152 0.0
2024 Curveball -7.2 0 1 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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
2025 Cutter 231 89.7 37 6.4 10:45 9:30 75
2025 4-Seam Fastball 126 97.5 90 16.5 1:00 12:45 15
2025 Sweeper 100 83.1 60 16.4 8:15 9:00 -45
2024 Cutter 99 90.4 34 5.3 11:00 9:45 75
2024 4-Seam Fastball 73 97.3 92 16.3 1:00 12:45 15
2024 Sweeper 34 83.3 62 16.6 8:15 9:00 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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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
2024 63 208 3 6 -1 -1 7
2025 110 465 -3 4 -2 -3 -4
Player 173 673 0 10 -3 0 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 %
2024 208 51.9 70.4 76.3 29.0 48.3 43.8 60.3 50.5 31.4 9.1 73.7
2025 465 54.8 68.2 77.6 22.4 38.3 40.6 65.5 47.5 30.3 8.6 77.5
Player 673 53.9 68.9 77.2 24.5 42.1 41.6 63.6 48.4 30.7 8.8 76.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 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
2024 93 16 60
2025 60 76 65 53 55 84 77 37 24 86 18 81 4 94 27 58
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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 %
2025 23.83 5 3.9 1 1 3 2 40.0
Player 23.83 5 3.9 1 1 3 2 40.0
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
2025 5 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 3 5 4 3 5 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 5
Player 5 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 3 5 4 3 5 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 5
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 2024 +/-   2025
Fastball Velocity 93.3 -0.9 92.4
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 83.0 0.1 83.1
Exit Velocity 87.0 3.2 90.2
Launch Angle 17.4 -8.2 9.2
Barrel % 0.0 6.2 6.2
Hard Hit % 26.3 18.3 44.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.3 13.7 40.0
xBA .143 0.080 .223
BA .127 0.131 .258
xwOBA .200 0.108 .308
wOBA .181 0.171 .352
xSLG .174 0.206 .380
SLG .145 0.309 .454
K% 28.1 1.0 29.1
BB% 9.4 1.5 10.9
Swing % 50.5 -3.0 47.5
Whiff% 31.4 -1.1 30.3
In Zone % 51.9 2.9 54.8
Out of Zone % 48.1 -2.9 45.2
Out of Zone Swing % 29.0 -6.6 22.4
First Pitch Swing % 41.3 -10.4 30.9
First Pitch Strike % 60.3 5.2 65.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2024 Shades 63 .181 40 23 57.5 23 14 60.9
2025 Shades 110 .352 54 19 35.2 56 43 76.8
! 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 %
2024 57 15.6 42.1% 3.5% 30 16.9 30.0% 0.0%
2025 107 17.1 16.8% 0.0% 80 18.6 3.8% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution