Scott Effross
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 202LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 15, #443, Chicago Cubs | Indiana
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 2 1 3.68 14 0 0 14.2 18 0.95
2022 1 4 2.54 60 1 4 56.2 62 1.06
2 Seasons 3 5 2.78 74 1 4 71.1 80 1.04
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 14 2-1 3.68 14.2 18 0.95
2022 60 1-4 2.54 56.2 62 1.06
2 Seasons 74 3-5 2.78 71.1 80 1.04
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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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 27 222 36 3 8.3 5.2 90.5 110.4 9.8 36.1 .205 .346 .304 .262 .342 38.9 31.0 1.7 3.68 2.85
2022 28 815 150 6 4.0 2.6 87.3 108.0 8.7 30.0 .204 .303 .247 .248 .312 37.3 27.1 6.6 2.54 2.51
Player 1037 186 9 4.8 3.1 87.9 110.4 8.9 31.2 .204 .312 .259 .251 .318 37.6 27.9 5.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Effross relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(40.2%) ,
Sinker
(33.9%) ,
Changeup
(14.6%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(11.3%) ,


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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
2021 47.2 36.1 16.7 0.0 47.2 41.7 11.1 0.0 30.6 25.0 30.6 5.6 8.3 5.2
2022 45.3 24.7 22.0 8.0 26.7 47.3 26.0 4.7 36.0 26.7 23.3 5.3 4.0 2.6
Player 45.7 26.9 21.0 6.5 30.6 46.2 23.1 3.8 34.9 26.3 24.7 5.4 4.8 3.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2022 Changeup NYY R 119 83.0 48.6 0.9 2 14.3 0.0 0
2022 Sinker NYY R 276 90.3 37.1 0.9 3 18.0 0.8 4
2022 Slider NYY R 328 79.8 40.3 0.8 2 12.5 0.8 7
2022 4-Seamer NYY R 92 90.8 29.6 -1.8 -6 17.3 5.0 40
2021 Changeup CHC R 22 83.0 47.3 -1.2 -2 14.2 1.0 7
2021 Sinker CHC R 87 90.7 36.4 1.3 4 17.9 0.3 2
2021 Slider CHC R 69 80.5 40.4 1.5 4 12.1 1.0 9
2021 4-Seamer CHC R 44 90.7 29.1 0.1 0 16.8 -0.4 -2
! 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 %
2022 Slider 2.2 7 328 40.2 74 .149 .224 .205 30.1 36.5 25.2 .159 .285 .233 31.7
2022 Sinker -0.8 -2 276 33.9 92 .333 .471 .378 15.0 17.4 36.4 .273 .387 .311 45.1
2022 Changeup 5.9 7 119 14.6 41 .077 .077 .105 28.2 24.4 24.4 .161 .216 .181 23.3
2022 4-Seamer 1.6 1 92 11.3 19 .176 .176 .216 22.9 47.4 16.7 .119 .148 .176 50.0
2021 Sinker 0.4 0 87 39.2 21 .368 .474 .367 19.4 14.3 20.0 .274 .454 .313 35.3
2021 Slider 0.9 1 69 31.1 17 .125 .500 .235 40.6 47.1 26.7 .136 .339 .197 33.3
2021 4-Seamer 2.3 1 44 19.8 13 .100 .100 .231 41.2 46.2 30.0 .099 .110 .231 50.0
2021 Changeup -2.7 -1 22 9.9 7 .429 .571 .436 20.0 14.3 20.0 .328 .404 .315 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2022 Changeup 119 83.0 90 18.7 3:30 4:15 -45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 90 90.8 90 18.3 3:00 2:45 15
2022 Sinker 275 90.3 94 19.5 3:00 3:30 -30
2022 Slider 321 79.8 32 13.3 8:30 9:15 -45
2021 Changeup 22 83.0 91 18.0 3:15 4:00 -45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 44 90.7 91 17.8 2:45 2:45 0
2021 Sinker 87 90.7 93 19.3 2:45 3:30 -45
2021 Slider 68 80.4 29 12.8 8:30 9:00 -30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 58 222 3 1 -1 -2 1
2022 226 815 7 11 -2 -3 13
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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 222 56.3 62.4 73.1 22.7 59.1 42.3 75.9 45.0 30.0 9.0 55.0
2022 815 48.8 61.3 80.7 33.8 67.4 40.2 66.8 47.2 23.9 9.1 64.9
Player 1,037 50.4 61.6 78.9 31.7 66.3 40.7 68.7 46.8 25.2 9.1 62.8
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 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 12 53 30
2022 95 85 91 90 91 95 94 77 56 76 68 34 89 8 48 19
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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 25.6 2 2.1 0 2 1 1 50.0
2022 24.4 3 2.5 1 2 2 1 33.3
Player 25.2 5 4.6 0 4 3 2 40.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 2
2022 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 2 2 4 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 2 3
Player 5 6 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 6 4 3 5 4 4 6 4 5 5 5 7 5 3 4 5 6 6 4 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.7 90.4 -0.3 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.0 83.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 80.5 79.8 -0.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 90.5 87.3 -3.2 ↓
Launch Angle 9.8 8.7 -1.1 ↓
Barrel % 8.3 4.0 -4.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 38.9 37.3 -1.6 ↓
Sweet Spot % 36.1 30.0 -6.1 ↓
xBA .205 .204 -0.001 ↓
BA .250 .214 -0.036 ↓
xwOBA .262 .248 -0.014 ↓
wOBA .304 .247 -0.057 ↓
xSLG .346 .303 -0.043 ↓
SLG .423 .295 -0.128 ↓
K% 31.0 27.1 -3.9 ↓
BB% 1.7 6.6 4.9 ↑
Swing % 45.0 47.2 2.2 ↑
Whiff% 30.0 23.9 -6.1 ↓
In Zone % 56.3 48.8 -7.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 43.7 51.2 7.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 22.7 33.8 11.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 27.6 28.8 1.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 75.9 66.8 -9.1 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 52 .322 28 6 21.4 24 14 58.3
2022 Shifts 226 .247 148 32 21.6 78 52 66.7
! 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 %
2021 59 21.1 3.4% 3.4% 50 24.2 0.0% 16.0%
2022 217 19.9 6.0% 4.6% 170 24.3 0.6% 17.6%
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Pitch Distribution

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