Sean Newcomb
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 5" 255LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 1, #15, Los Angeles Angels | Hartford
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 2 1 8.78 20 1 0 27.2 28 1.88
2023 1 1 3.00 7 2 0 15 17 1.13
2024 1 0 6.30 7 0 0 10 7 1.70
8 Seasons 28 25 4.51 175 60 2 431 438 1.47
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 20 2-1 8.78 27.2 28 1.88
2023 7 1-1 3.00 15 17 1.13
2024 7 1-0 6.30 10 7 1.70
8 Seasons 175 28-25 4.51 431 438 1.47
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
2017 24 1831 285 15 5.3 3.3 88.9 116.7 10.3 35.1 .252 .403 .335 .331 .385 35.0 23.7 12.5 4.32 4.76
2018 25 2921 454 19 4.2 2.7 87.6 113.9 13.0 32.2 .221 .348 .300 .297 .332 31.9 23.0 11.6 3.90 3.71
2019 26 1181 196 9 4.6 3.1 87.3 112.2 11.6 28.6 .238 .376 .299 .305 .346 30.6 22.2 9.9 3.16 4.08
2020 27 300 51 5 9.8 7.1 87.3 106.1 15.0 33.3 .294 .528 .421 .389 .409 33.3 14.3 8.6 11.20 6.86
2021 28 673 78 2 2.6 1.3 87.1 109.1 10.4 34.6 .223 .320 .327 .321 .365 34.6 28.7 18.0 4.73 4.38
2022 29 552 87 12 13.8 9.0 90.7 110.2 18.7 39.1 .277 .500 .400 .384 .441 46.0 20.9 14.2 8.78 6.53
2023 30 280 33 2 6.1 3.3 89.7 109.1 18.5 27.3 .190 .338 .272 .308 .336 45.5 27.9 14.8 3.00 3.98
2024 31 184 29 2 6.9 4.4 88.7 108.7 11.9 24.1 .238 .421 .376 .357 .350 44.8 15.6 17.8 6.30 5.53
Player 7922 1213 66 5.4 3.5 88.1 116.7 12.6 32.6 .237 .382 .323 .320 .360 34.4 23.0 12.4
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

Newcomb relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(47.3%) ,
Slurve
(20.7%) ,
Curveball
(16.3%) ,
Sinker
(12.0%) ,
Changeup
(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
2017 46.0 21.1 28.1 4.9 30.5 38.6 30.9 4.2 33.0 22.1 26.3 6.7 5.3 3.3
2018 44.1 24.4 24.0 7.5 32.2 36.6 31.3 1.8 35.9 28.0 22.5 6.6 4.2 2.7
2019 50.5 23.0 20.9 5.6 32.1 40.8 27.0 3.6 33.7 24.5 27.0 6.1 4.6 3.1
2020 37.3 29.4 27.5 5.9 37.3 25.5 37.3 7.8 27.5 21.6 27.5 5.9 9.8 7.1
2021 38.5 24.4 30.8 6.4 37.2 34.6 28.2 6.4 29.5 24.4 26.9 9.0 2.6 1.3
2022 34.5 28.7 27.6 9.2 39.1 34.5 26.4 3.4 23.0 24.1 27.6 8.0 13.8 9.0
2023 42.4 21.2 18.2 18.2 24.2 30.3 45.5 3.0 33.3 27.3 18.2 12.1 6.1 3.3
2024 51.7 27.6 13.8 6.9 48.3 24.1 27.6 6.9 44.8 17.2 17.2 6.9 6.9 4.4
Player 44.4 23.9 24.9 6.8 33.0 36.5 30.5 3.5 33.3 25.0 24.7 6.9 5.4 3.5
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


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
2024 Curveball OAK L 30 79.4 58.9 5.0 11.1GLV 3.6 -14.9 6.9 11.1GLV 3.7
2024 Changeup OAK L 7 85.2 33.0 1.8 13.0ARM -0.8 5.0 0.9 13.0ARM -1.1
2024 4-Seam Fastball OAK L 87 93.7 13.8 0.7 6.7ARM -0.4 17.4 1.8 6.7ARM -1.5
2024 Slurve OAK L 38 82.4 47.9 1.2 16.9GLV 2.1 -7.2 1.9 16.9GLV 7.5
2024 Sinker OAK L 22 93.1 24.1 1.3 15.8ARM 1.1 7.6 0.5 15.8ARM 0.6
2023 4-Seam Fastball OAK L 144 93.4 15.5 -0.4 7.3ARM 0.1 16.0 0.7 7.3ARM -0.6
2023 Sinker OAK L 19 92.4 25.3 3.5 14.9ARM 0.7 6.8 1.5 14.9ARM -0.2
2023 Changeup OAK L 8 84.6 34.4 3.2 8.9ARM -5.3 4.0 2.3 8.9ARM -5.1
2023 Cutter OAK L 4 90.0 25.0 1.1 2.4GLV 0.6 8.5 1.6 2.4GLV 0.6
2023 Slurve OAK L 61 81.6 49.2 4.0 17.4GLV 1.7 -7.8 5.1 17.4GLV 1.8
2023 Curveball OAK L 44 79.2 58.9 5.1 12.5GLV 6.3 -14.6 6.2 12.5GLV 4.8
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -1 87 47.3 16 .385 .692 .490 19.6 6.3 4.8 .284 .562 .402 38.5
2024 Slurve -4.5 -2 38 20.7 7 .333 .833 .514 30.0 14.3 8.3 .327 .710 .472 40.0
2024 Curveball 2.4 1 30 16.3 9 .143 .143 .256 25.0 22.2 18.2 .113 .147 .245 60.0
2024 Sinker 3.6 1 22 12.0 10 .143 .143 .300 0.0 20.0 50.0 .234 .267 .365 40.0
2024 Changeup 6.8 0 7 3.8 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 100.0 .114 .134 .105 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.6 4 144 51.4 31 .154 .308 .276 21.6 29.0 17.6 .205 .403 .325 58.8
2023 Slurve -0.5 0 61 21.8 11 .200 .200 .227 20.0 45.5 16.7 .131 .135 .172 20.0
2023 Curveball -2.6 -1 44 15.7 10 .143 .286 .335 27.3 20.0 15.4 .181 .444 .387 40.0
2023 Sinker 7.6 1 19 6.8 6 .000 .000 .117 16.7 16.7 25.0 .057 .066 .163 0.0
2023 Changeup -12.1 -1 8 2.9 2 .500 .500 .450 25.0 0.0 0.0 .648 .817 .641 100.0
2023 Cutter 1.1 0 4 1.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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
2024 Curveball 30 79.4 89 21.4 5:00 5:00 0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 79 93.7 87 18.3 11:00 11:15 -15
2024 Sinker 22 93.1 82 17.9 10:45 9:45 60
2024 Slurve 32 82.3 65 20.4 4:45 4:00 45
2023 Curveball 44 79.2 84 22.0 4:45 4:45 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 143 93.4 88 17.1 10:45 11:00 -15
2023 Sinker 19 92.4 83 16.7 10:45 9:45 60
2023 Slurve 61 81.6 67 20.8 4:45 4:00 45
! 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
2017 448 1,829 19 0 -9 -13 -3
2018 712 2,986 18 35 -29 -13 10
2019 303 1,224 10 12 -9 -6 7
2020 70 300 1 -2 -1 -3 -6
2021 149 673 4 5 -6 -6 -4
2022 134 552 -10 0 -3 -3 -15
2023 60 280 5 3 -3 -2 3
2024 44 184 2 0 -2 -2 -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 %
2017 1,831 44.6 69.2 78.8 28.8 58.6 40.0 58.8 46.9 27.1 6.8 76.0
2018 2,921 47.1 66.8 80.0 24.9 61.2 41.5 54.0 44.6 24.9 7.8 76.2
2019 1,181 48.9 66.3 80.9 26.4 65.4 42.6 57.2 45.9 22.9 6.6 83.3
2020 300 46.0 65.9 82.4 19.8 71.9 41.0 48.6 41.0 20.3 6.3 68.4
2021 673 46.1 71.3 81.0 23.4 52.9 41.0 51.0 45.5 26.5 6.5 88.6
2022 552 50.5 64.2 83.8 16.8 60.9 40.8 54.5 40.8 20.9 7.8 79.1
2023 280 49.3 63.0 82.8 27.5 66.7 41.8 50.8 45.0 21.4 6.8 73.7
2024 184 48.1 67.4 88.3 16.7 50.0 37.8 46.7 41.3 19.7 10.8 75.0
Player 7,922 47.0 67.3 80.6 25.1 60.8 41.1 54.9 44.9 24.6 7.3 77.9
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
2017 29 42 49 56 9 47 63 11 34 64 5 70 63 63 47 87 18
2018 61 72 79 75 45 41 89 71 76 55 10 51 16 50 39 80 10
2019 59 55 70 80 43 80 91 80 90 47 22 29 19 68 47 91 10
2020 51 61 84 16
2021 82 67 91 11
2022 57 80 87 7
2023 38 63 4
2024 42 75 6
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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 %
2017 22.7 10 10.8 -1 9 13 1 10.0
2018 23.6 18 17.6 0 5 18 4 22.2
2019 25.0 8 6.4 2 7 2 4 50.0
2020 22.6 4 3.7 0 2 2 2 50.0
2021 25.3 1 1.1 0 1 0 1 100.0
2022 22.4 8 7.5 1 4 5 3 37.5
2023 23.1 1 1.4 0 0 2 0 0.0
2024 25.9 2 2.0 0 0 0 2 100.0
Player 23.5 52 50.5 2 28 42 17 32.7
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
2017 10 11 12 10 12 10 12 9 5 6 10 15 9 10 10 12 8 9 12 10 12 14 14 14 12 7 8 18 14 13 7
2018 18 24 13 13 19 15 22 16 14 12 15 20 17 17 17 18 17 16 20 22 20 18 25 19 12 14 17 20 22 18 15
2019 8 7 6 8 7 6 7 6 4 6 5 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 6 8 8 6 6 7 5 8 6 6 5
2020 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 2 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 3 5 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 3
2021 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2022 8 5 5 7 8 9 9 7 6 7 8 9 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 10 8 5 7 9 9 8 8 8
2023 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
2024 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 52 55 44 47 55 49 59 46 38 37 46 63 47 48 50 51 47 46 54 57 55 55 67 55 42 41 46 63 58 53 41
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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.8 93.0 -0.8 94.3 1.3 93.3 -1.0 93.1 -0.2 92.2 -0.9 93.2 1.0 93.6 0.4
Offspeed Velocity 86.0 86.3 0.3 87.4 1.1 87.0 -0.4 89.8 2.8 86.4 -3.4 84.6 -1.8 85.2 0.6
Breaking Velocity 78.7 77.6 -1.1 79.6 2.0 77.8 -1.8 80.0 2.2 78.9 -1.1 80.6 1.7 81.1 0.5
Exit Velocity 88.9 87.6 -1.3 87.3 -0.3 87.3 0.0 87.1 -0.2 90.7 3.6 89.7 -1.0 88.7 -1.0
Launch Angle 10.3 13.0 2.7 11.6 -1.4 15.0 3.4 10.4 -4.6 18.7 8.3 18.5 -0.2 11.9 -6.6
Barrel % 5.3 4.2 -1.1 4.6 0.4 9.8 5.2 2.6 -7.2 13.8 11.2 6.1 -7.7 6.9 0.8
Hard Hit % 35.0 31.9 -3.1 30.6 -1.3 33.3 2.7 34.6 1.3 46.0 11.4 45.5 -0.5 44.8 -0.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.1 32.2 -2.9 28.6 -3.6 33.3 4.7 34.6 1.3 39.1 4.5 27.3 -11.8 24.1 -3.2
xBA .252 .221 -0.031 .238 0.017 .294 0.056 .223 -0.071 .277 0.054 .190 -0.087 .238 0.048
BA .260 .226 -0.034 .236 0.010 .333 0.097 .235 -0.098 .287 0.052 .160 -0.127 .257 0.097
xwOBA .331 .297 -0.034 .305 0.008 .389 0.084 .321 -0.068 .384 0.063 .308 -0.076 .357 0.049
wOBA .335 .300 -0.035 .299 -0.001 .421 0.122 .327 -0.094 .400 0.073 .272 -0.128 .376 0.104
xSLG .403 .348 -0.055 .376 0.028 .528 0.152 .320 -0.208 .500 0.180 .338 -0.162 .421 0.083
SLG .418 .362 -0.056 .375 0.013 .583 0.208 .336 -0.247 .539 0.203 .260 -0.279 .457 0.197
K% 23.7 23.0 -0.7 22.2 -0.8 14.3 -7.9 28.7 14.4 20.9 -7.8 27.9 7.0 15.6 -12.3
BB% 12.5 11.6 -0.9 9.9 -1.7 8.6 -1.3 18.0 9.4 14.2 -3.8 14.8 0.6 17.8 3.0
Swing % 46.9 44.6 -2.3 45.9 1.3 41.0 -4.9 45.5 4.5 40.8 -4.7 45.0 4.2 41.3 -3.7
Whiff% 27.1 24.9 -2.2 22.9 -2.0 20.3 -2.6 26.5 6.2 20.9 -5.6 21.4 0.5 19.7 -1.7
In Zone % 44.6 47.1 2.5 48.9 1.8 46.0 -2.9 46.1 0.1 50.5 4.4 49.3 -1.2 48.1 -1.2
Out of Zone % 55.4 52.9 -2.5 51.1 -1.8 54.0 2.9 53.9 -0.1 49.5 -4.4 50.7 1.2 51.9 1.2
Out of Zone Swing % 28.8 24.9 -3.9 26.4 1.5 19.8 -6.6 23.4 3.6 16.8 -6.6 27.5 10.7 16.7 -10.8
First Pitch Swing % 27.5 23.3 -4.2 24.3 1.0 15.7 -8.6 25.5 9.8 18.7 -6.8 24.6 5.9 24.4 -0.2
First Pitch Strike % 58.8 54.0 -4.8 57.2 3.2 48.6 -8.6 51.0 2.4 54.5 3.5 50.8 -3.7 46.7 -4.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 448 .337 319 6 1.9 129 28 21.7
2018 Shifts 694 .301 545 48 8.8 149 20 13.4
2019 Shifts 292 .299 205 19 9.3 87 17 19.5
2020 Shifts 70 .421 47 0 0.0 23 1 4.3
2021 Shifts 142 .310 91 31 34.1 51 24 47.1
2022 Shifts 134 .400 81 25 30.9 53 29 54.7
2023 Shades 60 .265 41 0 0.0 19 7 36.8
2024 Shades 44 .376 35 0 0.0 9 4 44.4
! 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 %
2017 513 15.6 42.7% 0.2% 303 21.6 2.0% 8.9%
2018 944 15.3 45.0% 0.4% 465 20.6 3.2% 3.7%
2019 343 16.3 32.9% 0.3% 211 21.2 2.8% 1.9%
2020 101 15.3 44.6% 0.0% 56 20.6 1.8% 0.0%
2021 151 15.6 39.1% 1.3% 149 19.9 2.7% 6.0%
2022 164 15.9 39.6% 0.0% 118 19.6 5.1% 0.8%
2023 72 14.2 66.7% 0.0% 52 17.6 9.6% 0.0%
2024 50 13.5 76.0% 0.0% 30 17.3 10.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution