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Steve Cishek
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 6" 215LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 5, #166, Florida Marlins | Carson-Newman
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 0 1 3.48 50 0 0 44.0 42 1.55
12 Seasons 32 38 2.83 644 0 132 620.0 647 1.19
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 50 0-1 3.48 44.0 42 1.55
12 Seasons 644 32-38 2.83 620.0 647 1.19

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 29 950 167 11 6.6 86.8 111.1 8.8 34.7 .236 .373 .315 .306 .336 34.4 19.8 11.1 3.58 4.05
2016 30 1076 157 8 5.1 87.4 114.4 14.3 35 .196 .336 .263 .268 .336 28.4 29.5 8.1 2.81 3.08
2017 31 729 116 4 3.4 84 113.6 3.7 28.4 .209 .323 .222 .273 .310 20.7 23.6 8 2.02 3.22
2018 32 1157 173 9 5.2 87.5 109.1 11.4 31.8 .185 .299 .263 .265 .302 32.9 27.1 9.7 2.17 2.96
2019 33 1109 174 10 5.7 84.8 113 11.4 29.3 .228 .366 .284 .313 .339 25.9 21.3 10.9 2.95 4.41
2020 34 374 59 7 11.9 89.2 110.9 18.6 37.3 .254 .446 .365 .362 .414 40.7 22.6 9.7 5.40 5.82
2021 35 805 128 7 5.5 83 116.4 8.3 27.3 .204 .299 .299 .286 .294 26.6 20.9 13.9 3.48 3.42
6200 974 56 5.7 85.9 116.4 10.6 31.7 .212 .340 .281 .290 .327 29.3 23.8 10.2
6.5 88.3 122.2 12 32.8 .243 .402 .317 .312 .363 35.4 22 8.4

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Cishek relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(41.1%) ,
Sinker
(40.9%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(17.6%) ,
Changeup
(0.4%) ,


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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # # RHB # LHB % MPH PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Spin Ext. Whiff% PutAway%
2021 Slider 331 191 140 41.1 77.2 69 56 14 12 1 0 1 15 43 .250 .182 .321 .270 .312 .282 81.2 7 2393 7.4 25.0 14.7
2021 Sinker 329 255 74 40.9 90.1 91 78 21 16 5 0 0 7 72 .269 .236 .333 .316 .315 .303 81.5 5 2316 7.6 8.5 11.3
2021 4-Seam Fastball 142 39 103 17.6 89.5 36 32 4 1 3 0 0 20 12 .125 .155 .219 .296 .206 .247 94.2 30 2392 7.6 42.0 23.8
2021 Changeup 3 0 3 0.4 82.3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 .573 2.000 .657 1.248 .548 63.6 37 1720 7.7 0.0
2020 Slider 192 119 73 51.3 78.2 42 36 5 4 1 0 0 13 23 .139 .203 .167 .306 .215 .290 83.3 18 2342 7.6 42.6 24.1
2020 Sinker 168 93 75 44.9 90.4 47 38 15 8 3 0 4 5 35 .395 .325 .789 .615 .502 .452 93.0 19 2319 7.7 11.7 10.4
2020 4-Seam Fastball 10 3 7 2.7 89.2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2354 7.6 50.0 42.9
2020 Changeup 4 0 4 1.1 82.4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 .180 2.000 .401 1.238 .217 94.6 27 1848 7.7 0.0 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2015 46.7 18.6 30.5 4.2 28.1 40.7 31.1 4.8 35.9 18.6 22.2 5.4 6.6
2016 45.2 24.8 22.9 7 36.9 36.3 26.8 2.5 34.4 27.4 21 7.6 5.1
2017 56.9 12.1 25.9 5.2 28.4 41.4 29.3 8.6 42.2 19.8 20.7 4.3 3.4
2018 49.1 22 22 6.9 33.5 36.4 30.1 4 38.2 26 19.1 5.8 5.2
2019 50 21.3 18.4 10.3 35.1 42 23 6.3 32.8 25.9 24.1 4.6 5.7
2020 32.2 28.8 33.9 5.1 39 39 22 3.4 18.6 28.8 27.1 8.5 11.9
2021 53.9 21.9 16.4 7.8 33.6 35.2 31.3 9.4 38.3 21.1 18.8 6.3 5.5
48.8 20.9 23.4 6.9 33.2 38.7 28 5.5 35.5 23.7 21.5 5.9 5.7
45.2 22.3 25.5 7.1 36.6 37.9 25.5 3.7 33.3 24.3 24.5 5.6 6.5

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
2021 Changeup LAA R 3 82.3 41.1 0.7 2 17.2 3.6 26
2021 4-Seamer LAA R 141 89.5 23.1 -0.1 0 9.6 -0.4 -4
2021 Sinker LAA R 327 90.1 28.5 -0.9 -3 17.3 -0.1 0
2021 Slider LAA R 331 77.2 50.2 1.3 3 17.3 0.3 2
2020 Slider CWS R 186 78.2 47.5 0.6 1 13 -0.2 -2
2020 4-Seamer CWS R 10 89.2 23.8 0.6 2 6.4 -1.4 -18
2020 Changeup CWS R 4 82.4 39.4 0.2 1 18 2.2 14
2020 Sinker CWS R 165 90.4 27.4 -1.7 -6 15.3 -0.9 -6
2019 Sinker CHC R 464 90.5 29.1 -0.1 0 16.6 0 0
2019 4-Seamer CHC R 188 90.5 24 -0.1 -1 11.9 0.5 4
2019 Changeup CHC R 8 83.9 36.8 -0.9 -3 16 1.4 10
2019 Slider CHC R 444 78.9 44.1 0.2 0 10.4 0.3 3
2018 Slider CHC R 428 77.5 46 0.5 1 14.7 0.3 2
2018 4-Seamer CHC R 148 90.3 21.8 0 0 9.5 -0.4 -4
2018 Changeup CHC R 5 84.4 30.5 -3.2 -9 13 -1.2 -8
2018 Sinker CHC R 552 90.3 28.8 -0.1 0 16.2 0.1 0
2017 4-Seamer TB R 16 89.7 20.8 2.8 12 9.6 -4.4 -32
2017 Changeup TB R 10 84.6 34.2 -0.5 -1 15.9 1.4 10
2017 Slider TB R 355 77.2 44.3 0.4 1 13.6 0.3 2
2017 Sinker TB R 342 90.4 27.2 -0.9 -3 17.2 0 0
2016 Slider SEA R 530 79 41.9 0.2 1 11.5 0.5 5
2016 Changeup SEA R 11 83.7 35.9 0.3 1 18.4 0.2 1
2016 Sinker SEA R 498 92 25.3 -0.1 0 18.3 0 0
2016 4-Seamer SEA R 15 91.8 21 0.9 4 13.1 -1.2 -9
! 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 %
2021 Changeup 28.4 1 3 0.4 1 1 2 1.25 0 0 .573 .657 .548 0
2021 4-Seamer -2.2 -3 142 17.6 36 .125 .219 .207 42 55.6 23.8 .155 .296 .247 50
2021 Slider 1.2 4 331 41.1 69 .25 .321 .341 25 21.7 14.7 .182 .27 .282 27.9
2021 Sinker -0.8 -2 329 40.9 91 .269 .333 .349 8.5 7.7 11.3 .236 .316 .304 22.2
2020 Changeup 24.5 1 4 1.1 1 1 2 1.25 0 0 0 .18 .401 .217 0
2020 4-Seamer -8.4 -1 10 2.7 3 0 0 0 50 100 42.9 0
2020 Slider 0.2 0 192 51.3 42 .139 .167 .215 42.6 31 24.1 .203 .306 .288 34.8
2020 Sinker 2.9 5 168 44.9 47 .395 .789 .507 11.7 10.6 10.4 .325 .615 .452 45.7
2019 Changeup -0.2 0 9 0.8 3 .333 .333 .3 33.3 0 0 .362 .411 .333 0
2019 4-Seamer -2.9 -6 189 17 50 .089 .089 .142 29.1 46 18.4 .149 .206 .206 22.7
2019 Slider -0.7 -3 444 40 79 .2 .357 .281 28.7 24.1 13.4 .203 .306 .264 17.3
2019 Sinker -0.7 -3 467 42.1 134 .261 .405 .36 14.5 11.2 13.4 .272 .467 .383 32
2018 4-Seamer -1.2 -2 151 13.1 42 .079 .158 .156 40.5 59.5 21.6 .066 .1 .131 7.7
2018 Slider -1.9 -8 433 37.4 81 .158 .25 .208 42.2 35.8 24.6 .159 .253 .207 23.4
2018 Sinker -0.6 -3 568 49.1 161 .224 .381 .323 17.2 14.9 20.9 .234 .382 .33 39.8
2018 Changeup 6.3 0 5 0.4 100 0
2017 Changeup -1.8 0 10 1.4 2 0 0 0 33.3 0 .574 1.063 .692 50
2017 4-Seamer 1.8 0 16 2.2 4 0 0 .175 0 0 0 .132 .153 .268 33.3
2017 Slider -1.7 -6 355 48.7 76 .116 .159 .185 31.9 32.9 17.7 .165 .24 .221 15.9
2017 Sinker -3.3 -12 348 47.7 91 .22 .329 .286 22.2 17.6 18.4 .241 .38 .307 22.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 4-Seam Fastball 10 89.2 68 11.5 2:00 1:15 45
2020 Sinker 148 90.4 78 17.1 2:00 2:30 -30
2020 Slider 157 78.2 75 14.5 8:30 8:15 15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 142 89.5 73 14.3 1:45 1:30 15
2021 Sinker 329 90.1 79 18.7 2:00 2:30 -30
2021 Slider 331 77.2 82 19.2 8:30 8:15 15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 222 870 -7 -11 3 5 -10
2012 268 1072 -10 -6 2 5 -9
2013 275 1083 -1 -22 1 5 -17
2014 273 1134 -4 -6 3 3 -4
2015 228 898 -4 -6 4 6 0
2016 254 1064 -7 -14 2 4 -14
2017 173 729 -9 -18 4 6 -18
2018 282 1143 -13 -12 3 9 -13
2019 266 1109 -8 -22 10 9 -12
2020 93 374 5 -6 2 4 5
2021 197 805 -7 -8 5 9 -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 %
2015 950 44.3 63.4 82.4 24.9 56.3 39.1 65 42 23.8 5.9 77.8
2016 1076 45.4 55.5 80.3 28.4 55.4 41.1 61.6 40.7 29 6.2 60.6
2017 729 47.5 59.8 81.6 26.4 57.4 40.6 63.8 42.2 26 8.2 65
2018 1157 46.3 57.8 79 27.6 53.3 38.8 54.5 41.4 29 6.1 61.4
2019 1109 44.7 61.9 81.8 28.9 68.9 38.6 60.3 43.6 22.5 6.6 65.8
2020 374 46.5 61.5 82.2 22.5 48.9 40.4 59.1 40.6 27 6.7 60
2021 805 45.6 61.3 85.8 25.1 61.8 37 57.2 41.6 20.9 6.6 66
6200 45.6 59.9 81.7 26.8 58.5 39.3 60.1 41.9 25.5 6.5 65.3
48.5 66.7 82.1 28.3 58.6 42.6 60.6 46.9 24.5 7.2 75.9

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2015 42 51 52 51 21 59 17 86 42 46 7 60 42 31 62
2016 87 94 83 61 88 82 68 78 91 91 44 86 87 38 74
2017 19 65
2018 90 95 94 85 72 77 72 74 70 77 26 77 90 17 78
2019 47 65 74 78 25 74 74 100 99 37 16 26 47 18 77
2020 14 33 28 28 14 38 8 33 27 46 38 52 14 18 59
2021 76 80 91 93 33 70 82 100 98 29 8 12 76 11 66
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 22.3 7 7.9 -1 3 9 2 28.6
2020 24.6 4 4.4 0 2 0 4 100
2021 25.5 1 2.8 -2 1 3 1 100

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 7 8 11 8 12 6 8 10 8 8 7 7 5 6 9 10 4 9 7 10 5 7 6 8 7 9 8 8 8 6 11
2020 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 4 5 4 5
2021 1 1 5 2 5 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 1 4 3 4 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 3 2 4 3 2 4 1 4
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.3 92 0.7 ↑ 90.4 -1.6 ↓ 90.3 -0.1 ↓ 90.5 0.2 ↑ 90.3 -0.2 ↓ 89.9 -0.4 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.2 83.7 0.5 ↑ 84.6 0.9 ↑ 84.4 -0.2 ↓ 83.9 -0.5 ↓ 82.4 -1.5 ↓ 82.3 -0.1 ↓
Breaking Velocity 81 79.1 -1.9 ↓ 77.2 -1.9 ↓ 77.5 0.3 ↑ 78.9 1.4 ↑ 78.2 -0.7 ↓ 77.2 -1 ↓
Exit Velocity 86.8 87.4 0.6 ↑ 84 -3.4 ↓ 87.5 3.5 ↑ 84.8 -2.7 ↓ 89.2 4.4 ↑ 83 -6.2 ↓
Launch Angle 8.8 14.3 5.5 ↑ 3.7 -10.6 ↓ 11.4 7.7 ↑ 11.4 0 18.6 7.2 ↑ 8.3 -10.3 ↓
Barrel % 6.6 5.1 -1.5 ↓ 3.4 -1.7 ↓ 5.2 1.8 ↑ 5.7 0.5 ↑ 11.9 6.2 ↑ 5.5 -6.4 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.4 28.4 -6 ↓ 20.7 -7.7 ↓ 32.9 12.2 ↑ 25.9 -7 ↓ 40.7 14.8 ↑ 26.6 -14.1 ↓
Sweet Spot % 34.7 35 0.3 ↑ 28.4 -6.6 ↓ 31.8 3.4 ↑ 29.3 -2.5 ↓ 37.3 8 ↑ 27.3 -10 ↓
xBA .236 .196 -0.04 ↓ .209 0.013 ↑ .185 -0.024 ↓ .228 0.043 ↑ .254 0.026 ↑ .204 -0.05 ↓
BA .259 .19 -0.069 ↓ .167 -0.023 ↓ .181 0.014 ↑ .21 0.029 ↑ .269 0.059 ↑ .24 -0.029 ↓
xwOBA .306 .268 -0.038 ↓ .273 0.005 ↑ .265 -0.008 ↓ .313 0.048 ↑ .362 0.049 ↑ .286 -0.076 ↓
wOBA .315 .263 -0.052 ↓ .222 -0.041 ↓ .263 0.041 ↑ .284 0.021 ↑ .365 0.081 ↑ .299 -0.066 ↓
xSLG .373 .336 -0.037 ↓ .323 -0.013 ↓ .299 -0.024 ↓ .366 0.067 ↑ .446 0.08 ↑ .299 -0.147 ↓
SLG .377 .332 -0.045 ↓ .244 -0.088 ↓ .306 0.062 ↑ .328 0.022 ↑ .487 0.159 ↑ .317 -0.17 ↓
K% 19.8 29.5 9.7 ↑ 23.6 -5.9 ↓ 27.1 3.5 ↑ 21.3 -5.8 ↓ 22.6 1.3 ↑ 20.9 -1.7 ↓
BB% 11.1 8.1 -3 ↓ 8 -0.1 ↓ 9.7 1.7 ↑ 10.9 1.2 ↑ 9.7 -1.2 ↓ 13.9 4.2 ↑
Swing % 42 40.7 -1.3 ↓ 42.2 1.5 ↑ 41.4 -0.8 ↓ 43.6 2.2 ↑ 40.6 -3 ↓ 41.6 1 ↑
Whiff% 23.8 29 5.2 ↑ 26 -3 ↓ 29 3 ↑ 22.5 -6.5 ↓ 27 4.5 ↑ 20.9 -6.1 ↓
In Zone % 44.3 45.4 1.1 ↑ 47.5 2.1 ↑ 46.3 -1.2 ↓ 44.7 -1.6 ↓ 46.5 1.8 ↑ 45.6 -0.9 ↓
Out of Zone % 55.7 54.6 -1.1 ↓ 52.5 -2.1 ↓ 53.7 1.2 ↑ 55.3 1.6 ↑ 53.5 -1.8 ↓ 54.4 0.9 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 24.9 28.4 3.5 ↑ 26.4 -2 ↓ 27.6 1.2 ↑ 28.9 1.3 ↑ 22.5 -6.4 ↓ 25.1 2.6 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 25.5 18.2 -7.3 ↓ 27 8.8 ↑ 21.2 -5.8 ↓ 27 5.8 ↑ 17.2 -9.8 ↓ 24.9 7.7 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 65 61.6 -3.4 ↓ 63.8 2.2 ↑ 54.5 -9.3 ↓ 60.3 5.8 ↑ 59.1 -1.2 ↓ 57.2 -1.9 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 248 .266 136 8 5.9 112 65 58.0
2017 173 .222 119 7 5.9 54 30 55.6
2018 281 .263 187 2 1.1 94 14 14.9
2019 266 .284 158 12 7.6 108 29 26.9
2020 93 .365 53 6 11.3 40 21 52.5
2021 194 .300 123 24 19.5 71 52 73.2

Pitch Distribution

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