Zach Plesac
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 3" 220LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 12, #362, Cleveland Indians | Ball State

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 3 12 4.31 25 24 0 131.2 100 1.32
4 Seasons 25 26 4.04 79 78 0 445.1 345 1.19
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 25 3-12 4.31 131.2 100 1.32
4 Seasons 79 25-26 4.04 445.1 345 1.19

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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
2019 24 1892 344 28 8.1 5.9 89.6 114.3 14.4 36.3 .274 .477 .315 .348 .394 38.7 18.5 8.4 3.81 5.48
2020 25 776 142 14 9.9 6.8 87.8 109.0 16.8 31.7 .228 .412 .241 .285 .378 33.1 27.7 2.9 2.28 3.40
2021 26 2205 456 43 9.4 7.2 90.6 115.6 12.1 32.2 .255 .456 .314 .325 .364 43.4 16.7 5.7 4.67 4.51
2022 27 2153 425 41 9.6 7.2 89.5 114.4 13.0 37.6 .278 .474 .324 .351 .399 41.5 17.6 6.7 4.31 5.28
Player 7026 1367 126 9.2 6.8 89.7 115.6 13.5 34.9 .264 .462 .309 .334 .384 40.6 18.7 6.4
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Plesac relies on 5 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(42.7%) ,
Slider
(24.3%) ,
Changeup
(22.4%) ,
Curveball
(10.4%) ,
Sinker
(0.2%) ,


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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
2019 40.1 26.2 25.9 7.8 35.5 33.7 30.8 4.4 26.5 28.5 24.7 7.3 8.1 5.9
2020 38.7 26.1 23.9 11.3 41.5 28.2 30.3 4.2 32.4 28.2 21.1 4.2 9.9 6.8
2021 44.7 27.9 22.1 5.3 39.7 39.0 21.3 3.1 34.0 27.9 19.1 6.6 9.4 7.2
2022 40.7 26.8 26.4 6.1 43.5 30.6 25.9 4.0 28.0 26.6 24.9 6.6 9.6 7.2
Player 41.7 26.9 24.6 6.8 40.0 33.9 26.0 3.8 30.1 27.7 22.5 6.5 9.2 6.8
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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 Slider CLE R 523 85.4 29.9 -5.8 -16 1.3 -3.9 -75
2022 Changeup CLE R 482 85.7 24.9 -5.0 -17 11.4 -2.3 -17
2022 Sinker CLE R 5 89.4 19.0 -4.4 -19 13.6 -0.2 -2
2022 4-Seamer CLE R 917 91.9 13.5 1.9 12 7.4 1.0 16
2022 Curveball CLE R 223 79.3 52.8 -1.2 -2 1.9 -6.2 -77
2021 Curveball CLE R 241 80.2 48.7 -3.7 -7 1.7 -6.6 -80
2021 Changeup CLE R 536 85.7 26.7 -3.2 -11 12.3 -1.6 -11
2021 Slider CLE R 509 86.7 27.5 -6.5 -19 0.1 -4.2 -97
2021 4-Seamer CLE R 919 92.8 14.7 0.6 4 8.7 1.8 25
2020 4-Seamer CLE R 292 92.8 14.7 0.8 5 7.6 0.7 11
2020 Curveball CLE R 72 79.1 49.4 -4.1 -8 1.8 -7.3 -80
2020 Slider CLE R 216 86.3 30.9 -3.7 -11 1.7 -2.5 -59
2020 Changeup CLE R 196 86.0 27.2 -2.6 -9 12.0 -1.3 -10
2019 4-Seamer CLE R 957 93.9 14.9 0.8 5 9.4 1.8 24
2019 Changeup CLE R 390 85.8 28.1 -2.1 -7 11.0 -2.6 -19
2019 Curveball CLE R 190 79.4 55.1 0.9 2 7.3 -1.1 -13
2019 Slider CLE R 355 84.9 35.4 -1.5 -4 1.7 -3.0 -64
! 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 4-Seamer 0.5 4 917 42.6 211 .306 .503 .399 14.9 7.1 8.1 .309 .575 .418 47.3
2022 Slider 0.4 2 523 24.3 164 .210 .338 .283 37.5 32.3 24.8 .244 .381 .289 34.6
2022 Changeup 0.7 3 482 22.4 147 .266 .410 .332 16.1 12.9 12.9 .305 .480 .359 42.5
2022 Curveball 1.3 3 223 10.4 43 .214 .405 .272 24.1 30.2 14.1 .163 .292 .205 24.1
2022 Sinker 13.4 1 5 0.2 2 .500 2.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 -- .657 1.957 1.095 100.0
2021 4-Seamer 1.9 18 919 41.7 214 .325 .623 .439 17.0 14.5 13.2 .320 .633 .429 54.0
2021 Changeup -0.7 -4 536 24.3 169 .242 .408 .314 21.0 11.8 11.9 .259 .447 .323 41.3
2021 Slider -1.3 -7 509 23.1 159 .191 .303 .239 31.5 23.9 21.0 .196 .302 .236 34.2
2021 Curveball -1.5 -4 241 10.9 55 .154 .231 .170 31.3 20.0 15.1 .173 .279 .196 34.9
2020 4-Seamer 0.6 2 292 37.6 80 .321 .577 .389 15.1 17.5 19.2 .317 .632 .405 43.8
2020 Slider -4.3 -9 216 27.8 59 .069 .103 .085 42.7 44.1 32.1 .128 .161 .134 21.9
2020 Changeup -2.9 -6 196 25.3 52 .125 .188 .179 35.6 26.9 26.4 .208 .368 .279 23.5
2020 Curveball 0.2 0 72 9.3 15 .200 .600 .327 22.2 20.0 12.0 .217 .382 .253 33.3
2019 4-Seamer 0.0 0 957 50.6 235 .256 .473 .354 14.8 19.6 15.3 .298 .561 .395 48.1
2019 Changeup -1.1 -4 390 20.6 117 .208 .425 .310 24.4 14.5 14.8 .265 .425 .325 30.0
2019 Slider -0.6 -2 355 18.8 79 .237 .382 .273 36.7 19.0 17.0 .231 .359 .267 29.5
2019 Curveball 0.6 1 190 10.0 44 .220 .390 .310 19.5 22.7 14.5 .256 .406 .307 32.3
! 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 Changeup 189 86.0 99 15.2 1:30 1:45 -15
2020 Curveball 68 79.1 52 8.5 7:30 6:30 60
2020 4-Seam Fastball 284 92.8 98 18.2 1:00 12:45 15
2020 Slider 203 86.3 41 4.9 12:30 11:15 75
2021 Changeup 535 85.7 99 16.0 1:45 1:45 0
2021 Curveball 241 80.2 63 9.0 7:00 6:15 45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 916 92.8 99 18.8 1:00 1:00 0
2021 Slider 509 86.7 54 7.7 1:00 12:00 60
2022 Changeup 481 85.7 99 16.5 1:30 1:30 0
2022 Curveball 222 79.3 63 12.0 7:00 6:15 45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 912 91.9 99 19.9 1:00 12:45 15
2022 Slider 514 85.4 45 6.6 12:45 11:30 75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 475 1,892 -15 -12 13 9 -5
2020 206 776 -3 -11 0 1 -13
2021 597 2,205 -10 -6 11 8 3
2022 570 2,161 -7 0 12 8 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 %
2019 1,892 51.7 69.4 83.2 24.2 61.5 40.2 61.1 47.6 21.6 8.6 79.6
2020 776 50.5 71.7 79.4 33.6 50.4 43.4 64.6 52.8 29.8 7.2 87.5
2021 2,205 50.9 73.6 82.8 27.5 59.7 43.9 65.9 51.0 23.1 8.2 85.6
2022 2,153 49.1 72.5 83.6 31.3 64.0 43.6 61.4 51.5 22.0 7.1 86.9
Player 7,026 50.5 71.9 82.8 28.5 60.4 42.8 63.1 50.4 23.1 7.8 84.4
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.2 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
2019 15 13 15 19 21 26 28 23 29 17 44 21 6 66 21 2 30
2020 75 61 45 32 95 8 17 58 74 71 99 72 90 48 13 8 43
2021 33 28 19 15 62 5 21 12 15 8 86 26 46 43 10 1 41
2022 8 5 4 6 19 6 14 23 20 15 65 21 69 26 27 13 33
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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 23.5 19 20.3 -1 11 12 11 57.9
2020 24.4 8 9.4 -1 3 8 2 25.0
2021 23.3 23 22.5 1 7 15 11 47.8
2022 23.5 19 22.4 -3 12 16 10 52.6
Player 23.5 69 74.7 -6 33 51 34 49.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 19 22 24 19 20 19 20 22 22 18 22 20 14 19 19 23 19 25 18 19 23 16 16 20 20 24 23 17 24 15 27
2020 8 9 10 8 10 9 0 11 10 9 10 7 8 8 8 10 11 11 7 10 10 10 10 11 9 9 10 9 12 7 11
2021 23 24 23 19 24 26 21 25 23 17 24 26 18 17 18 24 24 23 24 20 22 21 24 24 23 21 26 21 23 24 27
2022 19 22 25 21 24 27 23 22 22 19 24 20 16 18 22 26 25 26 19 20 27 22 21 24 24 23 25 17 21 18 30
Player 69 77 82 67 78 81 64 80 77 63 80 73 56 62 67 83 79 85 68 69 82 69 71 79 76 77 84 64 80 64 95
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.9 92.8 -1.1 ↓ 92.8 0 91.9 -0.9 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 85.8 86 0.2 ↑ 85.7 -0.3 ↓ 85.7 0
Breaking Velocity 83 84.5 1.5 ↑ 84.6 0.1 ↑ 83.6 -1 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.6 87.8 -1.8 ↓ 90.6 2.8 ↑ 89.5 -1.1 ↓
Launch Angle 14.4 16.8 2.4 ↑ 12.1 -4.7 ↓ 13 0.9 ↑
Barrel % 8.1 9.9 1.8 ↑ 9.4 -0.5 ↓ 9.6 0.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 38.7 33.1 -5.6 ↓ 43.4 10.3 ↑ 41.5 -1.9 ↓
Sweet Spot % 36.3 31.7 -4.6 ↓ 32.2 0.5 ↑ 37.6 5.4 ↑
xBA .274 .228 -0.046 ↓ .255 0.027 ↑ .278 0.023 ↑
BA .237 .191 -0.046 ↓ .248 0.057 ↑ .26 0.012 ↑
xwOBA .348 .285 -0.063 ↓ .325 0.04 ↑ .351 0.026 ↑
wOBA .315 .241 -0.074 ↓ .314 0.073 ↑ .324 0.01 ↑
xSLG .477 .412 -0.065 ↓ .456 0.044 ↑ .474 0.018 ↑
SLG .437 .347 -0.09 ↓ .437 0.09 ↑ .426 -0.011 ↓
K% 18.5 27.7 9.2 ↑ 16.7 -11 ↓ 17.6 0.9 ↑
BB% 8.4 2.9 -5.5 ↓ 5.7 2.8 ↑ 6.7 1 ↑
Swing % 47.6 52.8 5.2 ↑ 51 -1.8 ↓ 51.5 0.5 ↑
Whiff% 21.6 29.8 8.2 ↑ 23.1 -6.7 ↓ 22 -1.1 ↓
In Zone % 51.7 50.5 -1.2 ↓ 50.9 0.4 ↑ 49.1 -1.8 ↓
Out of Zone % 48.3 49.5 1.2 ↑ 49.1 -0.4 ↓ 50.9 1.8 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 24.2 33.6 9.4 ↑ 27.5 -6.1 ↓ 31.3 3.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 27.8 35 7.2 ↑ 35.8 0.8 ↑ 36.1 0.3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 61.1 64.6 3.5 ↑ 65.9 1.3 ↑ 61.4 -4.5 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2019 475 .315 268 5 1.9 207 63 30.4
2020 205 .242 113 16 14.2 92 45 48.9
2021 570 .310 303 15 5.0 267 126 47.2
2022 568 .324 279 21 7.5 289 151 52.2

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2019 610 14.9 50.7% 0.2% 257 23.8 0.0% 10.9%
2020 262 16.5 32.1% 1.1% 57 22.5 0.0% 5.3%
2021 678 17.2 18.3% 1.0% 286 24.9 0.0% 17.5%
2022 595 15.4 42.2% 1.8% 325 21.9 0.0% 8.3%
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Pitch Distribution

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