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Casey Janssen

Blue Jays Career team 2006–2014
Number #44
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 44
Height 6' 4"
Weight 208 lbs
Birth Place Orange, CA
Born Sep 17, 1981

Key Insights

2015
He handles both hands about the same

Right-handed hitters project to a .369 average against Janssen and left-handers to .282.

361 pitches to right-handed hitters, 241 to left-handed hitters.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him

Right-handed hitters average 90.0 mph off the bat against Janssen and left-handers 83.7.

77 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 37 from left-handers.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well

Only 33.3% of the contact Janssen gives up is hit hard, 80th percentile.

602 pitches in 2015. 80th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 134th in MLB.
Both sides hit him about the same

36.4% of the contact right-handers make against Janssen is hit hard, against 27% of what left-handers make.

361 pitches to right-handed hitters, 241 to left-handed hitters.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Janssen's slider leaves the bat at 89.7 mph, against 85.6 off his cutter.

44 and 148 of them thrown.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him

Janssen averages 85.2 mph across his arsenal, 16th percentile in the league.

602 pitches in 2015. 16th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 575th in MLB.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 17, 1981
Birth Place Orange, CA
Height 6' 4"
Weight 208 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft UCLA