There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Cosart's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 92.7 mph, against 86.5 off his slider.
52 and 50 of them thrown.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Cosart projects a .331 average, 84th percentile.
485 pitches in 2017. 84th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 115th in MLB.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Cosart works off the plate, with only 36.7% of his pitches in the zone, 5th percentile.
485 pitches in 2017. 5th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 671st in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
46.4% of the contact against Cosart is on the ground and 29% of it is in the air.
69 tracked batted balls allowed.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
46.2% of the balls put in play against Cosart have gone to centre field.
36 of 78 located batted balls allowed.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
35% of the contact against Cosart with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 40% with the bases empty.
153 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 332 with the bases empty.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .341 average against Cosart and left-handers to .316.
270 pitches to right-handed hitters, 215 to left-handed hitters.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Cosart's stuff spins at 2,122 rpm, 31st percentile in the league.
485 pitches in 2017. 31st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 486th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .352 expected average against them, against .325 on his breaking balls.
331 of his fastballs thrown.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Cosart's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 92.7 mph, against 86.5 off his slider.
52 and 50 of them thrown.
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The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Cosart projects a .331 average, 84th percentile.
485 pitches in 2017. 84th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 115th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Cosart works off the plate, with only 36.7% of his pitches in the zone, 5th percentile.
485 pitches in 2017. 5th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 671st in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
46.4% of the contact against Cosart is on the ground and 29% of it is in the air.
69 tracked batted balls allowed.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
46.2% of the balls put in play against Cosart have gone to centre field.
36 of 78 located batted balls allowed.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
35% of the contact against Cosart with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 40% with the bases empty.
153 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 332 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .341 average against Cosart and left-handers to .316.
270 pitches to right-handed hitters, 215 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Cosart's stuff spins at 2,122 rpm, 31st percentile in the league.
485 pitches in 2017. 31st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 486th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .352 expected average against them, against .325 on his breaking balls.
331 of his fastballs thrown.
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Career team 2013–2014