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Neal Cotts

White Sox Career team 2003–2006
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 46
Height 6' 2"
Weight 197 lbs
Birth Place Lebanon, IL
Born Mar 25, 1980

Key Insights

2015
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Cotts's 4-seam fastball averages 90.0 mph, and has touched 92.6.

428 thrown, 40% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Cotts's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.4 mph, against 85.2 off his slider.

428 and 549 of them thrown.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Cotts goes to the 4-seam fastball: 45.6% of his two-strike pitches, against 37.7% the rest of the time.

320 two-strike pitches in 2015.
His ball is straighter than it should be

Cotts's stuff spins at 1,471 rpm, 17th percentile in the league.

1069 pitches in 2015. 17th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 567th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together

Cotts works with 3 pitches: Slider, 4-Seam Fastball and Sinker. The slider is 51.4% of everything he throws.

1069 classified pitches in 2015.
He falls behind hitters far too often

Cotts throws a strike on the first pitch 55.2% of the time.

268 plate appearances started in 2015.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 25, 1980
Birth Place Lebanon, IL
Height 6' 2"
Weight 197 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left
College/Draft Illinois State