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Nick Tropeano

Angels Career team 2015–2019
Number #52
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 36
Height 6' 4"
Weight 205 lbs
Birth Place West Islip, NY
Born Aug 27, 1990

Key Insights

2021
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Tropeano throws the changeup 28.1% of the time against left-handers and 4.5% against right-handers.

66 pitches to right-handers, 57 to left-handers.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does

Tropeano releases the ball 5.7 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.

123 tracked pitches in 2021.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle

14.6% of Tropeano's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.

18 of 123 located pitches.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest

Tropeano lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.29 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

123 located pitches in 2021.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Tropeano releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 47 degrees above horizontal and 1.5 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.

123 tracked release points, averaging 6.1 feet off the ground.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB Aug 27, 1990
Birth Place West Islip, NY
Height 6' 4"
Weight 205 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Stony Brook