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Tommy La Stella

Cubs Career team 2015–2018
Number #4
Position Designated Hitter
Bats Left
Throws Right
Age 37
Height 5' 11"
Weight 180 lbs
Birth Place Westwood, NJ
Born Jan 31, 1989

Key Insights

2023
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

La Stella hits Charlie Morton harder than anyone: 96.3 mph off the bat, against a median of 88.1 across the pitchers he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

La Stella cannot get the barrel to Mark Melancon: 75.3 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 88.1 across the pitchers he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
One opponent brings the best out of him

La Stella has hit .333/.357/.917 against Max Scherzer in 14 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

4 for 12 with 1 home run and 3 strikeouts, against a .834 OPS median across his matchups.
One opponent he has never solved, not once

La Stella has never got a hit off Corey Knebel: 0 for 8 across 9 plate appearances.

2 strikeouts and 1 walk in those 9 plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

Against the arms currently on the MIL, La Stella has hit .171 and slugged .200 over 39 plate appearances, his worst of any club.

6 hits, 0 home runs and 5 strikeouts, against a .378 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen La Stella more often than Joe Musgrove: 26 plate appearances, in which La Stella has hit .320/.346/.560.

8 hits, 1 home run and 2 strikeouts across 26 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jan 31, 1989
Birth Place Westwood, NJ
Height 5' 11"
Weight 180 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Right
College/Draft Coastal Carolina