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Stephen Kolek

Betting stats, pitch arsenal, opponent splits & prop matchups

Kansas City RoyalsSPBats: R · Throws: R
FormColdStuffBelow avg

The read

A pitch-to-contact profile.

Strikeout prop

How often Stephen Kolek has cleared each strikeout line over his last 5 and 10 starts and the season.

Strikeouts

share of starts cleared
L5L10Season
  • Over 4.5▼ cold
    20%30%30%
  • Over 5.5
    20%20%20%
  • Over 6.5▲ hot
    20%10%10%
  • Over 7.5▲ hot
    20%10%10%

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On the mound

This season

ERA

4.15

WHIP

1.19

FIP

4.43

xERA

3.81

4-2 · 9 GS · 52.0 IP · 34 K · 11 BB · 8 HR

MLB avg · 4.20 ERA · 1.30 WHIP · 4.15 FIP

Last 5 starts

ERA

5.54

K/9

6.9

FIP

4.75

HR

5

26.0 IP · 16 ER · 20 K · 6 BB
  • @TEX 5IP 4ER 5K
  • @CIN 7IP 2ER 8K
  • vTEX 5IP 1ER 3K
  • vHOU 7.1IP 0ER 4K
  • vSTL 1.2IP 9ER 0K

Opponent splits

Statvs Leftiesvs Righties
Opp BA.246.232
K%20%11%
HR allowed44
Sample118 BF95 BF

Quality of stuff

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB pitchers (20+ IP) this season. The dot is this player; further right is better. Over 52.0 IP.

Metric
Percentile
Value
Rank
ERA
4.15
46
FIP
4.43
34
xERA
3.81
68
WHIP
1.19
71
K %
15.9%
14
SwStr %
8.5%
26
Chase %
26.5%
39
Barrel %
7.2%
47

Attack zones

23%10%25%42%

23%

Heart

42%

Shadow

25%

Chase

10%

Waste

Heart = middle · Shadow = edges (command) · 6.2 ft extension

Where he lives around the zone. Heart (red) is the middle, Shadow (gold) the edges (command), Chase (blue) and Waste (slate) further off.

Full Statcast profile

Arsenal · splits · situationalSeason-to-date
Pitch arsenalusage · velo · spin · break · whiff% · xwOBA
4-Seam
28%
Sinker
22%
Cutter
12%
Slider
16%
Change
12%
Other
9%
PitchUsageVeloSpinBreakZone%SwStr%xwOBA
4-Seam28.4%94.222411.554.2%8.0%.277
Sinker21.7%93.722122.254.4%2.2%.302
Slider16.2%85.625193.141.2%22.1%.381
Cutter12.2%90.224212.259.8%8.8%.332
Change12.0%87.114852.839.6%8.9%.386

Based on 838 pitches this season.

Expected & ratesnot in the panels above
xwOBA allowed
.343
1st-pitch strike%
56.4%
Putaway%
31.8%
Recent formlast 5 starts
L5 ERA
6.43
L5 FIP
5.00
L5 K/9
6.4
L5 BB/9
2.6
L5 HR/9
1.7
Pitches/start
83.8
Platoon & times-through
vs LHB xwOBA
.343
vs RHB xwOBA
.342
1st time xwOBA
.352
2nd time xwOBA
.311
3rd time xwOBA
.394
Inn 1-3 ERA
4.67
Inn 4-6 ERA
4.33
Inn 7+ ERA
3.69
Rolling formxwOBA allowed / K% / SwStr% / velo
7d xwOBA
.486
7d K%
0.0%
7d velo
92.0
14d xwOBA
.782
14d K%
0.0%
30d xwOBA
.421
30d K%
14.6%
30d velo
90.0

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

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