Luis Cessa
2016–2024 · P

Luis Cessa

6' 0", 208 lbs·Lived to 34·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Breaking-Ball FirstLeads with the slider, sweeper, or curve — spin over speed.2016–2023 · 6,746 pitches · 94.2 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.51
Best ERA · 2021
5
Most W · 2021
75
Most K · 2019
1.109
Best WHIP · 2016
Career Arc · ERA
8 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

8 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2016NYY1770.3444.3596461.109
2017NYY1036.0034.7592301.472
2018NYY1644.7145.2479391.433
2019NYY4381.0214.11109751.309
2020NYY1621.7003.32134171.246
2021NYY5364.7522.51170541.144
2022CIN4680.7444.5787591.289
2023CIN726.0149.0048112.231
Career208425.11722331
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 6,738 pitches · 2016–2023
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SLFFCHSICU
SL · Slider41.4% · 83.8 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball32.0% · 94.5 mph
CH · Changeup13.6% · 86.9 mph
SI · Sinker9.0% · 93.4 mph
CU · Curveball4.0% · 81.0 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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