Scott Barlow
2018–2025 · P

Scott Barlow

6' 3", 210 lbs·Lived to 34·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2018–2026 · 8,498 pitches · 93.1 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.18
Best ERA · 2022
7
Most W · 2022
92
Most K · 2019
0.996
Best WHIP · 2022
Career Arc · ERA
8 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

8 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2018KC615.0113.60115151.267
2019KC6170.3334.22106921.436
2020KC3230.0214.20106391.200
2021KC7174.3532.42176911.197
2022KC6974.3742.18182770.996
2023KC6368.0264.3799791.397
2024CLE6355.0334.2596681.364
2025CIN7568.3634.2199751.390
Career440455.22924536
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 · 8,434 pitches · 2018–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SLFFCUSTSI
SL · Slider30.0% · 83.9 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball26.9% · 93.4 mph
CU · Curveball22.8% · 78.1 mph
ST · Sweeper13.1% · 81.1 mph
SI · Sinker7.1% · 92.2 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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