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Brett Cecil

St. Louis Cardinals National League Central

Age: 32
B/T: R/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 200 lb

Born: July 2, 1986 in Annapolis, MD, United States
MLB debut: May 5, 2009

dbWAR: 2.4
IP: 32.2
ERA: 6.89
FIP: 6.28
K/9: 5.2
FIP−: 151

Brett Cecil was a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2018 he struck out 19 batters over 32.2 innings across 40 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 6.89 was 66.0% higher than the league average of 4.15 — the worst on his team, and 503rd of 530 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.28 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 20.1% of swings (9.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 15.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.1%. His -0.6 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2018.

FIP6.28

K/95.2

WHIP1.96

WAR-.6

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2018	STL	40	32.2	1	1	0	39	25	19	25	6.89	6.28	1.96	5.2	6.9	166	151	-0.6
2017	STL	73	67.1	2	4	1	67	29	66	16	3.88	3.26	1.23	8.8	2.1	89	75	1.2
2016	TOR	54	36.2	1	7	0	39	16	45	8	3.93	3.64	1.28	11.0	2.0	94	87	0.5
2015	TOR	63	54.1	5	5	5	39	15	70	13	2.48	2.34	0.96	11.6	2.2	63	59	1.3

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2017	STL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-126	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2018. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	66	58	18	2	7	9	.310	.379	.483	.374	13.6%
vs RHB	91	71	21	3	18	10	.296	.429	.507	.390	11.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Brett Cecil throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Knuckle Curve	36.7%	209	81.3	2,352	42.6%	30.7%	50	.240	.624
Sinker	19.7%	112	89.7	2,027	34.8%	9.4%	29	.414	1.175
Four-Seam Fastball	17.9%	102	89.9	2,088	35.3%	11.6%	23	.304	1.080
Cutter	16.3%	93	85.9	2,203	48.4%	20.0%	19	.263	.882
Changeup	9.3%	53	82.9	1,380	39.6%	13.6%	9	—	—

Brett Cecil's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2018 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Brian DuensingCHC

ERA: 7.65
FIP: 6.35
SO: 24
WAR: -0.7

Very close

Drew HutchisonPHI

ERA: 6.75
FIP: 6.42
SO: 31
WAR: -0.8

Comparable

Brandon MaurerKC

ERA: 7.76
FIP: 6.58
SO: 31
WAR: -0.7

Comparable

Clay HolmesPIT

ERA: 6.84
FIP: 5.40
SO: 21
WAR: -0.2

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.