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Dylan Axelrod

Age: 30
B/T: R/R
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 195 lb

Born: July 30, 1985 in Santa Barbara, CA, United States
MLB debut: September 7, 2011

dbWAR: -.6
IP: 12.1
ERA: 7.30
FIP: 8.40
K/9: 8.8
FIP−: 212

Dylan Axelrod was a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2015 he struck out 12 batters over 12.1 innings across 6 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 7.30 was 84.2% higher than the league average of 3.96. Stripping out defence, his 8.40 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 21.4% of swings (8.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.3%. 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, 2015.

FIP8.40

K/98.8

WHIP1.54

WAR-.6

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2015	CIN	6	0	12.1	0	1	0	11	10	12	8	7.30	8.40	1.54	8.8	5.8	184	212	-0.6	—

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

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2015	CIN	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	33.3%	.000	-0.8	-119	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2015. 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	27	23	5	3	4	3	.217	.333	.609	.378	11.1%
vs RHB	32	27	6	2	4	9	.222	.323	.481	.353	28.1%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2015.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2015.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Dylan Axelrod 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.


Four-Seam Fastball	38.1%	90	87.5	1,668	45.6%	17.5%	19	.263	1.023
Changeup	17.8%	42	80.4	1,395	40.5%	29.4%	7	—	—
Slider	16.5%	39	80.2	427	46.2%	36.8%	11	—	—
Sinker	14.0%	33	87.2	1,654	45.5%	6.3%	6	—	—
Curveball	10.2%	24	73.1	1,014	25.0%	16.7%	7	—	—

Dylan Axelrod'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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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.