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Casey Sadler

Age: 31
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 223 lb
Number: #65

Born: July 13, 1990 in Stillwater, OK, United States
MLB debut: May 2, 2014

dbWAR: 1.4
IP: 40.1
ERA: 0.67
FIP: 2.48
K/9: 8.3
FIP−: 58

Casey Sadler was a relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. In 2021 he struck out 37 batters over 40.1 innings across 42 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 0.67 was 84.3% lower than the league average of 4.27 — the best on his team, and the best among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.48 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.7% of swings (10.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.5%. His 1.0 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, 2021.

FIP2.48

K/98.3

WHIP0.72

WAR1.0

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	SEA	42	0	40.1	0	1	0	19	3	37	10	0.67	2.48	0.72	8.3	2.2	16	58	1.0
2020	CHC/SEA	17	0	19.1	1	2	0	15	11	21	12	5.12	4.90	1.40	9.8	5.6	115	110	0.0
2019	LAD/TB	33	1	46.1	4	0	1	41	11	31	13	2.14	4.38	1.17	6.0	2.5	47	97	0.3
2018	PIT	2	0	4.1	0	0	0	9	4	3	3	8.31	3.85	2.77	6.2	6.2	200	93	0.0
2015	PIT	1	1	5.0	1	0	0	4	2	5	1	3.60	4.33	1.00	9.0	1.8	91	109	0.0

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2019	LAD	3	3	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	33.3%	.000	-0.8	-122	-0.0
2018	PIT	1	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.5	-125	-0.0
2015	PIT	1	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.5	-125	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2021. 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	48	43	5	1	4	14	.116	.208	.233	.206	29.2%
vs RHB	97	90	14	0	6	23	.156	.206	.178	.179	23.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Casey Sadler 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


Cutter	40.8%	237	88.2	2,513	50.6%	24.3%	46	.239	.626
Curveball	31.5%	183	79.6	2,818	44.3%	31.3%	45	.067	.290
Sinker	27.0%	157	93.1	2,199	51.0%	13.1%	42	.119	.278

Casey Sadler'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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Similar players

Nearest 2021 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Aaron LoupNYM

ERA: 0.95
FIP: 2.45
SO: 57
WAR: 1.5

Very close

Emmanuel ClaseCLE

ERA: 1.29
FIP: 2.11
SO: 74
WAR: 2.1

Andrew ChafinCHC

ERA: 1.83
FIP: 2.98
SO: 64
WAR: 1.5

Ranger SuarezPHI

ERA: 1.36
FIP: 2.72
SO: 107
WAR: 2.7

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.