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Alex Reyes

St. Louis Cardinals National League Central

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 220 lb

Born: August 29, 1994 in Elizabeth, NJ, United States
MLB debut: August 9, 2016

dbWAR: 1.4
IP: 72.1
ERA: 3.24
FIP: 4.40
K/9: 11.8
FIP−: 103

Alex Reyes was a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2021 he struck out 95 batters over 72.1 innings across 70 appearances, going 10-8. His ERA of 3.24 was 24.2% lower than the league average of 4.27 — 6th of 19 on his team, and 142nd of 567 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.40 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 35.0% of swings (15.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 16.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 30.0%. His 0.2 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.

FIP4.40

K/911.8

WHIP1.35

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	STL	70	0	72.1	10	8	29	46	26	95	52	3.24	4.40	1.35	11.8	6.5	76	103	0.2
2020	STL	15	1	19.2	2	1	1	14	7	27	14	3.20	3.24	1.42	12.4	6.4	72	73	0.4
2019	STL	4	0	3.0	0	1	0	2	5	1	6	15.00	12.88	2.67	3.0	18.0	333	286	-0.3
2018	STL	1	1	4.0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	0.00	4.41	1.25	4.5	4.5	0	106	0.0
2016	STL	12	5	46.0	4	1	1	33	8	52	23	1.57	2.67	1.22	10.2	4.5	37	64	1.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	STL	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-127	-0.0
2018	STL	1	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-123	-0.0
2016	STL	9	15	1	1	5	.071	.071	.071	.000	.111	0.0%	33.3%	.063	-3.1	-77	-0.1

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	160	129	20	5	30	43	.155	.319	.287	.287	26.9%
vs RHB	157	133	26	4	22	52	.195	.312	.301	.285	33.1%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2021.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2021.

Pitch sequencing

What Alex Reyes 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


Four-Seam Fastball	30.7%	383	96.6	2,383	40.7%	23.2%	82	.207	.664
Slider	28.0%	350	86.4	2,588	55.4%	55.8%	90	.089	.418
Sinker	23.9%	298	96.7	2,282	45.0%	16.0%	60	.233	.728
Changeup	9.0%	113	90.3	1,471	46.0%	55.6%	21	.190	.561
Curveball	8.4%	105	79.4	2,810	35.2%	50.0%	9	—	—

Alex Reyes'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.

Darwinzon HernándezBOS

ERA: 3.38
FIP: 4.80
SO: 54
WAR: 0.1

Very close

Gregory SotoDET

ERA: 3.39
FIP: 4.14
SO: 76
WAR: 0.4

Very close

Miguel CastroNYM

ERA: 3.45
FIP: 4.36
SO: 77
WAR: 0.3

Jake BrentzKC

ERA: 3.66
FIP: 4.23
SO: 76
WAR: 0.5

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.