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Nicholas Padilla

Age
27
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 2"
Weight
220 lb
Number
#90
Born
December 24, 1996 in Bronx, NY, United States
MLB debut
August 23, 2022
dbWAR
.0
2 season(s)
IP
4.2
ERA
5.79
FIP
4.11
K/9
11.6
FIP−
95
100 = avg

Nicholas Padilla was a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2023 he struck out 6 batters over 4.2 innings across 3 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 5.79 was 33.6% higher than the league average of 4.33. Stripping out defence, his 4.11 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 34.1% of swings (15.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 26.1%. His 0.0 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, 2023.

FIP4.11
K/911.6
WHIP2.14
WAR.0

WAR by season

0.00.0-0.02223

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2023CWS304.201093615.794.112.1411.61.9134950.0
2022CHC101.200021125.405.512.405.410.8136139-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2023. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB873012.429.500.571.46725.0%
vs RHB15156104.400.400.733.47726.7%

Pitch sequencing

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

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SweeperCutterCurveballSinker

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Pitch arsenal

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

Sweeper30.0%3081.92,56940.0%46.2%8——
Cutter29.0%2992.22,32744.8%36.4%5——
Sinker22.0%2293.91,99445.5%20.0%7——
Curveball19.0%1980.02,76647.4%40.0%2——
Nicholas Padilla'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.