Pitcher · 2021
Ljay Newsome
- Age
- 25
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Born
- November 8, 1996 in La Plata, MD, USA
- MLB debut
- August 20, 2020
- dbWAR
- -.3 2 season(s)
- IP
- 14.2
- ERA
- 7.98
- FIP
- 6.03
- K/9
- 9.8
- FIP−
- 141 100 = avg
Ljay Newsome is a relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. In 2021 he struck out 16 batters over 14.2 innings across 7 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 7.98 was 87.0% higher than the league average of 4.27. Stripping out defence, his 6.03 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.0% of swings (12.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.2%. 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.
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | 1 | 14.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 7.98 | 6.03 | 1.57 | 9.8 | 1.8 | 187 | 141 | -0.2 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 4 | 15.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5.17 | 5.74 | 1.34 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 116 | 129 | -0.1 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .389 | .450 | 1.056 | .601 | 19.0% |
| vs RHB | 49 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .289 | .313 | .467 | .321 | 24.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Ljay Newsome 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, and how often it misses in 2021.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 162 | 92.5 | 2,034 | 61.1% | 25.5% | |
| Changeup | 65 | 86.1 | 1,798 | 36.9% | 13.9% | |
| Curveball | 52 | 77.6 | 2,218 | 38.5% | 27.3% |
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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.