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Ljay Newsome

Age: 25
B/T: R/R
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 210 lb

Born: November 8, 1996 in La Plata, MD, United States
MLB debut: August 20, 2020

dbWAR: -.3
IP: 14.2
ERA: 7.98
FIP: 6.03
K/9: 9.8
FIP−: 141

Ljay Newsome was 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.

FIP6.03

K/99.8

WHIP1.57

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2021	SEA	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	SEA	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.

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	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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	58.1%	162	92.5	2,034	61.1%	25.5%	37	.243	.707
Changeup	23.3%	65	86.1	1,798	36.9%	13.9%	18	.333	1.257
Curveball	18.6%	52	77.6	2,218	38.5%	27.3%	9	—	—

Ljay Newsome'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.