Luis Cessa

Starting Pitcher

Kansas City Royals

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	4/25/1992 (32)
Height, Weight	6'0", 222 lb
Hometown	Cordoba, MEX

2023 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	1-4	26.0	9.00	2.23	8.3%	9.1%

	197^th 7 W	- 114 IP	- 4.60 ERA	- 1.33 WHIP	- 21.6% K%	148^th 8.0% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	91.8	6.9%	22.7%	39.7%	11.9%	4.85	-

	- 93.5 FB MPH	- 11.7% SwStr%	- 28.0% CSW%	6^th - Str-ICR	196^th - MTK%	164^th 4.98 PLV	- PLA

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Stats Glossary

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	QS	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2016	NYY	17	9	70.1	4-4	5	4.35	1.11	-	5.53	-	-	16.1%	4.9%	8.2	2.05	.234	-	76.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	NYY	10	5	36.0	0-3	0	4.75	1.47	-	5.69	-	-	18.8%	10.6%	9.0	1.75	.282	-	75.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	NYY	16	5	44.2	1-4	1	5.24	1.43	-	3.75	-	-	20.0%	6.7%	10.3	1.01	.336	-	64.9%	-	-	12.8%	30.4%	0.50	-
2019	NYY	43	0	81.0	2-1	0	4.11	1.31	-	4.87	-	-	21.9%	9.0%	8.3	1.56	.277	-	74.9%	-	-	13.8%	29.6%	0.50	-
2020	NYY	16	0	21.2	0-0	0	3.32	1.25	2.88	3.80	4.71	4.18	18.3%	7.5%	8.3	0.83	.273	9.1%	70.2%	35.3%	42.6%	13.3%	28.3%	0.45	4.97
2021	CIN/NYY	53	0	64.2	5-2	0	2.51	1.14	3.52	3.39	3.82	3.56	20.5%	8.0%	7.7	0.70	.276	10.4%	74.6%	37.2%	54.3%	12.6%	30.8%	0.52	4.95
2022	CIN	46	10	80.2	4-4	1	4.57	1.29	4.41	5.03	4.14	3.69	17.6%	8.1%	8.5	1.56	.266	20.9%	71.8%	35.6%	52.0%	10.2%	27.4%	0.42	4.85
2023	CIN	7	6	26.0	1-4	0	9.00	2.23	7.78	5.41	5.54	4.64	8.3%	9.1%	15.9	1.04	.413	13.0%	60.2%	50.0%	42.6%	6.9%	22.7%	0.25	4.85
SP MLB Percentile		3	3	2	7-80	4	3	3	4	21	11	-	3	30	3	73	3	67	6	3	45	3	3	98	23
SP MLB AVG		21	21	114.0	7-7	8	4.60	1.33	4.57	4.59	4.55	3.90	21.6%	8.0%	8.9	1.37	.296	15.3%	72.1%	39.2%	43.8%	11.7%	28.0%	0.49	4.98
Career		208	35	425.0	17-22	7	4.43	1.33	-	-	-	1.31	18.3%	7.9%	9.0	1.40	.286	26.9%	71.5%	23.9%	50.0%	11.9%	28.7%	0.46	4.89

Repertoire

Slider | 38%
Four-Seamer | 24%
Changeup | 22%
Sinker | 17%
Curveball | 0%
All

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 All

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Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	17.3%	84.0	-	-	68.0%	17.2%	21.3%	38.5%	-	-	-	-	-	.242	.278	-	-	-	-
2019	28.9%	84.9	-	-	64.1%	20.5%	15.6%	36.2%	-	-	-	-	-	.204	.292	-	-	-	-
2020	51.4%	83.8	30.8%	40.6%	62.2%	16.2%	15.1%	31.4%	50.3%	46.9%	37.5%	34.4%	8.3%	.167	.226	+2	0.3	10.3%	4.98
2021	56.4%	82.7	40.9%	36.4%	65.2%	14.4%	19.6%	34.0%	52.1%	54.9%	26.5%	34.3%	7.4%	.239	.306	+7	2.0	9.3%	5.16
2022	39.0%	82.9	42.6%	30.4%	61.7%	14.8%	18.9%	33.7%	48.9%	38.5%	33.3%	39.2%	34.6%	.202	.229	+3	8.5	11.0%	4.99
2023	37.6%	81.2	39.7%	23.8%	56.3%	4.6%	19.5%	24.1%	39.1%	43.8%	18.8%	46.9%	0.0%	.389	.452	+4	4.8	9.8%	4.80
SP MLB Percentile	89	12	39	13	13	2	90	16	8	57	6	13	81	9	9	33	34	-	11
SP MLB AVG	23.3%	84.6	40.8%	33.0%	62.2%	15.2%	14.0%	29.2%	49.4%	41.5%	36.7%	37.5%	17.5%	.236	.280	+1	-	8.1%	5.13

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.145	.210	.209	.238	-	6.3%	34.4%	85.9	85.4	14.7	-1.3	-0.3	-1.1	6.0	5.9	2,465
2021	.225	.273	.286	.310	-	3.9%	34.3%	84.3	84.0	8.6	-1.6	-1.5	-0.8	6.0	5.8	2,476
2022	.194	.297	.232	.412	-	14.1%	39.2%	89.9	90.0	15.6	-2.8	-2.3	-0.9	6.0	5.6	2,512
2023	.370	.418	.411	.444	-	6.3%	46.9%	87.6	71.7	13.2	-3.2	-2.6	-0.8	6.1	5.7	2,458
SP MLB Percentile	5	13	7	24	-	59	13	60	99	55	66	2	71	82	3	66
SP MLB AVG	.231	.306	.270	.382	-	8.3%	37.5%	87.7	87.1	15.0	-2.6	1.3	-0.9	5.7	6.4	2,366

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	122	34	83	39	2	3	0	3	8	14	0	12	1	0
2019	390	99	250	140	9	5	0	5	19	29	0	40	5	1
2020	185	53	115	70	3	3	1	1	8	11	11	16	5	0
2021	535	148	349	186	22	7	1	2	32	37	35	34	12	0
2022	481	137	297	184	12	4	0	9	25	43	31	46	12	0
2023	174	40	98	76	10	4	0	0	14	14	15	5	3	0
SP MLB Percentile	42	36	37	53	46	32	25	81	51	-	-	19	51	46
SP MLB AVG	318	82	201	117	11	4	0	3	17	24	20	22	5	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	46.9%	15.6%	37.5%	12.5%	31.3%	37.5%	31.3%	21.9%	6.3%	6.3%	28.1%	-	65.6%	34.4%
2021	54.9%	18.6%	26.5%	11.8%	54.9%	30.4%	14.7%	26.5%	3.9%	3.9%	29.4%	-	65.7%	34.3%
2022	38.5%	28.2%	33.3%	10.3%	41.8%	35.4%	22.8%	16.7%	9.0%	14.1%	37.2%	-	60.2%	39.2%
2023	43.8%	37.5%	18.8%	6.3%	50.0%	25.0%	25.0%	37.5%	3.1%	6.3%	50.0%	-	53.2%	46.9%
SP MLB Percentile	57	4	6	30	55	14	79	5	74	59	4	-	-	13
SP MLB AVG	41.5%	21.8%	36.7%	10.5%	47.5%	32.5%	20.0%	22.8%	6.4%	8.3%	34.5%	-	62.6%	37.5%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.242	.361	.278	.381	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	.204	.281	.292	.358	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.167	.253	.226	.250	+2	.145	.210	.209	.238	85.9	85.4	14.7	8.3
2021	.239	.287	.306	.320	+7	.225	.273	.286	.310	84.3	84.0	8.6	7.4
2022	.202	.311	.229	.316	+3	.194	.297	.232	.412	89.9	90.0	15.6	34.6
2023	.389	.408	.452	.452	+4	.370	.418	.411	.444	87.6	71.7	13.2	0.0
SP MLB Percentile	9	17	9	17	33	5	13	7	24	60	99	55	81
SP MLB AVG	.236	.306	.280	.325	+1	.231	.306	.270	.382	87.7	87.1	15.0	17.5

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	68.0%	46.7%	-	36.8%	12.3%	63.2%	-	-	21.3%	17.2%	38.5%	25.3%	17.2%	61.5%	0.79	-
2019	-	64.1%	48.5%	-	42.3%	14.4%	57.7%	-	-	15.6%	20.5%	36.2%	21.2%	13.6%	59.2%	0.73	-
2020	30.8%	62.2%	47.0%	40.6%	34.5%	13.5%	65.5%	88.6%	50.0%	15.1%	16.2%	31.4%	27.8%	17.3%	57.8%	0.52	50.3%
2021	40.9%	65.2%	45.6%	36.4%	31.6%	12.1%	68.4%	85.3%	49.6%	19.6%	14.4%	34.0%	29.2%	19.1%	59.3%	0.60	52.1%
2022	42.6%	61.7%	42.8%	30.4%	34.5%	11.6%	65.5%	84.4%	38.1%	18.9%	14.8%	33.7%	26.6%	16.4%	56.5%	0.58	48.9%
2023	39.7%	56.3%	36.8%	23.8%	12.5%	13.8%	87.5%	92.3%	80.0%	19.5%	4.6%	24.1%	32.7%	18.4%	48.3%	0.24	39.1%
SP MLB Percentile	39	13	5	13	3	30	3	8	3	90	2	16	21	38	9	87	8
SP MLB AVG	40.8%	62.2%	48.2%	33.0%	31.5%	15.9%	68.5%	82.4%	49.4%	14.0%	15.2%	29.2%	-	-	56.7%	0.49	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	30.8%	7.0%	21.6%	71.4%	5.9%	18.4%	75.7%	10.8%	67.6%	7.0%
2021	40.9%	21.3%	28.6%	50.1%	9.0%	18.9%	72.1%	15.0%	56.4%	7.5%
2022	42.6%	15.8%	23.1%	61.1%	15.0%	15.2%	69.9%	17.7%	59.3%	5.4%
2023	39.7%	20.1%	23.6%	56.3%	8.0%	20.1%	71.8%	23.0%	53.4%	5.7%
SP MLB Percentile	39	70	59	32	19	40	75	48	50	54
SP MLB AVG	40.8%	17.1%	22.5%	60.4%	16.1%	20.2%	63.7%	26.2%	51.3%	5.9%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2018	56.6%	7.4%	36.1%	10.1%	69.7%	57.6%	29.0%	-	27.3%
2019	50.8%	9.2%	40.0%	10.1%	60.6%	54.3%	23.2%	-	25.6%
2020	51.4%	9.2%	39.5%	9.5%	63.6%	56.8%	23.2%	38.4%	21.9%
2021	58.5%	10.7%	30.8%	13.7%	66.3%	54.4%	28.1%	32.7%	20.6%
2022	52.4%	7.3%	40.3%	11.5%	58.3%	47.7%	27.0%	25.3%	23.7%
2023	62.6%	8.0%	29.3%	11.9%	61.5%	59.6%	28.4%	27.5%	9.8%
SP MLB Percentile	79	52	27	22	49	80	92	57	9
SP MLB AVG	57.3%	8.4%	34.3%	14.2%	61.1%	51.5%	19.6%	27.1%	19.0%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2018	84.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	84.9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	83.8	5.9	-3.9	-4.9	6.5	-8.8	-1.1	2,465	4.98
2021	82.7	5.8	-3.5	-4.8	6.3	-9.0	-1.4	2,476	5.16
2022	82.9	5.6	-6.1	-6.5	9.2	-9.0	-1.6	2,512	4.99
2023	81.2	5.7	-6.5	-7.2	10.0	-9.4	-1.9	2,458	4.80
SP MLB Percentile	12	3	64	3	74	1	2	66	11
SP MLB AVG	84.6	6.4	-	-	-	-	-	2,366	5.13

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2018	122	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	390	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	185	4.98	4.19	38.9%	23.8%	37.3%	1.6%	0.3	+2
2021	535	5.16	3.00	44.3%	21.7%	34.0%	10.3%	2.0	+7
2022	481	4.99	3.31	44.7%	19.8%	35.6%	9.1%	8.5	+3
2023	174	4.80	4.81	37.4%	21.8%	40.8%	-3.4%	4.8	+4
SP MLB Percentile	42	11	-	9	66	12	12	34	33
SP MLB AVG	318	5.13	0.57	45.8%	19.9%	34.3%	11.6%	-	+1

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018