Out
Injury Not Injury Related
Est. Return 8/22/2020
2020 Stats
W-L
1-1
ERA
1.29
WHIP
0.67
K
24
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2020 Fantasy Outlook
Plesac opened the season at Double-A, but injuries to Cleveland's rotation allowed him to make his big-league debut at the end of May. While the right-hander finished his rookie campaign with respectable numbers -- going 8-6 with a 3.81 ERA and 1.23 WHIP across 21 starts -- he provided plenty of reasons to be skeptical about his ability to repeat that success, most of which are reflected in his 4.94 FIP and 5.13 SIERA. Plesac didn't miss many bats, evidenced by his 9.9% swinging-strike rate and 6.8 K/9, while the contact he allowed was often problematic. His 7.6 Barrel% coupled with his 39.1 GB% resulted in a 1.5 HR/9. He also benefitted from a 78.6% strand rate -- which is tough for a starting pitcher to sustain -- and a .258 BABIP, which isn't supported by his batted-ball profile. Plesac will compete for a spot in the Indians' rotation in 2020, though his upside is limited regardless of his role. Read Past Outlooks
Placed on restricted list
Plesac (not injury related) was placed on the restricted list Tuesday.
ANALYSIS
Plesac was sent home by Cleveland on Sunday after violating team rules, and his placement on the restricted list will free up a spot on the active roster. The right-hander will have to quarantine for at least three days and test negative for COVID-19 before he's allowed to rejoin the team. The earliest that he'd be able to return is Friday, but the team may choose to impose additional punishments.
Plesac was sent home by Cleveland on Sunday after violating team rules, and his placement on the restricted list will free up a spot on the active roster. The right-hander will have to quarantine for at least three days and test negative for COVID-19 before he's allowed to rejoin the team. The earliest that he'd be able to return is Friday, but the team may choose to impose additional punishments.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
99
Last 10 Games
99
Last 5 Games
99
How many pitches does Zach Plesac generally throw?
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11-20
21-30
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41-50
51-60
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91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Zach Plesac generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2018
-13%
BAA vs LHP
2020
-12%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2018vs Left | .209 | 51 | 21 | 46 | 8 | |||
| Since 2018vs Right | .239 | 61 | 21 | 68 | 13 | |||
| 2020vs Left | .171 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2020vs Right | .150 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2019vs Left | .216 | 37 | 19 | 40 | 7 | |||
| 2019vs Right | .253 | 51 | 21 | 62 | 12 | |||
| 2018vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2018
-10%
ERA on Road
2020
-100%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2018Home | 3.61 | 1.16 | 67.1 | 7.4 | 2.7 | ||||
| Since 2018Away | 3.25 | 1.13 | 69.1 | 7.4 | 2.9 | ||||
| 2020Home | 0.00 | 0.38 | 8.0 | 12.4 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2020Away | 2.08 | 0.85 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 1.4 | ||||
| 2019Home | 4.10 | 1.26 | 59.1 | 6.7 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2019Away | 3.51 | 1.19 | 56.1 | 7.0 | 3.2 | ||||
| 2018Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2018Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Zach Plesac compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
12.00K/9
10.3BB/9
0.9HR/9
0.9Fastball
93.1 mphERA
1.29WHIP
0.67BABIP
.221GB/FB
1.05Left On Base
98.2%Exit Velocity
80.9 mphBarrels/BBE
3.8%Spin Rate
2028 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
20.0%Swinging Strike
13.5%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Sent home by Cleveland
Plesac was sent home by Cleveland on Sunday after violating the league's health and safety protocols, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.
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Throws seven scoreless innings
Plesac improved to 1-1 on the season after throwing six shutout inning Saturday against the White Sox, striking out seven while walking one and allowing five hits.
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Pitches well in loss
Plesac (0-1) allowed three runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over seven innings in a loss to the Reds on Monday.
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Eight scoreless innings
Plesac allowed three hits and no walks while striking out 11 across eight scoreless innings Wednesday against the White Sox. He did not factor into the decision.
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Wins final rotation spot
Plesac will be Cleveland's fifth starter to begin the season, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.
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