2020 Stats
W-L
2-3
ERA
5.40
WHIP
1.37
K
56
SV
0
2021 Projections
2021 Fantasy Outlook
Cueto entered 2020 having thrown 69 innings over the previous two seasons, barely resembling the guy he was in the middle part of the decade. He finished 2020 nearly equaling the workload from the previous two seasons even if the results were not all that great. Cueto can still get his fair share of strikeouts by keeping hitter off balance both with his mechanical disruptions to their timing as well as his five-pitch repertoire, but he does not have the stuff to get away with mistakes. When he fails to execute, or the opposition guesses pitch and location, bad things happen. Both his two and four-seam fastballs were hit hard last year, but his changeup is still fantastic and is his preferred strikeout weapon. He has to throw fastballs to set up the change, so it is not like he can go up there flinging changeups as his primary pitch in 2021. As an aging disruptor of timing, maybe that will be his last hurrah. Read Past Outlooks

Posts quality start despite loss
Cueto (2-3) was tagged with the loss Saturday against the Padres. He gave up three runs on five hits and one walk while fanning four across 6.1 innings.
ANALYSIS
Cueto got off to a strong start this season but ends the year on the wrong foot, allowing three or more runs in each of his last three starts. The veteran posted a 6.65 ERA in four September appearances and ends the year with a career-worst 5.40 ERA in 63.1 innings across 12 starts. He has now posted an ERA above the 5.00 mark in each of his last two seasons.
Cueto got off to a strong start this season but ends the year on the wrong foot, allowing three or more runs in each of his last three starts. The veteran posted a 6.65 ERA in four September appearances and ends the year with a career-worst 5.40 ERA in 63.1 innings across 12 starts. He has now posted an ERA above the 5.00 mark in each of his last two seasons.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
95
Last 10 Games
100
Last 5 Games
103
How many pitches does Johnny Cueto generally throw?
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What part of the game does Johnny Cueto generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2018
-16%
BAA vs RHP
2020
-19%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2018vs Left | .261 | 48 | 24 | 59 | 11 | |||
Since 2018vs Right | .220 | 55 | 23 | 54 | 8 | |||
2020vs Left | .279 | 26 | 17 | 29 | 3 | |||
2020vs Right | .227 | 26 | 8 | 27 | 5 | |||
2019vs Left | .280 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||
2019vs Right | .129 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |||
2018vs Left | .237 | 17 | 5 | 23 | 5 | |||
2018vs Right | .240 | 21 | 8 | 23 | 3 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2018
-44%
ERA on Road
2020
-37%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2018Home | 5.54 | 1.47 | 74.2 | 7.1 | 3.3 | ||||
Since 2018Away | 3.12 | 0.97 | 57.2 | 7.5 | 3.3 | ||||
2020Home | 6.38 | 1.45 | 36.2 | 9.3 | 3.4 | ||||
2020Away | 4.05 | 1.28 | 26.2 | 6.1 | 4.1 | ||||
2019Home | 3.75 | 1.08 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | ||||
2019Away | 9.00 | 1.75 | 4.0 | 11.3 | 11.3 | ||||
2018Home | 5.19 | 1.69 | 26.0 | 4.5 | 3.1 | ||||
2018Away | 1.33 | 0.56 | 27.0 | 8.3 | 1.3 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Johnny Cueto 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
2.15K/9
8.0BB/9
3.7HR/9
1.3Fastball
91.3 mphERA
5.40WHIP
1.37BABIP
.298GB/FB
1.40Left On Base
61.8%Exit Velocity
81.6 mphBarrels/BBE
4.1%Spin Rate
1999 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
22.2%Swinging Strike
8.6%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Cueto made only four starts in 2019 after undergoing Tommy John surgery at the end of 2018. As he enters his age-34 campaign, Cueto is now three full years removed from his last 30-start season and is something of an unknown. His fastball velocity returned to a 91.3 mph average in his small sample last year, which is where it was before the surgery, but that is well below average nowadays and his secondaries were not effective. His strikeout rate sat at just 19.4%, and that may have been better than he deserved given a 7.2 SwStr% and 35.9 Zone%. His walk rate more than doubled to 13.4% last season. It is not uncommon for a pitcher to struggle with command and control in their return from TJS. If he gets some of that command back this year, he should be able to maintain a rotation spot with the rebuilding Giants, though the team will likely take measures to limit his workload.
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Rough time against Rockies
Cueto (2-2) gave up seven runs on eight hits and three walks over 4.1 innings in a loss to the Rockies on Monday. He struck out four.
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Start bumped back
Cueto will start Monday against the Rockies instead of Sunday against the Athletics as originally scheduled, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reports.
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Takes first loss
Cueto (2-1) took the loss Sunday in Game 1 of a doubleheader versus the Padres, allowing six runs (four earned) on seven hits and three walks over 5.1 innings. He struck out two.
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Starting matinee Sunday
Cueto will start Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Padres, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Friday's start postponed
Cueto's scheduled start Friday was postponed after a member of the Giants tested positive for COVID-19, Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
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