Justus Sheffield

Age: 23

Bats/Throws: L/L

6' 0" / 200

Birthdate: 5/13/1996 (23 y, 6 m, 29 d)
Drafted: 2014 June Amateur Draft - Round: 1, Pick: 31, Overall: 31, Team: Cleveland Indians

Service Time: 0.053

Reported as the pre-2020 value.
0 years and 53 days days of service time.

MiLB Options: 2

Reported as the pre-2019 season number of waiver options remaining.

Prospects Report

Team Rank: 6Overall Rank: 106Reported: 2019 - UpdatedETA: 2019

Fastball	Slider	Changeup	Command	Future Value
55 / 55	55 / 60	50 / 55	45 / 50	50

RotoWire News: Sheffield gave up one run on five hits and four walks while striking out two over five innings in a no-decision against the A's on Friday night. (9/28/2019)

11/20/2019	RG	Mining the News (11/20/19) by Jeff Zimmerman
9/26/2019	RG	Streaming Starters: September 27, 2019 by Nick Dika
9/23/2019	FG	Checking in on Justus Sheffield by Brendan Gawlowski
9/20/2019	RG	Streaming Starters: September 21, 2019 by Al Melchior
9/20/2019	RG	Bullpen Report: September 20, 2019 by Al Melchior

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Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2014	Indians (R)	3	1	8	4	20.2	12.63	3.92	0.00	.436	52.9 %	46.3 %	0.0 %	4.79	2.67	3.17
2015	Indians (A)	9	4	26	26	127.2	9.73	2.68	0.56	.344	70.2 %	46.8 %	6.3 %	3.31	2.99	2.82
2016	Indians (A+)	7	5	19	19	95.1	8.78	3.78	0.57	.321	75.0 %	44.4 %	6.9 %	3.59	3.80	3.79
2016	Yankees (A+)	3	1	5	5	26.0	9.35	3.46	0.00	.226	75.0 %	44.3 %	0.0 %	1.73	2.33	3.06
2016	Yankees (AA)	0	0	1	1	4.0	20.25	6.75	0.00	.286	80.0 %	40.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	1.11	1.62
2017	Yankees (R)	0	1	2	2	4.2	11.57	1.93	0.00	.364	80.0 %	72.7 %	0.0 %	1.93	1.50	1.62
2017	Yankees (AA)	7	6	17	17	93.1	7.91	3.18	1.35	.293	78.8 %	46.2 %	13.6 %	3.18	4.58	3.94
2018	Yankees (AA)	1	2	5	5	28.0	12.54	4.50	0.32	.259	73.4 %	38.9 %	5.6 %	2.25	2.51	2.76
2018	Yankees (AAA)	6	4	20	15	88.0	8.59	3.68	0.31	.264	75.9 %	44.9 %	3.9 %	2.56	3.13	3.69
2018	Yankees	0	0	3	0	2.2	0.00	10.13	3.38	.300	71.4 %	54.5 %	33.3 %	10.13	11.41	8.39	-0.1
2019	Mariners (AA)	5	3	12	12	78.0	9.81	2.08	0.46	.293	80.7 %	43.5 %	5.9 %	2.19	2.63	3.19
2019	Mariners (AAA)	2	6	13	12	55.0	7.85	6.71	1.96	.292	64.1 %	53.2 %	26.7 %	6.87	7.18	6.05
2019	Mariners	0	1	8	7	36.0	9.25	4.50	1.25	.371	74.1 %	52.3 %	15.6 %	5.50	4.71	4.68	0.3
2020	Depth Charts	8	10	26	26	148.0	7.92	4.31	1.40	.305	71.8 %			4.81	5.01		0.9
2020	Steamer	8	10	26	26	148.0	7.92	4.31	1.40	.296	71.8 %	45.2 %		4.81	5.01	5.08	0.9
Total	- - -	0	1	11	7	38.2	8.61	4.89	1.40	.365	73.9 %	52.5 %	17.1 %	5.82	5.18	4.93	0.2

Standard

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2014	Indians (R)	3	1	4.79	8	4	0	0	0	20.2	94	24	16	11	0	9	0	1	4	0	29
2015	Indians (A)	9	4	3.31	26	26	0	0	0	127.2	555	135	60	47	8	38	0	2	12	2	138
2016	Indians (A+)	7	5	3.59	19	19	0	0	0	95.1	408	91	40	38	6	40	0	4	9	1	93
2016	Yankees (A+)	3	1	1.73	5	5	0	0	0	26.0	99	14	6	5	0	10	0	0	3	0	27
2016	Yankees (AA)	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	19	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	9
2017	Yankees (R)	0	1	1.93	2	2	0	0	0	4.2	18	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
2017	Yankees (AA)	7	6	3.18	17	17	1	1	0	93.1	405	94	43	33	14	33	1	3	8	0	82
2018	Yankees (AA)	1	2	2.25	5	5	0	0	0	28.0	112	16	9	7	1	14	0	0	1	0	39
2018	Yankees (AAA)	6	4	2.56	20	15	0	0	2	88.0	363	66	28	25	3	36	0	1	2	0	84
2018	Yankees	0	0	10.13	3	0	0	0	0	2.2	14	4	3	3	1	3	0	0	1	0	0
2019	Mariners (AA)	5	3	2.19	12	12	0	0	0	78.0	305	62	20	19	4	18	0	0	3	0	85
2019	Mariners (AAA)	2	6	6.87	13	12	0	0	0	55.0	263	59	47	42	12	41	0	1	4	0	48
2019	Mariners	0	1	5.50	8	7	0	0	0	36.0	168	44	22	22	5	18	0	3	3	0	37
2020	Depth Charts	8	10	4.81	26	26				148.0		149	85	79	23	71		5			131
2020	Steamer	8	10	4.81	26	26	0	0		148.0	657	149	85	79	23	71		5			131
Total	- - -	0	1	5.82	11	7	0	0	0	38.2	182	48	25	25	6	21	0	3	4	0	37

Advanced

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	K-BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2014	Indians (R)	12.63	3.92	3.22	0.00	30.9 %	9.6 %	21.3 %	.286	1.60	.436	52.9 %			2.67
2015	Indians (A)	9.73	2.68	3.63	0.56	24.9 %	6.9 %	18.0 %	.262	1.36	.344	70.2 %			2.99
2016	Indians (A+)	8.78	3.78	2.33	0.57	22.8 %	9.8 %	13.0 %	.250	1.37	.321	75.0 %			3.80
2016	Yankees (A+)	9.35	3.46	2.70	0.00	27.3 %	10.1 %	17.2 %	.157	0.92	.226	75.0 %			2.33
2016	Yankees (AA)	20.25	6.75	3.00	0.00	47.4 %	15.8 %	31.6 %	.125	1.25	.286	80.0 %			1.11
2017	Yankees (R)	11.57	1.93	6.00	0.00	33.3 %	5.6 %	27.8 %	.235	1.07	.364	80.0 %			1.50
2017	Yankees (AA)	7.91	3.18	2.48	1.35	20.3 %	8.2 %	12.1 %	.255	1.36	.293	78.8 %			4.58
2018	Yankees (AA)	12.54	4.50	2.79	0.32	34.8 %	12.5 %	22.3 %	.163	1.07	.259	73.4 %			2.51
2018	Yankees (AAA)	8.59	3.68	2.33	0.31	23.1 %	9.9 %	13.2 %	.203	1.16	.264	75.9 %			3.13
2018	Yankees	0.00	10.13	0.00	3.38	0.0 %	21.4 %	-21.4 %	.364	2.63	.300	71.4 %	238	262	11.41
2018	Average	8.53	3.25	2.63	1.16	22.3 %	8.5 %	13.8 %	.245	1.30	.293	72.8 %			4.19
2019	Mariners (AA)	9.81	2.08	4.72	0.46	27.9 %	5.9 %	22.0 %	.216	1.03	.293	80.7 %			2.63
2019	Mariners (AAA)	7.85	6.71	1.17	1.96	18.3 %	15.6 %	2.7 %	.267	1.82	.292	64.1 %			7.18
2019	Mariners	9.25	4.50	2.06	1.25	22.0 %	10.7 %	11.3 %	.299	1.72	.371	74.1 %	124	105	4.71
2019	Average	8.88	3.29	2.69	1.40	23.0 %	8.5 %	14.4 %	.249	1.33	.296	72.3 %			4.49
2020	Depth Charts	7.92	4.31	1.84	1.40				.263	1.48	.305	71.8 %			5.01
2020	Steamer	7.92	4.31	1.84	1.40	19.9 %	10.8 %	9.1 %	.257	1.48	.296	71.8 %			5.01
Total	- - -	8.61	4.89	1.76	1.40	20.3 %	11.5 %	8.8 %	.304	1.78	.365	73.9 %	132	116	5.18

Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Soft%	Med%	Hard%	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2014	Indians (R)	1.56	24.1 %	46.3 %	29.6 %	18.8 %	0.0 %			32.7 %	29.1 %	38.2 %						3.17
2015	Indians (A)	1.35	18.4 %	46.8 %	34.8 %	22.0 %	6.3 %			44.2 %	23.0 %	32.8 %						2.82
2016	Indians (A+)	1.38	23.3 %	44.4 %	32.2 %	25.3 %	6.9 %			45.6 %	23.3 %	31.1 %						3.79
2016	Yankees (A+)	1.13	16.4 %	44.3 %	39.3 %	33.3 %	0.0 %			37.1 %	27.4 %	35.5 %						3.06
2016	Yankees (AA)	1.00	20.0 %	40.0 %	40.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %			71.4 %	28.6 %	0.0 %						1.62
2017	Yankees (R)	8.00	18.2 %	72.7 %	9.1 %	0.0 %	0.0 %			36.4 %	36.4 %	27.3 %						1.62
2017	Yankees (AA)	1.24	16.6 %	46.2 %	37.2 %	10.7 %	13.6 %			39.4 %	27.5 %	33.1 %						3.94
2018	Yankees (AA)	1.17	27.8 %	38.9 %	33.3 %	22.2 %	5.6 %			37.3 %	20.3 %	42.4 %						2.76
2018	Yankees (AAA)	1.38	22.5 %	44.9 %	32.6 %	14.3 %	3.9 %			47.1 %	21.9 %	31.0 %						3.69
2018	Yankees	2.00	18.2 %	54.5 %	27.3 %	0.0 %	33.3 %	16.7 %	0.0 %	27.3 %	27.3 %	45.5 %	45.5 %	27.3 %	27.3 %	8.56	197	8.39
2019	Mariners (AA)	1.28	22.5 %	43.5 %	34.0 %	20.6 %	5.9 %			44.3 %	31.8 %	23.9 %						3.19
2019	Mariners (AAA)	2.02	20.5 %	53.2 %	26.3 %	8.9 %	26.7 %			45.4 %	25.6 %	29.1 %						6.05
2019	Mariners	1.75	17.8 %	52.3 %	29.9 %	6.3 %	15.6 %	3.6 %	50.0 %	45.0 %	30.3 %	24.8 %	16.5 %	49.5 %	33.9 %	4.77	102	4.68
Total	- - -	1.77	17.8 %	52.5 %	29.7 %	5.7 %	17.1 %	4.8 %	50.0 %	43.3 %	30.0 %	26.7 %	19.2 %	47.5 %	33.3 %	5.01	109	4.93

More Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2014	Indians (R)	25	16	13	3					43	143	186
2015	Indians (A)	171	127	67	28					236	848	1084
2016	Indians (A+)	120	87	63	22					552	946	1498
2016	Yankees (A+)	27	24	10	8					149	256	405
2016	Yankees (AA)	2	2	1	0					31	49	80
2017	Yankees (R)	8	1	2	0					4	29	33
2017	Yankees (AA)	128	103	46	11					543	987	1530
2018	Yankees (AA)	21	18	15	4					186	284	470
2018	Yankees (AAA)	106	77	53	11					589	917	1506
2018	Yankees	6	3	2	0	1	0	0	4	27	30	57
2019	Mariners (AA)	87	68	45	14					355	742	1097
2019	Mariners (AAA)	91	45	35	4					403	561	964
2019	Mariners	56	32	19	2	2	2	1	21	258	415	673
Total	- - -	62	35	21	2	3	2	1	25	285	445	730

Win Probability

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch
2018	Yankees	-0.05	-0.06	0.01	-2.02	-0.19	0.09	0.08	0.09	0.03	1	-0.21	-0.30
2019	Mariners	-0.36	-3.64	3.29	-4.05	-0.42	1.15	0.92	0.88	1.66	8	-0.62	0.31
Total	- - -	-0.40	-3.70	3.30	-6.08	-0.61	1.06	0.86	0.66	1.48	9	-0.83	0.45

Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CH%
2018	Yankees	54.4% (94.4)	35.1% (84.5)	10.5% (89.8)
2019	Mariners	47.8% (92.8)	35.5% (84.3)	16.6% (87.7)
Total	- - -	48.4% (93.0)	35.5% (84.3)	16.2% (87.8)

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	SL%	CU%	CH%
2018	Yankees	54.4 %	28.1 %	7.0 %	10.5 %
2019	Mariners	48.1 %	35.4 %	0.5 %	16.1 %
Total	- - -	48.6 %	34.8 %	1.0 %	15.6 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vSL	vCU	vCH
2018	Yankees	94.3	84.7	83.5	89.9
2019	Mariners	92.8	84.2	82.4	87.7
Total	- - -	92.9	84.3	83.0	87.8

Pitch Info Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	CH%	SL%
2018	Yankees	54.4 %	10.5 %	35.1 %
2019	Mariners	47.8 %	16.7 %	35.6 %
Total	- - -	48.3 %	16.2 %	35.5 %

Pitch Info Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vCH	vSL
2018	Yankees	94.4	90.0	84.5
2019	Mariners	93.0	87.9	84.4
Total	- - -	93.1	88.0	84.4

Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCH/C
2018	Yankees	-0.3	0.1	-1.5	-0.98	0.73	-25.37
2019	Mariners	-3.4	-3.7	0.8	-1.06	-1.55	0.74
Total	- - -	-3.7	-3.6	-0.7	-1.05	-1.37	-0.58

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wSL	wCU	wCH
2018	Yankees	-0.3	0.0	0.1	-1.5
2019	Mariners	-2.0	-3.8	0.1	0.8
Total	- - -	-2.4	-3.8	0.2	-0.7

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2018	Yankees	-1.03	0.00	3.20	-25.50
2019	Mariners	-0.63	-1.60	3.51	0.76
Total	- - -	-0.67	-1.50	3.33	-0.62

Pitch Info Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wCH	wSL
2018	Yankees	-0.3	-1.5	0.1
2019	Mariners	-2.1	0.9	-3.6
Total	- - -	-2.5	-0.7	-3.5

Pitch Info Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wCH/C	wSL/C
2018	Yankees	-1.03	-25.50	0.64
2019	Mariners	-0.67	0.77	-1.53
Total	- - -	-0.70	-0.57	-1.36

Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2018	Yankees	18.9 %	60.0 %	33.3 %	85.7 %	100.0 %	94.7 %	35.1 %	35.7 %	1.8 %
2018	Average	30.9 %	67.3 %	46.6 %	62.8 %	85.5 %	76.9 %	43.0 %	60.6 %	10.7 %
2019	Mariners	28.3 %	69.7 %	45.3 %	46.4 %	86.0 %	71.5 %	41.2 %	62.5 %	12.9 %
2019	Average	31.6 %	68.5 %	47.0 %	62.7 %	84.9 %	76.2 %	41.8 %	60.9 %	11.1 %
Total	- - -	27.5 %	69.0 %	44.4 %	48.7 %	86.8 %	72.8 %	40.7 %	60.4 %	12.1 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2018	Yankees	15.6 %	56.0 %	33.3 %	100.0 %	92.9 %	94.7 %	43.9 %	24.0
2018	Average	30.4 %	64.4 %	46.6 %	60.1 %	85.6 %	76.9 %	47.7 %	23.5
2019	Mariners	29.6 %	64.5 %	45.5 %	45.4 %	85.4 %	71.2 %	45.7 %	23.8
2019	Average	30.6 %	65.2 %	47.0 %	59.4 %	84.9 %	76.2 %	47.4 %	24.4
Total	- - -	28.5 %	63.9 %	44.6 %	47.8 %	85.9 %	72.6 %	45.5 %	23.8

Pitch Info Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2018	Yankees	20.6 %	52.2 %	33.3 %	100.0 %	91.7 %	94.7 %	40.4 %	25.2
2019	Mariners	30.4 %	63.8 %	45.5 %	43.8 %	87.1 %	71.2 %	45.2 %	24.3
Total	- - -	29.6 %	63.0 %	44.6 %	47.1 %	87.4 %	72.6 %	44.9 %	24.3

Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	FE	TE	DP	DPS	DPT	DPF	SB	FP
2018	Yankees (AA)	P	5	5	28.0	0	3	0			0
2018	Yankees (AAA)	P	20	15	88.0	0	10	2			0
2018	Yankees	P	3	0	2.2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667
2019	Mariners (AA)	P	12	12	78.0	1	9	0			0
2019	Mariners (AAA)	P	13	12	55.0	0	6	0			0
2019	Mariners	P	8	7	36.0	1	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	.875
Total	- - -	P	11	7	38.2	2	7	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	.818

Advanced Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	DRS	FRM
2018	Yankees	P	2.2	0	0.0
2019	Mariners	P	36.0	-1	0.1
Total	- - -	P	38.2	-1	0.1

Inside Edge Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	Impossible (0%)	Remote (1-10%)	Unlikely (10-40%)	Even (40-60%)	Likely (60-90%)	Routine (90-100%)
2018	Yankees	P	2.2	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	100.0% (1)
2019	Mariners	P	36.0	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (1)	0.0% (0)	50.0% (2)	100.0% (4)
Total	- - -	P	38.2	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (1)	0.0% (0)	50.0% (2)	100.0% (5)

Value

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-WAR	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2018	Yankees	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	($0.9)
2019	Mariners	0.1	-0.6	0.4	-0.2	3.2	0.3	$2.6
Total	- - -	0.0	-0.6	0.4	-0.2	2.1	0.2	$1.7

Drafts

2014 June Amateur Draft - Round: 1, Pick: 31, Overall: 31

Team: Cleveland Indians
School: Tullahoma (TN) HS

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