Justin Lawrence
29-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.00
K
0
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Lawrence's trend of throwing more sweepers continued in 2023, as it's his most successful offering. The 29-year-old held opposing hitters to a .149 batting average and .236 slugging percentage on his sweeper, while 63 of his 78 total strikeouts came on the pitch. In fact, it was the 2nd-best sweeper in the league according to Statcast Run Value (14). On the flip side, Lawrence's mid-90's sinker yielded plenty of contact (.333 BA), with many balls in play hit on the ground (48.5%). Still, Lawrence was reliable enough in the late innings to take over Colorado's closing duties in June. He maintained the role for a little over two months, racking up a career-high 11 saves that were 2nd-most on the team. A rough August (8.31 ERA, 3 BS) relegated Lawrence back to the 7th and 8th innings, but he's a good bet to see save chances again sometime in 2024 as one of the Rockies' best relief pitchers. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#459
ADP
Piling up strikeouts
Lawrence has allowed three earned runs while maintaining a 9:1 K:BB across six innings in Cactus League action.
ANALYSIS
Lawrence's ERA isn't particularly impressive, but he's held opponents scoreless in four of his six outings. He's also struck out at least one batter in each appearance. Lawrence is in competition for the closer role in Colorado with Tyler Kinley, and both pitchers have performed well this spring. That leaves things murky for the ninth-inning job to begin the season, though last season's usage -- 27 of Lawrence's 69 appearances began with runners on base, and he pitched multiple innings on 21 occasions -- suggests that the Rockies may prefer to utilize Lawrence in the highest-leverage situations rather than reserve him for the ninth inning.
Lawrence's ERA isn't particularly impressive, but he's held opponents scoreless in four of his six outings. He's also struck out at least one batter in each appearance. Lawrence is in competition for the closer role in Colorado with Tyler Kinley, and both pitchers have performed well this spring. That leaves things murky for the ninth-inning job to begin the season, though last season's usage -- 27 of Lawrence's 69 appearances began with runners on base, and he pitched multiple innings on 21 occasions -- suggests that the Rockies may prefer to utilize Lawrence in the highest-leverage situations rather than reserve him for the ninth inning.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-9%
BAA vs RHP
2024
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BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .259 | 49 | 27 | 52 | 5 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .236 | 77 | 31 | 57 | 3 | |||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .221 | 29 | 18 | 27 | 3 | |||
2023vs Right | .245 | 49 | 18 | 38 | 2 | |||
2022vs Left | .316 | 20 | 9 | 25 | 2 | |||
2022vs Right | .218 | 28 | 13 | 19 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-52%
ERA on Road
2024
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ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 5.86 | 1.57 | 63.0 | 10.0 | 4.1 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 2.80 | 1.24 | 54.2 | 9.2 | 4.8 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023Home | 5.40 | 1.63 | 41.2 | 9.9 | 4.5 | ||||
2023Away | 1.62 | 0.99 | 33.1 | 8.6 | 4.1 | ||||
2022Home | 6.75 | 1.45 | 21.1 | 10.1 | 3.4 | ||||
2022Away | 4.64 | 1.64 | 21.1 | 10.1 | 5.9 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Justin Lawrence compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 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 30 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 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.17K/9
9.4BB/9
4.3HR/9
0.6Fastball
95.4 mphERA
3.72WHIP
1.35BABIP
.310GB/FB
1.92Left On Base
68.1%Exit Velocity
82.1 mphBarrels/BBE
3.7%Spin Rate
2604 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
25.7%Swinging Strike
9.7%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Competing for closer role
Lawrence and Tyler Kinley are competing this spring to become the Rockies' closer, Patrick Lyons of TheDNVR.com reports.
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Blows save Wednesday
Lawrence allowed two hits and no walks while striking out one in two-thirds of a scoreless inning during Wednesday's loss to the Padres.
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Exits with ankle injury
Lawrence exited Friday's game against the Giants with a left ankle injury, Luke Zahlmann of The Denver Gazette reports.
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Handles ninth-inning work
Lawrence picked up the save Tuesday against the Cubs. He allowed one walk while striking out two over a scoreless inning.
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Takes seventh loss
Lawrence (4-7) allowed two earned runs on three hits and a walk while striking out one across two-thirds of an inning to take the loss Saturday against the Blue Jays.
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