Cristian Javier
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 210LBS | Age: 27
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 11 9 2.54 30 25 0 148.2 194 0.95
2023 10 5 4.56 31 31 0 162 159 1.27
2024 3 1 3.89 7 7 0 34.2 27 1.41
5 Seasons 33 18 3.59 116 82 2 501 564 1.14
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 30 11-9 2.54 148.2 194 0.95
2023 31 10-5 4.56 162 159 1.27
2024 7 3-1 3.89 34.2 27 1.41
5 Seasons 116 33-18 3.59 501 564 1.14
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2020 23 889 140 9 6.4 4.2 86.9 109.1 25.1 28.6 .187 .348 .280 .271 .315 29.3 25.2 8.4 3.48 3.06
2021 24 1792 234 23 9.8 5.4 90.6 116.1 22.5 36.8 .221 .415 .291 .327 .417 43.2 30.7 12.5 3.55 4.57
2022 25 2554 333 24 7.2 4.1 88.4 113.8 25.4 31.2 .168 .286 .251 .244 .308 33.6 33.2 8.9 2.54 2.43
2023 26 2882 459 43 9.4 6.3 89.1 114.1 23.8 38.1 .230 .443 .317 .323 .379 38.3 23.1 9.0 4.56 4.42
2024 27 570 104 7 6.7 4.7 88.9 109.8 24.6 41.3 .240 .417 .327 .334 .355 30.8 18.0 12.7 3.89 4.49
Player 8687 1270 106 8.3 5.1 88.9 116.1 24.2 35.3 .206 .380 .290 .297 .358 36.4 27.4 9.9
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.4 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Javier relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(39.3%) ,
Slider
(29.5%) ,
Changeup
(26.8%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(4.4%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2020 30.0 34.3 20.7 15.0 45.7 25.7 28.6 5.7 18.6 43.6 17.1 7.1 6.4 4.2
2021 28.2 33.8 26.5 11.5 41.5 33.8 24.8 2.6 20.1 34.6 22.2 9.4 9.8 5.4
2022 27.0 38.7 21.0 13.2 36.0 35.4 28.5 4.8 17.7 43.2 20.7 6.3 7.2 4.1
2023 26.1 38.8 24.2 10.9 35.5 36.6 27.9 3.5 18.3 40.3 20.7 7.4 9.4 6.3
2024 26.0 37.5 26.0 10.6 42.3 34.6 23.1 2.9 18.3 41.3 23.1 7.7 6.7 4.7
Player 27.2 37.2 23.5 12.0 38.4 34.4 27.2 3.9 18.5 40.5 20.8 7.5 8.3 5.1
MLB 44.6 23.6 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Curveball HOU R 25 75.2 59.7 -0.2 0 13.7 3.0 28
2024 Slider HOU R 168 77.5 46.9 0.3 1 16.7 4.5 37
2024 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 224 91.7 12.9 3.3 20 5.8 -1.5 -20
2024 Changeup HOU R 153 81.2 36.4 1.7 5 12.8 -0.3 -2
2023 Curveball HOU R 215 76.6 57.4 -0.5 -1 12.2 2.2 22
2023 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 1,672 92.8 13.3 2.6 16 5.6 -1.9 -26
2023 Changeup HOU R 116 83.7 31.6 -1.2 -4 15.9 2.0 14
2023 Slider HOU R 858 79.5 41.1 -1.7 -4 14.1 2.7 24
2022 Curveball HOU R 214 76.5 56.4 -1.1 -2 13.2 2.9 29
2022 Slider HOU R 705 79.9 40.2 -2.4 -6 15.1 5.7 61
2022 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 1,535 93.8 12.3 3.0 19 7.3 -0.6 -7
2022 Changeup HOU R 100 85.2 28.2 -3.5 -11 14.5 0.3 2
2021 Changeup HOU R 105 86.6 27.4 -3.4 -11 15.6 1.0 7
2021 Curveball HOU R 139 75.9 58.2 0.7 1 13.9 3.9 38
2021 Slider HOU R 483 81.0 37.1 -4.0 -10 10.7 3.0 40
2021 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 1,064 93.5 13.4 2.3 15 7.9 -0.1 -1
2020 Slider HOU R 226 78.8 41.1 -2.9 -7 12.5 3.0 32
2020 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 560 92.2 14.1 2.4 14 7.0 -1.1 -13
2020 Changeup HOU R 64 85.9 28.1 -3.6 -11 16.0 2.0 14
2020 Curveball HOU R 38 76.3 56.5 -0.1 0 12.5 2.4 24
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -1 224 39.3 56 .256 .535 .404 27.0 23.2 22.8 .216 .479 .384 48.4
2024 Slider -0.7 -1 168 29.5 47 .205 .341 .273 25.0 17.0 20.0 .247 .360 .280 27.0
2024 Changeup 1.0 1 153 26.8 41 .194 .306 .274 27.6 14.6 15.8 .251 .415 .334 23.3
2024 Curveball -4.9 -1 25 4.4 6 .500 .667 .508 14.3 0.0 0.0 .298 .404 .301 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 12 1,682 58.4 450 .236 .455 .331 26.5 21.8 19.0 .233 .489 .343 41.3
2023 Slider -0.2 -2 864 30.0 168 .211 .367 .300 28.7 26.8 17.8 .204 .333 .279 33.7
2023 Curveball -0.6 -1 217 7.5 43 .268 .366 .337 19.5 18.6 10.7 .285 .431 .324 30.3
2023 Changeup -2.8 -3 119 4.1 26 .280 .360 .296 39.2 30.8 22.2 .247 .377 .283 29.4
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 18 1,535 60.1 370 .183 .326 .282 27.3 28.9 20.2 .181 .317 .274 39.2
2022 Slider 1.2 8 705 27.6 166 .121 .223 .181 39.4 44.0 28.0 .126 .211 .176 22.6
2022 Curveball -0.2 0 214 8.4 34 .226 .387 .279 30.0 38.2 17.3 .169 .241 .207 21.1
2022 Changeup -2.1 -2 100 3.9 15 .286 .571 .383 25.0 6.7 5.0 .331 .507 .381 30.8
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 1 1,065 59.4 271 .226 .421 .353 26.4 24.4 21.3 .273 .530 .401 51.0
2021 Slider 2.0 10 483 27.0 109 .089 .198 .172 49.0 50.5 30.4 .098 .175 .152 17.0
2021 Curveball -0.6 -1 139 7.8 21 .222 .278 .288 31.3 33.3 20.6 .230 .303 .297 54.5
2021 Changeup -1.3 -1 105 5.9 22 .190 .476 .295 11.9 9.1 10.0 .262 .482 .332 36.8
2020 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 6 560 63.0 136 .208 .442 .322 19.5 19.1 17.8 .214 .415 .315 36.8
2020 Slider 2.6 6 226 25.4 58 .075 .075 .122 32.1 41.4 24.5 .103 .125 .153 6.9
2020 Changeup -6.8 -4 64 7.2 11 .600 1.400 .755 18.5 0.0 0.0 .449 .982 .544 36.4
2020 Curveball 1.6 1 38 4.3 9 .111 .444 .222 30.8 44.4 26.7 .043 .078 .051 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 153 81.2 73 14.2 2:45 2:30 15
2024 Curveball 25 75.2 76 20.1 7:15 7:30 -15
2024 4-Seam Fastball 224 91.7 94 20.3 12:45 12:30 15
2024 Slider 161 77.5 51 18.1 8:00 8:45 -45
2023 Changeup 116 83.7 84 17.8 2:15 2:15 0
2023 Curveball 214 76.6 75 18.6 7:00 7:30 -30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1,649 92.8 93 19.0 12:45 12:30 15
2023 Slider 829 79.5 43 15.1 8:15 9:00 -45
2022 Changeup 96 85.2 83 17.5 2:15 2:00 15
2022 Curveball 208 76.5 77 18.6 7:15 7:45 -30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1,523 93.8 95 20.0 12:45 12:45 0
2022 Slider 695 79.9 43 16.2 8:15 9:15 -60
2021 Changeup 105 86.6 97 18.5 2:00 2:15 -15
2021 Curveball 133 75.8 81 19.9 7:15 7:30 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1,051 93.5 94 19.3 12:45 12:45 0
2021 Slider 479 81.0 40 12.3 8:45 9:30 -45
2020 Changeup 61 85.9 98 18.6 2:00 2:15 -15
2020 Curveball 35 76.4 75 17.7 7:30 7:45 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 554 92.2 93 19.0 12:45 12:45 0
2020 Slider 224 78.8 49 13.6 8:30 9:15 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 252 1,065 9 9 -5 -3 9
2021 469 2,006 16 22 -16 -12 10
2022 629 2,756 26 26 -15 -9 28
2023 736 3,077 18 28 -26 -15 6
2024 150 570 2 3 -3 -4 -2
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2020 889 49.4 63.8 82.9 23.6 63.2 42.4 44.4 43.4 22.5 8.4 81.3
2021 1,792 44.1 71.3 75.3 24.5 51.4 40.3 48.2 45.1 31.6 6.5 77.8
2022 2,554 49.3 70.9 76.0 28.0 53.4 43.0 55.9 49.2 30.4 8.0 78.4
2023 2,882 46.7 69.2 80.0 29.3 57.6 41.5 55.3 48.0 27.1 7.5 74.7
2024 570 45.6 66.5 80.9 23.9 56.8 40.7 56.7 43.3 26.3 5.8 60.6
Player 8,687 47.1 69.4 78.2 26.9 55.6 41.8 53.0 47.0 28.5 7.4 76.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 60.9 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2020 84 90 73 47 92 28 58 74 90 60 52 21 17 34 74 17
2021 31 72 39 21 29 34 16 12 17 88 10 83 13 49 76 94 20
2022 96 98 95 77 96 34 50 52 82 94 34 82 33 48 81 92 21
2023 39 68 26 9 63 7 25 47 56 48 40 59 56 28 57 95 17
2024 27 53 37 27 27 53 67 46 92 22 11 57 12 14 64 13
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 22.6 12 9.2 3 3 11 2 16.7
2021 24.4 19 19.3 0 8 9 12 63.2
2022 24.1 18 16.7 1 5 20 3 16.7
2023 23.9 27 31.8 -5 10 21 15 55.6
2024 22.8 4 4.3 0 3 5 1 25.0
Player 23.8 80 81.3 -1 29 66 33 41.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2020 12 10 7 11 10 9 12 7 9 4 9 13 7 6 11 9 11 10 7 11 8 10 14 8 9 5 11 12 9 11 7
2021 19 25 14 20 20 19 20 20 19 14 17 21 18 15 21 23 19 20 19 22 18 18 23 23 18 17 23 22 15 17 18
2022 18 11 15 20 18 16 19 14 13 13 12 19 20 17 18 20 16 15 16 16 19 14 25 20 11 12 21 21 21 16 13
2023 27 29 22 36 33 30 33 32 29 28 29 32 36 28 33 35 34 28 34 35 30 30 42 39 29 28 32 35 36 30 27
2024 4 4 2 6 4 4 6 6 5 2 4 7 4 2 5 5 4 4 6 4 4 4 6 7 3 3 4 4 5 4 2
Player 80 79 60 93 85 78 90 79 75 61 71 92 85 68 88 92 84 77 82 88 79 76 110 97 70 65 91 94 86 78 67
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.2 93.5 1.3 ↑ 93.8 0.3 ↑ 92.7 -1.1 ↓ 91.7 -1.0 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 85.9 86.6 0.7 ↑ 85.2 -1.4 ↓ 83.7 -1.5 ↓ 81.2 -2.5 ↓
Breaking Velocity 78.3 79.9 1.6 ↑ 79.1 -0.8 ↓ 78.9 -0.2 ↓ 77.2 -1.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 86.9 90.6 3.7 ↑ 88.4 -2.2 ↓ 89.1 0.7 ↑ 88.9 -0.2 ↓
Launch Angle 25.1 22.5 -2.6 ↓ 25.4 2.9 ↑ 23.8 -1.6 ↓ 24.6 0.8 ↑
Barrel % 6.4 9.8 3.4 ↑ 7.2 -2.6 ↓ 9.4 2.2 ↑ 6.7 -2.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 29.3 43.2 13.9 ↑ 33.6 -9.6 ↓ 38.3 4.7 ↑ 30.8 -7.5 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 28.6 36.8 8.2 ↑ 31.2 -5.6 ↓ 38.1 6.9 ↑ 41.3 3.2 ↑
xBA .187 .221 0.034 ↑ .168 -0.053 ↓ .230 0.062 ↑ .240 0.010 ↑
BA .188 .186 -0.002 ↓ .170 -0.016 ↓ .234 0.064 ↑ .233 -0.001 ↓
xwOBA .271 .327 0.056 ↑ .244 -0.083 ↓ .323 0.079 ↑ .334 0.011 ↑
wOBA .280 .291 0.011 ↑ .251 -0.040 ↓ .317 0.066 ↑ .327 0.010 ↑
xSLG .348 .415 0.067 ↑ .286 -0.129 ↓ .443 0.157 ↑ .417 -0.026 ↓
SLG .391 .355 -0.036 ↓ .305 -0.050 ↓ .424 0.119 ↑ .411 -0.013 ↓
K% 25.2 30.7 5.5 ↑ 33.2 2.5 ↑ 23.1 -10.1 ↓ 18.0 -5.1 ↓
BB% 8.4 12.5 4.1 ↑ 8.9 -3.6 ↓ 9.0 0.1 ↑ 12.7 3.7 ↑
Swing % 43.4 45.1 1.7 ↑ 49.2 4.1 ↑ 48.0 -1.2 ↓ 43.3 -4.7 ↓
Whiff% 22.5 31.6 9.1 ↑ 30.4 -1.2 ↓ 27.1 -3.3 ↓ 26.3 -0.8 ↓
In Zone % 49.4 44.1 -5.3 ↓ 49.3 5.2 ↑ 46.7 -2.6 ↓ 45.6 -1.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.6 55.9 5.3 ↑ 50.7 -5.2 ↓ 53.3 2.6 ↑ 54.4 1.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 23.6 24.5 0.9 ↑ 28.0 3.5 ↑ 29.3 1.3 ↑ 23.9 -5.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 15.9 23.9 8.0 ↑ 30.4 6.5 ↑ 29.3 -1.1 ↓ 32.0 2.7 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 44.4 48.2 3.8 ↑ 55.9 7.7 ↑ 55.3 -0.6 ↓ 56.7 1.4 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 214 .280 89 28 31.5 125 102 81.6
2021 Shifts 423 .291 241 49 20.3 182 158 86.8
2022 Shifts 585 .251 263 78 29.7 322 280 87.0
2023 Shades 687 .317 315 14 4.4 372 214 57.5
2024 Shades 150 .327 76 29 38.2 74 35 47.3
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2020 306 18.5 8.5% 1.6% 139 25.3 0.0% 11.5%
2021 520 18.6 12.1% 2.9% 301 25.8 0.0% 22.6%
2022 834 18.6 12.7% 3.4% 297 24.4 0.0% 13.1%
2023 843 15.8 38.9% 0.4% 441 21.3 0.7% 1.1%
2024 179 18.0 6.1% 1.1% 95 20.4 0.0% 2.1%
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Pitch Distribution

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