Tayler Saucedo
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 205LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 21, #632, Toronto Blue Jays | Tennessee Wesleyan
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 0 13.50 4 0 0 2.2 0 2.63
2023 3 2 3.59 52 0 1 47.2 43 1.34
2024 1 0 2.70 14 0 1 13.1 13 1.13
4 Seasons 4 2 4.03 99 0 2 89.1 75 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 4 0-0 13.50 2.2 0 2.63
2023 52 3-2 3.59 47.2 43 1.34
2024 14 1-0 2.70 13.1 13 1.13
4 Seasons 99 4-2 4.03 89.1 75 1.32
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2021 28 432 78 4 5.1 3.7 87.9 116.6 3.4 26.9 .256 .380 .294 .320 .340 35.9 17.4 9.2 4.56 4.35
2022 29 48 14 4 28.6 26.7 95.7 113.0 8.5 50.0 .416 1.015 .662 .604 .598 71.4 0.0 6.7 13.50 25.00
2023 30 789 135 7 5.2 3.4 85.9 115.3 0.8 25.9 .246 .337 .298 .313 .333 31.9 20.8 11.1 3.59 4.13
2024 31 203 36 0 0.0 0.0 85.4 106.1 2.8 22.2 .201 .245 .243 .233 .264 33.3 23.6 9.1 2.70 2.09
Player 1472 263 15 5.7 3.9 87.0 116.6 2.3 27.0 .249 .364 .304 .315 .340 35.4 19.4 10.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Saucedo relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(43.8%) ,
Slider
(26.6%) ,
Changeup
(22.2%) ,
Four Seamer
(4.4%) ,
Curveball
(3.0%) ,


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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
2021 59.0 10.3 23.1 7.7 34.6 48.7 16.7 6.4 44.9 12.8 25.6 5.1 5.1 3.7
2022 50.0 21.4 28.6 0.0 57.1 42.9 0.0 7.1 35.7 7.1 7.1 14.3 28.6 26.7
2023 58.5 14.1 23.7 3.0 45.2 31.1 23.0 8.9 43.0 14.1 26.7 0.7 5.2 3.4
2024 52.8 22.2 25.0 0.0 38.9 27.8 33.3 11.1 38.9 22.2 25.0 2.8 0.0 0.0
Player 57.4 14.4 24.0 3.8 41.8 36.5 21.3 8.4 42.6 14.4 25.1 3.0 5.7 3.9
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 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


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 Changeup SEA L 45 85.2 35.5 1.3 4 18.9 4.3 29
2024 4-Seam Fastball SEA L 9 91.6 18.6 -1.8 -10 10.8 3.1 39
2024 Sinker SEA L 89 91.4 29.7 4.7 19 17.6 2.2 14
2024 Slider SEA L 54 82.9 40.8 2.4 6 4.8 -2.2 -31
2024 Curveball SEA L 6 76.2 55.7 -2.0 -3 9.4 -2.4 -21
2023 Sweeper SEA L 97 82.5 35.9 -2.4 -6 9.4 -4.3 -32
2023 Curveball SEA L 45 77.1 55.0 -1.1 -2 11.9 1.3 12
2023 Changeup SEA L 204 86.0 34.6 1.5 4 18.2 3.6 25
2023 Sinker SEA L 314 92.3 28.5 3.9 16 17.7 2.5 17
2023 Slider SEA L 110 82.6 41.7 2.9 7 6.0 -0.9 -13
2023 4-Seam Fastball SEA L 18 92.9 16.7 -0.7 -4 10.9 3.6 49
2022 Slider TOR L 16 83.9 40.3 2.6 7 4.4 -1.8 -29
2022 Sinker TOR L 21 92.6 27.1 4.0 18 16.7 1.6 11
2022 4-Seam Fastball TOR L 2 93.0 14.5 0.7 5 4.8 -2.2 -32
2022 Curveball TOR L 4 77.1 55.8 -0.5 -1 11.6 1.7 17
2022 Changeup TOR L 5 86.2 35.7 3.9 12 19.1 4.6 32
2021 4-Seam Fastball TOR L 43 93.6 16.4 -1.3 -9 8.0 0.6 8
2021 Curveball TOR L 49 79.8 51.9 -0.9 -2 10.0 0.6 6
2021 Slider TOR L 94 85.7 37.6 2.5 7 3.5 -1.6 -31
2021 Changeup TOR L 45 87.1 30.1 -0.3 -1 18.2 3.9 27
2021 Sinker TOR L 201 93.7 26.3 4.7 22 14.6 -0.3 -2
! 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 Sinker 4.9 4 89 43.8 29 .148 .148 .172 21.6 27.6 42.1 .211 .255 .237 36.8
2024 Slider -1.5 -1 54 26.6 9 .375 .750 .494 33.3 33.3 20.0 .223 .317 .284 40.0
2024 Changeup 2.0 1 45 22.2 13 .231 .231 .208 32.0 15.4 10.0 .182 .199 .168 18.2
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.2 0 9 4.4 2 .000 .000 .350 25.0 0.0 0.0 .011 .019 .355 100.0
2024 Curveball 0.3 0 6 3.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 Sinker 1.5 5 315 39.9 89 .236 .278 .312 17.5 10.1 18.0 .272 .354 .344 41.5
2023 Changeup 0.2 0 204 25.9 51 .208 .292 .242 38.5 27.5 17.1 .207 .254 .220 25.7
2023 Slider -1.5 -2 110 13.9 25 .261 .261 .344 40.0 24.0 20.7 .268 .363 .307 17.6
2023 Sweeper -2.7 -3 97 12.3 19 .267 .600 .432 36.6 31.6 27.3 .208 .415 .355 11.1
2023 Curveball 0.4 0 45 5.7 13 .182 .273 .273 20.0 38.5 23.8 .228 .432 .342 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 0 18 2.3 9 .333 .333 .433 44.4 33.3 33.3 .279 .313 .406 0.0
2022 Sinker -3.9 -1 21 43.8 10 .400 .800 .505 0.0 0.0 0.0 .425 .899 .555 70.0
2022 Slider -17.5 -3 16 33.3 5 .500 2.000 .940 37.5 0.0 0.0 .393 1.305 .703 75.0
2022 Changeup 0.9 0 5 10.4 -- -- -- 33.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 Curveball -1.8 0 4 8.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -2.9 0 2 4.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 Sinker 1.0 2 201 46.5 55 .271 .354 .327 26.0 12.7 15.9 .264 .332 .317 46.3
2021 Slider 1.4 1 94 21.8 25 .091 .136 .178 40.4 28.0 17.5 .192 .220 .221 18.8
2021 Curveball 0.4 0 49 11.3 9 .111 .222 .139 53.3 44.4 33.3 .147 .161 .136 0.0
2021 Changeup -2.0 -1 45 10.4 8 .143 .286 .244 38.9 12.5 7.7 .133 .195 .216 16.7
2021 4-Seam Fastball -7.6 -3 43 10.0 12 .500 1.000 .642 18.2 0.0 0.0 .541 1.288 .748 50.0
! 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 42 85.2 94 20.2 9:30 9:00 30
2024 Sinker 83 91.4 89 18.7 10:00 9:15 45
2024 Slider 48 82.9 27 6.1 2:30 4:00 -90
2023 Changeup 198 85.9 93 19.3 9:45 9:00 45
2023 Curveball 45 77.1 72 17.0 4:00 4:30 -30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 17 92.8 85 18.4 10:30 10:45 -15
2023 Sinker 310 92.3 89 18.8 10:00 9:15 45
2023 Slider 107 82.6 32 7.7 3:00 4:00 -60
2023 Sweeper 90 82.6 33 10.5 3:00 2:30 30
2022 Sinker 21 92.6 83 18.1 10:15 9:30 45
2022 Slider 16 83.9 18 5.8 2:30 3:45 -75
2021 Changeup 45 87.1 99 19.7 9:45 9:30 15
2021 Curveball 49 79.8 67 15.5 4:15 4:30 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 42 93.5 76 16.6 10:30 11:00 -30
2021 Sinker 198 93.7 79 15.9 10:15 9:30 45
2021 Slider 94 85.7 16 4.7 2:15 3:45 -90
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 109 432 -1 5 -1 -3 -1
2023 206 789 7 5 -7 -4 1
2024 53 203 6 4 -4 -1 4
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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 %
2021 432 37.7 67.5 85.5 34.6 47.3 40.0 49.5 47.0 32.0 6.3 70.4
2022 48 50.0 70.8 94.1 25.0 50.0 37.5 53.3 47.9 17.4 6.3 100.0
2023 789 44.9 61.0 81.5 33.3 53.1 41.7 58.0 45.8 29.6 6.6 59.6
2024 203 43.8 68.5 82.0 32.5 56.8 40.4 53.7 48.3 26.5 3.9 75.0
Player 1,472 42.8 64.1 83.2 33.4 51.6 40.9 54.8 46.5 29.5 6.1 65.6
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2021 53 85 59
2023 51 46 86 95 11 92 87 94 92 32 15 75 90 23 77 78
2024 96 84 97 98 75 96 96 92 75 56 43 57 83 13 68 77
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 22.7 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2022 24.2 3 3.0 0 0 1 2 66.7
2023 24.3 2 3.3 -1 1 4 1 50.0
Player 24.0 6 7.3 -1 1 5 4 66.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2022 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2023 2 3 1 4 4 2 5 4 4 2 2 4 2 3 5 4 5 3 3 5 3 3 5 6 2 2 4 2 4 2 2
Player 6 7 5 8 8 6 9 8 7 6 6 8 6 7 9 8 9 7 7 9 7 7 9 10 6 6 8 6 8 6 6
! 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.7 92.7 -1.0 92.3 -0.4 91.4 -0.9
Offspeed Velocity 87.1 86.2 -0.9 86.0 -0.2 85.2 -0.8
Breaking Velocity 83.7 82.6 -1.1 81.6 -1.0 82.2 0.6
Exit Velocity 87.9 95.7 7.8 85.9 -9.8 85.4 -0.5
Launch Angle 3.4 8.5 5.1 0.8 -7.7 2.8 2.0
Barrel % 5.1 28.6 23.5 5.2 -23.4 0.0 -5.2
Hard Hit % 35.9 71.4 35.5 31.9 -39.5 33.3 1.4
Sweet Spot % 26.9 50.0 23.1 25.9 -24.1 22.2 -3.7
xBA .256 .416 0.160 .246 -0.170 .201 -0.045
BA .229 .429 0.200 .234 -0.195 .204 -0.030
xwOBA .320 .604 0.284 .313 -0.291 .233 -0.080
wOBA .294 .662 0.368 .298 -0.364 .243 -0.055
xSLG .380 1.015 0.635 .337 -0.678 .245 -0.092
SLG .354 1.143 0.789 .309 -0.834 .265 -0.044
K% 17.4 0.0 -17.4 20.8 20.8 23.6 2.8
BB% 9.2 6.7 -2.5 11.1 4.4 9.1 -2.0
Swing % 47.0 47.9 0.9 45.8 -2.1 48.3 2.5
Whiff% 32.0 17.4 -14.6 29.6 12.2 26.5 -3.1
In Zone % 37.7 50.0 12.3 44.9 -5.1 43.8 -1.1
Out of Zone % 62.3 50.0 -12.3 55.1 5.1 56.2 1.1
Out of Zone Swing % 34.6 25.0 -9.6 33.3 8.3 32.5 -0.8
First Pitch Swing % 22.0 40.0 18.0 27.5 -12.5 25.9 -1.6
First Pitch Strike % 49.5 53.3 3.8 58.0 4.7 53.7 -4.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 109 .294 68 7 10.3 41 21 51.2
2022 Shifts 15 .662 6 5 83.3 9 1 11.1
2023 Shades 206 .298 138 21 15.2 68 33 48.5
2024 Shades 53 .243 30 8 26.7 23 17 73.9
! 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 %
2021 117 18.3 16.2% 0.9% 74 22.0 1.4% 8.1%
2022 13 15.8 15.4% 0.0% 7 20.9 0.0% 0.0%
2023 181 13.1 85.6% 0.0% 170 16.9 24.7% 0.0%
2024 37 13.0 81.1% 0.0% 36 17.0 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution