Ronel Blanco
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 265LBS | Age: 30
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 0 7.11 7 0 0 6.1 7 1.89
2023 2 1 4.50 17 7 0 52 52 1.48
2024 3 0 1.65 5 5 0 32.2 30 0.92
3 Seasons 5 1 3.66 29 12 0 91 89 1.31
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 7 0-0 7.11 6.1 7 1.89
2023 17 2-1 4.50 52 52 1.48
2024 5 3-0 1.65 32.2 30 0.92
3 Seasons 29 5-1 3.66 91 89 1.31
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
2022 28 120 20 3 15.0 9.4 89.1 107.8 15.8 50.0 .295 .549 .414 .414 .488 40.0 21.9 12.5 7.11 7.88
2023 29 905 144 17 11.8 7.5 88.5 110.8 17.2 34.0 .245 .445 .352 .345 .396 34.7 23.0 12.4 4.50 5.13
2024 30 488 82 2 2.4 1.6 85.5 109.5 18.7 18.3 .168 .263 .218 .246 .253 25.6 23.4 10.9 1.65 2.33
Player 1513 246 22 8.9 5.7 87.5 110.8 17.6 30.1 .223 .393 .313 .318 .356 32.1 23.1 11.9
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Blanco relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(37.3%) ,
Changeup
(31.6%) ,
Slider
(20.7%) ,
Cutter
(7.6%) ,
Curveball
(2.7%) ,
Sinker
(0.2%) ,


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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
2022 25.0 40.0 35.0 0.0 20.0 40.0 40.0 5.0 15.0 20.0 35.0 10.0 15.0 9.4
2023 34.7 34.7 26.4 4.2 52.8 27.8 19.4 3.5 25.7 31.3 23.6 3.5 11.8 7.5
2024 46.3 31.7 8.5 13.4 42.7 31.7 25.6 4.9 32.9 35.4 19.5 4.9 2.4 1.6
Player 37.8 34.1 21.1 6.9 46.7 30.1 23.2 4.1 27.2 31.7 23.2 4.5 8.9 5.7
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 Curveball HOU R 13 79.4 46.5 -7.0 -13 9.5 0.6 7
2024 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 182 93.7 14.4 0.2 1 8.9 1.8 26
2024 Slider HOU R 101 87.0 27.3 -6.5 -19 1.1 -3.3 -76
2024 Changeup HOU R 154 85.5 32.9 1.3 4 12.9 -1.3 -9
2024 Cutter HOU R 37 87.2 30.8 -2.3 -8 1.7 -1.6 -50
2024 Sinker HOU R 1 94.1 21.3 -0.8 -4 11.8 -3.5 -23
2023 Curveball HOU R 20 80.0 45.6 -7.5 -14 10.2 2.1 26
2023 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 364 94.5 12.0 2.5 17 7.3 0.5 8
2023 Changeup HOU R 81 85.5 30.7 -0.1 0 13.0 -1.1 -8
2023 Slider HOU R 440 88.0 26.9 -6.0 -18 1.9 -2.2 -54
2022 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 55 95.2 11.7 1.9 14 5.0 -1.8 -26
2022 Changeup HOU R 9 87.3 25.8 -3.3 -11 13.0 -1.1 -8
2022 Slider HOU R 51 87.3 32.1 -1.3 -4 5.1 0.7 17
2022 Curveball HOU R 5 81.0 47.2 -4.4 -9 13.8 6.0 76
! 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 -0.1 0 182 37.3 39 .129 .323 .292 24.0 20.5 24.2 .173 .377 .326 34.8
2024 Changeup 2.3 4 154 31.6 46 .122 .146 .182 38.3 39.1 34.0 .138 .158 .192 13.0
2024 Slider 5.5 6 101 20.7 33 .133 .133 .152 21.9 3.0 4.2 .172 .257 .218 23.3
2024 Cutter -0.5 0 37 7.6 9 .375 .375 .378 39.1 33.3 20.0 .297 .405 .346 60.0
2024 Curveball 0.4 0 13 2.7 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .106 .119 .096 0.0
2024 Sinker -4.1 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 Slider 1.5 7 440 48.6 114 .189 .321 .260 42.6 28.1 21.6 .197 .326 .256 23.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -3.5 -13 364 40.2 91 .343 .714 .501 18.5 13.2 12.8 .317 .669 .472 54.2
2023 Changeup 0.8 1 81 9.0 21 .263 .316 .298 37.0 38.1 21.1 .251 .297 .283 9.1
2023 Curveball -0.9 0 20 2.2 -- -- -- 25.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -3.0 -2 55 45.8 11 .444 .889 .586 27.6 18.2 20.0 .352 .769 .519 28.6
2022 Slider -0.9 0 51 42.5 16 .154 .231 .266 34.4 18.8 14.3 .246 .436 .368 40.0
2022 Changeup -9.6 -1 9 7.5 5 .400 .800 .500 50.0 40.0 100.0 .321 .449 .333 66.7
2022 Curveball -2.8 0 5 4.2 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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 119 85.5 97 15.4 2:00 2:30 -30
2024 Curveball 13 79.4 43 11.6 7:00 8:00 -60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 153 93.6 99 19.7 1:00 1:00 0
2024 Slider 99 87.1 49 8.0 12:30 11:30 60
2023 Changeup 77 85.5 95 15.6 2:00 2:15 -15
2023 Curveball 20 80.0 43 12.2 7:00 8:15 -75
2023 4-Seam Fastball 364 94.5 98 19.9 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Slider 439 88.0 46 7.8 12:30 11:30 60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 53 95.2 93 18.9 12:45 12:30 15
2022 Slider 49 87.2 32 6.5 11:00 9:45 75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 32 120 -4 3 -1 -1 -3
2023 226 905 -2 8 -6 -5 -5
2024 128 488 4 7 -2 -1 9
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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 %
2022 120 46.7 91.1 78.4 29.7 31.6 35.8 62.5 58.3 34.3 4.2 100.0
2023 905 46.5 76.5 77.0 29.1 44.0 41.4 58.4 51.2 33.0 6.2 75.0
2024 488 50.5 72.1 81.5 27.3 39.4 44.4 60.9 50.0 29.5 7.6 81.1
Player 1,513 47.8 76.1 78.6 28.6 41.6 41.9 59.6 51.4 32.0 6.5 78.6
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
2022 72 65 94
2023 17 47 25 15 16 52 2 61 80 46 7 90 53 58 59 84
2024 92 96 94 85 87 68 91 91 96 55 27 73 45 46 40 78
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 22.4 1 0.6 0 0 1 0 0.0
2023 22.9 12 11.8 0 1 7 7 58.3
2024 22.5 2 1.0 1 0 0 1 50.0
Player 22.9 15 13.4 2 1 8 8 53.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
2023 12 11 11 13 13 12 14 10 12 10 9 12 11 12 13 14 13 11 12 13 10 11 15 14 9 11 12 13 11 12 10
2024 2 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
Player 15 13 12 15 14 13 16 12 13 11 10 13 13 14 15 16 15 13 14 14 12 12 17 16 11 12 13 15 13 13 11
! 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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.2 94.5 -0.7 92.6 -1.9
Offspeed Velocity 87.3 85.5 -1.8 85.5 0.0
Breaking Velocity 86.7 87.6 0.9 86.2 -1.4
Exit Velocity 89.1 88.5 -0.6 85.5 -3.0
Launch Angle 15.8 17.2 1.4 18.7 1.5
Barrel % 15.0 11.8 -3.2 2.4 -9.4
Hard Hit % 40.0 34.7 -5.3 25.6 -9.1
Sweet Spot % 50.0 34.0 -16.0 18.3 -15.7
xBA .295 .245 -0.050 .168 -0.077
BA .296 .251 -0.045 .144 -0.107
xwOBA .414 .345 -0.069 .246 -0.099
wOBA .414 .352 -0.062 .218 -0.134
xSLG .549 .445 -0.104 .263 -0.182
SLG .556 .462 -0.094 .207 -0.255
K% 21.9 23.0 1.1 23.4 0.4
BB% 12.5 12.4 -0.1 10.9 -1.5
Swing % 58.3 51.2 -7.1 50.0 -1.2
Whiff% 34.3 33.0 -1.3 29.5 -3.5
In Zone % 46.7 46.5 -0.2 50.5 4.0
Out of Zone % 53.3 53.5 0.2 49.5 -4.0
Out of Zone Swing % 29.7 29.1 -0.6 27.3 -1.8
First Pitch Swing % 50.0 36.3 -13.7 35.9 -0.4
First Pitch Strike % 62.5 58.4 -4.1 60.9 2.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 32 .414 18 4 22.2 14 10 71.4
2023 Shades 226 .352 122 2 1.6 104 56 53.8
2024 Shades 102 .195 49 10 20.4 53 24 45.3
! 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 %
2022 19 17.7 21.1% 0.0% 22 23.9 0.0% 13.6%
2023 233 13.8 65.2% 0.0% 144 18.8 0.7% 0.7%
2024 136 13.0 80.1% 0.0% 74 18.7 0.0% 1.4%
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Pitch Distribution