Andrés Blanco
2B | Bats/Throws: S/R | 5' 10" 192LBS | Age: 40
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 261 233 32 68 7 1 .292 .360 .502 .862
2016 209 190 26 48 4 2 .253 .316 .405 .721
2017 144 130 10 25 3 1 .192 .257 .292 .549
10 Seasons 1,321 1,191 137 305 18 5 .256 .310 .378 .688
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .292 7 1 .862
2016 .253 4 2 .721
2017 .192 3 1 .549
10 Seasons .256 18 5 .688
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting 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%
2015 31 1008 192 10 5.2 3.8 87.1 106.9 10.5 31.3 .263 .410 .372 .332 .362 26.6 16.9 8.0
2016 32 786 150 3 2.0 1.4 88.5 105.5 6.5 30.7 .244 .333 .313 .288 .317 35.3 19.6 5.3
2017 33 553 98 3 3.1 2.1 84.4 106.4 8.8 30.6 .191 .291 .243 .250 .283 23.5 23.6 8.3
Player 2347 440 16 3.6 2.6 87.0 106.9 8.7 30.9 .239 .356 .321 .297 .329 28.9 19.4 7.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 46.9 17.2 27.6 8.3 33.3 41.1 24.5 1.0 37.5 22.9 25.0 4.7 5.2 3.8
2016 52.0 12.7 28.7 6.7 34.7 40.0 25.3 2.7 39.3 19.3 29.3 6.0 2.0 1.4
2017 52.0 18.4 21.4 8.2 36.7 31.6 31.6 5.1 38.8 24.5 22.4 5.1 3.1 2.1
Player 49.8 15.9 26.6 7.7 34.5 38.6 26.4 2.5 38.4 22.0 25.9 5.2 3.6 2.6
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 0 230 41.6 59 .212 .423 .312 27.7 22.0 20.0 .223 .385 .302 32.5
2017 Sinker -1.2 -1 119 21.5 36 .258 .323 .317 16.4 11.1 16.7 .237 .356 .314 33.3
2017 Changeup -4.0 -3 76 13.7 18 .118 .118 .139 41.3 27.8 18.5 .199 .219 .213 8.3
2017 Slider -1.4 -1 52 9.4 12 .273 .273 .225 42.9 33.3 26.7 .132 .150 .165 0.0
2017 Curveball -4.9 -2 40 7.2 9 .000 .000 .000 38.9 44.4 23.5 .048 .080 .055 0.0
2017 Split-Finger -5.9 -1 17 3.1 4 .000 .000 .000 62.5 50.0 20.0 .100 .108 .092 0.0
2017 Cutter -2.9 0 14 2.5 5 .200 .200 .180 0.0 20.0 20.0 .065 .073 .060 0.0
2017 Sweeper -10.2 0 3 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 135 454 1 -11 1 1 -8
2010 178 612 -2 -4 0 2 -4
2011 82 296 -2 -3 1 1 -3
2014 52 195 -1 -1 1 0 0
2015 261 1,006 8 -11 6 5 7
2016 209 786 1 -9 6 3 1
2017 144 552 -8 -5 2 1 -9
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,008 46.9 68.9 82.5 30.3 67.3 48.5 28.4 48.3 22.0 3.8 81.6
2016 786 43.6 77.3 80.8 34.3 60.5 42.2 30.6 53.1 26.6 5.9 78.3
2017 553 52.5 74.5 78.7 30.5 45.0 40.9 36.8 53.5 30.1 7.1 84.6
Player 2,347 47.1 72.9 80.9 31.8 60.2 44.6 31.1 51.1 25.6 5.2 81.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2015 53 50
2016 44 41
2017 50 37
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.0 4 2.8 1 2 4 0 0.0
2017 24.3 3 3.3 0 0 1 3 100.0
Player 23.4 7 6.1 1 2 5 3 42.9
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 4 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 0 4 3 4 3 1 5 4 3 3 1 3 3 3 0
2017 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3
Player 7 6 5 7 7 7 8 7 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 8 3 7 6 7 6 4 9 7 6 6 4 7 6 7 3
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.1 88.5 1.4 84.4 -4.1
Launch Angle 10.5 6.5 -4.0 8.8 2.3
Barrel % 5.2 2.0 -3.2 3.1 1.1
Hard Hit % 26.6 35.3 8.7 23.5 -11.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.3 30.7 -0.6 30.6 -0.1
xBA .263 .244 -0.019 .191 -0.053
BA .292 .253 -0.039 .192 -0.061
xwOBA .332 .288 -0.044 .250 -0.038
wOBA .372 .313 -0.059 .243 -0.070
xSLG .410 .333 -0.077 .291 -0.042
SLG .502 .405 -0.097 .292 -0.113
K% 16.9 19.6 2.7 23.6 4.0
BB% 8.0 5.3 -2.7 8.3 3.0
Swing % 48.3 53.1 4.8 53.5 0.4
Whiff% 22.0 26.6 4.6 30.1 3.5
In Zone % 46.9 43.6 -3.3 52.5 8.9
Out of Zone % 53.1 56.4 3.3 47.5 -8.9
Out of Zone Swing % 30.3 34.3 4.0 30.5 -3.8
First Pitch Swing % 28.4 30.6 2.2 36.8 6.2
First Pitch Strike % 61.7 58.9 -2.8 65.3 6.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 163 0 0.0 .322
2016 Shifts R 42 0 0.0 .243
2017 Shifts L 102 0 0.0 .249
2017 Shifts R 42 0 0.0 .227
! 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 %
2010 192 18.0 12.5% 3.1% 96 24.0 3.1% 16.7%
2011 77 18.0 18.2% 5.2% 39 24.4 0.0% 10.3%
2014 54 20.3 7.4% 0.0% 31 23.8 0.0% 9.7%
2015 334 17.6 30.5% 3.9% 128 23.2 6.3% 21.1%
2016 218 18.1 22.9% 4.6% 94 25.8 4.3% 25.5%
2017 153 19.8 12.4% 2.0% 71 25.9 0.0% 21.1%
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