Héctor Rondón
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 225LBS | Age: 36
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 2 5 3.20 63 0 15 59 67 1.32
2019 3 2 3.71 62 1 0 60.2 48 1.25
2020 1 0 7.65 23 0 0 20 23 1.80
8 Seasons 24 20 3.49 444 1 92 436 441 1.20
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 63 2-5 3.20 59 67 1.32
2019 62 3-2 3.71 60.2 48 1.25
2020 23 1-0 7.65 20 23 1.80
8 Seasons 444 24-20 3.49 436 441 1.20
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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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
2015 27 1079 194 5 2.6 1.8 87.2 111.5 7.5 30.4 .215 .306 .249 .255 .311 27.3 24.6 5.3 1.67 2.65
2016 28 785 132 6 4.5 3.0 89.7 107.6 12.1 28.8 .214 .334 .275 .259 .343 33.3 29.0 4.0 3.53 2.78
2017 29 999 147 14 9.5 5.9 86.0 109.0 11.2 34.0 .227 .412 .311 .307 .396 32.7 29.1 8.4 4.24 4.04
2018 30 998 163 8 4.9 3.2 88.7 116.5 9.7 33.1 .228 .345 .301 .280 .351 36.9 26.8 8.0 3.20 3.27
2019 31 994 185 13 7.0 5.1 87.1 111.9 8.2 27.6 .231 .401 .319 .306 .336 34.2 18.7 7.8 3.71 4.11
2020 32 390 62 9 14.5 9.3 91.5 112.1 10.6 43.5 .262 .485 .412 .355 .431 43.5 23.7 11.3 7.65 5.52
Player 5245 883 55 6.2 4.2 87.9 116.5 9.5 31.6 .226 .367 .299 .287 .351 33.4 25.3 7.1
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Rondón relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(49.0%) ,
Slider
(36.9%) ,
Sinker
(10.5%) ,
Changeup
(3.6%) ,


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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
2015 52.6 16.0 26.8 4.6 34.5 33.5 30.9 1.5 42.3 21.6 25.8 3.1 2.6 1.8
2016 49.2 22.7 22.0 6.1 34.1 23.5 42.4 2.3 35.6 23.5 24.2 5.3 4.5 3.0
2017 48.3 26.5 21.1 4.1 40.1 36.1 23.8 6.8 34.7 23.1 21.1 3.4 9.5 5.9
2018 47.9 22.1 26.4 3.7 31.3 41.1 27.6 3.7 33.7 23.3 26.4 5.5 4.9 3.2
2019 50.8 24.9 18.4 5.9 33.5 39.5 27.0 5.9 41.1 23.8 17.3 3.8 7.0 5.1
2020 35.5 27.4 32.3 4.8 32.3 43.5 24.2 3.2 27.4 25.8 21.0 8.1 14.5 9.3
Player 48.9 22.5 23.7 4.9 34.4 35.8 29.6 4.0 37.1 23.2 22.8 4.4 6.2 4.2
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.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2020 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 191 95.7 14.8 -0.5 8.0ARM 0.3 15.3 -0.7 8.0ARM 0.7
2020 Changeup AZ R 14 88.3 29.5 0.4 15.1ARM 1.5 5.5 0.9 15.1ARM 1.7
2020 Slider AZ R 144 85.4 37.7 1.7 5.7GLV 0.9 -0.2 1.6 5.7GLV 0.4
2020 Sinker AZ R 41 95.3 18.9 -1.1 15.6ARM 0.9 11.4 -2.3 15.6ARM 0.8
2019 Sinker HOU R 141 96.6 19.4 -0.1 16.3ARM 1.6 10.0 -0.9 16.3ARM 1.4
2019 Slider HOU R 345 86.8 37.6 3.4 5.9GLV 2.0 -0.7 2.5 5.9GLV 0.8
2019 Changeup HOU R 43 90.6 28.2 1.3 16.4ARM 2.2 4.9 2.0 16.4ARM 2.9
2019 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 443 96.7 14.4 -0.3 7.9ARM 0.0 15.1 -0.5 7.9ARM 0.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -4 191 49.0 51 .311 .844 .500 10.4 17.6 13.8 .253 .565 .379 41.7
2020 Slider -1.1 -2 144 36.9 34 .258 .323 .294 34.4 35.3 24.0 .275 .391 .322 47.4
2020 Sinker -0.3 0 41 10.5 9 .375 .625 .378 15.8 22.2 66.7 .258 .400 .304 42.9
2020 Changeup -0.8 0 14 3.6 1 -- -- .700 25.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 3 443 44.6 116 .267 .476 .359 21.5 19.0 15.1 .243 .384 .307 37.3
2019 Slider 0.8 3 345 34.7 73 .167 .348 .265 31.7 28.8 17.1 .195 .427 .291 32.6
2019 Sinker -0.3 0 141 14.2 52 .298 .489 .366 10.7 7.7 19.0 .261 .403 .319 34.1
2019 Changeup -4.0 -2 43 4.3 12 .273 .545 .450 14.3 0.0 0.0 .227 .425 .312 18.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 13 88.4 90 16.7 1:45 2:30 -45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 183 95.7 94 16.9 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Sinker 40 95.3 95 19.5 1:15 2:00 -45
2020 Slider 142 85.4 28 6.7 9:30 8:30 60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 236 911 1 8 -7 -4 -2
2014 255 997 2 12 -2 -2 9
2015 300 1,151 1 18 2 -3 18
2016 225 878 0 10 -3 -2 5
2017 249 1,048 -2 11 -6 -3 1
2018 249 1,000 6 4 -3 -3 3
2019 261 1,013 2 11 -4 -5 3
2020 95 390 -2 -2 -1 -1 -5
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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 %
2015 1,079 49.1 70.2 85.1 29.8 54.6 41.9 63.7 49.4 23.5 7.0 81.3
2016 785 52.9 65.8 79.1 25.1 60.2 41.9 72.0 46.6 24.6 7.5 86.4
2017 999 48.9 69.5 82.0 29.4 53.3 44.3 64.1 48.9 26.6 6.6 74.2
2018 998 50.7 67.8 75.2 27.2 54.5 42.2 61.3 47.8 30.4 8.9 84.1
2019 994 48.8 68.6 84.9 27.9 58.3 42.3 60.7 47.7 22.6 8.4 68.3
2020 390 49.2 67.2 89.9 27.3 53.7 45.1 57.9 46.9 19.7 4.9 94.7
Player 5,245 49.9 68.4 82.0 28.0 55.7 42.7 63.6 48.1 25.1 7.5 79.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
2015 92 83 91 94 90 91 94 76 92 76 83 57 53 95 14 70
2016 94 19 85
2017 56 75 42 25 76 51 2 80 55 88 49 67 69 93 30 72
2018 81 62 81 84 74 83 78 37 35 74 53 80 40 96 13 58
2019 58 65 57 50 61 60 48 84 70 19 55 26 36 93 13 65
2020 18 28 16 13 19 28 2 5 16 52 23 9 47 85 11 59
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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 21.1 9 7.3 2 4 6 2 22.2
2017 21.2 12 10.9 1 4 9 4 33.3
2018 22.8 4 3.6 0 4 5 0 0.0
2019 24.4 10 8.2 2 3 10 1 10.0
2020 25.0 6 4.9 1 2 3 3 50.0
Player 22.7 41 34.8 6 17 33 10 24.4
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 9 9 6 6 7 5 8 9 6 5 7 8 8 7 7 7 4 7 8 8 9 5 10 10 6 7 6 9 10 8 6
2017 12 11 9 9 10 11 12 12 6 10 9 11 13 12 11 12 11 10 12 10 13 9 14 13 12 12 8 14 14 10 7
2018 4 5 3 3 5 4 5 3 3 1 4 7 3 3 3 5 4 3 3 5 3 4 5 4 2 1 4 5 3 4 2
2019 10 10 8 9 7 7 9 10 4 5 6 10 12 8 8 11 7 7 11 8 10 8 11 11 7 6 7 8 12 6 2
2020 6 6 3 5 4 6 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 7 6 4 3 4 4 6 5 4
Player 41 41 29 32 33 33 39 39 23 24 30 41 41 35 34 40 32 32 40 36 41 31 47 44 31 29 29 40 45 33 21
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.8 96.7 -0.1 ↓ 96.4 -0.3 ↓ 97.2 0.8 ↑ 96.7 -0.5 ↓ 95.6 -1.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 91.1 90.7 -0.4 ↓ 90.4 -0.3 ↓ 91.5 1.1 ↑ 90.6 -0.9 ↓ 88.3 -2.3 ↓
Breaking Velocity 86.6 86.3 -0.3 ↓ 85.8 -0.5 ↓ 86.7 0.9 ↑ 86.8 0.1 ↑ 85.4 -1.4 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.2 89.7 2.5 ↑ 86.0 -3.7 ↓ 88.7 2.7 ↑ 87.1 -1.6 ↓ 91.5 4.4 ↑
Launch Angle 7.5 12.1 4.6 ↑ 11.2 -0.9 ↓ 9.7 -1.5 ↓ 8.2 -1.5 ↓ 10.6 2.4 ↑
Barrel % 2.6 4.5 1.9 ↑ 9.5 5.0 ↑ 4.9 -4.6 ↓ 7.0 2.1 ↑ 14.5 7.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 27.3 33.3 6.0 ↑ 32.7 -0.6 ↓ 36.9 4.2 ↑ 34.2 -2.7 ↓ 43.5 9.3 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.4 28.8 -1.6 ↓ 34.0 5.2 ↑ 33.1 -0.9 ↓ 27.6 -5.5 ↓ 43.5 15.9 ↑
xBA .215 .214 -0.001 ↓ .227 0.013 ↑ .228 0.001 ↑ .231 0.003 ↑ .262 0.031 ↑
BA .212 .225 0.013 ↑ .233 0.008 ↑ .252 0.019 ↑ .242 -0.010 ↓ .298 0.056 ↑
xwOBA .255 .259 0.004 ↑ .307 0.048 ↑ .280 -0.027 ↓ .306 0.026 ↑ .355 0.049 ↑
wOBA .249 .275 0.026 ↑ .311 0.036 ↑ .301 -0.010 ↓ .319 0.018 ↑ .412 0.093 ↑
xSLG .306 .334 0.028 ↑ .412 0.078 ↑ .345 -0.067 ↓ .401 0.056 ↑ .485 0.084 ↑
SLG .305 .380 0.075 ↑ .423 0.043 ↑ .383 -0.040 ↓ .442 0.059 ↑ .631 0.189 ↑
K% 24.6 29.0 4.4 ↑ 29.1 0.1 ↑ 26.8 -2.3 ↓ 18.7 -8.1 ↓ 23.7 5.0 ↑
BB% 5.3 4.0 -1.3 ↓ 8.4 4.4 ↑ 8.0 -0.4 ↓ 7.8 -0.2 ↓ 11.3 3.5 ↑
Swing % 49.4 46.6 -2.8 ↓ 48.9 2.3 ↑ 47.8 -1.1 ↓ 47.7 -0.1 ↓ 46.9 -0.8 ↓
Whiff% 23.5 24.6 1.1 ↑ 26.6 2.0 ↑ 30.4 3.8 ↑ 22.6 -7.8 ↓ 19.7 -2.9 ↓
In Zone % 49.1 52.9 3.8 ↑ 48.9 -4.0 ↓ 50.7 1.8 ↑ 48.8 -1.9 ↓ 49.2 0.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.9 47.1 -3.8 ↓ 51.1 4.0 ↑ 49.3 -1.8 ↓ 51.2 1.9 ↑ 50.8 -0.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 29.8 25.1 -4.7 ↓ 29.4 4.3 ↑ 27.2 -2.2 ↓ 27.9 0.7 ↑ 27.3 -0.6 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 34.2 32.0 -2.2 ↓ 34.6 2.6 ↑ 27.4 -7.2 ↓ 30.4 3.0 ↑ 27.4 -3.0 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63.7 72.0 8.3 ↑ 64.1 -7.9 ↓ 61.3 -2.8 ↓ 60.7 -0.6 ↓ 57.9 -2.8 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 190 .260 111 0 0.0 79 5 6.3
2017 Shifts 237 .311 151 0 0.0 86 7 8.1
2018 Shifts 248 .301 128 33 25.8 120 74 61.7
2019 Shifts 253 .318 145 45 31.0 108 83 76.9
2020 Shifts 95 .412 58 16 27.6 37 15 40.5
! 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 %
2013 222 18.7 12.2% 1.8% 185 23.9 0.5% 11.4%
2014 283 18.6 10.2% 0.7% 133 25.2 2.3% 20.3%
2015 297 16.9 33.3% 3.7% 177 24.1 4.0% 24.9%
2016 262 18.3 23.3% 5.0% 103 23.6 4.9% 16.5%
2017 262 19.6 5.0% 1.9% 170 22.6 0.0% 11.8%
2018 287 18.5 11.5% 3.5% 161 24.4 0.0% 18.0%
2019 284 18.8 11.3% 1.8% 148 23.6 0.7% 12.8%
2020 102 18.8 11.8% 2.9% 70 22.6 0.0% 11.4%

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Pitch Distribution

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