Miguel Montero
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 11" 221LBS | Age: 40
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 284 241 33 52 8 1 .216 .327 .357 .684
2017 213 185 24 40 6 1 .216 .310 .346 .656
2018 13 11 0 0 0 0 .000 .154 .000 .154
13 Seasons 4,343 3,801 458 973 126 5 .256 .340 .411 .751
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .216 8 1 .684
2017 .216 6 1 .656
2018 .000 0 0 .154
13 Seasons .256 126 5 .751
MLB Percentile Rankings
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Statcast Batting 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%
2015 31 1639 247 21 8.5 5.2 88.3 109.1 12.0 39.3 .237 .420 .328 .332 .402 35.2 25.6 12.2
2016 32 1134 185 9 4.9 3.2 86.4 106.0 9.2 28.1 .196 .315 .299 .280 .288 25.4 20.4 13.4
2017 33 858 140 7 5.0 3.3 85.2 104.6 14.4 29.3 .180 .336 .289 .273 .289 25.2 22.1 10.8
2018 34 31 8 0 0.0 0.0 85.2 100.9 12.9 50.0 .157 .245 .057 .214 .235 12.5 23.1 15.4
Player 3662 580 37 6.4 4.1 86.9 109.1 11.7 33.4 .210 .366 .306 .301 .336 29.4 23.1 12.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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 42.1 25.1 29.6 3.2 34.4 40.1 24.7 2.0 33.6 22.3 26.7 6.1 8.5 5.2
2016 51.4 22.7 20.5 5.4 42.2 28.6 27.6 3.2 41.6 21.6 21.1 4.3 4.9 3.2
2017 42.9 30.7 20.0 6.4 25.0 49.3 25.7 5.0 27.9 35.0 20.0 6.4 5.0 3.3
2018 50.0 12.5 37.5 0.0 12.5 37.5 50.0 0.0 50.0 37.5 0.0 12.5 0.0 0.0
Player 45.3 25.5 24.5 4.7 34.3 38.6 26.2 3.1 35.0 25.3 22.9 5.7 6.4 4.1
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.

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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -5.3 -1 14 45.2 6 .000 .000 .117 12.5 16.7 20.0 .242 .425 .347 25.0
2018 Sinker -15.3 -1 7 22.6 4 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .130 .144 .124 0.0
2018 Cutter 0.7 0 4 12.9 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Curveball -9.3 0 3 9.7 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Slider -12.3 0 2 6.5 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Changeup 3.6 0 1 3.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -3 318 37.1 73 .238 .413 .326 19.0 20.5 14.2 .179 .351 .284 24.5
2017 Sinker -1.4 -3 194 22.6 49 .220 .317 .295 5.9 4.1 5.6 .231 .461 .339 27.5
2017 Slider -2.3 -2 98 11.4 27 .080 .080 .144 44.2 44.4 27.9 .111 .170 .187 23.1
2017 Changeup 1.8 1 78 9.1 21 .263 .474 .350 28.3 23.8 23.8 .217 .416 .308 28.6
2017 Curveball 1.5 1 73 8.5 18 .267 .333 .336 33.3 27.8 16.7 .180 .232 .264 30.0
2017 Cutter 6.3 3 52 6.1 12 .300 .400 .446 27.8 25.0 27.3 .203 .240 .275 14.3
2017 Split-Finger -9.7 -2 21 2.4 6 .000 .000 .000 53.3 83.3 55.6 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2017 Knuckleball 8.8 1 8 0.9 2 .500 2.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .293 1.125 .558 50.0
2017 Slurve 10.7 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Sweeper -5.5 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 195 814 -6 -7 4 4 -5
2009 456 1,712 4 -11 8 9 10
2010 324 1,318 -6 1 6 4 5
2011 563 2,089 12 -5 7 8 22
2012 567 2,271 5 2 16 12 34
2013 471 1,917 -17 -13 11 9 -10
2014 539 2,085 -10 -4 9 8 2
2015 421 1,720 -8 -7 8 10 3
2016 291 1,154 0 -12 7 5 0
2017 211 856 -6 -8 8 3 -3
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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 1,639 46.1 73.1 73.9 27.6 56.4 41.7 37.0 48.6 31.3 8.4 83.2
2016 1,134 48.2 76.2 78.7 24.4 65.7 41.4 33.8 49.4 24.6 6.9 89.7
2017 858 52.5 65.7 85.1 25.6 55.8 44.0 31.0 46.7 22.4 7.2 88.7
2018 31 51.6 68.8 90.9 33.3 40.0 48.4 38.5 51.6 25.0 12.9 75.0
Player 3,662 48.3 72.2 78.2 26.2 58.8 42.2 34.6 48.4 27.1 7.7 86.1
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2015 67 20 63 72 76 57 78 41 69 51 13 92 8 60 13
2016 47 7
2017 41 5
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 25.3 9 8.9 0 3 9 2 22.2
2017 25.3 6 5.3 1 3 3 3 50.0
Player 25.3 15 14.2 1 6 12 5 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 9 11 5 8 11 9 11 11 9 6 11 10 6 6 8 9 6 7 7 11 9 6 13 10 10 8 9 11 11 10 8
2017 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 6 7 5 5 7 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 8 7 6 4
Player 15 16 9 13 16 14 16 16 12 11 16 16 13 11 13 16 11 12 12 15 14 12 19 15 16 13 14 19 18 16 12
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.3 86.4 -1.9 ↓ 85.2 -1.2 ↓ 85.2 0.0
Launch Angle 12.0 9.2 -2.8 ↓ 14.4 5.2 ↑ 12.9 -1.5 ↓
Barrel % 8.5 4.9 -3.6 ↓ 5.0 0.1 ↑ 0.0 -5.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 35.2 25.4 -9.8 ↓ 25.2 -0.2 ↓ 12.5 -12.7 ↓
Sweet Spot % 39.3 28.1 -11.2 ↓ 29.3 1.2 ↑ 50.0 20.7 ↑
xBA .237 .196 -0.041 ↓ .180 -0.016 ↓ .157 -0.023 ↓
BA .248 .216 -0.032 ↓ .216 0.000 .000 -0.216 ↓
xwOBA .332 .280 -0.052 ↓ .273 -0.007 ↓ .214 -0.059 ↓
wOBA .328 .299 -0.029 ↓ .289 -0.010 ↓ .057 -0.232 ↓
xSLG .420 .315 -0.105 ↓ .336 0.021 ↑ .245 -0.091 ↓
SLG .409 .357 -0.052 ↓ .346 -0.011 ↓ .000 -0.346 ↓
K% 25.6 20.4 -5.2 ↓ 22.1 1.7 ↑ 23.1 1.0 ↑
BB% 12.2 13.4 1.2 ↑ 10.8 -2.6 ↓ 15.4 4.6 ↑
Swing % 48.6 49.4 0.8 ↑ 46.7 -2.7 ↓ 51.6 4.9 ↑
Whiff% 31.3 24.6 -6.7 ↓ 22.4 -2.2 ↓ 25.0 2.6 ↑
In Zone % 46.1 48.2 2.1 ↑ 52.5 4.3 ↑ 51.6 -0.9 ↓
Out of Zone % 53.9 51.8 -2.1 ↓ 47.5 -4.3 ↓ 48.4 0.9 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 27.6 24.4 -3.2 ↓ 25.6 1.2 ↑ 33.3 7.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 37.0 33.8 -3.2 ↓ 31.0 -2.8 ↓ 38.5 7.5 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 62.8 54.6 -8.2 ↓ 62.4 7.8 ↑ 53.8 -8.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 267 88 33.0 .284 .330
2017 Shifts L 211 76 36.0 .332 .204
2018 Shifts L 12 7 58.3 .138 .000
! 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 396 16.0 32.3% 0.8% 211 22.8 2.4% 7.1%
2011 515 15.8 39.2% 0.6% 289 22.6 1.0% 11.4%
2012 638 17.5 19.9% 1.9% 373 24.1 0.5% 12.1%
2013 497 17.9 20.3% 2.2% 331 24.6 0.3% 10.9%
2014 522 18.3 19.5% 4.0% 376 24.5 0.5% 13.8%
2015 426 18.1 24.2% 4.9% 282 24.4 5.3% 22.7%
2016 280 17.8 25.4% 3.6% 196 24.4 4.1% 22.4%
2017 273 17.9 23.1% 0.7% 118 22.1 0.8% 5.1%
2018 9 17.2 33.3% 0.0% 3 19.6 0.0% 0.0%
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Statcast Rankings

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