Yunel Escobar
SS | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 215LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 2, #75, Atlanta Braves | Matires de Barbados
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 591 535 75 168 9 2 .314 .375 .415 .790
2016 567 517 68 157 5 0 .304 .355 .391 .746
2017 381 350 43 96 7 1 .274 .333 .397 .730
11 Seasons 5,957 5,315 689 1,501 90 34 .282 .350 .386 .736
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .314 9 2 .790
2016 .304 5 0 .746
2017 .274 7 1 .730
11 Seasons .282 90 34 .736
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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 32 1993 468 14 3.0 2.4 89.7 109.5 4.3 29.9 .284 .400 .348 .335 .345 36.3 11.8 7.6
2016 33 1957 457 13 2.8 2.3 89.3 109.5 1.9 27.8 .279 .382 .327 .316 .327 36.1 11.8 7.1
2017 34 1357 299 15 5.0 3.9 89.0 111.7 2.3 31.8 .272 .421 .318 .327 .345 39.1 13.4 7.6
Player 5307 1224 42 3.4 2.7 89.4 111.7 2.9 29.6 .279 .399 .333 .326 .338 36.9 12.2 7.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 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 56.4 12.6 28.2 2.8 33.3 40.0 25.9 1.3 44.9 15.4 28.8 4.1 3.0 2.4
2016 59.1 13.6 24.7 2.6 27.8 48.6 23.6 2.0 47.0 14.7 27.6 3.1 2.8 2.3
2017 58.5 17.1 23.1 1.3 25.1 53.8 20.4 2.7 48.2 13.0 24.7 6.0 5.0 3.9
Player 57.9 14.1 25.7 2.4 29.2 46.6 23.7 1.9 46.5 14.5 27.4 4.2 3.4 2.7
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.

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 1.2 5 416 30.7 104 .345 .483 .420 12.0 11.5 12.9 .296 .473 .387 45.3
2017 Sinker -1.5 -5 354 26.1 109 .245 .353 .296 8.7 3.7 6.2 .302 .509 .365 42.9
2017 Slider -1.7 -4 221 16.3 67 .190 .238 .219 35.5 20.9 18.4 .206 .270 .234 20.4
2017 Changeup 3.5 4 126 9.3 43 .341 .585 .429 26.2 14.0 21.4 .322 .482 .358 48.6
2017 Curveball 1.6 2 122 9.0 30 .276 .310 .335 35.2 30.0 21.4 .231 .275 .234 35.0
2017 Cutter -2.0 -1 75 5.5 17 .235 .412 .276 25.0 17.6 21.4 .230 .367 .253 28.6
2017 Split-Finger -0.2 0 22 1.6 4 .250 .750 .400 27.3 25.0 20.0 .160 .442 .240 66.7
2017 Sweeper 4.2 0 11 0.8 3 .333 .667 .417 20.0 33.3 33.3 .065 .068 .061 0.0
2017 Slurve -5.3 0 7 0.5 4 .250 .250 .225 40.0 25.0 25.0 .269 .339 .265 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 574 1,999 -15 -1 13 10 7
2009 594 1,994 -1 4 14 9 26
2010 562 1,925 -12 -21 14 8 -11
2011 587 2,169 5 -12 18 9 20
2012 606 2,092 -18 -17 13 6 -15
2013 594 2,167 -9 -13 13 10 2
2014 522 1,880 -10 -17 12 7 -9
2015 589 1,987 4 -10 12 7 13
2016 566 1,956 -8 -10 9 6 -2
2017 381 1,354 -10 -2 8 5 1
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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 1,993 50.4 73.0 88.9 26.5 60.7 42.7 41.6 49.9 17.7 7.3 82.9
2016 1,957 50.2 70.0 92.0 27.2 60.0 43.0 37.9 48.7 16.7 7.6 85.1
2017 1,357 48.8 71.3 87.7 23.8 59.4 43.9 31.5 46.9 19.8 6.7 81.3
Player 5,307 49.9 71.4 89.7 26.1 60.1 43.1 37.8 48.7 17.8 7.3 83.4
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 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 69 90 52 29 82 37 27 69 72 58 89 50 74 67 26
2016 38 83 26 12 59 21 15 54 71 45 91 35 83 60 28 4
2017 46 74 44 33 55 25 35 72 85 70 89 39 70 74 21 18
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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 23.7 5 3.9 1 5 6 1 20.0
2017 24.1 7 9.3 -2 2 10 2 28.6
Player 23.9 12 13.2 -1 7 16 3 25.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 5 5 1 4 2 2 4 5 3 1 3 5 4 2 2 5 1 2 4 5 4 4 9 8 4 3 4 9 6 5 2
2017 7 9 8 4 11 8 13 8 7 7 11 11 9 10 7 9 8 8 9 10 10 11 13 12 6 9 7 12 12 11 8
Player 12 14 9 8 13 10 17 13 10 8 14 16 13 12 9 14 9 10 13 15 14 15 22 20 10 12 11 21 18 16 10
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.7 89.3 -0.4 ↓ 89.0 -0.3 ↓
Launch Angle 4.3 1.9 -2.4 ↓ 2.3 0.4 ↑
Barrel % 3.0 2.8 -0.2 ↓ 5.0 2.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 36.3 36.1 -0.2 ↓ 39.1 3.0 ↑
Sweet Spot % 29.9 27.8 -2.1 ↓ 31.8 4.0 ↑
xBA .284 .279 -0.005 ↓ .272 -0.007 ↓
BA .314 .304 -0.010 ↓ .274 -0.030 ↓
xwOBA .335 .316 -0.019 ↓ .327 0.011 ↑
wOBA .348 .327 -0.021 ↓ .318 -0.009 ↓
xSLG .400 .382 -0.018 ↓ .421 0.039 ↑
SLG .415 .391 -0.024 ↓ .397 0.006 ↑
K% 11.8 11.8 0.0 13.4 1.6 ↑
BB% 7.6 7.1 -0.5 ↓ 7.6 0.5 ↑
Swing % 49.9 48.7 -1.2 ↓ 46.9 -1.8 ↓
Whiff% 17.7 16.7 -1.0 ↓ 19.8 3.1 ↑
In Zone % 50.4 50.2 -0.2 ↓ 48.8 -1.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.6 49.8 0.2 ↑ 51.2 1.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 26.5 27.2 0.7 ↑ 23.8 -3.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 41.6 37.9 -3.7 ↓ 31.5 -6.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63.8 64.9 1.1 ↑ 57.7 -7.2 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 548 3 0.5 .322 .000
2017 Shifts R 379 1 0.3 .319 .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 533 16.0 39.0% 5.6% 371 21.0 4.9% 9.4%
2011 787 15.6 43.7% 1.8% 276 22.1 4.7% 12.0%
2012 637 16.4 37.2% 1.1% 361 22.1 2.5% 9.4%
2013 590 17.1 29.2% 1.4% 421 22.7 1.7% 7.1%
2014 533 17.2 28.7% 3.0% 349 23.5 2.0% 12.6%
2015 511 18.1 28.8% 6.7% 337 24.2 6.5% 28.2%
2016 594 17.6 29.6% 4.2% 282 23.9 6.0% 16.7%
2017 403 17.4 19.9% 1.5% 229 22.5 1.3% 9.2%
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