Rafael Ortega
CF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 11" 200LBS | Age: 33
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 371 316 35 76 7 12 .241 .331 .358 .689
2023 136 114 16 25 1 6 .219 .341 .272 .613
2024 17 14 4 1 0 2 .071 .176 .071 .247
8 Seasons 1,301 1,150 140 282 22 49 .245 .322 .349 .671
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .241 7 12 .689
2023 .219 1 6 .613
2024 .071 0 2 .247
8 Seasons .245 22 49 .671
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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%
2016 25 724 165 0 0.0 0.0 85.7 107.2 6.4 23.6 .265 .323 .257 .284 .292 23.6 11.4 6.5
2018 27 556 110 0 0.0 0.0 84.9 107.2 12.8 30.9 .264 .327 .251 .289 .314 22.7 16.1 7.0
2019 28 408 66 3 4.5 3.1 86.6 105.6 13.9 34.8 .220 .356 .254 .280 .323 27.3 22.9 8.3
2021 30 1337 228 13 5.7 3.9 88.3 109.5 18.3 36.8 .252 .381 .355 .311 .355 34.6 21.2 9.1
2022 31 1517 250 12 4.8 3.2 87.2 108.4 17.1 37.6 .241 .346 .305 .307 .331 33.7 19.9 11.9
2023 32 583 82 0 0.0 0.0 86.8 104.6 10.6 30.5 .211 .269 .288 .283 .291 26.8 24.3 14.7
2024 33 68 11 0 0.0 0.0 85.1 104.1 11.6 18.2 .212 .254 .133 .275 .300 45.5 23.5 11.8
Player 5193 912 28 3.1 2.2 86.8 109.5 14.1 33.0 .246 .341 .296 .298 .324 29.9 19.2 9.8
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
2016 59.4 13.3 19.4 7.9 35.8 38.8 25.5 3.0 46.1 15.8 26.1 3.6 0.0 0.0
2018 46.4 19.1 28.2 6.4 34.5 36.4 29.1 5.5 28.2 28.2 34.5 2.7 0.0 0.0
2019 39.4 21.2 28.8 10.6 50.0 27.3 22.7 3.0 33.3 28.8 22.7 7.6 4.5 3.1
2021 35.1 31.1 25.0 8.8 43.4 31.6 25.0 4.8 24.6 32.5 27.2 4.8 5.7 3.9
2022 34.4 33.2 24.8 7.6 40.4 35.2 24.4 3.6 26.0 33.2 26.8 5.2 4.8 3.2
2023 50.0 25.6 20.7 3.7 47.6 30.5 22.0 4.9 36.6 28.0 25.6 3.7 0.0 0.0
2024 54.5 36.4 0.0 9.1 36.4 27.3 36.4 18.2 18.2 27.3 27.3 9.1 0.0 0.0
Player 42.5 25.9 23.9 7.7 40.9 34.0 25.1 4.3 30.9 28.4 27.3 4.6 3.1 2.2
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.

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 -4.8 -2 34 50.0 8 .000 .000 .175 21.4 25.0 22.2 .162 .187 .290 25.0
2024 Cutter 0.7 0 10 14.7 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .111 .412 .219 100.0
2024 Slider -8.9 -1 7 10.3 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 33.3 .038 .040 .035 0.0
2024 Sweeper -7.3 0 5 7.4 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 25.0 .105 .106 .100 100.0
2024 Curveball -2.9 0 4 5.9 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 -- .504 .530 .456 0.0
2024 Sinker -7.6 0 4 5.9 2 .000 .000 .450 0.0 0.0 -- .583 .674 .491 100.0
2024 Split-Finger 1.5 0 3 4.4 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Changeup 4.2 0 1 1.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 0 212 36.4 47 .229 .343 .355 27.6 27.7 21.3 .186 .267 .314 26.1
2023 Slider 1.8 2 110 18.9 28 .231 .231 .275 23.1 21.4 13.3 .229 .267 .249 30.0
2023 Sinker -3.4 -3 74 12.7 18 .133 .133 .229 8.1 11.1 11.1 .242 .304 .317 30.8
2023 Changeup -1.1 -1 73 12.5 14 .091 .091 .214 27.3 14.3 6.5 .267 .328 .351 11.1
2023 Curveball -2.1 -1 53 9.1 12 .182 .273 .238 23.5 25.0 20.0 .096 .134 .148 12.5
2023 Cutter 1.7 0 22 3.8 5 .400 .600 .430 0.0 40.0 33.3 .198 .216 .180 33.3
2023 Split-Finger 5.3 1 20 3.4 5 .600 .600 .540 12.5 20.0 10.0 .413 .476 .387 50.0
2023 Sweeper 5.3 1 17 2.9 6 .200 .200 .267 62.5 66.7 50.0 .162 .208 .249 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 201 724 -6 -6 5 2 -5
2018 143 555 -5 -4 2 1 -6
2019 99 424 1 -9 2 1 -5
2021 329 1,337 7 -8 9 6 14
2022 367 1,510 -13 -18 16 8 -7
2023 136 583 -8 0 5 2 -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 %
2016 724 46.4 65.2 90.0 32.7 70.9 43.9 26.9 47.8 14.7 6.6 62.5
2018 556 49.2 61.9 88.2 24.1 75.0 45.2 18.9 42.6 14.3 8.5 68.1
2019 408 50.7 69.1 85.3 33.3 61.2 42.2 25.0 51.5 21.9 6.4 73.1
2021 1,337 48.1 66.3 85.4 25.1 57.5 43.3 20.1 44.9 21.8 8.2 77.3
2022 1,517 46.7 67.5 88.7 25.8 59.6 42.8 27.4 45.4 19.6 7.1 78.5
2023 583 50.3 62.8 82.1 23.1 55.2 44.1 25.0 43.1 23.1 6.7 79.5
2024 68 51.5 57.1 75.0 21.2 57.1 51.5 23.5 39.7 29.6 7.4 100.0
Player 5,193 48.1 65.7 86.7 26.7 62.3 43.5 24.0 45.4 19.6 7.4 74.9
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
2016 53 80
2018 54 73
2019 41 64
2021 65 61 26 72
2022 40 40 16 13 71 10 20 16 44 16 57 90 80 70 44 57
2023 14 46 66
2024 11 19
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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 22.4 1 0.1 1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 -- 0 0.1 0 2 0 0 --
2019 23.5 2 1.6 0 0 1 1 50.0
2021 24.2 11 6.8 4 5 7 1 9.1
2022 23.3 7 8.0 -1 5 7 2 28.6
2023 22.0 1 0.9 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 23.6 22 17.6 4 13 16 4 18.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2018 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1
2021 11 7 2 10 6 6 7 9 6 5 6 7 7 6 7 8 6 7 9 6 9 5 9 7 7 6 9 7 7 6 6
2022 7 9 4 10 9 8 9 8 8 6 6 9 8 7 8 9 8 9 7 9 8 6 11 9 7 6 9 10 7 8 8
2023 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 22 19 8 25 17 16 19 20 16 13 14 19 18 15 17 21 17 18 19 19 20 13 24 19 17 14 20 21 17 16 16
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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.9 -- 1.7 -- -- 88.3 -- 87.2 -1.1 86.8 -0.4 85.1 -1.7
Launch Angle 12.8 -- 1.1 -- -- 18.3 -- 17.1 -1.2 10.6 -6.5 11.6 1.0
Barrel % 0.0 -- 4.5 -- -- 5.7 -- 4.8 -0.9 0.0 -4.8 0.0 0.0
Hard Hit % 22.7 -- 4.6 -- -- 34.6 -- 33.7 -0.9 26.8 -6.9 45.5 18.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.9 -- 3.9 -- -- 36.8 -- 37.6 0.8 30.5 -7.1 18.2 -12.3
xBA .264 -- -0.044 -- -- .252 -- .241 -0.011 .211 -0.030 .212 0.001
BA .233 -- -0.028 -- -- .291 -- .241 -0.050 .219 -0.022 .071 -0.148
xwOBA .289 -- -0.009 -- -- .311 -- .307 -0.004 .283 -0.024 .275 -0.008
wOBA .251 -- 0.003 -- -- .355 -- .305 -0.050 .288 -0.017 .133 -0.155
xSLG .327 -- 0.029 -- -- .381 -- .346 -0.035 .269 -0.077 .254 -0.015
SLG .271 -- 0.036 -- -- .463 -- .358 -0.105 .272 -0.086 .071 -0.201
K% 16.1 -- 6.8 -- -- 21.2 -- 19.9 -1.3 24.3 4.4 23.5 -0.8
BB% 7.0 -- 1.3 -- -- 9.1 -- 11.9 2.8 14.7 2.8 11.8 -2.9
Swing % 42.6 -- 8.9 -- -- 44.9 -- 45.4 0.5 43.1 -2.3 39.7 -3.4
Whiff% 14.3 -- 7.6 -- -- 21.8 -- 19.6 -2.2 23.1 3.5 29.6 6.5
In Zone % 49.2 -- 1.5 -- -- 48.1 -- 46.7 -1.4 50.3 3.6 51.5 1.2
Out of Zone % 50.8 -- -1.5 -- -- 51.9 -- 53.3 1.4 49.7 -3.6 48.5 -1.2
Out of Zone Swing % 24.1 -- 9.2 -- -- 25.1 -- 25.8 0.7 23.1 -2.7 21.2 -1.9
First Pitch Swing % 18.9 -- 6.1 -- -- 20.1 -- 27.4 7.3 25.0 -2.4 23.5 -1.5
First Pitch Strike % 58.7 -- 8.0 -- -- 56.8 -- 59.6 2.8 64.7 5.1 58.8 -5.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 183 1 0.5 .250 .000
2018 Shifts L 143 2 1.4 .244 .785
2019 Shifts L 96 34 35.4 .278 .209
2021 Shifts L 329 152 46.2 .354 .356
2022 Shifts L 368 173 47.0 .308 .303
2023 Shades L 136 53 39.0 .272 .314
2024 Shades L 17 7 41.2 .157 .098
! 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 %
2012 6 13.8 66.7% 0.0% 5 21.8 0.0% 0.0%
2016 218 17.8 29.4% 3.7% 116 24.7 9.5% 22.4%
2018 227 15.7 41.4% 1.3% 57 20.7 1.8% 7.0%
2019 100 18.3 25.0% 4.0% 67 23.8 0.0% 10.4%
2021 449 17.7 22.5% 1.8% 200 24.7 0.5% 19.0%
2022 459 16.9 27.9% 2.4% 244 23.4 1.2% 13.1%
2023 209 15.2 46.9% 0.0% 64 18.1 6.3% 0.0%
2024 15 14.7 66.7% 0.0% 18 18.9 5.6% 0.0%
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