Ildemaro Vargas
3B | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 0" 202LBS | Age: 33
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 222 209 19 55 4 3 .263 .299 .392 .691
2023 286 262 32 66 4 1 .252 .304 .363 .667
2024 303 272 21 67 1 9 .246 .295 .316 .611
8 Seasons 1,192 1,104 116 272 17 16 .246 .289 .354 .643
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .263 4 3 .691
2023 .252 4 1 .667
2024 .246 1 9 .611
8 Seasons .246 17 16 .643
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%
2017 25 35 10 0 0.0 0.0 81.5 100.3 8.0 40.0 .168 .221 .297 .167 .223 10.0 23.1 0.0
2018 26 58 15 1 6.7 5.0 87.0 103.5 7.1 40.0 .257 .376 .268 .292 .343 26.7 20.0 5.0
2019 27 774 178 6 3.4 2.8 87.3 107.3 3.5 25.8 .261 .371 .300 .289 .308 30.3 11.4 4.3
2020 28 236 42 1 2.4 1.9 85.3 103.4 2.1 23.8 .202 .280 .229 .228 .260 28.6 18.5 3.7
2021 29 303 60 1 1.7 1.2 84.6 105.0 2.8 28.3 .214 .279 .192 .244 .276 28.3 20.5 7.2
2022 30 794 188 4 2.1 1.8 87.0 109.2 7.4 28.2 .227 .305 .302 .255 .260 29.3 10.4 3.6
2023 31 1024 246 6 2.4 2.1 87.1 111.0 4.1 26.0 .265 .368 .292 .303 .295 31.3 7.0 6.6
2024 32 1058 251 3 1.2 1.0 87.0 108.5 4.0 29.5 .255 .322 .271 .280 .280 31.9 10.2 6.3
Player 4282 990 22 2.2 1.8 86.8 111.0 4.5 27.7 .247 .333 .280 .277 .284 30.3 11.1 5.4
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
2017 50.0 0.0 40.0 10.0 30.0 40.0 30.0 0.0 40.0 20.0 30.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 40.0 20.0 40.0 0.0 33.3 46.7 20.0 0.0 33.3 20.0 40.0 0.0 6.7 5.0
2019 52.8 16.3 25.8 5.1 34.3 38.8 27.0 1.1 43.8 19.7 28.1 2.8 3.4 2.8
2020 59.5 9.5 21.4 9.5 38.1 45.2 16.7 2.4 54.8 16.7 21.4 2.4 2.4 1.9
2021 55.0 15.0 23.3 6.7 33.3 50.0 16.7 8.3 46.7 18.3 20.0 5.0 1.7 1.2
2022 48.9 22.9 22.3 5.9 32.4 45.7 21.8 5.3 41.0 27.1 20.2 4.3 2.1 1.8
2023 57.3 16.7 20.3 5.7 41.5 39.4 19.1 6.5 43.5 19.1 24.0 4.1 2.4 2.1
2024 55.0 16.7 24.3 4.0 46.6 31.9 21.5 6.4 42.2 21.5 23.9 4.0 1.2 1.0
Player 53.9 17.3 23.4 5.4 38.9 39.6 21.5 5.1 43.2 21.2 23.9 3.7 2.2 1.8
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 0.8 3 315 29.8 98 .322 .414 .343 8.5 8.2 11.3 .299 .395 .328 39.0
2024 Sinker 1.1 2 203 19.2 58 .294 .373 .341 3.3 3.4 5.9 .273 .338 .319 44.9
2024 Changeup -3.7 -5 138 13.0 48 .174 .174 .168 14.3 6.3 8.3 .234 .272 .232 22.7
2024 Slider -2.9 -4 126 11.9 34 .200 .200 .227 23.6 23.5 20.5 .193 .218 .228 26.1
2024 Curveball -2.9 -3 100 9.5 22 .100 .100 .135 19.5 22.7 15.6 .205 .243 .194 17.6
2024 Cutter -0.6 0 86 8.1 20 .278 .611 .387 10.0 5.0 7.1 .293 .431 .327 33.3
2024 Sweeper 2.1 1 55 5.2 9 .375 .500 .417 30.4 22.2 14.3 .331 .414 .366 16.7
2024 Split-Finger -8.2 -3 35 3.3 14 .000 .000 .000 21.1 14.3 20.0 .070 .076 .068 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 347 33.9 99 .281 .449 .351 7.5 2.0 2.3 .297 .451 .347 31.1
2023 Sinker -1.8 -3 163 15.9 49 .227 .318 .284 12.9 6.1 9.4 .203 .265 .254 36.6
2023 Changeup -2.1 -3 159 15.5 47 .217 .261 .226 14.8 6.4 5.8 .262 .320 .256 29.5
2023 Slider 3.9 4 108 10.5 29 .333 .444 .395 14.0 10.3 10.7 .278 .367 .307 33.3
2023 Curveball -1.5 -2 107 10.4 27 .240 .240 .252 17.8 11.1 10.0 .231 .266 .253 22.7
2023 Cutter 3.1 3 102 10.0 26 .273 .500 .385 7.9 7.7 15.4 .342 .530 .422 30.0
2023 Sweeper -4.2 -1 22 2.1 4 .000 .000 .000 83.3 75.0 30.0 .017 .034 .020 0.0
2023 Split-Finger -6.9 -1 12 1.2 4 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .289 .348 .275 50.0
2023 Slurve -1.5 0 4 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 211 774 -8 -8 13 2 -2
2020 54 236 -3 -4 0 1 -7
2021 82 303 -4 -6 0 2 -8
2022 222 794 -2 -5 4 3 0
2023 285 1,024 -1 -10 5 4 -1
2024 303 1,058 -3 -18 9 3 -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 %
2017 35 51.4 55.6 90.0 29.4 40.0 37.1 15.4 42.9 26.7 8.6 33.3
2018 58 60.3 57.1 80.0 39.1 55.6 51.7 45.0 50.0 27.6 5.2 33.3
2019 774 49.4 60.5 91.3 29.1 79.8 41.6 17.1 44.6 12.2 7.6 69.5
2020 236 49.2 56.9 90.9 28.3 61.8 40.3 9.3 42.4 19.0 4.7 63.6
2021 303 52.5 61.6 84.7 37.5 57.4 44.2 26.5 50.2 21.7 7.6 73.9
2022 794 50.0 64.7 90.3 30.7 77.0 43.5 27.5 47.7 12.1 7.2 75.4
2023 1,024 53.4 60.5 92.1 29.1 74.8 43.8 22.0 45.9 12.6 8.1 73.5
2024 1,058 49.8 62.8 91.5 30.1 73.1 44.1 22.1 46.4 12.6 6.6 75.7
Player 4,282 50.9 61.6 90.7 30.3 73.0 43.3 22.2 46.3 13.8 7.2 72.5
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
2017 25 31
2018 35 38
2019 52 61
2020 16 52
2021 37 50
2022 51 46 92 31
2023 67 40 76 12
2024 41 32 70 10
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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 %
2018 20.8 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2019 22.4 6 5.4 1 2 4 2 33.3
2020 23.5 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2022 24.7 4 4.3 0 1 2 3 75.0
2023 25.4 4 4.5 -1 3 4 1 25.0
2024 28.6 1 2.2 -1 2 2 1 100.0
Player 24.0 17 18.3 -1 8 12 9 52.9
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2018 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2019 6 6 5 4 7 5 6 5 5 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 4 4 6 6 5 7 6 6 4 4 6 6 7 6 6
2020 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2022 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 6 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 4 3
2023 4 1 4 4 6 4 5 4 5 3 5 4 3 5 5 5 4 3 5 5 5 7 5 6 3 4 5 4 5 5 5
2024 1 1 2 2 3 2 4 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 4 1 4 3 3 2 1 3 2 2 3 2
Player 17 14 17 17 23 18 22 16 17 13 17 20 16 19 18 18 17 14 20 21 17 24 21 21 16 14 21 19 21 20 18
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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 81.5 87.0 5.5 87.3 0.3 85.3 -2.0 84.6 -0.7 87.0 2.4 87.1 0.1 87.0 -0.1
Launch Angle 8.0 7.1 -0.9 3.5 -3.6 2.1 -1.4 2.8 0.7 7.4 4.6 4.1 -3.3 4.0 -0.1
Barrel % 0.0 6.7 6.7 3.4 -3.3 2.4 -1.0 1.7 -0.7 2.1 0.4 2.4 0.3 1.2 -1.2
Hard Hit % 10.0 26.7 16.7 30.3 3.6 28.6 -1.7 28.3 -0.3 29.3 1.0 31.3 2.0 31.9 0.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 40.0 40.0 0.0 25.8 -14.2 23.8 -2.0 28.3 4.5 28.2 -0.1 26.0 -2.2 29.5 3.5
xBA .168 .257 0.089 .261 0.004 .202 -0.059 .214 0.012 .227 0.013 .265 0.038 .255 -0.010
BA .308 .211 -0.097 .269 0.058 .196 -0.073 .156 -0.040 .263 0.107 .252 -0.011 .246 -0.006
xwOBA .167 .292 0.125 .289 -0.003 .228 -0.061 .244 0.016 .255 0.011 .303 0.048 .280 -0.023
wOBA .297 .268 -0.029 .300 0.032 .229 -0.071 .192 -0.037 .302 0.110 .292 -0.010 .271 -0.021
xSLG .221 .376 0.155 .371 -0.005 .280 -0.091 .279 -0.001 .305 0.026 .368 0.063 .322 -0.046
SLG .385 .368 -0.017 .413 0.045 .314 -0.099 .221 -0.093 .392 0.171 .363 -0.029 .316 -0.047
K% 23.1 20.0 -3.1 11.4 -8.6 18.5 7.1 20.5 2.0 10.4 -10.1 7.0 -3.4 10.2 3.2
BB% 0.0 5.0 5.0 4.3 -0.7 3.7 -0.6 7.2 3.5 3.6 -3.6 6.6 3.0 6.3 -0.3
Swing % 42.9 50.0 7.1 44.6 -5.4 42.4 -2.2 50.2 7.8 47.7 -2.5 45.9 -1.8 46.4 0.5
Whiff% 26.7 27.6 0.9 12.2 -15.4 19.0 6.8 21.7 2.7 12.1 -9.6 12.6 0.5 12.6 0.0
In Zone % 51.4 60.3 8.9 49.4 -10.9 49.2 -0.2 52.5 3.3 50.0 -2.5 53.4 3.4 49.8 -3.6
Out of Zone % 48.6 39.7 -8.9 50.6 10.9 50.8 0.2 47.5 -3.3 50.0 2.5 46.6 -3.4 50.2 3.6
Out of Zone Swing % 29.4 39.1 9.7 29.1 -10.0 28.3 -0.8 37.5 9.2 30.7 -6.8 29.1 -1.6 30.1 1.0
First Pitch Swing % 15.4 45.0 29.6 17.1 -27.9 9.3 -7.8 26.5 17.2 27.5 1.0 22.0 -5.5 22.1 0.1
First Pitch Strike % 53.8 80.0 26.2 57.3 -22.7 46.3 -11.0 65.1 18.8 59.9 -5.2 62.2 2.3 60.4 -1.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts L 9 0 0.0 .195
2017 Shifts R 4 0 0.0 .527
2018 Shifts L 12 0 0.0 .316
2018 Shifts R 8 0 0.0 .196
2019 Shifts L 154 17 11.0 .262 .276
2019 Shifts R 56 9 16.1 .447 .193
2020 Shifts L 24 4 16.7 .360 .000
2020 Shifts R 30 8 26.7 .194 .110
2021 Shifts L 47 20 42.6 .183 .279
2021 Shifts R 35 11 31.4 .146 .160
2022 Shifts L 141 5 3.5 .299 .275
2022 Shifts R 81 7 8.6 .319 .180
2023 Shades L 174 49 28.2 .268 .255
2023 Shades R 107 10 9.3 .316 .501
2024 Shades L 175 37 21.1 .294 .142
2024 Shades R 128 11 8.6 .294 .160
! 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 %
2017 14 17.3 14.3% 0.0% 6 23.1 0.0% 16.7%
2018 13 16.1 23.1% 0.0% 13 24.2 0.0% 7.7%
2019 246 17.9 17.5% 1.6% 143 25.3 0.0% 13.3%
2020 79 18.7 15.2% 1.3% 49 24.5 0.0% 8.2%
2021 80 19.4 11.3% 7.5% 46 25.4 0.0% 21.7%
2022 240 19.0 12.1% 4.2% 129 23.4 0.8% 7.8%
2023 279 15.2 46.2% 0.4% 194 18.8 7.2% 1.0%
2024 287 15.1 46.3% 0.3% 194 18.2 6.2% 0.0%
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