Ildemaro Vargas
2B | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 0" 202LBS | Age: 32
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 33 28 3 8 0 1 .286 .394 .393 .787
8 Seasons 922 860 98 213 16 8 .248 .291 .367 .658
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .263 4 3 .691
2023 .252 4 1 .667
2024 .286 0 1 .787
8 Seasons .248 16 8 .658
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart
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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%
2017 25 35 10 0 0.0 0.0 83.5 101.3 1.1 40.0 .163 .212 .297 .162 .210 20.0 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 32 125 25 1 4.0 3.0 89.9 108.3 8.3 28.0 .260 .356 .359 .331 .297 40.0 9.1 15.2
Player 3349 764 20 2.6 2.2 86.9 111.0 4.7 27.1 .245 .338 .286 .277 .286 30.2 11.3 5.4
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
2017 50.0 0.0 40.0 10.0 20.0 50.0 30.0 0.0 50.0 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 52.0 20.0 24.0 4.0 36.0 36.0 28.0 8.0 28.0 32.0 24.0 4.0 4.0 3.0
Player 53.5 17.5 23.2 5.8 36.1 42.1 21.7 4.7 43.2 21.5 24.0 3.7 2.6 2.2
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 %
2024 Sinker 5.4 2 43 34.4 12 .500 .750 .592 0.0 0.0 0.0 .427 .688 .550 62.5
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 0 21 16.8 10 .333 .444 .375 8.3 10.0 20.0 .218 .258 .256 37.5
2024 Changeup -3.5 -1 18 14.4 5 .000 .000 .000 28.6 20.0 14.3 .199 .240 .189 50.0
2024 Slider -5.0 -1 17 13.6 4 .250 .250 .225 28.6 25.0 20.0 .181 .191 .164 0.0
2024 Cutter -1.6 0 11 8.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .001 .001 .000 0.0
2024 Curveball -1.7 0 11 8.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .176 .176 .158 0.0
2024 Split-Finger -0.5 0 2 1.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 Sweeper 15.5 0 2 1.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 340 33.2 95 .279 .453 .353 7.7 2.1 2.3 .298 .455 .350 31.4
2023 Sinker -1.8 -3 170 16.6 53 .234 .319 .285 10.8 5.7 8.8 .207 .271 .255 35.6
2023 Changeup -2.0 -3 161 15.7 47 .217 .261 .226 14.8 6.4 5.8 .262 .320 .256 29.5
2023 Slider 3.9 4 107 10.4 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 15.6 11.1 10.0 .231 .266 .253 22.7
2023 Cutter 3.1 3 103 10.1 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 -9.2 -1 10 1.0 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 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 2 289 36.4 75 .296 .465 .347 9.4 9.3 9.7 .239 .311 .264 20.3
2022 Sinker 0.3 0 136 17.1 43 .275 .450 .337 4.7 7.0 12.0 .237 .330 .280 40.5
2022 Changeup -0.8 -1 136 17.1 41 .175 .200 .223 14.9 9.8 11.8 .192 .243 .204 38.9
2022 Slider 2.9 2 82 10.3 17 .385 .538 .456 20.6 23.5 13.3 .279 .360 .358 50.0
2022 Curveball -2.3 -2 73 9.2 15 .214 .214 .180 26.9 20.0 13.0 .178 .246 .171 8.3
2022 Cutter -0.4 0 47 5.9 20 .300 .550 .360 0.0 5.0 14.3 .260 .421 .293 31.6
2022 Sweeper -2.4 0 18 2.3 5 .200 .200 .180 27.3 0.0 0.0 .270 .321 .260 0.0
2022 Split-Finger -10.6 -1 13 1.6 6 .167 .167 .150 10.0 16.7 16.7 .109 .116 .101 20.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -3.5 -4 102 33.7 27 .125 .208 .204 11.1 18.5 18.5 .157 .219 .221 31.6
2021 Slider -4.4 -2 51 16.8 11 .091 .091 .164 28.6 36.4 20.0 .162 .178 .152 14.3
2021 Changeup 0.7 0 51 16.8 14 .214 .286 .282 14.3 0.0 0.0 .304 .398 .307 28.6
2021 Sinker 1.3 0 37 12.2 10 .400 .600 .430 0.0 0.0 0.0 .489 .658 .497 40.0
2021 Curveball -4.0 -1 35 11.6 11 .100 .100 .227 63.2 45.5 45.5 .089 .095 .143 20.0
2021 Cutter -3.3 -1 23 7.6 8 .000 .000 .088 40.0 37.5 50.0 .121 .160 .190 25.0
2021 Slurve -1.9 0 3 1.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Sweeper -34.3 0 1 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .061 .066 .059 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -1 73 30.9 17 .375 .438 .338 14.7 11.8 10.0 .226 .282 .221 40.0
2020 Sinker -3.8 -2 48 20.3 11 .100 .400 .245 22.2 36.4 30.8 .121 .282 .218 50.0
2020 Slider -6.3 -2 35 14.8 11 .182 .182 .164 21.1 18.2 12.5 .214 .243 .202 22.2
2020 Curveball -4.2 -1 32 13.6 6 .000 .000 .000 20.0 33.3 15.4 .198 .244 .194 0.0
2020 Changeup 1.4 0 30 12.7 7 .167 .500 .457 25.0 0.0 0.0 .207 .342 .305 16.7
2020 Cutter -3.9 0 9 3.8 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .109 .122 .098 0.0
2020 Split-Finger -1.9 0 5 2.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Sweeper -2.2 0 4 1.7 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .567 .658 .549 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 5 293 37.9 76 .328 .552 .418 6.9 3.9 4.2 .330 .499 .388 41.5
2019 Sinker -4.3 -5 123 15.9 40 .250 .300 .243 12.2 12.5 14.7 .237 .336 .247 34.3
2019 Curveball -1.0 -1 97 12.5 18 .167 .167 .200 20.0 22.2 11.8 .208 .237 .192 7.1
2019 Slider -1.2 -1 88 11.4 28 .214 .429 .280 19.0 21.4 22.2 .201 .290 .210 36.4
2019 Changeup -0.5 0 83 10.7 28 .222 .407 .326 15.9 14.3 26.7 .176 .274 .213 13.0
2019 Cutter -0.5 0 68 8.8 18 .278 .333 .269 5.6 5.6 8.3 .265 .314 .254 17.6
2019 Split-Finger 6.1 1 17 2.2 3 .667 .667 .600 42.9 33.3 50.0 .613 .668 .566 0.0
2019 Slurve -0.6 0 3 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Sweeper 4.0 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 2.8 1 26 44.8 8 .286 .714 .450 9.1 0.0 0.0 .419 .685 .497 42.9
2018 Changeup 2.4 0 12 20.7 5 .200 .200 .360 57.1 40.0 33.3 .199 .245 .190 0.0
2018 Slider -8.6 -1 8 13.8 3 .000 .000 .000 75.0 66.7 66.7 .009 .012 .009 0.0
2018 Sinker 10.4 1 7 12.1 4 .250 .250 .225 0.0 0.0 0.0 .232 .274 .224 25.0
2018 Curveball -1.5 0 4 6.9 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Cutter -1.6 0 1 1.7 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 4.7 1 13 37.1 7 .286 .429 .307 14.3 14.3 100.0 .170 .246 .178 33.3
2017 Sinker -11.5 -1 8 22.9 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 100.0 .072 .086 .065 0.0
2017 Slider -0.6 0 7 20.0 3 .333 .333 .300 25.0 33.3 33.3 .193 .214 .179 0.0
2017 Curveball 15.5 1 5 14.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 -- .206 .224 .190 0.0
2017 Changeup 0.1 0 2 5.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

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 33 125 0 -1 2 1 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 %
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 21.1 7.6 73.9
2022 794 50.0 64.7 90.3 30.7 77.0 43.5 27.5 47.7 11.6 7.2 75.4
2023 1,024 53.4 60.5 92.1 29.1 74.8 43.8 22.0 45.9 12.1 8.1 73.5
2024 125 46.4 55.2 96.9 29.9 60.0 40.8 18.2 41.6 9.6 5.6 85.7
Player 3,349 51.1 61.0 90.6 30.4 72.4 42.9 22.1 46.0 13.7 7.3 72.0
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
2017 27 31
2018 35 38
2019 52 61
2020 16 52
2021 37 50
2022 51 46 91 31
2023 67 40 75 12
2024 57 47 11
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Expected Home Runs

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 0 2 3 75.0
2023 25.4 4 4.6 -1 3 3 2 50.0
Player 23.7 16 16.2 0 5 9 9 56.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

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 6 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 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 4 3
2023 4 2 4 4 6 4 5 4 5 3 5 4 3 5 5 5 6 3 5 5 5 7 5 6 3 4 5 4 5 5 5
Player 16 14 15 15 20 16 18 15 15 12 14 16 15 18 16 17 17 13 17 17 17 20 18 18 14 13 18 17 19 17 16
! 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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 83.5 87.0 3.5 ↑ 87.3 0.3 ↑ 85.3 -2.0 ↓ 84.6 -0.7 ↓ 87.0 2.4 ↑ 87.1 0.1 ↑ 89.9 2.8 ↑
Launch Angle 1.1 7.1 6.0 ↑ 3.5 -3.6 ↓ 2.1 -1.4 ↓ 2.8 0.7 ↑ 7.4 4.6 ↑ 4.1 -3.3 ↓ 8.3 4.2 ↑
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 ↑ 4.0 1.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 20.0 26.7 6.7 ↑ 30.3 3.6 ↑ 28.6 -1.7 ↓ 28.3 -0.3 ↓ 29.3 1.0 ↑ 31.3 2.0 ↑ 40.0 8.7 ↑
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 ↓ 28.0 2.0 ↑
xBA .163 .257 0.094 ↑ .261 0.004 ↑ .202 -0.059 ↓ .214 0.012 ↑ .227 0.013 ↑ .265 0.038 ↑ .260 -0.005 ↓
BA .308 .211 -0.097 ↓ .269 0.058 ↑ .196 -0.073 ↓ .156 -0.040 ↓ .263 0.107 ↑ .252 -0.011 ↓ .286 0.034 ↑
xwOBA .162 .292 0.130 ↑ .289 -0.003 ↓ .228 -0.061 ↓ .244 0.016 ↑ .255 0.011 ↑ .303 0.048 ↑ .331 0.028 ↑
wOBA .297 .268 -0.029 ↓ .300 0.032 ↑ .229 -0.071 ↓ .192 -0.037 ↓ .302 0.110 ↑ .292 -0.010 ↓ .359 0.067 ↑
xSLG .212 .376 0.164 ↑ .371 -0.005 ↓ .280 -0.091 ↓ .279 -0.001 ↓ .305 0.026 ↑ .368 0.063 ↑ .356 -0.012 ↓
SLG .385 .368 -0.017 ↓ .413 0.045 ↑ .314 -0.099 ↓ .221 -0.093 ↓ .392 0.171 ↑ .363 -0.029 ↓ .393 0.030 ↑
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 ↓ 9.1 2.1 ↑
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 ↑ 15.2 8.6 ↑
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 ↓ 41.6 -4.3 ↓
Whiff% 26.7 27.6 0.9 ↑ 12.2 -15.4 ↓ 19.0 6.8 ↑ 21.1 2.1 ↑ 11.6 -9.5 ↓ 12.1 0.5 ↑ 9.6 -2.5 ↓
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 ↑ 46.4 -7.0 ↓
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 ↓ 53.6 7.0 ↑
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 ↓ 29.9 0.8 ↑
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 ↓ 18.2 -3.8 ↓
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 ↑ 66.7 4.5 ↑
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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 27 17.5 .250 .327
2019 Shifts R 56 12 21.4 .477 .145
2020 Shifts L 24 4 16.7 .360 .000
2020 Shifts R 30 9 30.0 .203 .098
2021 Shifts L 47 22 46.8 .197 .254
2021 Shifts R 35 12 34.3 .152 .147
2022 Shifts L 141 10 7.1 .299 .295
2022 Shifts R 81 8 9.9 .306 .315
2023 Shades L 174 49 28.2 .268 .255
2023 Shades R 107 10 9.3 .316 .501
2024 Shades L 15 3 20.0 .480 .300
2024 Shades R 18 1 5.6 .305 .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 %
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 29 14.8 55.2% 0.0% 27 17.0 14.8% 0.0%
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Statcast Rankings

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