Gregory Polanco
RF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 5" 240LBS | Age: 33
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 167 153 23 37 6 3 .242 .301 .425 .726
2020 174 157 12 24 7 3 .153 .214 .325 .539
2021 382 336 38 70 11 14 .208 .283 .354 .637
8 Seasons 3,220 2,883 399 696 96 98 .241 .309 .409 .718
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .242 6 3 .726
2020 .153 7 3 .539
2021 .208 11 14 .637
8 Seasons .241 96 98 .718
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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		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 23 2528 475 21 4.4 3.2 89.9 115.6 10.4 30.5 .257 .386 .304 .312 .353 39.8 18.6 8.4
2016 24 2401 415 25 6.0 4.3 89.9 113.7 14.0 34.5 .273 .441 .331 .337 .394 40.0 20.3 9.0
2017 25 1544 320 12 3.8 2.9 86.5 112.1 13.1 30.3 .259 .392 .297 .303 .328 30.6 14.6 6.6
2018 26 2213 351 33 9.4 6.2 88.9 112.9 20.1 33.6 .244 .445 .353 .339 .392 37.8 21.9 11.4
2019 27 679 104 10 9.6 6.0 89.5 113.7 19.2 31.7 .229 .409 .305 .296 .392 30.4 29.3 7.2
2020 28 755 95 12 12.6 6.9 92.9 114.2 20.8 36.8 .223 .417 .232 .301 .452 51.6 37.4 7.5
2021 29 1551 240 23 9.6 6.0 89.9 116.2 15.9 32.5 .232 .411 .275 .316 .397 48.3 27.2 9.4
Player 11671 2000 136 6.8 4.7 89.3 116.2 14.9 32.5 .251 .415 .310 .319 .377 39.1 21.9 8.8
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
2015 46.7 18.3 27.8 7.2 35.2 38.7 26.1 2.9 35.8 23.2 24.2 6.3 4.4 3.2
2016 39.5 20.2 31.1 9.2 46.5 29.6 22.7 1.9 28.9 26.7 27.7 6.7 6.0 4.3
2017 43.8 23.1 22.5 10.6 40.6 33.8 25.6 4.1 34.4 28.7 24.7 4.4 3.8 2.9
2018 34.2 29.6 22.5 13.7 42.7 37.3 19.7 2.0 27.1 32.8 21.1 7.1 9.4 6.2
2019 36.5 24.0 25.0 14.4 49.0 31.7 19.2 0.0 31.7 32.7 19.2 4.8 9.6 6.0
2020 33.7 33.7 24.2 8.4 44.2 35.8 20.0 3.2 16.8 30.5 28.4 8.4 12.6 6.9
2021 40.0 22.9 25.0 12.1 43.8 36.3 20.0 5.4 24.6 27.9 22.9 8.8 9.6 6.0
Player 40.6 23.1 26.1 10.3 41.9 35.0 22.8 2.9 30.1 27.9 24.3 6.6 6.8 4.7
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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -14 587 37.8 140 .163 .301 .245 29.3 30.0 22.8 .224 .439 .322 58.3
2021 Slider -0.1 0 240 15.5 66 .283 .340 .316 40.5 31.8 25.0 .197 .262 .286 38.9
2021 Sinker -0.1 0 219 14.1 52 .304 .500 .372 15.4 9.6 9.6 .306 .523 .388 57.1
2021 Changeup -1.1 -2 197 12.7 45 .125 .325 .262 36.4 24.4 15.9 .249 .476 .349 37.9
2021 Curveball -1.2 -2 180 11.6 39 .154 .282 .185 37.5 38.5 23.4 .162 .300 .197 33.3
2021 Cutter -1.3 -1 83 5.4 22 .263 .474 .340 23.8 13.6 14.3 .251 .443 .350 43.8
2021 Split-Finger 4.5 1 27 1.7 10 .500 .800 .555 23.1 30.0 21.4 .424 .644 .456 42.9
2021 Sweeper -10.0 -1 13 0.8 5 .000 .000 .000 60.0 80.0 57.1 .095 .106 .086 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -3.1 -9 303 40.1 74 .145 .232 .189 41.9 39.2 26.4 .202 .321 .248 53.7
2020 Slider -2.0 -2 113 15.0 25 .043 .174 .136 46.7 40.0 22.7 .156 .381 .260 38.5
2020 Sinker -0.5 0 99 13.1 22 .222 .333 .291 31.9 18.2 15.4 .355 .492 .394 53.3
2020 Curveball -1.2 -1 98 13.0 23 .136 .409 .213 50.0 52.2 35.3 .182 .459 .273 63.6
2020 Changeup 0.1 0 84 11.1 16 .214 .643 .394 48.1 37.5 21.4 .255 .615 .407 50.0
2020 Cutter 6.7 3 38 5.0 11 .375 .875 .568 26.3 18.2 22.2 .410 .829 .563 50.0
2020 Sweeper -8.4 -1 10 1.3 1 .000 .000 .000 80.0 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 Slurve -2.5 0 7 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .180 .407 .244 0.0
2020 Split-Finger -4.7 0 3 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 310 1,270 -9 -7 11 3 -2
2015 649 2,513 -11 -20 15 9 -7
2016 581 2,380 -16 -5 14 12 5
2017 406 1,543 -15 -23 8 9 -20
2018 527 2,204 8 -18 16 10 16
2019 162 655 6 -10 1 4 1
2020 174 755 -2 -13 1 3 -12
2021 380 1,551 -12 -20 6 6 -20
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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 2,528 42.8 65.9 84.8 29.2 66.1 44.0 24.4 44.8 19.9 5.0 70.1
2016 2,401 41.6 69.0 86.4 29.8 63.9 42.4 22.1 46.1 21.7 4.9 75.4
2017 1,544 46.9 72.8 87.3 30.2 65.3 43.2 34.0 50.1 19.3 6.2 85.3
2018 2,213 45.7 69.9 82.6 24.5 58.4 41.3 26.1 45.3 24.0 6.0 78.8
2019 679 43.5 78.2 78.0 29.2 45.4 40.9 29.3 50.5 32.7 5.0 87.9
2020 755 43.7 73.0 66.8 34.6 40.1 41.9 37.4 51.4 42.8 5.6 83.3
2021 1,551 46.5 69.6 80.1 29.4 47.1 42.7 32.7 48.1 30.6 6.4 80.0
Player 11,671 44.2 69.9 82.7 29.0 58.6 42.6 27.8 47.1 24.8 5.6 78.4
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
2015 47 54 44 38 54 57 42 72 98 72 52 59 58 50 88
2016 63 76 63 50 69 52 44 64 93 68 45 63 55 43 60 79
2017 24 49 27 24 30 18 22 25 87 23 82 25 74 32 57 27
2018 67 37 65 71 63 70 70 50 89 50 42 83 52 70 72 24
2019 92 51
2020 23 18 47 60 9 61 83 95 95 93 2 32 1 14 67 84 30
2021 34 18 40 52 29 36 61 64 97 86 15 59 15 36 54 29 25
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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 22.9 22 20.9 1 10 16 10 45.5
2017 23.3 11 9.3 2 6 10 2 18.2
2018 23.4 23 25.5 -3 12 15 14 60.9
2019 24.1 6 7.2 -1 3 3 5 83.3
2020 23.1 7 7.1 0 2 6 3 42.9
2021 23.6 11 12.2 -1 4 6 7 63.6
Player 23.3 80 82.2 -2 37 56 41 51.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 22 23 14 28 21 17 24 20 20 17 17 29 20 17 22 26 15 17 21 22 19 13 28 28 21 20 22 29 22 21 13
2017 11 10 4 9 10 8 11 8 6 8 8 10 10 10 9 10 8 8 12 8 12 10 13 14 10 8 8 11 12 10 3
2018 23 33 19 27 25 21 28 28 21 19 23 30 33 24 23 26 23 23 26 28 28 25 34 30 22 21 24 24 34 23 21
2019 6 10 6 9 7 7 8 9 7 5 6 8 8 6 7 6 5 6 7 9 9 6 9 8 6 6 7 8 9 6 6
2020 7 9 6 8 7 8 8 7 5 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 9 7 8 9 9 7 6 8 8 8 6 4
2021 11 14 10 11 11 11 13 13 10 11 11 12 13 12 12 15 12 12 14 11 12 13 14 14 11 12 13 11 13 11 13
Player 80 99 59 92 81 72 92 85 69 66 71 96 90 75 80 90 70 73 88 87 87 75 107 103 77 73 82 91 98 77 60
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.9 89.9 0.0 86.5 -3.4 ↓ 88.9 2.4 ↑ 89.5 0.6 ↑ 92.9 3.4 ↑ 89.9 -3.0 ↓
Launch Angle 10.4 14.0 3.6 ↑ 13.1 -0.9 ↓ 20.1 7.0 ↑ 19.2 -0.9 ↓ 20.8 1.6 ↑ 15.9 -4.9 ↓
Barrel % 4.4 6.0 1.6 ↑ 3.8 -2.2 ↓ 9.4 5.6 ↑ 9.6 0.2 ↑ 12.6 3.0 ↑ 9.6 -3.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 39.8 40.0 0.2 ↑ 30.6 -9.4 ↓ 37.8 7.2 ↑ 30.4 -7.4 ↓ 51.6 21.2 ↑ 48.3 -3.3 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.5 34.5 4.0 ↑ 30.3 -4.2 ↓ 33.6 3.3 ↑ 31.7 -1.9 ↓ 36.8 5.1 ↑ 32.5 -4.3 ↓
xBA .257 .273 0.016 ↑ .259 -0.014 ↓ .244 -0.015 ↓ .229 -0.015 ↓ .223 -0.006 ↓ .232 0.009 ↑
BA .256 .258 0.002 ↑ .251 -0.007 ↓ .254 0.003 ↑ .242 -0.012 ↓ .153 -0.089 ↓ .208 0.055 ↑
xwOBA .312 .337 0.025 ↑ .303 -0.034 ↓ .339 0.036 ↑ .296 -0.043 ↓ .301 0.005 ↑ .316 0.015 ↑
wOBA .304 .331 0.027 ↑ .297 -0.034 ↓ .353 0.056 ↑ .305 -0.048 ↓ .232 -0.073 ↓ .275 0.043 ↑
xSLG .386 .441 0.055 ↑ .392 -0.049 ↓ .445 0.053 ↑ .409 -0.036 ↓ .417 0.008 ↑ .411 -0.006 ↓
SLG .381 .463 0.082 ↑ .391 -0.072 ↓ .499 0.108 ↑ .425 -0.074 ↓ .325 -0.100 ↓ .354 0.029 ↑
K% 18.6 20.3 1.7 ↑ 14.6 -5.7 ↓ 21.9 7.3 ↑ 29.3 7.4 ↑ 37.4 8.1 ↑ 27.2 -10.2 ↓
BB% 8.4 9.0 0.6 ↑ 6.6 -2.4 ↓ 11.4 4.8 ↑ 7.2 -4.2 ↓ 7.5 0.3 ↑ 9.4 1.9 ↑
Swing % 44.8 46.1 1.3 ↑ 50.1 4.0 ↑ 45.3 -4.8 ↓ 50.5 5.2 ↑ 51.4 0.9 ↑ 48.1 -3.3 ↓
Whiff% 19.9 21.7 1.8 ↑ 19.3 -2.4 ↓ 24.0 4.7 ↑ 32.7 8.7 ↑ 42.8 10.1 ↑ 30.6 -12.2 ↓
In Zone % 42.8 41.6 -1.2 ↓ 46.9 5.3 ↑ 45.7 -1.2 ↓ 43.5 -2.2 ↓ 43.7 0.2 ↑ 46.5 2.8 ↑
Out of Zone % 57.2 58.4 1.2 ↑ 53.1 -5.3 ↓ 54.3 1.2 ↑ 56.5 2.2 ↑ 56.3 -0.2 ↓ 53.5 -2.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 29.2 29.8 0.6 ↑ 30.2 0.4 ↑ 24.5 -5.7 ↓ 29.2 4.7 ↑ 34.6 5.4 ↑ 29.4 -5.2 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 24.4 22.1 -2.3 ↓ 34.0 11.9 ↑ 26.1 -7.9 ↓ 29.3 3.2 ↑ 37.4 8.1 ↑ 32.7 -4.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 57.4 53.5 -3.9 ↓ 62.3 8.8 ↑ 57.9 -4.4 ↓ 56.9 -1.0 ↓ 63.2 6.3 ↑ 62.8 -0.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 559 72 12.9 .316 .359
2017 Shifts L 404 55 13.6 .299 .281
2018 Shifts L 529 182 34.4 .348 .363
2019 Shifts L 166 85 51.2 .332 .280
2020 Shifts L 174 151 86.8 .316 .219
2021 Shifts L 378 302 79.9 .333 .259
! 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 %
2014 407 18.9 12.5% 1.7% 215 25.4 0.5% 19.5%
2015 858 18.7 24.6% 7.5% 371 24.7 5.9% 25.3%
2016 668 20.0 16.9% 11.1% 447 25.9 2.2% 30.2%
2017 384 18.3 22.7% 4.7% 279 23.8 0.7% 15.4%
2018 713 17.2 27.5% 2.5% 319 23.7 0.6% 16.6%
2019 209 17.5 22.0% 1.4% 80 23.9 0.0% 6.3%
2020 205 17.9 21.0% 2.0% 119 22.9 1.7% 8.4%
2021 423 18.1 21.0% 3.1% 270 23.0 1.9% 12.6%
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