José A. Váldez
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 210LBS | Age: 34
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 2 3 4.24 25 0 0 23.1 22 1.41
2017 0 0 8.50 14 0 0 18 17 1.44
2018 0 0 12.60 4 0 0 5 4 1.80
4 Seasons 2 4 6.34 50 0 0 55.1 47 1.48
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 25 2-3 4.24 23.1 22 1.41
2017 14 0-0 8.50 18 17 1.44
2018 4 0-0 12.60 5 4 1.80
4 Seasons 50 2-4 6.34 55.1 47 1.48
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2015 25 157 31 4 12.9 10.3 91.8 108.9 16.6 32.3 .282 .633 .385 .418 .438 45.2 10.3 10.3 4.00 8.01
2016 26 398 62 4 6.5 4.0 90.8 112.1 15.3 40.3 .247 .437 .330 .353 .392 43.5 22.0 16.0 4.24 5.42
2017 27 294 56 6 10.7 7.5 92.0 108.9 17.0 48.2 .311 .613 .436 .416 .507 51.8 21.3 6.3 8.50 8.23
2018 28 77 19 2 10.5 8.3 95.9 109.8 12.7 42.1 .386 .676 .466 .462 .548 47.4 16.7 4.2 12.60 10.74
Player 926 168 16 9.5 6.6 91.9 112.1 15.8 41.7 .289 .554 .387 .395 .456 47.0 19.3 10.7
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Váldez relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(42.9%) ,
Slider
(33.8%) ,
Sinker
(11.7%) ,
Changeup
(11.7%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 35.5 32.3 22.6 9.7 41.9 35.5 22.6 0.0 29.0 35.5 16.1 6.5 12.9 10.3
2016 40.3 22.6 30.6 6.5 37.1 40.3 22.6 3.2 30.6 29.0 25.8 4.8 6.5 4.0
2017 30.4 23.2 37.5 8.9 37.5 32.1 30.4 1.8 21.4 21.4 26.8 17.9 10.7 7.5
2018 47.4 26.3 21.1 5.3 52.6 36.8 10.5 5.3 26.3 15.8 36.8 5.3 10.5 8.3
Player 36.9 25.0 30.4 7.7 39.9 36.3 23.8 2.4 26.8 26.2 25.6 9.5 9.5 6.6
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.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2018 Slider SF R 26 85.6 35.8 -0.8 -2 2.8 -1.7 -38
2018 Changeup SF R 9 88.5 23.1 -6.8 -23 13.2 -1.1 -8
2018 4-Seam Fastball SF R 33 95.7 13.3 2.1 14 7.9 -0.6 -7
2018 Sinker SF R 9 94.5 20.6 -1.6 -7 14.5 -0.8 -5
2017 4-Seam Fastball SD R 60 96.1 10.5 3.0 22 5.8 -3.1 -35
2017 Slider SD R 130 86.6 34.4 1.0 3 0.2 -3.1 -95
2017 Changeup SD R 5 87.3 24.3 -4.9 -17 17.1 3.1 23
2017 Sinker SD R 97 95.7 16.0 -4.9 -23 14.7 -1.5 -9
2016 Slider LAA R 160 85.3 37.9 2.1 6 6.9 1.8 35
2016 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 238 96.0 13.3 1.6 11 6.4 -1.5 -19
2015 4-Seam Fastball DET R 97 96.7 13.9 1.1 7 8.4 0.4 5
2015 Changeup DET R 9 88.3 25.0 -4.2 -14 11.8 -0.3 -3
2015 Slider DET R 48 86.1 37.9 3.0 9 6.3 1.6 33
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -5.8 -2 33 42.9 8 .500 .875 .588 5.9 0.0 0.0 .477 .886 .577 37.5
2018 Slider -14.9 -4 26 33.8 9 .375 1.125 .622 21.4 33.3 27.3 .295 .644 .431 60.0
2018 Sinker 7.3 1 9 11.7 4 .000 .000 .000 25.0 25.0 100.0 .248 .271 .232 33.3
2018 Changeup 4.6 0 9 11.7 3 .333 .333 .300 25.0 0.0 -- .564 .738 .560 66.7
2017 Slider -2.7 -4 130 44.2 40 .316 .658 .428 35.2 30.0 27.3 .302 .495 .355 51.9
2017 Sinker -6.5 -6 97 33.0 22 .278 .833 .498 17.6 18.2 28.6 .356 .802 .518 64.3
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 0 60 20.4 17 .250 .813 .444 15.2 5.9 8.3 .284 .679 .410 40.0
2017 Changeup 0.1 0 5 1.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 39 157 -1 0 -1 -1 -3
2016 100 398 -1 9 -4 -2 2
2017 79 293 0 -5 -3 -3 -10
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 157 45.2 64.8 89.1 27.9 50.0 42.7 53.8 44.6 24.3 6.4 90.0
2016 398 47.5 65.6 79.0 20.1 61.9 47.7 39.0 41.7 25.3 6.0 79.2
2017 294 52.2 69.9 75.7 22.1 64.5 43.7 52.5 46.9 26.1 9.2 85.2
2018 77 54.5 73.8 96.8 22.9 37.5 50.6 70.8 50.6 15.4 11.7 88.9
Player 926 49.2 67.7 81.2 22.3 58.1 45.8 49.0 44.6 24.5 7.6 84.3
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 94 86 39
2016 90 91 21
2017 88 98 14
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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 22.5 4 4.4 0 0 3 2 50.0
2017 22.8 8 6.8 1 1 6 2 25.0
2018 23.3 3 2.0 1 0 3 0 0.0
Player 22.8 15 13.2 2 1 12 4 26.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 4 4 3 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 3
2017 8 8 5 7 7 6 8 7 5 5 8 8 6 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 8 7 6 7 6 8 7 7 7
2018 3 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 1 2 3 2 2 3
Player 15 15 9 14 15 12 15 13 12 10 16 16 11 12 13 11 12 12 14 15 13 12 16 15 12 13 13 16 13 14 13
! 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 +/-   2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.6 96.0 -0.6 95.8 -0.2 95.4 -0.4
Offspeed Velocity 88.3 0.0 0.0 87.3 0.0 88.5 1.2
Breaking Velocity 86.1 85.3 -0.8 86.6 1.3 85.6 -1.0
Exit Velocity 91.8 90.8 -1.0 92.0 1.2 95.9 3.9
Launch Angle 16.6 15.3 -1.3 17.0 1.7 12.7 -4.3
Barrel % 12.9 6.5 -6.4 10.7 4.2 10.5 -0.2
Hard Hit % 45.2 43.5 -1.7 51.8 8.3 47.4 -4.4
Sweet Spot % 32.3 40.3 8.0 48.2 7.9 42.1 -6.1
xBA .282 .247 -0.035 .311 0.064 .386 0.075
BA .286 .202 -0.084 .292 0.090 .348 0.056
xwOBA .418 .353 -0.065 .416 0.063 .462 0.046
wOBA .385 .330 -0.055 .436 0.106 .466 0.030
xSLG .633 .437 -0.196 .613 0.176 .676 0.063
SLG .543 .429 -0.114 .736 0.307 .739 0.003
K% 10.3 22.0 11.7 21.3 -0.7 16.7 -4.6
BB% 10.3 16.0 5.7 6.3 -9.7 4.2 -2.1
Swing % 44.6 41.7 -2.9 46.9 5.2 50.6 3.7
Whiff% 24.3 25.3 1.0 26.1 0.8 15.4 -10.7
In Zone % 45.2 47.5 2.3 52.2 4.7 54.5 2.3
Out of Zone % 54.8 52.5 -2.3 47.8 -4.7 45.5 -2.3
Out of Zone Swing % 27.9 20.1 -7.8 22.1 2.0 22.9 0.8
First Pitch Swing % 25.6 19.0 -6.6 30.0 11.0 41.7 11.7
First Pitch Strike % 53.8 39.0 -14.8 52.5 13.5 70.8 18.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 100 .330 62 1 1.6 38 8 21.1
2017 Shifts 78 .413 46 1 2.2 32 8 25.0
2018 Shifts 24 .466 12 2 16.7 12 2 16.7
! 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 %
2015 45 23.7 4.4% 13.3% 30 25.6 3.3% 30.0%
2016 113 18.2 23.0% 6.2% 77 24.4 6.5% 23.4%
2017 80 19.3 8.8% 0.0% 50 22.8 2.0% 4.0%
2018 27 20.1 0.0% 3.7% 7 21.7 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution


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