José De León
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 220LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 24, #724, Los Angeles Dodgers | Southern A&M
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 0 0 18.00 5 0 0 6 10 2.83
2021 0 1 8.35 9 2 0 18.1 33 1.80
2023 0 1 4.67 12 1 0 17.1 17 1.21
6 Seasons 4 2 7.44 34 7 0 65.1 84 1.68
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 5 0-0 18.00 6 10 2.83
2021 9 0-1 8.35 18.1 33 1.80
2023 12 0-1 4.67 17.1 17 1.21
6 Seasons 34 4-2 7.44 65.1 84 1.68
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
2016 23 302 55 6 10.9 7.5 89.6 115.2 18.2 29.1 .273 .555 .392 .384 .442 29.1 18.8 8.8 6.35 6.61
2017 24 69 10 1 10.0 6.7 86.5 107.0 5.0 20.0 .228 .473 .470 .370 .347 10.0 13.3 20.0 10.13 6.16
2019 26 80 9 0 0.0 0.0 85.9 97.8 8.9 33.3 .170 .237 .271 .281 .312 22.2 33.3 14.3 2.25 3.43
2020 27 140 14 1 7.1 2.9 86.0 113.3 13.0 35.7 .253 .405 .384 .395 .483 14.3 28.6 31.4 18.00 7.13
2021 28 347 45 7 15.6 7.7 89.0 107.7 14.6 46.7 .233 .439 .381 .343 .492 44.4 36.3 12.1 8.35 5.09
2023 30 284 47 3 6.4 4.3 86.7 110.8 18.3 34.0 .262 .416 .299 .325 .394 34.0 24.3 7.1 4.67 4.48
Player 1222 180 18 10.0 5.8 88.0 115.2 15.7 35.0 .248 .448 .363 .352 .433 31.7 26.9 12.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

De León relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(52.1%) ,
Changeup
(23.9%) ,
Slider
(13.7%) ,
Cutter
(10.2%) ,


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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
2016 45.5 23.6 18.2 12.7 40.0 34.5 25.5 1.8 29.1 23.6 21.8 5.5 10.9 7.5
2017 60.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 60.0 10.0 30.0 0.0 50.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 10.0 6.7
2019 44.4 22.2 33.3 0.0 33.3 44.4 22.2 0.0 33.3 11.1 44.4 11.1 0.0 0.0
2020 42.9 21.4 28.6 7.1 35.7 21.4 42.9 7.1 42.9 14.3 28.6 0.0 7.1 2.9
2021 33.3 24.4 33.3 8.9 48.9 22.2 28.9 4.4 22.2 24.4 24.4 8.9 15.6 7.7
2023 40.4 17.0 27.7 14.9 40.4 31.9 27.7 6.4 21.3 31.9 31.9 2.1 6.4 4.3
Player 41.7 21.7 26.1 10.6 42.8 28.9 28.3 3.9 27.8 24.4 26.7 5.0 10.0 5.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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
2023 Cutter MIN R 29 86.9 30.3 -1.9 -7 4.1 3.1 297
2023 Slider MIN R 39 79.6 42.5 0.6 2 14.4 4.9 51
2023 Changeup MIN R 68 84.9 36.5 1.2 4 15.8 1.0 7
2023 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 148 93.8 14.6 2.3 13 10.7 1.2 13
2021 Slider CIN R 51 79.0 44.0 1.7 4 15.3 3.4 29
2021 Changeup CIN R 78 84.3 34.7 -0.4 -1 16.3 1.7 12
2021 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 218 93.0 15.5 1.8 10 10.5 1.0 11
2020 Cutter CIN R 3 84.9 32.2 -0.7 -2 7.6 4.0 112
2020 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 97 95.0 15.3 0.6 4 10.9 1.8 20
2020 Changeup CIN R 31 86.0 33.6 -0.1 0 13.9 -0.1 -1
2020 Slider CIN R 9 82.4 37.0 -2.6 -6 15.5 9.1 143
2019 Changeup TB R 32 81.6 38.5 2.8 8 16.0 1.3 9
2019 4-Seam Fastball TB R 43 92.1 18.5 -0.1 -1 13.5 4.7 53
2019 Cutter TB R 2 81.1 41.1 -4.7 -13 4.7 0.3 8
2019 Sinker TB R 3 92.9 19.3 -3.9 -17 17.9 2.2 14
2017 Cutter TB R 11 84.9 33.7 -1.5 -5 0.1 -1.5 -92
2017 Curveball TB R 5 73.9 56.1 -2.2 -4 11.7 -1.3 -10
2017 4-Seam Fastball TB R 41 91.6 16.5 0.6 3 11.8 3.0 35
2017 Changeup TB R 11 85.3 32.8 1.9 6 18.0 3.6 25
2016 Curveball LAD R 17 77.0 54.4 -2.2 -4 14.6 2.4 19
2016 Slider LAD R 21 82.9 35.8 -3.6 -9 7.4 1.6 27
2016 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 192 92.3 15.7 2.0 11 9.3 1.4 18
2016 Changeup LAD R 63 82.2 33.1 -1.3 -4 12.3 -0.4 -3
! 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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.3 3 148 52.1 37 .182 .212 .231 24.0 24.3 17.6 .223 .303 .278 25.0
2023 Changeup -5.1 -3 68 23.9 18 .353 .706 .461 25.8 22.2 19.0 .330 .711 .451 53.8
2023 Slider 2.4 1 39 13.7 9 .222 .222 .200 33.3 44.4 23.5 .206 .242 .194 20.0
2023 Cutter -0.2 0 29 10.2 6 .400 .400 .417 30.0 0.0 0.0 .392 .465 .430 40.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 218 62.8 50 .225 .350 .342 29.9 40.0 35.1 .174 .320 .306 42.9
2021 Changeup -11.6 -9 78 22.5 24 .526 1.000 .627 41.0 20.8 19.2 .407 .843 .528 53.3
2021 Slider 0.5 0 51 14.7 17 .176 .353 .224 33.3 47.1 40.0 .178 .266 .189 33.3
2020 4-Seam Fastball -8.1 -8 97 69.3 21 .462 .692 .576 35.1 23.8 23.8 .402 .678 .552 12.5
2020 Changeup 6.4 2 31 22.1 12 .000 .000 .058 40.0 41.7 26.3 .076 .082 .123 16.7
2020 Slider -2.2 0 9 6.4 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Cutter -4.6 0 3 2.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 5.1 2 43 53.8 11 .100 .100 .227 52.2 45.5 55.6 .149 .237 .214 20.0
2019 Changeup -6.2 -2 32 40.0 9 .333 .333 .433 33.3 22.2 28.6 .205 .237 .362 25.0
2019 Sinker 2.3 0 3 3.8 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Cutter -2.1 0 2 2.5 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -3.6 -1 41 59.4 9 .429 1.000 .617 16.0 22.2 11.8 .261 .658 .446 20.0
2017 Cutter 5.4 1 11 15.9 4 .250 .250 .225 20.0 0.0 0.0 .200 .236 .190 0.0
2017 Changeup -1.1 0 11 15.9 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .107 .122 .398 0.0
2017 Curveball 0.6 0 5 7.2 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 68 84.9 97 16.8 2:45 3:00 -15
2023 Cutter 28 87.1 48 7.1 11:45 10:30 75
2023 4-Seam Fastball 147 93.8 98 19.5 1:15 1:15 0
2023 Slider 38 79.6 58 15.2 8:15 8:45 -30
2021 Changeup 78 84.3 98 17.5 2:30 2:45 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 217 93.0 98 19.0 1:15 1:15 0
2021 Slider 50 79.0 61 16.6 8:00 8:45 -45
2020 Changeup 29 86.1 95 14.8 2:45 2:45 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 90 95.0 98 18.5 1:30 1:15 15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 79 298 -3 3 -6 -1 -8
2020 33 140 -1 1 -5 -1 -6
2021 91 347 -5 3 -3 -2 -8
2023 70 284 1 2 -1 -1 1
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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 %
2016 302 51.7 64.7 77.2 24.7 66.7 38.7 60.0 45.4 25.5 9.6 82.8
2017 69 50.7 74.3 80.8 20.6 85.7 42.0 60.0 47.8 18.2 4.3 66.7
2019 80 48.8 71.8 60.7 29.3 41.7 38.8 45.0 50.0 45.0 7.5 83.3
2020 140 44.3 61.3 65.8 19.2 53.3 41.4 67.6 37.9 37.7 2.1 66.7
2021 347 53.0 67.4 70.2 23.9 41.0 38.9 65.9 47.0 33.1 11.2 69.2
2023 284 51.4 62.3 80.2 31.2 58.1 44.0 71.4 47.2 26.1 7.0 90.0
Player 1,222 50.9 65.6 73.8 25.3 55.3 40.5 64.2 45.8 30.0 8.2 78.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 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
2016 37 40 67
2020 79 18 87
2021 40 14 82
2023 47 38 75
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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 22.8 5 4.5 1 0 1 4 80.0
2017 21.7 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.0
2020 25.6 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2021 22.6 4 3.0 1 1 1 2 50.0
2023 22.5 2 2.0 0 0 1 1 50.0
Player 22.9 13 11.4 2 1 4 8 61.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 4
2017 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 0
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
2021 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 2
2023 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 13 11 11 12 11 11 12 11 10 11 12 11 12 11 11 12 11 11 12 12 12 12 13 12 11 12 12 12 12 11 9
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.2 -- -2.0 -- -- 91.7 -- 94.7 3.0 93.0 -1.7
Offspeed Velocity 82.2 -- 3.1 -- -- 81.6 -- 86.0 4.4 84.3 -1.7
Breaking Velocity 80.3 -- -6.4 -- -- 0.0 -- 82.4 0.0 79.0 -3.4
Exit Velocity 89.6 -- -3.1 -- -- 85.9 -- 86.0 0.1 89.0 3.0
Launch Angle 18.2 -- -13.2 -- -- 8.9 -- 13.0 4.1 14.6 1.6
Barrel % 10.9 -- -0.9 -- -- 0.0 -- 7.1 7.1 15.6 8.5
Hard Hit % 29.1 -- -19.1 -- -- 22.2 -- 14.3 -7.9 44.4 30.1
Sweet Spot % 29.1 -- -9.1 -- -- 33.3 -- 35.7 2.4 46.7 11.0
xBA .273 -- -0.045 -- -- .170 -- .253 0.083 .233 -0.020
BA .288 -- 0.045 -- -- .188 -- .250 0.062 .289 0.039
xwOBA .384 -- -0.014 -- -- .281 -- .395 0.114 .343 -0.052
wOBA .392 -- 0.078 -- -- .271 -- .384 0.113 .381 -0.003
xSLG .555 -- -0.082 -- -- .237 -- .405 0.168 .439 0.034
SLG .561 -- 0.106 -- -- .188 -- .375 0.187 .513 0.138
K% 18.8 -- -5.5 -- -- 33.3 -- 28.6 -4.7 36.3 7.7
BB% 8.8 -- 11.2 -- -- 14.3 -- 31.4 17.1 12.1 -19.3
Swing % 45.4 -- 2.4 -- -- 50.0 -- 37.9 -12.1 47.0 9.1
Whiff% 25.5 -- -7.3 -- -- 45.0 -- 37.7 -7.3 33.1 -4.6
In Zone % 51.7 -- -1.0 -- -- 48.8 -- 44.3 -4.5 53.0 8.7
Out of Zone % 48.3 -- 1.0 -- -- 51.2 -- 55.7 4.5 47.0 -8.7
Out of Zone Swing % 24.7 -- -4.1 -- -- 29.3 -- 19.2 -10.1 23.9 4.7
First Pitch Swing % 25.0 -- 1.7 -- -- 30.0 -- 32.4 2.4 37.4 5.0
First Pitch Strike % 60.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 45.0 -- 67.6 22.6 65.9 -1.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 76 .396 35 3 8.6 41 11 26.8
2017 Shifts 15 .470 6 1 16.7 9 3 33.3
2019 Shifts 20 .271 12 7 58.3 8 5 62.5
2020 Shifts 33 .384 17 1 5.9 16 11 68.8
2021 Shifts 91 .381 48 3 6.3 43 24 55.8
2023 Shades 70 .299 42 4 9.5 28 23 82.1
! 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 %
2016 98 15.6 46.9% 0.0% 47 22.3 4.3% 12.8%
2017 18 17.6 11.1% 0.0% 11 23.6 0.0% 0.0%
2019 17 15.2 35.3% 5.9% 18 22.0 0.0% 0.0%
2020 36 16.3 33.3% 0.0% 36 20.7 0.0% 2.8%
2021 82 17.3 23.2% 0.0% 67 23.2 0.0% 10.4%
2023 78 14.4 59.0% 0.0% 52 16.3 28.8% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution