Yadiel Rivera
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 190LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 9, #279, Milwaukee Brewers | Manuela Toro HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 160 139 13 24 1 2 .173 .269 .216 .485
2019 66 60 8 11 0 2 .183 .258 .217 .475
2020 5 5 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
6 Seasons 319 286 33 50 1 5 .175 .244 .217 .461
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .173 1 2 .485
2019 .183 0 2 .475
2020 .000 0 1 .000
6 Seasons .175 1 5 .461
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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%
2015 23 69 11 0 0.0 0.0 84.9 98.8 -8.9 9.1 .115 .150 .063 .119 .166 18.2 26.7 0.0
2016 24 267 49 1 2.0 1.4 90.5 107.9 2.8 28.6 .207 .302 .223 .232 .313 36.7 28.2 2.8
2017 25 13 1 0 0.0 0.0 89.6 89.6 20.6 100.0 .097 .144 .000 .096 .191 0.0 50.0 0.0
2018 26 642 90 4 4.4 2.5 89.7 107.6 3.5 22.2 .183 .273 .219 .247 .309 28.1 31.9 11.9
2019 27 268 40 0 0.0 0.0 89.3 108.5 1.6 17.5 .169 .220 .218 .216 .253 35.0 30.3 9.1
2020 28 19 4 0 0.0 0.0 91.4 103.8 4.9 50.0 .201 .304 .000 .217 .271 50.0 20.0 0.0
Player 1278 195 5 2.6 1.6 89.6 108.5 2.4 23.1 .182 .262 .208 .230 .289 31.4 30.4 8.5
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.




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 81.8 9.1 9.1 0.0 36.4 45.5 18.2 9.1 72.7 9.1 9.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 61.2 18.4 18.4 2.0 34.7 40.8 24.5 6.1 42.9 18.4 20.4 8.2 2.0 1.4
2017 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 58.9 14.4 20.0 6.7 25.6 47.8 26.7 1.1 50.0 20.0 22.2 1.1 4.4 2.5
2019 57.5 17.5 15.0 10.0 30.0 52.5 17.5 5.0 47.5 22.5 15.0 7.5 0.0 0.0
2020 50.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 75.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 50.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 60.0 15.9 18.5 5.6 30.8 45.6 23.6 3.6 48.7 20.0 19.5 4.1 2.6 1.6
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.

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 %
2020 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 0 9 47.4 1 .000 .000 .000 71.4 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 Sinker 12.3 1 5 26.3 2 .000 .000 .450 0.0 0.0 -- .236 .324 .247 50.0
2020 Slider 9.2 0 4 21.1 2 .000 .000 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .267 .435 .294 50.0
2020 Changeup 5.1 0 1 5.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -3.5 -3 95 35.4 21 .111 .111 .150 44.9 33.3 28.0 .133 .167 .214 27.3
2019 Sinker -4.0 -2 51 19.0 16 .200 .200 .213 12.5 18.8 50.0 .176 .192 .200 41.7
2019 Slider 3.6 1 38 14.2 13 .308 .308 .277 45.5 38.5 31.3 .234 .340 .241 50.0
2019 Cutter -2.2 -1 27 10.1 6 .000 .000 .117 18.8 16.7 9.1 .047 .055 .155 0.0
2019 Curveball -2.4 -1 27 10.1 6 .167 .333 .358 66.7 50.0 27.3 .164 .258 .177 33.3
2019 Changeup 1.7 0 22 8.2 3 .500 1.000 .650 50.0 0.0 0.0 .394 .508 .491 50.0
2019 Split-Finger -3.1 0 8 3.0 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -3 242 37.7 56 .213 .277 .279 21.8 28.6 24.2 .221 .327 .299 34.4
2018 Slider -3.9 -5 122 19.0 36 .121 .121 .158 53.2 36.1 25.0 .128 .176 .180 10.0
2018 Sinker -4.2 -5 120 18.7 32 .034 .034 .094 22.2 31.3 25.6 .175 .274 .244 36.8
2018 Curveball -1.7 -1 77 12.0 15 .267 .267 .240 41.9 46.7 31.8 .143 .164 .141 25.0
2018 Changeup 0.7 0 47 7.3 10 .444 .778 .470 37.9 40.0 20.0 .251 .512 .295 33.3
2018 Cutter -1.0 0 28 4.4 6 .250 .250 .533 27.3 16.7 7.7 .290 .342 .415 33.3
2018 Split-Finger -0.3 0 4 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .062 .074 .057 0.0
2017 Slider -6.4 0 5 38.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .193 .289 .191 0.0
2017 Curveball -3.9 0 3 23.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2017 Sinker 3.2 0 2 15.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -5.2 0 1 7.7 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 Changeup -3.2 0 1 7.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 71 267 -5 -2 1 0 -5
2018 156 640 -9 -11 5 1 -14
2019 66 268 -3 -6 2 1 -5
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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 69 62.3 74.4 81.3 26.9 57.1 40.6 33.3 56.5 20.5 7.2 80.0
2016 267 55.1 66.7 79.6 26.7 50.0 39.3 29.6 48.7 26.9 8.2 68.2
2017 13 41.7 40.0 100.0 42.9 100.0 25.0 0.0 38.5 0.0 0.0 --
2018 642 47.7 68.2 80.3 26.9 38.9 43.0 27.8 46.6 32.1 7.7 75.5
2019 268 42.5 75.4 69.8 37.7 43.1 44.4 24.2 53.7 40.3 7.1 84.2
2020 19 52.6 90.0 55.6 44.4 75.0 52.6 60.0 68.4 38.5 10.5 50.0
Player 1,278 48.9 69.7 77.7 29.8 44.3 42.4 28.1 49.3 32.1 7.6 75.3
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 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
2015 22 90
2016 58 96
2018 57 95
2019 61 88
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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 -- 0 0.5 -1 5 0 0 --
2018 20.4 1 1.1 0 2 2 0 0.0
2019 -- 0 0.3 0 0 1 0 --
2020 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
Player 20.4 1 1.9 -1 8 3 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
2018 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 0
2019 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 4 1 0 3 1 1 4 2 2 5 4 6 1 0 0 4 6 0 0
! 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 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.9 90.5 5.6 89.6 -0.9 89.7 0.1 89.3 -0.4 91.4 2.1
Launch Angle -8.9 2.8 11.7 20.6 17.8 3.5 -17.1 1.6 -1.9 4.9 3.3
Barrel % 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 -2.0 4.4 4.4 0.0 -4.4 0.0 0.0
Hard Hit % 18.2 36.7 18.5 0.0 -36.7 28.1 28.1 35.0 6.9 50.0 15.0
Sweet Spot % 9.1 28.6 19.5 100.0 71.4 22.2 -77.8 17.5 -4.7 50.0 32.5
xBA .115 .207 0.092 .097 -0.110 .183 0.086 .169 -0.014 .201 0.032
BA .071 .212 0.141 .000 -0.212 .173 0.173 .183 0.010 .000 -0.183
xwOBA .119 .232 0.113 .096 -0.136 .247 0.151 .216 -0.031 .217 0.001
wOBA .063 .223 0.160 .000 -0.223 .219 0.219 .218 -0.001 .000 -0.218
xSLG .150 .302 0.152 .144 -0.158 .273 0.129 .220 -0.053 .304 0.084
SLG .071 .273 0.202 .000 -0.273 .216 0.216 .217 0.001 .000 -0.217
K% 26.7 28.2 1.5 50.0 21.8 31.9 -18.1 30.3 -1.6 20.0 -10.3
BB% 0.0 2.8 2.8 0.0 -2.8 11.9 11.9 9.1 -2.8 0.0 -9.1
Swing % 56.5 48.7 -7.8 38.5 -10.2 46.6 8.1 53.7 7.1 68.4 14.7
Whiff% 20.5 26.9 6.4 0.0 -26.9 32.1 32.1 40.3 8.2 38.5 -1.8
In Zone % 62.3 55.1 -7.2 41.7 -13.4 47.7 6.0 42.5 -5.2 52.6 10.1
Out of Zone % 37.7 44.9 7.2 58.3 13.4 52.3 -6.0 57.5 5.2 47.4 -10.1
Out of Zone Swing % 26.9 26.7 -0.2 42.9 16.2 26.9 -16.0 37.7 10.8 44.4 6.7
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 29.6 -3.7 0.0 -29.6 27.8 27.8 24.2 -3.6 60.0 35.8
First Pitch Strike % 80.0 62.0 -18.0 50.0 -12.0 60.8 10.8 54.5 -6.3 80.0 25.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 70 0 0.0 .226
2017 Shifts R 2 1 50.0 .000 .000
2018 Shifts R 153 3 2.0 .208 .230
2019 Shifts R 66 0 0.0 .218
2020 Shifts R 5 0 0.0 .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 %
2015 23 15.0 47.8% 4.3% 6 19.3 0.0% 16.7%
2016 74 17.7 24.3% 1.4% 39 26.0 2.6% 12.8%
2017 3 16.9 33.3% 0.0% 4 11.1 100.0% 0.0%
2018 191 16.6 31.4% 0.5% 94 20.6 0.0% 6.4%
2019 71 16.6 22.5% 0.0% 31 22.4 0.0% 3.2%
2020 6 15.0 33.3% 0.0% 0 -- -- --
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