Maikel Franco
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 225LBS | Age: 32
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 243 223 23 62 8 1 .278 .321 .457 .778
2021 403 377 31 79 11 0 .210 .253 .355 .608
2022 388 371 31 85 9 1 .229 .255 .342 .597
9 Seasons 3,573 3,309 364 809 130 5 .244 .293 .414 .707
AVG HR SB OPS
2020 .278 8 1 .778
2021 .210 11 0 .608
2022 .229 9 1 .597
9 Seasons .244 130 5 .707
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Hits Spray Chart

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 22 1198 253 15 5.9 4.5 88.8 111.0 9.8 33.2 .259 .436 .360 .333 .363 37.2 15.5 7.8
2016 23 2246 479 33 6.9 5.2 89.5 113.2 11.8 28.6 .259 .431 .311 .318 .359 40.7 16.8 6.3
2017 24 2334 485 29 6.0 4.7 88.8 113.0 11.5 26.6 .246 .397 .292 .303 .330 36.2 15.2 6.6
2018 25 1645 374 24 6.4 5.2 88.0 114.5 9.5 29.4 .254 .406 .328 .303 .331 34.1 13.3 6.2
2019 26 1511 331 23 6.9 5.4 89.1 114.1 14.8 24.2 .245 .420 .281 .298 .332 38.4 14.3 8.4
2020 27 944 189 11 5.8 4.5 86.7 112.5 8.4 33.3 .256 .398 .329 .307 .338 38.6 15.6 6.6
2021 28 1466 313 16 5.1 4.0 88.2 113.9 9.1 28.1 .224 .344 .263 .270 .296 33.9 16.6 5.0
2022 29 1418 299 14 4.7 3.6 87.0 112.1 11.5 33.1 .243 .351 .261 .272 .321 34.4 19.3 3.1
Player 12762 2723 165 6.1 4.7 88.5 114.5 11.0 29.0 .248 .399 .301 .301 .334 36.8 15.8 6.3
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 47.8 13.8 29.6 8.7 42.3 41.9 15.8 3.6 38.3 22.1 19.4 8.7 5.9 4.5
2016 45.3 19.2 25.3 10.2 41.1 38.2 20.7 2.1 37.0 24.4 22.8 5.8 6.9 5.2
2017 45.8 22.3 22.1 9.9 40.0 37.3 22.3 4.1 35.3 26.6 22.7 4.9 6.0 4.7
2018 49.5 19.0 20.1 11.5 42.2 35.6 21.9 2.4 41.7 21.9 23.0 4.0 6.4 5.2
2019 43.2 21.8 20.2 14.8 42.0 34.7 23.3 1.8 36.3 29.3 20.8 4.5 6.9 5.4
2020 46.0 17.5 25.9 10.6 43.4 38.1 18.5 7.4 34.9 23.3 19.6 7.9 5.8 4.5
2021 48.6 20.8 21.7 8.9 42.8 34.8 22.4 2.6 41.2 25.2 21.4 4.5 5.1 4.0
2022 44.5 21.1 24.1 10.4 44.1 33.8 22.1 5.4 32.4 25.8 25.1 5.7 4.7 3.6
Player 46.3 19.8 23.3 10.7 42.0 36.7 21.2 3.4 37.2 25.0 22.1 5.5 6.1 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 %
2022 Slider -0.5 -2 363 25.6 98 .221 .337 .257 39.4 28.6 24.3 .236 .327 .252 35.3
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 342 24.1 106 .290 .400 .310 16.0 10.4 11.0 .269 .409 .304 38.5
2022 Sinker -2.5 -6 252 17.8 74 .239 .366 .303 12.5 9.5 17.9 .271 .374 .297 34.4
2022 Changeup -3.1 -6 196 13.8 52 .100 .160 .152 35.2 21.2 15.3 .205 .303 .239 23.1
2022 Curveball 2.1 2 111 7.8 26 .308 .385 .338 45.5 34.6 24.3 .234 .284 .228 41.2
2022 Cutter -1.6 -1 70 4.9 13 .333 .583 .415 23.3 23.1 21.4 .311 .479 .373 55.6
2022 Sweeper 0.9 1 64 4.5 13 .091 .364 .262 48.1 30.8 16.7 .136 .293 .262 14.3
2022 Split-Finger -5.4 -1 17 1.2 6 .000 .000 .000 36.4 33.3 28.6 .050 .053 .049 0.0
2022 Slurve -0.4 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -6 366 25.0 128 .246 .377 .272 10.8 7.8 10.0 .264 .400 .295 37.4
2021 Slider -0.3 -1 321 21.9 71 .167 .348 .263 35.6 23.9 16.8 .159 .260 .217 30.6
2021 Sinker -0.8 -2 255 17.4 75 .206 .324 .295 13.6 10.7 15.7 .244 .348 .297 38.3
2021 Changeup -4.1 -7 161 11.0 40 .054 .135 .148 38.9 22.5 20.5 .176 .292 .240 17.9
2021 Cutter 0.7 1 153 10.4 34 .313 .500 .369 14.3 11.8 12.1 .275 .429 .325 39.3
2021 Curveball -0.7 -1 131 8.9 33 .219 .344 .256 43.3 36.4 25.0 .185 .281 .213 20.0
2021 Sweeper -0.2 0 38 2.6 9 .143 .571 .378 37.5 33.3 33.3 .166 .395 .336 25.0
2021 Split-Finger -5.6 -1 26 1.8 8 .125 .250 .156 46.7 37.5 17.6 .105 .155 .110 40.0
2021 Slurve 3.1 0 12 0.8 4 .500 .750 .538 33.3 25.0 50.0 .359 .448 .347 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 58 202 -3 -3 -1 1 -6
2015 332 1,191 11 -3 4 3 16
2016 623 2,223 -6 -2 7 6 4
2017 618 2,330 -15 -34 16 10 -23
2018 456 1,640 -4 -12 7 7 -2
2019 409 1,510 -6 -14 4 6 -10
2020 242 944 5 -10 5 4 3
2021 403 1,466 -11 -12 1 6 -16
2022 388 1,418 -9 -15 6 4 -13
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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 1,198 46.1 68.8 85.3 29.6 57.6 41.2 26.6 47.7 24.0 8.1 76.3
2016 2,246 47.9 72.4 83.3 32.1 60.1 41.9 36.7 51.4 24.2 7.0 87.9
2017 2,334 47.1 74.7 82.4 28.5 66.7 41.6 39.8 50.3 22.3 6.7 87.8
2018 1,645 48.2 72.7 85.7 32.3 63.9 43.4 37.5 51.8 21.2 6.8 85.6
2019 1,511 47.3 71.0 83.7 33.9 67.4 42.3 30.1 51.5 22.0 5.9 74.2
2020 944 44.4 71.4 84.3 32.8 59.9 41.0 26.4 49.9 24.6 7.3 79.7
2021 1,466 48.5 65.7 83.7 35.5 62.3 42.1 29.5 50.1 24.1 7.3 68.2
2022 1,418 50.6 68.3 78.2 38.5 60.7 42.9 30.9 53.6 28.0 7.1 77.0
Player 12,762 47.7 71.0 83.2 32.5 62.7 42.1 33.4 50.9 23.7 6.9 80.7
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 83 47
2016 40 52 56 52 33 69 52 57 91 71 70 23 38 28 33 10
2017 24 31 30 34 15 64 46 69 91 54 79 25 57 42 30 29
2018 27 54 44 40 21 44 43 33 95 33 90 21 67 23 24 11
2019 14 27 35 39 22 39 40 46 93 46 87 46 70 20 22 31
2020 29 58 38 28 24 55 34 17 89 45 84 23 57 22 8 31 65
2021 3 12 10 15 1 18 20 29 91 18 77 5 55 6 17 18 50
2022 6 43 18 16 4 16 20 14 82 20 59 1 28 8 12 19 35
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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 24.2 25 25.1 0 8 13 16 64.0
2017 24.3 24 22.4 2 17 14 12 50.0
2018 25.7 22 22.0 0 9 17 10 45.5
2019 27.2 17 17.4 0 8 7 12 70.6
2020 25.4 8 8.8 -1 2 9 3 37.5
2021 26.6 11 10.7 0 2 9 5 45.5
2022 26.5 9 8.9 0 0 3 7 77.8
Player 25.5 116 115.2 1 46 72 65 56.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 25 25 26 27 23 22 23 25 20 20 22 26 26 23 23 28 20 21 27 23 26 25 33 32 24 27 23 33 29 28 22
2017 24 22 21 23 25 23 27 20 20 17 23 32 19 20 23 23 17 17 24 23 20 23 27 22 20 19 23 30 25 26 17
2018 22 29 22 15 23 21 27 17 22 15 23 29 23 19 18 23 18 18 23 25 22 26 29 24 14 16 21 27 27 25 20
2019 17 20 14 17 19 17 19 15 16 15 15 18 20 16 17 17 17 15 18 20 18 21 20 21 16 14 16 18 22 16 14
2020 8 9 9 6 10 9 12 5 9 6 7 8 9 7 8 8 10 9 7 9 9 11 12 10 7 7 9 11 11 11 9
2021 11 12 11 9 10 11 12 9 7 8 8 8 10 10 11 15 10 10 12 10 10 13 14 13 10 10 14 11 12 11 11
2022 9 8 8 8 9 10 10 7 8 8 8 10 9 9 9 10 9 8 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 9 9
Player 116 125 111 105 119 113 130 98 102 89 106 131 116 104 109 124 101 98 120 118 114 128 144 131 100 102 115 140 136 126 102
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 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.8 89.5 0.7 88.8 -0.7 88.0 -0.8 89.1 1.1 86.7 -2.4 88.2 1.5 87.0 -1.2
Launch Angle 9.8 11.8 2.0 11.5 -0.3 9.5 -2.0 14.8 5.3 8.4 -6.4 9.1 0.7 11.5 2.4
Barrel % 5.9 6.9 1.0 6.0 -0.9 6.4 0.4 6.9 0.5 5.8 -1.1 5.1 -0.7 4.7 -0.4
Hard Hit % 37.2 40.7 3.5 36.2 -4.5 34.1 -2.1 38.4 4.3 38.6 0.2 33.9 -4.7 34.4 0.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.2 28.6 -4.6 26.6 -2.0 29.4 2.8 24.2 -5.2 33.3 9.1 28.1 -5.2 33.1 5.0
xBA .259 .259 0.000 .246 -0.013 .254 0.008 .245 -0.009 .256 0.011 .224 -0.032 .243 0.019
BA .280 .255 -0.025 .230 -0.025 .270 0.040 .234 -0.036 .278 0.044 .210 -0.068 .229 0.019
xwOBA .333 .318 -0.015 .303 -0.015 .303 0.000 .298 -0.005 .307 0.009 .270 -0.037 .272 0.002
wOBA .360 .311 -0.049 .292 -0.019 .328 0.036 .281 -0.047 .329 0.048 .263 -0.066 .261 -0.002
xSLG .436 .431 -0.005 .397 -0.034 .406 0.009 .420 0.014 .398 -0.022 .344 -0.054 .351 0.007
SLG .497 .427 -0.070 .409 -0.018 .467 0.058 .409 -0.058 .457 0.048 .355 -0.102 .342 -0.013
K% 15.5 16.8 1.3 15.2 -1.6 13.3 -1.9 14.3 1.0 15.6 1.3 16.6 1.0 19.3 2.7
BB% 7.8 6.3 -1.5 6.6 0.3 6.2 -0.4 8.4 2.2 6.6 -1.8 5.0 -1.6 3.1 -1.9
Swing % 47.7 51.4 3.7 50.3 -1.1 51.8 1.5 51.5 -0.3 49.9 -1.6 50.1 0.2 53.6 3.5
Whiff% 24.0 24.2 0.2 22.3 -1.9 21.2 -1.1 22.0 0.8 24.6 2.6 24.1 -0.5 28.0 3.9
In Zone % 46.1 47.9 1.8 47.1 -0.8 48.2 1.1 47.3 -0.9 44.4 -2.9 48.5 4.1 50.6 2.1
Out of Zone % 53.9 52.1 -1.8 52.9 0.8 51.8 -1.1 52.7 0.9 55.6 2.9 51.5 -4.1 49.4 -2.1
Out of Zone Swing % 29.6 32.1 2.5 28.5 -3.6 32.3 3.8 33.9 1.6 32.8 -1.1 35.5 2.7 38.5 3.0
First Pitch Swing % 26.6 36.7 10.1 39.8 3.1 37.5 -2.3 30.1 -7.4 26.4 -3.7 29.5 3.1 30.9 1.4
First Pitch Strike % 56.4 61.1 4.7 63.8 2.7 64.9 1.1 62.2 -2.7 60.3 -1.9 65.3 5.0 64.9 -0.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 615 123 20.0 .289 .376
2017 Shifts R 617 64 10.4 .297 .234
2018 Shifts R 457 63 13.8 .328 .338
2019 Shifts R 409 43 10.5 .289 .215
2020 Shifts R 242 61 25.2 .312 .379
2021 Shifts R 403 75 18.6 .256 .290
2022 Shifts R 384 125 32.6 .273 .244
! 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 50 14.5 52.0% 2.0% 25 20.4 4.0% 12.0%
2015 316 16.6 38.6% 4.7% 218 23.8 6.9% 19.3%
2016 539 17.2 30.6% 4.5% 350 24.1 4.3% 19.7%
2017 584 16.5 37.8% 2.2% 376 22.1 1.3% 10.1%
2018 423 16.4 38.3% 1.9% 262 22.2 1.9% 11.8%
2019 420 17.2 28.6% 2.6% 217 22.7 1.8% 10.1%
2020 236 16.6 29.7% 1.3% 165 24.0 1.2% 13.9%
2021 376 16.7 32.2% 1.9% 263 23.4 1.1% 15.2%
2022 348 16.5 34.2% 2.9% 236 22.1 1.3% 7.6%
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Statcast Rankings