Yacksel Ríos
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 215LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 12, #391, Philadelphia Phillies | Dra Conchita Cuevas (PR) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 4 3 1.25
2021 3 0 4.28 23 0 0 27.1 23 1.24
2023 0 0 37.80 3 0 0 1.2 2 5.40
6 Seasons 8 2 6.32 92 0 0 98.1 93 1.57
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 3 0-0 9.00 4 3 1.25
2021 23 3-0 4.28 27.1 23 1.24
2023 3 0-0 37.80 1.2 2 5.40
6 Seasons 92 8-2 6.32 98.1 93 1.57
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
2017 24 277 47 4 8.5 5.5 85.3 109.0 18.9 29.8 .231 .413 .345 .317 .369 29.8 23.3 12.3 4.41 4.33
2018 25 636 112 6 5.4 3.6 87.4 112.7 8.0 30.4 .240 .380 .363 .306 .354 33.0 21.8 9.1 6.75 3.95
2019 26 237 42 4 9.5 6.2 87.5 109.9 8.8 45.2 .295 .572 .426 .420 .468 40.5 18.5 12.3 6.92 8.66
2020 27 62 11 0 0.0 0.0 81.5 102.0 6.7 27.3 .236 .290 .302 .317 .297 27.3 17.6 11.8 9.00 4.27
2021 28 458 73 8 11.0 7.0 86.5 114.0 13.6 27.4 .219 .433 .303 .339 .359 43.8 20.2 14.0 4.28 4.95
2023 30 62 6 1 16.7 7.7 89.2 102.8 24.4 33.3 .204 .480 .558 .440 .373 33.3 15.4 38.5 37.80 9.35
Player 1732 291 23 7.9 5.1 86.7 114.0 11.6 31.6 .240 .424 .357 .338 .372 36.1 20.8 12.3
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

Ríos relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(67.7%) ,
Slider
(30.6%) ,
Split Finger
(1.6%) ,


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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
2017 36.2 29.8 23.4 10.6 29.8 38.3 27.7 2.1 31.9 27.7 21.3 6.4 8.5 5.5
2018 47.3 20.5 25.9 6.3 27.7 39.3 30.4 5.4 39.3 19.6 23.2 4.5 5.4 3.6
2019 38.1 19.0 35.7 7.1 35.7 31.0 33.3 4.8 33.3 14.3 28.6 7.1 9.5 6.2
2020 54.5 18.2 18.2 9.1 45.5 27.3 27.3 18.2 27.3 27.3 27.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 41.1 26.0 19.2 13.7 35.6 41.1 23.3 11.0 32.9 23.3 13.7 8.2 11.0 7.0
2023 33.3 33.3 16.7 16.7 50.0 16.7 33.3 0.0 33.3 33.3 16.7 0.0 16.7 7.7
Player 42.6 23.4 24.7 9.3 32.3 37.5 28.5 6.5 35.1 21.6 21.3 5.8 7.9 5.1
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 Split-Finger OAK R 1 87.0 19.1 -13.1 -41 7.5 -5.3 -42
2023 Slider OAK R 19 86.6 35.0 0.3 1 3.0 -1.7 -36
2023 4-Seam Fastball OAK R 42 96.5 13.1 1.2 8 5.8 -2.7 -31
2021 Split-Finger BOS R 66 86.4 32.9 0.1 0 4.8 -6.5 -58
2021 Sinker BOS R 144 97.3 15.7 -4.2 -21 14.3 -1.3 -8
2021 Slider BOS R 113 86.5 33.5 -0.9 -3 3.1 -1.9 -38
2021 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 135 96.9 12.9 1.1 8 8.3 -0.2 -2
2020 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 41 94.4 15.7 -0.4 -3 7.6 -0.4 -5
2020 Slider PIT R 5 82.6 40.9 1.5 4 3.1 -2.9 -48
2020 Split-Finger PIT R 6 87.3 24.8 -6.5 -21 12.2 0.8 7
2020 Curveball PIT R 10 78.2 51.0 -2.4 -4 7.9 -2.3 -23
2019 Changeup PIT R 30 88.5 28.5 -0.2 -1 14.4 -0.2 -1
2019 Sinker PIT R 68 96.3 19.1 -1.1 -6 15.3 0.1 1
2019 Curveball PIT R 27 84.4 45.6 -1.3 -3 4.5 -2.9 -40
2019 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 75 96.2 14.3 0.6 4 9.1 0.6 7
2019 Slider PIT R 37 86.0 35.7 0.6 2 0.6 -3.9 -86
2018 Curveball PHI R 73 85.0 43.7 -2.1 -5 1.8 -6.8 -79
2018 Sinker PHI R 274 95.9 18.4 -2.3 -11 14.9 -0.3 -2
2018 4-Seam Fastball PHI R 125 96.1 15.3 -0.2 -1 9.2 0.7 8
2018 Slider PHI R 149 86.2 33.8 -1.4 -4 0.5 -5.0 -111
2017 Sinker PHI R 52 93.8 20.0 -1.5 -7 15.6 0.2 1
2017 Slider PHI R 98 85.4 33.6 -0.5 -1 1.0 -2.6 -73
2017 4-Seam Fastball PHI R 125 93.9 14.3 0.7 5 7.3 -1.6 -18
! 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 -11.5 -5 42 67.7 9 .400 1.000 .633 37.5 22.2 20.0 .256 .683 .524 33.3
2023 Slider -1.5 0 19 30.6 4 .333 .333 .400 20.0 0.0 0.0 .116 .141 .256 33.3
2023 Split-Finger -14.9 0 1 1.6 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Sinker 0.5 1 144 31.4 38 .194 .290 .299 21.9 7.9 13.0 .254 .404 .358 46.4
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -2 135 29.5 35 .267 .500 .377 25.8 25.7 26.5 .250 .601 .402 57.1
2021 Slider -1.6 -2 113 24.7 26 .190 .524 .371 29.8 26.9 19.4 .217 .454 .362 42.9
2021 Split-Finger 2.8 2 66 14.4 15 .000 .000 .047 25.9 26.7 12.5 .069 .081 .113 10.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 0 41 66.1 7 .000 .000 .200 41.2 14.3 20.0 .140 .224 .313 50.0
2020 Curveball -1.8 0 10 16.1 3 .333 .333 .300 33.3 33.3 100.0 .345 .373 .329 50.0
2020 Split-Finger -4.0 0 6 9.7 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .070 .071 .383 0.0
2020 Slider -14.3 -1 5 8.1 5 .400 .600 .430 20.0 20.0 33.3 .300 .349 .283 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 1 75 31.6 24 .286 .476 .371 32.6 25.0 33.3 .268 .389 .333 60.0
2019 Sinker -0.2 0 68 28.7 18 .286 .500 .378 36.4 16.7 20.0 .211 .421 .345 16.7
2019 Slider -1.8 -1 37 15.6 6 .250 1.000 .400 6.3 0.0 0.0 .433 1.039 .563 16.7
2019 Changeup -15.7 -5 30 12.7 11 .500 1.250 .718 23.1 18.2 16.7 .399 1.141 .636 50.0
2019 Curveball 0.4 0 27 11.4 6 .250 .250 .383 18.2 16.7 10.0 .389 .462 .482 66.7
2018 Sinker -2.3 -6 274 43.1 75 .328 .642 .464 17.4 14.7 16.2 .264 .490 .361 37.5
2018 Slider 1.0 1 149 23.4 34 .250 .344 .265 31.9 29.4 20.8 .218 .307 .239 26.1
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -2 125 19.7 32 .296 .444 .378 27.6 18.8 18.8 .273 .341 .337 28.6
2018 Curveball 1.7 1 73 11.5 17 .125 .188 .168 42.4 47.1 24.2 .129 .145 .157 25.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 0 125 45.1 32 .269 .538 .408 25.4 28.1 27.3 .260 .506 .391 35.3
2017 Slider -0.8 -1 98 35.4 21 .250 .650 .370 25.6 28.6 27.3 .232 .413 .267 26.7
2017 Sinker -1.6 -1 52 18.8 18 .188 .250 .247 16.0 11.1 18.2 .196 .287 .261 28.6
! 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 4-Seam Fastball 42 96.5 95 16.9 12:45 12:45 0
2023 Slider 19 86.6 34 3.8 10:30 9:00 90
2021 4-Seam Fastball 135 96.9 98 18.0 1:00 1:00 0
2021 Splitter 40 86.8 87 7.0 2:30 2:15 15
2021 Sinker 143 97.3 96 19.5 1:00 1:45 -45
2021 Slider 105 86.5 29 5.4 10:00 10:30 -30
2020 Curveball 10 78.2 73 12.1 7:15 7:30 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 40 94.3 94 16.4 1:00 1:00 0
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 72 276 2 -1 -1 -1 -1
2018 159 622 3 1 -7 -3 -6
2019 65 237 -3 3 -1 -3 -4
2021 114 458 -2 6 -2 -3 -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 %
2017 277 52.2 74.3 82.2 22.0 55.2 42.0 43.8 49.1 23.5 10.1 82.1
2018 636 50.0 71.7 80.3 25.4 57.0 42.0 49.7 48.7 25.5 9.6 78.3
2019 237 49.4 76.9 78.9 33.3 55.0 45.1 67.7 54.9 28.5 6.3 93.3
2020 62 50.0 58.1 72.2 25.8 50.0 37.1 47.1 41.9 34.6 6.5 25.0
2021 458 45.0 64.6 85.0 26.6 53.7 38.9 50.9 43.7 25.5 7.4 85.3
2023 62 37.1 65.2 73.3 15.4 50.0 41.9 46.2 33.9 33.3 4.8 66.7
Player 1,732 48.5 70.4 81.1 25.9 55.0 41.4 51.5 47.5 26.1 8.4 80.6
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
2017 65 9 64
2018 89 12 24 51
2019 89 21 55
2021 94 20 40
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 22.4 4 4.0 0 2 3 1 25.0
2018 24.0 6 5.0 1 3 3 2 33.3
2019 25.0 4 3.3 1 1 3 1 25.0
2020 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
2021 23.9 3 4.4 -1 3 4 2 66.7
2023 23.8 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 23.8 18 17.8 0 10 13 7 38.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 4 4 3 3 4 5 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 5 4 5 3
2018 6 6 4 6 5 5 5 5 6 4 4 8 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 6 5 4 4 5 7 4 5 4
2019 4 3 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 5 4 3 4 3 2 3 3 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3
2020 0 0 1 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
2021 3 5 5 6 4 4 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 3 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 3 5 5 5 3 4
2023 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
Player 18 19 16 18 17 19 20 18 17 13 15 22 20 17 18 20 16 16 17 17 19 18 22 20 16 14 18 22 18 18 15
! 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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.9 95.9 2.0 96.2 0.3 94.4 -1.8 97.1 2.7
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 88.5 0.0 87.3 -1.2 86.4 -0.9
Breaking Velocity 85.4 85.8 0.4 85.3 -0.5 79.7 -5.6 86.5 6.8
Exit Velocity 85.3 87.4 2.1 87.5 0.1 81.5 -6.0 86.5 5.0
Launch Angle 18.9 8.0 -10.9 8.8 0.8 6.7 -2.1 13.6 6.9
Barrel % 8.5 5.4 -3.1 9.5 4.1 0.0 -9.5 11.0 11.0
Hard Hit % 29.8 33.0 3.2 40.5 7.5 27.3 -13.2 43.8 16.5
Sweet Spot % 29.8 30.4 0.6 45.2 14.8 27.3 -17.9 27.4 0.1
xBA .231 .240 0.009 .295 0.055 .236 -0.059 .219 -0.017
BA .238 .293 0.055 .314 0.021 .214 -0.100 .189 -0.025
xwOBA .317 .306 -0.011 .420 0.114 .317 -0.103 .339 0.022
wOBA .345 .363 0.018 .426 0.063 .302 -0.124 .303 0.001
xSLG .413 .380 -0.033 .572 0.192 .290 -0.282 .433 0.143
SLG .492 .490 -0.002 .627 0.137 .286 -0.341 .368 0.082
K% 23.3 21.8 -1.5 18.5 -3.3 17.6 -0.9 20.2 2.6
BB% 12.3 9.1 -3.2 12.3 3.2 11.8 -0.5 14.0 2.2
Swing % 49.1 48.7 -0.4 54.9 6.2 41.9 -13.0 43.7 1.8
Whiff% 23.5 25.5 2.0 28.5 3.0 34.6 6.1 25.5 -9.1
In Zone % 52.2 50.0 -2.2 49.4 -0.6 50.0 0.6 45.0 -5.0
Out of Zone % 47.8 50.0 2.2 50.6 0.6 50.0 -0.6 55.0 5.0
Out of Zone Swing % 22.0 25.4 3.4 33.3 7.9 25.8 -7.5 26.6 0.8
First Pitch Swing % 26.0 28.2 2.2 44.6 16.4 17.6 -27.0 26.3 8.7
First Pitch Strike % 43.8 49.7 5.9 67.7 18.0 47.1 -20.6 50.9 3.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 72 .345 38 2 5.3 34 6 17.6
2018 Shifts 157 .360 93 5 5.4 64 27 42.2
2019 Shifts 65 .426 39 8 20.5 26 13 50.0
2020 Shifts 17 .302 8 2 25.0 9 8 88.9
2021 Shifts 114 .303 70 9 12.9 44 32 72.7
2023 Shades 13 .558 7 0 0.0 6 0 0.0
! 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 %
2017 84 20.0 1.2% 1.2% 37 22.2 0.0% 2.7%
2018 165 19.9 1.8% 6.1% 103 23.6 0.0% 10.7%
2019 40 21.2 0.0% 5.0% 49 23.8 0.0% 4.1%
2020 21 20.8 0.0% 0.0% 8 22.9 0.0% 12.5%
2021 156 19.4 3.8% 1.3% 56 24.7 0.0% 14.3%
2023 8 14.0 62.5% 0.0% 22 17.3 18.2% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution