Dereck Rodríguez
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 208LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 6, #208, Minnesota Twins | Monsignor Edward Pace (FL) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 4 2 3.25
2022 0 1 3.52 2 0 0 7.2 4 1.43
2023 0 0 15.19 4 0 0 5.1 1 2.63
5 Seasons 12 16 4.49 57 35 0 234.1 167 1.35
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 2 0-0 13.50 4 2 3.25
2022 2 0-1 3.52 7.2 4 1.43
2023 4 0-0 15.19 5.1 1 2.63
5 Seasons 57 12-16 4.49 234.1 167 1.35
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
2018 26 1863 355 14 3.9 2.9 89.2 114.6 15.3 36.9 .238 .367 .289 .297 .326 36.1 18.3 7.4 2.81 3.71
2019 27 1668 330 23 7.0 5.2 89.5 111.0 13.1 34.5 .279 .478 .347 .350 .386 36.2 16.2 8.2 5.64 5.55
2020 28 92 19 3 15.8 12.5 90.0 111.1 23.0 63.2 .409 .857 .576 .548 .582 36.8 8.3 12.5 13.50 18.04
2022 30 99 26 2 7.7 5.9 86.2 105.7 9.1 19.2 .268 .532 .381 .377 .401 42.3 11.8 11.8 3.52 6.25
2023 31 97 24 2 8.3 6.7 94.6 111.3 11.7 25.0 .339 .685 .504 .461 .432 45.8 3.3 16.7 15.19 10.62
Player 3819 754 44 5.8 4.3 89.4 114.6 14.2 35.5 .263 .441 .330 .333 .365 36.7 16.5 8.3
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

Rodríguez relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(36.1%) ,
Cutter
(24.7%) ,
Changeup
(22.7%) ,
Curveball
(16.5%) ,


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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
2018 40.6 20.3 30.7 8.5 36.6 36.1 27.3 3.1 30.7 29.9 23.7 7.6 3.9 2.9
2019 45.5 24.2 23.3 7.0 38.8 37.0 24.2 1.8 30.9 25.5 28.2 5.2 7.0 5.2
2020 10.5 47.4 36.8 5.3 31.6 26.3 42.1 0.0 10.5 26.3 26.3 21.1 15.8 12.5
2022 53.8 38.5 7.7 0.0 46.2 34.6 19.2 15.4 30.8 23.1 15.4 7.7 7.7 5.9
2023 45.8 37.5 16.7 0.0 50.0 33.3 16.7 0.0 29.2 33.3 20.8 8.3 8.3 6.7
Player 42.6 23.9 26.4 7.2 38.2 36.1 25.7 2.8 30.2 27.7 25.3 6.9 5.8 4.3
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 Changeup ATL R 22 83.3 36.2 4.7 15 7.0 -6.5 -48
2023 Cutter ATL R 24 85.5 29.7 1.2 4 3.0 -0.4 -12
2023 Curveball ATL R 16 74.3 62.9 0.5 1 11.4 1.3 13
2023 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 35 90.5 16.3 0.5 3 4.2 -1.3 -24
2022 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 39 91.6 14.9 0.5 3 3.9 -2.2 -36
2022 Sinker MIN R 1 90.5 17.0 -5.3 -24 6.1 -7.7 -56
2022 Curveball MIN R 18 76.6 61.2 2.3 4 11.4 2.8 32
2022 Changeup MIN R 8 84.5 25.7 -4.1 -14 16.0 2.2 16
2022 Cutter MIN R 33 85.9 31.8 -1.8 -6 5.1 1.1 29
2020 Cutter SF R 14 86.6 33.2 -4.3 -15 4.6 1.4 43
2020 4-Seam Fastball SF R 48 92.6 14.5 0.7 5 1.4 -5.2 -79
2020 Curveball SF R 28 78.1 62.3 6.9 13 8.7 -0.5 -6
2020 Sinker SF R 2 93.8 13.5 -6.9 -34 6.5 -7.8 -55
2019 Curveball SF R 281 75.6 61.0 1.0 2 11.7 1.2 12
2019 Cutter SF R 232 86.6 28.7 -0.2 -1 3.0 0.8 35
2019 Sinker SF R 137 89.9 19.8 -3.4 -15 12.1 -1.7 -13
2019 Changeup SF R 344 84.5 27.5 -2.1 -7 13.8 0.8 6
2019 4-Seam Fastball SF R 670 90.7 17.1 -0.4 -2 3.4 -3.1 -47
2018 Curveball SF R 350 75.4 60.1 -0.3 0 12.3 2.7 28
2018 Cutter SF R 219 86.0 29.9 -0.2 -1 3.0 0.3 9
2018 Sinker SF R 297 90.8 19.5 -3.2 -14 12.5 -1.6 -11
2018 4-Seam Fastball SF R 689 91.6 16.8 -0.3 -2 4.6 -2.1 -32
2018 Changeup SF R 307 84.3 28.0 -2.8 -9 15.2 2.1 16
! 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 2.8 1 35 36.1 13 .333 .333 .369 0.0 0.0 0.0 .289 .370 .366 30.0
2023 Cutter -0.8 0 24 24.7 6 .333 .667 .417 30.0 0.0 0.0 .372 .538 .389 50.0
2023 Changeup -21.1 -5 22 22.7 8 .500 1.667 .831 36.4 12.5 11.1 .388 1.288 .682 60.0
2023 Curveball 0.0 0 16 16.5 3 .333 .667 .417 20.0 0.0 0.0 .328 .717 .439 66.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 0 39 39.4 15 .154 .615 .400 25.0 20.0 30.0 .251 .737 .436 63.6
2022 Cutter -4.8 -2 33 33.3 9 .375 .750 .475 6.7 0.0 0.0 .340 .442 .344 33.3
2022 Curveball 6.6 1 18 18.2 6 .167 .167 .150 33.3 16.7 33.3 .214 .256 .208 20.0
2022 Changeup -9.8 -1 8 8.1 3 1.000 1.000 .767 50.0 0.0 0.0 .229 .229 .536 0.0
2022 Sinker 21.3 0 1 1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -7.0 -3 48 52.2 12 .600 1.000 .688 5.3 0.0 0.0 .536 1.135 .696 40.0
2020 Curveball -7.6 -2 28 30.4 7 .286 .857 .464 13.3 28.6 15.4 .152 .449 .241 40.0
2020 Cutter -1.8 0 14 15.2 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .440 .853 .541 33.3
2020 Sinker -27.1 -1 2 2.2 2 1.000 1.000 .800 0.0 0.0 0.0 .853 .938 .744 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -3.5 -24 670 40.2 188 .319 .600 .468 15.8 11.7 10.8 .311 .584 .419 45.3
2019 Changeup -1.2 -4 344 20.6 100 .213 .479 .316 26.1 18.0 17.3 .251 .420 .307 31.6
2019 Curveball 0.7 2 281 16.8 52 .176 .255 .214 29.0 30.8 21.6 .186 .270 .206 17.1
2019 Cutter 0.4 1 232 13.9 57 .212 .346 .280 23.6 19.3 20.0 .265 .418 .311 27.9
2019 Sinker -1.9 -3 137 8.2 41 .400 .575 .451 13.0 9.8 28.6 .353 .531 .381 38.9
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 5 689 37.0 196 .237 .418 .318 21.2 25.0 19.6 .218 .356 .287 43.8
2018 Curveball 0.9 3 350 18.8 67 .145 .323 .236 32.7 23.9 19.3 .215 .405 .297 30.4
2018 Changeup 2.1 7 307 16.5 83 .173 .309 .229 24.0 14.5 14.6 .241 .340 .261 27.5
2018 Sinker 0.8 2 297 15.9 90 .286 .416 .357 12.1 6.7 10.5 .275 .399 .344 40.3
2018 Cutter -0.3 -1 219 11.8 49 .262 .333 .320 22.1 12.2 13.3 .279 .352 .314 23.7
! 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 18 83.3 79 8.2 1:45 2:30 -45
2023 Curveball 16 74.3 82 20.1 7:00 7:15 -15
2023 Cutter 21 85.7 50 8.0 12:00 11:00 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 35 90.5 89 17.0 12:45 12:30 15
2022 Curveball 18 76.6 82 20.9 6:45 7:15 -30
2022 Cutter 33 85.9 42 6.8 11:30 10:00 90
2022 4-Seam Fastball 39 91.6 93 17.4 12:30 12:30 0
2020 Curveball 25 78.1 88 22.2 6:45 6:45 0
2020 Cutter 14 86.6 31 5.4 10:30 9:45 45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 38 92.6 84 17.3 12:15 12:15 0
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 485 1,862 14 20 -11 -7 16
2019 438 1,664 -12 8 -18 -5 -27
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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 %
2018 1,863 49.2 64.2 82.3 27.8 66.2 42.3 57.6 45.7 21.7 7.0 78.6
2019 1,668 49.1 68.3 83.9 23.8 60.4 41.0 57.2 45.7 20.7 7.0 74.4
2020 92 55.4 70.6 94.4 14.6 83.3 38.0 50.0 45.7 7.1 12.0 81.8
2022 99 50.5 68.0 82.4 24.5 58.3 44.4 60.6 46.5 21.7 7.1 85.7
2023 97 48.0 68.1 90.6 17.6 44.4 38.8 50.0 42.3 19.5 10.2 90.0
Player 3,819 49.3 66.3 83.6 25.4 63.4 41.6 57.1 45.6 20.9 7.2 77.5
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
2018 61 53 65 73 55 56 92 23 42 22 63 29 47 27 8 65 60
2019 14 10 14 23 19 37 48 25 53 7 48 15 5 15 11 61 84
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 21.7 9 9.6 -1 6 11 2 22.2
2019 23.3 21 23.0 -2 4 23 7 33.3
2020 22.4 2 2.5 -1 0 1 2 100.0
2022 23.3 3 2.8 0 0 3 0 0.0
2023 25.6 2 2.0 0 0 0 2 100.0
Player 22.9 37 39.9 -3 10 38 13 35.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 9 12 8 8 11 9 11 8 8 7 9 12 13 7 8 10 9 8 9 12 11 9 13 12 8 7 7 13 12 10 8
2019 21 29 19 17 27 29 29 21 21 16 24 28 25 18 23 22 22 19 18 26 19 25 30 23 18 21 21 30 26 27 17
2020 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 2
2022 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2023 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 2 2
Player 37 48 33 32 46 45 48 36 35 30 41 46 45 32 39 39 38 34 35 46 37 42 51 42 33 35 36 51 45 45 32
! 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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.4 89.7 -0.7 -- 1.6 -- -- 89.0 -- 88.5 -0.5
Offspeed Velocity 84.3 84.5 0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 84.5 -- 83.3 -1.2
Breaking Velocity 75.4 75.6 0.2 -- 2.5 -- -- 76.6 -- 74.3 -2.3
Exit Velocity 89.2 89.5 0.3 -- 0.5 -- -- 86.2 -- 94.6 8.4
Launch Angle 15.3 13.1 -2.2 -- 9.9 -- -- 9.1 -- 11.7 2.6
Barrel % 3.9 7.0 3.1 -- 8.8 -- -- 7.7 -- 8.3 0.6
Hard Hit % 36.1 36.2 0.1 -- 0.6 -- -- 42.3 -- 45.8 3.5
Sweet Spot % 36.9 34.5 -2.4 -- 28.7 -- -- 19.2 -- 25.0 5.8
xBA .238 .279 0.041 -- 0.130 -- -- .267 -- .339 0.072
BA .223 .271 0.048 -- 0.205 -- -- .250 -- .375 0.125
xwOBA .297 .350 0.053 -- 0.198 -- -- .377 -- .461 0.084
wOBA .289 .347 0.058 -- 0.229 -- -- .381 -- .504 0.123
xSLG .367 .478 0.111 -- 0.379 -- -- .532 -- .685 0.153
SLG .376 .492 0.116 -- 0.365 -- -- .571 -- .792 0.221
K% 18.3 16.2 -2.1 -- -7.9 -- -- 11.8 -- 3.3 -8.5
BB% 7.4 8.2 0.8 -- 4.3 -- -- 11.8 -- 16.7 4.9
Swing % 45.7 45.7 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 46.5 -- 42.3 -4.2
Whiff% 21.7 20.7 -1.0 -- -13.6 -- -- 21.7 -- 19.5 -2.2
In Zone % 49.2 49.1 -0.1 -- 6.3 -- -- 50.5 -- 48.0 -2.5
Out of Zone % 50.8 50.9 0.1 -- -6.3 -- -- 49.5 -- 52.0 2.5
Out of Zone Swing % 27.8 23.8 -4.0 -- -9.2 -- -- 24.5 -- 17.6 -6.9
First Pitch Swing % 26.3 28.0 1.7 -- -3.0 -- -- 36.4 -- 20.0 -16.4
First Pitch Strike % 57.6 57.2 -0.4 -- -7.2 -- -- 60.6 -- 50.0 -10.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 485 .289 258 25 9.7 227 84 37.0
2019 Shifts 439 .347 241 69 28.6 198 114 57.6
2020 Shifts 24 .576 18 5 27.8 6 6 100.0
2022 Shifts 33 .381 22 4 18.2 11 9 81.8
2023 Shades 30 .504 14 1 7.1 16 5 31.3
! 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 %
2018 626 16.1 33.9% 0.8% 282 23.1 0.0% 7.8%
2019 537 15.6 40.2% 0.9% 255 23.0 0.0% 8.6%
2020 18 15.8 27.8% 0.0% 24 24.0 0.0% 4.2%
2022 21 20.8 0.0% 0.0% 24 23.6 0.0% 0.0%
2023 20 17.0 10.0% 0.0% 29 20.2 0.0% 3.4%
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Pitch Distribution