Carlos Estévez
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 277LBS | Age: 31
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 3 5 4.38 64 0 11 61.2 60 1.49
2022 4 4 3.47 62 0 2 57 54 1.18
2023 5 5 3.90 63 0 31 62.1 78 1.49
7 Seasons 23 26 4.47 384 0 56 364.1 390 1.42
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 64 3-5 4.38 61.2 60 1.49
2022 62 4-4 3.47 57 54 1.18
2023 63 5-5 3.90 62.1 78 1.49
7 Seasons 384 23-26 4.47 364.1 390 1.42
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 1025 154 11 7.1 4.5 88.4 109.1 15.3 26.6 .209 .338 .313 .295 .333 36.4 24.0 11.4 5.24 3.64
2017 24 575 103 5 4.9 3.4 88.5 111.5 11.3 38.8 .280 .404 .336 .328 .381 37.9 20.8 9.4 5.57 4.67
2019 26 1240 203 20 9.9 6.5 90.4 113.5 15.5 34.5 .239 .421 .316 .305 .383 38.4 26.3 7.5 3.75 4.08
2020 27 436 77 9 11.7 7.8 91.8 111.5 19.2 44.2 .287 .495 .420 .370 .447 46.8 23.3 7.8 7.50 6.08
2021 28 1007 187 14 7.5 5.2 90.5 109.8 12.9 33.2 .257 .414 .345 .320 .377 39.6 22.2 7.8 4.38 4.35
2022 29 1021 157 12 7.6 5.1 89.6 110.2 17.6 38.2 .239 .402 .290 .316 .370 38.9 23.0 9.8 3.47 4.17
2023 30 1127 167 11 6.6 3.9 90.4 112.3 20.4 33.5 .234 .381 .320 .311 .385 44.3 27.8 11.0 3.90 4.07
Player 6431 1048 82 7.8 5.1 89.9 113.5 15.9 34.6 .244 .402 .327 .316 .378 39.9 24.3 9.3
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

Estévez relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(66.8%) ,
Slider
(26.4%) ,
Changeup
(6.2%) ,
Curveball
(0.5%) ,


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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
2016 44.8 20.1 24.7 10.4 31.8 41.6 26.6 3.9 29.9 29.2 24.7 3.9 7.1 4.5
2017 46.6 11.7 34.0 7.8 29.1 38.8 31.1 2.9 35.0 18.4 33.0 4.9 4.9 3.4
2019 38.9 29.1 25.1 6.9 30.5 40.9 28.6 2.0 29.6 31.5 23.2 3.0 9.9 6.5
2020 29.9 29.9 32.5 7.8 33.8 35.1 31.2 0.0 23.4 29.9 28.6 6.5 11.7 7.8
2021 47.1 29.9 20.3 2.7 36.9 38.0 25.1 3.7 34.2 23.0 25.1 6.4 7.5 5.2
2022 36.3 28.7 27.4 7.6 36.3 33.1 30.6 4.5 28.0 31.8 21.7 5.7 7.6 5.1
2023 31.7 25.7 28.1 14.4 30.5 37.1 32.3 3.0 19.8 32.3 27.5 10.2 6.6 3.9
Player 39.8 25.7 26.4 8.1 32.8 38.1 29.0 3.1 28.7 28.4 25.6 5.7 7.8 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 Changeup LAA R 70 89.5 25.0 -4.1 -14 11.6 -3.2 -22
2023 Slider LAA R 298 88.5 32.1 -0.6 -2 5.5 1.4 35
2023 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 753 97.1 12.1 1.4 11 8.7 0.4 5
2023 Curveball LAA R 6 83.3 43.1 -4.8 -10 6.1 -1.9 -24
2022 Changeup COL R 148 88.4 28.4 -0.9 -3 10.6 -3.8 -26
2022 Slider COL R 151 87.3 35.1 1.5 4 5.1 0.9 21
2022 4-Seam Fastball COL R 721 97.5 14.1 -0.9 -7 10.0 1.6 19
2022 Curveball COL R 1 83.9 39.1 -8.2 -17 4.5 -2.7 -37
2021 Changeup COL R 194 88.7 29.0 0.5 2 11.7 -2.5 -17
2021 4-Seam Fastball COL R 662 97.1 14.5 -1.1 -9 8.5 0.3 4
2021 Slider COL R 150 86.7 36.0 2.0 6 5.1 0.7 16
2020 Slider COL R 114 86.9 36.1 2.1 6 5.1 1.0 25
2020 Changeup COL R 54 88.7 28.5 -0.4 -2 12.1 -1.9 -13
2020 4-Seam Fastball COL R 268 96.9 13.9 -0.4 -3 8.7 0.8 10
2019 4-Seam Fastball COL R 837 97.8 13.8 -0.3 -2 6.0 -1.9 -24
2019 Slider COL R 337 87.7 35.9 2.6 8 5.8 2.1 56
2019 Changeup COL R 44 90.5 26.5 -0.9 -3 11.5 -3.0 -21
2019 Sinker COL R 22 97.4 17.1 -2.4 -12 10.7 -4.3 -29
2017 Slider COL R 100 87.0 32.8 0.4 1 6.8 3.3 97
2017 Changeup COL R 46 90.2 22.4 -2.5 -10 8.7 -5.1 -37
2017 4-Seam Fastball COL R 411 97.0 12.5 -0.4 -3 2.7 -5.6 -67
2017 Sinker COL R 18 97.2 14.7 -3.3 -18 13.1 -2.3 -15
2016 Cutter COL R 25 97.4 15.4 2.3 13 2.1 -0.6 -23
2016 Sinker COL R 37 98.6 13.9 -4.1 -23 10.3 -3.2 -24
2016 4-Seam Fastball COL R 659 97.9 13.8 0.1 1 3.9 -3.7 -48
2016 Changeup COL R 88 89.6 27.0 -0.8 -3 9.8 -2.5 -20
2016 Slider COL R 201 86.4 34.7 0.2 1 7.1 2.2 45
! 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 1.0 8 753 66.8 197 .240 .339 .315 28.5 31.0 21.5 .222 .371 .311 44.5
2023 Slider -1.3 -4 298 26.4 56 .300 .440 .355 25.6 23.2 15.9 .283 .403 .332 42.1
2023 Changeup -8.6 -6 70 6.2 21 .286 .619 .421 21.6 19.0 20.0 .215 .401 .258 47.1
2023 Curveball 8.0 0 6 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 -- .234 .550 .328 50.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 2 721 70.6 171 .220 .393 .318 21.0 21.1 14.0 .258 .436 .343 41.7
2022 Slider -0.1 0 151 14.8 25 .167 .333 .200 21.8 40.0 16.9 .117 .166 .139 20.0
2022 Changeup 0.9 1 148 14.5 37 .206 .324 .266 27.1 21.6 18.2 .245 .429 .321 38.5
2022 Curveball 17.8 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .169 .189 .157 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -1 663 65.8 179 .295 .487 .372 22.8 24.0 21.3 .266 .465 .352 42.2
2021 Changeup 2.2 4 194 19.3 52 .265 .306 .265 26.6 19.2 25.6 .206 .249 .217 32.5
2021 Slider -1.1 -2 150 14.9 39 .324 .514 .383 29.7 17.9 16.3 .282 .419 .316 38.7
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -1 268 61.5 77 .246 .609 .389 25.0 27.3 28.4 .258 .508 .359 56.3
2020 Slider -2.9 -3 114 26.1 25 .455 .591 .486 30.4 20.0 17.2 .324 .413 .366 41.2
2020 Changeup -5.1 -3 54 12.4 14 .462 .692 .511 16.0 7.1 7.7 .383 .565 .428 16.7
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -4 837 67.5 209 .262 .530 .384 30.4 27.3 23.0 .251 .481 .341 47.7
2019 Slider 1.4 5 337 27.2 84 .238 .298 .236 31.0 25.0 17.8 .215 .300 .221 17.5
2019 Changeup 2.3 1 44 3.5 10 .111 .222 .195 30.0 30.0 21.4 .225 .345 .284 50.0
2019 Sinker -1.3 0 22 1.8 4 .250 .500 .313 33.3 0.0 0.0 .214 .359 .245 50.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 411 71.5 109 .260 .385 .351 24.9 21.1 19.3 .267 .406 .332 37.8
2017 Slider -1.1 -1 100 17.4 20 .316 .474 .358 21.2 20.0 12.9 .277 .358 .293 26.7
2017 Changeup -1.9 -1 46 8.0 15 .400 .467 .383 20.0 20.0 21.4 .346 .443 .343 50.0
2017 Sinker -4.8 -1 18 3.1 3 .667 .667 .600 40.0 33.3 20.0 .376 .437 .356 50.0
! 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 66 89.5 94 14.9 1:45 2:00 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 716 97.1 99 18.9 1:00 1:00 0
2023 Slider 249 88.5 37 6.6 10:45 9:30 75
2022 Changeup 139 88.4 89 12.8 2:00 2:00 0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 720 97.5 99 17.6 1:15 1:15 0
2022 Slider 148 87.3 32 5.9 10:30 8:45 105
2021 Changeup 184 88.7 94 13.5 2:00 2:15 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 662 97.1 99 16.5 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Slider 146 86.7 34 6.0 10:00 8:30 90
2020 Changeup 51 88.6 93 14.0 2:00 2:15 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 250 96.9 99 17.2 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Slider 103 87.0 32 5.9 10:00 8:30 90
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 242 1,011 6 6 -6 -5 1
2017 149 583 -1 8 -6 -3 -2
2019 307 1,240 0 14 -8 -4 2
2020 116 436 -1 -1 -3 -3 -7
2021 270 1,007 14 4 -12 -4 1
2022 234 1,021 5 9 -8 -3 3
2023 276 1,127 2 9 -9 -4 -2
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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 1,025 50.9 70.7 78.3 24.5 61.0 41.3 57.3 48.0 25.6 7.8 80.0
2017 575 53.7 70.6 78.4 21.8 58.6 40.3 56.5 48.0 24.3 7.3 83.3
2019 1,240 55.7 69.9 74.1 24.6 51.1 43.5 64.6 49.8 30.6 7.7 84.2
2020 436 54.4 69.2 79.3 25.6 60.8 46.3 61.2 49.3 25.1 8.3 88.9
2021 1,007 53.4 74.2 80.2 22.0 56.3 43.0 60.0 49.9 24.5 7.9 86.3
2022 1,021 49.1 76.8 78.7 24.4 75.6 41.5 60.3 50.1 21.9 6.8 82.6
2023 1,127 54.5 72.6 76.5 27.1 59.0 44.6 65.9 51.9 27.5 7.3 85.4
Player 6,431 53.1 72.2 77.6 24.4 60.5 42.9 61.3 49.8 26.0 7.5 84.1
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 69 89 84 74 41 65 24 55 32 71 8 72 7 98 77 41
2017 95 68 52
2019 60 55 43 38 71 42 9 9 33 70 60 81 8 98 50 50
2020 12 10 13 20 14 28 9 3 7 50 60 39 28 94 31 52
2021 38 24 40 50 41 61 53 13 41 38 57 37 2 94 34 55
2022 35 49 34 26 36 68 43 22 42 50 24 20 6 95 53 46
2023 54 64 65 65 29 74 73 15 13 80 17 62 26 92 35 43
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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 21.4 6 4.8 1 2 4 2 33.3
2017 22.3 3 1.4 2 2 2 0 0.0
2019 22.9 12 9.1 3 8 8 3 25.0
2020 24.3 6 6.1 0 3 5 3 50.0
2021 22.5 8 6.3 2 2 7 1 12.5
2022 22.7 7 6.3 1 3 4 3 42.9
2023 24.3 7 7.7 -1 4 6 3 42.9
Player 23.1 49 41.8 7 24 36 15 30.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 6 5 2 4 5 2 5 6 5 3 4 5 5 4 6 5 2 4 4 5 6 4 8 7 5 5 5 7 6 6 5
2017 3 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 0
2019 12 13 9 9 8 10 11 9 7 6 7 8 13 8 8 8 8 9 9 11 9 11 12 12 8 8 5 11 13 9 5
2020 6 7 7 7 6 8 7 8 4 4 5 7 6 4 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 9 6 4 4 5 5 8 6 4
2021 8 6 7 6 8 7 7 7 5 3 5 8 7 4 6 7 6 6 7 8 6 5 9 7 4 5 8 8 7 6 4
2022 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 4 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 6 6 5 7 8 8 5 5 8 6 7 7 5
2023 7 7 5 8 9 8 9 8 7 7 7 8 6 7 9 9 10 8 9 9 7 8 10 10 7 6 9 7 6 6 5
Player 49 47 36 42 44 43 47 45 34 28 35 44 44 34 43 45 40 41 44 47 41 42 60 51 35 34 41 47 50 42 28
! 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 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.9 -- -0.9 -- -- 97.8 -- 96.9 -0.9 97.1 0.2 97.5 0.4 97.1 -0.4
Offspeed Velocity 89.6 -- 0.6 -- -- 90.5 -- 88.7 -1.8 88.7 0.0 88.4 -0.3 89.5 1.1
Breaking Velocity 86.4 -- 0.6 -- -- 87.7 -- 86.9 -0.8 86.7 -0.2 87.3 0.6 88.4 1.1
Exit Velocity 88.4 -- 0.1 -- -- 90.4 -- 91.8 1.4 90.5 -1.3 89.6 -0.9 90.4 0.8
Launch Angle 15.3 -- -4.0 -- -- 15.5 -- 19.2 3.7 12.9 -6.3 17.6 4.7 20.4 2.8
Barrel % 7.1 -- -2.2 -- -- 9.9 -- 11.7 1.8 7.5 -4.2 7.6 0.1 6.6 -1.0
Hard Hit % 36.4 -- 1.5 -- -- 38.4 -- 46.8 8.4 39.6 -7.2 38.9 -0.7 44.3 5.4
Sweet Spot % 26.6 -- 12.2 -- -- 34.5 -- 44.2 9.7 33.2 -11.0 38.2 5.0 33.5 -4.7
xBA .209 -- 0.071 -- -- .239 -- .287 0.048 .257 -0.030 .239 -0.018 .234 -0.005
BA .240 -- 0.053 -- -- .250 -- .317 0.067 .293 -0.024 .211 -0.082 .254 0.043
xwOBA .295 -- 0.033 -- -- .305 -- .370 0.065 .320 -0.050 .316 -0.004 .311 -0.005
wOBA .313 -- 0.023 -- -- .316 -- .420 0.104 .345 -0.075 .290 -0.055 .320 0.030
xSLG .338 -- 0.066 -- -- .421 -- .495 0.074 .414 -0.081 .402 -0.012 .381 -0.021
SLG .389 -- 0.025 -- -- .450 -- .615 0.165 .455 -0.160 .373 -0.082 .381 0.008
K% 24.0 -- -3.2 -- -- 26.3 -- 23.3 -3.0 22.2 -1.1 23.0 0.8 27.8 4.8
BB% 11.4 -- -2.0 -- -- 7.5 -- 7.8 0.3 7.8 0.0 9.8 2.0 11.0 1.2
Swing % 48.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 49.8 -- 49.3 -0.5 49.9 0.6 50.1 0.2 51.9 1.8
Whiff% 25.6 -- -1.3 -- -- 30.6 -- 25.1 -5.5 24.5 -0.6 21.9 -2.6 27.5 5.6
In Zone % 50.9 -- 2.8 -- -- 55.7 -- 54.4 -1.3 53.4 -1.0 49.1 -4.3 54.5 5.4
Out of Zone % 49.1 -- -2.8 -- -- 44.3 -- 45.6 1.3 46.6 1.0 50.9 4.3 45.5 -5.4
Out of Zone Swing % 24.5 -- -2.7 -- -- 24.6 -- 25.6 1.0 22.0 -3.6 24.4 2.4 27.1 2.7
First Pitch Swing % 29.7 -- 1.6 -- -- 33.8 -- 34.5 0.7 39.6 5.1 38.0 -1.6 34.1 -3.9
First Pitch Strike % 57.3 -- -0.8 -- -- 64.6 -- 61.2 -3.4 60.0 -1.2 60.3 0.3 65.9 5.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 240 .312 144 14 9.7 96 36 37.5
2017 Shifts 146 .329 87 1 1.1 59 12 20.3
2019 Shifts 307 .316 168 15 8.9 139 57 41.0
2020 Shifts 115 .423 63 2 3.2 52 19 36.5
2021 Shifts 270 .345 137 9 6.6 133 50 37.6
2022 Shifts 234 .290 112 11 9.8 122 32 26.2
2023 Shades 276 .320 149 4 2.7 127 31 24.4
! 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 267 17.9 25.5% 4.9% 179 23.6 2.8% 16.8%
2017 128 16.6 30.5% 1.6% 136 22.7 0.7% 8.8%
2019 319 16.3 37.6% 0.9% 232 21.0 6.9% 10.3%
2020 104 16.6 31.7% 1.0% 88 21.3 2.3% 9.1%
2021 247 17.6 20.2% 1.2% 195 23.9 0.0% 16.4%
2022 279 17.6 19.7% 1.1% 169 22.9 0.6% 7.7%
2023 243 15.0 49.4% 0.0% 207 17.7 11.6% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution