Joshua Palacios
RF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 200LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 4, #132, Toronto Blue Jays | Auburn
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 49 47 8 10 0 1 .213 .245 .255 .500
2023 264 247 26 59 10 5 .239 .279 .413 .692
2024 78 67 10 15 2 1 .224 .333 .343 .676
4 Seasons 433 396 51 91 12 7 .230 .286 .364 .650
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .213 0 1 .500
2023 .239 10 5 .692
2024 .224 2 1 .676
4 Seasons .230 12 7 .650
MLB Percentile Rankings
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%
2021 25 163 26 1 3.8 2.4 93.5 104.4 8.4 26.9 .230 .333 .236 .302 .354 42.3 26.2 7.1
2022 26 209 32 0 0.0 0.0 81.3 104.0 4.9 28.1 .208 .247 .225 .221 .294 31.3 30.6 2.0
2023 27 958 194 19 9.8 7.2 91.3 109.6 7.7 30.9 .259 .438 .297 .318 .383 45.4 21.2 4.5
2024 28 307 55 2 3.6 2.6 89.8 108.4 3.4 21.8 .264 .388 .307 .342 .347 47.3 15.4 12.8
Player 1637 307 22 7.2 5.1 90.1 109.6 6.7 28.7 .251 .397 .284 .309 .365 44.0 21.7 6.0
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
2021 57.7 30.8 11.5 0.0 30.8 50.0 19.2 7.7 38.5 23.1 26.9 0.0 3.8 2.4
2022 50.0 12.5 25.0 12.5 31.3 28.1 40.6 9.4 40.6 21.9 25.0 3.1 0.0 0.0
2023 47.9 25.3 23.2 3.6 41.2 39.2 19.6 3.6 38.1 19.6 22.7 5.2 9.8 7.2
2024 61.8 16.4 14.5 7.3 41.8 27.3 30.9 5.5 41.8 18.2 23.6 3.6 3.6 2.6
Player 51.5 22.8 20.8 4.9 39.4 36.8 23.8 4.9 39.1 19.9 23.5 4.2 7.2 5.1
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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -1 87 28.3 21 .118 .294 .271 18.9 19.0 22.2 .202 .392 .337 46.2
2024 Sinker 0.2 0 61 19.9 16 .250 .500 .471 17.4 0.0 0.0 .342 .633 .497 41.7
2024 Slider 0.4 0 47 15.3 9 .250 .250 .278 34.8 22.2 13.3 .308 .345 .336 66.7
2024 Cutter 4.2 2 40 13.0 12 .333 .417 .329 33.3 25.0 27.3 .304 .382 .299 55.6
2024 Changeup 1.6 0 30 9.8 9 .250 .250 .278 20.0 0.0 0.0 .167 .184 .222 12.5
2024 Curveball 0.6 0 25 8.1 6 .167 .333 .208 27.3 16.7 10.0 .323 .383 .306 80.0
2024 Sweeper 2.3 0 11 3.6 3 .500 .500 .533 14.3 0.0 0.0 .473 .556 .534 50.0
2024 Split-Finger -10.9 -1 6 2.0 2 .000 .000 .000 80.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -2 326 34.0 87 .244 .354 .280 20.5 23.0 20.2 .286 .482 .344 55.6
2023 Slider -0.1 0 155 16.2 36 .212 .485 .324 35.7 22.2 18.6 .207 .373 .283 40.0
2023 Sinker 1.3 2 128 13.4 39 .243 .486 .317 15.3 23.1 40.9 .261 .518 .336 41.4
2023 Changeup 0.5 1 108 11.3 35 .250 .469 .353 30.8 14.3 17.9 .245 .455 .317 42.9
2023 Cutter -0.3 0 86 9.0 24 .250 .300 .319 20.5 12.5 18.8 .394 .459 .427 47.1
2023 Curveball -2.0 -2 79 8.2 19 .263 .526 .332 50.0 26.3 25.0 .164 .285 .190 28.6
2023 Sweeper -3.3 -2 48 5.0 10 .200 .200 .180 28.0 30.0 18.8 .197 .232 .188 14.3
2023 Split-Finger -3.5 -1 25 2.6 11 .182 .455 .264 21.4 18.2 22.2 .213 .394 .258 55.6
2023 Slurve -11.7 0 2 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 100.0 -- -- .000 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 42 163 -2 -4 1 1 -5
2022 49 209 -5 0 -1 1 -5
2023 264 958 -5 -6 5 3 -4
2024 78 307 -1 -2 4 1 1
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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 %
2021 163 52.1 60.0 74.5 37.2 55.2 46.6 28.6 49.1 31.3 11.0 88.9
2022 209 51.2 72.9 76.9 36.3 56.8 46.4 28.6 55.0 26.1 9.1 68.4
2023 958 51.6 72.5 79.3 30.2 57.1 43.6 31.1 52.0 26.7 9.2 79.5
2024 307 49.2 68.9 76.0 22.4 62.9 39.4 34.6 45.3 25.9 7.5 78.3
Player 1,637 51.1 70.6 78.0 30.1 57.7 43.5 31.2 50.8 26.9 9.0 79.1
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
2021 34 82
2022 13 81
2023 52 72 87
2024 39 67
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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 %
2021 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
2023 25.7 10 8.9 1 4 6 4 40.0
2024 24.2 2 2.0 0 0 0 2 100.0
Player 25.4 12 11.1 1 5 6 6 50.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2023 10 8 8 7 11 9 10 7 7 8 8 9 8 9 9 10 9 9 8 11 6 11 11 10 10 8 9 11 9 9 7
2024 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 12 11 10 9 13 11 12 9 9 10 10 11 10 11 11 12 11 11 11 13 9 14 13 13 12 10 11 13 12 11 9
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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 93.5 81.3 -12.2 91.3 10.0 89.8 -1.5
Launch Angle 8.4 4.9 -3.5 7.7 2.8 3.4 -4.3
Barrel % 3.8 0.0 -3.8 9.8 9.8 3.6 -6.2
Hard Hit % 42.3 31.3 -11.0 45.4 14.1 47.3 1.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.9 28.1 1.2 30.9 2.8 21.8 -9.1
xBA .230 .208 -0.022 .259 0.051 .264 0.005
BA .200 .213 0.013 .239 0.026 .224 -0.015
xwOBA .302 .221 -0.081 .318 0.097 .342 0.024
wOBA .236 .225 -0.011 .297 0.072 .307 0.010
xSLG .333 .247 -0.086 .438 0.191 .388 -0.050
SLG .200 .255 0.055 .413 0.158 .343 -0.070
K% 26.2 30.6 4.4 21.2 -9.4 15.4 -5.8
BB% 7.1 2.0 -5.1 4.5 2.5 12.8 8.3
Swing % 49.1 55.0 5.9 52.0 -3.0 45.3 -6.7
Whiff% 31.3 26.1 -5.2 26.7 0.6 25.9 -0.8
In Zone % 52.1 51.2 -0.9 51.6 0.4 49.2 -2.4
Out of Zone % 47.9 48.8 0.9 48.4 -0.4 50.8 2.4
Out of Zone Swing % 37.2 36.3 -0.9 30.2 -6.1 22.4 -7.8
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 28.6 0.0 31.1 2.5 34.6 3.5
First Pitch Strike % 45.2 55.1 9.9 58.0 2.9 56.4 -1.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 30 10 33.3 .175 .088
2022 Shifts L 49 4 8.2 .209 .401
2023 Shades L 264 57 21.6 .305 .266
2024 Shades L 78 18 23.1 .297 .337
! 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 %
2021 41 16.9 24.4% 4.9% 30 20.6 0.0% 10.0%
2022 43 16.7 27.9% 7.0% 32 21.6 3.1% 12.5%
2023 233 15.8 40.8% 0.0% 152 18.3 5.9% 0.0%
2024 83 15.7 38.6% 0.0% 56 17.6 3.6% 1.8%
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