Pat Valaika
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 200LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 9, #259, Colorado Rockies | UCLA
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 86 79 11 15 1 0 .190 .256 .316 .572
2020 150 141 24 39 8 0 .277 .315 .475 .790
2021 281 259 17 52 5 1 .201 .250 .290 .540
6 Seasons 864 802 91 177 30 1 .221 .264 .378 .642
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .190 1 0 .572
2020 .277 8 0 .790
2021 .201 5 1 .540
6 Seasons .221 30 1 .642
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%
2016 23 73 11 1 9.1 5.3 92.8 103.6 13.5 18.2 .157 .329 .310 .204 .385 36.4 42.1 0.0
2017 24 685 135 9 6.7 4.6 85.4 108.6 17.2 31.1 .223 .386 .338 .271 .361 29.6 27.2 3.6
2018 25 477 94 3 3.2 2.3 84.8 107.3 16.1 30.9 .197 .288 .207 .244 .280 21.3 22.6 6.8
2019 26 322 45 2 4.4 2.3 88.8 110.1 20.0 31.1 .165 .267 .248 .224 .321 31.1 39.5 8.1
2020 27 570 108 9 8.3 6.0 88.7 108.2 18.2 38.9 .260 .456 .337 .323 .398 34.3 22.7 5.3
2021 28 1101 187 9 4.8 3.2 86.8 109.7 19.8 40.6 .213 .337 .238 .265 .332 32.6 27.0 5.7
Player 3228 580 33 5.7 3.8 86.8 110.1 18.2 35.3 .215 .355 .276 .268 .343 30.3 27.2 5.4
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
2016 54.5 18.2 9.1 18.2 18.2 54.5 27.3 0.0 36.4 27.3 9.1 0.0 9.1 5.3
2017 35.6 28.9 23.7 11.9 32.6 41.5 25.2 7.4 17.8 35.6 23.0 4.4 6.7 4.6
2018 42.6 20.2 25.5 11.7 36.2 38.3 25.5 2.1 34.0 33.0 21.3 2.1 3.2 2.3
2019 33.3 33.3 24.4 8.9 37.8 37.8 24.4 2.2 28.9 44.4 13.3 6.7 4.4 2.3
2020 35.2 29.6 27.8 7.4 33.3 38.0 28.7 6.5 23.1 26.9 25.9 8.3 8.3 6.0
2021 31.0 33.7 26.7 8.6 32.1 32.6 35.3 5.3 21.4 33.7 24.6 10.2 4.8 3.2
Player 35.3 29.3 25.5 9.8 33.3 37.4 29.1 5.2 23.8 33.4 22.8 6.7 5.7 3.8
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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -2 367 33.3 63 .255 .309 .306 28.0 36.5 18.5 .206 .290 .274 43.8
2021 Slider -1.4 -3 203 18.4 58 .182 .327 .229 31.7 32.8 26.4 .193 .341 .239 35.1
2021 Sinker -2.2 -4 167 15.2 49 .238 .262 .282 16.5 10.2 13.5 .238 .344 .307 23.7
2021 Curveball -4.5 -6 133 12.1 38 .027 .027 .042 34.3 34.2 26.0 .132 .160 .144 16.7
2021 Cutter 1.3 1 108 9.8 30 .321 .679 .415 20.4 20.0 15.8 .287 .583 .390 52.2
2021 Changeup -3.0 -3 89 8.1 33 .182 .182 .164 21.3 12.1 12.5 .272 .427 .300 24.1
2021 Sweeper -1.6 0 22 2.0 7 .333 .500 .307 63.6 57.1 66.7 .206 .285 .206 66.7
2021 Split-Finger 1.3 0 9 0.8 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 28.6 -- -- .000 --
2021 Slurve -6.1 0 3 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .006 .006 .005 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -2 195 34.2 44 .158 .263 .272 29.5 25.0 22.0 .191 .365 .296 37.0
2020 Slider -1.9 -2 99 17.4 28 .259 .333 .259 36.0 32.1 33.3 .273 .441 .302 36.8
2020 Sinker 1.4 1 99 17.4 26 .360 .640 .454 10.6 0.0 0.0 .378 .632 .441 44.0
2020 Cutter 2.4 1 56 9.8 19 .421 .737 .495 20.0 15.8 30.0 .306 .598 .376 25.0
2020 Curveball -2.4 -1 55 9.6 14 .214 .429 .336 57.1 50.0 31.8 .138 .198 .144 28.6
2020 Changeup -0.5 0 54 9.5 16 .267 .467 .338 30.3 18.8 18.8 .237 .391 .290 16.7
2020 Split-Finger 7.6 1 8 1.4 2 .500 2.000 1.000 33.3 50.0 50.0 .267 .971 .478 100.0
2020 Sweeper 55.4 2 3 0.5 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 0.0 .853 .927 .797 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 197 692 12 -12 4 2 6
2018 134 482 -8 -6 0 1 -13
2019 86 321 0 -4 0 2 -3
2020 150 569 -1 -7 5 2 0
2021 281 1,101 -14 -12 6 3 -17
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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 %
2016 73 54.8 65.0 84.6 39.4 46.2 37.0 36.8 53.4 28.2 11.0 87.5
2017 685 53.1 76.4 75.5 32.4 47.1 42.3 42.6 55.8 31.9 8.9 85.2
2018 477 46.8 75.3 79.8 35.0 57.3 42.3 44.4 53.9 27.2 8.2 87.2
2019 322 45.8 75.5 77.5 37.9 30.3 35.5 39.5 55.3 40.4 7.8 88.0
2020 570 44.9 70.3 83.3 33.8 49.1 35.8 24.7 50.2 29.4 8.4 81.3
2021 1,101 50.0 74.2 80.4 30.9 53.5 44.1 33.8 52.5 27.3 8.2 82.2
Player 3,228 49.0 74.1 79.4 33.3 49.1 41.0 36.5 53.3 30.1 8.4 84.1
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
2016 34 44
2017 65 69
2018 55 63
2019 71 56
2020 44 62 66 61 22 41 53 47 52 27 47 13 32 17 61 2 27
2021 67 49 77 38
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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 21.7 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0.0
2017 23.8 13 10.1 3 4 5 6 46.2
2018 21.5 2 1.2 1 1 0 1 50.0
2019 22.7 1 1.4 0 1 1 1 100.0
2020 23.9 8 7.0 1 3 4 4 50.0
2021 22.8 5 4.9 0 6 5 2 40.0
Player 23.4 30 24.9 5 15 16 14 46.7
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
2017 13 10 10 10 10 9 10 8 9 9 10 12 10 9 9 10 8 9 13 10 10 13 12 11 9 9 10 13 12 11 8
2018 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
2019 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1
2020 8 10 5 7 5 9 7 7 5 4 4 6 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 7 10 8 10 8 8 6 5 7 10 5 5
2021 5 4 6 3 7 5 7 4 3 2 5 8 4 3 6 7 3 3 5 7 3 6 7 3 3 3 7 7 3 6 6
Player 30 28 24 22 24 25 26 22 19 17 21 29 27 21 25 27 21 21 28 26 27 30 33 27 24 21 24 31 30 25 21
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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 92.8 85.4 -7.4 84.8 -0.6 88.8 4.0 88.7 -0.1 86.8 -1.9
Launch Angle 13.5 17.2 3.7 16.1 -1.1 20.0 3.9 18.2 -1.8 19.8 1.6
Barrel % 9.1 6.7 -2.4 3.2 -3.5 4.4 1.2 8.3 3.9 4.8 -3.5
Hard Hit % 36.4 29.6 -6.8 21.3 -8.3 31.1 9.8 34.3 3.2 32.6 -1.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 18.2 31.1 12.9 30.9 -0.2 31.1 0.2 38.9 7.8 40.6 1.7
xBA .157 .223 0.066 .197 -0.026 .165 -0.032 .260 0.095 .213 -0.047
BA .263 .258 -0.005 .156 -0.102 .190 0.034 .277 0.087 .201 -0.076
xwOBA .204 .271 0.067 .244 -0.027 .224 -0.020 .323 0.099 .265 -0.058
wOBA .310 .338 0.028 .207 -0.131 .248 0.041 .337 0.089 .238 -0.099
xSLG .329 .386 0.057 .288 -0.098 .267 -0.021 .456 0.189 .337 -0.119
SLG .474 .533 0.059 .246 -0.287 .316 0.070 .475 0.159 .290 -0.185
K% 42.1 27.2 -14.9 22.6 -4.6 39.5 16.9 22.7 -16.8 27.0 4.3
BB% 0.0 3.6 3.6 6.8 3.2 8.1 1.3 5.3 -2.8 5.7 0.4
Swing % 53.4 55.8 2.4 53.9 -1.9 55.3 1.4 50.2 -5.1 52.5 2.3
Whiff% 28.2 31.9 3.7 27.2 -4.7 40.4 13.2 29.4 -11.0 27.3 -2.1
In Zone % 54.8 53.1 -1.7 46.8 -6.3 45.8 -1.0 44.9 -0.9 50.0 5.1
Out of Zone % 45.2 46.9 1.7 53.2 6.3 54.2 1.0 55.1 0.9 50.0 -5.1
Out of Zone Swing % 39.4 32.4 -7.0 35.0 2.6 37.9 2.9 33.8 -4.1 30.9 -2.9
First Pitch Swing % 36.8 42.6 5.8 44.4 1.8 39.5 -4.9 24.7 -14.8 33.8 9.1
First Pitch Strike % 84.2 70.3 -13.9 66.2 -4.1 69.8 3.6 54.7 -15.1 65.5 10.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 17 0 0.0 .295
2017 Shifts L 1 0 0.0 .000
2017 Shifts R 194 0 0.0 .340
2018 Shifts R 133 0 0.0 .207
2019 Shifts R 86 10 11.6 .258 .174
2020 Shifts R 150 4 2.7 .326 .715
2021 Shifts R 281 6 2.1 .240 .147
! 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 13 17.6 38.5% 0.0% 13 21.6 0.0% 0.0%
2017 144 17.3 24.3% 2.8% 120 21.5 0.8% 12.5%
2018 120 16.6 37.5% 0.8% 72 22.5 1.4% 5.6%
2019 97 17.1 29.9% 1.0% 27 24.0 0.0% 3.7%
2020 160 18.8 19.4% 3.8% 87 24.8 0.0% 19.5%
2021 304 17.8 24.0% 2.0% 150 23.8 0.0% 6.7%
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