César Salazar
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 8" 198LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 7, #222, Houston Astros | Arizona
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 19 18 1 2 0 0 .111 .158 .111 .269
2024 32 25 5 8 0 0 .320 .387 .400 .787
2 Seasons 51 43 6 10 0 0 .233 .300 .279 .579
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .111 0 0 .269
2024 .320 0 0 .787
2 Seasons .233 0 0 .579
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%
2023 27 82 12 0 0.0 0.0 85.9 103.0 17.1 25.0 .141 .178 .130 .169 .209 8.3 31.6 5.3
2024 28 111 22 0 0.0 0.0 85.6 99.6 17.7 45.5 .323 .376 .343 .338 .365 13.6 18.8 6.3
Player 193 34 0 0.0 0.0 85.7 103.0 17.5 38.2 .247 .293 .262 .274 .308 11.8 23.5 5.9
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
2023 33.3 41.7 16.7 8.3 50.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 33.3 50.0 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
2024 31.8 22.7 40.9 4.5 50.0 22.7 27.3 4.5 13.6 31.8 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 32.4 29.4 32.4 5.9 50.0 23.5 26.5 2.9 20.6 38.2 38.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 2.0 1 41 36.9 10 .375 .375 .378 16.7 20.0 28.6 .376 .422 .389 0.0
2024 Slider -2.2 0 21 18.9 2 .000 .000 .000 30.0 50.0 11.1 .000 .000 .011 0.0
2024 Changeup 5.0 1 11 9.9 6 .400 .600 .358 11.1 0.0 0.0 .380 .467 .305 33.3
2024 Sinker -3.6 0 11 9.9 6 .250 .500 .442 0.0 16.7 33.3 .127 .148 .315 0.0
2024 Cutter 6.3 1 10 9.0 3 .500 .500 .533 66.7 33.3 50.0 .267 .308 .404 100.0
2024 Curveball -2.7 0 8 7.2 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .520 .585 .479 0.0
2024 Sweeper 4.3 0 5 4.5 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Split-Finger -18.8 0 2 1.8 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .065 .134 .082 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 0 32 39.0 5 .250 .250 .320 21.1 40.0 18.2 .228 .301 .325 50.0
2023 Slider -11.1 -2 17 20.7 6 .000 .000 .000 33.3 33.3 25.0 .026 .048 .029 0.0
2023 Split-Finger -3.0 0 9 11.0 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Sinker -11.9 -1 9 11.0 5 .200 .200 .180 14.3 0.0 0.0 .288 .328 .272 0.0
2023 Curveball -3.0 0 5 6.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 Cutter -2.8 0 3 3.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 Changeup -7.1 0 3 3.7 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Sweeper 0.6 0 2 2.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2024 32 111 2 -2 1 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 %
2023 82 47.6 87.2 79.4 30.2 53.8 54.9 36.8 57.3 27.7 2.4 100.0
2024 111 50.5 71.4 80.0 30.9 70.6 38.7 31.3 51.4 22.8 5.4 100.0
Player 193 49.2 77.9 79.7 30.6 63.3 45.6 33.3 53.9 25.0 4.1 100.0
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
2024 5 12
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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 %
2024 -- 0 0.1 0 2 0 0 --
Player -- 0 0.1 0 2 0 0 --
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2024 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.9 85.6 -0.3
Launch Angle 17.1 17.7 0.6
Barrel % 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hard Hit % 8.3 13.6 5.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.0 45.5 20.5
xBA .141 .323 0.182
BA .111 .320 0.209
xwOBA .169 .338 0.169
wOBA .130 .343 0.213
xSLG .178 .376 0.198
SLG .111 .400 0.289
K% 31.6 18.8 -12.8
BB% 5.3 6.3 1.0
Swing % 57.3 51.4 -5.9
Whiff% 27.7 22.8 -4.9
In Zone % 47.6 50.5 2.9
Out of Zone % 52.4 49.5 -2.9
Out of Zone Swing % 30.2 30.9 0.7
First Pitch Swing % 36.8 31.3 -5.5
First Pitch Strike % 78.9 68.8 -10.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 19 9 47.4 .158 .098
2024 Shades L 32 18 56.3 .314 .363
! 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 %
2023 20 15.6 40.0% 0.0% 12 19.4 8.3% 0.0%
2024 25 16.9 20.0% 0.0% 20 19.6 5.0% 0.0%
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