Rafael Marchán
C | Bats/Throws: S/R | 5' 9" 170LBS | Age: 25
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 9 8 3 4 1 0 .500 .556 .875 1.431
2021 56 52 7 12 1 0 .231 .286 .346 .632
2024 56 51 8 15 3 0 .294 .345 .549 .894
3 Seasons 121 111 18 31 5 0 .279 .333 .477 .810
AVG HR SB OPS
2020 .500 1 0 1.431
2021 .231 1 0 .632
2024 .294 3 0 .894
3 Seasons .279 5 0 .810
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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%
2020 21 33 6 1 16.7 11.1 92.2 99.6 10.5 50.0 .420 .680 .592 .494 .625 50.0 22.2 11.1
2021 22 193 42 0 0.0 0.0 83.8 103.0 17.5 26.2 .251 .315 .277 .278 .305 19.0 17.9 7.1
2024 25 195 44 4 9.1 7.1 86.2 103.3 16.7 47.7 .336 .520 .382 .393 .438 31.8 14.3 5.4
Player 421 92 5 5.4 4.1 85.5 103.3 16.7 38.0 .302 .435 .349 .347 .389 27.2 16.5 6.6
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
2020 33.3 16.7 50.0 0.0 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 16.7 0.0 66.7 0.0 16.7 11.1
2021 40.5 16.7 28.6 14.3 26.2 52.4 21.4 4.8 26.2 31.0 35.7 2.4 0.0 0.0
2024 31.8 29.5 34.1 4.5 36.4 31.8 31.8 4.5 15.9 29.5 40.9 0.0 9.1 7.1
Player 35.9 22.8 32.6 8.7 31.5 41.3 27.2 4.3 20.7 28.3 40.2 1.1 5.4 4.1
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 -1.6 -1 68 34.9 21 .263 .474 .348 17.2 14.3 17.6 .302 .413 .348 31.3
2024 Changeup 1.0 0 33 16.9 7 .286 .286 .257 22.2 14.3 12.5 .340 .393 .326 16.7
2024 Curveball 5.6 1 22 11.3 3 1.000 1.000 .833 0.0 0.0 0.0 .856 .944 .765 0.0
2024 Slider -0.9 0 21 10.8 8 .143 .143 .129 20.0 25.0 25.0 .202 .239 .185 0.0
2024 Sinker 2.1 0 17 8.7 11 .364 .909 .527 0.0 0.0 0.0 .408 .788 .510 63.6
2024 Cutter 2.5 0 16 8.2 4 .333 1.333 .675 37.5 50.0 40.0 .259 .973 .556 100.0
2024 Sweeper -2.7 0 6 3.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Knuckleball -2.5 0 6 3.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .199 .218 .182 0.0
2024 Split-Finger -0.7 0 6 3.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .420 .545 .415 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -7.1 -5 67 34.7 20 .000 .000 .070 12.9 20.0 21.1 .119 .158 .177 14.3
2021 Sinker -0.1 0 37 19.2 8 .143 .571 .338 10.0 12.5 33.3 .259 .387 .335 50.0
2021 Slider -7.1 -2 26 13.5 6 .167 .167 .150 25.0 33.3 25.0 .079 .108 .082 0.0
2021 Changeup 11.4 3 24 12.4 15 .500 .714 .597 22.2 13.3 33.3 .437 .517 .437 25.0
2021 Curveball -0.2 0 18 9.3 3 .667 .667 .600 14.3 0.0 0.0 .543 .644 .517 0.0
2021 Cutter -5.5 -1 13 6.7 2 .000 .000 .000 12.5 0.0 0.0 .211 .252 .199 0.0
2021 Sweeper -2.4 0 5 2.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Split-Finger 3.4 0 2 1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 56 193 -4 -2 1 1 -4
2024 56 195 1 -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 %
2020 33 33.3 81.8 88.9 40.9 44.4 36.4 11.1 54.5 33.3 12.1 50.0
2021 193 47.7 63.0 84.5 29.7 83.3 42.5 23.2 45.6 15.9 8.8 70.6
2024 195 55.9 62.4 91.2 25.6 63.6 43.6 26.8 46.2 15.6 8.7 70.6
Player 421 50.4 63.7 88.1 29.2 70.5 42.5 24.0 46.6 17.3 9.0 68.4
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 29 71
2024 9 20
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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 %
2020 24.3 1 0.8 0 0 1 0 0.0
2021 -- 1 0.4 1 0 1 0 0.0
2024 23.3 3 2.6 0 1 1 2 66.7
Player 23.6 5 3.8 1 1 3 2 40.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2020 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
2021 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
2024 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 2
Player 5 5 2 5 4 4 5 3 4 2 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 5 4 5 3 5 5 3 3 5 4 4 3 4
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 2020 2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 92.2 83.8 -8.4
Launch Angle 10.5 17.5 7.0
Barrel % 16.7 0.0 -16.7
Hard Hit % 50.0 19.0 -31.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 50.0 26.2 -23.8
xBA .420 .251 -0.169
BA .500 .231 -0.269
xwOBA .494 .278 -0.216
wOBA .592 .277 -0.315
xSLG .680 .315 -0.365
SLG .875 .346 -0.529
K% 22.2 17.9 -4.3
BB% 11.1 7.1 -4.0
Swing % 54.5 45.6 -8.9
Whiff% 33.3 15.9 -17.4
In Zone % 33.3 47.7 14.4
Out of Zone % 66.7 52.3 -14.4
Out of Zone Swing % 40.9 29.7 -11.2
First Pitch Swing % 11.1 23.2 12.1
First Pitch Strike % 44.4 53.6 9.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts L 9 0 0.0 .592
2021 Shifts L 32 5 15.6 .253 .000
2021 Shifts R 22 1 4.5 .371 .879
2024 Shades L 32 17 53.1 .443 .334
2024 Shades R 24 0 0.0 .378
! 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 %
2020 3 14.5 100.0% 0.0% 6 22.8 0.0% 0.0%
2021 64 18.5 17.2% 3.1% 27 21.6 0.0% 3.7%
2024 59 15.1 47.5% 0.0% 27 18.9 11.1% 0.0%
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