Daniel Palencia
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 160LBS | Age: 24
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 5 3 4.45 27 0 0 28.1 33 1.27
2024 0 0 6.00 3 0 1 6 5 2.17
2 Seasons 5 3 4.72 30 0 1 34.1 38 1.43
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 27 5-3 4.45 28.1 33 1.27
2024 3 0-0 6.00 6 5 2.17
2 Seasons 30 5-3 4.72 34.1 38 1.43
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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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
2023 23 494 70 5 7.1 4.2 91.4 112.0 15.2 34.3 .224 .359 .303 .310 .368 47.1 27.7 11.8 4.45 4.04
2024 24 125 18 1 5.6 3.3 87.8 106.8 8.9 27.8 .238 .353 .369 .358 .323 33.3 16.7 23.3 6.00 5.26
Player 619 88 6 6.8 4.0 90.7 112.0 13.9 33.0 .226 .358 .316 .319 .359 44.3 25.5 14.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Palencia relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(46.4%) ,
Slider
(26.4%) ,
Sinker
(16.0%) ,
Split Finger
(8.8%) ,
Curveball
(2.4%) ,


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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
2023 37.1 18.6 30.0 14.3 37.1 28.6 34.3 4.3 25.7 27.1 22.9 11.4 7.1 4.2
2024 55.6 16.7 22.2 5.6 22.2 61.1 16.7 0.0 44.4 22.2 16.7 11.1 5.6 3.3
Player 40.9 18.2 28.4 12.5 34.1 35.2 30.7 3.4 29.5 26.1 21.6 11.4 6.8 4.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2024 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 58 96.6 13.3 0.4 3 10.6 2.2 26
2024 Split-Finger CHC R 11 89.1 29.0 -3.1 -10 10.1 -2.3 -18
2024 Sinker CHC R 20 96.6 17.9 -3.3 -16 15.8 -0.3 -2
2024 Slider CHC R 33 89.4 30.5 -1.0 -3 2.6 -0.7 -21
2024 Curveball CHC R 3 84.1 34.5 -12.1 -26 2.7 -4.1 -61
2023 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 326 98.4 12.0 1.2 9 9.9 1.1 13
2023 Curveball CHC R 19 84.0 39.7 -7.1 -15 3.2 -4.3 -57
2023 Changeup CHC R 6 87.2 26.2 -4.9 -16 12.5 -1.7 -12
2023 Sinker CHC R 6 98.8 13.5 -6.2 -31 15.1 -0.2 -1
2023 Slider CHC R 137 89.6 30.9 -0.2 -1 3.4 -0.6 -16
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -4.0 -2 58 46.4 13 .400 .600 .492 14.8 15.4 16.7 .281 .506 .416 62.5
2024 Slider 2.1 1 33 26.4 10 .200 .200 .180 25.0 30.0 21.4 .244 .277 .227 14.3
2024 Sinker 0.7 0 20 16.0 6 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .074 .099 .388 0.0
2024 Split-Finger -0.4 0 11 8.8 1 -- -- .700 50.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2024 Curveball 1.3 0 3 2.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 2 326 66.0 73 .207 .379 .328 20.0 16.4 16.4 .243 .412 .361 53.2
2023 Slider -1.6 -2 137 27.7 39 .270 .378 .304 55.9 46.2 31.6 .201 .305 .241 36.8
2023 Curveball 3.5 1 19 3.8 5 .000 .000 .000 37.5 40.0 22.2 .207 .234 .191 33.3
2023 Changeup -1.7 0 6 1.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Sinker 7.6 0 6 1.2 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 50.0 .141 .148 .128 0.0
! 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
2024 4-Seam Fastball 58 96.6 98 19.1 1:15 1:15 0
2024 Sinker 20 96.6 97 19.7 1:15 2:00 -45
2024 Slider 33 89.4 25 4.0 11:30 10:15 75
2023 Curveball 19 84.0 35 4.9 8:45 7:45 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 324 98.4 97 18.9 1:15 1:00 15
2023 Slider 137 89.6 26 4.5 11:15 9:45 90
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 119 494 0 6 -2 -3 1
2024 30 125 1 0 -1 -1 -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 %
2023 494 47.8 70.8 76.0 27.1 51.4 41.3 56.3 48.0 30.8 7.5 78.4
2024 125 56.0 64.3 84.4 14.5 62.5 41.6 46.7 42.4 18.9 8.0 80.0
Player 619 49.4 69.3 77.8 24.9 52.6 41.4 54.4 46.8 28.6 7.6 78.7
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 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
2023 97 78 92
2024 24 53 66 70 8 63 60 60 69 20 1 14 1 89 27 89
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 23.7 3 2.9 0 0 2 1 33.3
2024 -- 0 0.5 -1 0 1 0 --
Player 23.7 3 3.4 0 0 3 1 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 3 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2024 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Player 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3
! 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 2023 2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 98.4 96.6 -1.8 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 87.2 89.1 1.9 ↑
Breaking Velocity 89.0 89.0 0.0
Exit Velocity 91.4 87.8 -3.6 ↓
Launch Angle 15.2 8.9 -6.3 ↓
Barrel % 7.1 5.6 -1.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 47.1 33.3 -13.8 ↓
Sweet Spot % 34.3 27.8 -6.5 ↓
xBA .224 .238 0.014 ↑
BA .216 .261 0.045 ↑
xwOBA .310 .358 0.048 ↑
wOBA .303 .369 0.066 ↑
xSLG .359 .353 -0.006 ↓
SLG .353 .348 -0.005 ↓
K% 27.7 16.7 -11.0 ↓
BB% 11.8 23.3 11.5 ↑
Swing % 48.0 42.4 -5.6 ↓
Whiff% 30.8 18.9 -11.9 ↓
In Zone % 47.8 56.0 8.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 52.2 44.0 -8.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 27.1 14.5 -12.6 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 39.5 33.3 -6.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 56.3 46.7 -9.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 119 .303 69 3 4.3 50 2 4.0
2024 Shades 30 .369 19 0 0.0 11 2 18.2
! 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 116 17.7 5.2% 0.0% 93 20.0 2.2% 0.0%
2024 25 17.6 12.0% 0.0% 17 18.2 0.0% 5.9%
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Pitch Distribution

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