Albert Almora Jr.
OF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 190LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 1, #6, Chicago Cubs | Mater Academy Charter School (FL)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 34 30 4 5 0 0 .167 .265 .200 .465
2021 54 52 3 6 0 0 .115 .148 .173 .321
2022 235 215 26 48 5 3 .223 .282 .349 .631
7 Seasons 1,605 1,491 189 386 33 7 .259 .300 .383 .683
AVG HR SB OPS
2020 .167 0 0 .465
2021 .115 0 0 .321
2022 .223 5 3 .631
7 Seasons .259 33 7 .683
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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
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2016 22 394 92 4 4.3 3.4 87.6 110.7 8.5 30.4 .276 .409 .325 .311 .364 29.3 17.1 4.3
2017 23 1113 251 10 4.0 3.1 87.2 111.0 8.6 32.7 .267 .398 .334 .308 .347 32.3 16.4 5.9
2018 24 1608 369 5 1.4 1.0 86.6 110.0 8.3 30.1 .247 .320 .305 .275 .308 27.4 17.3 5.0
2019 25 1317 284 13 4.6 3.6 86.3 111.7 8.5 31.0 .254 .385 .271 .285 .329 27.5 17.1 4.4
2020 26 132 21 0 0.0 0.0 85.3 106.1 11.6 14.3 .158 .175 .223 .211 .207 28.6 26.5 8.8
2021 27 211 35 0 0.0 0.0 90.3 106.4 7.7 22.9 .138 .188 .143 .161 .209 45.7 31.5 3.7
2022 28 846 171 3 1.8 1.3 84.0 108.6 6.7 29.8 .233 .307 .279 .270 .299 25.4 19.6 7.2
Player 5621 1223 35 2.9 2.2 86.4 111.7 8.2 30.3 .247 .348 .293 .280 .319 28.9 18.1 5.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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 44.6 19.6 33.7 2.2 38.0 37.0 22.8 1.1 40.2 19.6 19.6 4.3 4.3 3.4
2017 49.4 17.1 27.9 5.6 33.9 37.8 27.9 5.2 37.1 23.1 23.5 4.0 4.0 3.1
2018 51.8 17.1 23.8 7.3 33.3 34.7 31.4 4.1 40.4 21.7 27.9 3.0 1.4 1.0
2019 53.2 15.5 22.5 8.8 31.0 40.1 28.9 5.3 40.8 20.8 24.6 2.8 4.6 3.6
2020 57.1 14.3 14.3 14.3 23.8 52.4 23.8 4.8 47.6 28.6 19.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 57.1 14.3 17.1 11.4 40.0 37.1 22.9 0.0 48.6 25.7 17.1 8.6 0.0 0.0
2022 50.9 18.1 23.4 7.6 42.1 37.4 20.5 7.6 37.4 21.6 25.1 4.1 1.8 1.3
Player 51.2 16.9 24.7 7.2 34.5 37.5 27.6 4.7 39.7 21.8 24.8 3.5 2.9 2.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 %
2022 Sinker -0.7 -1 191 22.6 60 .273 .382 .333 12.5 8.3 13.2 .268 .323 .295 24.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 3 188 22.2 59 .260 .500 .389 11.1 11.9 12.3 .296 .447 .373 43.2
2022 Slider -1.8 -3 165 19.5 40 .189 .243 .210 42.7 37.5 27.8 .153 .176 .170 21.7
2022 Cutter 0.4 0 87 10.3 22 .227 .364 .310 16.0 13.6 16.7 .254 .331 .255 21.1
2022 Changeup -1.5 -1 80 9.5 22 .190 .238 .221 35.6 22.7 19.2 .190 .224 .209 6.3
2022 Curveball 0.9 1 78 9.2 16 .133 .333 .225 23.3 12.5 9.5 .245 .342 .284 7.7
2022 Sweeper -2.8 -1 27 3.2 6 .000 .000 .000 71.4 83.3 38.5 .038 .042 .035 0.0
2022 Split-Finger -0.4 0 14 1.7 5 .200 .200 .180 50.0 60.0 42.9 .089 .184 .111 50.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -4.6 -3 64 30.3 18 .125 .188 .197 10.5 5.6 4.2 .207 .274 .262 66.7
2021 Sinker -6.3 -3 43 20.4 12 .167 .167 .150 42.3 41.7 50.0 .116 .155 .119 28.6
2021 Slider -5.4 -2 31 14.7 8 .000 .000 .000 50.0 37.5 21.4 .047 .054 .047 0.0
2021 Curveball -5.2 -1 22 10.4 4 .000 .000 .000 77.8 100.0 44.4 -- -- .000 --
2021 Cutter -1.7 0 18 8.5 5 .200 .400 .250 38.5 20.0 16.7 .204 .275 .210 50.0
2021 Changeup -1.6 0 17 8.1 6 .167 .333 .208 30.0 33.3 18.2 .177 .286 .193 50.0
2021 Slurve -1.8 0 10 4.7 -- -- -- 25.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Sweeper -2.3 0 5 2.4 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Split-Finger 3.8 0 1 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 Slider -5.6 -3 47 35.6 7 .000 .000 .000 43.5 57.1 30.8 .072 .078 .065 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 0 34 25.8 14 .182 .273 .304 23.5 21.4 23.1 .137 .159 .249 37.5
2020 Changeup 0.0 0 16 12.1 4 .250 .250 .225 50.0 25.0 25.0 .214 .227 .194 0.0
2020 Sinker -13.4 -2 14 10.6 5 .200 .200 .180 0.0 20.0 20.0 .251 .277 .234 50.0
2020 Cutter 3.8 0 12 9.1 2 .500 .500 .450 25.0 0.0 0.0 .223 .245 .203 50.0
2020 Curveball 0.0 0 7 5.3 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .180 .180 .431 0.0
2020 Sweeper -14.9 0 2 1.5 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -3 361 27.4 105 .303 .586 .399 11.2 10.5 10.5 .310 .522 .354 38.5
2019 Slider -3.3 -11 335 25.4 87 .108 .157 .187 36.5 24.1 20.2 .192 .271 .215 19.0
2019 Sinker -0.7 -2 222 16.9 66 .305 .356 .339 19.8 16.7 20.8 .239 .277 .267 20.4
2019 Curveball -3.4 -7 197 15.0 42 .146 .220 .171 30.4 16.7 11.9 .210 .290 .223 20.6
2019 Changeup 2.7 3 108 8.2 31 .333 .567 .385 30.0 12.9 17.4 .307 .545 .358 25.9
2019 Cutter 0.1 0 74 5.6 22 .333 .524 .369 13.3 13.6 20.0 .355 .566 .391 36.8
2019 Split-Finger -7.5 -1 11 0.8 4 .000 .000 .000 66.7 75.0 60.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2019 Sweeper -4.6 0 9 0.7 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 40.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 2 502 31.2 163 .374 .531 .421 11.9 8.6 10.4 .297 .419 .345 36.5
2018 Slider -0.3 -1 342 21.3 86 .296 .358 .306 41.4 26.7 24.2 .236 .279 .238 21.3
2018 Sinker -1.3 -4 291 18.1 98 .261 .315 .290 15.7 15.3 22.1 .240 .301 .268 33.8
2018 Curveball -1.9 -4 202 12.6 63 .167 .233 .206 33.7 27.0 28.3 .181 .219 .194 13.6
2018 Changeup -1.5 -2 135 8.4 32 .138 .241 .213 39.4 25.0 18.2 .137 .194 .196 4.8
2018 Cutter 1.7 2 92 5.7 26 .320 .360 .317 18.9 15.4 18.2 .340 .399 .340 23.8
2018 Split-Finger 3.6 1 20 1.2 6 .333 .333 .300 10.0 0.0 0.0 .118 .140 .113 0.0
2018 Sweeper -3.5 0 13 0.8 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Slurve -6.7 0 4 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .493 .516 .444 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 6 375 33.7 108 .384 .616 .454 8.5 9.3 9.5 .354 .565 .412 41.1
2017 Slider 0.0 0 220 19.8 72 .206 .338 .284 36.7 25.0 23.4 .184 .226 .200 19.2
2017 Sinker 0.2 0 157 14.1 45 .333 .405 .338 13.3 6.7 12.5 .270 .411 .310 32.5
2017 Changeup 0.5 1 139 12.5 36 .281 .375 .332 35.7 11.1 12.5 .254 .333 .302 25.0
2017 Curveball -1.6 -2 125 11.2 30 .207 .207 .203 44.4 43.3 27.1 .189 .237 .202 37.5
2017 Cutter 0.2 0 62 5.6 20 .211 .474 .237 35.0 15.0 21.4 .255 .533 .318 29.4
2017 Split-Finger 9.9 2 18 1.6 4 .750 1.000 .763 50.0 25.0 14.3 .238 .285 .234 33.3
2017 Knuckleball -4.9 0 10 0.9 4 .250 .250 .225 14.3 0.0 0.0 .371 .440 .358 50.0
2017 Sweeper -6.4 0 4 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 33.3 .053 .061 .048 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 128 436 3 -6 2 0 0
2017 344 1,197 10 -7 0 3 7
2018 483 1,623 -6 -6 2 3 -7
2019 359 1,317 -9 -17 2 4 -21
2020 34 132 -3 -1 -1 1 -4
2021 54 211 -3 -5 -2 0 -9
2022 231 831 -7 -1 5 2 -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 %
2016 394 49.7 62.2 82.0 41.4 64.6 38.8 31.6 51.8 23.0 8.4 60.6
2017 1,113 50.4 68.4 82.8 35.4 59.0 43.3 37.8 52.0 24.4 7.5 71.1
2018 1,608 49.0 70.4 84.1 39.5 59.4 39.5 39.2 54.7 24.2 7.4 80.7
2019 1,317 46.4 68.1 85.8 38.2 58.9 44.8 31.9 52.1 23.9 5.6 74.3
2020 132 46.2 55.7 76.5 38.0 51.9 41.7 29.4 46.2 32.8 5.3 85.7
2021 211 48.3 65.7 83.6 48.6 43.4 45.5 33.3 56.9 33.3 5.7 66.7
2022 846 47.9 67.8 83.0 36.5 65.2 42.6 25.1 51.5 23.6 6.0 84.0
Player 5,621 48.5 68.0 83.7 38.4 59.5 42.2 34.2 52.7 24.6 6.8 75.7
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2016 78 80
2017 81 69 42
2018 6 41 4 2 11 3 4 10 73 8 73 9 50 3 71 98
2019 7 44 18 16 6 15 20 10 82 8 74 6 58 7 82 79
2020 33 47
2021 42 69
2022 45 56 30
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 19.6 3 3.1 0 2 4 0 0.0
2017 21.9 9 8.5 1 8 7 4 44.4
2018 21.6 5 3.0 2 1 4 1 20.0
2019 22.0 12 10.6 1 2 5 6 50.0
2021 -- 0 0.5 -1 1 1 0 --
2022 26.4 5 4.6 0 0 5 0 0.0
Player 22.3 34 30.4 4 14 26 11 32.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 3 3 2 3 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 4 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 3 2 5 4 3 4 4 6 4 4 2
2017 9 8 6 9 9 9 11 8 7 7 8 15 8 9 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 11 10 8 7 7 12 9 9 6
2018 5 5 2 2 4 2 5 1 4 1 2 5 2 1 2 2 1 2 4 5 2 5 5 4 1 2 4 4 4 5 3
2019 12 11 8 11 12 10 11 10 9 9 11 9 12 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 11 12 11 11 10 12 9 10 13 10 11
2021 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
2022 5 0 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
Player 34 28 24 30 33 29 37 26 27 24 29 39 30 27 30 28 23 27 32 35 29 32 38 35 26 30 30 38 35 34 28
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.6 87.2 -0.4 86.6 -0.6 86.3 -0.3 85.3 -1.0 90.3 5.0 84.0 -6.3
Launch Angle 8.5 8.6 0.1 8.3 -0.3 8.5 0.2 11.6 3.1 7.7 -3.9 6.7 -1.0
Barrel % 4.3 4.0 -0.3 1.4 -2.6 4.6 3.2 0.0 -4.6 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.8
Hard Hit % 29.3 32.3 3.0 27.4 -4.9 27.5 0.1 28.6 1.1 45.7 17.1 25.4 -20.3
Sweet Spot % 30.4 32.7 2.3 30.1 -2.6 31.0 0.9 14.3 -16.7 22.9 8.6 29.8 6.9
xBA .276 .267 -0.009 .247 -0.020 .254 0.007 .158 -0.096 .138 -0.020 .233 0.095
BA .277 .298 0.021 .286 -0.012 .236 -0.050 .167 -0.069 .115 -0.052 .223 0.108
xwOBA .311 .308 -0.003 .275 -0.033 .285 0.010 .211 -0.074 .161 -0.050 .270 0.109
wOBA .325 .334 0.009 .305 -0.029 .271 -0.034 .223 -0.048 .143 -0.080 .279 0.136
xSLG .409 .398 -0.011 .320 -0.078 .385 0.065 .175 -0.210 .188 0.013 .307 0.119
SLG .455 .445 -0.010 .378 -0.067 .381 0.003 .200 -0.181 .173 -0.027 .349 0.176
K% 17.1 16.4 -0.7 17.3 0.9 17.1 -0.2 26.5 9.4 31.5 5.0 19.6 -11.9
BB% 4.3 5.9 1.6 5.0 -0.9 4.4 -0.6 8.8 4.4 3.7 -5.1 7.2 3.5
Swing % 51.8 52.0 0.2 54.7 2.7 52.1 -2.6 46.2 -5.9 56.9 10.7 51.5 -5.4
Whiff% 23.0 24.4 1.4 24.2 -0.2 23.9 -0.3 32.8 8.9 33.3 0.5 23.6 -9.7
In Zone % 49.7 50.4 0.7 49.0 -1.4 46.4 -2.6 46.2 -0.2 48.3 2.1 47.9 -0.4
Out of Zone % 50.3 49.6 -0.7 51.0 1.4 53.6 2.6 53.8 0.2 51.7 -2.1 52.1 0.4
Out of Zone Swing % 41.4 35.4 -6.0 39.5 4.1 38.2 -1.3 38.0 -0.2 48.6 10.6 36.5 -12.1
First Pitch Swing % 31.6 37.8 6.2 39.2 1.4 31.9 -7.3 29.4 -2.5 33.3 3.9 25.1 -8.2
First Pitch Strike % 65.8 69.0 3.2 68.3 -0.7 64.8 -3.5 64.7 -0.1 66.7 2.0 57.0 -9.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 106 2 1.9 .295 .785
2017 Shifts R 321 4 1.2 .327 .933
2018 Shifts R 478 6 1.3 .304 .382
2019 Shifts R 359 15 4.2 .278 .116
2020 Shifts R 34 2 5.9 .215 .349
2021 Shifts R 54 7 13.0 .165 .000
2022 Shifts R 231 15 6.5 .274 .373
! 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 101 15.4 46.5% 1.0% 64 21.5 10.9% 18.8%
2017 289 16.3 35.6% 2.1% 164 22.3 0.0% 6.1%
2018 421 16.3 34.4% 2.6% 208 22.9 0.5% 13.0%
2019 354 16.6 22.0% 0.8% 188 23.6 0.0% 14.9%
2020 31 15.4 41.9% 0.0% 24 22.5 0.0% 8.3%
2021 50 17.9 26.0% 2.0% 32 24.1 0.0% 15.6%
2022 210 16.1 36.7% 1.0% 143 21.1 0.7% 4.9%
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