Alex Verdugo
LF | B/T: L/L | 6' 0" 192LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 2, #62, Los Angeles Dodgers | Sahuaro (AZ) HS

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 644 593 75 166 11 74 1 .280 .328 .405 .733
6 Seasons 1957 1781 254 510 44 201 15 .286 .341 .431 .772
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2022 .280 11 74 1 .733
6 Seasons .286 44 201 15 .772

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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%
2017 21 101 19 1 5.3 4.0 81.1 104.5 -2.0 36.8 .287 .426 .240 .337 .377 18.8 16.0 8.0
2018 22 347 64 3 4.7 3.5 88.4 110.4 4.8 17.2 .249 .367 .311 .313 .339 34.5 16.3 9.3
2019 23 1468 300 17 5.7 4.5 89.4 111.3 9.0 33.7 .289 .458 .341 .339 .363 39.7 13.0 6.9
2020 24 923 157 10 6.4 4.5 87.0 109.5 5.9 31.2 .238 .369 .362 .299 .338 34.4 20.4 7.7
2021 25 2346 453 33 7.3 5.5 90.0 110.8 7.7 34.9 .285 .446 .334 .342 .376 43.3 15.9 8.4
2022 26 2490 513 31 6.0 4.8 89.1 111.0 8.4 37.8 .278 .428 .319 .329 .353 38.2 13.4 6.5
Player 7675 1506 95 6.3 4.9 89.1 111.3 7.8 34.5 .277 .430 .331 .331 .360 39.3 15.0 7.5
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 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, 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
2017 57.9 10.5 31.6 0.0 42.1 10.5 47.4 10.5 31.6 5.3 31.6 0.0 5.3 4.0
2018 62.5 14.1 18.8 4.7 32.8 43.8 23.4 0.0 37.5 14.1 25.0 3.1 4.7 3.5
2019 49.3 18.0 26.3 6.3 37.0 39.3 23.7 2.7 36.3 20.3 27.3 6.0 5.7 4.5
2020 52.2 19.1 22.9 5.7 33.8 42.7 23.6 3.8 42.0 19.1 23.6 5.1 6.4 4.5
2021 50.3 21.0 24.3 4.4 33.1 40.4 26.5 4.0 36.0 19.9 27.6 5.3 7.3 5.5
2022 46.2 23.0 26.5 4.3 30.4 41.5 28.1 2.3 33.9 22.8 27.3 7.6 6.0 4.8
Player 49.5 20.5 25.2 4.8 33.1 40.6 26.3 3.1 36.0 20.5 27.0 6.0 6.3 4.9
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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 4-Seamer 2.0 18 884 35.5 201 .354 .539 .426 10.7 10.0 9.6 .319 .512 .393 50.3
2022 Sinker 0.9 4 398 16.0 99 .330 .432 .392 8.1 8.1 8.2 .270 .372 .325 30.0
2022 Slider -1.7 -7 389 15.6 111 .181 .257 .222 20.6 18.0 13.6 .250 .356 .275 29.9
2022 Changeup 0.5 2 370 14.9 103 .240 .344 .269 21.7 18.4 20.0 .242 .360 .285 27.8
2022 Curveball -1.5 -3 236 9.5 61 .250 .350 .271 20.8 21.3 20.0 .274 .500 .324 43.8
2022 Cutter 2.2 3 150 6.0 43 .381 .571 .417 14.9 4.7 6.1 .370 .574 .412 50.0
2022 Splitter -8.9 -5 57 2.3 21 .048 .048 .043 31.4 19.0 16.0 .115 .155 .119 11.8
2022 N/A -8.0 0 4 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .161 .292 .191 50.0
2021 4-Seamer 0.5 5 887 37.8 200 .353 .509 .415 13.7 14.0 13.9 .293 .448 .362 46.3
2021 Changeup 0.6 2 381 16.2 114 .213 .361 .271 17.4 11.4 12.9 .305 .472 .347 38.5
2021 Sinker -0.9 -3 334 14.2 79 .260 .342 .297 14.5 19.0 18.8 .236 .327 .279 39.7
2021 Slider -0.7 -2 312 13.3 84 .260 .325 .294 21.7 19.0 13.8 .278 .419 .332 39.3
2021 Curveball 2.3 5 202 8.6 45 .268 .610 .379 28.0 24.4 17.2 .262 .562 .360 54.8
2021 Cutter 1.8 3 175 7.5 52 .396 .479 .396 23.3 17.3 21.4 .327 .463 .354 52.5
2021 Splitter -5.4 -3 48 2.0 21 .143 .286 .181 23.3 19.0 28.6 .269 .559 .351 35.3
2021 N/A 10.5 0 4 0.2 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 -- .401 .511 .399 0.0
2020 4-Seamer 0.9 3 356 38.6 73 .387 .581 .472 21.9 16.4 13.6 .253 .391 .340 38.0
2020 Sinker -0.2 0 170 18.4 38 .314 .457 .387 9.5 18.4 16.7 .238 .346 .286 35.7
2020 Slider -0.3 0 113 12.2 30 .207 .379 .263 20.4 33.3 16.9 .208 .344 .251 31.6
2020 Changeup 0.3 0 105 11.4 28 .148 .259 .225 21.6 28.6 20.5 .145 .219 .178 10.5
2020 Curveball 4.4 4 94 10.2 22 .545 .909 .623 11.4 9.1 7.4 .361 .529 .384 30.0
2020 Cutter -7.4 -3 45 4.9 14 .083 .083 .114 21.7 35.7 35.7 .136 .225 .227 37.5
2020 Splitter 3.0 1 40 4.3 15 .286 .357 .370 21.7 6.7 7.1 .304 .548 .386 61.5
2019 4-Seamer 0.9 5 591 40.3 126 .342 .541 .412 11.5 11.9 10.3 .316 .544 .396 49.5
2019 Sinker 2.5 5 218 14.9 55 .438 .729 .525 7.2 5.5 8.1 .333 .518 .403 40.0
2019 Slider -1.0 -2 215 14.6 60 .207 .448 .276 25.0 18.3 15.5 .212 .366 .245 29.2
2019 Curveball -2.8 -4 160 10.9 44 .250 .275 .244 20.8 18.2 18.6 .287 .364 .293 41.2
2019 Changeup -0.9 -1 155 10.6 53 .235 .392 .285 23.0 15.1 20.5 .285 .456 .327 37.2
2019 Cutter -1.3 -1 72 4.9 23 .273 .364 .296 11.1 13.0 10.3 .311 .380 .315 31.6
2019 Splitter -6.7 -2 34 2.3 8 .000 .000 .000 29.4 12.5 12.5 .165 .229 .149 14.3
2019 N/A 16.5 1 6 0.4 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 -- .333 .393 .317 0.0
2018 4-Seamer 1.8 2 115 33.1 23 .300 .550 .443 13.7 17.4 11.4 .259 .492 .370 43.8
2018 Slider -2.8 -1 52 15.0 15 .267 .400 .287 25.8 20.0 14.3 .259 .409 .291 16.7
2018 Sinker 0.5 0 42 12.1 12 .333 .556 .500 7.7 0.0 0.0 .375 .461 .460 33.3
2018 Changeup 1.3 1 40 11.5 11 .333 .333 .373 15.0 9.1 10.0 .174 .191 .265 25.0
2018 Curveball -0.7 0 26 7.5 5 .200 .200 .180 25.0 40.0 25.0 .218 .247 .205 33.3
2018 Cutter -12.6 -2 12 3.5 3 .000 .000 .000 16.7 33.3 50.0 .292 .302 .265 50.0
2018 Splitter -9.8 -1 10 2.9 5 .200 .200 .180 33.3 0.0 0.0 .259 .293 .247 60.0
2017 4-Seamer -2.2 -1 35 34.7 10 .200 .500 .290 20.0 30.0 50.0 .273 .492 .319 28.6
2017 Sinker -0.6 0 18 17.8 5 .500 .500 .500 16.7 20.0 25.0 .253 .272 .325 0.0
2017 Slider -4.9 -1 17 16.8 4 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .141 .220 .146 25.0
2017 Changeup -1.0 0 9 8.9 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 -- .547 .628 .519 0.0
2017 Curveball -2.1 0 5 5.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .880 1.013 .818 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 74 298 -4 -1 3 1 -1
2019 371 1,451 0 -20 12 8 1
2020 220 923 0 -3 4 4 5
2021 645 2,525 -3 -17 22 9 11
2022 642 2,490 8 -16 11 8 11
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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 %
2017 101 50.0 61.9 80.8 16.7 100.0 48.8 12.0 36.6 13.5 9.5 87.5
2018 347 49.3 65.3 85.4 28.5 74.4 42.3 24.4 48.7 18.9 8.4 80.0
2019 1,468 48.7 61.3 91.2 28.9 68.8 43.3 19.7 44.6 16.0 7.2 71.2
2020 923 50.1 57.8 87.3 27.8 68.0 42.3 12.3 42.8 18.7 6.9 68.8
2021 2,346 51.0 62.3 88.7 26.4 66.4 44.0 19.4 44.7 17.7 7.3 76.2
2022 2,490 52.0 64.1 90.4 24.9 68.0 44.1 21.7 45.3 15.5 7.7 75.9
Player 7,675 50.7 62.3 89.4 26.5 68.2 43.7 19.5 44.7 16.8 7.4 74.6
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.2 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
2017 40 12
2018 76 58
2019 57 92 57 33 66 22 29 55 79 52 93 29 90 47 61 81
2020 21 33 22 22 24 51 38 20 65 27 62 33 86 47 68 81 99
2021 65 90 60 40 73 59 38 66 76 67 81 42 88 57 52 11 94
2022 66 92 70 51 61 60 31 51 72 39 92 27 92 73 38 13 75
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 20.5 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0.0
2018 20.2 1 1.4 0 3 1 0 0.0
2019 22.4 12 9.3 3 7 10 2 16.7
2020 23.0 6 5.0 1 2 2 4 66.7
2021 26.7 14 16.6 -3 9 16 5 35.7
2022 28.1 11 16.6 -6 13 18 3 27.3
Player 25.1 45 49.5 -5 34 48 14 31.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
2018 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
2019 12 10 13 8 9 8 10 10 12 8 10 8 7 6 7 12 7 10 7 8 13 9 9 8 9 11 11 7 11 8 13
2020 6 4 7 4 6 4 0 5 6 5 6 5 4 5 5 6 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 4 5 6 4 4 5 4 6
2021 14 16 22 14 18 21 17 19 16 13 18 19 10 11 13 21 20 14 13 13 18 16 15 18 16 21 20 13 14 18 22
2022 11 22 18 17 16 20 16 18 16 10 21 16 14 9 9 17 18 20 14 15 20 16 17 16 19 14 19 14 15 16 25
Player 45 55 63 45 50 55 44 55 52 38 57 50 36 32 35 58 52 52 39 43 59 48 48 48 52 54 56 39 47 47 69
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 81.1 88.4 7.3 ↑ 89.4 1 ↑ 87 -2.4 ↓ 90 3 ↑ 89.1 -0.9 ↓
Launch Angle -2 4.8 6.8 ↑ 9 4.2 ↑ 5.9 -3.1 ↓ 7.7 1.8 ↑ 8.4 0.7 ↑
Barrel % 5.3 4.7 -0.6 ↓ 5.7 1 ↑ 6.4 0.7 ↑ 7.3 0.9 ↑ 6 -1.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 18.8 34.5 15.7 ↑ 39.7 5.2 ↑ 34.4 -5.3 ↓ 43.3 8.9 ↑ 38.2 -5.1 ↓
Sweet Spot % 36.8 17.2 -19.6 ↓ 33.7 16.5 ↑ 31.2 -2.5 ↓ 34.9 3.7 ↑ 37.8 2.9 ↑
xBA .287 .249 -0.038 ↓ .289 0.04 ↑ .238 -0.051 ↓ .285 0.047 ↑ .278 -0.007 ↓
BA .174 .26 0.086 ↑ .294 0.034 ↑ .308 0.014 ↑ .289 -0.019 ↓ .28 -0.009 ↓
xwOBA .337 .313 -0.024 ↓ .339 0.026 ↑ .299 -0.04 ↓ .342 0.043 ↑ .329 -0.013 ↓
wOBA .24 .311 0.071 ↑ .341 0.03 ↑ .362 0.021 ↑ .334 -0.028 ↓ .319 -0.015 ↓
xSLG .426 .367 -0.059 ↓ .458 0.091 ↑ .369 -0.089 ↓ .446 0.077 ↑ .428 -0.018 ↓
SLG .304 .377 0.073 ↑ .475 0.098 ↑ .478 0.003 ↑ .426 -0.052 ↓ .405 -0.021 ↓
K% 16 16.3 0.3 ↑ 13 -3.3 ↓ 20.4 7.4 ↑ 15.9 -4.5 ↓ 13.4 -2.5 ↓
BB% 8 9.3 1.3 ↑ 6.9 -2.4 ↓ 7.7 0.8 ↑ 8.4 0.7 ↑ 6.5 -1.9 ↓
Swing % 36.6 48.7 12.1 ↑ 44.6 -4.1 ↓ 42.8 -1.8 ↓ 44.7 1.9 ↑ 45.3 0.6 ↑
Whiff% 13.5 18.9 5.4 ↑ 16 -2.9 ↓ 18.7 2.7 ↑ 17.7 -1 ↓ 15.5 -2.2 ↓
In Zone % 50 49.3 -0.7 ↓ 48.7 -0.6 ↓ 50.1 1.4 ↑ 51 0.9 ↑ 52 1 ↑
Out of Zone % 50 50.7 0.7 ↑ 51.3 0.6 ↑ 49.9 -1.4 ↓ 49 -0.9 ↓ 48 -1 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 16.7 28.5 11.8 ↑ 28.9 0.4 ↑ 27.8 -1.1 ↓ 26.4 -1.4 ↓ 24.9 -1.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 12 24.4 12.4 ↑ 19.7 -4.7 ↓ 12.3 -7.4 ↓ 19.4 7.1 ↑ 21.7 2.3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 52 61.6 9.6 ↑ 59.3 -2.3 ↓ 53.2 -6.1 ↓ 57.1 3.9 ↑ 59.8 2.7 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2017 L 21 0 0.0 .253
2018 L 74 2 2.7 .343 .000
2019 L 376 100 26.6 .351 .313
2020 L 219 91 41.6 .396 .317
2021 L 592 284 48.0 .318 .345
2022 L 638 150 23.5 .334 .280

Pitch Tempo