Alex Verdugo
RF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 209LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 2, #62, Los Angeles Dodgers | Sahuaro (AZ) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 604 544 88 157 13 6 .289 .351 .426 .777
2022 644 593 75 166 11 1 .280 .328 .405 .733
2023 602 546 81 144 13 5 .264 .324 .421 .745
7 Seasons 2,559 2,327 335 654 57 20 .281 .337 .428 .765
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .289 13 6 .777
2022 .280 11 1 .733
2023 .264 13 5 .745
7 Seasons .281 57 20 .765
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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 32 7.1 5.3 90.0 110.8 7.7 34.7 .284 .441 .334 .340 .373 43.0 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
2023 27 2364 458 23 5.0 3.8 89.2 112.4 8.8 35.4 .275 .413 .322 .330 .357 37.6 15.4 7.5
Player 10039 1964 117 6.0 4.6 89.1 112.4 8.0 34.7 .276 .425 .329 .330 .359 38.8 15.1 7.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .405 .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
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 7.1 5.3
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
2023 44.8 23.1 27.1 5.0 34.9 39.5 25.5 2.6 33.6 23.6 28.4 6.3 5.0 3.8
Player 48.4 21.1 25.6 4.9 33.6 40.3 26.1 3.0 35.4 21.2 27.3 6.1 6.0 4.6
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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.

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 %
2023 4-Seamer -0.4 -4 874 37.0 201 .280 .497 .376 8.8 10.9 12.4 .303 .507 .385 45.5
2023 Sinker -2.5 -9 357 15.1 91 .229 .301 .273 14.1 18.7 22.1 .271 .335 .304 31.8
2023 Changeup 2.3 7 300 12.7 95 .308 .440 .351 11.2 6.3 7.0 .263 .370 .288 29.1
2023 Slider -0.6 -2 295 12.5 80 .216 .392 .299 28.7 27.5 21.4 .218 .344 .277 26.9
2023 Curveball 0.2 1 203 8.6 47 .250 .318 .278 24.7 19.1 14.3 .293 .365 .312 22.9
2023 Cutter 0.5 1 154 6.5 40 .263 .526 .350 22.1 17.5 17.9 .296 .528 .368 54.8
2023 Sweeper 1.0 1 100 4.2 29 .333 .375 .357 15.2 17.2 12.8 .264 .327 .316 45.0
2023 Splitter -2.8 -2 59 2.5 12 .091 .091 .133 21.7 16.7 10.0 .279 .342 .310 55.6
2023 Slurve 1.7 0 16 0.7 5 .200 .800 .400 44.4 60.0 42.9 .071 .177 .106 50.0
2023 Forkball -0.7 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Screwball 0.0 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer 2.1 18 882 35.4 199 .358 .545 .431 10.8 10.1 9.7 .319 .513 .393 50.3
2022 Sinker 0.8 3 400 16.1 101 .322 .422 .385 8.0 7.9 8.0 .271 .374 .326 30.5
2022 Changeup 0.4 1 363 14.6 100 .234 .330 .258 21.8 19.0 20.4 .237 .333 .269 27.3
2022 Slider -1.0 -4 343 13.8 96 .200 .289 .247 21.7 16.7 12.6 .257 .374 .286 28.9
2022 Curveball -1.6 -4 222 8.9 58 .246 .351 .270 20.5 20.7 19.7 .278 .514 .332 43.5
2022 Cutter 2.1 3 150 6.0 44 .372 .558 .408 14.9 4.5 5.9 .361 .561 .403 48.8
2022 Splitter -7.2 -5 64 2.6 24 .087 .130 .119 30.0 16.7 14.8 .144 .282 .205 15.8
2022 Sweeper -4.4 -2 49 2.0 15 .133 .133 .120 15.4 26.7 20.0 .237 .278 .225 36.4
2022 Slurve -5.1 -1 11 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 16.7 50.0 33.3 .092 .102 .086 100.0
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 0.5 2 379 16.2 115 .211 .358 .268 17.3 11.3 12.7 .305 .471 .347 38.1
2021 Sinker -0.8 -3 335 14.3 78 .264 .347 .301 14.6 19.2 19.0 .235 .326 .279 40.4
2021 Slider -1.4 -4 277 11.8 79 .247 .274 .267 22.5 17.7 13.9 .276 .411 .326 37.3
2021 Curveball 1.9 4 197 8.4 44 .250 .525 .342 28.2 25.0 18.0 .252 .515 .340 53.3
2021 Cutter 1.9 3 181 7.7 54 .400 .480 .398 22.6 18.5 22.2 .331 .464 .356 53.7
2021 Splitter -5.6 -3 47 2.0 21 .143 .286 .090 23.3 19.0 28.6 .239 .416 .282 29.4
2021 Sweeper 4.7 1 29 1.2 3 .500 2.000 .900 18.2 33.3 9.1 .235 .636 .467 100.0
2021 Slurve 15.8 1 6 0.3 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .637 2.439 1.247 100.0
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 .228 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 5 217 14.8 55 .438 .729 .525 7.3 5.5 8.3 .333 .518 .403 40.0
2019 Slider -1.0 -2 208 14.2 56 .204 .463 .279 25.2 17.9 14.7 .220 .384 .256 31.1
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 -0.9 -1 75 5.1 25 .292 .375 .308 10.3 12.0 10.0 .297 .363 .301 28.6
2019 Splitter -6.5 -2 35 2.4 8 .000 .000 .000 27.8 12.5 11.1 .165 .229 .149 14.3
2019 Sweeper -8.1 0 4 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .067 .080 .060 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 -3.4 0 14 13.9 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .156 .252 .165 33.3
2017 Changeup -1.6 0 8 7.9 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
2017 Sweeper -12.0 0 3 3.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .095 .122 .090 0.0
2017 Splitter 4.0 0 1 1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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 3 5
2021 645 2,524 -3 -20 24 9 11
2022 642 2,490 8 -16 11 8 11
2023 601 2,364 -10 -22 16 10 -6
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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 42.6 24.4 48.7 18.9 8.4 80.0
2019 1,468 48.7 61.3 91.2 28.9 68.8 43.4 19.7 44.6 16.0 7.1 71.8
2020 923 50.1 57.8 87.3 27.8 68.0 42.3 12.3 42.8 18.7 6.7 71.0
2021 2,346 51.0 62.3 88.7 26.5 66.6 44.0 19.4 44.7 17.7 7.3 76.2
2022 2,490 52.0 64.0 90.4 24.9 68.0 44.2 21.7 45.3 15.5 7.7 75.5
2023 2,364 53.0 57.5 91.7 22.2 61.8 44.7 16.3 40.9 15.6 8.5 69.3
Player 10,039 51.3 61.1 89.9 25.6 67.0 44.0 18.8 43.8 16.5 7.7 73.4
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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
2017 40 12
2018 76 58
2019 57 92 57 33 67 22 29 55 79 52 93 29 90 47 61 81
2020 22 34 22 22 24 51 38 20 65 27 62 33 85 47 68 82 99
2021 63 90 58 37 74 55 37 66 76 65 81 42 88 55 52 10 94
2022 66 93 70 50 61 60 31 51 73 39 92 27 92 73 38 13 75
2023 56 85 44 26 70 32 18 49 80 29 88 38 94 85 48 70 95
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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 0.6 0 0 1 0 0.0
2018 20.2 1 0.4 1 2 0 0 0.0
2019 22.4 12 9.2 3 9 8 2 16.7
2020 23.0 6 5.0 1 0 2 4 66.7
2021 26.7 14 15.6 -2 9 15 5 35.7
2022 28.1 11 15.6 -5 13 16 3 27.3
2023 27.8 13 12.0 1 7 7 6 46.2
Player 25.7 58 58.5 -1 40 49 20 34.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
2018 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
2019 12 9 7 10 10 10 11 7 6 7 7 13 10 8 9 8 8 9 9 11 8 11 16 12 8 8 6 13 10 9 7
2020 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 5 6 4 4 6 4 6 6 4 6 5 5 6 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 4
2021 14 16 12 19 16 14 20 17 11 10 13 21 15 13 17 21 14 14 17 18 15 13 22 16 14 13 21 17 13 14 11
2022 11 18 10 20 15 16 17 16 9 10 8 14 22 18 16 20 16 17 15 13 19 14 24 18 14 13 13 20 19 14 10
2023 13 12 10 12 12 12 12 13 11 11 11 12 13 10 12 14 12 12 12 13 13 13 15 14 11 11 12 12 14 11 8
Player 58 62 45 67 60 58 67 59 43 42 45 67 66 54 60 68 57 58 58 62 62 57 86 66 52 49 58 69 63 54 40
! 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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 81.1 88.4 7.3 ↑ 89.4 1.0 ↑ 87.0 -2.4 ↓ 90.0 3.0 ↑ 89.1 -0.9 ↓ 89.2 0.1 ↑
Launch Angle -2.0 4.8 6.8 ↑ 9.0 4.2 ↑ 5.9 -3.1 ↓ 7.7 1.8 ↑ 8.4 0.7 ↑ 8.8 0.4 ↑
Barrel % 5.3 4.7 -0.6 ↓ 5.7 1.0 ↑ 6.4 0.7 ↑ 7.1 0.7 ↑ 6.0 -1.1 ↓ 5.0 -1.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 18.8 34.5 15.7 ↑ 39.7 5.2 ↑ 34.4 -5.3 ↓ 43.0 8.6 ↑ 38.2 -4.8 ↓ 37.6 -0.6 ↓
Sweet Spot % 36.8 17.2 -19.6 ↓ 33.7 16.5 ↑ 31.2 -2.5 ↓ 34.7 3.5 ↑ 37.8 3.1 ↑ 35.4 -2.4 ↓
xBA .287 .249 -0.038 ↓ .289 0.040 ↑ .238 -0.051 ↓ .284 0.046 ↑ .278 -0.006 ↓ .275 -0.003 ↓
BA .174 .260 0.086 ↑ .294 0.034 ↑ .308 0.014 ↑ .289 -0.019 ↓ .280 -0.009 ↓ .264 -0.016 ↓
xwOBA .337 .313 -0.024 ↓ .339 0.026 ↑ .299 -0.040 ↓ .340 0.041 ↑ .329 -0.011 ↓ .330 0.001 ↑
wOBA .240 .311 0.071 ↑ .341 0.030 ↑ .362 0.021 ↑ .334 -0.028 ↓ .319 -0.015 ↓ .322 0.003 ↑
xSLG .426 .367 -0.059 ↓ .458 0.091 ↑ .369 -0.089 ↓ .441 0.072 ↑ .428 -0.013 ↓ .413 -0.015 ↓
SLG .304 .377 0.073 ↑ .475 0.098 ↑ .478 0.003 ↑ .426 -0.052 ↓ .405 -0.021 ↓ .421 0.016 ↑
K% 16.0 16.3 0.3 ↑ 13.0 -3.3 ↓ 20.4 7.4 ↑ 15.9 -4.5 ↓ 13.4 -2.5 ↓ 15.4 2.0 ↑
BB% 8.0 9.3 1.3 ↑ 6.9 -2.4 ↓ 7.7 0.8 ↑ 8.4 0.7 ↑ 6.5 -1.9 ↓ 7.5 1.0 ↑
Swing % 36.6 48.7 12.1 ↑ 44.6 -4.1 ↓ 42.8 -1.8 ↓ 44.7 1.9 ↑ 45.3 0.6 ↑ 40.9 -4.4 ↓
Whiff% 13.5 18.9