Alex Verdugo
LF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 209LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 2, #62, Los Angeles Dodgers | Sahuaro (AZ) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 644 593 75 166 11 1 .280 .328 .405 .733
2023 602 546 81 144 13 5 .264 .324 .421 .745
2024 418 378 42 86 10 1 .228 .285 .365 .650
8 Seasons 2,977 2,705 377 740 67 21 .274 .330 .420 .750
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .280 11 1 .733
2023 .264 13 5 .745
2024 .228 10 1 .650
8 Seasons .274 67 21 .750
MLB Percentile Rankings
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%
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
2023 27 2364 458 23 5.0 3.8 89.2 112.4 8.8 35.4 .278 .417 .322 .331 .358 37.6 15.4 7.5
2024 28 1588 319 18 5.6 4.3 88.6 110.7 10.0 31.3 .257 .392 .285 .308 .332 36.7 15.6 7.7
Player 11627 2283 136 6.0 4.6 89.1 112.4 8.3 34.3 .274 .422 .323 .328 .356 38.6 15.2 7.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
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
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
2024 50.2 23.5 21.6 4.7 37.0 33.2 29.8 3.4 37.6 22.9 23.5 6.6 5.6 4.3
Player 48.7 21.4 25.1 4.9 34.0 39.3 26.6 3.0 35.7 21.4 26.8 6.2 6.0 4.6
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 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 -0.7 -3 481 30.3 115 .216 .381 .312 16.7 20.0 17.6 .246 .416 .336 38.2
2024 Sinker -0.4 -1 266 16.8 78 .319 .514 .389 6.1 9.0 11.9 .288 .455 .348 44.6
2024 Slider -1.0 -2 228 14.4 56 .260 .400 .291 18.6 12.5 10.6 .305 .450 .339 43.5
2024 Changeup 3.4 5 159 10.0 54 .224 .347 .304 13.9 13.0 12.5 .306 .423 .349 33.3
2024 Cutter -3.5 -5 148 9.3 43 .167 .190 .171 20.8 14.0 21.4 .216 .286 .228 30.6
2024 Curveball -1.2 -1 119 7.5 22 .273 .455 .311 22.2 18.2 10.0 .225 .342 .242 44.4
2024 Sweeper -1.5 -1 84 5.3 14 .071 .286 .143 23.3 35.7 16.7 .104 .266 .153 33.3
2024 Split-Finger -1.1 -1 81 5.1 27 .115 .154 .139 20.5 14.8 12.9 .226 .282 .237 13.6
2024 Slurve 2.4 0 8 0.5 4 .500 .500 .533 33.3 25.0 33.3 .250 .291 .394 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -4 872 36.9 201 .280 .497 .376 8.9 10.9 12.4 .306 .508 .385 45.5
2023 Sinker -2.5 -9 358 15.1 91 .229 .301 .273 14.0 18.7 22.1 .275 .342 .306 31.8
2023 Changeup 2.0 6 298 12.6 94 .300 .411 .337 11.3 6.4 7.0 .269 .385 .297 29.4
2023 Slider -1.1 -3 281 11.9 75 .200 .343 .267 30.2 29.3 23.2 .200 .306 .249 27.1
2023 Curveball 0.0 0 194 8.2 44 .238 .310 .260 24.7 18.2 13.3 .285 .360 .298 23.5
2023 Cutter 0.5 1 155 6.6 40 .263 .526 .350 21.8 17.5 17.9 .302 .540 .373 54.8
2023 Sweeper 2.3 3 123 5.2 37 .367 .500 .432 14.3 16.2 12.0 .305 .421 .373 40.0
2023 Split-Finger -1.2 -1 63 2.7 13 .167 .333 .246 20.8 15.4 9.5 .280 .351 .303 50.0
2023 Slurve 1.8 0 16 0.7 5 .200 .800 .400 44.4 60.0 42.9 .063 .134 .079 50.0
2023 Screwball 0.0 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 17 889 35.7 199 .352 .534 .424 10.7 10.1 9.6 .315 .508 .390 50.3
2022 Sinker 1.2 5 393 15.8 101 .333 .444 .397 8.1 7.9 8.2 .279 .384 .332 30.5
2022 Changeup 0.5 2 366 14.7 102 .240 .344 .265 21.5 18.6 20.4 .242 .360 .281 27.8
2022 Slider -1.0 -4 339 13.6 97 .198 .286 .244 21.4 16.5 12.6 .254 .370 .284 28.6
2022 Curveball -1.7 -4 224 9.0 58 .246 .351 .270 21.1 20.7 19.7 .278 .514 .332 43.5
2022 Cutter 2.3 3 148 5.9 43 .381 .571 .417 15.1 4.7 5.9 .369 .574 .412 50.0
2022 Split-Finger -8.1 -5 61 2.4 22 .048 .048 .073 31.6 18.2 14.8 .115 .155 .145 11.8
2022 Sweeper -4.2 -2 53 2.1 15 .133 .133 .120 14.8 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-Seam Fastball 0.6 5 901 38.4 203 .354 .509 .417 13.8 13.8 13.8 .294 .448 .363 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 -1.0 -3 321 13.7 75 .257 .343 .291 14.5 20.0 19.5 .232 .324 .272 40.0
2021 Slider -1.3 -3 270 11.5 77 .254 .282 .274 23.1 18.2 14.4 .272 .387 .317 36.8
2021 Curveball 1.1 2 195 8.3 43 .231 .487 .321 28.6 25.6 18.0 .242 .492 .328 51.7
2021 Cutter 1.9 3 181 7.7 54 .400 .480 .398 22.6 18.5 22.2 .331 .464 .356 53.7
2021 Split-Finger -5.4 -3 48 2.0 21 .143 .286 .181 23.3 19.0 28.6 .269 .559 .351 35.3
2021 Sweeper 6.5 2 38 1.6 6 .400 1.200 .658 12.5 16.7 6.7 .383 1.043 .599 75.0
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-Seam Fastball 0.8 3 369 40.0 75 .381 .571 .469 21.3 16.0 13.2 .250 .386 .341 37.3
2020 Sinker -0.1 0 156 16.9 36 .324 .471 .389 10.2 19.4 17.9 .242 .353 .280 37.0
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 0.1 0 106 11.5 29 .148 .259 .217 21.2 27.6 20.5 .145 .219 .194 15.0
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 -6.6 -3 45 4.9 13 .083 .083 .123 22.7 38.5 35.7 .136 .225 .197 28.6
2020 Split-Finger 3.0 1 40 4.3 15 .286 .357 .370 21.7 6.7 7.1 .304 .548 .386 61.5
2019 4-Seam Fastball 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 Split-Finger -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-Seam Fastball 1.8 2 115 33.1 23 .300 .550 .443 13.7 17.4 11.4 .259 .492 .370 43.8
2018 Slider -3.0 -1 49 14.1 15 .267 .400 .287 23.3 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 0.7 0 42 12.1 12 .300 .300 .342 18.2 8.3 10.0 .161 .177 .247 22.2
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 -10.1 -2 15 4.3 3 .000 .000 .000 28.6 33.3 50.0 .292 .302 .265 50.0
2018 Split-Finger -9.3 -1 8 2.3 4 .250 .250 .225 28.6 0.0 0.0 .313 .356 .298 75.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -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 Split-Finger 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 2,525 -3 -17 22 9 11
2022 642 2,490 8 -16 11 8 11
2023 601 2,364 -10 -22 16 10 -6
2024 416 1,588 -14 -14 12 6 -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 42.6 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 26.4 66.4 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
2024 1,588 53.4 61.9 90.7 24.7 62.8 45.3 25.2 44.6 16.2 9.0 70.6
Player 11,627 51.5 61.2 90.0 25.4 66.4 44.1 19.7 43.9 16.5 7.9 73.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2017 40 11
2018 76 57
2019 57 92 57 33 67 22 29 55 79 52 93 29 90 47 61 80
2020 22 34 22 22 24 51 38 20 65 27 62 33 85 47 70 81 99
2021 65 90 61 40 73 59 38 66 76 67 81 42 88 56 52 10 93
2022 67 92 70 50 61 60 31 51 73 39 92 27 92 73 37 13 75
2023 56 86 43 26 71 32 18 49 80 29 88 38 94 85 49 69 95
2024 36 58 39 31 41 50 28 39 69 29 86 46 92 71 30 61 94 9 98
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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 %
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 10 14 6 42.9
2022 28.1 11 15.6 -5 13 16 3 27.3
2023 27.8 13 12.0 1 7 7 6 46.2
2024 28.0 10 10.6 -1 4 9 4 40.0
Player 26.0 68 69.1 -1 45 57 25 36.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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 15 20 17 11 10 13 21 15 13 17 21 15 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 11 12 13 11 11 11 12 14 10 12 14 12 12 12 13 12 13 15 14 11 11 12 12 14 11 8
2024 10 12 10 9 11 12 12 10 9 6 9 11 13 9 11 9 9 8 11 11 11 12 14 13 10 11 9 13 13 13 8
Player 68 74 55 76 71 70 79 69 52 48 54 78 80 63 71 77 67 66 69 73 72 69 100 79 62 60 67 82 76 67 48
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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
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 88.6 -0.6
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 10.0 1.2
Barrel % 5.3 4.7 -0.6 5.7 1.0 6.4 0.7 7.3 0.9 6.0 -1.3 5.0 -1.0 5.6 0.6
Hard Hit % 18.8 34.5 15.7 39.7 5.2 34.4 -5.3 43.3 8.9 38.2 -5.1 37.6 -0.6 36.7 -0.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.8 17.2 -19.6 33.7 16.5 31.2 -2.5 34.9 3.7 37.8 2.9 35.4 -2.4 31.3 -4.1
xBA .287 .249 -0.038 .289 0.040 .238 -0.051 .285 0.047 .278 -0.007 .278 0.000 .257 -0.021
BA .174 .260 0.086 .294 0.034 .308 0.014 .289 -0.019 .280 -0.009 .264 -0.016 .228 -0.036
xwOBA .337 .313 -0.024 .339 0.026 .299 -0.040 .342 0.043 .329 -0.013 .331 0.002 .308 -0.023
wOBA .240 .311 0.071 .341 0.030 .362 0.021 .334 -0.028 .319 -0.015 .322 0.003 .285 -0.037
xSLG .426 .367 -0.059 .458 0.091 .369 -0.089 .446 0.077 .428 -0.018 .417 -0.011 .392 -0.025
SLG .304 .377 0.073 .475 0.098 .478 0.003 .426 -0.052 .405 -0.021 .421 0.016 .366 -0.055
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 15.6 0.2
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 7.7 0.2
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 44.6 3.7
Whiff% 13.5 18.9 5.4 16.0 -2.9 18.7 2.7 17.7 -1.0 15.5 -2.2 15.6 0.1 16.2 0.6
In Zone % 50.0 49.3 -0.7 48.7 -0.6 50.1 1.4 51.0 0.9 52.0 1.0 53.0 1.0 53.4 0.4
Out of Zone % 50.0 50.7 0.7 51.3 0.6 49.9 -1.4 49.0 -0.9 48.0 -1.0 47.0 -1.0 46.6 -0.4
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 22.2 -2.7 24.7 2.5
First Pitch Swing % 12.0 24.4 12.4 19.7 -4.7 12.3 -7.4 19.4 7.1 21.7 2.3 16.3 -5.4 25.2 8.9
First Pitch Strike % 52.0 61.6 9.6 59.3 -2.3 53.2 -6.1 57.1 3.9 59.8 2.7 58.4 -1.4 61.9 3.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts L 21 2 9.5 .233 .438
2018 Shifts L 74 9 12.2 .331 .354
2019 Shifts L 376 136 36.2 .359 .311
2020 Shifts L 219 105 47.9 .381 .344
2021 Shifts L 592 359 60.6 .315 .341
2022 Shifts L 637 214 33.6 .356 .253
2023 Shades L 601 207 34.4 .325 .316
2024 Shades L 416 210 50.5 .322 .251
! 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 %
2017 38 14.5 55.3% 0.0% 9 23.3 0.0% 11.1%
2018 93 16.3 38.7% 1.1% 47 20.6 0.0% 8.5%
2019 418 16.6 29.7% 1.7% 289 23.3 3.1% 10.0%
2020 345 17.0 28.7% 1.7% 121 23.5 0.0% 8.3%
2021 729 17.9 19.6% 2.2% 403 24.5 0.7% 13.2%
2022 704 18.3 17.2% 1.8% 524 23.4 0.2% 8.8%
2023 765 15.4 44.6% 0.5% 427 19.2 4.9% 0.2%
2024 403 15.7 39.7% 1.0% 303 18.6 5.9% 0.7%
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Statcast Rankings