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
2023 602 546 81 144 13 5 .264 .324 .421 .745
2024 621 559 74 130 13 2 .233 .291 .356 .647
2025 38 36 5 12 0 0 .333 .368 .472 .840
9 Seasons 3,218 2,922 414 796 70 22 .272 .328 .415 .743
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .264 13 5 .745
2024 .233 13 2 .647
2025 .333 0 0 .840
9 Seasons .272 70 22 .743
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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
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 2342 478 27 5.6 4.3 88.3 110.7 9.9 31.6 .250 .373 .283 .302 .320 34.9 15.0 7.9
2025 29 137 33 1 3.0 2.6 91.7 105.2 12.6 48.5 .371 .498 .369 .390 .407 51.5 7.9 5.3
Player 12518 2475 146 5.9 4.5 89.0 112.4 8.4 34.3 .273 .418 .321 .326 .353 38.3 15.0 7.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2017 57.9 42.1 10.5 31.6 0.0 42.1 10.5 47.4 26.3 10.5 21.1 15.8 0.0 26.3
2018 62.5 37.5 14.1 18.8 4.7 32.8 43.8 23.4 25.0 29.7 7.8 7.8 14.1 15.6
2019 49.3 50.7 18.0 26.3 6.3 37.0 39.3 23.7 24.0 19.7 5.7 13.0 19.7 18.0
2020 52.2 47.8 19.1 22.9 5.7 33.8 42.7 23.6 24.2 22.9 5.1 9.6 19.7 18.5
2021 50.3 49.7 21.0 24.3 4.4 33.1 40.4 26.5 20.8 21.6 7.9 12.4 18.8 18.5
2022 46.2 53.8 23.0 26.5 4.3 30.4 41.5 28.1 17.9 20.7 7.6 12.5 20.9 20.5
2023 44.8 55.2 23.1 27.1 5.0 34.9 39.5 25.5 20.7 18.1 5.9 14.2 21.4 19.7
2024 49.6 50.4 23.0 22.4 5.0 34.9 35.6 29.5 24.3 19.0 6.3 10.7 16.5 23.2
2025 33.3 66.7 18.2 42.4 6.1 30.3 45.5 24.2 15.2 18.2 0.0 15.2 27.3 24.2
Player 48.4 51.6 21.4 25.2 4.9 33.8 39.5 26.7 21.5 20.2 6.7 12.2 19.3 20.0
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 10.5 31.6 5.3 31.6 0.0 5.3 4.0
2018 0.0 37.5 14.1 25.0 3.1 4.7 3.5
2019 2.7 36.3 20.3 27.3 6.0 5.7 4.5
2020 3.8 42.0 19.1 23.6 5.1 6.4 4.5
2021 4.0 36.0 19.9 27.6 5.3 7.3 5.5
2022 2.3 33.9 22.8 27.3 7.6 6.0 4.8
2023 2.6 33.6 23.6 28.4 6.3 5.0 3.8
2024 3.6 38.1 23.8 22.4 6.1 5.6 4.3
2025 3.0 24.2 24.2 36.4 9.1 3.0 2.6
Player 3.1 35.8 21.7 26.5 6.1 5.9 4.5
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 0 61 44.5 17 .294 .353 .285 3.6 5.9 11.1 .348 .460 .346 50.0
2025 Cutter 2.4 0 17 12.4 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 0.0 .517 .646 .504 50.0
2025 Sinker 2.3 0 15 10.9 5 .250 .500 .390 0.0 20.0 25.0 .348 .506 .432 66.7
2025 Curveball 6.1 1 14 10.2 2 1.000 1.500 1.075 25.0 0.0 0.0 .671 .791 .642 100.0
2025 Changeup 7.2 1 12 8.8 4 .500 .750 .538 14.3 0.0 0.0 .451 .560 .438 75.0
2025 Sweeper -11.8 -1 7 5.1 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 33.3 50.0 .055 .069 .052 0.0
2025 Slider 2.8 0 6 4.4 3 .333 .667 .417 0.0 0.0 0.0 .435 .482 .401 0.0
2025 Split-Finger 2.3 0 5 3.6 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .397 1.300 .694 100.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -9 758 32.4 190 .199 .321 .301 14.9 16.8 15.3 .229 .365 .323 34.1
2024 Sinker 0.2 1 403 17.2 112 .324 .471 .376 6.5 7.1 9.9 .290 .425 .341 40.0
2024 Slider 0.4 1 307 13.1 80 .301 .438 .330 16.7 12.5 11.0 .291 .426 .316 43.3
2024 Changeup 0.1 0 229 9.8 72 .194 .313 .263 15.0 16.7 13.0 .285 .390 .320 34.5
2024 Cutter -3.5 -8 222 9.5 60 .172 .190 .179 23.2 15.0 19.6 .212 .300 .239 30.6
2024 Curveball -0.4 -1 156 6.7 35 .229 .429 .279 19.7 17.1 11.8 .197 .326 .226 31.0
2024 Sweeper -0.8 -1 122 5.2 25 .200 .360 .238 21.7 28.0 17.9 .197 .344 .231 33.3
2024 Split-Finger -0.6 -1 121 5.2 38 .189 .324 .232 19.6 18.4 15.2 .242 .348 .266 23.3
2024 Slurve 6.3 1 8 0.3 4 .500 .500 .533 33.3 25.0 33.3 .280 .305 .402 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 21 84 -2 -1 1 1 -2
2018 74 298 -1 -2 2 1 1
2019 371 1,451 4 -19 10 8 2
2020 220 923 0 -1 4 4 6
2021 598 2,346 -7 -17 21 9 7
2022 642 2,490 3 -17 11 7 5
2023 601 2,364 -11 -21 17 10 -5
2024 620 2,342 -19 -24 18 8 -17
2025 38 137 1 0 1 0 2
Player 3,185 12,435 -33 -102 84 -33 -2
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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 2,342 53.4 61.3 90.5 25.5 66.3 44.7 24.2 44.7 15.5 8.7 71.6
2025 137 60.6 56.6 97.9 20.4 63.6 48.9 7.9 42.3 8.6 5.8 37.5
Player 12,518 51.8 61.1 90.1 25.5 66.8 44.2 19.7 44.0 16.3 7.8 72.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Squared-up
Rate
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 86 47 70 81 99
2021 65 90 61 40 74 59 38 66 76 67 81 42 88 56 52 11 93
2022 66 92 70 50 61 60 31 51 73 39 92 27 93 73 37 13 75
2023 56 86 43 26 71 32 18 49 80 29 88 38 94 85 49 68 95 6 97 100
2024 31 53 29 22 38 48 25 32 67 21 88 49 93 70 31 77 94 9 96 99
2025 26 31
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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 9.1 3 9 8 2 16.7
2020 23.0 6 5.0 1 0 2 4 66.7
2021 26.7 14 16.3 -2 9 15 6 42.9
2022 28.1 11 15.5 -5 13 16 3 27.3
2023 27.8 13 10.8 2 7 7 5 38.5
2024 28.2 14 13.8 0 9 12 4 28.6
2025 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
Player 26.2 72 71.8 0 50 61 24 33.3
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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 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
2019 12 9 7 10 10 9 10 7 6 7 7 13 10 8 9 8 8 9 8 11 8 10 15 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 17 12 19 16 16 21 17 11 10 13 22 16 14 18 22 15 15 18 19 16 14 23 17 15 14 21 18 14 15 12
2022 11 18 10 20 15 15 17 16 9 10 8 14 22 18 16 20 16 17 15 13 19 14 24 18 14 13 13 19 19 14 10
2023 13 11 10 11 10 10 11 12 10 10 10 11 12 9 11 13 11 11 11 11 10 11 14 13 10 10 11 11 12 10 7
2024 14 15 11 14 13 15 15 13 12 7 12 14 19 10 14 12 12 12 15 16 13 16 19 17 13 15 13 17 16 16 8
2025 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Player 72 77 56 81 71 71 81 71 54 48 56 81 86 65 74 80 69 70 72 77 73 71 104 84 65 64 70 85 79 70 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 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 81.1 7.3 88.4 1.0 89.4 -2.4 87.0 3.0 90.0 -0.9 89.1 0.1 89.2 -0.9 88.3 3.4 91.7
Launch Angle -2.0 6.8 4.8 4.2 9.0 -3.1 5.9 1.8 7.7 0.7 8.4 0.4 8.8 1.1 9.9 2.7 12.6
Barrel % 5.3 -0.6 4.7 1.0 5.7 0.7 6.4 0.9 7.3 -1.3 6.0 -1.0 5.0 0.6 5.6 -2.6 3.0
Hard Hit % 18.8 15.7 34.5 5.2 39.7 -5.3 34.4 8.9 43.3 -5.1 38.2 -0.6 37.6 -2.7 34.9 16.6 51.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.8 -19.6 17.2 16.5 33.7 -2.5 31.2 3.7 34.9 2.9 37.8 -2.4 35.4 -3.8 31.6 16.9 48.5
xBA .287 -0.038 .249 0.040 .289 -0.051 .238 0.047 .285 -0.007 .278 0.000 .278 -0.028 .250 0.121 .371
BA .174 0.086 .260 0.034 .294 0.014 .308 -0.019 .289 -0.009 .280 -0.016 .264 -0.031 .233 0.100 .333
xwOBA .337 -0.024 .313 0.026 .339 -0.040 .299 0.043 .342 -0.013 .329 0.002 .331 -0.029 .302 0.088 .390
wOBA .240 0.071 .311 0.030 .341 0.021 .362 -0.028 .334 -0.015 .319 0.003 .322 -0.039 .283 0.086 .369
xSLG .426 -0.059 .367 0.091 .458 -0.089 .369 0.077 .446 -0.018 .428 -0.011 .417 -0.044 .373 0.125 .498
SLG .304 0.073 .377 0.098 .475 0.003 .478 -0.052 .426 -0.021 .405 0.016 .421 -0.065 .356 0.116 .472
K% 16.0 0.3 16.3 -3.3 13.0 7.4 20.4 -4.5 15.9 -2.5 13.4 2.0 15.4 -0.4 15.0 -7.1 7.9
BB% 8.0 1.3 9.3 -2.4 6.9 0.8 7.7 0.7 8.4 -1.9 6.5 1.0 7.5 0.4 7.9 -2.6 5.3
Swing % 36.6 12.1 48.7 -4.1 44.6 -1.8 42.8 1.9 44.7 0.6 45.3 -4.4 40.9 3.8 44.7 -2.4 42.3
Whiff% 13.5 5.4 18.9 -2.9 16.0 2.7 18.7 -1.0 17.7 -2.2 15.5 0.1 15.6 -0.1 15.5 -6.9 8.6
In Zone % 50.0 -0.7 49.3 -0.6 48.7 1.4 50.1 0.9 51.0 1.0 52.0 1.0 53.0 0.4 53.4 7.2 60.6
Out of Zone % 50.0 0.7 50.7 0.6 51.3 -1.4 49.9 -0.9 49.0 -1.0 48.0 -1.0 47.0 -0.4 46.6 -7.2 39.4
Out of Zone Swing % 16.7 11.8 28.5 0.4 28.9 -1.1 27.8 -1.4 26.4 -1.5 24.9 -2.7 22.2 3.3 25.5 -5.1 20.4
First Pitch Swing % 12.0 12.4 24.4 -4.7 19.7 -7.4 12.3 7.1 19.4 2.3 21.7 -5.4 16.3 7.9 24.2 -16.3 7.9
First Pitch Strike % 52.0 9.6 61.6 -2.3 59.3 -6.1 53.2 3.9 57.1 2.7 59.8 -1.4 58.4 3.6 62.0 3.8 65.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts L 21 0 0.0 .253
2018 Shifts L 74 2 2.7 .343 .000
2019 Shifts L 376 100 26.6 .351 .313
2020 Shifts L 219 91 41.6 .396 .317
2021 Shifts L 592 284 48.0 .318 .345
2022 Shifts L 637 150 23.5 .335 .280
2023 Shades L 601 207 34.4 .325 .316
2024 Shades L 620 292 47.1 .313 .251
2025 Shades L 38 23 60.5 .455 .313
! 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 665 15.6 43.3% 0.6% 435 18.7 6.0% 0.9%
2025 37 15.1 48.6% 0.0% 17 20.2 0.0% 0.0%
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