Bruce Rondón
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 275LBS | Age: 33
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 5 2 2.97 37 0 0 36.1 45 0.96
2017 1 3 10.91 21 0 1 15.2 22 1.98
2018 2 3 8.49 35 0 1 29.2 40 2.16
5 Seasons 10 10 5.73 158 0 8 141.1 173 1.55
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 37 5-2 2.97 36.1 45 0.96
2017 21 1-3 10.91 15.2 22 1.98
2018 35 2-3 8.49 29.2 40 2.16
5 Seasons 158 10-10 5.73 141.1 173 1.55
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2015 24 578 88 5 5.7 3.4 87.8 110.0 9.8 34.1 .214 .342 .338 .303 .341 26.1 24.8 13.1 5.81 3.77
2016 25 565 84 6 7.1 4.2 89.4 113.0 19.2 35.7 .194 .343 .258 .273 .351 32.1 31.3 8.3 2.97 3.09
2017 26 328 43 1 2.3 1.3 89.9 111.7 11.2 37.2 .275 .393 .377 .334 .431 34.9 28.9 13.2 10.91 4.86
2018 27 612 86 5 5.8 3.2 88.8 109.4 12.4 41.9 .244 .349 .371 .334 .381 38.4 26.0 17.5 8.49 4.79
Player 2083 301 17 5.6 3.3 88.8 113.0 13.4 37.2 .225 .352 .331 .308 .369 32.6 27.6 13.1
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Rondón relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(40.2%) ,
Slider
(39.2%) ,
Sinker
(13.8%) ,
Changeup
(6.9%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 44.3 22.7 26.1 6.8 37.5 36.4 26.1 4.5 33.0 23.9 28.4 2.3 5.7 3.4
2016 34.5 27.4 27.4 10.7 35.7 39.3 25.0 4.8 23.8 33.3 21.4 6.0 7.1 4.2
2017 39.5 11.6 39.5 9.3 32.6 41.9 25.6 2.3 30.2 20.9 32.6 9.3 2.3 1.3
2018 38.4 20.9 36.0 4.7 36.0 43.0 20.9 1.2 31.4 23.3 33.7 3.5 5.8 3.2
Player 39.2 21.9 31.2 7.6 35.9 39.9 24.3 3.3 29.6 25.9 28.6 4.7 5.6 3.3
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.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2018 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 245 96.5 12.6 0.7 5 6.2 -0.5 -7
2018 Sinker CWS R 84 95.7 16.0 -2.8 -15 13.8 -0.1 0
2018 Slider CWS R 239 86.3 37.9 3.8 11 3.3 -0.7 -18
2018 Changeup CWS R 42 90.2 23.5 -3.1 -12 15.8 1.7 12
2017 4-Seam Fastball DET R 157 96.8 10.2 1.6 13 7.4 -0.2 -3
2017 Changeup DET R 30 89.2 22.0 -3.9 -15 15.7 1.8 13
2017 Slider DET R 123 85.4 35.9 1.9 6 1.3 -2.4 -66
2017 Sinker DET R 17 96.8 15.7 -1.5 -9 14.5 -0.2 -1
2016 Changeup DET R 18 90.1 24.4 -3.5 -12 14.9 2.4 19
2016 4-Seam Fastball DET R 335 97.9 12.4 0.8 6 7.4 0.8 11
2016 Slider DET R 206 86.9 35.6 2.4 7 3.5 -1.0 -22
2015 Changeup DET R 36 90.4 24.6 -3.3 -12 15.1 2.8 22
2015 4-Seam Fastball DET R 342 98.3 12.6 0.3 2 6.1 -0.5 -8
2015 Slider DET R 193 87.1 35.5 2.4 7 3.5 -1.2 -25
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -3.8 -9 245 40.0 65 .400 .580 .470 20.2 13.8 18.0 .287 .455 .405 45.2
2018 Slider -0.2 0 239 39.1 67 .228 .316 .308 42.7 38.8 29.9 .234 .288 .293 37.5
2018 Sinker -2.5 -2 84 13.7 14 .364 .545 .521 26.5 7.1 50.0 .222 .364 .349 20.0
2018 Changeup 2.3 1 42 6.9 5 .000 .000 .000 41.2 60.0 23.1 .031 .032 .035 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -2 157 47.9 33 .407 .444 .417 11.8 18.2 15.0 .350 .473 .399 45.5
2017 Slider 0.2 0 123 37.5 34 .226 .452 .330 43.5 41.2 27.5 .188 .297 .250 23.5
2017 Changeup -2.2 -1 30 9.1 5 .400 .400 .360 30.8 40.0 22.2 .297 .336 .279 0.0
2017 Sinker -10.2 -2 17 5.2 2 1.000 2.000 .975 0.0 0.0 0.0 .733 1.412 .801 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 122 442 1 3 -2 -1 1
2015 144 574 1 -1 -3 -1 -4
2016 143 562 6 4 -1 -3 7
2017 74 327 -1 1 -3 -2 -4
2018 151 610 -6 5 -8 -2 -11
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 578 50.2 65.5 85.3 29.2 44.0 43.9 53.8 47.4 27.4 7.6 75.0
2016 565 48.5 67.2 75.5 32.0 45.2 39.1 59.0 49.0 34.3 7.4 83.3
2017 328 48.9 65.0 80.8 28.7 54.2 39.8 48.6 46.6 27.5 7.3 87.5
2018 612 46.1 67.3 78.3 25.8 43.5 42.3 52.0 45.1 33.0 6.1 89.2
Player 2,083 48.3 66.4 79.9 28.8 45.8 41.5 54.0 47.0 30.9 7.1 83.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 99 56 79
2016 98 48 88
2017 94 38 83
2018 92 45 88
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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 24.7 5 5.0 0 2 1 4 80.0
2017 23.6 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2018 -- 1 1.2 0 2 1 0 0.0
Player 24.5 7 7.2 0 4 2 5 71.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 6 6 5 5
2017 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2018 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0
Player 7 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 6 7 8 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 8 7 8 8 7 6 7 7 9 8 7 6
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 98.3 97.9 -0.4 96.8 -1.1 96.3 -0.5
Offspeed Velocity 90.3 90.1 -0.2 89.2 -0.9 90.2 1.0
Breaking Velocity 87.2 86.9 -0.3 85.4 -1.5 86.3 0.9
Exit Velocity 87.8 89.4 1.6 89.9 0.5 88.8 -1.1
Launch Angle 9.8 19.2 9.4 11.2 -8.0 12.4 1.2
Barrel % 5.7 7.1 1.4 2.3 -4.8 5.8 3.5
Hard Hit % 26.1 32.1 6.0 34.9 2.8 38.4 3.5
Sweet Spot % 34.1 35.7 1.6 37.2 1.5 41.9 4.7
xBA .214 .194 -0.020 .275 0.081 .244 -0.031
BA .261 .181 -0.080 .328 0.147 .298 -0.030
xwOBA .303 .273 -0.030 .334 0.061 .334 0.000
wOBA .338 .258 -0.080 .377 0.119 .371 -0.006
xSLG .342 .343 0.001 .393 0.050 .349 -0.044
SLG .403 .315 -0.088 .469 0.154 .427 -0.042
K% 24.8 31.3 6.5 28.9 -2.4 26.0 -2.9
BB% 13.1 8.3 -4.8 13.2 4.9 17.5 4.3
Swing % 47.4 49.0 1.6 46.6 -2.4 45.1 -1.5
Whiff% 27.4 34.3 6.9 27.5 -6.8 33.0 5.5
In Zone % 50.2 48.5 -1.7 48.9 0.4 46.1 -2.8
Out of Zone % 49.8 51.5 1.7 51.1 -0.4 53.9 2.8
Out of Zone Swing % 29.2 32.0 2.8 28.7 -3.3 25.8 -2.9
First Pitch Swing % 28.3 33.3 5.0 21.6 -11.7 32.2 10.6
First Pitch Strike % 53.8 59.0 5.2 48.6 -10.4 52.0 3.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 143 .258 66 0 0.0 77 10 13.0
2017 Shifts 74 .377 38 0 0.0 36 5 13.9
2018 Shifts 152 .371 100 9 9.0 52 20 38.5
! 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 %
2013 110 23.4 0.0% 4.5% 78 26.0 0.0% 25.6%
2015 153 23.6 2.0% 20.3% 100 27.9 3.0% 44.0%
2016 165 22.1 9.7% 9.1% 77 27.4 2.6% 33.8%
2017 91 21.5 0.0% 4.4% 50 24.2 0.0% 14.0%
2018 137 20.5 3.6% 2.2% 117 24.5 0.0% 12.0%
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Pitch Distribution