Carlos Estévez
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 6" 277LBS | Age: 30

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 1 1 1.50 24 0 13 24.0 32 1.13
7 Seasons 19 22 4.36 345 0 38 326.0 344 1.39
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 24 1-1 1.50 24.0 32 1.13
7 Seasons 345 19-22 4.36 326.0 344 1.39

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
2016 23 1025 154 11 7.1 4.5 88.4 109.1 15.3 26.6 .209 .338 .313 .295 .334 36.4 24.0 11.4 5.24 3.64
2017 24 575 103 5 4.9 3.4 88.5 111.5 11.3 38.8 .280 .404 .336 .328 .381 37.9 20.8 9.4 5.57 4.67
2019 26 1240 203 20 9.9 6.5 90.4 113.5 15.5 34.5 .239 .421 .316 .305 .383 38.4 26.3 7.5 3.75 4.08
2020 27 436 77 9 11.7 7.8 91.8 111.5 19.2 44.2 .287 .495 .420 .370 .447 46.8 23.3 7.8 7.50 6.08
2021 28 1007 187 14 7.5 5.2 90.5 109.8 12.9 33.2 .256 .414 .345 .320 .377 39.6 22.2 7.8 4.38 4.35
2022 29 1021 157 12 7.6 5.1 89.6 110.2 17.6 38.2 .239 .402 .290 .316 .370 38.9 23.0 9.8 3.47 4.17
2023 30 397 56 2 3.6 2.0 91.6 112.1 19.3 30.4 .204 .327 .252 .271 .358 48.2 32.3 10.1 1.50 2.94
Player 5701 937 73 7.8 5.1 89.9 113.5 15.4 34.6 .243 .401 .323 .313 .375 39.6 24.2 9.0
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Estevez relies on 4 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(61%) ,
Slider
(26.7%) ,
Changeup
(11.3%) ,
Curveball
(1%) ,


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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
2016 44.8 20.1 24.7 10.4 31.8 41.6 26.6 3.9 29.9 29.2 24.7 3.9 7.1 4.5
2017 46.6 11.7 34.0 7.8 29.1 38.8 31.1 2.9 35.0 18.4 33.0 4.9 4.9 3.4
2019 38.9 29.1 25.1 6.9 30.5 40.9 28.6 2.0 29.6 31.5 23.2 3.0 9.9 6.5
2020 29.9 29.9 32.5 7.8 33.8 35.1 31.2 0.0 23.4 29.9 28.6 6.5 11.7 7.8
2021 47.1 29.9 20.3 2.7 36.9 38.0 25.1 3.7 34.2 23.0 25.1 6.4 7.5 5.2
2022 36.3 28.7 27.4 7.6 36.3 33.1 30.6 4.5 28.0 31.8 21.7 5.7 7.6 5.1
2023 33.9 26.8 23.2 16.1 28.6 37.5 33.9 1.8 21.4 33.9 26.8 10.7 3.6 2.0
Player 40.9 25.7 25.9 7.5 33.0 38.2 28.7 3.0 29.9 28.1 25.3 5.2 7.8 5.1
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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
2023 Slider LAA R 106 89.0 30.5 -1.3 -4 5.1 1.2 31
2023 4-Seamer LAA R 242 96.8 11.7 1.7 12 9.6 1.3 15
2023 Curveball LAA R 4 83.2 43.8 -3.9 -8 6.8 -1.5 -18
2023 Changeup LAA R 45 89.3 25.4 -3.7 -13 11.4 -3.8 -25
2022 Slider COL R 152 87.3 35.1 1.5 4 5.1 0.8 19
2022 Changeup COL R 148 88.4 28.4 -0.9 -3 10.6 -3.8 -26
2022 4-Seamer COL R 721 97.5 14.1 -0.9 -7 10.0 1.7 20
2021 4-Seamer COL R 662 97.1 14.5 -1.1 -9 8.5 0.4 5
2021 Slider COL R 150 86.7 36.0 2.0 6 5.1 0.7 16
2021 Changeup COL R 194 88.7 29.0 0.5 2 11.7 -2.5 -17
2020 Slider COL R 114 86.9 36.1 2.0 6 5.1 1.0 25
2020 4-Seamer COL R 268 96.9 13.9 -0.5 -4 8.7 0.8 11
2020 Changeup COL R 54 88.7 28.5 -0.4 -2 12.1 -1.8 -13
2019 Sinker COL R 22 97.4 17.1 -2.4 -12 10.7 -4.3 -29
2019 Slider COL R 337 87.7 35.9 2.6 8 5.8 2.1 57
2019 4-Seamer COL R 837 97.8 13.8 -0.3 -2 6.0 -1.9 -24
2019 Changeup COL R 44 90.5 26.5 -0.9 -3 11.5 -2.9 -20
2017 Slider COL R 100 87.0 32.8 0.4 1 6.8 3.3 96
2017 Changeup COL R 46 90.2 22.4 -2.5 -10 8.7 -5.1 -37
2017 4-Seamer COL R 411 97.0 12.5 -0.4 -3 2.7 -5.6 -67
2017 Sinker COL R 18 97.2 14.7 -3.3 -18 13.1 -2.3 -15
2016 4-Seamer COL R 659 97.9 11.2 0.5 4 3.9 -3.6 -48
2016 Slider COL R 201 86.4 32.7 0.4 1 7.1 2.1 43
2016 Cutter COL R 25 97.4 12.5 2.5 17 2.1 -0.6 -23
2016 Sinker COL R 37 98.6 10.2 -5.1 -33 10.3 -3.2 -24
2016 Changeup COL R 88 89.6 24.6 -0.4 -2 9.8 -2.5 -20
! 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 %
2023 4-Seamer -3.7 -9 242 61.0 64 .175 .193 .223 34.6 40.6 28.9 .170 .239 .234 45.2
2023 Slider -1.0 -1 106 26.7 18 .188 .375 .289 32.6 22.2 14.8 .276 .480 .361 41.7
2023 Changeup 7.4 3 45 11.3 13 .308 .615 .388 16.0 15.4 20.0 .262 .515 .327 63.6
2023 Curveball -10.2 0 4 1.0 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .220 .445 .264 50.0
2022 4-Seamer -0.2 -2 721 70.6 171 .220 .393 .318 21.0 21.1 14.0 .258 .436 .343 41.7
2022 Slider -0.1 0 152 14.9 26 .160 .320 .192 21.4 38.5 16.9 .118 .166 .139 18.8
2022 Changeup -0.9 -1 148 14.5 37 .206 .324 .266 27.1 21.6 18.2 .245 .429 .321 38.5
2021 4-Seamer 0.2 1 663 65.8 179 .295 .487 .372 22.8 24.0 21.3 .266 .465 .351 42.2
2021 Changeup -2.2 -4 194 19.3 52 .265 .306 .265 26.6 19.2 25.6 .207 .249 .217 32.5
2021 Slider 1.1 2 150 14.9 39 .324 .514 .383 29.7 17.9 16.3 .282 .418 .316 38.7
2020 4-Seamer 0.4 1 268 61.5 77 .246 .609 .389 25.0 27.3 28.4 .258 .508 .359 56.3
2020 Slider 2.9 3 114 26.1 25 .455 .591 .486 30.4 20.0 17.2 .324 .413 .366 41.2
2020 Changeup 5.1 3 54 12.4 14 .462 .692 .511 16.0 7.1 7.7 .383 .565 .428 16.7
2019 4-Seamer 0.5 4 837 67.5 209 .262 .530 .384 30.4 27.3 23.0 .251 .481 .341 47.7
2019 Slider -1.4 -5 337 27.2 84 .238 .298 .236 31.0 25.0 17.8 .215 .301 .222 17.5
2019 Changeup -2.3 -1 44 3.5 10 .111 .222 .195 30.0 30.0 21.4 .225 .345 .284 50.0
2019 Sinker 1.3 0 22 1.8 4 .250 .500 .313 33.3 0.0 0.0 .214 .358 .245 50.0
2017 4-Seamer -0.2 -1 411 71.5 109 .260 .385 .351 24.9 21.1 19.3 .267 .406 .332 37.8
2017 Slider 1.1 1 100 17.4 20 .316 .474 .358 21.2 20.0 12.9 .277 .358 .293 26.7
2017 Changeup 1.9 1 46 8.0 15 .400 .467 .383 20.0 20.0 21.4 .346 .443 .343 50.0
2017 Sinker 4.8 1 18 3.1 3 .667 .667 .600 40.0 33.3 20.0 .376 .437 .356 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 51 88.6 93 14.0 2:00 2:15 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 250 96.9 99 17.2 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Slider 103 87.0 32 5.9 10:00 8:30 90
2021 Changeup 184 88.7 94 13.5 2:00 2:15 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 662 97.1 99 16.5 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Slider 146 86.7 34 6.0 10:00 8:30 90
2022 Changeup 139 88.4 89 12.8 2:00 2:00 0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 720 97.5 99 17.6 1:15 1:15 0
2022 Slider 149 87.3 32 5.9 10:30 8:45 105
2023 Changeup 43 89.3 95 14.5 1:45 2:00 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 232 96.8 99 19.8 1:00 1:00 0
2023 Slider 81 89.0 41 6.5 11:00 9:45 75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 242 1,011 -6 -6 6 5 -1
2017 149 583 1 -8 6 3 2
2019 307 1,240 0 -14 8 4 -1
2020 116 436 1 1 3 3 7
2021 270 1,007 -14 -4 12 4 -1
2022 234 1,021 -5 -9 8 3 -3
2023 97 397 -5 -7 3 2 -7
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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 %
2016 1,025 50.9 70.7 78.3 24.5 61.0 41.3 57.3 48.0 25.6 7.8 80.0
2017 575 53.7 70.6 78.4 21.8 58.6 40.3 56.5 48.0 24.3 7.3 83.3
2019 1,240 55.7 69.9 74.1 24.6 51.1 43.5 64.6 49.8 30.6 7.7 84.2
2020 436 54.4 69.2 79.3 25.6 60.8 46.3 61.2 49.3 25.1 8.3 88.9
2021 1,007 53.4 74.2 80.2 22.0 56.3 43.0 60.0 49.9 24.5 7.9 86.3
2022 1,021 49.1 76.8 78.7 24.4 75.6 41.5 60.3 50.1 21.9 6.8 82.6
2023 397 57.4 74.6 70.6 19.5 57.6 43.6 61.9 51.1 31.5 8.8 85.7
Player 5,701 53.1 72.3 77.3 23.6 60.6 42.6 60.4 49.4 26.1 7.7 84.0
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 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
2016 69 89 84 74 41 65 24 55 32 71 8 72 7 98 76 42
2017 96 65 53
2019 60 55 43 38 71 42 9 9 33 70 60 81 8 98 48 51
2020 12 10 13 20 15 28 9 3 7 50 60 39 28 95 30 52
2021 38 27 40 50 43 61 53 13 41 38 57 37 2 95 32 55
2022 35 49 34 26 36 68 43 22 42 50 24 20 6 95 49 46
2023 84 85 81 75 73 88 92 9 8 91 31 86 2 91 38 49
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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 21.4 6 4.8 1 2 4 2 33.3
2017 22.3 3 1.4 2 2 2 0 0.0
2019 22.9 12 9.1 3 8 8 3 25.0
2020 24.3 6 6.1 0 3 5 3 50.0
2021 22.5 8 6.3 2 2 7 1 12.5
2022 22.7 7 6.3 1 3 4 3 42.9
2023 27.9 2 2.0 0 2 1 1 50.0
Player 23.1 44 36.1 8 22 31 13 29.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 6 5 2 4 5 2 5 6 5 3 4 5 5 4 6 5 2 4 4 5 6 4 8 7 5 5 5 7 6 6 5
2017 3 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 0
2019 12 13 9 9 8 10 11 9 7 6 7 8 13 8 8 8 8 9 9 11 9 11 12 12 8 8 5 11 13 9 5
2020 6 7 7 7 6 8 7 8 4 4 5 7 6 4 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 9 6 4 4 5 5 8 6 4
2021 8 6 7 6 8 7 7 7 5 3 5 8 7 4 6 7 6 6 7 8 6 5 9 7 4 5 8 8 7 6 4
2022 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 4 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 6 6 5 7 8 8 5 5 8 6 7 7 5
2023 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 44 42 32 36 37 37 40 39 29 23 30 39 40 29 36 38 32 35 38 40 36 36 52 43 30 30 34 42 46 38 25
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.9 -- -0.9 -- -- 97.8 -- 96.9 -0.9 97.1 0.2 97.5 0.4 96.8 -0.7
Offspeed Velocity 89.6 -- 0.6 -- -- 90.5 -- 88.7 -1.8 88.7 0.0 88.4 -0.3 89.3 0.9
Breaking Velocity 86.4 -- 0.6 -- -- 87.7 -- 86.9 -0.8 86.7 -0.2 87.3 0.6 88.8 1.5
Exit Velocity 88.4 -- 0.1 -- -- 90.4 -- 91.8 1.4 90.5 -1.3 89.6 -0.9 91.6 2.0
Launch Angle 15.3 -- -4.0 -- -- 15.5 -- 19.2 3.7 12.9 -6.3 17.6 4.7 19.3 1.7
Barrel % 7.1 -- -2.2 -- -- 9.9 -- 11.7 1.8 7.5 -4.2 7.6 0.1 3.6 -4.0
Hard Hit % 36.4 -- 1.5 -- -- 38.4 -- 46.8 8.4 39.6 -7.2 38.9 -0.7 48.2 9.3
Sweet Spot % 26.6 -- 12.2 -- -- 34.5 -- 44.2 9.7 33.2 -11.0 38.2 5.0 30.4 -7.8
xBA .209 -- 0.071 -- -- .239 -- .287 0.048 .256 -0.031 .239 -0.017 .204 -0.035
BA .240 -- 0.053 -- -- .250 -- .317 0.067 .293 -0.024 .211 -0.082 .193 -0.018
xwOBA .295 -- 0.033 -- -- .305 -- .370 0.065 .320 -0.050 .316 -0.004 .271 -0.045
wOBA .313 -- 0.023 -- -- .316 -- .420 0.104 .345 -0.075 .290 -0.055 .251 -0.039
xSLG .338 -- 0.066 -- -- .421 -- .495 0.074 .414 -0.081 .402 -0.012 .327 -0.075
SLG .389 -- 0.025 -- -- .450 -- .615 0.165 .455 -0.160 .373 -0.082 .284 -0.089
K% 24.0 -- -3.2 -- -- 26.3 -- 23.3 -3.0 22.2 -1.1 23.0 0.8 32.3 9.3
BB% 11.4 -- -2.0 -- -- 7.5 -- 7.8 0.3 7.8 0.0 9.8 2.0 10.1 0.3
Swing % 48.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 49.8 -- 49.3 -0.5 49.9 0.6 50.1 0.2 51.1 1.0
Whiff% 25.6 -- -1.3 -- -- 30.6 -- 25.1 -5.5 24.5 -0.6 21.9 -2.6 31.5 9.6
In Zone % 50.9 -- 2.8 -- -- 55.7 -- 54.4 -1.3 53.4 -1.0 49.1 -4.3 57.4 8.3
Out of Zone % 49.1 -- -2.8 -- -- 44.3 -- 45.6 1.3 46.6 1.0 50.9 4.3 42.6 -8.3
Out of Zone Swing % 24.5 -- -2.7 -- -- 24.6 -- 25.6 1.0 22.0 -3.6 24.4 2.4 19.5 -4.9
First Pitch Swing % 29.7 -- 1.6 -- -- 33.8 -- 34.5 0.7 39.6 5.1 38.0 -1.6 33.0 -5.0
First Pitch Strike % 57.3 -- -0.8 -- -- 64.6 -- 61.2 -3.4 60.0 -1.2 60.3 0.3 61.9 1.6
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 240 .312 144 14 9.7 96 33 34.4
2017 146 .329 87 1 1.1 59 5 8.5
2019 307 .316 168 11 6.5 139 43 30.9
2020 115 .423 63 2 3.2 52 14 26.9
2021 259 .334 131 8 6.1 128 41 32.0
2022 234 .290 112 11 9.8 122 30 24.6
2023 97 .252 48 0 0.0 49 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2016 267 17.9 25.5% 4.9% 179 23.6 2.8% 16.8%
2017 128 16.6 30.5% 1.6% 136 22.7 0.7% 8.8%
2019 319 16.3 37.6% 0.9% 232 21.0 6.9% 10.3%
2020 104 16.6 31.7% 1.0% 88 21.3 2.3% 9.1%
2021 247 17.6 20.2% 1.2% 195 23.9 0.0% 16.4%
2022 279 17.6 19.7% 1.1% 169 22.9 0.6% 7.7%
2023 47 14.6 57.4% 0.0% 42 17.8 11.9% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution