César Salazar
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 8" 198LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 7, #222, Houston Astros | Arizona
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 19 18 1 2 0 0 .111 .158 .111 .269
2024 29 22 5 7 0 0 .318 .393 .409 .802
2 Seasons 48 40 6 9 0 0 .225 .298 .275 .573
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .111 0 0 .269
2024 .318 0 0 .802
2 Seasons .225 0 0 .573
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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%
2023 27 82 12 0 0.0 0.0 85.9 103.0 17.1 25.0 .141 .178 .130 .169 .209 8.3 31.6 5.3
2024 28 101 21 0 0.0 0.0 85.9 99.6 17.6 42.9 .320 .378 .348 .345 .342 14.3 13.8 6.9
Player 183 33 0 0.0 0.0 85.9 103.0 17.4 36.4 .240 .288 .260 .274 .292 12.1 20.8 6.3
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
2023 33.3 41.7 16.7 8.3 50.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 33.3 50.0 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
2024 33.3 23.8 38.1 4.8 47.6 23.8 28.6 4.8 14.3 33.3 47.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 33.3 30.3 30.3 6.1 48.5 24.2 27.3 3.0 21.2 39.4 36.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 2.3 1 39 38.6 9 .429 .429 .425 12.5 11.1 16.7 .436 .490 .441 0.0
2024 Slider -1.6 0 17 16.8 1 -- -- .000 12.5 0.0 0.0 -- -- .058 0.0
2024 Changeup 5.1 1 11 10.9 6 .400 .600 .358 11.1 0.0 0.0 .380 .473 .327 33.3
2024 Cutter 5.9 1 10 9.9 3 .500 .500 .533 66.7 33.3 50.0 .240 .273 .385 100.0
2024 Sinker -3.3 0 9 8.9 6 .250 .500 .442 0.0 16.7 33.3 .119 .132 .306 0.0
2024 Curveball -2.6 0 8 7.9 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .497 .565 .461 0.0
2024 Sweeper 4.6 0 5 5.0 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Split-Finger -18.8 0 2 2.0 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .069 .152 .095 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 0 32 39.0 5 .250 .250 .320 21.1 40.0 18.2 .228 .301 .325 50.0
2023 Slider -11.1 -2 17 20.7 6 .000 .000 .000 33.3 33.3 25.0 .026 .048 .029 0.0
2023 Sinker -11.9 -1 9 11.0 5 .200 .200 .180 14.3 0.0 0.0 .288 .328 .272 0.0
2023 Split-Finger -3.0 0 9 11.0 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Curveball -3.0 0 5 6.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 Changeup -7.1 0 3 3.7 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Cutter -2.8 0 3 3.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 Sweeper 0.6 0 2 2.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2024 29 101 1 -2 1 1 1
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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 %
2023 82 47.6 87.2 79.4 30.2 53.8 54.9 36.8 57.3 27.7 2.4 100.0
2024 101 49.5 72.0 83.3 29.4 73.3 38.6 31.0 50.5 19.6 5.9 100.0
Player 183 48.6 78.7 81.4 29.8 64.3 45.9 33.3 53.6 23.5 4.4 100.0
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
2024 5 12
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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 %
2024 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
Player -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2024 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.9 85.9 0.0
Launch Angle 17.1 17.6 0.5
Barrel % 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hard Hit % 8.3 14.3 6.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.0 42.9 17.9
xBA .141 .320 0.179
BA .111 .318 0.207
xwOBA .169 .345 0.176
wOBA .130 .348 0.218
xSLG .178 .378 0.200
SLG .111 .409 0.298
K% 31.6 13.8 -17.8
BB% 5.3 6.9 1.6
Swing % 57.3 50.5 -6.8
Whiff% 27.7 19.6 -8.1
In Zone % 47.6 49.5 1.9
Out of Zone % 52.4 50.5 -1.9
Out of Zone Swing % 30.2 29.4 -0.8
First Pitch Swing % 36.8 31.0 -5.8
First Pitch Strike % 78.9 65.5 -13.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 19 9 47.4 .158 .098
2024 Shades L 29 16 55.2 .341 .354
! 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 %
2023 20 15.6 40.0% 0.0% 12 19.4 8.3% 0.0%
2024 23 16.4 21.7% 0.0% 18 19.6 0.0% 0.0%
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