Christian Vázquez
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 9" 205LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 9, #292, Boston Red Sox | Puerto Rico BB Academy HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 498 458 51 118 6 8 .258 .308 .352 .660
2022 426 398 41 109 9 1 .274 .315 .399 .714
2023 355 327 34 73 6 1 .223 .280 .318 .598
9 Seasons 2,988 2,760 317 709 61 29 .257 .306 .378 .684
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .258 6 8 .660
2022 .274 9 1 .714
2023 .223 6 1 .598
9 Seasons .257 61 29 .684
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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Statcast Batting 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%
2016 25 747 133 2 1.5 1.1 87.1 107.8 1.4 27.1 .222 .309 .257 .256 .295 33.1 21.2 5.4
2017 26 1357 261 7 2.7 2.0 85.2 105.7 8.0 34.5 .259 .365 .318 .291 .332 22.2 18.6 4.9
2018 27 1014 211 4 1.9 1.5 87.4 105.2 13.0 32.7 .246 .339 .240 .281 .304 29.0 15.2 4.8
2019 28 2013 387 23 5.9 4.4 89.4 107.4 13.3 37.5 .250 .441 .331 .313 .367 40.1 19.4 6.3
2020 29 779 130 6 4.6 3.2 88.4 108.8 14.4 33.1 .222 .358 .346 .285 .329 40.0 22.8 8.5
2021 30 1947 379 10 2.6 2.0 86.3 109.7 13.6 33.0 .235 .337 .289 .276 .298 31.1 16.9 6.6
2022 31 1632 332 17 5.1 4.0 87.9 109.5 10.7 36.1 .262 .375 .312 .301 .335 36.4 16.2 5.2
2023 32 1324 247 8 3.2 2.3 86.7 106.6 10.0 36.0 .226 .323 .264 .268 .314 32.8 23.1 7.0
Player 10813 2080 77 3.7 2.8 87.3 109.7 11.1 34.5 .243 .364 .298 .287 .325 33.2 18.8 6.1
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.




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
2016 60.9 11.3 24.1 3.8 32.3 38.3 29.3 4.5 49.6 13.5 24.1 6.0 1.5 1.1
2017 47.5 19.5 29.1 3.8 23.8 44.4 31.8 4.2 36.8 20.7 31.8 3.4 2.7 2.0
2018 43.1 24.2 24.2 8.5 28.9 40.3 30.8 1.4 34.6 28.4 27.5 5.2 1.9 1.5
2019 39.5 25.1 29.7 5.7 33.1 37.7 29.2 2.6 32.0 26.4 21.2 8.8 5.9 4.4
2020 41.5 27.7 21.5 9.2 35.4 35.4 29.2 3.1 32.3 30.0 23.1 6.2 4.6 3.2
2021 42.2 28.0 22.4 7.4 28.8 38.3 33.0 4.7 32.5 29.0 25.9 4.7 2.6 2.0
2022 45.2 22.6 25.9 6.3 28.3 44.0 27.7 1.2 36.7 24.1 28.9 3.6 5.1 4.0
2023 42.9 23.5 27.9 5.7 30.8 41.7 27.5 4.5 32.8 26.7 24.3 7.7 3.2 2.3
Player 44.2 23.5 26.1 6.3 29.8 40.3 30.0 3.2 35.0 25.4 25.9 5.7 3.7 2.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 %
2023 4-Seamer 0.6 2 386 29.2 108 .274 .505 .372 30.7 26.9 25.0 .224 .363 .300 38.8
2023 Sinker -0.9 -3 287 21.7 72 .284 .358 .319 15.4 13.9 20.4 .296 .411 .334 33.3
2023 Slider -1.9 -5 260 19.6 69 .185 .215 .207 35.8 31.9 28.2 .154 .191 .181 34.9
2023 Curveball -5.1 -5 101 7.6 24 .000 .000 .058 22.2 12.5 15.0 .181 .260 .229 31.6
2023 Cutter -1.9 -2 100 7.6 23 .273 .364 .296 18.9 21.7 23.8 .293 .508 .355 41.2
2023 Changeup -5.5 -5 88 6.6 28 .071 .071 .064 26.1 21.4 20.7 .193 .218 .178 18.2
2023 Sweeper -1.4 -1 80 6.0 25 .280 .280 .252 28.9 28.0 22.6 .254 .301 .241 11.1
2023 Splitter -1.4 0 13 1.0 3 .000 .000 .233 28.6 0.0 0.0 .313 .350 .425 50.0
2023 Slurve -6.2 0 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .043 .043 .041 0.0
2022 4-Seamer 0.3 2 536 32.8 129 .302 .466 .369 18.4 20.9 16.8 .267 .452 .346 56.7
2022 Slider -0.7 -2 325 19.9 75 .208 .292 .218 18.9 13.3 9.5 .224 .292 .236 28.1
2022 Sinker -0.9 -2 271 16.6 74 .232 .348 .285 8.3 10.8 11.6 .285 .404 .325 41.0
2022 Curveball 0.8 1 149 9.1 39 .243 .351 .279 22.8 20.5 13.8 .275 .335 .290 13.8
2022 Cutter 2.3 3 144 8.8 49 .362 .447 .369 13.8 8.2 14.3 .272 .349 .288 27.9
2022 Changeup -0.3 0 114 7.0 34 .250 .313 .274 13.8 11.8 7.8 .281 .337 .297 17.9
2022 Sweeper 1.8 1 55 3.4 13 .250 .333 .288 27.3 23.1 15.8 .227 .298 .268 22.2
2022 Splitter 2.0 1 33 2.0 12 .417 .917 .558 36.4 41.7 22.7 .230 .399 .267 57.1
2021 4-Seamer -0.1 -1 732 37.6 164 .294 .434 .360 13.8 15.2 11.9 .242 .384 .314 39.2
2021 Slider -1.9 -7 348 17.9 93 .178 .211 .195 32.0 28.0 22.0 .207 .235 .198 10.6
2021 Sinker -1.4 -4 326 16.7 78 .279 .309 .318 4.2 6.4 6.4 .265 .317 .311 34.9
2021 Changeup -1.1 -2 187 9.6 56 .264 .302 .263 22.8 14.3 12.3 .225 .326 .249 32.6
2021 Curveball -1.6 -2 157 8.1 53 .208 .302 .234 16.9 22.6 18.5 .214 .338 .248 29.3
2021 Cutter 3.8 5 142 7.3 35 .406 .688 .487 17.2 8.6 8.3 .313 .547 .394 37.9
2021 Sweeper 2.2 0 22 1.1 11 .182 .273 .195 33.3 36.4 40.0 .126 .142 .117 14.3
2021 Splitter 0.4 0 12 0.6 2 .000 .000 .450 25.0 0.0 0.0 .278 .325 .270 50.0
2021 Slurve 6.9 1 10 0.5 3 .333 .667 .417 50.0 33.3 20.0 .200 .287 .209 50.0
2020 4-Seamer 0.4 1 255 32.7 57 .235 .451 .332 21.6 15.8 10.7 .230 .443 .325 50.0
2020 Sinker -1.2 -2 175 22.5 34 .333 .467 .390 22.1 14.7 15.2 .194 .260 .256 28.0
2020 Slider -0.3 0 131 16.8 36 .273 .303 .327 23.5 25.0 17.0 .250 .318 .286 37.5
2020 Curveball 4.6 4 77 9.9 23 .348 .609 .448 32.4 43.5 41.7 .234 .429 .281 38.5
2020 Changeup 0.0 0 66 8.5 17 .333 .800 .497 13.9 11.8 8.3 .233 .410 .320 61.5
2020 Cutter -0.9 0 52 6.7 15 .267 .333 .263 26.9 33.3 35.7 .232 .302 .230 20.0
2020 Splitter 3.2 1 17 2.2 6 .200 .200 .267 33.3 50.0 33.3 .066 .067 .167 0.0
2020 Sweeper 0.9 0 6 0.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .027 .045 .033 0.0
2019 4-Seamer -0.9 -7 752 37.4 172 .259 .487 .357 22.8 24.4 20.1 .243 .481 .330 52.6
2019 Slider 3.1 12 380 18.9 106 .323 .485 .363 23.4 22.6 17.6 .246 .414 .297 28.6
2019 Sinker -0.6 -2 336 16.7 100 .293 .457 .342 9.3 11.0 14.3 .291 .451 .343 40.0
2019 Curveball 3.5 6 160 7.9 33 .250 .563 .331 28.8 24.2 18.2 .184 .360 .241 34.8
2019 Changeup -1.9 -3 159 7.9 53 .235 .314 .258 14.0 13.2 10.6 .205 .268 .223 29.5
2019 Cutter 2.0 3 157 7.8 37 .294 .676 .407 25.0 10.8 9.5 .342 .717 .447 48.4
2019 Sweeper -8.4 -2 28 1.4 7 .000 .000 .000 33.3 42.9 37.5 .183 .252 .184 0.0
2019 Splitter -1.5 0 23 1.1 6 .200 .800 .400 14.3 16.7 7.1 .120 .253 .162 25.0
2019 Slurve -5.7 -1 11 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 50.0 16.7 .082 .082 .074 0.0
2019 Knuckleball 6.4 0 2 0.1 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .200 .323 .218 0.0
2018 4-Seamer -1.7 -6 345 34.0 84 .221 .338 .279 10.4 14.3 11.4 .294 .428 .343 41.5
2018 Sinker -2.6 -6 233 23.0 55 .163 .204 .236 2.1 3.6 3.9 .229 .302 .285 23.4
2018 Slider -4.5 -9 203 20.0 61 .150 .167 .141 25.0 21.3 19.1 .203 .249 .199 25.0
2018 Curveball 1.0 1 78 7.7 23 .348 .435 .343 9.1 17.4 13.3 .305 .382 .300 21.1
2018 Changeup 1.4 1 68 6.7 17 .333 .467 .388 9.4 0.0 0.0 .320 .399 .360 6.7
2018 Cutter -1.5 -1 62 6.1 18 .222 .389 .261 31.4 38.9 46.7 .161 .318 .199 45.5
2018 Splitter 1.7 0 16 1.6 7 .000 .000 .129 33.3 42.9 37.5 .089 .173 .116 25.0
2018 Sweeper 0.7 0 6 0.6 2 .000 .000 .350 33.3 0.0 0.0 .187 .384 .474 0.0
2017 4-Seamer 0.7 3 494 36.4 104 .344 .490 .388 18.5 22.1 17.3 .245 .369 .294 30.1
2017 Sinker -1.7 -6 327 24.1 80 .288 .397 .345 5.7 5.0 5.1 .331 .465 .372 23.2
2017 Slider 0.6 1 211 15.5 66 .262 .354 .289 31.5 27.3 24.3 .249 .311 .260 21.3
2017 Curveball 1.3 2 119 8.8 37 .235 .412 .309 18.2 16.2 15.0 .259 .448 .330 10.7
2017 Changeup -3.7 -3 81 6.0 25 .208 .250 .230 9.8 20.0 16.7 .189 .229 .175 10.0
2017 Cutter -0.7 -1 78 5.7 20 .250 .250 .225 13.3 20.0 16.7 .222 .263 .213 25.0
2017 Splitter 6.6 2 24 1.8 7 .333 .667 .457 35.7 28.6 20.0 .133 .153 .205 25.0
2017 Sweeper 2.5 0 8 0.6 3 .667 .667 .600 25.0 33.3 33.3 .315 .349 .283 0.0
2017 Slurve 5.7 0 6 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 25.0 0.0 0.0 .533 .585 .480 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 200 803 -1 -7 4 3 -1
2016 183 743 -5 -13 2 2 -14
2017 352 1,378 -5 -10 9 5 0
2018 305 1,167 -14 -17 4 4 -23
2019 508 1,979 -3 -11 14 6 6
2020 189 779 -5 0 5 3 2
2021 532 2,062 -25 -14 21 8 -10
2022 445 1,697 -7 -7 12 7 4
2023 354 1,324 -9 -18 4 4 -18
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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 %
2016 747 51.0 61.9 88.6 31.7 74.1 42.7 17.4 47.1 16.2 8.6 64.1
2017 1,357 51.1 59.6 84.7 28.6 76.2 44.2 17.1 44.4 17.7 7.6 71.8
2018 1,014 51.8 67.0 93.2 29.3 67.1 45.1 27.6 48.9 14.1 8.4 81.2
2019 2,013 48.6 68.2 85.1 32.5 67.7 41.7 29.1 49.9 20.5 6.5 71.3
2020 779 48.4 65.0 80.8 31.3 69.8 42.0 24.3 47.6 22.9 6.0 70.2
2021 1,947 49.0 64.9 87.4 29.8 72.0 39.9 31.3 47.0 17.6 8.0 76.8
2022 1,632 50.1 66.5 88.2 31.9 71.5 42.8 29.1 49.2 17.2 7.0 73.7
2023 1,324 48.6 65.3 78.8 33.0 63.1 44.1 33.3 48.7 26.2 7.5 73.7
Player 10,813 49.7 65.1 85.9 31.1 69.9 42.6 27.3 48.0 19.1 7.4 73.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2016 57 41
2017 11 49 13 11 20 7 13 9 46 5 60 8 80 41 29
2018 42 21
2019 28 36 48 51 14 39 31 55 53 56 65 23 75 27 25
2020 11 17 18 24 13 24 22 42 57 52 47 42 68 29 13
2021 4 22 8 9 6 8 6 8 67 9 75 19 89 34 19
2022 31 74 35 19 35 23 25 31 56 29 82 14 89 29 13
2023 2 14 4 7 5 3 7 11 25 14 41 33 43 23 8
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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 22.7 1 1.5 -1 0 1 1 100.0
2017 25.1 5 5.1 0 4 2 3 60.0
2018 23.8 4 5.1 -1 5 5 1 25.0
2019 24.2 23 21.2 2 15 13 12 52.2
2020 25.8 7 5.1 2 4 2 3 42.9
2021 24.7 7 8.2 -1 7 5 4 57.1
2022 24.4 9 10.3 -1 5 11 2 22.2
2023 22.8 6 6.0 0 6 6 1 16.7
Player 24.4 62 62.5 -1 46 45 27 43.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2
2017 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 3 3 5 4 8 6 5 5 6 5 4 5 4 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 7 6 6 3
2018 4 6 3 7 6 5 6 4 4 2 5 8 7 4 5 6 4 5 4 6 5 5 10 5 3 2 5 5 7 5 4
2019 23 25 18 24 25 21 24 18 21 13 17 28 25 21 20 21 20 17 19 25 22 25 26 25 19 18 16 26 24 21 12
2020 7 6 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 5 5 3 4 5 4 5 5 5
2021 7 10 8 8 8 8 9 8 7 5 8 12 9 7 8 10 6 7 8 9 8 8 12 8 4 6 12 10 8 8 7
2022 9 8 9 7 11 10 12 8 6 8 9 13 12 10 11 11 10 9 11 13 10 14 14 12 7 9 11 14 12 10 8
2023 6 3 7 5 6 6 8 6 7 4 5 11 3 5 7 7 5 5 7 8 5 6 8 6 2 4 7 6 7 7 7
Player 62 63 58 63 68 63 72 53 55 42 55 88 67 58 63 67 56 53 61 72 61 71 83 68 45 50 63 74 70 64 48
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.1 85.2 -1.9 ↓ 87.4 2.2 ↑ 89.4 2.0 ↑ 88.4 -1.0 ↓ 86.3 -2.1 ↓ 87.9 1.6 ↑ 86.7 -1.2 ↓
Launch Angle 1.4 8.0 6.6 ↑ 13.0 5.0 ↑ 13.3 0.3 ↑ 14.4 1.1 ↑ 13.6 -0.8 ↓ 10.7 -2.9 ↓ 10.0 -0.7 ↓
Barrel % 1.5 2.7 1.2 ↑ 1.9 -0.8 ↓ 5.9 4.0 ↑ 4.6 -1.3 ↓ 2.6 -2.0 ↓ 5.1 2.5 ↑ 3.2 -1.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 33.1 22.2 -10.9 ↓ 29.0 6.8 ↑ 40.1 11.1 ↑ 40.0 -0.1 ↓ 31.1 -8.9 ↓ 36.4 5.3 ↑ 32.8 -3.6 ↓
Sweet Spot % 27.1 34.5 7.4 ↑ 32.7 -1.8 ↓ 37.5 4.8 ↑ 33.1 -4.4 ↓ 33.0 -0.1 ↓ 36.1 3.1 ↑ 36.0 -0.1 ↓
xBA .222 .259 0.037 ↑ .246 -0.013 ↓ .250 0.004 ↑ .222 -0.028 ↓ .235 0.013 ↑ .262 0.027 ↑ .226 -0.036 ↓
BA .227 .290