Christian Vázquez
C | B/T: R/R | 5' 9" 205LBS | Age: 32

Draft: 2008 | Rd: 9, #292, Boston Red Sox | Puerto Rico BB Academy HS

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 129 116 13 27 0 11 0 .233 .302 .259 .561
9 Seasons 2762 2549 296 663 55 287 28 .260 .309 .380 .689
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .233 0 11 0 .561
9 Seasons .260 55 287 28 .689

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 32 514 85 0 0.0 0.0 86.0 105.5 10.3 42.4 .251 .329 .259 .294 .348 35.3 24.8 9.3
Player 10003 1918 69 3.6 2.7 87.4 109.7 11.3 34.6 .246 .367 .301 .290 .327 33.3 18.5 6.1
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.




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 35.3 23.5 37.6 3.5 31.8 42.4 25.9 5.9 23.5 25.9 36.5 8.2 0.0 0.0
Player 44.0 23.5 26.3 6.2 29.7 40.2 30.1 3.2 34.7 25.3 26.6 5.6 3.6 2.7
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.

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 -1.1 -2 142 27.6 43 .243 .270 .294 37.9 27.9 30.8 .241 .318 .309 40.0
2023 Sinker -2.4 -3 134 26.1 30 .286 .321 .298 8.3 10.0 13.6 .357 .456 .377 28.0
2023 Slider 0.7 1 106 20.6 24 .182 .227 .223 43.6 50.0 37.5 .135 .174 .182 40.0
2023 Curveball -1.8 -1 41 8.0 9 .000 .000 .156 18.2 22.2 16.7 .150 .216 .281 40.0
2023 Sweeper 0.7 0 29 5.6 9 .333 .333 .300 15.4 11.1 14.3 .374 .461 .369 25.0
2023 Cutter -0.7 0 27 5.3 5 .400 .400 .360 21.4 0.0 0.0 .310 .542 .357 40.0
2023 Changeup -6.8 -1 22 4.3 7 .000 .000 .000 28.6 28.6 28.6 .163 .177 .148 40.0
2023 Splitter -2.0 0 4 0.8 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Slurve -6.3 0 3 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .045 .045 .040 0.0
2022 4-Seamer 0.3 2 535 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 3 145 8.9 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 -1 730 37.5 163 .296 .437 .362 13.8 14.7 11.5 .244 .386 .316 39.2
2021 Slider -1.8 -6 354 18.2 95 .185 .217 .201 31.6 27.4 21.3 .209 .237 .200 11.8
2021 Sinker -1.4 -5 328 16.8 79 .275 .304 .314 4.2 7.6 7.6 .261 .313 .307 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 3.9 5 140 7.2 35 .406 .688 .487 17.2 8.6 8.6 .313 .547 .394 37.9
2021 Sweeper -0.2 0 18 0.9 9 .111 .222 .139 40.0 44.4 57.1 .088 .097 .081 0.0
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 0.5 1 250 32.1 56 .240 .460 .338 22.0 16.1 11.1 .231 .444 .327 51.2
2020 Sinker -1.3 -2 180 23.1 35 .323 .452 .379 21.4 14.3 13.9 .194 .265 .255 26.9
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 -7 754 37.5 172 .259 .487 .357 22.7 24.4 20.1 .243 .481 .330 52.6
2019 Slider 3.1 12 383 19.0 106 .323 .485 .363 23.6 22.6 17.5 .246 .414 .297 28.6
2019 Sinker -0.6 -2 334 16.6 100 .293 .457 .342 9.3 11.0 14.3 .291 .451 .343 40.0
2019 Cutter 1.8 3 159 7.9 38 .286 .657 .396 26.0 13.2 11.6 .332 .696 .435 48.4
2019 Changeup -1.9 -3 159 7.9 53 .235 .314 .258 14.0 13.2 10.6 .205 .268 .223 29.5
2019 Curveball 3.5 5 158 7.8 33 .250 .563 .331 28.8 24.2 18.2 .184 .360 .241 34.8
2019 Sweeper -8.4 -2 25 1.2 6 .000 .000 .000 25.0 33.3 33.3 .220 .302 .221 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 3 493 36.3 104 .344 .490 .388 18.5 22.1 17.4 .245 .369 .294 30.1
2017 Sinker -1.7 -6 328 24.2 80 .288 .397 .345 5.7 5.0 5.1 .331 .465 .372 23.2
2017 Slider 0.6 1 212 15.6 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 -0.6 -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 4.1 0 7 0.5 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 0
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 129 514 -3 -6 2 2 -6
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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 514 48.4 61.8 75.3 25.7 66.2 42.4 27.1 43.2 26.6 8.4 69.8
Player 10,003 49.8 64.9 86.4 30.5 70.8 42.3 26.5 47.7 18.5 7.4 73.2
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 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 5 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 19 48 11 4 42 1 1 6 21 27 33 55 40 59 7
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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 -- 0 0.4 0 2 1 0 --
Player 24.5 56 56.8 -1 42 40 26 46.4

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 7 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Player 56 60 51 58 63 56 65 47 48 38 50 80 64 53 57 60 51 48 54 65 56 65 76 62 43 46 57 69 63 58 41
! 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 86.0 -1.9
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 10.3 -0.4
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 0.0 -5.1
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 35.3 -1.1
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 42.4 6.3
xBA .222 .259 0.037 .246 -0.013 .250 0.004 .222 -0.028 .235 0.013 .262 0.027 .251 -0.011
BA .227 .290 0.063 .207 -0.083 .276 0.069 .283 0.007 .258 -0.025 .274 0.016 .233 -0.041
xwOBA .256 .291 0.035 .281 -0.010 .313 0.032 .285 -0.028 .276 -0.009 .301 0.025 .294 -0.007
wOBA .257 .318 0.061 .240 -0.078 .331 0.091 .346 0.015 .289 -0.057 .312 0.023 .259 -0.053
xSLG .309 .365 0.056 .339 -0.026 .441 0.102 .358 -0.083 .337 -0.021 .375 0.038 .329 -0.046
SLG .308 .404 0.096 .283 -0.121 .477 0.194 .457 -0.020 .352 -0.105 .399 0.047 .259 -0.140
K% 21.2 18.6 -2.6 15.2 -3.4 19.4 4.2 22.8 3.4 16.9 -5.9 16.2 -0.7 24.8 8.6
BB% 5.4 4.9 -0.5 4.8 -0.1 6.3 1.5 8.5 2.2 6.6 -1.9 5.2 -1.4 9.3 4.1
Swing % 47.1 44.4 -2.7 48.9 4.5 49.9 1.0 47.6 -2.3 47.0 -0.6 49.2 2.2 43.2 -6.0
Whiff% 16.2 17.7 1.5 14.1 -3.6 20.5 6.4 22.9 2.4 17.6 -5.3 17.2 -0.4 26.6 9.4
In Zone % 51.0 51.1 0.1 51.8 0.7 48.6 -3.2 48.4 -0.2 49.0 0.6 50.1 1.1 48.4 -1.7
Out of Zone % 49.0 48.9 -0.1 48.2 -0.7 51.4 3.2 51.6 0.2 51.0 -0.6 49.9 -1.1 51.6 1.7
Out of Zone Swing % 31.7 28.6 -3.1 29.3 0.7 32.5 3.2 31.3 -1.2 29.8 -1.5 31.9 2.1 25.7 -6.2
First Pitch Swing % 17.4 17.1 -0.3 27.6 10.5 29.1 1.5 24.3 -4.8 31.3 7.0 29.1 -2.2 27.1 -2.0
First Pitch Strike % 57.1 58.8 1.7 63.4 4.6 64.4 1.0 59.3 -5.1 63.9 4.6 64.6 0.7 51.2 -13.4
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2016 R 179 1 0.6 .255 .691
2017 R 345 1 0.3 .317 .693
2018 R 268 0 0.0 .240
2019 R 508 1 0.2 .331 .000
2020 R 188 0 0.0 .344
2021 R 479 19 4.0 .296 .194
2022 R 426 3 0.7 .312 .295
2023 R 129 0 0.0 .259

Pitch Tempo