Christian Vázquez
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 8" 205LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 9, #292, Boston Red Sox | Puerto Rico BB Academy HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 355 327 34 73 6 1 .223 .280 .318 .598
2024 315 294 29 65 7 3 .221 .248 .327 .575
2025 115 103 10 21 2 0 .204 .278 .320 .598
11 Seasons 3,418 3,157 356 795 70 32 .252 .300 .371 .671
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .223 6 1 .598
2024 .221 7 3 .575
2025 .204 2 0 .598
11 Seasons .252 70 32 .671
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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%
2016 25 747 133 2 1.5 1.1 87.1 107.8 1.4 27.1 .217 .304 .257 .252 .289 33.1 21.2 5.4
2017 26 1357 261 7 2.7 2.0 85.2 105.7 8.0 34.5 .255 .360 .318 .287 .327 22.2 18.6 4.9
2018 27 1014 211 4 1.9 1.5 87.4 105.2 13.0 32.7 .242 .334 .240 .277 .299 29.0 15.2 4.8
2019 28 2013 387 23 5.9 4.4 89.4 107.4 13.6 38.5 .247 .438 .331 .310 .362 40.3 19.4 6.3
2020 29 779 130 6 4.6 3.2 88.4 108.8 14.4 33.1 .218 .353 .346 .281 .323 40.0 22.8 8.5
2021 30 1947 379 10 2.6 2.0 86.3 109.7 13.6 33.0 .230 .332 .289 .272 .293 31.1 16.9 6.6
2022 31 1632 332 17 5.1 4.0 87.9 109.5 10.7 36.1 .258 .372 .312 .298 .330 36.4 16.2 5.2
2023 32 1324 247 8 3.2 2.3 86.7 106.6 10.0 36.0 .223 .319 .264 .265 .310 32.8 23.1 7.0
2024 33 1141 238 9 3.8 2.9 88.5 108.8 16.1 36.1 .232 .348 .250 .265 .317 36.6 20.6 3.5
2025 34 456 86 5 5.8 4.3 86.6 104.2 13.0 38.4 .233 .342 .269 .290 .299 29.1 15.7 9.6
Player 12410 2404 91 3.8 2.8 87.4 109.7 11.7 34.9 .238 .358 .292 .282 .319 33.4 18.8 5.9
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2016 60.9 39.1 11.3 24.1 3.8 32.3 38.3 29.3 21.8 27.8 11.3 10.5 10.5 18.0
2017 47.5 52.5 19.5 29.1 3.8 23.8 44.4 31.8 13.8 25.7 8.0 10.0 18.8 23.8
2018 43.1 56.9 24.2 24.2 8.5 28.9 40.3 30.8 17.1 19.9 6.2 11.8 20.4 24.6
2019 39.5 60.5 25.1 29.7 5.7 33.1 37.7 29.2 16.0 16.8 6.7 17.1 20.9 22.5
2020 41.5 58.5 27.7 21.5 9.2 35.4 35.4 29.2 17.7 20.0 3.8 17.7 15.4 25.4
2021 42.2 57.8 28.0 22.4 7.4 28.8 38.3 33.0 16.9 16.6 8.7 11.9 21.6 24.3
2022 45.2 54.8 22.6 25.9 6.3 28.3 44.0 27.7 14.2 25.0 6.0 14.2 19.0 21.7
2023 42.9 57.1 23.5 27.9 5.7 30.8 41.7 27.5 14.6 21.1 7.3 16.2 20.6 20.2
2024 40.8 59.2 29.4 22.7 7.1 37.0 39.1 23.9 18.5 18.5 3.8 18.5 20.6 20.2
2025 37.2 62.8 23.3 32.6 7.0 37.2 38.4 24.4 16.3 12.8 8.1 20.9 25.6 16.3
Player 43.6 56.4 24.1 26.0 6.4 30.7 40.1 29.2 16.3 20.4 6.9 14.5 19.7 22.2
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 4.5 49.6 13.5 24.1 6.0 1.5 1.1
2017 4.2 36.8 20.7 31.8 3.4 2.7 2.0
2018 1.4 34.6 28.4 27.5 5.2 1.9 1.5
2019 2.6 32.6 26.9 21.7 9.3 5.9 4.4
2020 3.1 32.3 30.0 23.1 6.2 4.6 3.2
2021 4.7 32.5 29.0 25.9 4.7 2.6 2.0
2022 1.2 36.7 24.1 28.9 3.6 5.1 4.0
2023 4.5 32.8 26.7 24.3 7.7 3.2 2.3
2024 4.6 27.3 29.8 28.2 6.3 3.8 2.9
2025 3.5 30.2 30.2 27.9 2.3 5.8 4.3
Player 3.4 34.1 26.1 26.3 5.7 3.8 2.8
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -1 155 34.0 44 .184 .263 .305 16.0 20.5 20.0 .233 .355 .312 27.6
2025 Sinker -0.8 -1 98 21.5 22 .250 .313 .339 26.5 18.2 23.5 .235 .347 .357 30.8
2025 Slider 1.0 1 65 14.3 15 .267 .400 .287 8.0 6.7 4.2 .317 .486 .344 35.7
2025 Cutter -3.6 -2 47 10.3 14 .286 .429 .307 11.5 7.1 25.0 .229 .288 .224 30.8
2025 Changeup -3.0 -1 34 7.5 8 .125 .250 .156 15.4 12.5 11.1 .254 .349 .258 28.6
2025 Sweeper -3.5 -1 31 6.8 6 .000 .000 .000 27.3 33.3 14.3 .075 .088 .068 25.0
2025 Curveball 10.5 2 17 3.7 4 .250 1.000 .725 28.6 0.0 0.0 .201 .360 .235 25.0
2025 Split-Finger -7.4 -1 7 1.5 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 -- .045 .050 .041 0.0
2025 Slurve 5.4 0 2 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 -9 381 33.4 106 .196 .309 .249 15.8 20.8 18.6 .204 .330 .253 42.3
2024 Slider -1.9 -4 208 18.2 64 .183 .233 .229 31.0 17.2 16.9 .233 .333 .258 31.4
2024 Sinker 1.1 2 176 15.4 46 .350 .525 .413 9.3 13.0 20.0 .298 .406 .335 35.1
2024 Cutter -2.9 -3 98 8.6 25 .160 .160 .216 15.7 16.0 13.8 .275 .448 .308 42.9
2024 Curveball -3.4 -3 97 8.5 25 .125 .125 .136 26.8 36.0 25.7 .211 .296 .238 33.3
2024 Changeup 1.2 1 79 6.9 24 .304 .478 .323 19.5 12.5 14.3 .231 .367 .247 33.3
2024 Sweeper -0.2 0 68 6.0 15 .200 .400 .250 36.8 46.7 26.9 .077 .121 .086 25.0
2024 Split-Finger 0.5 0 26 2.3 9 .333 .333 .300 35.3 33.3 17.6 .370 .406 .343 16.7
2024 Slurve 16.4 1 7 0.6 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .591 1.932 1.041 100.0
2024 Knuckleball 4.3 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 200 803 -3 -7 4 3 -4
2016 183 743 -6 -9 2 3 -10
2017 344 1,350 -7 -12 10 5 -5
2018 267 1,011 -11 -16 5 4 -18
2019 518 2,010 2 -13 14 7 10
2020 189 779 -5 -1 5 3 1
2021 498 1,947 -22 -14 16 7 -13
2022 426 1,632 -6 -7 9 6 2
2023 354 1,324 -11 -14 3 4 -17
2024 315 1,141 -7 -14 2 4 -15
2025 115 456 -3 -5 3 1 -4
Player 3,409 13,196 -80 -111 72 -80 -72
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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 14.3 8.4 81.2
2019 2,013 48.7 68.1 85.2 32.6 68.2 42.0 29.1 49.9 20.5 6.5 71.5
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
2024 1,141 51.2 68.5 86.0 34.1 64.2 43.8 36.5 51.7 20.8 6.5 79.7
2025 456 49.8 62.1 87.2 23.6 70.4 41.4 24.3 42.8 17.4 6.8 74.2
Player 12,410 49.8 65.3 86.0 31.1 69.5 42.7 28.1 48.1 19.3 7.3 74.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2016 57 40
2017 10 42 11 10 14 7 13 9 46 5 60 8 80 41 28
2018 42 21
2019 25 31 47 49 12 39 31 55 53 56 65 23 75 26 25
2020 9 16 16 24 11 24 22 42 57 52 47 42 68 29 12
2021 3 16 7 9 5 8 6 8 67 9 75 19 89 34 19
2022 27 69 33 19 32 23 25 31 56 29 82 14 89 29 13
2023 1 12 2 7 4 3 7 11 25 14 41 33 43 23 7
2024 44 4
2025 14 5
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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 %
2016 22.69 1 1.5 -1 0 1 1 100.0
2017 25.13 5 4.9 0 4 2 3 60.0
2018 23.77 4 4.4 0 5 4 1 25.0
2019 24.23 23 21.2 2 15 14 12 52.2
2020 25.77 7 5.1 2 4 2 3 42.9
2021 24.71 7 8.2 -1 7 5 4 57.1
2022 24.44 9 10.2 -1 4 11 2 22.2
2023 22.81 6 5.8 0 5 6 1 16.7
2024 23.53 7 6.9 0 5 7 1 14.3
2025 23.89 2 2.5 -1 2 2 1 50.0
Player 24.27 71 70.6 0 51 54 29 40.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 1 1 1 1 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 5 6 3 3 4 4 8 6 5 5 6 5 4 5 4 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 3
2018 4 5 3 6 4 4 5 4 4 1 5 7 6 3 4 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 8 5 2 2 4 4 6 5 4
2019 23 26 17 24 25 20 25 18 22 13 16 28 26 21 20 21 19 17 17 25 21 25 27 25 19 18 17 27 24 20 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 11 10 10 11 10 9 10 13 10 14 14 12 7 9 11 13 12 10 8
2023 6 3 7 5 6 5 8 5 7 4 5 8 3 4 7 7 5 5 7 8 5 6 8 6 2 4 7 6 7 7 7
2024 7 4 7 6 9 9 9 6 7 4 8 7 4 7 8 5 5 4 8 9 8 7 9 8 4 7 7 9 7 8 7
2025 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 1 2 3 2 3 3 3
Player 71 70 65 68 76 71 83 60 66 46 64 94 72 66 72 74 61 59 69 83 70 82 94 80 49 59 73 83 78 73 58
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 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 87.1 -1.9 85.2 2.2 87.4 2.0 89.4 -1.0 88.4 -2.1 86.3 1.6 87.9 -1.2 86.7 1.8 88.5 -1.9 86.6
Launch Angle 1.4 6.6 8.0 5.0 13.0 0.6 13.6 0.8 14.4 -0.8 13.6 -2.9 10.7 -0.7 10.0 6.1 16.1 -3.1 13.0
Barrel % 1.5 1.2 2.7 -0.8 1.9 4.0 5.9 -1.3 4.6 -2.0 2.6 2.5 5.1 -1.9 3.2 0.6 3.8 2.0 5.8
Hard Hit % 33.1 -10.9 22.2 6.8 29.0 11.3 40.3 -0.3 40.0 -8.9 31.1 5.3 36.4 -3.6 32.8 3.8 36.6 -7.5 29.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 27.1 7.4 34.5 -1.8 32.7 5.8 38.5 -5.4 33.1 -0.1 33.0 3.1 36.1 -0.1 36.0 0.1 36.1 2.3 38.4
xBA .217 0.038 .255 -0.013 .242 0.005 .247 -0.029 .218 0.012 .230 0.028 .258 -0.035 .223 0.009 .232 0.001 .233
BA .227 0.063 .290 -0.083 .207 0.069 .276 0.007 .283 -0.025 .258 0.016 .274 -0.051 .223 -0.002 .221 -0.017 .204
xwOBA .252 0.035 .287 -0.010 .277 0.033 .310 -0.029 .281 -0.009 .272 0.026 .298 -0.033 .265 0.000 .265 0.025 .290
wOBA .257 0.061 .318 -0.078 .240 0.091 .331 0.015 .346 -0.057 .289 0.023 .312 -0.048 .264 -0.014 .250 0.019 .269
xSLG .304 0.056 .360 -0.026 .334 0.104 .438 -0.085 .353 -0.021 .332 0.040 .372 -0.053 .319 0.029 .348 -0.006 .342
SLG .308 0.096 .404 -0.121 .283 0.194 .477 -0.020 .457 -0.105 .352 0.047 .399 -0.081 .318 0.009 .327 -0.007 .320
K% 21.2 -2.6 18.6 -3.4 15.2 4.2 19.4 3.4 22.8 -5.9 16.9 -0.7 16.2 6.9 23.1 -2.5 20.6 -4.9 15.7
BB% 5.4 -0.5 4.9 -0.1 4.8 1.5 6.3 2.2 8.5 -1.9 6.6 -1.4 5.2 1.8 7.0 -3.5 3.5 6.1 9.6
Swing % 47.1 -2.7 44.4 4.5 48.9 1.0 49.9 -2.3 47.6 -0.6 47.0 2.2 49.2 -0.5 48.7 3.0 51.7 -8.9 42.8
Whiff% 16.2 1.5 17.7 -3.4 14.3 6.2 20.5 2.4 22.9 -5.3 17.6 -0.4 17.2 9.0 26.2 -5.4 20.8 -3.4 17.4
In Zone % 51.0 0.1 51.1 0.7 51.8 -3.1 48.7 -0.3 48.4 0.6 49.0 1.1 50.1 -1.5 48.6 2.6 51.2 -1.4 49.8
Out of Zone % 49.0 -0.1 48.9 -0.7 48.2 3.1 51.3 0.3 51.6 -0.6 51.0 -1.1 49.9 1.5 51.4 -2.6 48.8 1.4 50.2
Out of Zone Swing % 31.7 -3.1 28.6 0.7 29.3 3.3 32.6 -1.3 31.3 -1.5 29.8 2.1 31.9 1.1 33.0 1.1 34.1 -10.5 23.6
First Pitch Swing % 17.4 -0.3 17.1 10.5 27.6 1.5 29.1 -4.8 24.3 7.0 31.3 -2.2 29.1 4.2 33.3 3.2 36.5 -12.2 24.3
First Pitch Strike % 57.1 1.7 58.8 4.6 63.4 1.0 64.4 -5.1 59.3 4.6 63.9 0.7 64.6 -4.1 60.5 8.7 69.2 -9.2 60.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 179 1 0.6 .255 .691
2017 Shifts R 345 1 0.3 .317 .693
2018 Shifts R 268 0 0.0 .240
2019 Shifts R 508 1 0.2 .331 .000
2020 Shifts R 188 0 0.0 .344
2021 Shifts R 493 19 3.9 .295 .194
2022 Shifts R 426 3 0.7 .312 .295
2023 Shades R 354 7 2.0 .268 .099
2024 Shades R 312 11 3.5 .254 .063
2025 Shades R 115 4 3.5 .264 .396
! 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 %
2014 244 19.9 9.0% 6.1% 158 25.5 0.6% 19.0%
2016 219 18.3 23.7% 5.9% 121 24.6 6.6% 24.0%
2017 396 20.1 4.8% 5.8% 274 24.5 0.0% 14.6%
2018 262 20.3 5.3% 5.7% 185 25.8 0.5% 22.2%
2019 509 22.1 2.0% 11.8% 336 26.3 0.3% 27.4%
2020 196 21.5 2.0% 6.6% 161 26.8 0.0% 29.8%
2021 561 23.1 2.0% 11.2% 340 27.8 0.6% 34.7%
2022 435 22.8 1.1% 13.6% 293 26.9 0.7% 29.7%
2023 352 15.1 46.9% 0.9% 212 19.1 4.7% 0.9%
2024 280 15.5 39.3% 0.0% 182 18.3 6.6% 1.1%
2025 111 14.9 52.3% 0.0% 93 18.1 5.4% 0.0%
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Statcast Rankings