Daniel Descalso
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 10" 190LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 3, #112, St. Louis Cardinals | UC Davis
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 398 344 47 80 10 4 .233 .332 .395 .727
2018 423 349 54 83 13 0 .238 .353 .436 .789
2019 194 168 20 29 2 2 .173 .271 .250 .521
10 Seasons 2,893 2,519 326 593 48 26 .235 .320 .362 .682
AVG HR SB OPS
2017 .233 10 4 .727
2018 .238 13 0 .789
2019 .173 2 2 .521
10 Seasons .235 48 26 .682
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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%
2015 28 771 144 4 2.8 1.9 87.1 105.6 13.2 25.0 .193 .279 .259 .242 .276 25.7 21.5 9.6
2016 29 1159 198 6 3.0 2.1 87.9 106.0 10.7 40.4 .259 .373 .332 .318 .347 35.4 19.4 11.8
2017 30 1580 257 13 5.1 3.3 87.2 107.4 13.0 37.7 .222 .378 .318 .310 .339 29.2 22.4 12.1
2018 31 1729 246 25 10.2 5.9 89.0 105.5 19.1 41.5 .229 .394 .341 .332 .388 35.2 26.0 15.1
2019 32 818 113 5 4.4 2.6 88.8 105.7 11.4 31.0 .192 .298 .238 .266 .315 31.0 29.4 11.9
Player 6057 958 53 5.5 3.5 88.0 107.4 13.9 36.5 .223 .357 .309 .303 .341 31.7 23.6 12.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 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
2015 45.8 18.8 25.0 10.4 37.5 38.9 23.6 2.8 36.1 30.6 18.1 3.5 2.8 1.9
2016 44.9 18.2 32.8 4.0 37.4 38.9 23.7 3.5 34.8 22.2 27.3 8.1 3.0 2.1
2017 38.9 26.5 28.0 6.6 38.9 40.9 19.8 5.8 27.6 29.6 23.7 7.8 5.1 3.3
2018 30.1 32.5 28.9 8.5 46.3 30.9 22.4 1.6 23.6 32.9 26.4 4.1 10.2 5.9
2019 49.6 21.2 23.0 6.2 34.5 37.2 28.3 1.8 38.1 25.7 23.9 4.4 4.4 2.6
Player 40.2 24.5 28.2 7.1 39.8 37.2 22.9 3.3 30.6 28.6 24.3 5.8 5.5 3.5
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 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 %
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 2 252 30.8 64 .321 .464 .372 28.8 31.3 24.1 .260 .431 .336 48.6
2019 Changeup -3.4 -5 142 17.4 32 .034 .034 .094 24.1 31.3 20.4 .155 .195 .203 10.5
2019 Slider -3.2 -4 128 15.6 33 .080 .080 .230 28.3 30.3 22.2 .115 .145 .239 18.8
2019 Curveball -5.6 -7 123 15.0 26 .000 .000 .027 39.5 46.2 32.4 .066 .108 .097 7.7
2019 Sinker -0.8 -1 120 14.7 28 .217 .435 .350 20.0 10.7 13.6 .262 .463 .377 45.0
2019 Cutter -1.1 0 38 4.6 10 .333 .333 .340 29.4 20.0 18.2 .310 .393 .343 28.6
2019 Split-Finger -3.6 -1 15 1.8 1 .000 .000 .000 62.5 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 2.1 14 633 36.6 151 .259 .578 .422 27.0 21.2 17.2 .245 .484 .396 43.7
2018 Sinker 2.2 7 304 17.6 75 .371 .565 .472 16.7 16.0 21.4 .328 .488 .414 50.0
2018 Slider -1.6 -5 303 17.5 70 .131 .213 .209 47.8 51.4 30.0 .113 .208 .200 26.9
2018 Changeup -1.5 -3 194 11.2 49 .152 .326 .216 30.4 28.6 24.1 .186 .338 .242 24.2
2018 Curveball -0.5 -1 145 8.4 30 .217 .261 .278 20.0 23.3 17.9 .266 .322 .324 22.2
2018 Cutter -0.3 0 108 6.2 33 .214 .393 .323 22.2 18.2 16.2 .225 .400 .330 13.6
2018 Split-Finger 3.7 1 29 1.7 10 .200 .200 .180 35.7 30.0 16.7 .216 .235 .201 0.0
2018 Sweeper 8.4 1 6 0.3 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .833 1.170 .853 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 37 118 1 -1 0 1 0
2011 375 1,360 -2 -10 1 6 -5
2012 472 1,813 -13 -20 6 10 -17
2013 380 1,356 1 -9 6 4 2
2014 186 680 -12 2 6 4 1
2015 203 757 4 -13 4 3 -2
2016 286 1,147 2 -13 11 4 5
2017 409 1,630 -8 -13 19 8 7
2018 419 1,722 3 -12 14 8 13
2019 194 818 -19 -6 5 4 -16
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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 %
2015 771 48.5 71.3 84.2 27.5 59.6 46.0 28.2 48.6 22.4 5.6 90.7
2016 1,159 47.6 63.9 84.7 18.8 52.6 40.6 22.1 40.3 22.3 6.8 75.9
2017 1,580 49.3 65.0 84.2 16.9 47.4 43.1 21.1 40.6 23.6 6.9 72.5
2018 1,729 50.0 65.3 77.4 19.7 48.8 43.2 24.9 42.6 28.7 7.3 71.2
2019 818 47.3 63.3 80.0 19.7 43.5 42.3 20.1 40.3 28.8 6.0 79.6
Player 6,057 48.8 65.5 81.8 19.8 50.4 42.9 23.2 42.1 25.3 6.7 75.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 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
2015 45 63
2016 47 51 26
2017 31 6 20 37 42 20 36 32 56 18 34 84 47 98 56 7
2018 58 18 35 46 79 49 76 54 43 38 16 94 22 92 47 1
2019 41 38
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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 21.1 8 5.7 2 1 5 2 25.0
2017 21.2 12 8.3 4 6 10 1 8.3
2018 22.3 13 13.8 -1 7 15 2 15.4
2019 22.0 2 2.0 0 2 2 1 50.0
Player 21.6 35 29.9 5 16 32 6 17.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 8 5 5 8 6 4 6 7 4 5 4 7 6 5 5 7 3 5 7 8 7 3 7 7 7 5 7 8 6 5 3
2017 12 6 6 13 8 7 12 10 4 5 4 14 11 9 8 11 6 7 9 7 8 5 12 10 10 6 8 13 10 8 2
2018 13 19 6 16 14 13 17 18 13 8 11 14 19 10 16 17 14 15 12 16 14 14 18 18 12 7 11 14 19 11 8
2019 2 3 2 2 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 3 3 1 1
Player 35 33 19 39 31 25 38 37 22 19 20 37 39 26 31 36 25 28 30 33 32 25 40 38 31 20 27 38 38 25 14
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.1 87.9 0.8 ↑ 87.2 -0.7 ↓ 89.0 1.8 ↑ 88.8 -0.2 ↓
Launch Angle 13.2 10.7 -2.5 ↓ 13.0 2.3 ↑ 19.1 6.1 ↑ 11.4 -7.7 ↓
Barrel % 2.8 3.0 0.2 ↑ 5.1 2.1 ↑ 10.2 5.1 ↑ 4.4 -5.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 25.7 35.4 9.7 ↑ 29.2 -6.2 ↓ 35.2 6.0 ↑ 31.0 -4.2 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.0 40.4 15.4 ↑ 37.7 -2.7 ↓ 41.5 3.8 ↑ 31.0 -10.5 ↓
xBA .193 .259 0.066 ↑ .222 -0.037 ↓ .229 0.007 ↑ .192 -0.037 ↓
BA .205 .264 0.059 ↑ .233 -0.031 ↓ .238 0.005 ↑ .173 -0.065 ↓
xwOBA .242 .318 0.076 ↑ .310 -0.008 ↓ .332 0.022 ↑ .266 -0.066 ↓
wOBA .259 .332 0.073 ↑ .318 -0.014 ↓ .341 0.023 ↑ .238 -0.103 ↓
xSLG .279 .373 0.094 ↑ .378 0.005 ↑ .394 0.016 ↑ .298 -0.096 ↓
SLG .324 .424 0.100 ↑ .395 -0.029 ↓ .436 0.041 ↑ .250 -0.186 ↓
K% 21.5 19.4 -2.1 ↓ 22.4 3.0 ↑ 26.0 3.6 ↑ 29.4 3.4 ↑
BB% 9.6 11.8 2.2 ↑ 12.1 0.3 ↑ 15.1 3.0 ↑ 11.9 -3.2 ↓
Swing % 48.6 40.3 -8.3 ↓ 40.6 0.3 ↑ 42.6 2.0 ↑ 40.3 -2.3 ↓
Whiff% 22.4 22.3 -0.1 ↓ 23.6 1.3 ↑ 28.7 5.1 ↑ 28.8 0.1 ↑
In Zone % 48.5 47.6 -0.9 ↓ 49.3 1.7 ↑ 50.0 0.7 ↑ 47.3 -2.7 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.5 52.4 0.9 ↑ 50.7 -1.7 ↓ 50.0 -0.7 ↓ 52.7 2.7 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 27.5 18.8 -8.7 ↓ 16.9 -1.9 ↓ 19.7 2.8 ↑ 19.7 0.0
First Pitch Swing % 28.2 22.1 -6.1 ↓ 21.1 -1.0 ↓ 24.9 3.8 ↑ 20.1 -4.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63.6 56.4 -7.2 ↓ 57.0 0.6 ↑ 60.4 3.4 ↑ 58.8 -1.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 283 12 4.2 .336 .204
2017 Shifts L 393 26 6.6 .311 .402
2018 Shifts L 421 77 18.3 .335 .365
2019 Shifts L 194 100 51.5 .283 .196
! 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 %
2010 21 13.9 76.2% 0.0% 23 21.0 13.0% 13.0%
2011 318 14.8 52.5% 2.2% 226 20.9 2.7% 8.0%
2012 433 15.7 41.8% 2.1% 282 22.2 2.1% 11.7%
2013 367 15.5 44.1% 1.9% 213 22.7 1.4% 9.9%
2014 191 17.0 26.7% 1.6% 121 23.5 0.8% 14.0%
2015 215 16.8 34.0% 3.7% 119 23.3 5.0% 16.8%
2016 365 17.3 29.3% 2.7% 209 23.2 5.3% 16.7%
2017 493 16.9 31.2% 1.2% 309 23.2 2.3% 10.4%
2018 500 17.4 24.0% 2.2% 336 24.1 1.2% 10.1%
2019 281 17.3 27.0% 0.0% 150 23.3 0.0% 7.3%
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