P | Chicago Cubs
Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 160 lbs | Age: 26
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 0 1 6.14 10 0 1 14.2 16 1.77
2025 1 6 2.91 54 0 22 52.2 61 1.14
2026 1 0 2.45 16 0 3 14.2 15 1.30
4 Seasons 7 10 3.67 107 0 26 110.1 125 1.28
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 10 0-1 6.14 14.2 16 1.77
2025 54 1-6 2.91 52.2 61 1.14
2026 16 1-0 2.45 14.2 15 1.30
4 Seasons 107 7-10 3.67 110.1 125 1.28
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2023 23 494 70 5 7.2 4.2 91.4 112.0 15.2 34.3 .217 .354 .303 .306 .363 47.1 27.7 11.8 4.45 3.93
2024 24 263 40 2 5.0 2.9 92.5 109.0 7.1 30.0 .230 .344 .336 .335 .353 45.0 23.2 17.4 6.14 4.64
2025 25 841 136 6 4.4 2.8 90.1 113.0 14.4 38.2 .225 .354 .284 .282 .357 48.5 28.4 7.4 2.90 3.26
2026 26 235 42 3 7.1 4.9 89.3 108.1 14.6 54.8 .260 .417 .311 .310 .392 33.3 24.6 6.6 2.46 3.86
Player 1833 288 16 5.6 3.4 90.6 113.0 13.6 38.5 .228 .362 .300 .300 .363 45.5 26.9 9.9
MLB 7.6 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.5 33.3 .243 .408 .315 .316 .369 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Palencia relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(66.0%) ,
Slider
(24.3%) ,
Split Finger
(6.8%) ,
Sinker
(3.0%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



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 %
2023 37.1 62.9 18.6 30.0 14.3 37.1 28.6 34.3 17.1 12.9 7.1 20.0 15.7 27.1
2024 52.5 47.5 15.0 27.5 5.0 30.0 52.5 17.5 22.5 22.5 7.5 7.5 30.0 10.0
2025 39.7 60.3 25.7 27.2 7.4 33.1 39.7 27.2 16.9 18.4 4.4 16.2 21.3 22.8
2026 31.0 69.0 23.8 40.5 4.8 38.1 42.9 19.0 11.9 16.7 2.4 26.2 26.2 16.7
Player 39.6 60.4 22.2 29.9 8.3 34.4 39.2 26.4 17.0 17.4 5.2 17.4 21.9 21.2
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.1 24.6 7.1 37.4 37.3 25.1 20.7 17.6 5.9 16.8 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
2023 4.3 25.7 27.1 22.9 11.4 7.2 4.2
2024 0.0 42.5 20.0 22.5 10.0 5.0 2.9
2025 5.1 29.4 25.0 25.7 10.3 4.4 2.8
2026 2.4 26.2 21.4 35.7 7.1 7.1 4.9
Player 3.8 29.9 24.3 26.0 10.1 5.6 3.4
MLB 4.0 32.3 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.6 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2026 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 155 99.5 11.3 0.9 8.8ARM 0.8 16.4 0.4 8.8ARM 1.0
2026 Split-Finger CHC R 16 89.6 29.9 -1.6 10.6ARM -1.8 4.1 -1.2 10.6ARM -1.1
2026 Slider CHC R 57 90.5 29.9 -0.6 1.7GLV -2.0 3.3 -1.9 1.7GLV -2.3
2026 Sinker CHC R 7 100.1 15.4 -5.4 14.5ARM -1.3 11.8 -4.1 14.5ARM -0.8
2025 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 602 99.6 12.3 0.4 11.9ARM 3.3 15.4 -0.4 11.9ARM 4.3
2025 Sinker CHC R 3 97.9 18.2 -3.3 14.9ARM -0.7 10.0 -2.6 14.9ARM -0.2
2025 Split-Finger CHC R 39 88.3 31.1 -0.9 10.4ARM -1.4 3.9 -0.8 10.4ARM -0.9
2025 Slider CHC R 194 88.5 33.7 1.0 2.4GLV -1.7 1.1 0.7 2.4GLV -1.9
2025 Curveball CHC R 3 82.2 38.4 -12.0 2.1GLV -7.0 1.7 -11.9 2.1GLV -6.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2026 4-Seam Fastball 2.5 4 155 66.0 42 .225 .275 .226 26.7 26.2 26.2 .280 .448 .320 30.0
2026 Slider -2.7 -2 57 24.3 11 .333 .667 .473 57.1 27.3 27.3 .195 .288 .296 50.0
2026 Split-Finger -11.9 -2 16 6.8 3 .667 1.667 .967 50.0 0.0 0.0 .331 .651 .419 33.3
2026 Sinker 2.2 0 7 3.0 4 .250 .250 .225 20.0 25.0 50.0 .145 .224 .157 33.3
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 5 602 71.6 148 .216 .366 .293 23.3 25.7 21.6 .233 .392 .302 55.7
2025 Slider 0.3 1 194 23.1 58 .259 .389 .323 39.4 36.2 30.9 .204 .275 .242 33.3
2025 Split-Finger 1.6 1 39 4.6 7 .143 .143 .129 37.5 28.6 11.1 .251 .278 .231 20.0
2025 Curveball 9.1 0 3 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .067 .091 .065 0.0
2025 Sinker 5.0 0 3 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 4-Seam Fastball 155 99.5 95 18.5 1:15 1:00 15
2026 Split-Finger 11 89.4 84 11.7 1:15 2:15 -60
2026 Slider 57 90.5 26 3.5 11:00 10:30 30
2025 4-Seam Fastball 601 99.6 99 19.4 1:30 1:15 15
2025 Split-Finger 35 88.2 90 12.0 1:45 2:30 -45
2025 Slider 194 88.5 24 3.5 10:15 9:00 75
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 119 494 2 5 -2 -3 2
2024 69 263 1 2 -2 -2 -1
2025 214 841 4 12 -5 -3 7
2026 60 235 -1 4 0 -2 1
Player 462 1,833 6 22 -10 6 8
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 494 47.6 70.6 77.1 27.4 50.7 41.3 56.3 48.0 30.8 7.7 76.3
2024 263 53.6 66.7 78.7 21.3 46.2 40.3 53.6 45.6 28.3 9.5 80.0
2025 841 53.7 71.7 78.7 27.0 53.3 44.2 59.8 51.0 27.5 8.1 86.8
2026 235 45.5 72.9 79.5 32.8 42.9 46.0 60.0 51.1 33.3 3.8 77.8
Player 1,833 51.0 70.8 78.4 27.2 50.0 43.1 58.0 49.4 29.2 7.6 82.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.6 28.5 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Year Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed 		xERA Fastball
MPH 		Fastball
Spin 		Curve
Spin 		Avg
EV 		Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit% 		GB% Extension
2023 97 78 92
2024 98 46 87
2025 68 75 55 63 82 99 68 29 33 68 86 63 95 2 37 69
2026 99 70 88
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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 %
2023 23.71 3 2.9 0 1 2 1 33.3
2024 -- 0 1.0 -1 2 1 0 --
2025 22.47 6 3.6 2 4 4 1 16.7
2026 24.96 2 0.7 1 2 1 0 0.0
Player 23.26 11 8.2 3 9 8 2 18.2
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed 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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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2023 3 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2024 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1
2025 6 3 4 2 3 4 4 3 3 2 4 6 2 6 4 2 2 2 2 5 3 5 5 5 2 2 4 5 3 5 5
2026 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
Player 11 7 7 7 7 9 8 8 8 5 8 12 6 10 9 6 6 7 6 11 8 11 11 11 7 6 8 9 9 9 10
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed 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

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023
Results
BA .268 +.044 ↑ .224 -.026 ↓ .250 +.034 ↑ .216
xBA .260 +.035 ↑ .225 -.005 ↓ .230 +.013 ↑ .217
OBP .311 +.023 ↑ .288 -.103 ↓ .391 +.069 ↑ .322
xOBP .308 +.019 ↑ .289 -.086 ↓ .375 +.051 ↑ .324
SLG .411 +.049 ↑ .362 +.023 ↑ .339 -.014 ↓ .353
xSLG .417 +.063 ↑ .354 +.010 ↑ .344 -.010 ↓ .354
ISO .143 +.005 ↑ .138 +.049 ↑ .089 -.048 ↓ .137
xISO .157 +.027 ↑ .130 +.016 ↑ .114 -.023 ↓ .137
BABIP .325 +.027 ↑ .298 -.052 ↓ .350 +.062 ↑ .288
wOBA .311 +.027 ↑ .284 -.052 ↓ .336 +.033 ↑ .303
xwOBA .310 +.028 ↑ .282 -.053 ↓ .335 +.029 ↑ .306
wOBAcon .394 +.034 ↑ .360 +.005 ↑ .355 -.001 ↓ .356
xwOBAcon .392 +.035 ↑ .357 +.004 ↑ .353 -.010 ↓ .363
BACON .357 +.033 ↑ .324 -.026 ↓ .350 +.031 ↑ .319
xBACON .352 +.028 ↑ .324 +.002 ↑ .322 -.001 ↓ .323
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 33.3 -15.2 ↓ 48.5 +3.5 ↑ 45.0 -2.1 ↓ 47.1
Avg Exit Velocity 89.3 -0.8 ↓ 90.1 -2.4 ↓ 92.5 +1.1 ↑ 91.4
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 54.8 +16.6 ↑ 38.2 +8.2 ↑ 30.0 -4.3 ↓ 34.3
Barrel % 7.1 +2.7 ↑ 4.4 -0.6 ↓ 5.0 -2.2 ↓ 7.2
Avg Launch Angle 14.6 +0.2 ↑ 14.4 +7.3 ↑ 7.1 -8.1 ↓ 15.2
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.7 +0.8 ↑ 70.9 -0.2 ↓ 71.1 -0.2 ↓ 71.3
Attack Angle 7° -1° ↓ 8° +2° ↑ 6° -2° ↓ 9°
Ideal Attack Angle % 44.4 -7.7 ↓ 52.1 +6.8 ↑ 45.3 +3.1 ↑ 42.2
Attack Direction 4° +1° ↑ 3° 0° ↓ 3° +3° ↑ 0°
Swing Path - Tilt 32° +1° ↑ 30° -1° ↓ 31° 0° ↑ 31°
Swing Length 7.1 +0.1 ↑ 7.0 -0.2 ↓ 7.2 0.0 7.2
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 99.5 -0.1 ↓ 99.6 +1.5 ↑ 98.1 -0.3 ↓ 98.4
Breaking Velocity 90.5 +2.1 ↑ 88.4 -1.1 ↓ 89.5 +0.5 ↑ 89.0
Offspeed Velocity 89.6 +1.3 ↑ 88.3 -0.7 ↓ 89.0 +1.8 ↑ 87.2
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 3 -3 ↓ 6 +4 ↑ 2 -3 ↓ 5
Popup % 4.8 -2.6 ↓ 7.4 +2.4 ↑ 5.0 -9.3 ↓ 14.3
Flyball % 23.8 -1.9 ↓ 25.7 +10.7 ↑ 15.0 -3.6 ↓ 18.6
Line Drive % 40.5 +13.3 ↑ 27.2 -0.3 ↓ 27.5 -2.5 ↓ 30.0
Groundball % 31.0 -8.7 ↓ 39.7 -12.8 ↓ 52.5 +15.4 ↑ 37.1
Pull % 38.1 +5.0 ↑ 33.1 +3.1 ↑ 30.0 -7.1 ↓ 37.1
Straight Away % 42.9 +3.2 ↑ 39.7 -12.8 ↓ 52.5 +23.9 ↑ 28.6
Opposite Field % 19.0 -8.2 ↓ 27.2 +9.7 ↑ 17.5 -16.8 ↓ 34.3
Weak Contact % 2.4 -2.7 ↓ 5.1 +5.1 ↑ 0.0 -4.3 ↓ 4.3
Pull Airball % 26.2 +10.0 ↑ 16.2 +8.7 ↑ 7.5 -12.5 ↓ 20.0
Topped Contact % 26.2 -3.2 ↓ 29.4 -13.1 ↓ 42.5 +16.8 ↑ 25.7
Under Contact % 21.4 -3.6 ↓ 25.0 +5.0 ↑ 20.0 -7.1 ↓ 27.1
Flare/Burner Contact % 35.7 +10.0 ↑ 25.7 +3.2 ↑ 22.5 -0.4 ↓ 22.9
Solid Contact % 7.1 -3.2 ↓ 10.3 +0.3 ↑ 10.0 -1.4 ↓ 11.4
HR/FB % 20.0 +5.7 ↑ 14.3 +14.3 ↑ 0.0 -23.1 ↓ 23.1
Popups 2 -8 ↓ 10 +8 ↑ 2 -8 ↓ 10
Flyballs 10 -25 ↓ 35 +29 ↑ 6 -7 ↓ 13
Line Drives 17 -20 ↓ 37 +26 ↑ 11 -10 ↓ 21
Groundballs 13 -41 ↓ 54 +33 ↑ 21 -5 ↓ 26
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 45.5 -8.2 ↓ 53.7 +0.1 ↑ 53.6 +6.0 ↑ 47.6
Out of Zone % 54.5 +8.2 ↑ 46.3 -0.1 ↓ 46.4 -6.0 ↓ 52.4
Edge % 46.0 +1.8 ↑ 44.2 +3.9 ↑ 40.3 -1.0 ↓ 41.3
Zone Swing % 72.9 +1.2 ↑ 71.7 +5.0 ↑ 66.7 -3.9 ↓ 70.6
Out of Zone Swing % 32.8 +5.8 ↑ 27.0 +5.7 ↑ 21.3 -6.1 ↓ 27.4
In Zone Contact % 79.5 +0.8 ↑ 78.7 0.0 78.7 +1.6 ↑ 77.1
Out of Zone Contact % 42.9 -10.4 ↓ 53.3 +7.1 ↑ 46.2 -4.5 ↓ 50.7
Whiff % 33.3 +5.8 ↑ 27.5 -0.8 ↓ 28.3 -2.5 ↓ 30.8
First Strike % 60.0 +0.2 ↑ 59.8 +6.2 ↑ 53.6 -2.7 ↓ 56.3
First Pitch Swing % 43.3 +10.1 ↑ 33.2 -4.5 ↓ 37.7 -1.8 ↓ 39.5
Swing % 51.1 +0.1 ↑ 51.0 +5.4 ↑ 45.6 -2.4 ↓ 48.0
Meatball Swing % 77.8 -9.0 ↓ 86.8 +6.8 ↑ 80.0 +3.7 ↑ 76.3
Meatball % 3.8 -4.3 ↓ 8.1 -1.4 ↓ 9.5 +1.8 ↑ 7.7
Zone Swing & Miss % 20.5 -0.8 ↓ 21.3 0.0 21.3 -1.6 ↓ 22.9
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 57.1 +10.4 ↑ 46.7 -7.1 ↓ 53.8 +4.5 ↑ 49.3
In Zone 107 -345 ↓ 452 +311 ↑ 141 -94 ↓ 235
Out of Zone 128 -261 ↓ 389 +267 ↑ 122 -137 ↓ 259
Edge 108 -264 ↓ 372 +266 ↑ 106 -98 ↓ 204
In Zone Swings 78 -246 ↓ 324 +230 ↑ 94 -72 ↓ 166
Out of Zone Swings 42 -63 ↓ 105 +79 ↑ 26 -45 ↓ 71
In Zone Swing & Misses 16 -53 ↓ 69 +49 ↑ 20 -18 ↓ 38
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 24 -25 ↓ 49 +35 ↑ 14 -21 ↓ 35
Basic
Pitches 235 -606 ↓ 841 +578 ↑ 263 -231 ↓ 494
PA 61 -154 ↓ 215 +146 ↑ 69 -50 ↓ 119
AB 56 -140 ↓ 196 +140 ↑ 56 -46 ↓ 102
Hits 15 -29 ↓ 44 +30 ↑ 14 -8 ↓ 22
Singles 11 -19 ↓ 30 +21 ↑ 9 -6 ↓ 15
Doubles 2 -4 ↓ 6 +1 ↑ 5 +2 ↑ 3
Triples 0 -3 ↓ 3 +3 ↑ 0 -1 ↓ 1
Home Runs 2 -3 ↓ 5 +5 ↑ 0 -3 ↓ 3
Walks 4 -12 ↓ 16 +4 ↑ 12 -2 ↓ 14
Strikeouts 15 -46 ↓ 61 +45 ↑ 16 -17 ↓ 33
K% 24.6 -3.8 ↓ 28.4 +5.2 ↑ 23.2 -4.5 ↓ 27.7
BB% 6.6 -0.8 ↓ 7.4 -10.0 ↓ 17.4 +5.6 ↑ 11.8
HBP 0 -2 ↓ 2 +1 ↑ 1 -1 ↓ 2
Batted Balls 42 -94 ↓ 136 +96 ↑ 40 -30 ↓ 70
Number of Fastballs 162 -443 ↓ 605 +435 ↑ 170 -162 ↓ 332
Number of Offspeed 16 -23 ↓ 39 +12 ↑ 27 +21 ↑ 6
Number of Breaking 57 -140 ↓ 197 +131 ↑ 66 -90 ↓ 156
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

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YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 119 .303 69 3 4.3 50 2 4.0
2024 Shades 69 .336 40 0 0.0 29 5 17.2
2025 Shades 214 .284 109 0 0.0 105 35 33.3
2026 Shades 60 .311 32 0 0.0 28 13 46.4
! 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 116 17.7 5.2% 0.0% 93 20.0 2.2% 0.0%
2024 62 16.3 30.6% 3.2% 51 18.7 3.9% 3.9%
2025 212 17.2 4.2% 0.9% 129 19.2 0.8% 0.8%
2026 51 18.2 3.9% 0.0% 35 19.7 0.0% 2.9%

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Pitch Distribution

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