Danny Salazar
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 195LBS | Age: 34
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 11 6 3.87 25 25 0 137.1 161 1.34
2017 5 6 4.28 23 19 0 103 145 1.34
2019 0 1 4.50 1 1 0 4 2 1.75
6 Seasons 38 34 3.82 109 105 0 591.1 688 1.27
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 25 11-6 3.87 137.1 161 1.34
2017 23 5-6 4.28 103 145 1.34
2019 1 0-1 4.50 4 2 1.75
6 Seasons 109 38-34 3.82 591.1 688 1.27
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2015 25 3048 502 32 6.4 4.2 89.6 110.8 11.4 32.1 .233 .389 .293 .302 .375 37.5 25.8 7.0 3.45 3.75
2016 26 2403 358 28 7.8 4.8 91.3 113.5 9.4 32.4 .228 .388 .304 .307 .379 44.1 27.6 10.8 3.87 3.96
2017 27 1814 247 19 7.7 4.3 88.5 112.9 12.5 36.8 .237 .402 .313 .314 .427 31.7 33.0 10.0 4.28 4.24
2019 29 66 12 2 16.7 11.8 87.5 109.4 13.2 33.3 .351 .826 .473 .518 .561 41.7 11.8 17.6 4.50 15.65
Player 7331 1119 81 7.2 4.5 89.9 113.5 11.0 33.2 .234 .396 .304 .309 .390 38.4 28.0 9.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Salazar relies on 4 pitches.
Changeup
(45.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(31.8%) ,
Slider
(21.2%) ,
Curveball
(1.5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 45.2 25.9 23.3 5.6 34.9 37.5 27.7 2.6 35.3 25.9 23.3 5.6 6.4 4.2
2016 49.2 20.4 25.1 5.3 36.3 40.5 23.2 2.0 39.7 21.8 21.8 5.6 7.8 4.8
2017 39.3 23.1 32.4 5.3 38.1 38.9 21.9 3.2 31.6 23.5 27.9 4.9 7.7 4.3
2019 41.7 33.3 25.0 0.0 33.3 41.7 25.0 0.0 41.7 8.3 16.7 16.7 16.7 11.8
Player 45.1 23.6 25.9 5.4 36.0 38.8 24.9 2.5 35.9 23.9 23.8 5.5 7.2 4.5
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 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.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2019 4-Seam Fastball CLE R 21 86.5 22.1 -1.5 -7 4.0 -3.4 -46
2019 Changeup CLE R 30 79.4 43.7 8.6 25 6.3 -8.1 -57
2019 Slider CLE R 14 78.5 44.4 -0.7 -2 3.1 -6.3 -67
2019 Curveball CLE R 1 70.6 70.8 3.8 6 10.3 -1.9 -15
2017 Curveball CLE R 103 80.9 52.5 1.9 4 4.0 -3.6 -47
2017 Changeup CLE R 442 86.6 32.5 2.7 9 10.6 -3.3 -24
2017 Slider CLE R 190 86.2 32.9 -1.0 -3 0.8 -2.6 -77
2017 4-Seam Fastball CLE R 677 95.3 11.7 2.2 16 9.4 0.6 6
2017 Sinker CLE R 399 94.9 16.6 -3.8 -19 16.1 0.5 3
2016 Slider CLE R 263 85.1 38.1 1.7 5 5.3 0.3 7
2016 Changeup CLE R 420 86.4 32.0 1.3 4 6.8 -5.6 -45
2016 Sinker CLE R 276 95.0 17.8 -2.9 -14 14.2 0.0 0
2016 4-Seam Fastball CLE R 1,337 95.4 12.3 2.7 18 8.2 0.3 4
2016 Curveball CLE R 67 80.3 54.8 2.7 5 7.7 -1.5 -16
2015 Sinker CLE R 499 95.0 19.0 -2.0 -10 13.9 -0.4 -3
2015 Curveball CLE R 110 80.0 55.5 2.7 5 6.8 -3.0 -31
2015 Slider CLE R 280 85.5 34.1 -1.9 -5 3.6 -1.3 -26
2015 Changeup CLE R 568 86.1 32.2 1.3 4 6.6 -6.1 -48
2015 4-Seam Fastball CLE R 1,569 95.6 13.3 1.9 12 8.3 0.5 6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 Changeup 3.9 1 30 45.5 11 .200 .600 .359 12.5 18.2 33.3 .286 .669 .418 50.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -4.8 -1 21 31.8 5 .500 1.250 .720 20.0 0.0 0.0 .515 1.218 .706 25.0
2019 Slider -2.4 0 14 21.2 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2019 Curveball 3.0 0 1 1.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 4 677 37.3 138 .242 .433 .337 29.2 29.0 21.5 .227 .417 .317 29.3
2017 Changeup 1.4 6 442 24.4 136 .169 .234 .237 46.8 44.9 28.9 .183 .269 .238 18.8
2017 Sinker -2.9 -11 399 22.0 100 .375 .662 .491 20.8 24.0 21.2 .346 .624 .463 49.1
2017 Slider 2.3 4 190 10.5 44 .140 .209 .184 40.4 34.1 29.4 .176 .272 .202 21.4
2017 Curveball -1.5 -2 103 5.7 20 .400 .600 .433 42.1 25.0 20.8 .332 .528 .362 53.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 228 883 -3 14 -4 -3 3
2014 470 1,858 -1 13 -14 -5 -7
2015 756 3,044 18 17 -15 -8 12
2016 593 2,439 6 35 -14 -13 13
2017 446 1,853 1 19 -11 -7 3
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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 %
2015 3,048 50.5 68.4 79.3 31.3 60.3 42.3 59.2 50.1 25.6 7.2 69.9
2016 2,403 49.1 67.0 80.4 27.6 58.6 42.9 53.9 47.0 25.6 7.8 73.4
2017 1,814 50.2 70.3 74.2 30.7 44.0 44.0 60.1 50.6 34.3 8.1 74.8
2019 66 36.4 66.7 81.3 19.0 87.5 33.3 23.5 36.4 12.5 13.6 55.6
Player 7,331 49.8 68.4 78.4 29.8 55.8 42.8 57.4 49.1 27.7 7.7 72.1
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 58 62 47 33 67 7 20 10 11 81 58 73 68 86 81 73 22
2016 54 74 56 45 50 23 14 1 1 87 11 72 34 83 90 78 13
2017 49 61 50 42 50 37 17 17 62 95 24 95 80 81 96 85 19
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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 21.9 16 18.0 -2 15 13 8 50.0
2017 23.2 14 12.0 2 12 8 5 35.7
2019 23.1 2 2.1 0 1 1 1 50.0
Player 22.6 32 32.2 0 28 22 14 43.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 16 19 18 23 16 16 19 19 14 11 18 28 16 14 17 21 10 16 16 19 17 13 25 22 17 18 19 31 17 18 14
2017 14 12 7 14 11 11 12 13 10 9 10 18 13 11 11 14 11 11 12 11 13 11 17 14 12 9 10 17 16 12 8
2019 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 2
Player 32 34 26 39 29 29 33 34 25 22 30 48 32 27 30 37 23 29 31 32 33 27 44 39 31 29 30 50 36 32 24
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.5 95.3 -0.2 ↓ 95.1 -0.2 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 86.1 86.4 0.3 ↑ 86.6 0.2 ↑
Breaking Velocity 84.0 84.1 0.1 ↑ 84.3 0.2 ↑
Exit Velocity 89.6 91.3 1.7 ↑ 88.5 -2.8 ↓
Launch Angle 11.4 9.4 -2.0 ↓ 12.5 3.1 ↑
Barrel % 6.4 7.8 1.4 ↑ 7.7 -0.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 37.5 44.1 6.6 ↑ 31.7 -12.4 ↓
Sweet Spot % 32.1 32.4 0.3 ↑ 36.8 4.4 ↑
xBA .233 .228 -0.005 ↓ .237 0.009 ↑
BA .226 .235 0.009 ↑ .242 0.007 ↑
xwOBA .302 .307 0.005 ↑ .314 0.007 ↑
wOBA .293 .304 0.011 ↑ .313 0.009 ↑
xSLG .389 .388 -0.001 ↓ .402 0.014 ↑
SLG .387 .379 -0.008 ↓ .399 0.020 ↑
K% 25.8 27.6 1.8 ↑ 33.0 5.4 ↑
BB% 7.0 10.8 3.8 ↑ 10.0 -0.8 ↓
Swing % 50.1 47.0 -3.1 ↓ 50.6 3.6 ↑
Whiff% 25.6 25.6 0.0 34.3 8.7 ↑
In Zone % 50.5 49.1 -1.4 ↓ 50.2 1.1 ↑
Out of Zone % 49.5 50.9 1.4 ↑ 49.8 -1.1 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 31.3 27.6 -3.7 ↓ 30.7 3.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.3 25.0 -3.3 ↓ 32.8 7.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.2 53.9 -5.3 ↓ 60.1 6.2 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 571 .301 317 11 3.5 254 62 24.4
2017 Shifts 439 .313 233 12 5.2 206 48 23.3
2019 Shifts 17 .473 11 0 0.0 6 6 100.0
! 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 %
2013 219 15.7 41.1% 1.4% 116 23.1 0.9% 11.2%
2014 572 16.2 33.6% 1.6% 273 24.0 0.0% 13.6%
2015 978 15.6 44.4% 2.4% 385 24.5 2.3% 15.8%
2016 685 16.9 32.1% 2.5% 402 25.6 2.5% 25.6%
2017 535 15.4 45.6% 1.7% 241 23.3 0.0% 12.0%
2019 20 14.0 60.0% 0.0% 16 24.4 0.0% 18.8%
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Pitch Distribution

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