Emmanuel Rivera
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 225LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 19, #579, Kansas City Royals | Interamerican University of Puerto Rico
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 98 90 13 23 1 2 .256 .316 .333 .649
2022 359 330 46 77 12 1 .233 .292 .409 .701
2023 283 257 32 67 4 1 .261 .314 .358 .672
3 Seasons 740 677 91 167 17 4 .247 .304 .380 .684
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .256 1 2 .649
2022 .233 12 1 .701
2023 .261 4 1 .672
3 Seasons .247 17 4 .684
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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%
2021 25 370 69 1 1.4 1.0 91.1 108.8 7.2 36.2 .280 .377 .289 .317 .370 47.8 21.4 8.2
2022 26 1324 248 23 9.3 6.4 90.4 110.9 9.8 32.3 .238 .410 .306 .310 .370 38.3 23.1 6.4
2023 27 1132 205 12 5.9 4.2 90.7 109.3 11.2 35.6 .263 .395 .295 .312 .355 46.3 19.8 7.8
Player 2826 522 36 6.9 4.9 90.6 110.9 10.0 34.1 .253 .400 .300 .311 .364 42.7 21.6 7.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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
2021 49.3 17.4 29.0 4.3 36.2 40.6 23.2 2.9 30.4 18.8 39.1 7.2 1.4 1.0
2022 49.2 26.2 20.6 4.0 39.1 34.7 26.2 1.6 38.3 23.8 21.0 6.0 9.3 6.4
2023 43.4 24.9 28.3 3.4 32.2 40.0 27.8 1.5 33.7 23.9 27.3 7.8 5.9 4.2
Player 46.9 24.5 24.7 3.8 36.0 37.5 26.4 1.7 35.4 23.2 25.9 6.9 6.9 4.9
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 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-Seam Fastball -2.5 -8 328 29.0 85 .216 .297 .277 24.2 24.7 21.4 .218 .360 .296 51.9
2023 Sinker 0.1 0 244 21.6 74 .303 .394 .351 12.3 8.1 10.9 .339 .489 .385 60.7
2023 Slider 0.1 0 227 20.1 48 .279 .395 .321 39.2 20.8 15.6 .248 .369 .306 44.1
2023 Changeup -0.2 0 111 9.8 25 .250 .333 .244 32.1 20.0 15.2 .305 .475 .317 30.0
2023 Curveball 0.6 1 92 8.1 25 .240 .440 .324 29.2 28.0 17.5 .208 .319 .225 22.2
2023 Cutter -1.2 -1 58 5.1 8 .286 .286 .313 20.8 25.0 15.4 .258 .309 .303 60.0
2023 Sweeper 0.6 0 51 4.5 15 .333 .400 .323 44.4 20.0 14.3 .253 .309 .244 16.7
2023 Split-Finger -4.1 -1 20 1.8 3 .000 .000 .000 40.0 66.7 40.0 .080 .150 .097 0.0
2023 Slurve -2.3 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 2.7 10 391 29.5 99 .333 .690 .462 19.6 17.2 16.3 .265 .544 .386 38.6
2022 Slider -0.3 -1 309 23.3 87 .165 .291 .251 37.5 31.0 27.8 .213 .364 .289 34.6
2022 Sinker -1.7 -4 233 17.6 57 .196 .373 .289 17.3 8.8 13.2 .236 .396 .318 39.1
2022 Changeup -1.7 -2 142 10.7 49 .217 .239 .256 25.3 20.4 20.4 .261 .307 .265 27.0
2022 Curveball -0.7 -1 104 7.9 29 .276 .414 .298 34.8 37.9 33.3 .234 .422 .278 44.4
2022 Cutter 0.1 0 79 6.0 17 .235 .412 .274 25.6 29.4 23.8 .222 .396 .266 58.3
2022 Sweeper -3.9 -2 52 3.9 14 .071 .071 .064 36.8 50.0 36.8 .155 .279 .184 57.1
2022 Split-Finger 1.6 0 13 1.0 6 .333 .333 .300 10.0 16.7 50.0 .273 .340 .269 60.0
2022 Slurve -44.6 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .092 .112 .088 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 1 136 36.8 38 .273 .333 .347 16.9 18.4 19.4 .321 .466 .385 57.7
2021 Slider -2.0 -2 79 21.4 24 .238 .286 .290 31.6 25.0 26.1 .257 .337 .312 33.3
2021 Sinker -0.6 0 58 15.7 17 .235 .235 .265 20.0 11.8 25.0 .313 .358 .295 60.0
2021 Curveball -0.4 0 32 8.6 5 .400 .400 .360 41.7 20.0 12.5 .233 .256 .216 25.0
2021 Cutter 2.2 1 29 7.8 7 .286 .429 .307 25.0 28.6 40.0 .291 .365 .282 40.0
2021 Changeup 1.8 0 25 6.8 4 .250 1.000 .500 25.0 50.0 18.2 .077 .281 .145 50.0
2021 Split-Finger -4.8 0 6 1.6 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .177 .201 .160 0.0
2021 Sweeper -6.6 0 5 1.4 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 98 370 0 -7 4 1 -1
2022 359 1,324 1 -12 7 4 0
2023 301 1,200 -13 -8 8 4 -8
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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 %
2021 370 47.0 71.3 85.5 25.5 48.0 43.8 22.4 47.0 25.3 4.9 94.4
2022 1,324 49.4 72.6 83.8 28.1 50.0 44.1 30.6 50.1 25.8 7.6 81.2
2023 1,132 47.2 68.6 83.7 27.1 50.0 40.7 25.4 46.7 26.7 7.1 76.3
Player 2,826 48.2 70.9 84.0 27.3 49.8 42.7 27.6 48.3 26.1 7.0 80.4
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 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
2021 58 59
2022 43 32 58 66 23 40 60 76 71 41 39 25 41 59 39 80 67
2023 49 43 62 34
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 22.0 1 0.1 1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 23.2 12 11.3 1 8 7 5 41.7
2023 23.2 4 4.1 0 1 6 1 25.0
Player 23.2 17 15.5 2 10 13 6 35.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 12 9 10 12 10 12 13 10 9 8 10 16 11 12 11 12 10 10 10 11 12 13 16 12 9 8 15 13 13 11 10
2023 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 5 2 5 5 6 4 3 6 4 5 8 6 4 3 3 5 6 4 3
Player 17 13 15 16 14 15 17 13 12 10 13 19 16 14 16 17 16 14 14 17 16 19 24 18 13 11 18 18 19 15 13
! 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.1 90.4 -0.7 90.7 0.3
Launch Angle 7.2 9.8 2.6 11.2 1.4
Barrel % 1.4 9.3 7.9 5.9 -3.4
Hard Hit % 47.8 38.3 -9.5 46.3 8.0
Sweet Spot % 36.2 32.3 -3.9 35.6 3.3
xBA .280 .238 -0.042 .263 0.025
BA .256 .233 -0.023 .261 0.028
xwOBA .317 .310 -0.007 .312 0.002
wOBA .289 .306 0.017 .295 -0.011
xSLG .377 .410 0.033 .395 -0.015
SLG .333 .409 0.076 .358 -0.051
K% 21.4 23.1 1.7 19.8 -3.3
BB% 8.2 6.4 -1.8 7.8 1.4
Swing % 47.0 50.1 3.1 46.7 -3.4
Whiff% 25.3 25.8 0.5 26.7 0.9
In Zone % 47.0 49.4 2.4 47.2 -2.2
Out of Zone % 53.0 50.6 -2.4 52.8 2.2
Out of Zone Swing % 25.5 28.1 2.6 27.1 -1.0
First Pitch Swing % 22.4 30.6 8.2 25.4 -5.2
First Pitch Strike % 52.0 63.5 11.5 60.1 -3.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts R 98 28 28.6 .284 .303
2022 Shifts R 359 93 25.9 .309 .300
2023 Shades R 283 29 10.2 .275 .474
! 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 %
2021 117 20.8 4.3% 2.6% 58 24.9 0.0% 20.7%
2022 330 19.2 10.6% 2.4% 231 24.0 0.0% 13.4%
2023 343 15.5 40.2% 0.3% 184 19.3 4.3% 0.5%
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