Emmanuel Rivera
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 225LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 19, #579, Kansas City Royals | Interamerican University of Puerto Rico
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 359 330 46 77 12 1 .233 .292 .409 .701
2023 283 257 32 67 4 1 .261 .314 .358 .672
2024 182 157 12 33 0 1 .210 .298 .248 .546
4 Seasons 922 834 103 200 17 5 .240 .303 .355 .658
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .233 12 1 .701
2023 .261 4 1 .672
2024 .210 0 1 .546
4 Seasons .240 17 5 .658
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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%
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
2024 28 705 119 4 3.4 2.2 88.8 109.2 8.8 30.3 .241 .328 .254 .298 .333 41.2 23.1 9.9
Player 3531 641 40 6.2 4.3 90.3 110.9 9.8 33.4 .251 .386 .291 .309 .358 42.4 21.9 7.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
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
2024 52.1 19.3 22.7 5.9 27.7 41.2 31.1 2.5 37.8 18.5 31.1 6.7 3.4 2.2
Player 47.9 23.6 24.3 4.2 34.5 38.2 27.3 1.9 35.9 22.3 26.8 6.9 6.2 4.3
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -3.3 -7 200 28.4 48 .143 .167 .207 28.0 27.1 19.7 .216 .315 .287 44.8
2024 Sinker -1.4 -2 150 21.3 40 .250 .313 .310 16.4 22.5 19.6 .233 .351 .313 44.0
2024 Slider -1.6 -2 139 19.7 38 .118 .118 .192 40.5 26.3 18.5 .213 .266 .260 29.2
2024 Curveball 1.2 1 60 8.5 18 .375 .438 .397 21.2 16.7 21.4 .315 .387 .348 46.2
2024 Changeup 3.0 2 56 7.9 16 .385 .462 .434 36.7 6.3 4.5 .306 .461 .398 50.0
2024 Cutter -2.4 -1 54 7.7 12 .167 .167 .150 24.0 25.0 23.1 .253 .292 .236 55.6
2024 Sweeper -0.9 0 37 5.2 6 .250 .250 .150 31.6 16.7 9.1 .233 .256 .275 20.0
2024 Split-Finger -2.9 0 9 1.3 4 .250 .500 .313 40.0 50.0 40.0 .286 .328 .268 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.5 -8 330 29.2 85 .216 .297 .277 24.0 24.7 21.2 .218 .360 .296 51.9
2023 Sinker 0.1 0 242 21.4 74 .303 .394 .351 12.4 8.1 11.1 .339 .489 .385 60.7
2023 Slider 0.1 0 216 19.1 47 .286 .405 .328 37.0 19.1 15.0 .254 .378 .312 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 91 8.0 25 .240 .440 .324 29.2 28.0 17.5 .208 .319 .225 22.2
2023 Sweeper 0.1 0 63 5.6 16 .313 .375 .303 50.0 25.0 16.0 .237 .290 .229 16.7
2023 Cutter -1.2 -1 58 5.1 8 .286 .286 .313 20.8 25.0 15.4 .258 .309 .303 60.0
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 2.6 10 385 29.1 98 .326 .663 .450 20.0 17.3 16.7 .263 .532 .381 37.7
2022 Slider -0.3 -1 306 23.1 86 .167 .295 .253 36.7 30.2 27.4 .217 .372 .294 36.5
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 0.7 1 83 6.3 17 .294 .588 .368 23.8 29.4 21.7 .231 .458 .295 58.3
2022 Sweeper -4.2 -2 57 4.3 16 .063 .063 .056 40.9 50.0 38.1 .146 .264 .174 50.0
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 -1.7 -1 75 20.3 22 .211 .263 .275 31.4 27.3 27.3 .252 .340 .315 30.8
2021 Sinker -0.6 0 58 15.7 17 .235 .235 .265 20.0 11.8 25.0 .313 .358 .295 60.0
2021 Cutter 1.1 0 32 8.6 9 .333 .444 .339 22.2 22.2 33.3 .293 .351 .282 42.9
2021 Curveball 0.2 0 30 8.1 4 .500 .500 .450 54.5 25.0 14.3 .285 .310 .263 33.3
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 Sweeper -7.2 -1 8 2.2 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 33.3 .011 .019 .015 0.0
2021 Split-Finger -4.8 0 6 1.6 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .177 .201 .160 0.0
! 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
2024 182 705 -8 -11 6 2 -10
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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
2024 705 45.2 69.6 82.9 30.6 48.3 43.4 29.1 48.2 28.8 7.2 72.5
Player 3,531 47.6 70.6 83.8 28.0 49.4 42.8 27.9 48.3 26.6 7.1 78.8
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2021 58 59
2022 43 32 58 66 23 40 60 76 71 41 39 25 41 59 39 80 67
2023 49 43 64 34
2024 52 31 79 62
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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 %
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
2024 -- 0 0.6 -1 2 1 0 --
Player 23.2 17 16.1 1 12 14 6 35.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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
2024 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Player 17 14 15 18 15 15 18 13 12 10 13 19 16 14 16 18 16 14 15 19 17 20 26 19 13 11 19 19 20 16 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.1 90.4 -0.7 90.7 0.3 88.8 -1.9
Launch Angle 7.2 9.8 2.6 11.2 1.4 8.8 -2.4
Barrel % 1.4 9.3 7.9 5.9 -3.4 3.4 -2.5
Hard Hit % 47.8 38.3 -9.5 46.3 8.0 41.2 -5.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.2 32.3 -3.9 35.6 3.3 30.3 -5.3
xBA .280 .238 -0.042 .263 0.025 .241 -0.022
BA .256 .233 -0.023 .261 0.028 .210 -0.051
xwOBA .317 .310 -0.007 .312 0.002 .298 -0.014
wOBA .289 .306 0.017 .295 -0.011 .254 -0.041
xSLG .377 .410 0.033 .395 -0.015 .328 -0.067
SLG .333 .409 0.076 .358 -0.051 .248 -0.110
K% 21.4 23.1 1.7 19.8 -3.3 23.1 3.3
BB% 8.2 6.4 -1.8 7.8 1.4 9.9 2.1
Swing % 47.0 50.1 3.1 46.7 -3.4 48.2 1.5
Whiff% 25.3 25.8 0.5 26.7 0.9 28.8 2.1
In Zone % 47.0 49.4 2.4 47.2 -2.2 45.2 -2.0
Out of Zone % 53.0 50.6 -2.4 52.8 2.2 54.8 2.0
Out of Zone Swing % 25.5 28.1 2.6 27.1 -1.0 30.6 3.5
First Pitch Swing % 22.4 30.6 8.2 25.4 -5.2 29.1 3.7
First Pitch Strike % 52.0 63.5 11.5 60.1 -3.4 59.3 -0.8
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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
2024 Shades R 181 6 3.3 .253 .353
! 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%
2024 187 15.6 42.2% 0.5% 113 18.3 7.1% 0.0%
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