Fernando Abad
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 235LBS | Age: 38
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 0 2 4.15 21 0 0 13 9 0.92
2021 0 0 5.60 16 0 0 17.2 10 1.70
2023 1 0 4.26 6 0 0 6.1 2 2.21
11 Seasons 9 29 3.78 406 6 2 354.2 292 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 21 0-2 4.15 13 9 0.92
2021 16 0-0 5.60 17.2 10 1.70
2023 6 1-0 4.26 6.1 2 2.21
11 Seasons 406 9-29 3.78 354.2 292 1.32
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 29 833 140 11 7.9 5.4 88.6 110.3 15.9 32.1 .223 .425 .342 .311 .370 36.4 22.0 9.3 4.15 3.99
2016 30 784 134 7 5.2 3.5 89.1 109.2 12.1 33.6 .241 .378 .290 .309 .343 35.8 20.7 11.1 3.66 4.02
2017 31 769 130 6 4.6 3.3 87.0 119.8 12.4 31.5 .225 .344 .290 .283 .320 24.8 20.3 7.7 3.30 3.39
2019 33 171 37 1 2.7 2.0 88.0 110.5 3.1 24.3 .200 .311 .246 .247 .271 40.5 18.4 6.1 4.15 2.64
2021 35 299 65 3 4.6 3.7 87.6 108.2 10.5 27.7 .282 .404 .350 .326 .343 36.9 12.2 8.5 5.60 4.54
2023 37 141 27 3 11.1 9.4 88.4 106.4 16.8 40.7 .348 .624 .461 .436 .439 40.7 6.3 9.4 4.26 9.12
Player 2997 533 31 5.8 4.1 88.2 119.8 12.5 31.7 .239 .391 .315 .306 .344 34.0 19.3 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

Abad relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(53.9%) ,
Four Seamer
(16.3%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(16.3%) ,
Changeup
(13.5%) ,


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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 40.7 24.3 27.9 7.1 32.1 42.1 25.7 6.4 27.1 30.0 15.0 6.4 7.9 5.4
2016 44.0 30.6 20.9 4.5 41.8 39.6 18.7 3.0 32.8 29.9 24.6 3.7 5.2 3.5
2017 46.2 20.8 24.6 8.5 33.8 37.7 28.5 1.5 38.5 27.7 21.5 5.4 4.6 3.3
2019 62.2 16.2 18.9 2.7 40.5 40.5 18.9 8.1 43.2 16.2 18.9 10.8 2.7 2.0
2021 49.2 18.5 26.2 6.2 33.8 38.5 27.7 3.1 35.4 20.0 30.8 6.2 4.6 3.7
2023 37.0 33.3 25.9 3.7 44.4 48.1 7.4 7.4 18.5 22.2 37.0 3.7 11.1 9.4
Player 45.2 24.2 24.4 6.2 36.4 40.2 23.5 4.1 33.0 26.8 22.3 5.6 5.8 4.1
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
2023 4-Seam Fastball COL L 23 93.0 17.6 -2.3 -15 7.3 0.5 7
2023 Curveball COL L 23 77.2 52.2 -4.3 -8 7.8 0.8 12
2023 Sinker COL L 76 92.4 20.4 -1.2 -5 12.6 -1.4 -10
2023 Changeup COL L 19 79.0 31.2 -3.1 -9 10.5 -1.6 -13
2021 Cutter BAL L 16 82.6 37.3 -4.3 -13 3.4 0.0 1
2021 Curveball BAL L 78 76.4 56.2 -1.5 -3 7.2 -0.8 -10
2021 Sinker BAL L 139 92.4 19.2 -2.4 -11 13.2 -1.0 -7
2021 Changeup BAL L 47 75.3 34.3 -3.3 -9 10.7 -1.4 -11
2021 4-Seam Fastball BAL L 19 91.9 17.3 0.0 0 5.4 -1.4 -21
2019 Sinker SF L 97 93.2 22.3 -0.2 -1 13.6 -1.5 -10
2019 Changeup SF L 24 76.0 37.5 1.0 3 8.9 -2.7 -23
2019 4-Seam Fastball SF L 2 93.1 15.6 0.6 4 7.1 -0.7 -9
2019 Curveball SF L 48 78.7 55.8 0.5 1 6.1 -2.6 -30
2017 Changeup BOS L 173 77.8 30.1 -4.2 -12 8.1 -3.2 -28
2017 4-Seam Fastball BOS L 222 92.1 16.9 -1.4 -9 6.9 -1.5 -18
2017 Curveball BOS L 193 76.8 55.9 -1.3 -2 7.0 -1.5 -17
2017 Sinker BOS L 180 90.7 21.3 -0.9 -4 12.9 -2.1 -14
2016 Cutter BOS L 2 82.6 24.5 10.6 30 7.8 -12.3 -274
2016 4-Seam Fastball BOS L 149 91.7 17.6 -0.5 -3 6.6 -0.8 -11
2016 Curveball BOS L 212 76.9 58.1 1.0 2 5.4 -4.4 -45
2016 Changeup BOS L 130 73.8 35.7 -2.9 -8 11.5 1.7 17
2016 Sinker BOS L 283 91.7 20.5 -1.7 -8 12.9 -0.9 -7
2015 Changeup OAK L 107 73.1 36.5 -3.1 -8 11.6 2.1 22
2015 Sinker OAK L 267 91.0 21.4 -1.7 -7 11.9 -2.2 -15
2015 4-Seam Fastball OAK L 189 91.4 18.3 -1.3 -8 6.9 -0.6 -8
2015 Cutter OAK L 105 86.1 30.8 -1.5 -5 0.5 -1.6 -77
2015 Slider OAK L 1 79.4 52.5 7.1 16 7.2 -0.1 -1
2015 Curveball OAK L 93 77.2 55.0 -1.6 -3 4.9 -5.0 -50
! 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 %
2023 Sinker -1.0 -1 76 53.9 16 .357 .643 .516 9.4 6.3 5.3 .397 .719 .498 38.5
2023 Curveball 2.8 1 23 16.3 5 .250 .250 .320 0.0 0.0 0.0 .427 .616 .496 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 0 23 16.3 6 .333 .333 .300 16.7 16.7 8.3 .193 .253 .193 0.0
2023 Changeup -11.1 -2 19 13.5 5 .600 1.400 .830 0.0 0.0 0.0 .331 .812 .468 80.0
2021 Sinker 2.2 3 139 46.5 36 .242 .364 .322 9.0 0.0 0.0 .278 .338 .308 33.3
2021 Curveball -1.2 -1 78 26.1 21 .368 .421 .426 17.2 9.5 7.7 .355 .498 .402 41.2
2021 Changeup 1.9 1 47 15.7 12 .167 .250 .179 18.8 41.7 31.3 .097 .147 .104 28.6
2021 4-Seam Fastball -14.7 -3 19 6.4 7 .667 1.333 .821 0.0 28.6 12.5 .404 .955 .580 75.0
2021 Cutter -6.0 -1 16 5.4 5 .400 .600 .430 36.4 20.0 14.3 .332 .444 .335 25.0
2019 Sinker 1.9 2 97 56.7 33 .200 .300 .288 18.2 12.1 20.0 .195 .295 .254 34.6
2019 Curveball 0.6 0 48 28.1 9 .333 .667 .422 50.0 33.3 30.0 .273 .481 .319 83.3
2019 Changeup 5.3 1 24 14.0 7 .000 .000 .000 22.2 28.6 33.3 .128 .164 .122 20.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 0 2 1.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 222 28.9 60 .228 .333 .281 21.0 26.7 13.4 .212 .321 .250 24.4
2017 Curveball 4.3 8 193 25.1 31 .160 .320 .276 12.3 16.1 20.8 .183 .323 .313 19.0
2017 Sinker -3.4 -6 181 23.5 39 .459 .730 .534 10.4 5.1 8.0 .372 .549 .409 38.2
2017 Changeup 3.8 7 173 22.5 51 .130 .152 .185 26.3 27.5 21.2 .147 .223 .212 15.2
! 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 19 79.0 99 16.0 11:00 10:30 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 23 93.0 94 15.2 10:45 11:00 -15
2023 Knuckle Curve 23 77.2 61 12.2 4:45 4:45 0
2023 Sinker 72 92.3 92 17.0 11:00 10:15 45
2021 Changeup 47 75.3 100 17.1 11:00 10:30 30
2021 Cutter 16 82.6 22 4.1 2:00 2:30 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 18 91.8 93 16.4 11:00 11:15 -15
2021 Knuckle Curve 78 76.4 67 14.3 4:45 5:00 -15
2021 Sinker 139 92.4 91 18.4 11:00 10:15 45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 76 302 3 2 -2 -1 2
2011 99 436 0 -1 -4 -3 -9
2012 206 814 -1 3 -7 -4 -8
2013 166 654 9 -6 0 -2 1
2014 214 809 14 10 -6 -2 17
2015 202 821 -4 8 -5 -2 -2
2016 196 777 4 5 -6 -2 1
2017 181 769 2 15 -4 -4 10
2019 49 171 2 3 -1 -1 3
2021 81 299 2 1 -4 -1 -1
2023 32 141 3 -3 -1 -1 -2
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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 833 52.3 70.0 78.7 24.9 65.7 43.8 52.7 48.5 24.0 8.9 74.3
2016 784 52.7 56.9 79.6 22.1 74.4 42.2 61.1 40.4 21.1 8.2 65.6
2017 769 44.1 60.2 84.3 26.7 76.5 39.0 58.0 41.5 18.2 5.9 62.2
2019 171 49.1 57.1 81.3 24.1 57.1 42.7 71.4 40.4 26.1 5.8 70.0
2021 299 49.2 63.9 90.4 24.3 75.7 42.8 59.3 43.8 13.7 8.4 72.0
2023 141 48.2 64.7 90.9 24.7 94.4 39.0 59.4 44.0 8.1 9.9 57.1
Player 2,997 49.6 62.5 82.0 24.6 72.8 41.8 58.4 43.4 20.2 7.7 68.1
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 42 75 22 4 60 59 6 32 19 62 17 61 7 27 54 34 10
2016 31 49 65 14
2017 28 44 47 12
2019 48 23 11
2021 29 30 57 12
2023 26 23 9
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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 23.4 4 5.5 -2 6 4 2 50.0
2017 23.7 4 3.4 1 1 2 2 50.0
2019 22.0 2 0.9 1 2 1 0 0.0
2021 21.7 1 1.6 -1 1 3 0 0.0
2023 22.8 2 2.2 0 1 3 0 0.0
Player 23.0 13 13.7 -1 11 13 4 30.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 4 5 4 8 4 4 5 6 4 4 4 8 6 5 4 5 4 4 6 5 6 6 9 9 5 5 5 7 8 5 4
2017 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 5 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3
2019 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 1
2021 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1
2023 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 2 3 3 4 2 2 1 3 3 2 2
Player 13 12 12 17 13 10 14 13 9 10 10 18 16 12 11 16 10 10 18 14 15 15 22 21 12 11 11 18 18 11 11
! 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 90.3 91.7 1.4 ↑ 91.5 -0.2 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 73.2 73.8 0.6 ↑ 77.8 4.0 ↑
Breaking Velocity 77.3 76.9 -0.4 ↓ 76.8 -0.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.6 89.1 0.5 ↑ 87.0 -2.1 ↓
Launch Angle 15.9 12.1 -3.8 ↓ 12.4 0.3 ↑
Barrel % 7.9 5.2 -2.7 ↓ 4.6 -0.6 ↓
Hard Hit % 36.4 35.8 -0.6 ↓ 24.8 -11.0 ↓
Sweet Spot % 32.1 33.6 1.5 ↑ 31.5 -2.1 ↓
xBA .223 .241 0.018 ↑ .225 -0.016 ↓
BA .251 .230 -0.021 ↓ .242 0.012 ↑
xwOBA .311 .309 -0.002 ↓ .283 -0.026 ↓
wOBA .342 .290 -0.052 ↓ .290 0.000
xSLG .425 .378 -0.047 ↓ .344 -0.034 ↓
SLG .492 .339 -0.153 ↓ .370 0.031 ↑
K% 22.0 20.7 -1.3 ↓ 20.3 -0.4 ↓
BB% 9.3 11.1 1.8 ↑ 7.7 -3.4 ↓
Swing % 48.5 40.4 -8.1 ↓ 41.5 1.1 ↑
Whiff% 24.0 21.1 -2.9 ↓ 18.2 -2.9 ↓
In Zone % 52.3 52.7 0.4 ↑ 44.1 -8.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 47.7 47.3 -0.4 ↓ 55.9 8.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 24.9 22.1 -2.8 ↓ 26.7 4.6 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.3 25.3 -3.0 ↓ 22.7 -2.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 52.7 61.1 8.4 ↑ 58.0 -3.1 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 195 .288 118 6 5.1 77 19 24.7
2017 Shifts 181 .290 108 4 3.7 73 25 34.2
2019 Shifts 49 .246 19 4 21.1 30 13 43.3
2021 Shifts 81 .350 46 4 8.7 35 22 62.9
2023 Shades 32 .461 26 1 3.8 6 2 33.3
! 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 118 16.1 24.6% 0.8% 35 23.9 2.9% 14.3%
2011 88 14.1 64.8% 2.3% 103 19.5 7.8% 1.9%
2012 210 15.3 44.8% 0.0% 146 21.7 2.1% 8.2%
2013 163 14.8 55.2% 0.6% 125 19.3 8.8% 4.0%
2014 254 18.4 17.3% 2.0% 116 22.0 0.9% 9.5%
2015 207 19.3 14.5% 4.8% 164 22.4 6.7% 20.7%
2016 220 19.2 15.5% 5.5% 180 24.2 6.7% 21.1%
2017 206 19.8 1.9% 2.4% 191 23.3 0.5% 14.1%
2019 48 17.7 16.7% 2.1% 37 23.0 0.0% 8.1%
2021 51 16.0 25.5% 2.0% 96 21.2 4.2% 2.1%
2023 32 17.0 18.8% 0.0% 35 18.6 5.7% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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