Fernando Romero
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 215LBS | Age: 29
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 3 3 4.69 11 11 0 55.2 45 1.42
2019 0 1 7.07 15 0 0 14 18 2.14
2 Seasons 3 4 5.17 26 11 0 69.2 63 1.56
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 11 3-3 4.69 55.2 45 1.42
2019 15 0-1 7.07 14 18 2.14
2 Seasons 26 3-4 5.17 69.2 63 1.56
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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
2018 23 961 176 13 7.4 5.3 89.1 118.4 10.0 34.1 .256 .409 .334 .330 .363 36.9 18.2 7.7 4.69 4.67
2019 24 278 42 2 4.8 2.8 87.5 112.7 8.3 31.0 .265 .430 .390 .355 .418 38.1 25.0 15.3 7.07 5.74
Player 1239 218 15 6.9 4.7 88.8 118.4 9.7 33.5 .258 .413 .347 .336 .373 37.2 19.7 9.4
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Romero relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(59.4%) ,
Slider
(28.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(6.1%) ,
Changeup
(5.8%) ,


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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
2018 47.7 22.2 23.9 6.3 31.8 42.0 26.1 3.4 37.5 21.6 25.0 4.0 7.4 5.3
2019 52.4 11.9 26.2 9.5 26.2 42.9 31.0 7.1 31.0 14.3 33.3 9.5 4.8 2.8
Player 48.6 20.2 24.3 6.9 30.7 42.2 27.1 4.1 36.2 20.2 26.6 5.0 6.9 4.7
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.

Pitch Movement


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 Changeup MIN R 16 92.2 23.4 -2.2 -9 13.6 -0.8 -5
2019 Sinker MIN R 165 97.1 18.9 -1.4 -7 15.7 0.3 2
2019 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 17 96.6 14.5 0.2 1 12.2 3.8 45
2019 Slider MIN R 80 87.3 38.4 3.9 11 2.8 -1.2 -30
2018 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 298 95.5 18.8 -3.1 -20 9.7 0.9 11
2018 Changeup MIN R 113 90.1 30.8 2.0 7 14.9 0.1 1
2018 Slider MIN R 237 86.7 38.1 2.6 7 2.1 -2.3 -52
2018 Sinker MIN R 311 95.3 25.1 3.4 16 16.6 1.2 8
! 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 Sinker -1.5 -3 165 59.4 37 .433 .667 .542 13.3 2.7 4.0 .352 .572 .449 34.5
2019 Slider 1.9 1 80 28.8 27 .154 .269 .198 64.7 63.0 48.6 .123 .220 .164 44.4
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 0 17 6.1 4 .333 .333 .400 42.9 0.0 0.0 .402 .616 .495 66.7
2019 Changeup -4.8 -1 16 5.8 3 1.000 1.000 .767 16.7 0.0 0.0 .953 1.030 .755 0.0
2018 Sinker 0.8 2 311 32.4 91 .267 .307 .334 16.1 8.8 11.4 .255 .359 .345 40.6
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 1 298 31.0 72 .262 .475 .338 20.7 16.7 16.9 .283 .523 .370 35.8
2018 Slider -1.0 -2 237 24.7 59 .255 .418 .316 36.6 33.9 18.3 .224 .363 .283 34.3
2018 Changeup -1.8 -2 113 11.8 24 .417 .625 .450 27.0 20.8 20.8 .258 .375 .275 31.6
! 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
2018 246 959 7 4 -6 -6 -1
2019 71 278 -3 2 0 -2 -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 %
2018 961 50.9 70.8 82.9 24.8 54.7 42.2 54.7 48.2 23.5 8.2 81.0
2019 278 43.5 65.3 83.5 27.4 46.5 38.1 50.7 43.9 29.5 5.0 78.6
Player 1,239 49.3 69.7 83.1 25.5 52.5 41.3 53.8 47.2 24.8 7.5 80.6
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 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
2018 25 26 37 46 20 60 30 25 35 22 58 41 15 86 4 15
2019 95 40 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 %
2018 21.8 6 6.9 -1 5 5 3 50.0
2019 24.2 2 1.4 1 4 0 1 50.0
Player 22.5 8 8.3 0 9 5 4 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 6 7 5 8 7 7 8 6 7 5 5 8 9 5 7 8 5 6 5 8 8 8 11 7 5 5 7 8 8 8 5
2019 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
Player 8 9 6 10 8 9 9 8 8 6 6 11 11 6 8 9 6 7 6 9 10 9 13 9 6 6 8 10 10 9 6
! 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 2018 2019 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.4 97.0 1.6
Offspeed Velocity 90.1 92.2 2.1
Breaking Velocity 86.7 87.3 0.6
Exit Velocity 89.1 87.5 -1.6
Launch Angle 10.0 8.3 -1.7
Barrel % 7.4 4.8 -2.6
Hard Hit % 36.9 38.1 1.2
Sweet Spot % 34.1 31.0 -3.1
xBA .256 .265 0.009
BA .279 .317 0.038
xwOBA .330 .355 0.025
wOBA .334 .390 0.056
xSLG .409 .430 0.021
SLG .419 .483 0.064
K% 18.2 25.0 6.8
BB% 7.7 15.3 7.6
Swing % 48.2 43.9 -4.3
Whiff% 23.5 29.5 6.0
In Zone % 50.9 43.5 -7.4
Out of Zone % 49.1 56.5 7.4
Out of Zone Swing % 24.8 27.4 2.6
First Pitch Swing % 23.9 25.4 1.5
First Pitch Strike % 54.7 50.7 -4.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 246 .334 142 36 25.4 104 45 43.3
2019 Shifts 71 .390 47 13 27.7 24 6 25.0
! 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 %
2018 251 16.0 39.4% 1.2% 176 22.6 0.0% 9.7%
2019 77 17.9 15.6% 1.3% 49 21.8 0.0% 4.1%
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Pitch Distribution