Francisco Cervelli
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 220LBS | Age: 38
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 404 332 39 86 12 2 .259 .378 .431 .809
2019 160 141 15 30 3 1 .213 .302 .348 .650
2020 62 53 10 13 3 1 .245 .355 .453 .808
13 Seasons 2,618 2,256 281 605 41 17 .268 .358 .382 .740
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .259 12 2 .809
2019 .213 3 1 .650
2020 .245 3 1 .808
13 Seasons .268 41 17 .740
MLB Percentile Rankings
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%
2015 29 2003 362 15 4.1 2.9 88.2 111.1 6.9 33.4 .257 .393 .341 .325 .357 35.6 18.4 9.0
2016 30 1597 259 4 1.5 1.0 86.5 107.8 6.4 27.4 .247 .341 .318 .325 .329 30.9 18.3 14.2
2017 31 1212 201 9 4.5 3.0 87.5 105.5 6.6 36.3 .244 .376 .315 .318 .349 31.8 21.4 10.5
2018 32 1656 254 21 8.3 5.2 88.8 110.2 16.3 35.8 .236 .413 .355 .346 .371 39.8 20.8 12.6
2019 33 640 101 6 5.9 3.8 86.9 106.8 12.0 35.6 .204 .348 .285 .285 .327 31.7 25.6 8.1
2020 34 220 39 3 7.7 4.8 89.0 108.3 13.3 38.5 .248 .447 .351 .353 .401 38.5 22.6 12.9
Player 7328 1216 58 4.8 3.2 87.8 111.1 9.3 33.5 .243 .381 .330 .326 .352 34.6 20.2 11.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 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
2015 53.3 16.9 26.8 3.0 33.7 39.0 27.3 4.1 40.9 17.1 27.1 5.8 4.1 2.9
2016 57.1 17.4 22.8 2.7 37.5 37.8 23.9 4.6 40.5 17.0 26.3 5.8 1.5 1.0
2017 51.7 18.9 27.4 2.0 36.3 36.8 26.9 5.0 38.8 16.9 26.4 8.0 4.5 3.0
2018 39.4 26.0 26.0 8.7 35.4 38.2 26.4 3.1 28.3 27.2 23.2 9.4 8.3 5.2
2019 44.6 24.8 27.7 3.0 38.6 32.7 28.7 3.0 32.7 26.7 21.8 9.9 5.9 3.8
2020 43.6 23.1 23.1 10.3 41.0 33.3 25.6 2.6 30.8 23.1 25.6 7.7 7.7 4.8
Player 49.9 20.1 25.8 4.2 35.9 37.5 26.4 4.0 36.8 20.1 25.5 7.3 4.8 3.2
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 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 %
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 0 71 32.3 18 .214 .714 .474 23.3 27.8 41.7 .192 .407 .355 44.4
2020 Slider -2.1 -1 48 21.8 11 .222 .222 .373 61.1 27.3 30.0 .260 .302 .328 33.3
2020 Sinker 7.4 3 38 17.3 12 .400 .700 .583 11.1 8.3 14.3 .325 .665 .461 55.6
2020 Curveball -1.1 0 24 10.9 7 .167 .167 .357 14.3 0.0 0.0 .374 .832 .528 16.7
2020 Split-Finger -4.9 -1 13 5.9 5 .000 .000 .000 71.4 80.0 66.7 .012 .013 .012 0.0
2020 Changeup -1.9 0 12 5.5 4 .000 .000 .000 20.0 25.0 33.3 .178 .316 .210 33.3
2020 Cutter -2.0 0 9 4.1 4 .500 .750 .538 0.0 0.0 0.0 .423 .520 .409 25.0
2020 Slurve 6.2 0 4 1.8 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Sweeper 73.2 1 1 0.5 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .129 .176 .127 100.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 212 33.1 62 .235 .490 .384 22.0 24.2 25.4 .259 .501 .378 48.6
2019 Sinker -1.8 -2 126 19.7 35 .207 .241 .284 7.5 11.4 11.4 .218 .338 .317 20.0
2019 Slider -4.0 -4 112 17.5 23 .136 .273 .193 40.0 34.8 20.0 .119 .185 .151 7.1
2019 Curveball -1.6 -1 78 12.2 12 .167 .250 .179 19.0 33.3 21.1 .115 .158 .121 12.5
2019 Cutter -0.7 0 57 8.9 10 .222 .222 .250 20.8 20.0 11.1 .298 .515 .374 71.4
2019 Changeup 6.8 3 42 6.6 12 .333 .417 .404 47.6 41.7 27.8 .156 .202 .155 28.6
2019 Sweeper 4.0 0 8 1.3 3 .333 .333 .300 40.0 33.3 50.0 .127 .132 .114 0.0
2019 Split-Finger -8.9 0 5 0.8 3 .000 .000 .000 66.7 66.7 50.0 .083 .096 .075 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 102 336 1 -3 1 1 0
2010 318 1,157 -7 -8 11 6 3
2011 137 516 -1 -3 4 4 3
2013 61 247 2 -3 3 2 4
2014 162 633 -8 0 5 3 -1
2015 512 2,012 -3 -13 13 9 7
2016 392 1,591 -16 -9 18 8 1
2017 304 1,212 -11 -6 12 6 1
2018 403 1,655 -3 -10 20 9 16
2019 163 659 -10 -4 6 3 -6
2020 62 220 2 -4 3 1 2
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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 %
2015 2,003 51.6 62.1 86.1 19.2 62.9 43.5 26.9 41.3 19.1 7.6 70.4
2016 1,597 50.2 60.3 83.0 15.8 56.3 42.4 24.9 38.1 22.2 7.5 76.5
2017 1,212 51.1 62.5 81.9 19.1 55.8 44.1 26.0 41.3 23.8 7.9 75.0
2018 1,656 48.9 61.9 81.8 18.1 50.3 44.0 24.3 39.5 25.4 7.3 64.2
2019 640 51.1 63.6 82.7 20.4 50.0 43.8 31.9 42.5 24.6 9.1 70.7
2020 220 44.1 68.0 75.8 20.3 52.0 43.6 24.2 41.4 29.7 7.3 81.3
Player 7,328 50.3 62.0 83.2 18.3 55.9 43.5 26.1 40.3 22.7 7.7 71.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2015 59 54 48 43 74 40 39 38 83 53 53 69 63 98 36
2016 50 33 8 9 91 5 8 12 57 20 58 95 53 100 30
2017 45 20
2018 73 25 48 55 86 35 59 48 75 63 48 86 40 96 27
2019 48 19
2020 53 8
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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 %
2016 23.6 1 3.5 -3 5 4 0 0.0
2017 23.6 5 5.5 -1 4 4 3 60.0
2018 24.8 12 12.4 0 7 12 4 33.3
2019 23.7 3 2.6 0 4 1 2 66.7
2020 23.9 3 2.4 1 3 3 0 0.0
Player 24.2 24 26.3 -2 23 24 9 37.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 1 4 2 5 3 2 4 4 3 1 4 7 3 3 3 4 1 2 4 4 3 3 6 7 1 2 4 7 3 3 2
2017 5 4 3 7 7 7 7 6 6 4 6 8 4 4 6 6 5 5 5 7 5 4 9 6 5 3 5 8 5 5 3
2018 12 16 10 11 11 10 16 13 10 6 11 14 14 10 11 16 9 9 15 15 15 13 18 15 9 6 14 14 17 13 10
2019 3 4 2 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2
2020 3 4 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 3 3 0 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2
Player 24 32 18 29 26 24 33 27 24 14 26 35 25 22 25 30 19 21 28 31 29 26 42 31 19 14 28 35 31 26 19
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.2 86.5 -1.7 87.5 1.0 88.8 1.3 86.9 -1.9 89.0 2.1
Launch Angle 6.9 6.4 -0.5 6.6 0.2 16.3 9.7 12.0 -4.3 13.3 1.3
Barrel % 4.1 1.5 -2.6 4.5 3.0 8.3 3.8 5.9 -2.4 7.7 1.8
Hard Hit % 35.6 30.9 -4.7 31.8 0.9 39.8 8.0 31.7 -8.1 38.5 6.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.4 27.4 -6.0 36.3 8.9 35.8 -0.5 35.6 -0.2 38.5 2.9
xBA .257 .247 -0.010 .244 -0.003 .236 -0.008 .204 -0.032 .248 0.044
BA .295 .264 -0.031 .249 -0.015 .259 0.010 .213 -0.046 .245 0.032
xwOBA .325 .325 0.000 .318 -0.007 .346 0.028 .285 -0.061 .353 0.068
wOBA .341 .318 -0.023 .315 -0.003 .355 0.040 .285 -0.070 .351 0.066
xSLG .393 .341 -0.052 .376 0.035 .413 0.037 .348 -0.065 .447 0.099
SLG .401 .322 -0.079 .370 0.048 .431 0.061 .348 -0.083 .453 0.105
K% 18.4 18.3 -0.1 21.4 3.1 20.8 -0.6 25.6 4.8 22.6 -3.0
BB% 9.0 14.2 5.2 10.5 -3.7 12.6 2.1 8.1 -4.5 12.9 4.8
Swing % 41.3 38.1 -3.2 41.3 3.2 39.5 -1.8 42.5 3.0 41.4 -1.1
Whiff% 19.1 22.2 3.1 23.8 1.6 25.4 1.6 24.6 -0.8 29.7 5.1
In Zone % 51.6 50.2 -1.4 51.1 0.9 48.9 -2.2 51.1 2.2 44.1 -7.0
Out of Zone % 48.4 49.8 1.4 48.9 -0.9 51.1 2.2 48.9 -2.2 55.9 7.0
Out of Zone Swing % 19.2 15.8 -3.4 19.1 3.3 18.1 -1.0 20.4 2.3 20.3 -0.1
First Pitch Swing % 26.9 24.9 -2.0 26.0 1.1 24.3 -1.7 31.9 7.6 24.2 -7.7
First Pitch Strike % 60.8 57.3 -3.5 58.9 1.6 60.8 1.9 65.6 4.8 50.0 -15.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 373 1 0.3 .317 .000
2017 Shifts R 302 4 1.3 .313 .392
2018 Shifts R 403 15 3.7 .353 .408
2019 Shifts R 160 18 11.3 .284 .289
2020 Shifts R 62 16 25.8 .323 .432
! 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 262 18.0 24.8% 5.3% 312 24.0 1.0% 18.3%
2011 128 19.2 10.9% 1.6% 109 25.1 0.0% 18.3%
2012 4 25.3 0.0% 25.0% 0 -- -- --
2013 70 19.2 18.6% 1.4% 47 26.0 0.0% 17.0%
2014 223 21.4 2.7% 7.2% 95 26.1 0.0% 17.9%
2015 696 19.6 17.2% 8.9% 320 26.7 6.9% 31.3%
2016 505 19.9 18.2% 8.3% 315 27.2 4.1% 35.6%
2017 363 19.9 5.5% 3.9% 241 26.1 0.0% 21.6%
2018 470 19.2 7.4% 4.3% 365 25.2 0.0% 19.5%
2019 205 19.6 4.9% 2.9% 120 25.0 0.0% 13.3%
2020 78 20.2 3.8% 2.6% 32 25.8 0.0% 6.3%
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