Francisco Mejía
C | Bats/Throws: S/R | 5' 8" 188LBS | Age: 29
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 277 250 31 65 6 0 .260 .322 .416 .738
2022 299 289 32 70 6 0 .242 .264 .381 .645
2023 160 150 22 34 5 0 .227 .258 .400 .658
7 Seasons 1,098 1,023 124 244 29 1 .239 .284 .394 .678
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .260 6 0 .738
2022 .242 6 0 .645
2023 .227 5 0 .658
7 Seasons .239 29 1 .678
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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%
2017 21 45 10 0 0.0 0.0 94.4 104.5 5.7 10.0 .256 .300 .135 .244 .318 50.0 21.4 7.1
2018 22 239 37 3 8.1 4.8 86.7 103.1 8.8 29.7 .184 .307 .277 .258 .319 29.7 30.6 8.1
2019 23 902 171 8 4.7 3.3 88.4 109.6 19.7 31.6 .219 .368 .317 .276 .328 29.8 23.0 5.3
2020 24 160 30 0 0.0 0.0 81.5 100.3 23.4 36.7 .147 .211 .149 .193 .199 13.3 21.4 2.4
2021 25 1013 204 9 4.4 3.2 85.7 107.0 14.9 34.8 .230 .345 .320 .285 .305 28.9 17.7 6.1
2022 26 1094 225 6 2.7 2.0 86.8 108.5 15.7 39.1 .242 .329 .279 .262 .320 28.0 21.7 2.3
2023 27 578 115 5 4.3 3.1 87.5 107.5 18.9 33.0 .204 .319 .280 .243 .296 32.2 23.8 3.8
Player 4031 792 31 3.9 2.8 86.9 109.6 16.7 34.6 .222 .334 .291 .265 .309 29.0 21.8 4.6
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
2017 70.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 40.0 50.0 10.0 0.0 40.0 20.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 54.1 18.9 18.9 8.1 43.2 37.8 18.9 2.7 45.9 21.6 18.9 2.7 8.1 4.8
2019 37.4 26.3 23.4 12.9 45.6 31.0 23.4 1.8 25.7 35.1 24.6 7.0 4.7 3.3
2020 40.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 43.3 43.3 13.3 3.3 36.7 43.3 13.3 3.3 0.0 0.0
2021 42.6 23.0 22.1 12.3 40.2 32.8 27.0 6.9 30.4 30.9 23.0 4.4 4.4 3.2
2022 36.9 26.2 28.9 8.0 42.2 36.0 21.8 2.2 27.1 32.4 29.8 5.8 2.7 2.0
2023 37.4 27.0 24.3 11.3 47.8 34.8 17.4 2.6 27.8 37.4 20.9 7.0 4.3 3.1
Player 39.9 24.7 24.2 11.1 43.3 34.5 22.2 3.4 29.2 33.1 24.6 5.6 3.9 2.8
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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -2 153 26.5 43 .231 .385 .308 21.7 23.3 15.9 .188 .310 .242 33.3
2023 Changeup 2.5 3 100 17.3 29 .259 .444 .334 19.6 20.7 19.4 .276 .379 .295 31.8
2023 Slider -3.1 -3 96 16.6 28 .143 .357 .207 27.9 39.3 27.5 .185 .327 .217 35.3
2023 Curveball -3.3 -2 61 10.6 15 .214 .286 .218 14.7 13.3 9.5 .157 .298 .190 15.4
2023 Cutter 1.7 1 60 10.4 13 .231 .462 .292 25.0 30.8 23.5 .173 .289 .193 22.2
2023 Sinker -1.6 -1 50 8.7 17 .250 .438 .315 22.2 11.8 20.0 .182 .249 .215 28.6
2023 Split-Finger -0.9 0 31 5.4 10 .125 .250 .265 29.4 20.0 16.7 .149 .175 .255 33.3
2023 Sweeper -1.1 0 20 3.5 3 .333 .333 .300 9.1 33.3 14.3 .257 .384 .270 100.0
2023 Slurve -3.2 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -1 327 29.9 86 .235 .432 .306 26.9 25.6 20.2 .230 .341 .272 28.8
2022 Changeup -2.2 -4 185 16.9 54 .189 .208 .173 20.2 13.0 13.0 .233 .292 .232 14.9
2022 Slider -0.8 -1 165 15.1 48 .239 .348 .273 26.9 16.7 13.1 .280 .352 .296 31.6
2022 Curveball -1.9 -3 150 13.7 38 .263 .316 .255 24.4 36.8 25.9 .220 .270 .214 33.3
2022 Sinker 1.2 2 128 11.7 30 .357 .607 .430 20.3 10.0 9.1 .254 .361 .292 32.0
2022 Cutter 0.8 1 65 5.9 22 .273 .500 .368 19.6 22.7 38.5 .273 .415 .297 35.3
2022 Sweeper 0.6 0 41 3.7 11 .273 .364 .277 13.6 36.4 23.5 .242 .285 .230 28.6
2022 Split-Finger -7.9 -2 26 2.4 7 .000 .000 .000 21.1 28.6 18.2 .188 .216 .180 40.0
2022 Slurve 20.1 1 7 0.6 3 .333 1.333 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 .166 .506 .282 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 62 239 0 -1 -1 0 -2
2019 243 900 -7 -1 0 2 -6
2020 42 160 -3 -4 0 1 -5
2021 278 1,017 2 -3 1 5 5
2022 302 1,104 -8 -5 3 2 -9
2023 160 577 -4 -6 6 1 -3
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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 %
2017 45 28.9 84.6 81.8 53.1 64.7 48.9 23.1 62.2 28.6 8.9 75.0
2018 239 41.8 71.0 78.9 50.4 64.3 42.7 35.5 59.0 28.4 4.2 70.0
2019 902 44.4 70.0 78.6 46.0 68.3 43.3 42.6 56.7 25.6 5.7 80.4
2020 160 48.1 83.1 78.1 42.2 68.6 45.0 42.9 61.9 24.2 6.9 90.9
2021 1,013 45.2 70.3 85.1 43.1 71.5 39.3 34.3 55.4 20.5 6.5 71.2
2022 1,094 46.0 73.0 85.0 51.3 65.7 41.9 38.1 61.2 23.6 6.5 71.8
2023 578 48.2 71.2 83.3 48.8 69.9 42.8 35.6 59.5 22.1 6.9 82.5
Player 4,031 45.4 71.8 82.7 47.3 68.2 41.9 37.6 58.4 23.4 6.3 75.9
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
2017 40 63
2018 34 40
2019 68 58
2020 8 31
2021 45 50
2022 44 41
2023 31 24
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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 %
2018 21.7 3 2.7 0 0 2 1 33.3
2019 21.9 8 6.9 1 5 8 1 12.5
2020 -- 1 0.0 1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 23.5 6 5.8 0 5 3 3 50.0
2022 23.2 6 3.5 3 3 3 1 16.7
2023 23.1 5 5.2 0 3 6 0 0.0
Player 22.7 29 24.1 5 17 22 6 20.7
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2018 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3
2019 8 9 4 11 8 7 9 7 5 3 5 10 9 6 7 7 5 5 5 9 6 8 13 9 6 4 5 8 9 6 1
2020 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021 6 8 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 3 5 6 6 4 6 8 5 4 7 5 5 7 9 7 5 4 8 6 7 5 6
2022 6 3 1 5 5 4 5 4 3 2 2 6 2 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 2 6 5 2 2 6 3 2 4 2
2023 5 4 1 8 8 5 6 4 7 5 4 7 5 5 6 7 7 4 5 7 4 2 8 5 4 3 7 4 5 6 4
Player 29 27 13 32 29 23 29 23 23 15 19 32 25 21 26 29 23 18 24 28 21 22 39 29 19 15 29 23 26 25 16
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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 94.4 86.7 -7.7 88.4 1.7 81.5 -6.9 85.7 4.2 86.8 1.1 87.5 0.7
Launch Angle 5.7 8.8 3.1 19.7 10.9 23.4 3.7 14.9 -8.5 15.7 0.8 18.9 3.2
Barrel % 0.0 8.1 8.1 4.7 -3.4 0.0 -4.7 4.4 4.4 2.7 -1.7 4.3 1.6
Hard Hit % 50.0 29.7 -20.3 29.8 0.1 13.3 -16.5 28.9 15.6 28.0 -0.9 32.2 4.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 10.0 29.7 19.7 31.6 1.9 36.7 5.1 34.8 -1.9 39.1 4.3 33.0 -6.1
xBA .256 .184 -0.072 .219 0.035 .147 -0.072 .230 0.083 .242 0.012 .204 -0.038
BA .154 .179 0.025 .265 0.086 .077 -0.188 .260 0.183 .242 -0.018 .227 -0.015
xwOBA .244 .258 0.014 .276 0.018 .193 -0.083 .285 0.092 .262 -0.023 .243 -0.019
wOBA .135 .277 0.142 .317 0.040 .149 -0.168 .320 0.171 .279 -0.041 .280 0.001
xSLG .300 .307 0.007 .368 0.061 .211 -0.157 .345 0.134 .329 -0.016 .319 -0.010
SLG .154 .375 0.221 .438 0.063 .179 -0.259 .416 0.237 .381 -0.035 .400 0.019
K% 21.4 30.6 9.2 23.0 -7.6 21.4 -1.6 17.7 -3.7 21.7 4.0 23.8 2.1
BB% 7.1 8.1 1.0 5.3 -2.8 2.4 -2.9 6.1 3.7 2.3 -3.8 3.8 1.5
Swing % 62.2 59.0 -3.2 56.7 -2.3 61.9 5.2 55.4 -6.5 61.2 5.8 59.5 -1.7
Whiff% 28.6 28.4 -0.2 25.6 -2.8 24.2 -1.4 20.5 -3.7 23.6 3.1 22.1 -1.5
In Zone % 28.9 41.8 12.9 44.4 2.6 48.1 3.7 45.2 -2.9 46.0 0.8 48.2 2.2
Out of Zone % 71.1 58.2 -12.9 55.6 -2.6 51.9 -3.7 54.8 2.9 54.0 -0.8 51.8 -2.2
Out of Zone Swing % 53.1 50.4 -2.7 46.0 -4.4 42.2 -3.8 43.1 0.9 51.3 8.2 48.8 -2.5
First Pitch Swing % 23.1 35.5 12.4 42.6 7.1 42.9 0.3 34.3 -8.6 38.1 3.8 35.6 -2.5
First Pitch Strike % 30.8 61.3 30.5 65.2 3.9 61.9 -3.3 63.9 2.0 66.9 3.0 70.6 3.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts L 7 0 0.0 .125
2017 Shifts R 6 0 0.0 .146
2018 Shifts L 32 7 21.9 .367 .197
2018 Shifts R 30 0 0.0 .220
2019 Shifts L 177 92 52.0 .369 .283
2019 Shifts R 66 5 7.6 .297 .312
2020 Shifts L 29 15 51.7 .256 .095
2020 Shifts R 13 1 7.7 .103 .000
2021 Shifts L 160 129 80.6 .343 .306
2021 Shifts R 115 3 2.6 .325 .414
2022 Shifts L 211 183 86.7 .267 .238
2022 Shifts R 86 2 2.3 .372 .000
2023 Shades L 127 74 58.3 .216 .341
2023 Shades R 33 2 6.1 .230 .441
! 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 %
2017 5 15.0 60.0% 0.0% 8 18.5 12.5% 0.0%
2018 53 16.5 37.7% 1.9% 31 22.6 0.0% 3.2%
2019 214 18.9 13.1% 2.3% 123 23.4 0.0% 11.4%
2020 39 18.4 12.8% 0.0% 13 25.1 0.0% 7.7%
2021 288 19.2 5.6% 2.8% 93 24.3 0.0% 12.9%
2022 262 18.2 14.1% 3.4% 119 23.4 0.8% 15.1%
2023 133 14.9 51.1% 0.8% 63 19.3 12.7% 0.0%
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