Gary Sánchez
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 258LBS | Age: 31
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 440 383 54 78 23 0 .204 .307 .423 .730
2022 471 419 42 86 16 2 .205 .282 .377 .659
2023 267 240 33 52 19 0 .217 .288 .492 .780
9 Seasons 2,932 2,591 374 582 173 6 .225 .309 .469 .778
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .204 23 0 .730
2022 .205 16 2 .659
2023 .217 19 0 .780
9 Seasons .225 173 6 .778
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting 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%
2015 22 8 1 0 0.0 0.0 96.9 96.9 68.9 0.0 .004 .006 .000 .004 .008 100.0 50.0 0.0
2016 23 941 146 23 15.8 10.0 92.7 113.1 7.9 36.3 .272 .567 .425 .392 .495 48.6 24.9 10.5
2017 24 2031 355 42 11.8 8.0 90.8 115.7 13.1 33.5 .288 .552 .368 .385 .472 42.9 22.9 7.6
2018 25 1531 231 32 13.9 8.6 90.3 121.1 14.2 29.4 .221 .468 .304 .343 .409 41.6 25.1 12.3
2019 26 1879 272 52 19.1 11.7 91.0 118.3 19.2 33.8 .251 .564 .346 .373 .489 41.9 28.0 9.0
2020 27 774 92 16 17.4 9.0 91.8 117.5 19.2 29.3 .193 .430 .271 .314 .440 50.0 36.0 10.1
2021 28 1845 262 36 13.7 8.2 89.5 113.4 20.5 34.4 .228 .452 .314 .336 .417 42.0 27.5 11.8
2022 29 1881 288 39 13.5 8.3 90.5 115.1 14.0 29.2 .220 .439 .290 .321 .412 49.3 28.9 8.5
2023 30 1091 175 27 15.4 10.1 90.1 115.1 16.5 27.4 .233 .502 .329 .343 .424 44.6 25.1 7.9
Player 11981 1822 267 14.7 9.1 90.6 121.1 15.6 31.9 .242 .499 .331 .352 .444 44.5 26.8 9.6
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.




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 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 49.3 18.5 24.0 8.2 48.6 35.6 15.1 1.4 37.7 15.8 24.0 5.5 15.8 10.0
2017 42.8 23.1 24.5 9.6 44.5 40.3 15.2 2.5 31.0 21.1 26.5 6.8 11.8 8.0
2018 43.3 26.4 17.7 12.6 45.0 36.8 18.2 2.6 34.2 26.8 15.6 6.9 13.9 8.6
2019 32.4 32.7 22.8 12.1 47.8 31.3 21.0 1.8 24.6 30.9 19.1 4.4 19.1 11.7
2020 38.0 30.4 20.7 10.9 52.2 28.3 19.6 4.3 23.9 31.5 15.2 6.5 17.4 9.0
2021 35.9 31.3 20.6 12.2 54.6 26.3 19.1 3.1 24.8 32.1 21.0 5.3 13.7 8.2
2022 43.8 29.9 18.4 8.0 47.9 29.2 22.9 7.6 26.4 27.1 19.1 5.9 13.5 8.3
2023 41.1 33.1 15.4 10.3 44.0 38.9 17.1 4.6 29.1 28.0 17.7 5.1 15.4 10.1
Player 40.6 28.2 20.7 10.5 47.7 33.6 18.6 3.5 28.8 26.6 20.4 5.8 14.7 9.1
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.

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 2.9 8 266 24.4 74 .284 .582 .408 21.4 23.0 19.8 .272 .618 .400 50.0
2023 Slider -0.5 -1 259 23.7 59 .212 .500 .319 34.9 25.4 20.8 .199 .431 .304 28.2
2023 Sinker 0.0 0 220 20.2 55 .182 .364 .356 15.1 18.2 21.7 .252 .442 .374 50.0
2023 Changeup 4.8 4 94 8.6 23 .261 .913 .513 42.3 47.8 26.2 .208 .634 .342 50.0
2023 Curveball -1.6 -1 88 8.1 16 .188 .438 .259 34.4 31.3 20.8 .166 .369 .221 18.2
2023 Cutter -3.4 -3 80 7.3 25 .130 .304 .222 30.6 16.0 19.0 .257 .566 .372 63.2
2023 Sweeper -1.1 -1 66 6.0 11 .182 .182 .164 25.0 36.4 16.7 .235 .301 .232 57.1
2023 Split-Finger -5.5 -1 16 1.5 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 33.3 14.3 .081 .081 .076 0.0
2023 Slurve 2.5 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 2 514 27.3 143 .250 .476 .359 21.4 21.7 18.2 .286 .645 .434 57.0
2022 Slider -1.7 -9 512 27.2 127 .155 .259 .206 43.8 39.4 29.4 .154 .238 .206 44.9
2022 Sinker 0.6 2 277 14.7 75 .262 .431 .363 10.5 12.0 15.3 .258 .500 .373 41.1
2022 Curveball 0.9 2 187 9.9 40 .222 .444 .304 36.1 32.5 22.0 .218 .417 .297 62.5
2022 Changeup 0.7 1 167 8.9 32 .107 .250 .217 39.1 53.1 32.7 .160 .286 .253 45.5
2022 Cutter 0.1 0 153 8.1 37 .206 .412 .276 30.0 18.9 21.9 .241 .543 .343 42.9
2022 Sweeper 1.0 1 55 2.9 12 .182 .364 .291 45.0 41.7 45.5 .141 .184 .189 50.0
2022 Split-Finger -5.9 -1 15 0.8 4 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2022 Knuckleball -59.2 -1 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .084 .102 .081 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 2 679 36.8 156 .187 .455 .327 29.2 28.8 21.7 .213 .478 .345 47.2
2021 Slider -0.1 0 361 19.6 86 .187 .400 .303 39.5 30.2 21.1 .228 .425 .330 36.7
2021 Sinker -2.4 -6 268 14.5 67 .219 .344 .263 10.4 14.9 18.2 .242 .392 .289 33.3
2021 Changeup 0.5 1 184 10.0 50 .195 .317 .324 46.7 30.0 24.6 .189 .293 .295 46.2
2021 Cutter 1.1 2 155 8.4 38 .265 .559 .383 20.5 23.7 19.1 .334 .761 .481 56.0
2021 Curveball 0.6 1 151 8.2 29 .269 .500 .364 26.7 41.4 24.0 .233 .438 .327 35.7
2021 Split-Finger -2.4 -1 27 1.5 7 .000 .000 .100 31.3 42.9 37.5 .012 .013 .109 0.0
2021 Sweeper 9.2 2 17 0.9 3 .500 2.000 .900 12.5 0.0 0.0 .390 1.359 .701 50.0
2021 Slurve -8.6 0 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 241 31.1 61 .154 .481 .323 45.0 45.9 32.9 .187 .495 .341 66.7
2020 Slider -4.7 -8 165 21.3 37 .111 .194 .146 39.2 45.9 24.3 .134 .256 .178 21.1
2020 Sinker 0.7 1 112 14.5 26 .263 .526 .448 17.9 11.5 20.0 .279 .565 .450 56.3
2020 Curveball -3.3 -3 96 12.4 24 .125 .250 .158 29.3 37.5 26.5 .229 .459 .288 53.3
2020 Cutter -1.5 -1 71 9.2 13 .111 .111 .285 12.9 0.0 0.0 .222 .361 .388 44.4
2020 Changeup -2.7 -2 59 7.6 12 .083 .333 .167 28.6 33.3 22.2 .179 .380 .234 50.0
2020 Split-Finger 10.7 2 21 2.7 4 .333 1.333 .675 30.0 50.0 20.0 .224 .882 .511 100.0
2020 Sweeper -2.3 0 9 1.2 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -3 599 31.9 129 .190 .526 .343 33.6 34.9 24.5 .239 .648 .395 51.4
2019 Slider 1.0 4 419 22.3 104 .234 .500 .363 42.6 30.8 23.0 .272 .552 .376 35.5
2019 Sinker 4.5 11 256 13.6 63 .389 .815 .533 13.1 12.7 14.8 .383 .806 .517 56.5
2019 Curveball 0.8 2 222 11.8 47 .239 .348 .264 33.9 36.2 25.0 .185 .281 .207 27.6
2019 Changeup 0.5 1 188 10.0 47 .231 .564 .412 24.5 12.8 10.7 .196 .486 .350 27.3
2019 Cutter -3.1 -4 125 6.7 35 .133 .333 .266 39.3 28.6 32.3 .168 .412 .301 40.0
2019 Split-Finger 1.9 1 38 2.0 10 .222 .667 .395 23.8 30.0 18.8 .385 .873 .532 50.0
2019 Sweeper -1.7 0 16 0.9 4 .250 .500 .313 75.0 75.0 50.0 .040 .067 .044 0.0
2019 Knuckleball -8.4 -1 14 0.7 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 33.3 16.7 .150 .168 .135 50.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 7 413 27.0 104 .212 .518 .390 23.3 23.1 22.9 .245 .620 .429 54.1
2018 Slider -2.6 -10 362 23.6 89 .167 .250 .201 39.8 31.5 26.4 .219 .356 .272 42.1
2018 Sinker 0.4 1 287 18.7 72 .211 .526 .377 11.3 12.5 12.3 .245 .532 .396 32.7
2018 Curveball -0.4 -1 180 11.8 35 .133 .267 .270 43.9 31.4 21.2 .160 .313 .273 42.1
2018 Changeup -0.5 -1 144 9.4 36 .188 .469 .318 38.4 30.6 22.4 .161 .371 .276 28.6
2018 Cutter 1.5 1 101 6.6 25 .250 .542 .346 23.3 32.0 30.8 .292 .653 .408 50.0
2018 Split-Finger -4.8 -1 17 1.1 7 .000 .000 .100 42.9 28.6 40.0 .123 .137 .195 25.0
2018 Sweeper -7.1 -1 12 0.8 4 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .098 .106 .093 0.0
2018 Knuckleball -2.4 0 7 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2018 Slurve -2.6 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 2.3 15 636 31.3 148 .283 .606 .421 22.3 23.6 17.8 .280 .621 .423 52.7
2017 Slider 1.6 7 429 21.1 125 .325 .550 .402 36.7 24.8 23.3 .308 .504 .358 32.6
2017 Sinker -0.7 -3 374 18.4 90 .253 .373 .337 17.7 10.0 11.8 .345 .597 .441 50.0
2017 Curveball -1.8 -4 229 11.3 55 .154 .192 .215 36.2 32.7 24.0 .191 .224 .208 26.5
2017 Changeup 5.3 9 164 8.1 52 .341 .864 .515 35.2 26.9 29.8 .305 .809 .480 48.4
2017 Cutter 2.7 3 123 6.1 35 .257 .657 .403 30.8 20.0 28.0 .248 .507 .312 35.7
2017 Split-Finger 3.6 2 49 2.4 8 .375 .750 .475 26.9 25.0 11.8 .439 1.078 .622 66.7
2017 Slurve 2.1 0 19 0.9 9 .250 .250 .278 41.7 44.4 33.3 .123 .149 .182 25.0
2017 Sweeper -5.2 0 6 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 0.0 0.0 .500 .553 .455 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 227 933 11 -2 3 2 14
2017 578 2,229 16 -11 12 10 26
2018 393 1,606 -7 -12 8 6 -5
2019 479 2,053 0 -14 12 9 7
2020 187 808 -10 -7 1 5 -12
2021 438 1,846 -11 -13 13 10 -1
2022 471 1,881 -8 -16 12 9 -3
2023 267 1,091 -1 -4 7 3 5
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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 8 62.5 100.0 60.0 33.3 0.0 37.5 50.0 75.0 50.0 12.5 100.0
2016 941 45.1 60.8 81.8 31.1 49.7 43.1 25.8 44.5 30.5 7.2 64.7
2017 2,031 45.6 66.1 80.6 32.5 56.0 39.9 29.2 47.9 28.5 6.7 68.1
2018 1,531 43.2 62.5 82.0 29.9 53.3 42.1 24.3 43.9 29.2 6.3 59.4
2019 1,879 42.1 59.0 79.2 33.0 52.6 42.6 21.8 44.0 32.3 5.5 62.1
2020 774 44.7 61.6 77.9 29.2 45.6 40.6 21.3 43.7 34.0 7.1 61.8
2021 1,845 48.1 64.5 76.7 25.3 56.2 42.2 20.8 44.1 29.4 6.1 70.8
2022 1,881 47.8 60.7 79.5 28.7 49.3 39.8 25.9 44.0 30.8 9.6 66.7
2023 1,091 48.9 57.8 83.4 26.5 49.3 41.6 17.6 41.8 27.6 8.5 64.5
Player 11,981 45.7 62.0 79.9 29.8 52.3 41.4 23.9 44.5 30.1 7.0 65.4
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2016 90 38
2017 93 90 95 93 77 89 89 93 98 86 29 39 21 17 34
2018 70 9 78 93 49 68 95 77 100 72 21 86 19 37 28
2019 88 39 93 97 58 92 99 82 100 67 12 55 11 24 23
2020 33 4 53 84 16 78 97 89 100 92 2 64 11 39 12
2021 60 16 65 78 51 68 86 53 89 56 14 85 20 65 22
2022 56 12 76 89 26 76 92 78 97 92 10 53 14 55 9
2023 95 6
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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 24.7 20 21.3 -1 2 9 14 70.0
2017 24.6 36 34.0 2 9 17 20 55.6
2018 25.1 20 22.6 -3 8 13 12 60.0
2019 24.7 35 32.6 2 6 12 23 65.7
2020 26.4 11 10.4 1 3 3 8 72.7
2021 26.0 23 22.2 1 5 10 15 65.2
2022 25.5 16 17.6 -2 7 11 8 50.0
2023 25.0 19 19.1 0 6 12 9 47.4
Player 25.1 180 179.8 0 46 87 109 60.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 20 24 18 21 20 19 23 20 18 19 21 19 22 22 22 21 18 20 24 23 23 22 23 24 21 21 20 23 24 23 20
2017 36 34 30 33 36 34 36 35 28 31 35 36 35 32 32 35 31 31 35 33 34 36 39 36 33 32 32 41 39 37 28
2018 20 27 22 18 25 21 25 22 20 17 24 25 25 18 19 23 19 20 23 27 25 25 28 25 17 17 20 25 29 24 22
2019 35 37 28 33 35 34 34 34 28 26 31 32 34 34 34 33 31 32 31 34 34 31 38 34 31 33 29 36 34 32 31
2020 11 12 12 11 11 10 11 10 11 9 9 11 8 9 10 9 10 10 11 13 10 11 13 11 9 9 10 12 11 10 9
2021 23 23 20 24 25 22 24 23 20 20 20 24 22 21 22 21 21 22 22 23 23 21 26 22 22 20 25 24 22 22 21
2022 16 17 16 19 20 18 20 16 13 15 16 18 18 16 18 22 19 19 16 17 16 16 22 19 15 16 22 20 18 17 15
2023 19 15 16 18 21 18 21 17 18 17 18 20 20 19 21 21 22 20 20 19 19 18 23 21 17 18 18 20 21 19 18
Player 180 189 162 177 193 176 194 177 156 154 174 185 184 171 178 185 171 174 182 189 184 180 212 192 165 166 176 201 198 184 164
! 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 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 96.9 92.7 -4.2 90.8 -1.9 90.3 -0.5 91.0 0.7 91.8 0.8 89.5 -2.3 90.5 1.0 90.1 -0.4
Launch Angle 68.9 7.9 -61.0 13.1 5.2 14.2 1.1 19.2 5.0 19.2 0.0 20.5 1.3 14.0 -6.5 16.5 2.5
Barrel % 0.0 15.8 15.8 11.8 -4.0 13.9 2.1 19.1 5.2 17.4 -1.7 13.7 -3.7 13.5 -0.2 15.4 1.9
Hard Hit % 100.0 48.6 -51.4 42.9 -5.7 41.6 -1.3 41.9 0.3 50.0 8.1 42.0 -8.0 49.3 7.3 44.6 -4.7
Sweet Spot % 0.0 36.3 36.3 33.5 -2.8 29.4 -4.1 33.8 4.4 29.3 -4.5 34.4 5.1 29.2 -5.2 27.4 -1.8
xBA .004 .272 0.268 .288 0.016 .221 -0.067 .251 0.030 .193 -0.058 .228 0.035 .220 -0.008 .233 0.013
BA .000 .299 0.299 .278 -0.021 .186 -0.092 .232 0.046 .147 -0.085 .204 0.057 .205 0.001 .217 0.012
xwOBA .004 .392 0.388 .385 -0.007 .343 -0.042 .373 0.030 .314 -0.059 .336 0.022 .321 -0.015 .343 0.022
wOBA .000 .425 0.425 .368 -0.057 .304 -0.064 .346 0.042 .271 -0.075 .314 0.043 .290 -0.024 .329 0.039
xSLG .006 .567 0.561 .552 -0.015 .468 -0.084 .564 0.096 .430 -0.134 .452 0.022 .439 -0.013 .502 0.063
SLG .000 .657 0.657 .531 -0.126 .406 -0.125 .525 0.119 .365 -0.160 .423 0.058 .377 -0.046 .492 0.115
K% 50.0 24.9 -25.1 22.9 -2.0 25.1 2.2 28.0 2.9 36.0 8.0 27.5 -8.5 28.9 1.4 25.1 -3.8
BB% 0.0 10.5 10.5 7.6 -2.9 12.3 4.7 9.0 -3.3 10.1 1.1 11.8 1.7 8.5 -3.3 7.9 -0.6
Swing % 75.0 44.5 -30.5 47.9 3.4 43.9 -4.0 44.0 0.1 43.7 -0.3 44.1 0.4 44.0 -0.1 41.8 -2.2
Whiff% 50.0 30.5 -19.5 28.5 -2.0 29.2 0.7 32.3 3.1 34.0 1.7 29.4 -4.6 30.8 1.4 27.6 -3.2
In Zone % 62.5 45.1 -17.4 45.6 0.5 43.2 -2.4 42.1 -1.1 44.7 2.6 48.1 3.4 47.8 -0.3 48.9 1.1
Out of Zone % 37.5 54.9 17.4 54.4 -0.5 56.8 2.4 57.9 1.1 55.3 -2.6 51.9 -3.4 52.2 0.3 51.1 -1.1
Out of Zone Swing % 33.3 31.1 -2.2 32.5 1.4 29.9 -2.6 33.0 3.1 29.2 -3.8 25.3 -3.9 28.7 3.4 26.5 -2.2
First Pitch Swing % 50.0 25.8 -24.2 29.2 3.4 24.3 -4.9 21.8 -2.5 21.3 -0.5 20.8 -0.5 25.9 5.1 17.6 -8.3
First Pitch Strike % 50.0 58.1 8.1 55.7 -2.4 55.1 -0.6 56.0 0.9 56.7 0.7 53.8 -2.9 59.7 5.9 55.1 -4.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 226 70 31.0 .355 .587
2017 Shifts R 524 174 33.2 .361 .381
2018 Shifts R 374 173 46.3 .255 .361
2019 Shifts R 432 293 67.8 .236 .403
2020 Shifts R 177 102 57.6 .344 .219
2021 Shifts R 432 238 55.1 .293 .335
2022 Shifts R 471 344 73.0 .252 .304
2023 Shades R 267 44 16.5 .320 .378
! 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 %
2015 1 14.3 100.0% 0.0% 0 -- -- --
2016 272 18.1 25.4% 8.1% 161 25.5 3.1% 25.5%
2017 499 19.3 12.8% 5.2% 406 24.5 0.2% 20.0%
2018 409 19.5 6.1% 9.8% 314 25.5 0.3% 27.4%
2019 564 19.8 7.4% 6.7% 319 26.1 0.3% 27.6%
2020 214 19.1 11.7% 8.4% 151 23.8 1.3% 14.6%
2021 580 19.3 10.5% 5.9% 301 23.4 0.0% 15.9%
2022 509 18.1 20.6% 5.1% 389 23.2 0.0% 12.9%
2023 301 15.6 40.5% 1.0% 218 18.2 5.5% 0.9%
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Statcast Rankings