Geovany Soto
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 225LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2001 | Rd: 11, #318, Chicago Cubs | American Military Academy HS (Rio Piedras, PR)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 210 187 20 41 9 0 .219 .301 .406 .707
2016 86 78 11 21 4 0 .269 .321 .487 .808
2017 48 42 5 8 3 0 .190 .271 .405 .676
13 Seasons 2,876 2,522 308 619 108 3 .245 .330 .435 .765
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .219 9 0 .707
2016 .269 4 0 .808
2017 .190 3 0 .676
13 Seasons .245 108 3 .765
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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 32 875 125 9 7.2 4.3 90.1 108.1 13.4 32.0 .226 .416 .311 .321 .423 42.4 30.0 10.0
2016 33 293 59 5 8.5 5.8 87.9 107.8 13.8 44.1 .298 .496 .345 .362 .464 30.5 24.4 7.0
2017 34 188 33 4 12.1 8.3 90.7 108.1 18.2 39.4 .294 .567 .288 .391 .462 39.4 20.8 8.3
Player 1356 217 18 8.3 5.2 89.6 108.1 14.3 36.4 .254 .458 .316 .341 .440 38.7 27.3 9.0
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 38.4 26.4 31.2 4.0 34.4 44.0 21.6 2.4 28.8 21.6 24.8 10.4 7.2 4.3
2016 39.0 10.2 44.1 6.8 40.7 32.2 27.1 0.0 25.4 22.0 32.2 5.1 8.5 5.8
2017 33.3 27.3 30.3 9.1 39.4 33.3 27.3 3.0 24.2 30.3 24.2 6.1 12.1 8.3
Player 37.8 22.1 34.6 5.5 36.9 39.2 24.0 1.8 27.2 23.0 26.7 8.3 8.3 5.2
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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 -2 68 36.2 22 .238 .381 .286 11.8 13.6 20.0 .347 .536 .387 50.0
2017 Slider 3.6 1 39 20.7 11 .200 .500 .264 47.4 36.4 30.8 .289 .584 .352 14.3
2017 Sinker 0.7 0 34 18.1 7 .200 .800 .486 30.0 0.0 0.0 .380 1.292 .678 60.0
2017 Changeup -3.9 -1 23 12.2 5 .000 .000 .140 50.0 40.0 22.2 .052 .060 .178 0.0
2017 Curveball 3.2 1 17 9.0 2 .000 .000 .350 66.7 50.0 20.0 -- -- .350 --
2017 Cutter 0.8 0 7 3.7 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .044 .044 .045 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 545 2,187 2 -15 19 10 15
2009 384 1,485 -18 -10 13 7 -7
2010 383 1,544 3 -3 14 7 21
2011 466 1,854 -9 -11 13 8 1
2012 362 1,404 -5 -16 6 5 -11
2013 184 777 -5 5 6 2 7
2014 88 363 -4 -1 3 1 -2
2015 209 872 -3 -8 4 3 -3
2016 86 293 2 -3 2 0 2
2017 48 188 -4 2 1 1 0
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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 875 49.9 57.0 80.2 19.5 43.5 43.0 21.9 38.2 29.0 9.1 68.4
2016 293 58.0 54.7 76.3 29.3 61.1 43.3 26.7 44.0 27.1 8.5 72.0
2017 188 48.9 68.5 77.8 17.7 41.2 36.7 25.0 42.6 30.0 7.4 85.7
Player 1,356 51.5 58.0 79.0 21.0 47.8 42.2 23.5 40.0 28.7 8.7 71.2
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 61 23
2016 57 32
2017 60 23
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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 21.7 4 4.0 0 1 1 3 75.0
2017 22.8 3 2.0 1 2 1 1 33.3
Player 22.0 7 6.0 1 3 2 4 57.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 4
2017 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 2
Player 7 6 6 6 5 6 7 6 4 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 8 6 6 6
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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.1 87.9 -2.2 ↓ 90.7 2.8 ↑
Launch Angle 13.4 13.8 0.4 ↑ 18.2 4.4 ↑
Barrel % 7.2 8.5 1.3 ↑ 12.1 3.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 42.4 30.5 -11.9 ↓ 39.4 8.9 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.0 44.1 12.1 ↑ 39.4 -4.7 ↓
xBA .226 .298 0.072 ↑ .294 -0.004 ↓
BA .219 .269 0.050 ↑ .190 -0.079 ↓
xwOBA .321 .362 0.041 ↑ .391 0.029 ↑
wOBA .311 .345 0.034 ↑ .288 -0.057 ↓
xSLG .416 .496 0.080 ↑ .567 0.071 ↑
SLG .406 .487 0.081 ↑ .405 -0.082 ↓
K% 30.0 24.4 -5.6 ↓ 20.8 -3.6 ↓
BB% 10.0 7.0 -3.0 ↓ 8.3 1.3 ↑
Swing % 38.2 44.0 5.8 ↑ 42.6 -1.4 ↓
Whiff% 29.0 27.1 -1.9 ↓ 30.0 2.9 ↑
In Zone % 49.9 58.0 8.1 ↑ 48.9 -9.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.1 42.0 -8.1 ↓ 51.1 9.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 19.5 29.3 9.8 ↑ 17.7 -11.6 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 21.9 26.7 4.8 ↑ 25.0 -1.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.5 65.1 4.6 ↑ 58.3 -6.8 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 84 17 20.2 .375 .269
2017 Shifts R 48 1 2.1 .294 .000
! 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 493 15.0 48.7% 2.8% 323 22.0 3.4% 10.2%
2011 552 14.9 51.6% 1.1% 374 21.1 3.7% 7.5%
2012 419 15.0 49.2% 1.2% 252 21.5 3.2% 5.2%
2013 284 15.2 47.2% 1.8% 129 21.2 2.3% 7.0%
2014 90 13.9 60.0% 0.0% 97 21.6 6.2% 8.2%
2015 295 16.7 34.2% 4.1% 165 22.1 9.1% 13.9%
2016 83 16.0 38.6% 4.8% 55 23.7 9.1% 14.5%
2017 58 17.0 34.5% 0.0% 32 22.0 0.0% 3.1%
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