Gorkys Hernández
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 196LBS | Age: 36
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 348 310 40 79 0 12 .255 .327 .326 .653
2018 451 414 52 97 15 8 .234 .285 .391 .676
2019 57 49 5 7 0 1 .143 .218 .245 .463
6 Seasons 1,091 988 122 227 20 29 .230 .292 .351 .643
AVG HR SB OPS
2017 .255 0 12 .653
2018 .234 15 8 .676
2019 .143 0 1 .463
6 Seasons .230 20 29 .643
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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
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 27 13 5 0 0.0 0.0 78.3 88.1 -16.2 0.0 .138 .148 .000 .143 .143 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 28 223 43 2 4.7 3.5 90.1 107.6 16.4 39.5 .273 .474 .324 .336 .404 46.5 19.3 5.3
2017 29 1416 241 4 1.7 1.1 85.2 108.9 9.3 31.1 .240 .328 .288 .286 .321 26.1 21.0 8.9
2018 30 1772 307 23 7.5 5.1 87.5 108.5 12.6 30.0 .239 .398 .292 .301 .374 35.8 25.1 6.0
2019 31 238 38 1 2.6 1.8 80.5 106.8 11.5 34.2 .210 .323 .204 .274 .324 23.7 24.6 8.8
Player 3662 634 30 4.7 3.3 86.3 108.9 11.3 31.1 .239 .371 .285 .295 .351 31.9 23.0 7.2
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 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 20.0 40.0 20.0 80.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 44.2 20.9 27.9 7.0 34.9 32.6 32.6 2.3 20.9 27.9 25.6 9.3 4.7 3.5
2017 48.5 16.6 25.7 9.1 32.4 39.8 27.8 5.0 35.7 23.2 26.1 5.4 1.7 1.1
2018 49.8 19.5 20.5 10.1 34.5 39.7 25.4 5.5 34.9 22.5 23.5 5.5 7.5 5.1
2019 50.0 21.1 18.4 10.5 26.3 50.0 23.7 10.5 28.9 18.4 21.1 13.2 2.6 1.8
Player 49.4 18.5 22.7 9.5 33.3 39.7 26.8 5.5 34.2 22.7 24.3 6.2 4.7 3.3
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 %
2019 4-Seam Fastball -2.5 -2 98 41.2 19 .176 .412 .289 28.0 21.1 11.4 .253 .481 .345 30.8
2019 Sinker 1.3 0 35 14.7 11 .375 .375 .378 25.0 18.2 22.2 .216 .241 .254 12.5
2019 Slider -5.4 -2 32 13.4 6 .000 .000 .000 23.8 16.7 7.1 .319 .482 .377 60.0
2019 Changeup -1.6 0 31 13.0 9 .125 .250 .217 35.3 11.1 20.0 .175 .233 .229 14.3
2019 Curveball -6.5 -1 21 8.8 7 .000 .000 .000 50.0 57.1 57.1 .159 .170 .146 0.0
2019 Cutter -2.3 0 17 7.1 4 .000 .000 .175 50.0 50.0 28.6 .034 .036 .200 0.0
2019 Sweeper -14.5 0 2 0.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2019 Split-Finger 0.0 0 1 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -6 679 38.3 161 .218 .387 .302 25.5 28.6 19.6 .240 .455 .329 39.0
2018 Sinker -1.4 -5 328 18.5 94 .250 .321 .301 21.4 16.0 21.4 .269 .369 .318 38.6
2018 Slider -1.0 -3 279 15.7 80 .228 .354 .268 37.3 27.5 20.6 .228 .346 .253 29.8
2018 Curveball 1.1 2 181 10.2 35 .324 .647 .416 44.3 31.4 20.0 .277 .543 .356 43.5
2018 Changeup -0.8 -1 162 9.1 47 .250 .409 .333 36.7 23.4 18.6 .227 .349 .282 29.4
2018 Cutter -2.4 -2 97 5.5 27 .185 .444 .261 24.5 22.2 27.3 .156 .244 .173 28.6
2018 Split-Finger -2.8 -1 32 1.8 3 .000 .000 .000 31.3 33.3 6.7 .240 .474 .302 50.0
2018 Sweeper 8.8 1 10 0.6 3 .000 .000 .467 50.0 33.3 25.0 -- -- .467 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -11 624 44.1 155 .255 .336 .292 21.3 18.1 15.4 .223 .305 .276 26.8
2017 Slider 0.9 2 211 14.9 54 .275 .353 .292 31.7 33.3 19.4 .243 .313 .266 27.3
2017 Sinker 0.1 0 209 14.8 50 .300 .375 .389 17.9 10.0 10.9 .308 .459 .397 36.1
2017 Curveball -0.9 -1 134 9.5 27 .154 .231 .185 36.7 33.3 18.8 .164 .222 .184 17.6
2017 Changeup 0.3 0 92 6.5 20 .250 .250 .270 28.6 20.0 12.5 .270 .307 .251 12.5
2017 Cutter -1.5 -1 80 5.6 25 .292 .375 .308 25.5 16.0 14.8 .308 .465 .344 20.0
2017 Sweeper -4.8 -1 25 1.8 5 .000 .000 .000 30.8 40.0 16.7 .119 .168 .107 33.3
2017 Split-Finger -5.9 -1 17 1.2 3 .000 .000 .000 45.5 66.7 25.0 .037 .045 .035 0.0
2017 Knuckleball 8.1 1 14 1.0 4 .667 .667 .625 33.3 25.0 25.0 .253 .270 .345 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 173 706 -11 -1 3 2 -7
2016 63 247 0 -4 0 1 -3
2017 344 1,407 -4 -20 7 6 -12
2018 450 1,768 -8 -21 8 7 -15
2019 57 237 -3 -3 -1 1 -6
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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 13 38.5 80.0 100.0 50.0 75.0 46.2 40.0 61.5 0.0 7.7 100.0
2016 223 52.5 65.0 84.2 32.1 50.0 37.2 31.6 49.3 22.7 9.9 77.3
2017 1,416 49.2 70.1 81.9 26.3 45.7 42.2 31.2 47.7 24.9 7.7 80.6
2018 1,772 49.7 72.0 78.0 29.6 44.9 43.6 31.9 50.6 29.5 6.9 82.8
2019 238 43.7 76.9 82.5 32.8 45.5 43.3 31.6 52.1 30.6 5.0 100.0
Player 3,662 49.2 71.1 80.2 28.8 45.8 42.6 31.7 49.6 27.3 7.3 82.3
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 56 87
2017 9 22 4 5 36 2 4 9 67 12 45 54 39 56 94 91
2018 23 30 39 43 13 42 55 27 62 41 21 18 15 40 84 75
2019 48 91
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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 21.3 2 2.0 0 1 1 1 50.0
2017 -- 0 0.8 -1 7 1 0 --
2018 21.6 15 13.7 1 9 10 6 40.0
2019 -- 0 0.3 0 3 0 0 --
Player 21.5 17 16.8 0 20 12 7 41.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 1
2017 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0
2018 15 15 10 11 14 11 15 12 11 10 12 16 20 12 14 15 13 14 14 16 15 15 18 16 10 11 12 15 17 14 12
2019 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Player 17 18 13 16 18 13 20 15 12 12 14 24 23 15 16 17 14 16 17 20 18 18 24 19 13 13 15 21 20 17 13
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 78.3 90.1 11.8 85.2 -4.9 87.5 2.3 80.5 -7.0
Launch Angle -16.2 16.4 32.6 9.3 -7.1 12.6 3.3 11.5 -1.1
Barrel % 0.0 4.7 4.7 1.7 -3.0 7.5 5.8 2.6 -4.9
Hard Hit % 0.0 46.5 46.5 26.1 -20.4 35.8 9.7 23.7 -12.1
Sweet Spot % 0.0 39.5 39.5 31.1 -8.4 30.0 -1.1 34.2 4.2
xBA .138 .273 0.135 .240 -0.033 .239 -0.001 .210 -0.029
BA .000 .259 0.259 .255 -0.004 .234 -0.021 .143 -0.091
xwOBA .143 .336 0.193 .286 -0.050 .301 0.015 .274 -0.027
wOBA .000 .324 0.324 .288 -0.036 .292 0.004 .204 -0.088
xSLG .148 .474 0.326 .328 -0.146 .398 0.070 .323 -0.075
SLG .000 .463 0.463 .326 -0.137 .391 0.065 .245 -0.146
K% 0.0 19.3 19.3 21.0 1.7 25.1 4.1 24.6 -0.5
BB% 0.0 5.3 5.3 8.9 3.6 6.0 -2.9 8.8 2.8
Swing % 61.5 49.3 -12.2 47.7 -1.6 50.6 2.9 52.1 1.5
Whiff% 0.0 22.7 22.7 24.9 2.2 29.5 4.6 30.6 1.1
In Zone % 38.5 52.5 14.0 49.2 -3.3 49.7 0.5 43.7 -6.0
Out of Zone % 61.5 47.5 -14.0 50.8 3.3 50.3 -0.5 56.3 6.0
Out of Zone Swing % 50.0 32.1 -17.9 26.3 -5.8 29.6 3.3 32.8 3.2
First Pitch Swing % 40.0 31.6 -8.4 31.2 -0.4 31.9 0.7 31.6 -0.3
First Pitch Strike % 60.0 77.2 17.2 61.6 -15.6 61.9 0.3 66.7 4.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 52 0 0.0 .331
2017 Shifts R 344 0 0.0 .286
2018 Shifts R 450 1 0.2 .292 .000
2019 Shifts R 57 6 10.5 .229 .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 %
2012 218 15.3 45.0% 1.4% 103 21.4 5.8% 8.7%
2015 3 16.7 33.3% 33.3% 2 14.9 50.0% 0.0%
2016 85 17.9 25.9% 2.4% 15 25.5 13.3% 20.0%
2017 421 17.2 28.5% 2.4% 213 22.5 0.5% 9.4%
2018 514 16.7 29.0% 1.0% 243 23.0 0.8% 9.5%
2019 66 17.3 25.8% 6.1% 33 21.8 0.0% 3.0%
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