Héctor Rondón
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 225LBS | Age: 36
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 2 5 3.20 63 0 15 59 67 1.32
2019 3 2 3.71 62 1 0 60.2 48 1.25
2020 1 0 7.65 23 0 0 20 23 1.80
8 Seasons 24 20 3.49 444 1 92 436 441 1.20
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 63 2-5 3.20 59 67 1.32
2019 62 3-2 3.71 60.2 48 1.25
2020 23 1-0 7.65 20 23 1.80
8 Seasons 444 24-20 3.49 436 441 1.20
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2015 27 1079 194 5 2.6 1.8 87.2 111.5 7.5 30.4 .215 .306 .249 .255 .311 27.3 24.6 5.3 1.67 2.64
2016 28 785 132 6 4.5 3.0 89.7 107.6 12.1 28.8 .214 .334 .275 .259 .343 33.3 29.0 4.0 3.53 2.78
2017 29 999 147 14 9.5 5.9 86.0 109.0 11.2 34.0 .227 .412 .311 .307 .396 32.7 29.1 8.4 4.24 4.04
2018 30 998 163 8 4.9 3.2 88.7 116.5 9.7 33.1 .228 .345 .301 .280 .351 36.9 26.8 8.0 3.20 3.27
2019 31 994 185 13 7.0 5.1 87.1 111.9 8.2 27.6 .231 .401 .319 .306 .336 34.2 18.7 7.8 3.71 4.11
2020 32 390 62 9 14.5 9.3 91.5 112.1 10.6 43.5 .262 .485 .412 .355 .431 43.5 23.7 11.3 7.65 5.52
Player 5245 883 55 6.2 4.2 87.9 116.5 9.5 31.6 .226 .368 .299 .287 .351 33.4 25.3 7.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Rondón relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(49.0%) ,
Slider
(36.9%) ,
Sinker
(10.5%) ,
Changeup
(3.6%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 52.6 16.0 26.8 4.6 34.5 33.5 30.9 1.5 42.3 21.6 25.8 3.1 2.6 1.8
2016 49.2 22.7 22.0 6.1 34.1 23.5 42.4 2.3 35.6 23.5 24.2 5.3 4.5 3.0
2017 48.3 26.5 21.1 4.1 40.1 36.1 23.8 6.8 34.7 23.1 21.1 3.4 9.5 5.9
2018 47.9 22.1 26.4 3.7 31.3 41.1 27.6 3.7 33.7 23.3 26.4 5.5 4.9 3.2
2019 50.8 24.9 18.4 5.9 33.5 39.5 27.0 5.9 41.1 23.8 17.3 3.8 7.0 5.1
2020 35.5 27.4 32.3 4.8 32.3 43.5 24.2 3.2 27.4 25.8 21.0 8.1 14.5 9.3
Player 48.9 22.5 23.7 4.9 34.4 35.8 29.6 4.0 37.1 23.2 22.8 4.4 6.2 4.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2020 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 191 95.7 14.8 -0.5 -4 8.0 0.3 4
2020 Slider AZ R 144 85.4 37.7 1.7 5 5.7 0.9 20
2020 Changeup AZ R 14 88.3 29.5 0.4 2 15.1 1.5 11
2020 Sinker AZ R 41 95.3 18.9 -1.1 -6 15.6 0.9 6
2019 Slider HOU R 345 86.8 37.6 3.4 10 5.9 2.0 51
2019 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 443 96.7 14.4 -0.3 -2 7.9 0.0 0
2019 Sinker HOU R 141 96.6 19.4 -0.1 -1 16.3 1.6 11
2019 Changeup HOU R 43 90.6 28.2 1.3 5 16.4 2.2 15
2018 Changeup HOU R 42 91.5 28.0 1.7 7 16.6 2.3 16
2018 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 554 97.2 14.3 -0.2 -2 8.3 0.4 5
2018 Slider HOU R 336 86.7 37.6 3.6 11 6.0 1.9 48
2018 Sinker HOU R 54 97.0 18.9 -0.1 -1 15.5 0.8 5
2017 Changeup CHC R 28 90.4 25.6 0.5 2 16.3 2.0 14
2017 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 520 96.4 12.4 0.3 2 9.1 0.8 10
2017 Sinker CHC R 93 96.4 18.4 0.1 1 16.8 1.7 11
2017 Slider CHC R 357 85.8 34.5 1.1 3 4.9 1.4 41
2016 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 382 96.6 14.7 -0.1 -1 6.8 -0.5 -7
2016 Changeup CHC R 21 90.7 29.4 1.2 4 16.6 3.1 23
2016 Sinker CHC R 98 96.9 19.4 0.1 0 13.8 -0.1 -1
2016 Slider CHC R 252 86.2 38.6 4.5 13 6.0 1.7 40
2015 Changeup CHC R 36 91.1 29.8 1.2 4 16.5 3.9 31
2015 Curveball CHC R 1 78.9 48.1 -6.2 -11 15.2 4.4 41
2015 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 350 96.9 14.6 0.1 1 7.6 0.0 0
2015 Sinker CHC R 277 97.0 20.1 0.6 3 14.1 0.1 1
2015 Slider CHC R 372 86.6 37.5 3.3 10 6.3 1.7 38
2015 Cutter CHC R 16 92.5 22.3 -1.6 -7 2.6 -0.2 -8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 -1.9 -4 191 49.0 51 .311 .844 .500 9.4 17.6 13.8 .253 .565 .379 41.7
2020 Slider -1.1 -2 144 36.9 34 .258 .323 .294 34.4 35.3 24.0 .275 .391 .322 47.4
2020 Sinker -0.3 0 41 10.5 9 .375 .625 .378 15.8 22.2 66.7 .258 .400 .304 42.9
2020 Changeup -0.8 0 14 3.6 1 -- -- .700 25.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 3 443 44.6 116 .267 .476 .359 21.5 19.0 15.1 .243 .384 .307 37.3
2019 Slider 0.8 3 345 34.7 73 .167 .348 .265 31.7 28.8 17.1 .195 .427 .291 32.6
2019 Sinker -0.3 0 141 14.2 52 .298 .489 .366 10.7 7.7 19.0 .261 .403 .319 34.1
2019 Changeup -4.0 -2 43 4.3 12 .273 .545 .450 14.3 0.0 0.0 .227 .425 .312 18.2
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 2 554 55.5 127 .231 .359 .291 25.8 26.0 19.4 .246 .397 .309 42.9
2018 Slider 0.9 3 336 33.7 87 .244 .390 .307 42.5 36.8 25.6 .204 .251 .226 32.0
2018 Sinker -0.3 0 54 5.4 19 .278 .333 .292 14.3 5.3 10.0 .222 .466 .316 23.5
2018 Changeup -1.3 -1 42 4.2 12 .400 .600 .475 15.0 8.3 7.7 .232 .292 .313 33.3
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 4 520 52.1 117 .248 .476 .346 18.0 29.1 18.4 .232 .468 .330 38.9
2017 Slider 1.1 4 357 35.7 90 .133 .265 .227 41.1 36.7 22.9 .192 .333 .267 28.0
2017 Sinker -4.1 -4 93 9.3 26 .478 .609 .502 18.9 3.8 5.9 .336 .383 .358 22.7
2017 Changeup -4.4 -1 28 2.8 4 .500 1.250 .725 27.3 25.0 7.1 .228 .769 .400 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 13 88.4 90 16.7 1:45 2:30 -45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 183 95.7 94 16.9 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Sinker 40 95.3 95 19.5 1:15 2:00 -45
2020 Slider 142 85.4 28 6.7 9:30 8:30 60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 236 911 1 8 -7 -4 -2
2014 255 997 2 12 -2 -2 9
2015 300 1,151 1 18 2 -3 18
2016 225 878 0 10 -3 -2 5
2017 249 1,048 -2 11 -6 -3 1
2018 249 1,000 6 4 -3 -3 3
2019 261 1,013 2 11 -4 -5 3
2020 95 390 -2 -2 -1 -1 -5
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,079 49.1 70.2 85.1 29.8 54.6 41.9 63.7 49.4 23.5 7.0 81.3
2016 785 52.9 65.8 79.1 25.1 60.2 41.9 72.0 46.6 24.6 7.5 86.4
2017 999 48.9 69.5 82.0 29.4 53.3 44.3 64.1 48.9 26.6 6.6 74.2
2018 998 50.7 67.8 75.2 27.2 54.5 42.2 61.3 47.8 30.4 8.9 84.1
2019 994 48.8 68.6 84.9 27.9 58.3 42.3 60.7 47.7 22.6 8.4 68.3
2020 390 49.2 67.2 89.9 27.3 53.7 45.1 57.9 46.9 19.1 4.9 94.7
Player 5,245 49.9 68.4 82.0 28.0 55.7 42.7 63.6 48.1 25.1 7.5 79.4
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 92 83 91 94 90 91 94 76 92 76 83 58 53 95 13 70
2016 94 19 85
2017 56 75 42 25 76 51 2 80 55 88 49 68 69 93 30 72
2018 81 63 81 84 74 83 78 37 35 74 53 80 40 96 13 58
2019 58 65 57 50 61 60 48 84 70 19 55 27 36 93 13 65
2020 17 28 16 13 19 28 2 5 16 52 23 7 47 85 11 59
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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 21.1 9 7.3 2 4 6 2 22.2
2017 21.2 12 11.0 1 4 9 4 33.3
2018 22.8 4 3.8 0 4 5 0 0.0
2019 24.4 10 9.0 1 2 11 1 10.0
2020 25.0 6 4.9 1 2 3 3 50.0
Player 22.7 41 36.0 5 16 34 10 24.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 9 9 6 6 7 5 8 9 6 5 7 8 8 7 7 7 4 7 8 8 9 5 10 10 6 7 6 9 10 8 6
2017 12 11 9 9 11 11 12 12 6 11 9 11 13 12 11 12 11 10 12 10 13 9 14 13 12 12 8 14 14 10 7
2018 4 5 3 3 5 4 6 3 3 1 4 7 3 3 4 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 5 4 2 1 5 5 3 4 2
2019 10 12 10 10 8 8 9 11 5 6 7 11 13 9 8 11 8 7 11 8 10 8 12 11 8 6 8 11 13 8 3
2020 6 6 3 5 4 6 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 7 6 4 3 4 4 6 5 4
Player 41 43 31 33 35 34 40 40 24 26 31 42 42 36 35 40 33 34 41 37 41 31 48 44 32 29 31 43 46 35 22
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.8 96.7 -0.1 ↓ 96.4 -0.3 ↓ 97.2 0.8 ↑ 96.7 -0.5 ↓ 95.6 -1.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 91.1 90.7 -0.4 ↓ 90.4 -0.3 ↓ 91.5 1.1 ↑ 90.6 -0.9 ↓ 88.3 -2.3 ↓
Breaking Velocity 86.6 86.3 -0.3 ↓ 85.8 -0.5 ↓ 86.7 0.9 ↑ 86.8 0.1 ↑ 85.4 -1.4 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.2 89.7 2.5 ↑ 86.0 -3.7 ↓ 88.7 2.7 ↑ 87.1 -1.6 ↓ 91.5 4.4 ↑
Launch Angle 7.5 12.1 4.6 ↑ 11.2 -0.9 ↓ 9.7 -1.5 ↓ 8.2 -1.5 ↓ 10.6 2.4 ↑
Barrel % 2.6 4.5 1.9 ↑ 9.5 5.0 ↑ 4.9 -4.6 ↓ 7.0 2.1 ↑ 14.5 7.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 27.3 33.3 6.0 ↑ 32.7 -0.6 ↓ 36.9 4.2 ↑ 34.2 -2.7 ↓ 43.5 9.3 ↑
Sweet Spot % 30.4 28.8 -1.6 ↓ 34.0 5.2 ↑ 33.1 -0.9 ↓ 27.6 -5.5 ↓ 43.5 15.9 ↑
xBA .215 .214 -0.001 ↓ .227 0.013 ↑ .228 0.001 ↑ .231 0.003 ↑ .262 0.031 ↑
BA .212 .225 0.013 ↑ .233 0.008 ↑ .252 0.019 ↑ .242 -0.010 ↓ .298 0.056 ↑
xwOBA .255 .259 0.004 ↑ .307 0.048 ↑ .280 -0.027 ↓ .306 0.026 ↑ .355 0.049 ↑
wOBA .249 .275 0.026 ↑ .311 0.036 ↑ .301 -0.010 ↓ .319 0.018 ↑ .412 0.093 ↑
xSLG .306 .334 0.028 ↑ .412 0.078 ↑ .345 -0.067 ↓ .401 0.056 ↑ .485 0.084 ↑
SLG .305 .380 0.075 ↑ .423 0.043 ↑ .383 -0.040 ↓ .442 0.059 ↑ .631 0.189 ↑
K% 24.6 29.0 4.4 ↑ 29.1 0.1 ↑ 26.8 -2.3 ↓ 18.7 -8.1 ↓ 23.7 5.0 ↑
BB% 5.3 4.0 -1.3 ↓ 8.4 4.4 ↑ 8.0 -0.4 ↓ 7.8 -0.2 ↓ 11.3 3.5 ↑
Swing % 49.4 46.6 -2.8 ↓ 48.9 2.3 ↑ 47.8 -1.1 ↓ 47.7 -0.1 ↓ 46.9 -0.8 ↓
Whiff% 23.5 24.6 1.1 ↑ 26.6 2.0 ↑ 30.4 3.8 ↑ 22.6 -7.8 ↓ 19.1 -3.5 ↓
In Zone % 49.1 52.9 3.8 ↑ 48.9 -4.0 ↓ 50.7 1.8 ↑ 48.8 -1.9 ↓ 49.2 0.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.9 47.1 -3.8 ↓ 51.1 4.0 ↑ 49.3 -1.8 ↓ 51.2 1.9 ↑ 50.8 -0.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 29.8 25.1 -4.7 ↓ 29.4 4.3 ↑ 27.2 -2.2 ↓ 27.9 0.7 ↑ 27.3 -0.6 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 34.2 32.0 -2.2 ↓ 34.6 2.6 ↑ 27.4 -7.2 ↓ 30.4 3.0 ↑ 27.4 -3.0 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63.7 72.0 8.3 ↑ 64.1 -7.9 ↓ 61.3 -2.8 ↓ 60.7 -0.6 ↓ 57.9 -2.8 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 190 .260 111 0 0.0 79 9 11.4
2017 Shifts 237 .311 151 0 0.0 86 9 10.5
2018 Shifts 248 .301 128 36 28.1 120 78 65.0
2019 Shifts 253 .318 145 46 31.7 108 89 82.4
2020 Shifts 95 .412 58 20 34.5 37 20 54.1
! 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 %
2013 222 18.7 12.2% 1.8% 185 23.9 0.5% 11.4%
2014 283 18.6 10.2% 0.7% 133 25.2 2.3% 20.3%
2015 297 16.9 33.3% 3.7% 177 24.1 4.0% 24.9%
2016 262 18.3 23.3% 5.0% 103 23.6 4.9% 16.5%
2017 262 19.6 5.0% 1.9% 170 22.6 0.0% 11.8%
2018 287 18.5 11.5% 3.5% 161 24.4 0.0% 18.0%
2019 284 18.8 11.3% 1.8% 148 23.6 0.7% 12.8%
2020 102 18.8 11.8% 2.9% 70 22.6 0.0% 11.4%
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Pitch Distribution

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