Ildemaro Vargas
2B | B/T: S/R | 6' 0" 195LBS | Age: 31

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 43 41 6 13 1 8 0 .317 .333 .488 .821
7 Seasons 646 611 69 152 13 73 6 .249 .283 .376 .659
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .317 1 8 0 .821
7 Seasons .249 13 73 6 .659

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%
2017 25 35 10 0 0.0 0.0 83.5 101.3 1.1 40.0 .163 .212 .297 .162 .210 20.0 23.1 0.0
2018 26 58 15 1 6.7 5.0 87.0 103.5 7.1 40.0 .257 .376 .268 .292 .343 26.7 20.0 5.0
2019 27 774 178 6 3.4 2.8 87.3 107.3 3.5 25.8 .261 .371 .300 .289 .308 30.3 11.4 4.3
2020 28 236 42 1 2.4 1.9 85.3 103.4 2.1 23.8 .202 .280 .229 .228 .260 28.6 18.5 3.7
2021 29 303 60 1 1.7 1.2 84.6 105.0 2.8 28.3 .214 .279 .192 .244 .276 28.3 20.5 7.2
2022 30 794 188 4 2.1 1.8 87.0 109.2 7.4 28.2 .227 .305 .302 .255 .260 29.3 10.4 3.6
2023 31 140 40 2 5.0 4.7 88.8 103.5 -0.9 27.5 .313 .457 .352 .340 .348 30.0 4.7 2.3
Player 2340 533 15 2.8 2.3 86.7 109.2 4.4 27.6 .240 .332 .283 .267 .286 29.3 12.8 4.2
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 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
2017 50.0 0.0 40.0 10.0 20.0 50.0 30.0 0.0 50.0 20.0 30.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 40.0 20.0 40.0 0.0 33.3 46.7 20.0 0.0 33.3 20.0 40.0 0.0 6.7 5.0
2019 52.8 16.3 25.8 5.1 34.3 38.8 27.0 1.1 43.8 19.7 28.1 2.8 3.4 2.8
2020 59.5 9.5 21.4 9.5 38.1 45.2 16.7 2.4 54.8 16.7 21.4 2.4 2.4 1.9
2021 55.0 15.0 23.3 6.7 33.3 50.0 16.7 8.3 46.7 18.3 20.0 5.0 1.7 1.2
2022 48.9 22.9 22.3 5.9 32.4 45.7 21.8 5.3 41.0 27.1 20.2 4.3 2.1 1.8
2023 67.5 10.0 20.0 2.5 47.5 35.0 17.5 2.5 55.0 10.0 22.5 2.5 5.0 4.7
Player 52.9 17.3 24.2 5.6 34.5 43.2 22.3 3.6 44.7 21.2 23.8 3.4 2.8 2.3
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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-Seamer -3.7 -2 56 40.0 17 .313 .375 .303 0.0 0.0 0.0 .387 .504 .387 29.4
2023 Slider 10.3 2 21 15.0 3 .667 1.000 .717 11.1 0.0 0.0 .608 .705 .571 0.0
2023 Changeup -9.5 -2 20 14.3 8 .125 .125 .113 28.6 0.0 0.0 .192 .227 .184 12.5
2023 Sinker 6.3 1 20 14.3 7 .333 .667 .457 14.3 14.3 33.3 .162 .325 .275 40.0
2023 Curveball 1.8 0 12 8.6 3 .667 .667 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 .254 .288 .234 66.7
2023 Cutter 13.9 1 9 6.4 3 .333 1.333 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 .363 1.133 .614 33.3
2023 Splitter -7.3 0 2 1.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .451 .512 .419 100.0
2022 4-Seamer 0.9 3 288 36.3 74 .300 .471 .351 9.4 8.1 8.5 .242 .315 .268 20.3
2022 Sinker 0.2 0 137 17.3 44 .268 .439 .330 4.7 9.1 15.4 .232 .321 .274 40.5
2022 Changeup -0.8 -1 136 17.1 41 .175 .200 .223 14.9 9.8 11.8 .192 .243 .204 38.9
2022 Slider 2.7 2 87 11.0 19 .400 .533 .456 21.6 21.1 12.5 .316 .409 .381 50.0
2022 Curveball -2.3 -2 73 9.2 15 .214 .214 .180 26.9 20.0 13.0 .178 .246 .171 8.3
2022 Cutter 0.3 0 46 5.8 19 .316 .579 .379 0.0 5.3 14.3 .259 .417 .292 27.8
2022 Sweeper -5.0 -1 14 1.8 4 .000 .000 .000 22.2 0.0 0.0 .127 .160 .122 0.0
2022 Splitter -10.6 -1 13 1.6 6 .167 .167 .150 10.0 16.7 16.7 .109 .116 .101 20.0
2021 4-Seamer -3.9 -4 101 33.3 27 .125 .208 .204 11.3 18.5 19.2 .157 .219 .221 31.6
2021 Changeup 0.7 0 51 16.8 14 .214 .286 .282 14.3 0.0 0.0 .304 .398 .307 28.6
2021 Slider -4.4 -2 51 16.8 11 .091 .091 .164 28.6 36.4 20.0 .162 .178 .152 14.3
2021 Sinker 1.2 0 38 12.5 10 .400 .600 .430 0.0 0.0 0.0 .489 .658 .498 40.0
2021 Curveball -4.0 -1 35 11.6 11 .100 .100 .227 63.2 45.5 45.5 .089 .095 .143 20.0
2021 Cutter -3.3 -1 23 7.6 8 .000 .000 .088 40.0 37.5 50.0 .121 .160 .190 25.0
2021 Slurve -1.9 0 3 1.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Sweeper -34.3 0 1 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .061 .066 .059 0.0
2020 4-Seamer -1.4 -1 73 30.9 17 .375 .438 .338 14.7 11.8 10.0 .226 .282 .221 40.0
2020 Sinker -3.8 -2 48 20.3 11 .100 .400 .245 22.2 36.4 30.8 .121 .282 .218 50.0
2020 Slider -5.9 -2 39 16.5 12 .167 .167 .150 18.2 16.7 11.1 .243 .277 .231 20.0
2020 Curveball -4.2 -1 32 13.6 6 .000 .000 .000 20.0 33.3 15.4 .198 .244 .194 0.0
2020 Changeup 1.4 0 30 12.7 7 .167 .500 .457 25.0 0.0 0.0 .207 .342 .305 16.7
2020 Cutter -3.9 0 9 3.8 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .109 .122 .098 0.0
2020 Splitter -1.9 0 5 2.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer 1.7 5 293 37.9 76 .328 .552 .418 6.9 3.9 4.2 .330 .499 .388 41.5
2019 Sinker -4.3 -5 123 15.9 40 .250 .300 .243 12.2 12.5 14.7 .237 .336 .247 34.3
2019 Curveball -1.1 -1 98 12.7 18 .167 .167 .200 20.0 22.2 11.8 .208 .237 .192 7.1
2019 Slider -1.1 -1 87 11.2 28 .214 .429 .280 19.0 21.4 22.2 .201 .290 .210 36.4
2019 Changeup -0.5 0 83 10.7 28 .222 .407 .326 15.9 14.3 26.7 .176 .274 .213 13.0
2019 Cutter -0.5 0 68 8.8 18 .278 .333 .269 5.6 5.6 8.3 .265 .314 .254 17.6
2019 Splitter 6.1 1 17 2.2 3 .667 .667 .600 42.9 33.3 50.0 .613 .668 .566 0.0
2019 Slurve -0.6 0 3 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Sweeper 4.0 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seamer 2.8 1 26 44.8 8 .286 .714 .450 9.1 0.0 0.0 .419 .685 .497 42.9
2018 Changeup 2.4 0 12 20.7 5 .200 .200 .360 57.1 40.0 33.3 .199 .245 .190 0.0
2018 Slider -8.6 -1 8 13.8 3 .000 .000 .000 75.0 66.7 66.7 .009 .012 .009 0.0
2018 Sinker 10.4 1 7 12.1 4 .250 .250 .225 0.0 0.0 0.0 .232 .274 .224 25.0
2018 Curveball -1.5 0 4 6.9 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Cutter -1.6 0 1 1.7 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seamer 4.7 1 13 37.1 7 .286 .429 .307 14.3 14.3 100.0 .170 .246 .178 33.3
2017 Sinker -11.5 -1 8 22.9 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 100.0 .072 .086 .065 0.0
2017 Slider -0.6 0 7 20.0 3 .333 .333 .300 25.0 33.3 33.3 .193 .214 .179 0.0
2017 Curveball 15.5 1 5 14.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 -- .206 .224 .190 0.0
2017 Changeup 0.1 0 2 5.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 211 774 -8 -8 13 2 -2
2020 54 236 -3 -4 0 1 -7
2021 82 303 -4 -6 -1 2 -8
2022 222 794 -1 -5 4 3 1
2023 42 140 1 -1 1 0 1
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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 35 51.4 55.6 90.0 29.4 40.0 37.1 15.4 42.9 26.7 8.6 33.3
2018 58 60.3 57.1 80.0 39.1 55.6 51.7 45.0 50.0 27.6 5.2 33.3
2019 774 49.4 60.5 91.3 29.1 79.8 41.6 17.1 44.6 12.2 7.6 69.5
2020 236 49.2 56.9 90.9 28.3 61.8 40.3 9.3 42.4 19.0 4.7 63.6
2021 303 52.5 61.6 84.7 37.5 57.4 44.2 26.5 50.2 21.1 7.6 73.9
2022 794 50.0 64.7 90.3 30.7 77.0 43.5 27.5 47.7 11.6 7.2 75.4
2023 140 54.3 56.6 100.0 32.8 71.4 34.3 18.6 45.7 9.4 8.6 50.0
Player 2,340 50.6 61.3 90.2 31.0 72.1 42.2 22.1 46.3 14.3 7.2 69.0
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 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
2017 27 35
2018 35 38
2019 52 60
2020 16 54
2021 37 52 14
2022 51 46 92 31
2023 12 49
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 20.8 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2019 22.4 6 5.4 1 2 4 2 33.3
2020 23.5 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2022 24.7 4 4.3 0 0 2 3 75.0
2023 24.9 1 1.7 -1 0 2 0 0.0
Player 23.3 13 13.4 0 2 8 7 53.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2019 6 6 5 4 7 5 6 5 5 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 6 4 4 6 6 7 6 6
2020 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2022 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 4 3
2023 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 13 12 13 13 16 14 15 12 12 10 11 14 13 15 13 14 12 11 14 14 14 15 15 14 12 11 15 15 16 14 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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 83.5 87.0 3.5 87.3 0.3 85.3 -2.0 84.6 -0.7 87.0 2.4 88.8 1.8
Launch Angle 1.1 7.1 6.0 3.5 -3.6 2.1 -1.4 2.8 0.7 7.4 4.6 -0.9 -8.3
Barrel % 0.0 6.7 6.7 3.4 -3.3 2.4 -1.0 1.7 -0.7 2.1 0.4 5.0 2.9
Hard Hit % 20.0 26.7 6.7 30.3 3.6 28.6 -1.7 28.3 -0.3 29.3 1.0 30.0 0.7
Sweet Spot % 40.0 40.0 0.0 25.8 -14.2 23.8 -2.0 28.3 4.5 28.2 -0.1 27.5 -0.7
xBA .163 .257 0.094 .261 0.004 .202 -0.059 .214 0.012 .227 0.013 .313 0.086
BA .308 .211 -0.097 .269 0.058 .196 -0.073 .156 -0.040 .263 0.107 .317 0.054
xwOBA .162 .292 0.130 .289 -0.003 .228 -0.061 .244 0.016 .255 0.011 .340 0.085
wOBA .297 .268 -0.029 .300 0.032 .229 -0.071 .192 -0.037 .302 0.110 .352 0.050
xSLG .212 .376 0.164 .371 -0.005 .280 -0.091 .279 -0.001 .305 0.026 .457 0.152
SLG .385 .368 -0.017 .413 0.045 .314 -0.099 .221 -0.093 .392 0.171 .488 0.096
K% 23.1 20.0 -3.1 11.4 -8.6 18.5 7.1 20.5 2.0 10.4 -10.1 4.7 -5.7
BB% 0.0 5.0 5.0 4.3 -0.7 3.7 -0.6 7.2 3.5 3.6 -3.6 2.3 -1.3
Swing % 42.9 50.0 7.1 44.6 -5.4 42.4 -2.2 50.2 7.8 47.7 -2.5 45.7 -2.0
Whiff% 26.7 27.6 0.9 12.2 -15.4 19.0 6.8 21.1 2.1 11.6 -9.5 9.4 -2.2
In Zone % 51.4 60.3 8.9 49.4 -10.9 49.2 -0.2 52.5 3.3 50.0 -2.5 54.3 4.3
Out of Zone % 48.6 39.7 -8.9 50.6 10.9 50.8 0.2 47.5 -3.3 50.0 2.5 45.7 -4.3
Out of Zone Swing % 29.4 39.1 9.7 29.1 -10.0 28.3 -0.8 37.5 9.2 30.7 -6.8 32.8 2.1
First Pitch Swing % 15.4 45.0 29.6 17.1 -27.9 9.3 -7.8 26.5 17.2 27.5 1.0 18.6 -8.9
First Pitch Strike % 53.8 80.0 26.2 57.3 -22.7 46.3 -11.0 65.1 18.8 59.9 -5.2 60.5 0.6
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2017 L 9 0 0.0 .195
2017 R 4 0 0.0 .527
2018 L 12 0 0.0 .316
2018 R 8 0 0.0 .196
2019 L 154 17 11.0 .262 .276
2019 R 56 9 16.1 .447 .193
2020 L 24 4 16.7 .360 .000
2020 R 30 8 26.7 .194 .110
2021 L 47 20 42.6 .183 .279
2021 R 35 11 31.4 .146 .160
2022 L 141 5 3.5 .299 .275
2022 R 81 7 8.6 .319 .180
2023 L 25 0 0.0 .303
2023 R 17 0 0.0 .442

Pitch Tempo