James Pazos
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 2" 252LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 13, #427, New York Yankees | San Diego
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 4 1 2.88 60 0 0 50 45 1.24
2019 0 0 1.74 12 0 0 10.1 10 1.06
2020 0 0 16.88 6 0 0 5.1 1 2.81
6 Seasons 9 6 3.95 155 0 0 127.2 127 1.39
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 60 4-1 2.88 50 45 1.24
2019 12 0-0 1.74 10.1 10 1.06
2020 6 0-0 16.88 5.1 1 2.81
6 Seasons 155 9-6 3.95 127.2 127 1.39
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 24 86 15 1 6.7 4.8 90.7 102.2 11.1 33.3 .236 .467 .235 .358 .365 40.0 14.3 14.3 0.00 5.48
2016 25 58 13 2 15.4 11.8 85.7 108.2 6.6 38.5 .334 .612 .579 .417 .492 46.2 17.6 5.9 13.50 8.13
2017 26 929 146 6 4.1 2.5 87.2 113.0 6.2 32.2 .213 .308 .316 .283 .328 34.5 27.1 10.0 3.86 3.39
2018 27 802 146 9 6.2 4.2 88.4 115.8 12.8 29.5 .224 .364 .301 .293 .329 34.2 21.2 7.5 2.88 3.60
2019 28 149 25 1 4.0 2.6 89.6 109.3 0.5 36.0 .216 .354 .252 .275 .335 36.0 25.6 10.3 1.74 3.28
2020 29 131 23 2 8.7 6.9 91.6 110.1 17.6 39.1 .369 .671 .575 .468 .437 47.8 3.4 17.2 16.88 11.15
Player 2155 368 21 5.7 3.8 88.2 115.8 9.3 32.1 .229 .365 .325 .303 .343 36.0 22.8 9.5
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

Pazos relies on 3 pitches.
Sinker
(68.7%) ,
Slider
(27.5%) ,
Changeup
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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 46.7 20.0 26.7 6.7 20.0 40.0 40.0 0.0 33.3 26.7 13.3 13.3 6.7 4.8
2016 46.2 7.7 38.5 7.7 46.2 30.8 23.1 0.0 38.5 15.4 23.1 7.7 15.4 11.8
2017 51.4 18.5 25.3 4.8 26.0 39.0 32.9 4.1 43.2 19.9 21.9 5.5 4.1 2.5
2018 47.3 20.5 22.6 9.6 38.4 34.9 26.7 2.1 39.7 27.4 17.8 4.8 6.2 4.2
2019 60.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 36.0 44.0 20.0 4.0 48.0 12.0 28.0 4.0 4.0 2.6
2020 34.8 34.8 26.1 4.3 47.8 26.1 26.1 4.3 13.0 30.4 34.8 4.3 8.7 6.9
Player 48.9 20.1 24.5 6.5 33.4 36.7 29.1 3.0 39.7 23.1 21.2 5.4 5.7 3.8
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 Sinker COL L 90 92.1 21.6 -1.7 -7 8.3 -6.7 -45
2020 Changeup COL L 5 85.9 27.1 -6.0 -18 11.9 -2.0 -14
2020 Slider COL L 36 79.8 45.3 2.9 7 3.9 -4.3 -52
2019 Slider COL L 47 81.2 45.3 3.2 8 3.7 -4.8 -56
2019 Sinker COL L 102 94.2 19.8 -1.9 -9 11.3 -3.8 -25
2018 Sinker SEA L 736 93.7 18.5 -3.7 -17 12.4 -2.5 -17
2018 Slider SEA L 66 78.9 47.3 3.2 7 4.6 -5.7 -55
2017 Sinker SEA L 683 95.6 17.5 -2.5 -12 14.9 -0.6 -4
2017 Slider SEA L 234 81.7 42.1 2.2 6 4.2 -2.5 -37
2016 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 1 94.9 15.0 0.4 2 10.9 3.2 42
2016 Slider NYY L 20 81.3 45.6 4.1 10 5.3 -1.7 -24
2016 Sinker NYY L 37 96.2 16.4 -3.5 -18 14.6 0.4 3
2015 Sinker NYY L 70 94.4 18.2 -4.1 -19 16.5 1.4 10
2015 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 1 93.3 17.4 0.0 0 9.2 1.2 15
2015 Slider NYY L 15 81.3 43.6 1.9 5 1.9 -4.9 -72
! 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 Sinker -2.8 -3 90 68.7 22 .389 .833 .571 13.3 4.5 4.3 .353 .661 .475 47.1
2020 Slider -5.2 -2 36 27.5 7 .600 1.400 .693 7.1 0.0 0.0 .421 .706 .450 50.0
2020 Changeup -4.5 0 5 3.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 Sinker 3.6 4 102 68.5 30 .185 .333 .268 26.0 23.3 24.1 .220 .384 .297 35.0
2019 Slider -0.3 0 47 31.5 8 .250 .250 .225 45.0 37.5 18.8 .199 .254 .194 40.0
2018 Sinker 1.3 10 736 91.8 194 .249 .376 .318 20.2 20.1 20.2 .234 .385 .306 36.0
2018 Slider -0.9 -1 66 8.2 17 .250 .250 .253 23.8 35.3 14.6 .119 .144 .150 10.0
2017 Sinker -1.3 -9 683 73.5 192 .278 .444 .388 21.9 20.3 23.4 .243 .355 .316 35.9
2017 Slider 1.4 3 234 25.2 45 .098 .146 .158 49.4 55.6 27.2 .081 .114 .139 25.0
! 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 Sinker 83 92.0 91 13.0 11:00 10:45 15
2020 Slider 34 79.7 40 6.4 3:30 4:45 -75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 239 926 2 1 -5 -4 -6
2018 211 802 6 10 -4 -3 9
2019 38 149 5 0 -1 -1 4
2020 29 131 -3 0 -2 0 -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 86 50.0 62.8 88.9 7.0 33.3 36.0 42.9 34.9 16.7 8.1 85.7
2016 58 50.0 62.1 77.8 34.5 70.0 48.3 52.9 48.3 25.0 6.9 100.0
2017 929 51.8 67.7 78.8 26.7 55.5 42.9 63.7 47.9 27.4 7.0 72.3
2018 802 56.2 72.7 80.8 27.9 73.5 44.5 55.9 53.1 20.4 9.2 89.2
2019 149 54.4 64.2 78.8 26.5 33.3 45.0 48.7 47.0 31.4 7.4 100.0
2020 131 48.9 73.4 91.5 17.9 75.0 39.7 51.7 45.0 11.9 10.7 92.9
Player 2,155 53.3 69.4 80.7 25.9 61.9 43.3 58.0 49.1 23.6 8.1 84.0
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
2017 79 85 92 96 62 88 84 49 37 80 24 74 39 87 12 57
2018 67 69 67 61 61 77 55 46 61 44 61 18 48 62 6 70
2019 67 10 61
2020 32 7 67
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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 21.5 2 1.5 1 1 1 1 50.0
2017 23.7 7 5.4 2 0 5 2 28.6
2018 22.8 4 3.6 0 2 2 2 50.0
2019 21.1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2020 23.7 3 3.1 0 0 3 1 33.3
Player 23.1 17 14.6 2 3 11 7 41.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 1
2017 7 7 3 5 6 6 7 5 6 3 6 5 4 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 3 6 7 6 6 5
2018 4 5 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
2019 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
2020 3 3 2 4 3 4 3 4 2 3 3 4 3 2 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 1
Player 17 17 10 15 15 16 17 14 13 11 15 16 15 13 16 14 12 13 14 15 14 14 20 16 13 12 15 17 16 18 12
! 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 94.4 96.2 1.8 ↑ 95.6 -0.6 ↓ 93.7 -1.9 ↓ 94.2 0.5 ↑ 92.1 -2.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 85.9 0.0
Breaking Velocity 81.3 81.3 0.0 81.7 0.4 ↑ 78.9 -2.8 ↓ 81.2 2.3 ↑ 79.8 -1.4 ↓
Exit Velocity 90.7 85.7 -5.0 ↓ 87.2 1.5 ↑ 88.4 1.2 ↑ 89.6 1.2 ↑ 91.6 2.0 ↑
Launch Angle 11.1 6.6 -4.5 ↓ 6.2 -0.4 ↓ 12.8 6.6 ↑ 0.5 -12.3 ↓ 17.6 17.1 ↑
Barrel % 6.7 15.4 8.7 ↑ 4.1 -11.3 ↓ 6.2 2.1 ↑ 4.0 -2.2 ↓ 8.7 4.7 ↑
Hard Hit % 40.0 46.2 6.2 ↑ 34.5 -11.7 ↓ 34.2 -0.3 ↓ 36.0 1.8 ↑ 47.8 11.8 ↑
Sweet Spot % 33.3 38.5 5.2 ↑ 32.2 -6.3 ↓ 29.5 -2.7 ↓ 36.0 6.5 ↑ 39.1 3.1 ↑
xBA .236 .334 0.098 ↑ .213 -0.121 ↓ .224 0.011 ↑ .216 -0.008 ↓ .369 0.153 ↑
BA .176 .438 0.262 ↑ .248 -0.190 ↓ .249 0.001 ↑ .200 -0.049 ↓ .435 0.235 ↑
xwOBA .358 .417 0.059 ↑ .283 -0.134 ↓ .293 0.010 ↑ .275 -0.018 ↓ .468 0.193 ↑
wOBA .235 .579 0.344 ↑ .316 -0.263 ↓ .301 -0.015 ↓ .252 -0.049 ↓ .575 0.323 ↑
xSLG .467 .612 0.145 ↑ .308 -0.304 ↓ .364 0.056 ↑ .354 -0.010 ↓ .671 0.317 ↑
SLG .176 .938 0.762 ↑ .388 -0.550 ↓ .365 -0.023 ↓ .314 -0.051 ↓ .957 0.643 ↑
K% 14.3 17.6 3.3 ↑ 27.1 9.5 ↑ 21.2 -5.9 ↓ 25.6 4.4 ↑ 3.4 -22.2 ↓
BB% 14.3 5.9 -8.4 ↓ 10.0 4.1 ↑ 7.5 -2.5 ↓ 10.3 2.8 ↑ 17.2 6.9 ↑
Swing % 34.9 48.3 13.4 ↑ 47.9 -0.4 ↓ 53.1 5.2 ↑ 47.0 -6.1 ↓ 45.0 -2.0 ↓
Whiff% 16.7 25.0 8.3 ↑ 27.4 2.4 ↑ 20.4 -7.0 ↓ 31.4 11.0 ↑ 11.9 -19.5 ↓
In Zone % 50.0 50.0 0.0 51.8 1.8 ↑ 56.2 4.4 ↑ 54.4 -1.8 ↓ 48.9 -5.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.0 50.0 0.0 48.2 -1.8 ↓ 43.8 -4.4 ↓ 45.6 1.8 ↑ 51.1 5.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 7.0 34.5 27.5 ↑ 26.7 -7.8 ↓ 27.9 1.2 ↑ 26.5 -1.4 ↓ 17.9 -8.6 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 4.8 23.5 18.7 ↑ 34.6 11.1 ↑ 37.4 2.8 ↑ 25.6 -11.8 ↓ 24.1 -1.5 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 42.9 52.9 10.0 ↑ 63.7 10.8 ↑ 55.9 -7.8 ↓ 48.7 -7.2 ↓ 51.7 3.0 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 17 .579 9 0 0.0 8 4 50.0
2017 Shifts 237 .310 148 0 0.0 89 39 43.8
2018 Shifts 211 .301 125 1 0.8 86 43 50.0
2019 Shifts 38 .252 17 2 11.8 21 10 47.6
2020 Shifts 29 .575 18 1 5.6 11 4 36.4
! 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 35 23.9 5.7% 8.6% 15 25.3 0.0% 26.7%
2016 13 22.6 0.0% 30.8% 15 25.6 0.0% 20.0%
2017 245 21.6 0.4% 3.7% 151 25.3 0.0% 16.6%
2018 189 22.8 0.0% 11.1% 140 25.5 0.0% 19.3%
2019 50 21.9 0.0% 4.0% 16 25.1 0.0% 12.5%
2020 33 21.2 0.0% 0.0% 26 24.1 0.0% 19.2%
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Pitch Distribution

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