Jarrod Saltalamacchia
C | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 4" 235LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2003 | Rd: C-1, #36, Atlanta Braves | Royal Palm Beach HS (FL)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 292 246 30 42 12 0 .171 .284 .346 .630
2017 26 25 1 1 0 0 .040 .077 .040 .117
2018 8 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
12 Seasons 3,191 2,852 377 662 110 5 .232 .306 .408 .714
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .171 12 0 .630
2017 .040 0 0 .117
2018 .000 0 0 .125
12 Seasons .232 110 5 .714
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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 30 919 133 19 14.3 8.4 90.6 111.3 19.7 34.6 .231 .490 .324 .348 .469 42.1 30.4 10.1
2016 31 1175 147 17 11.6 5.8 89.3 109.7 21.4 34.0 .170 .355 .277 .294 .394 34.7 35.6 14.0
2017 32 115 9 0 0.0 0.0 87.3 105.7 35.3 22.2 .084 .107 .060 .106 .246 37.5 61.5 3.8
2018 33 28 3 0 0.0 0.0 83.5 89.3 -6.9 33.3 .074 .106 .086 .156 .187 0.0 50.0 12.5
Player 2237 292 36 12.3 6.5 89.7 111.3 20.7 33.9 .190 .394 .283 .305 .422 37.8 34.9 11.9
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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 31.6 27.8 35.3 5.3 43.6 34.6 21.8 1.5 25.6 30.1 17.3 7.5 14.3 8.4
2016 31.3 43.5 19.7 5.4 44.2 34.0 21.8 3.4 21.8 37.4 18.4 6.8 11.6 5.8
2017 22.2 33.3 22.2 22.2 44.4 33.3 22.2 0.0 11.1 55.6 22.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 66.7 0.0 33.3 0.0 33.3 66.7 0.0 0.0 66.7 0.0 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 31.5 35.6 27.1 5.8 43.8 34.6 21.6 2.4 23.6 34.2 18.2 6.8 12.3 6.5
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.

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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -3.6 0 13 46.4 3 .000 .000 .233 55.6 66.7 100.0 -- -- .233 --
2018 Curveball -4.5 0 5 17.9 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 50.0 .025 .034 .022 0.0
2018 Cutter -2.8 0 4 14.3 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 -- .044 .044 .062 0.0
2018 Sweeper -13.1 0 2 7.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Slider -4.4 0 2 7.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 Sinker -14.5 0 1 3.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .427 .633 .454 0.0
2018 Changeup 21.4 0 1 3.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -3.6 -1 38 33.0 9 .000 .000 .078 27.8 33.3 23.1 .146 .202 .211 40.0
2017 Curveball -6.1 -1 19 16.5 4 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 44.4 -- -- .000 --
2017 Sinker -2.1 0 19 16.5 4 .000 .000 .000 20.0 75.0 37.5 .000 .001 .000 0.0
2017 Changeup -5.8 -1 18 15.7 3 .000 .000 .000 62.5 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 Slider -3.3 0 10 8.7 4 .250 .250 .225 80.0 75.0 60.0 .188 .212 .174 100.0
2017 Cutter -0.6 0 9 7.8 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .085 .095 .077 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 225 991 6 -11 4 5 4
2009 301 1,166 -7 -5 0 5 -7
2010 30 113 -1 0 1 1 1
2011 382 1,515 -4 0 -1 7 3
2012 447 1,818 -9 -10 8 8 -3
2013 502 2,035 -6 -6 12 7 7
2014 431 1,789 -6 -25 11 8 -12
2015 227 917 -7 -7 5 5 -3
2016 291 1,171 -16 -7 10 7 -6
2017 25 113 -3 -1 0 1 -4
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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 919 46.9 67.9 77.4 26.1 40.9 40.2 28.6 45.6 33.4 7.1 72.3
2016 1,175 47.7 65.7 72.0 23.9 44.9 44.0 27.1 43.8 35.7 6.8 83.8
2017 115 46.0 53.8 71.4 34.4 38.1 46.0 34.6 44.3 43.1 5.3 83.3
2018 28 46.4 69.2 55.6 53.3 25.0 28.6 37.5 60.7 58.8 14.3 100.0
Player 2,237 47.2 66.1 74.0 25.7 42.2 42.4 28.2 44.8 35.5 6.9 79.4
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 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
2015 84 38
2016 73 27
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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 22.2 12 12.3 0 6 10 4 33.3
Player 22.2 12 12.3 0 6 10 4 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 12 13 10 16 13 13 13 15 11 10 13 15 11 10 13 15 8 13 11 14 10 8 16 16 14 10 13 17 11 10 8
Player 12 13 10 16 13 13 13 15 11 10 13 15 11 10 13 15 8 13 11 14 10 8 16 16 14 10 13 17 11 10 8
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.6 89.3 -1.3 ↓ 87.3 -2.0 ↓ 83.5 -3.8 ↓
Launch Angle 19.7 21.4 1.7 ↑ 35.3 13.9 ↑ -6.9 -42.2 ↓
Barrel % 14.3 11.6 -2.7 ↓ 0.0 -11.6 ↓ 0.0 0.0
Hard Hit % 42.1 34.7 -7.4 ↓ 37.5 2.8 ↑ 0.0 -37.5 ↓
Sweet Spot % 34.6 34.0 -0.6 ↓ 22.2 -11.8 ↓ 33.3 11.1 ↑
xBA .231 .170 -0.061 ↓ .084 -0.086 ↓ .074 -0.010 ↓
BA .225 .171 -0.054 ↓ .040 -0.131 ↓ .000 -0.040 ↓
xwOBA .348 .294 -0.054 ↓ .106 -0.188 ↓ .156 0.050 ↑
wOBA .324 .277 -0.047 ↓ .060 -0.217 ↓ .086 0.026 ↑
xSLG .490 .355 -0.135 ↓ .107 -0.248 ↓ .106 -0.001 ↓
SLG .435 .346 -0.089 ↓ .040 -0.306 ↓ .000 -0.040 ↓
K% 30.4 35.6 5.2 ↑ 61.5 25.9 ↑ 50.0 -11.5 ↓
BB% 10.1 14.0 3.9 ↑ 3.8 -10.2 ↓ 12.5 8.7 ↑
Swing % 45.6 43.8 -1.8 ↓ 44.3 0.5 ↑ 60.7 16.4 ↑
Whiff% 33.4 35.7 2.3 ↑ 43.1 7.4 ↑ 58.8 15.7 ↑
In Zone % 46.9 47.7 0.8 ↑ 46.0 -1.7 ↓ 46.4 0.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.1 52.3 -0.8 ↓ 54.0 1.7 ↑ 53.6 -0.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 26.1 23.9 -2.2 ↓ 34.4 10.5 ↑ 53.3 18.9 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 27.1 -1.5 ↓ 34.6 7.5 ↑ 37.5 2.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 60.8 58.2 -2.6 ↓ 69.2 11.0 ↑ 75.0 5.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 212 151 71.2 .271 .293
2016 Shifts R 73 25 34.2 .269 .231
2017 Shifts L 15 11 73.3 .173 .080
2017 Shifts R 10 0 0.0 .000
2018 Shifts L 5 3 60.0 .000 .230
2018 Shifts R 3 1 33.3 .000 .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 25 14.0 64.0% 4.0% 27 22.0 0.0% 14.8%
2011 367 16.3 39.0% 2.7% 228 22.3 2.2% 11.0%
2012 487 16.1 39.4% 2.5% 304 22.5 0.7% 10.5%
2013 500 16.4 33.0% 1.2% 355 22.3 1.1% 10.1%
2014 481 15.5 44.9% 2.5% 310 21.8 1.0% 8.7%
2015 224 17.1 32.6% 5.4% 184 22.5 7.6% 17.9%
2016 361 16.5 36.3% 3.3% 196 22.6 4.6% 12.2%
2017 36 17.0 30.6% 0.0% 14 24.6 0.0% 21.4%
2018 5 17.0 40.0% 0.0% 5 24.0 0.0% 0.0%
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