Javier Báez
SS | B/T: R/R | 6' 0" 190LBS | Age: 30

Draft: 2011 | Rd: 1, #9, Chicago Cubs | Arlington Country Day (FL) HS

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 244 228 23 51 4 28 5 .224 .267 .320 .587
10 Seasons 4089 3823 538 987 170 560 95 .258 .300 .455 .755
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .224 4 28 5 .587
10 Seasons .258 170 560 95 .755

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 22 311 52 5 9.6 6.3 91.7 112.4 12.3 44.2 .247 .380 .315 .287 .399 32.7 30.0 5.0
2016 23 1683 316 18 5.7 4.0 88.4 112.3 14.1 25.6 .233 .377 .316 .283 .354 32.3 24.0 3.3
2017 24 1845 333 28 8.4 5.5 87.9 113.3 10.1 28.2 .239 .429 .326 .295 .406 36.0 28.3 5.9
2018 25 2245 444 56 12.6 8.7 90.6 113.7 9.6 33.1 .267 .504 .366 .344 .455 43.3 25.9 4.5
2019 26 2002 377 48 12.7 8.6 91.1 114.1 7.7 36.3 .264 .506 .347 .336 .453 43.6 27.8 5.0
2020 27 909 149 12 8.1 5.1 89.4 116.0 10.3 24.8 .218 .385 .256 .279 .391 40.3 31.9 3.0
2021 28 2065 321 43 13.4 7.9 90.1 116.7 10.6 32.7 .241 .455 .344 .325 .466 45.2 33.6 5.1
2022 29 2092 411 33 8.0 5.6 87.9 112.1 9.6 29.7 .230 .378 .291 .285 .356 38.0 24.9 4.4
2023 30 864 179 6 3.4 2.5 87.8 111.4 8.4 26.3 .230 .336 .261 .271 .313 39.7 20.5 4.1
Player 14016 2582 249 9.6 6.5 89.3 116.7 10.1 30.7 .244 .433 .323 .308 .407 39.8 27.3 4.6
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
2015 38.5 17.3 38.5 5.8 36.5 34.6 28.8 0.0 34.6 25.0 25.0 3.8 9.6 6.3
2016 47.5 20.3 24.1 8.2 39.9 39.9 19.3 4.7 32.9 24.7 20.6 5.7 5.7 4.0
2017 49.8 21.9 19.8 8.4 35.4 42.3 21.9 3.6 36.3 21.0 22.5 5.7 8.4 5.5
2018 47.1 22.1 23.6 7.2 37.6 35.6 26.4 3.4 36.3 18.2 21.4 6.1 12.6 8.7
2019 50.4 22.5 24.7 2.4 31.6 40.6 27.9 3.7 37.7 17.5 22.3 5.0 12.7 8.6
2020 50.3 22.8 18.1 8.7 40.3 34.9 24.8 5.4 34.9 22.1 20.1 7.4 8.1 5.1
2021 46.7 24.9 20.6 7.8 40.2 37.7 22.1 4.4 35.5 18.4 20.9 7.2 13.4 7.9
2022 50.6 22.9 20.4 6.1 39.9 34.8 25.3 2.9 40.1 21.9 20.9 4.9 8.0 5.6
2023 50.8 25.1 19.0 5.0 33.0 41.9 25.1 3.9 42.5 22.9 19.6 7.8 3.4 2.5
Player 48.8 22.5 22.1 6.6 37.2 38.2 24.3 3.8 36.9 20.6 21.3 5.9 9.6 6.5
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.9 37.6 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 Slider 0.2 1 233 27.0 65 .258 .387 .301 33.1 16.9 14.9 .260 .412 .303 42.3
2023 4-Seamer -1.2 -3 221 25.6 55 .149 .255 .265 30.5 29.1 21.6 .203 .338 .298 48.4
2023 Sinker -4.2 -6 151 17.5 47 .190 .190 .247 14.1 10.6 21.7 .225 .253 .263 37.8
2023 Curveball 0.1 0 76 8.8 24 .208 .458 .317 33.3 25.0 20.0 .179 .334 .216 22.2
2023 Changeup -2.9 -2 66 7.6 19 .158 .158 .189 37.8 26.3 35.7 .252 .308 .241 42.9
2023 Cutter 0.4 0 60 6.9 15 .467 .600 .527 26.7 13.3 25.0 .236 .316 .238 30.8
2023 Sweeper -2.0 -1 32 3.7 11 .273 .364 .277 52.6 18.2 20.0 .231 .311 .237 33.3
2023 Splitter 1.2 0 25 2.9 8 .250 .250 .225 40.0 37.5 23.1 .271 .326 .258 60.0
2022 Slider -1.2 -7 601 28.7 194 .214 .374 .283 46.5 30.9 30.8 .209 .327 .247 30.5
2022 4-Seamer 1.7 10 567 27.1 125 .313 .548 .394 30.5 25.6 21.3 .248 .507 .344 58.3
2022 Sinker -2.9 -7 250 12.0 75 .203 .290 .265 16.7 12.0 29.0 .196 .265 .241 26.7
2022 Changeup 0.7 2 244 11.7 72 .242 .303 .307 31.5 16.7 16.7 .264 .412 .328 38.9
2022 Curveball 3.5 6 159 7.6 48 .298 .511 .352 41.4 29.2 25.9 .324 .518 .370 39.4
2022 Cutter 0.8 1 132 6.3 31 .267 .533 .355 25.7 19.4 16.7 .283 .420 .307 44.0
2022 Sweeper -5.5 -6 110 5.3 30 .100 .133 .102 44.1 33.3 27.0 .129 .213 .148 20.0
2022 Splitter -3.1 -1 19 0.9 9 .143 .143 .256 60.0 33.3 33.3 .114 .115 .237 50.0
2022 Slurve -3.7 0 9 0.4 4 .000 .000 .175 50.0 25.0 16.7 .026 .033 .195 0.0
2021 4-Seamer -0.6 -4 624 30.2 133 .233 .467 .336 41.1 42.1 28.1 .221 .433 .321 60.0
2021 Slider 2.3 11 493 23.9 157 .272 .497 .359 44.7 36.9 34.5 .229 .423 .290 40.4
2021 Sinker 0.3 1 339 16.4 92 .266 .392 .354 27.7 19.6 31.6 .262 .425 .352 41.0
2021 Changeup 1.9 4 232 11.2 60 .218 .436 .374 46.1 31.7 24.7 .239 .449 .336 41.7
2021 Curveball 1.6 3 185 9.0 49 .356 .667 .455 42.6 36.7 24.3 .277 .550 .381 39.3
2021 Cutter 3.0 4 145 7.0 39 .378 .757 .512 29.1 15.4 21.4 .310 .657 .422 41.9
2021 Splitter -7.0 -2 25 1.2 9 .000 .000 .000 63.2 66.7 54.5 .104 .112 .094 66.7
2021 Sweeper -7.0 -1 15 0.7 3 .000 .000 .000 77.8 100.0 75.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Slurve 88.9 2 2 0.1 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .963 3.771 1.899 100.0
2020 4-Seamer -1.4 -4 259 28.5 54 .255 .431 .303 40.0 48.1 32.5 .187 .363 .252 53.8
2020 Slider -0.4 -1 252 27.7 66 .194 .403 .309 39.4 25.8 22.7 .210 .424 .294 31.1
2020 Sinker -3.1 -4 144 15.8 41 .263 .395 .350 20.3 12.2 18.5 .297 .413 .332 47.1
2020 Curveball -3.4 -3 88 9.7 33 .097 .097 .179 48.2 42.4 35.0 .170 .258 .216 29.4
2020 Cutter -2.2 -2 72 7.9 11 .200 .200 .227 42.4 36.4 36.4 .166 .185 .202 50.0
2020 Changeup -4.8 -3 65 7.2 20 .100 .300 .171 41.2 30.0 46.2 .251 .454 .299 35.7
2020 Sweeper -5.3 -1 17 1.9 6 .000 .000 .000 36.4 50.0 30.0 .041 .044 .037 33.3
2020 Splitter 49.8 2 4 0.4 2 1.000 2.500 1.450 25.0 0.0 0.0 .986 2.577 1.467 50.0
2020 Slurve -10.5 0 3 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2019 4-Seamer 0.5 4 652 32.6 144 .287 .588 .392 34.9 38.2 27.4 .261 .620 .377 61.7
2019 Slider 1.0 4 441 22.0 130 .252 .496 .324 40.2 25.4 26.8 .263 .501 .326 34.0
2019 Sinker -0.7 -2 332 16.6 98 .228 .467 .335 22.2 19.4 30.2 .257 .431 .315 41.1
2019 Curveball 4.4 10 230 11.5 82 .378 .671 .445 37.8 26.8 25.6 .313 .580 .371 43.3
2019 Changeup 0.7 1 179 8.9 51 .289 .556 .386 40.9 25.5 22.4 .276 .451 .334 55.9
2019 Cutter -1.0 -1 114 5.7 31 .321 .357 .340 31.1 12.9 18.2 .248 .283 .277 16.7
2019 Sweeper -10.8 -2 20 1.0 8 .000 .000 .000 69.2 62.5 83.3 .056 .060 .053 0.0
2019 Splitter -2.8 0 15 0.7 7 .167 .167 .229 25.0 28.6 20.0 .148 .230 .241 25.0
2019 Slurve 33.7 1 2 0.1 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .507 1.127 .681 100.0
2018 4-Seamer 1.4 9 629 28.0 156 .293 .653 .411 30.6 25.0 23.9 .289 .610 .395 48.6
2018 Slider -0.1 -1 567 25.3 154 .260 .527 .348 42.8 33.8 28.9 .205 .419 .276 38.8
2018 Sinker 1.3 5 422 18.8 115 .380 .537 .454 15.7 12.2 15.6 .329 .532 .388 47.4
2018 Curveball 4.8 12 260 11.6 104 .327 .653 .446 37.3 27.9 29.6 .278 .541 .368 40.5
2018 Changeup 1.9 3 172 7.7 58 .245 .453 .327 35.9 24.1 25.5 .278 .455 .349 30.8
2018 Cutter -3.1 -4 141 6.3 34 .129 .258 .223 42.5 32.4 33.3 .291 .473 .350 57.1
2018 Splitter -6.7 -2 27 1.2 8 .000 .000 .000 50.0 62.5 35.7 .011 .012 .013 0.0
2018 Sweeper -4.0 0 10 0.4 4 .250 .250 .225 42.9 50.0 33.3 .056 .068 .058 50.0
2017 4-Seamer 1.3 7 573 31.1 143 .291 .597 .401 31.4 29.4 23.1 .266 .564 .364 47.9
2017 Slider 0.8 3 407 22.1 108 .265 .510 .378 41.4 28.7 24.6 .219 .390 .278 30.1
2017 Sinker 0.3 1 339 18.4 93 .382 .472 .393 21.8 12.9 18.8 .297 .404 .310 35.4
2017 Curveball -0.7 -1 218 11.8 69 .191 .397 .254 46.6 43.5 36.6 .202 .375 .249 31.6
2017 Changeup -0.2 0 176 9.5 44 .262 .381 .288 42.5 29.5 30.2 .224 .301 .237 26.7
2017 Cutter -2.6 -2 81 4.4 22 .100 .250 .171 52.6 40.9 36.0 .173 .488 .289 33.3
2017 Splitter -2.8 -1 31 1.7 8 .125 .125 .113 44.4 62.5 31.3 .091 .126 .094 0.0
2017 Knuckleball -0.4 0 10 0.5 3 .333 .667 .417 28.6 33.3 50.0 .015 .035 .021 0.0
2017 Sweeper -13.1 0 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 227 936 -2 -12 -2 2 -14
2015 94 355 -1 -3 0 2 -2
2016 518 1,933 -3 -11 -2 6 -10
2017 519 1,953 5 0 -4 4 6
2018 640 2,253 23 -8 -2 10 23
2019 552 1,985 9 -4 4 5 14
2020 243 946 -5 -14 -1 3 -18
2021 545 2,065 11 -6 -1 15 19
2022 589 2,092 -2 -3 1 2 -3
2023 244 864 -4 -7 -2 3 -10
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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 311 43.4 72.6 78.6 35.8 44.4 35.4 30.0 51.8 32.9 5.8 83.3
2016 1,683 43.0 68.0 78.9 41.7 59.3 40.5 28.0 53.0 28.4 7.4 75.0
2017 1,845 44.5 73.3 75.0 42.9 47.3 42.4 34.5 56.5 36.2 5.3 89.7
2018 2,245 42.6 77.3 78.1 43.5 49.7 38.8 48.6 57.9 33.8 5.1 85.1
2019 2,002 41.9 73.5 75.0 42.6 50.4 40.3 47.5 55.5 35.5 5.9 76.3
2020 909 42.0 73.3 70.0 38.7 50.0 39.4 39.1 53.2 37.8 7.6 79.7
2021 2,065 39.5 75.8 70.6 44.6 46.5 40.2 41.6 56.9 40.5 5.0 85.6
2022 2,092 40.8 67.9 77.7 47.5 50.9 39.8 41.1 55.8 35.8 6.6 69.6
2023 864 44.9 66.5 80.2 44.5 55.7 39.1 41.0 54.4 30.6 6.4 61.8
Player 14,016 42.2 72.4 75.8 43.5 50.6 40.0 40.6 55.7 35.1 6.0 78.4
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
2015 89 82
2016 10 15 23 35 5 35 40 38 87 27 23 3 18 1 92
2017 15 21 49 59 6 60 66 47 92 53 10 17 2 1 85 96
2018 72 73 90 91 27 96 91 79 92 81 17 7 4 1 89 92
2019 55 63 82 82 15 88 88 83 93 76 13 11 3 2 87 100
2020 9 15 31 47 3 61 51 61 99 55 7 2 4 6 75 100 79
2021 45 30 67 74 14 77 85 67 98 74 3 6 1 1 86 83 85
2022 15 23 37 48 5 67 52 31 82 38 26 8 4 1 66 73 75
2023 4 27 11 16 4 17 10 27 74 42 57 4 21 1 73 98 69
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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 24.3 16 16.8 -1 8 13 6 37.5
2017 24.8 25 24.0 1 13 12 15 60.0
2018 24.7 34 33.3 1 9 24 16 47.1
2019 25.2 29 26.6 2 6 19 12 41.4
2020 25.0 8 7.3 1 2 1 6 75.0
2021 25.9 31 29.1 2 6 20 14 45.2
2022 25.4 17 21.3 -4 12 20 7 41.2
2023 25.3 4 3.4 1 3 2 2 50.0
Player 25.1 164 161.9 2 59 111 78 47.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 16 18 14 19 18 15 18 19 14 14 16 20 17 15 17 17 11 15 16 18 18 12 22 21 16 16 17 21 18 19 14
2017 25 24 23 26 26 23 26 22 19 20 23 28 24 25 22 27 21 21 25 23 23 25 31 25 23 22 22 32 26 23 19
2018 34 41 28 30 35 31 37 34 29 25 30 39 36 32 30 37 32 32 34 38 39 29 43 34 29 26 32 34 40 35 29
2019 29 30 18 28 28 30 30 30 25 19 24 28 30 23 29 27 26 26 25 29 25 27 33 29 25 27 25 28 31 26 18
2020 8 7 8 8 8 7 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 7 7 9 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7
2021 31 31 28 26 32 26 33 30 22 20 22 30 31 26 30 33 27 28 32 33 31 28 37 33 30 28 30 33 31 27 26
2022 17 19 17 26 24 23 26 16 14 14 17 27 24 20 26 28 22 18 19 23 20 17 31 25 16 17 26 28 22 18 16
2023 4 3 3 4 5 4 4 2 4 2 3 6 3 2 4 3 3 2 3 5 2 2 5 3 2 3 5 5 3 4 3
Player 164 173 139 167 176 159 182 160 133 121 142 185 172 150 165 179 149 149 161 178 165 147 211 177 148 146 164 189 178 159 132
! 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 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.7 88.4 -3.3 87.9 -0.5 90.6 2.7 91.1 0.5 89.4 -1.7 90.1 0.7 87.9 -2.2 87.8 -0.1
Launch Angle 12.3 14.1 1.8 10.1 -4.0 9.6 -0.5 7.7 -1.9 10.3 2.6 10.6 0.3 9.6 -1.0 8.4 -1.2
Barrel % 9.6 5.7 -3.9 8.4 2.7 12.6 4.2 12.7 0.1 8.1 -4.6 13.4 5.3 8.0 -5.4 3.4 -4.6
Hard Hit % 32.7 32.3 -0.4 36.0 3.7 43.3 7.3 43.6 0.3 40.3 -3.3 45.2 4.9 38.0 -7.2 39.7 1.7
Sweet Spot % 44.2 25.6 -18.6 28.2 2.6 33.1 4.9 36.3 3.2 24.8 -11.5 32.7 7.9 29.7 -3.0 26.3 -3.4
xBA .247 .233 -0.014 .239 0.006 .267 0.028 .264 -0.003 .218 -0.046 .241 0.023 .230 -0.011 .230 0.000
BA .289 .273 -0.016 .273 0.000 .290 0.017 .281 -0.009 .203 -0.078 .265 0.062 .238 -0.027 .224 -0.014
xwOBA .287 .283 -0.004 .295 0.012 .344 0.049 .336 -0.008 .279 -0.057 .325 0.046 .285 -0.040 .271 -0.014
wOBA .315 .316 0.001 .326 0.010 .366 0.040 .347