Javier Báez
SS | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 190LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 1, #9, Chicago Cubs | Arlington Country Day (FL) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 590 555 64 132 17 9 .238 .278 .393 .671
2023 547 510 58 113 9 12 .222 .267 .325 .592
2024 289 272 25 50 6 8 .184 .221 .294 .515
11 Seasons 4,681 4,377 598 1,099 181 110 .251 .293 .437 .730
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .238 17 9 .671
2023 .222 9 12 .592
2024 .184 6 8 .515
11 Seasons .251 181 110 .730
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA 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 .243 .375 .315 .283 .393 32.7 30.0 5.0
2016 23 1683 316 18 5.7 4.0 88.4 112.3 14.1 25.6 .229 .372 .316 .280 .348 32.3 24.0 3.3
2017 24 1845 333 28 8.4 5.5 87.9 113.3 10.1 28.2 .234 .423 .326 .291 .400 36.0 28.3 5.9
2018 25 2245 444 56 12.6 8.7 90.6 113.7 9.6 33.1 .262 .499 .366 .340 .449 43.3 25.9 4.5
2019 26 2002 377 48 12.7 8.6 91.1 114.1 7.7 36.3 .260 .500 .347 .332 .447 43.6 27.8 5.0
2020 27 909 149 12 8.1 5.1 89.4 116.0 10.3 24.8 .213 .380 .256 .275 .383 40.3 31.9 3.0
2021 28 2065 321 43 13.4 7.9 90.1 116.7 10.6 32.7 .237 .450 .344 .321 .460 45.2 33.6 5.1
2022 29 2092 411 33 8.0 5.6 87.9 112.1 9.6 29.7 .226 .374 .291 .281 .351 38.0 24.9 4.4
2023 30 1970 388 20 5.2 3.7 88.0 113.1 9.4 28.9 .234 .355 .261 .279 .334 39.7 22.9 4.4
2024 31 1028 206 16 7.8 5.5 88.3 111.1 11.2 27.7 .222 .345 .224 .264 .326 40.0 23.9 4.2
Player 16150 2997 279 9.3 6.3 89.2 116.7 10.1 30.5 .239 .419 .312 .300 .393 39.8 26.9 4.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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 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 35.4 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 50.5 23.5 21.4 4.6 37.4 38.1 24.5 3.1 39.9 21.9 21.9 7.0 5.2 3.7
2024 46.6 25.7 20.9 6.8 41.3 38.8 19.9 3.4 37.9 25.7 18.4 6.3 7.8 5.5
Player 48.7 22.7 22.1 6.4 37.8 38.0 24.0 3.6 37.0 21.0 21.3 6.0 9.3 6.3
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -3 275 26.8 75 .183 .254 .220 26.1 24.0 26.9 .220 .351 .260 51.9
2024 Slider -3.3 -8 236 23.0 71 .121 .182 .161 37.4 26.8 23.8 .177 .271 .224 29.2
2024 Sinker -2.1 -3 147 14.3 46 .239 .304 .258 7.4 10.9 27.8 .289 .385 .295 48.8
2024 Sweeper 0.0 0 136 13.2 29 .241 .552 .331 46.8 37.9 20.0 .195 .387 .248 27.8
2024 Changeup -1.6 -1 80 7.8 22 .105 .158 .193 41.5 27.3 23.1 .192 .246 .258 46.2
2024 Curveball 2.7 2 62 6.0 21 .263 .421 .331 28.6 28.6 25.0 .315 .465 .370 38.5
2024 Cutter 0.9 0 51 5.0 15 .154 .462 .263 15.4 6.7 7.7 .219 .469 .319 23.1
2024 Split-Finger 0.6 0 24 2.3 4 .250 .500 .313 23.1 50.0 18.2 .221 .389 .255 50.0
2024 Slurve -11.7 -1 9 0.9 3 .000 .000 .000 16.7 0.0 0.0 .189 .216 .178 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -8 583 29.6 133 .175 .289 .276 34.3 33.1 23.9 .213 .357 .300 56.9
2023 Slider 0.8 3 431 21.9 141 .254 .373 .294 32.5 19.9 22.0 .245 .390 .289 38.3
2023 Sinker -3.1 -9 290 14.7 80 .208 .222 .254 16.3 10.0 19.5 .238 .271 .271 34.4
2023 Changeup 0.2 0 200 10.2 56 .218 .345 .282 28.4 16.1 20.5 .254 .383 .281 30.4
2023 Curveball -1.9 -3 150 7.6 46 .217 .391 .278 43.4 30.4 26.4 .252 .421 .286 28.1
2023 Cutter 0.3 0 141 7.2 33 .313 .406 .380 29.3 9.1 10.7 .249 .380 .280 37.9
2023 Sweeper -2.8 -3 117 5.9 41 .175 .225 .210 53.5 36.6 34.1 .171 .213 .178 32.0
2023 Split-Finger 5.3 2 41 2.1 13 .308 .538 .362 30.8 30.8 17.4 .297 .491 .333 77.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 -2 -11 -2 6 -10
2017 519 1,953 5 0 -4 4 5
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 544 1,958 -4 -18 -1 6 -17
2024 286 1,020 -3 -12 -3 4 -14
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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 28.9 7.4 75.0
2017 1,845 44.5 73.3 75.0 42.9 47.3 42.4 34.5 56.5 36.7 5.3 89.7
2018 2,245 42.6 77.3 78.1 43.5 49.7 38.8 48.6 57.9 33.9 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 38.2 7.6 79.7
2021 2,065 39.5 75.8 70.6 44.6 46.5 40.2 41.6 56.9 40.6 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 1,970 44.3 68.2 78.3 44.0 53.5 39.6 38.6 54.8 32.7 6.3 65.0
2024 1,028 42.7 64.9 82.3 43.2 55.6 38.3 33.3 52.4 30.2 6.5 62.1
Player 16,150 42.3 71.7 76.2 43.4 51.0 39.9 39.9 55.4 34.9 6.0 76.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 		Bat
Speed 		Squared-up
Rate 		Swing
Length
2015 90 83
2016 9 10 21 35 4 35 40 38 87 27 23 3 18 1 92 99
2017 12 15 45 59 4 60 66 47 92 53 10 17 2 1 85 96
2018 67 67 90 90 25 96 91 79 92 81 17 7 4 1 89 92
2019 51 54 79 82 12 87 88 83 93 76 13 11 3 2 86 100
2020 7 12 27 47 2 61 51 61 99 55 7 2 4 6 75 100 80
2021 40 25 63 74 11 77 85 67 98 74 3 6 1 1 86 79 85
2022 12 21 35 47 3 67 52 31 82 38 26 8 4 1 67 73 75
2023 7 21 11 14 4 26 19 23 85 42 42 3 12 1 71 95 69
2024 73 55 40 80
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
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 21.9 3 15 12 13 52.0
2018 24.7 34 33.2 1 9 24 16 47.1
2019 25.2 29 26.5 3 7 18 12 41.4
2020 25.0 8 7.3 1 2 1 6 75.0
2021 25.9 31 29.0 2 5 20 14 45.2
2022 25.4 17 20.3 -3 13 20 6 35.3
2023 25.3 9 9.2 0 2 8 3 33.3
2024 26.0 6 5.5 1 2 4 3 50.0
Player 25.2 175 169.8 5 63 120 79 45.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR