Jesse Chavez
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 180LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2002 | Rd: 42, #1252, Texas Rangers | Riverside City College
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 4 3 3.76 60 1 0 69.1 74 1.31
2023 1 0 1.56 36 1 1 34.2 39 1.10
2024 2 2 3.13 46 0 0 63.1 55 1.25
17 Seasons 51 65 4.24 653 85 9 1,134 1,036 1.33
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 60 4-3 3.76 69.1 74 1.31
2023 36 1-0 1.56 34.2 39 1.10
2024 46 2-2 3.13 63.1 55 1.25
17 Seasons 653 51-65 4.24 1,134 1,036 1.33
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2015 31 2572 486 26 5.3 3.9 88.5 113.0 12.5 32.3 .258 .405 .317 .317 .373 34.2 20.2 7.1 4.18 4.19
2016 32 1123 199 15 7.5 5.3 89.1 111.8 13.3 32.7 .250 .449 .330 .319 .388 38.7 22.3 6.4 4.43 4.31
2017 33 2312 420 37 8.8 6.3 88.9 114.1 12.0 38.3 .276 .501 .348 .354 .418 40.8 20.3 7.7 5.35 5.55
2018 34 1479 268 17 6.3 4.5 88.8 113.1 12.7 29.5 .232 .389 .277 .283 .356 31.3 24.4 4.5 2.55 3.35
2019 35 1307 238 21 8.8 6.2 88.1 114.5 13.2 34.5 .269 .471 .331 .339 .401 34.5 21.4 6.5 4.85 5.16
2020 36 305 56 8 14.3 10.4 86.9 112.6 12.0 37.5 .297 .578 .402 .393 .440 33.9 16.9 9.1 6.88 7.04
2021 37 528 86 5 5.8 3.8 90.9 107.9 10.4 29.1 .213 .344 .230 .270 .334 41.9 27.1 8.3 2.14 3.03
2022 38 1202 197 16 8.1 5.5 90.1 116.8 13.4 38.6 .263 .415 .325 .321 .403 46.2 25.3 6.8 3.76 4.31
2023 39 581 90 3 3.3 2.1 87.1 108.0 7.2 33.3 .233 .342 .263 .293 .352 33.3 27.1 8.3 1.56 3.58
2024 40 1044 189 12 6.3 4.5 87.3 117.8 11.1 37.6 .263 .411 .315 .318 .373 35.4 20.8 7.2 3.13 4.25
Player 12453 2229 160 7.2 5.1 88.7 117.8 12.2 34.4 .257 .432 .317 .321 .386 36.9 22.1 6.9
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Chavez relies on 5 pitches.
Cutter
(51.1%) ,
Sinker
(26.9%) ,
Changeup
(13.4%) ,
Curveball
(7.0%) ,
Slider
(1.6%) ,


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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 44.7 15.4 29.6 10.3 36.0 39.9 24.1 1.6 32.9 22.8 26.7 5.1 5.3 3.9
2016 43.2 25.6 24.1 7.0 31.7 38.2 30.2 2.0 34.2 24.6 22.1 9.0 7.5 5.3
2017 41.7 27.1 27.1 4.0 28.6 40.7 30.0 3.8 29.8 22.1 26.9 7.6 8.8 6.3
2018 44.4 26.1 22.4 7.1 33.6 38.8 26.9 2.6 34.7 25.4 25.4 5.2 6.3 4.5
2019 42.4 23.1 26.9 7.6 33.6 40.8 25.6 4.2 31.1 25.2 27.3 3.4 8.8 6.2
2020 41.1 30.4 21.4 7.1 32.1 39.3 28.6 10.7 25.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 14.3 10.4
2021 43.0 29.1 26.7 1.2 33.7 27.9 38.4 4.7 29.1 27.9 24.4 8.1 5.8 3.8
2022 39.6 25.4 27.9 7.1 25.4 42.1 32.5 3.6 27.9 22.3 31.5 6.1 8.1 5.5
2023 52.2 12.2 27.8 7.8 35.6 37.8 26.7 5.6 36.7 17.8 30.0 6.7 3.3 2.1
2024 43.4 27.5 25.9 3.2 29.6 40.7 29.6 3.7 33.9 23.8 25.4 6.3 6.3 4.5
Player 43.3 23.3 26.6 6.7 32.0 39.6 28.2 3.3 31.9 23.5 26.6 6.0 7.2 5.1
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.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Slider ATL R 17 81.4 46.6 6.3 4.8GLV -3.1 -5.5 7.1 4.8GLV -0.3
2024 Curveball ATL R 73 75.7 56.4 -0.9 15.8GLV 3.8 -8.3 -1.6 15.8GLV 6.4
2024 Cutter ATL R 532 88.8 22.0 4.5 1.9ARM -3.2 12.5 4.2 1.9ARM -4.6
2024 Sinker ATL R 281 90.7 25.5 -0.9 15.9ARM 0.5 7.6 -0.3 15.9ARM 1.1
2024 Changeup ATL R 140 85.2 35.5 1.6 16.0ARM 1.4 2.2 2.7 16.0ARM 1.8
2023 Changeup ATL R 78 84.8 36.0 1.5 15.9ARM 1.3 2.1 3.3 15.9ARM 1.5
2023 Sinker ATL R 173 90.9 25.7 -1.2 16.6ARM 1.1 7.4 0.2 16.6ARM 1.6
2023 Cutter ATL R 293 88.5 22.3 4.3 0.8ARM -1.8 12.3 4.5 0.8ARM -3.4
2023 Curveball ATL R 33 75.9 54.9 -1.9 16.0GLV 3.9 -7.2 -2.7 16.0GLV 7.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 Cutter 1.6 8 533 51.1 128 .224 .353 .292 18.5 21.9 19.7 .245 .406 .312 34.4
2024 Sinker 0.0 0 281 26.9 73 .292 .554 .395 9.8 26.0 26.4 .234 .383 .311 50.0
2024 Changeup 1.8 2 140 13.4 39 .237 .368 .272 14.1 5.1 4.5 .328 .432 .341 27.8
2024 Curveball 0.3 0 73 7.0 16 .200 .267 .191 25.7 18.8 8.3 .287 .366 .271 7.7
2024 Slider -11.2 -2 17 1.6 7 .429 1.143 .643 37.5 42.9 21.4 .420 .714 .486 50.0
2023 Cutter 0.9 3 295 50.8 63 .236 .327 .306 31.7 31.7 24.4 .230 .318 .285 30.6
2023 Sinker 0.8 1 173 29.8 46 .225 .400 .342 12.5 19.6 20.0 .288 .488 .377 41.9
2023 Changeup 3.7 3 79 13.6 27 .120 .120 .219 25.0 18.5 20.0 .210 .254 .238 25.0
2023 Curveball 5.1 2 33 5.7 8 .125 .125 .113 61.1 62.5 27.8 .050 .053 .045 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 135 85.1 97 16.9 2:30 3:00 -30
2024 Curveball 70 75.6 80 19.9 8:00 8:00 0
2024 Cutter 527 88.8 69 12.0 1:00 12:15 45
2024 Sinker 277 90.7 92 17.9 1:30 2:15 -45
2024 Slider 17 81.4 45 9.1 8:15 7:15 60
2023 Changeup 74 84.7 97 16.7 2:30 3:00 -30
2023 Curveball 33 75.9 80 19.4 8:00 8:00 0
2023 Cutter 279 88.5 64 11.6 1:00 12:00 60
2023 Sinker 161 90.9 91 18.4 1:30 2:15 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 67 267 -4 -1 -1 -1 -6
2009 279 1,024 1 6 -3 -4 0
2010 270 1,015 -3 2 -3 -3 -7
2011 39 158 -5 0 -2 0 -7
2012 121 468 -7 -3 -4 -3 -17
2013 244 934 6 11 -7 -3 7
2014 618 2,387 9 15 -13 -7 4
2015 670 2,562 0 13 -14 -7 -8
2016 279 1,113 -4 9 -8 -5 -8
2017 583 2,306 -10 23 -17 -9 -13
2018 379 1,488 5 14 -6 -3 11
2019 337 1,306 -3 19 -10 -9 -4
2020 77 305 1 0 -2 -2 -3
2021 158 608 6 12 -7 -2 10
2022 305 1,247 5 -5 -4 -5 -10
2023 144 580 7 8 -2 -5 9
2024 269 1,072 8 15 -8 -4 10
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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 2,572 44.5 65.6 82.5 26.5 67.0 45.3 60.7 43.9 22.1 5.6 83.2
2016 1,123 47.3 74.6 84.8 26.7 64.6 42.0 63.5 49.3 20.6 6.4 87.5
2017 2,312 44.8 68.0 84.2 25.1 67.8 42.4 62.5 44.3 20.8 5.8 85.0
2018 1,479 52.4 67.6 80.1 29.4 66.2 45.6 64.5 49.4 23.7 8.7 78.9
2019 1,307 46.3 66.3 87.0 23.1 67.3 41.4 62.9 43.1 18.5 5.3 79.7
2020 305 49.2 62.0 86.0 19.4 80.0 43.3 55.8 40.3 15.4 8.2 92.0
2021 528 53.0 61.8 86.7 23.8 69.5 41.7 65.2 43.9 17.7 8.1 76.7
2022 1,202 48.9 62.4 79.6 29.8 66.1 45.2 67.1 45.8 24.7 6.4 77.9
2023 581 43.7 60.2 73.9 26.6 65.5 45.6 65.3 41.3 28.3 4.8 89.3
2024 1,044 48.6 63.5 85.4 22.3 74.2 42.2 61.2 42.3 17.0 7.1 77.0
Player 12,453 47.1 66.1 83.1 25.9 67.5 43.6 62.9 44.9 21.3 6.4 81.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
2015 35 29 35 43 38 17 41 35 39 48 55 45 19 36 77 94 30
2016 39 46 21 11 66 49 17 32 16 61 74 27 23 57 81 78 48
2017 12 14 7 5 28 6 5 11 4 38 61 23 22 28 67 69 31
2018 77 58 50 43 92 46 51 34 81 62 95 41 67 50 56 32
2019 22 18 19 20 35 40 19 65 68 39 75 5 3 18 28 21
2020 4 4 1 1 14 33 2 74 67 13 44 2 4 19 21 30
2021 17 9 36
2022 30 15 27 38 36 51 35 12 3 67 63 43 53 14 5 36
2023 11 7 33
2024 36 16 31 52 39 72 76 86 76 32 63 2 2 9 5 54 31
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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 22.8 12 10.6 1 6 7 5 41.7
2017 22.3 28 25.3 3 9 21 10 35.7
2018 24.1 13 10.8 2 8 8 5 38.5
2019 23.3 12 10.8 1 6 12 2 16.7
2020 24.0 6 6.8 -1 0 6 2 33.3
2021 -- 0 1.5 -2 4 3 0 --
2022 23.1 8 7.7 0 1 6 3 37.5
2023 18.8 2 1.6 0 0 1 1 50.0
2024 23.6 10 8.0 2 7 8 2 20.0
Player 23.0 91 83.2 8 41 72 30 33.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 12 10 9 12 9 12 11 9 8 8 10 14 10 8 11 14 7 11 11 12 9 8 14 16 9 11 10 14 10 12 8
2017 28 26 20 27 25 20 31 23 20 20 25 32 26 25 22 29 24 21 29 27 25 28 32 29 25 22 27 32 27 25 15
2018 13 16 9 10 9 8 10 8 9 7 9 14 14 8 9 12 9 10 12 14 14 13 16 13 7 8 9 14 16 10 8
2019 12 15 7 13 11 11 12 15 4 7 7 11 14 10 10 13 12 9 8 10 11 11 17 14 13 11 6 12 14 11 5
2020 6 8 6 7 7 8 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 5 6 8 6 7 7 6
2021 0 2 3 2 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 3 4 2 1 0 3 2 1 1 1
2022 8 9 6 6 8 8 9 7 6 7 7 6 9 8 8 9 7 7 7 8 9 8 9 9 7 7 8 8 8 7 8
2023 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
2024 10 7 7 9 7 7 8 7 6 6 7 10 11 6 8 6 7 8 8 9 7 5 13 9 7 9 8 10 9 9 10
Player 91 95 68 88 80 76 94 79 61 62 73 98 94 73 77 95 75 74 87 92 84 85 114 101 75 75 81 100 94 83 62
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.2 92.8 1.6 91.3 -1.5 92.2 0.9 89.9 -2.3 90.2 0.3 89.9 -0.3 89.8 -0.1 89.4 -0.4 89.5 0.1
Offspeed Velocity 84.7 86.4 1.7 85.2 -1.2 86.7 1.5 85.2 -1.5 85.2 0.0 84.6 -0.6 85.5 0.9 84.8 -0.7 85.2 0.4
Breaking Velocity 79.9 80.0 0.1 81.5 1.5 83.9 2.4 86.4 2.5 83.3 -3.1 82.5 -0.8 76.9 -5.6 75.9 -1.0 76.7 0.8
Exit Velocity 88.5 89.1 0.6 88.9 -0.2 88.8 -0.1 88.1 -0.7 86.9 -1.2 90.9 4.0 90.1 -0.8 87.1 -3.0 87.3 0.2
Launch Angle 12.5 13.3 0.8 12.0 -1.3 12.7 0.7 13.2 0.5 12.0 -1.2 10.4 -1.6 13.4 3.0 7.2 -6.2 11.1 3.9
Barrel % 5.3 7.5 2.2 8.8 1.3 6.3 -2.5 8.8 2.5 14.3 5.5 5.8 -8.5 8.1 2.3 3.3 -4.8 6.3 3.0
Hard Hit % 34.2 38.7 4.5 40.8 2.1 31.3 -9.5 34.5 3.2 33.9 -0.6 41.9 8.0 46.2 4.3 33.3 -12.9 35.4 2.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.3 32.7 0.4 38.3 5.6 29.5 -8.8 34.5 5.0 37.5 3.0 29.1 -8.4 38.6 9.5 33.3 -5.3 37.6 4.3
xBA .258 .250 -0.008 .276 0.026 .232 -0.044 .269 0.037 .297 0.028 .213 -0.084 .263 0.050 .233 -0.030 .263 0.030
BA .268 .272 0.004 .276 0.004 .235 -0.041 .267 0.032 .303 0.036 .192 -0.111 .264 0.072 .203 -0.061 .249 0.046
xwOBA .317 .319 0.002 .354 0.035 .283 -0.071 .339 0.056 .393 0.054 .270 -0.123 .321 0.051 .293 -0.028 .318 0.025
wOBA .317 .330 0.013 .348 0.018 .277 -0.071 .331 0.054 .402 0.071 .230 -0.172 .325 0.095 .263 -0.062 .315 0.052
xSLG .405 .449 0.044 .501 0.052 .389 -0.112 .471 0.082 .578 0.107 .344 -0.234 .415 0.071 .342 -0.073 .411 0.069
SLG .410 .456 0.046 .493 0.037 .377 -0.116 .463 0.086 .621 0.158 .267 -0.354 .431 0.164 .297 -0.134 .427 0.130
K% 20.2 22.3 2.1 20.3 -2.0 24.4 4.1 21.4 -3.0 16.9 -4.5 27.1 10.2 25.3 -1.8 27.1 1.8 20.8 -6.3
BB% 7.1 6.4 -0.7 7.7 1.3 4.5 -3.2 6.5 2.0 9.1 2.6 8.3 -0.8 6.8 -1.5 8.3 1.5 7.2 -1.1
Swing % 43.9 49.3 5.4 44.3 -5.0 49.4 5.1 43.1 -6.3 40.3 -2.8 43.9 3.6 45.8 1.9 41.3 -4.5 42.3 1.0
Whiff% 22.1 20.6 -1.5 20.8 0.2 23.7 2.9 18.5 -5.2 15.4 -3.1 17.7 2.3 24.7 7.0 28.3 3.6 17.0 -11.3
In Zone % 44.5 47.3 2.8 44.8 -2.5 52.4 7.6 46.3 -6.1 49.2 2.9 53.0 3.8 48.9 -4.1 43.7 -5.2 48.6 4.9
Out of Zone % 55.5 52.7 -2.8 55.2 2.5 47.6 -7.6 53.7 6.1 50.8 -2.9 47.0 -3.8 51.1 4.1 56.3 5.2 51.4 -4.9
Out of Zone Swing % 26.5 26.7 0.2 25.1 -1.6 29.4 4.3 23.1 -6.3 19.4 -3.7 23.8 4.4 29.8 6.0 26.6 -3.2 22.3 -4.3
First Pitch Swing % 27.4 31.9 4.5 30.4 -1.5 33.2 2.8 29.4 -3.8 23.4 -6.0 27.3 3.9 22.3 -5.0 25.0 2.7 23.2 -1.8
First Pitch Strike % 60.7 63.5 2.8 62.5 -1.0 64.5 2.0 62.9 -1.6 55.8 -7.1 65.2 9.4 67.1 1.9 65.3 -1.8 61.2 -4.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 278 .331 166 2 1.2 112 29 25.9
2017 Shifts 582 .348 314 1 0.3 268 21 7.8
2018 Shifts 376 .277 248 4 1.6 128 19 14.8
2019 Shifts 337 .331 195 9 4.6 142 45 31.7
2020 Shifts 77 .402 43 2 4.7 34 17 50.0
2021 Shifts 132 .230 72 24 33.3 60 37 61.7
2022 Shifts 291 .323 163 18 11.0 128 69 53.9
2023 Shades 144 .263 78 0 0.0 66 24 36.4
2024 Shades 263 .315 148 5 3.4 115 59 51.3
! 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 287 16.0 41.5% 3.1% 180 20.0 5.6% 6.1%
2011 32 13.2 71.9% 0.0% 45 17.7 33.3% 4.4%
2012 127 15.7 47.2% 0.0% 72 22.1 1.4% 6.9%
2013 230 14.0 62.2% 0.0% 173 20.1 7.5% 5.8%
2014 690 14.6 53.9% 1.0% 427 20.2 3.7% 3.7%
2015 803 16.1 39.7% 5.0% 437 22.8 5.0% 18.8%
2016 292 16.1 39.0% 1.7% 184 22.5 4.9% 10.9%
2017 788 15.9 41.0% 1.9% 309 23.7 0.0% 11.7%
2018 419 13.4 73.3% 0.5% 246 20.6 4.1% 5.3%
2019 389 14.1 60.7% 2.6% 256 21.7 2.3% 6.6%
2020 94 15.2 46.8% 2.1% 67 20.1 4.5% 6.0%
2021 136 14.6 55.1% 1.5% 116 22.4 0.0% 3.4%
2022 336 13.7 66.1% 0.0% 248 19.0 4.0% 2.4%
2023 132 12.2 87.1% 0.0% 155 16.7 15.5% 0.0%
2024 307 13.2 82.7% 0.0% 197 16.4 21.3% 1.0%

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Pitch Distribution