Jesús Sánchez
RF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 222LBS | Age: 26
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 251 227 27 57 14 0 .251 .319 .489 .808
2022 343 313 38 67 13 1 .214 .280 .403 .683
2023 402 360 43 91 14 3 .253 .327 .450 .777
4 Seasons 1,025 925 109 216 41 4 .234 .305 .434 .739
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .251 14 0 .808
2022 .214 13 1 .683
2023 .253 14 3 .777
4 Seasons .234 41 4 .739
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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%
2020 22 125 14 1 7.1 3.4 95.4 110.4 7.9 21.4 .158 .257 .139 .250 .317 64.3 37.9 13.8
2021 23 989 150 19 12.7 7.6 90.2 113.9 8.7 38.0 .244 .479 .339 .337 .464 42.7 31.1 8.0
2022 24 1391 222 22 9.9 6.4 89.5 114.7 11.0 25.7 .226 .383 .298 .298 .370 40.5 26.8 7.6
2023 25 1657 255 31 12.2 7.7 90.4 114.8 5.6 32.9 .269 .478 .334 .353 .449 46.3 26.6 9.5
Player 4162 641 73 11.4 7.1 90.2 114.8 8.3 31.4 .245 .440 .318 .327 .422 43.8 28.1 8.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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
2020 57.1 21.4 14.3 7.1 35.7 28.6 35.7 0.0 42.9 28.6 21.4 0.0 7.1 3.4
2021 46.7 28.7 21.3 3.3 36.0 37.3 26.7 3.3 35.3 20.0 22.7 6.0 12.7 7.6
2022 46.8 26.6 19.4 7.2 41.9 30.6 27.5 5.0 35.1 25.7 21.2 3.2 9.9 6.4
2023 49.8 18.0 26.3 5.9 32.9 33.7 33.3 5.5 36.1 12.9 28.2 4.7 12.2 7.7
Player 48.2 23.6 22.5 5.8 36.8 33.4 29.8 4.7 35.7 19.3 24.3 4.4 11.4 7.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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 %
2023 4-Seamer 1.7 11 632 38.1 139 .296 .522 .409 27.6 25.9 18.4 .264 .498 .386 48.1
2023 Changeup -0.9 -2 254 15.3 67 .215 .400 .292 26.8 16.4 16.9 .232 .384 .275 22.2
2023 Slider 1.7 3 203 12.3 47 .273 .500 .350 36.8 31.9 19.7 .283 .467 .343 55.2
2023 Sinker -2.7 -5 174 10.5 42 .229 .429 .322 16.2 26.2 25.6 .266 .495 .369 65.4
2023 Curveball 0.4 1 167 10.1 47 .227 .432 .363 33.3 21.3 17.5 .350 .644 .435 58.8
2023 Cutter 1.1 1 129 7.8 27 .346 .577 .406 34.8 29.6 25.0 .315 .520 .367 50.0
2023 Sweeper -5.3 -2 41 2.5 16 .125 .125 .113 45.5 50.0 47.1 .229 .266 .215 37.5
2023 Splitter -6.5 -2 29 1.8 8 .125 .125 .113 38.9 37.5 23.1 .132 .133 .120 20.0
2023 Forkball -17.7 -1 7 0.4 3 .000 .000 .000 75.0 100.0 75.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Slurve 2.2 0 2 0.1 2 .500 1.000 .625 50.0 50.0 50.0 .406 1.216 .660 100.0
2022 4-Seamer -0.4 -2 479 34.4 118 .192 .356 .288 25.0 29.7 22.3 .205 .355 .296 46.4
2022 Curveball -2.8 -6 216 15.5 53 .128 .213 .208 33.7 26.4 21.2 .186 .222 .238 33.3
2022 Slider -1.4 -3 206 14.8 48 .174 .391 .241 33.6 37.5 22.5 .179 .330 .222 34.5
2022 Sinker 1.8 3 178 12.8 55 .360 .580 .430 20.5 9.1 16.1 .307 .538 .395 35.6
2022 Changeup 1.4 2 146 10.5 31 .290 .613 .377 42.3 29.0 25.7 .289 .492 .336 40.9
2022 Cutter -1.2 -1 114 8.2 26 .200 .360 .256 29.6 19.2 23.8 .273 .468 .335 45.0
2022 Sweeper -0.4 0 35 2.5 4 .000 .000 .175 27.3 50.0 13.3 .041 .041 .203 0.0
2022 Splitter -7.5 -1 15 1.1 7 .000 .000 .100 50.0 57.1 57.1 .076 .170 .189 100.0
2021 4-Seamer 1.4 5 351 35.5 98 .303 .640 .424 19.5 23.5 21.9 .327 .717 .459 51.5
2021 Slider 0.3 0 151 15.3 33 .200 .500 .326 45.9 45.5 24.6 .157 .328 .248 46.7
2021 Sinker -2.0 -3 136 13.8 33 .241 .276 .286 24.2 33.3 26.8 .201 .313 .280 50.0
2021 Curveball -1.0 -1 132 13.3 31 .138 .241 .203 40.7 48.4 30.6 .148 .261 .200 26.7
2021 Changeup 5.5 6 101 10.2 28 .308 .654 .455 26.1 17.9 17.2 .285 .510 .363 33.3
2021 Cutter -0.4 0 71 7.2 13 .167 .167 .262 36.1 38.5 31.3 .150 .160 .183 14.3
2021 Splitter -0.3 0 28 2.8 7 .143 .143 .129 13.3 28.6 18.2 .160 .248 .177 20.0
2021 Sweeper -3.7 -1 14 1.4 4 .250 .750 .400 57.1 50.0 33.3 .226 .326 .236 50.0
2021 Slurve 3.7 0 5 0.5 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 0.0 .267 .301 .240 0.0
2020 4-Seamer -1.7 -1 42 33.6 10 .125 .250 .265 30.4 30.0 27.3 .143 .190 .257 60.0
2020 Sinker -4.0 -1 30 24.0 4 .000 .000 .000 14.3 75.0 27.3 .035 .038 .032 100.0
2020 Slider 1.2 0 20 16.0 6 .000 .000 .233 33.3 16.7 11.1 .185 .206 .356 100.0
2020 Cutter -3.9 -1 16 12.8 3 .000 .000 .000 37.5 100.0 27.3 -- -- .000 --
2020 Curveball -6.5 -1 10 8.0 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .616 1.278 .778 66.7
2020 Changeup -22.5 -1 4 3.2 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 100.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2020 Splitter -6.6 0 3 2.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .082 .083 .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
2020 29 125 -2 -4 2 1 -4
2021 248 989 10 -12 4 4 6
2022 343 1,391 -4 -17 8 6 -7
2023 407 1,675 1 -13 10 4 3
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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 %
2020 125 44.0 81.8 82.2 32.9 60.9 42.4 37.9 54.4 25.0 4.0 100.0
2021 989 46.7 71.4 79.7 31.5 51.8 41.2 35.7 50.2 29.2 7.3 73.6
2022 1,391 44.6 66.6 80.9 32.7 52.8 42.6 35.9 47.8 29.6 7.6 79.2
2023 1,657 46.9 68.8 78.9 31.4 52.5 43.5 30.9 48.9 30.1 7.9 75.6
Player 4,162 46.0 69.1 79.8 31.9 52.7 42.6 34.0 49.0 29.6 7.5 76.8
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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
2020 75 57
2021 91 71 92
2022 26 20 43 58 18 38 68 61 96 53 17 43 19 25 48 24 87
2023 79 75 80 75 74 58 79 71 94 77 23 61 22 30 54 64 88
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 -- 0 0.3 0 0 1 0 --
2021 27.6 14 14.6 -1 5 8 7 50.0
2022 28.4 13 13.2 0 2 11 4 30.8
2023 27.5 14 15.3 -1 2 12 7 50.0
Player 27.8 41 43.4 -2 9 32 18 43.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2020 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
2021 14 17 14 14 15 16 16 13 9 13 14 16 14 13 15 17 13 13 18 15 13 16 17 14 13 13 18 17 13 15 15
2022 13 14 10 13 14 13 15 11 8 12 13 14 14 13 14 15 13 13 14 14 13 14 15 16 12 12 15 15 15 11 11
2023 14 10 15 17 17 17 17 11 14 13 15 16 17 12 16 19 14 13 18 19 14 14 20 17 11 13 17 18 17 14 13
Player 41 41 40 44 46 46 49 35 31 38 42 47 45 38 45 51 40 39 50 49 40 45 53 47 36 38 51 51 45 41 39
! 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 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 95.4 90.2 -5.2 89.5 -0.7 90.4 0.9
Launch Angle 7.9 8.7 0.8 11.0 2.3 5.6 -5.4
Barrel % 7.1 12.7 5.6 9.9 -2.8 12.2 2.3
Hard Hit % 64.3 42.7 -21.6 40.5 -2.2 46.3 5.8
Sweet Spot % 21.4 38.0 16.6 25.7 -12.3 32.9 7.2
xBA .158 .244 0.086 .226 -0.018 .269 0.043
BA .040 .251 0.211 .214 -0.037 .253 0.039
xwOBA .250 .337 0.087 .298 -0.039 .353 0.055
wOBA .139 .339 0.200 .298 -0.041 .334 0.036
xSLG .257 .479 0.222 .383 -0.096 .478 0.095
SLG .080 .489 0.409 .403 -0.086 .450 0.047
K% 37.9 31.1 -6.8 26.8 -4.3 26.6 -0.2
BB% 13.8 8.0 -5.8 7.6 -0.4 9.5 1.9
Swing % 54.4 50.2 -4.2 47.8 -2.4 48.9 1.1
Whiff% 25.0 29.2 4.2 29.6 0.4 30.1 0.5
In Zone % 44.0 46.7 2.7 44.6 -2.1 46.9 2.3
Out of Zone % 56.0 53.3 -2.7 55.4 2.1 53.1 -2.3
Out of Zone Swing % 32.9 31.5 -1.4 32.7 1.2 31.4 -1.3
First Pitch Swing % 37.9 35.7 -2.2 35.9 0.2 30.9 -5.0
First Pitch Strike % 55.2 60.6 5.4 59.8 -0.8 55.1 -4.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts L 29 9 31.0 .140 .138
2021 Shifts L 229 104 45.4 .331 .387
2022 Shifts L 343 186 54.2 .319 .280
2023 Shades L 401 138 34.4 .357 .290
! 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 %
2020 22 16.4 27.3% 4.5% 25 24.3 0.0% 4.0%
2021 273 19.1 11.4% 5.1% 148 24.8 0.0% 16.2%
2022 388 18.4 19.1% 5.7% 252 23.9 0.0% 12.3%
2023 444 15.2 48.0% 0.0% 291 19.3 6.2% 1.0%
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Statcast Rankings