Joe Palumbo
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 195LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 30, #910, Texas Rangers | St John The Baptist (NY) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 0 3 9.18 7 4 0 16.2 21 1.74
2020 0 1 11.57 2 0 0 2.1 5 2.57
2 Seasons 0 4 9.47 9 4 0 19 26 1.84
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 7 0-3 9.18 16.2 21 1.74
2020 2 0-1 11.57 2.1 5 2.57
2 Seasons 9 0-4 9.47 19 26 1.84
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2019 24 333 50 6 12.0 7.4 92.3 112.2 17.1 36.0 .281 .597 .435 .402 .514 42.0 25.9 9.9 9.18 7.74
2020 25 59 6 0 0.0 0.0 85.0 97.2 12.7 33.3 .174 .257 .417 .295 .340 16.7 35.7 21.4 11.57 3.66
Player 392 56 6 10.7 6.3 91.5 112.2 16.6 35.7 .266 .551 .432 .386 .495 39.3 27.4 11.6
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Palumbo relies on 2 pitches.
Four Seamer
(57.6%) ,
Curveball
(42.4%) ,


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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
2019 36.0 28.0 32.0 4.0 52.0 34.0 14.0 2.0 30.0 24.0 18.0 14.0 12.0 7.4
2020 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 16.7 33.3 50.0 0.0 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 35.7 28.6 32.1 3.6 48.2 33.9 17.9 1.8 30.4 25.0 19.6 12.5 10.7 6.3
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2020 Curveball TEX L 25 80.5 50.3 -0.2 0 14.9 5.7 62
2020 4-Seam Fastball TEX L 34 92.2 14.2 2.1 13 6.5 -1.0 -13
2019 Changeup TEX L 58 87.1 27.7 -1.7 -6 8.2 -6.0 -42
2019 Curveball TEX L 84 78.9 55.9 1.3 2 10.2 0.1 1
2019 4-Seam Fastball TEX L 191 93.9 14.7 1.1 7 6.3 -1.6 -20
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2020 4-Seam Fastball -7.8 -3 34 57.6 8 .400 1.000 .625 40.0 25.0 22.2 .231 .384 .427 33.3
2020 Curveball -5.0 -1 25 42.4 6 .167 .167 .300 45.5 50.0 33.3 .128 .152 .120 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -5 191 57.4 43 .343 .686 .477 25.6 27.9 21.8 .276 .516 .389 45.8
2019 Curveball -3.4 -3 84 25.2 22 .190 .667 .361 26.5 27.3 20.7 .241 .657 .379 33.3
2019 Changeup 0.1 0 58 17.4 16 .357 .714 .538 12.9 18.8 37.5 .353 .711 .467 45.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Curveball 21 80.5 60 19.0 4:45 4:15 30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 33 92.1 85 18.7 11:00 11:15 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 81 333 -3 2 -5 -2 -7
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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 %
2019 333 50.2 68.9 81.7 19.3 56.3 45.9 51.9 44.1 23.1 7.5 84.0
2020 59 49.2 48.3 64.3 23.3 42.9 37.3 64.3 35.6 42.9 6.8 75.0
Player 392 50.0 65.8 79.8 19.9 53.8 44.6 53.7 42.9 25.6 7.4 82.8
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2019 62 91 51 53
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 23.3 7 7.0 0 1 2 5 71.4
2020 24.3 1 0.6 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 23.4 8 7.6 0 1 3 5 62.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5
2020 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Player 8 8 7 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 7 5
! 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 2019 2020 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.9 92.2 -1.7
Offspeed Velocity 87.1 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 78.9 80.5 1.6
Exit Velocity 92.3 85.0 -7.3
Launch Angle 17.1 12.7 -4.4
Barrel % 12.0 0.0 -12.0
Hard Hit % 42.0 16.7 -25.3
Sweet Spot % 36.0 33.3 -2.7
xBA .281 .174 -0.107
BA .300 .273 -0.027
xwOBA .402 .295 -0.107
wOBA .435 .417 -0.018
xSLG .597 .257 -0.340
SLG .686 .545 -0.141
K% 25.9 35.7 9.8
BB% 9.9 21.4 11.5
Swing % 44.1 35.6 -8.5
Whiff% 23.1 42.9 19.8
In Zone % 50.2 49.2 -1.0
Out of Zone % 49.8 50.8 1.0
Out of Zone Swing % 19.3 23.3 4.0
First Pitch Swing % 24.7 28.6 3.9
First Pitch Strike % 51.9 64.3 12.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 81 .435 64 17 26.6 17 9 52.9
2020 Shifts 14 .417 5 1 20.0 9 4 44.4
! 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 %
2019 98 17.4 23.5% 1.0% 58 23.8 1.7% 13.8%
2020 22 17.9 9.1% 4.5% 9 30.4 0.0% 55.6%
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Pitch Distribution