Joey Rickard
RF | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 0" 192LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 9, #302, Tampa Bay Rays | Arizona
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 230 213 27 52 8 4 .244 .300 .413 .713
2019 189 168 14 38 3 4 .226 .312 .357 .669
2020 6 5 1 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
5 Seasons 984 904 103 222 20 20 .246 .300 .371 .671
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .244 8 4 .713
2019 .226 3 4 .669
2020 .000 0 0 .167
5 Seasons .246 20 20 .671
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%
2016 25 1221 208 5 2.4 1.8 85.9 103.3 13.0 32.2 .230 .330 .304 .274 .307 22.6 19.1 6.4
2017 26 1084 201 3 1.5 1.1 83.3 104.8 15.4 34.3 .232 .325 .269 .262 .317 20.9 22.7 3.2
2018 27 900 158 6 3.8 2.6 85.2 104.1 18.3 35.4 .210 .330 .309 .265 .312 20.3 23.9 6.5
2019 28 785 118 4 3.4 2.1 84.7 103.4 17.6 32.2 .213 .320 .290 .275 .320 21.2 26.5 9.5
2020 29 21 4 0 0.0 0.0 86.2 92.7 4.0 0.0 .055 .060 .116 .159 .064 0.0 16.7 16.7
Player 4011 689 18 2.6 1.8 84.8 104.8 15.7 33.4 .222 .325 .292 .268 .312 21.2 22.7 6.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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
2016 44.2 27.4 22.6 5.8 39.9 33.7 26.4 3.8 31.3 27.4 25.5 4.3 2.4 1.8
2017 37.8 15.9 30.8 15.4 42.8 35.8 21.4 7.5 27.4 29.9 27.9 3.5 1.5 1.1
2018 36.7 31.0 22.2 10.1 36.7 39.2 23.4 3.2 29.7 34.2 22.8 5.1 3.8 2.6
2019 40.7 25.4 23.7 10.2 42.4 40.7 16.9 4.2 29.7 33.9 25.4 3.4 3.4 2.1
2020 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 40.1 24.7 25.0 10.3 40.5 36.7 22.6 4.8 29.6 30.9 25.4 4.1 2.6 1.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 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 %
2020 Sinker 3.7 0 6 28.6 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -11.9 -1 6 28.6 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .069 .072 .063 0.0
2020 Slider -11.5 0 4 19.0 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 50.0 50.0 .035 .043 .034 0.0
2020 Curveball 1.0 0 4 19.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Cutter 4.6 0 1 4.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -2.2 -6 270 34.4 67 .182 .236 .275 26.0 32.8 23.9 .183 .273 .283 24.2
2019 Sinker 1.9 3 156 19.9 45 .318 .659 .436 9.5 13.3 14.6 .242 .424 .289 21.1
2019 Slider 0.4 0 118 15.0 23 .200 .250 .341 28.8 34.8 16.3 .214 .248 .264 8.3
2019 Curveball 0.1 0 84 10.7 19 .235 .294 .282 19.4 15.8 9.4 .229 .283 .268 14.3
2019 Cutter -2.7 -2 73 9.3 13 .167 .167 .192 32.5 38.5 20.8 .175 .380 .260 42.9
2019 Changeup 2.0 1 69 8.8 20 .211 .316 .340 30.0 30.0 20.7 .250 .302 .265 23.1
2019 Slurve -0.4 0 11 1.4 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2019 Sweeper 1.1 0 3 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Split-Finger 3.1 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -3 313 34.8 78 .214 .443 .331 14.9 16.7 15.5 .242 .438 .330 28.1
2018 Sinker -0.8 -1 165 18.3 38 .219 .344 .314 9.1 18.4 15.2 .204 .288 .288 24.0
2018 Slider -1.3 -2 155 17.2 45 .200 .333 .233 35.9 37.8 34.0 .149 .221 .159 10.7
2018 Changeup 1.8 1 80 8.9 17 .438 .688 .497 27.9 23.5 15.4 .311 .531 .377 16.7
2018 Cutter 4.5 3 72 8.0 23 .364 .545 .423 16.2 17.4 21.1 .227 .300 .253 16.7
2018 Curveball 0.4 0 56 6.2 14 .214 .357 .243 29.6 35.7 20.0 .176 .216 .170 22.2
2018 Knuckleball -2.2 -1 33 3.7 6 .000 .000 .117 9.1 16.7 7.7 .069 .073 .169 0.0
2018 Sweeper 7.1 1 11 1.2 3 .667 .667 .600 42.9 33.3 33.3 .351 .395 .326 0.0
2018 Split-Finger -2.0 0 10 1.1 5 .200 .200 .180 33.3 40.0 28.6 .114 .120 .106 0.0
2018 Slurve -7.7 0 3 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -7 374 34.5 94 .212 .282 .253 20.9 17.0 14.8 .207 .298 .259 18.6
2017 Sinker -0.3 -1 238 22.0 61 .293 .431 .329 18.0 18.0 20.8 .297 .457 .328 32.7
2017 Slider -4.6 -7 154 14.2 41 .171 .268 .171 39.7 36.6 28.3 .198 .271 .199 23.1
2017 Curveball -0.1 0 122 11.3 32 .313 .531 .388 14.1 25.0 17.4 .233 .300 .230 16.7
2017 Changeup -0.4 0 90 8.3 19 .313 .375 .336 30.0 26.3 19.2 .187 .214 .265 0.0
2017 Cutter 0.6 0 60 5.5 17 .188 .250 .274 24.0 17.6 16.7 .259 .320 .278 15.4
2017 Split-Finger -2.4 -1 30 2.8 8 .250 .250 .225 33.3 50.0 22.2 .206 .237 .192 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 282 1,221 -12 -3 5 4 -7
2017 277 1,081 -9 -13 2 5 -16
2018 230 898 -5 -5 5 3 -1
2019 188 785 -6 -9 6 5 -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 %
2016 1,221 52.7 54.6 89.7 26.6 73.4 43.7 13.5 41.4 14.5 8.0 64.3
2017 1,084 51.0 61.3 78.7 31.3 67.5 42.6 17.0 46.6 23.8 7.3 70.9
2018 900 50.9 63.7 84.2 30.6 64.4 45.0 25.2 47.4 21.3 7.9 71.8
2019 785 46.9 69.0 82.3 27.1 62.8 42.7 29.8 46.8 23.4 6.1 77.1
2020 21 42.9 77.8 100.0 25.0 66.7 38.1 50.0 47.6 10.0 9.5 100.0
Player 4,011 50.6 61.2 84.0 28.9 67.4 43.4 20.5 45.2 20.5 7.4 70.1
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 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
2016 32 81
2017 42 82
2018 37 80
2019 31 83
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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 20.1 5 3.8 1 4 3 2 40.0
2017 21.2 4 4.1 0 0 4 1 25.0
2018 22.4 8 7.1 1 4 4 4 50.0
2019 22.0 3 2.3 1 5 2 1 33.3
Player 21.5 20 17.3 3 13 13 8 40.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 5 5 3 2 3 2 4 3 3 2 3 6 5 3 3 4 2 2 6 4 5 7 5 6 2 3 4 5 6 4 3
2017 4 5 2 3 5 4 5 3 5 3 5 5 3 3 4 3 3 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 5 4 5 4
2018 8 9 6 7 7 6 8 7 7 5 6 9 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 9 8 7 11 8 5 5 7 8 9 8 8
2019 3 3 1 5 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 7 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 1 4 4 1 1
Player 20 22 12 17 17 15 21 15 16 11 15 27 16 15 14 14 11 13 21 20 19 20 26 20 12 13 17 22 23 18 16
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.9 83.3 -2.6 85.2 1.9 84.7 -0.5 86.2 1.5
Launch Angle 13.0 15.4 2.4 18.3 2.9 17.6 -0.7 4.0 -13.6
Barrel % 2.4 1.5 -0.9 3.8 2.3 3.4 -0.4 0.0 -3.4
Hard Hit % 22.6 20.9 -1.7 20.3 -0.6 21.2 0.9 0.0 -21.2
Sweet Spot % 32.2 34.3 2.1 35.4 1.1 32.2 -3.2 0.0 -32.2
xBA .230 .232 0.002 .210 -0.022 .213 0.003 .055 -0.158
BA .268 .241 -0.027 .244 0.003 .226 -0.018 .000 -0.226
xwOBA .274 .262 -0.012 .265 0.003 .275 0.010 .159 -0.116
wOBA .304 .269 -0.035 .309 0.040 .290 -0.019 .116 -0.174
xSLG .330 .325 -0.005 .330 0.005 .320 -0.010 .060 -0.260
SLG .377 .345 -0.032 .413 0.068 .357 -0.056 .000 -0.357
K% 19.1 22.7 3.6 23.9 1.2 26.5 2.6 16.7 -9.8
BB% 6.4 3.2 -3.2 6.5 3.3 9.5 3.0 16.7 7.2
Swing % 41.4 46.6 5.2 47.4 0.8 46.8 -0.6 47.6 0.8
Whiff% 14.5 23.8 9.3 21.3 -2.5 23.4 2.1 10.0 -13.4
In Zone % 52.7 51.0 -1.7 50.9 -0.1 46.9 -4.0 42.9 -4.0
Out of Zone % 47.3 49.0 1.7 49.1 0.1 53.1 4.0 57.1 4.0
Out of Zone Swing % 26.6 31.3 4.7 30.6 -0.7 27.1 -3.5 25.0 -2.1
First Pitch Swing % 13.5 17.0 3.5 25.2 8.2 29.8 4.6 50.0 20.2
First Pitch Strike % 64.2 65.3 1.1 65.7 0.4 66.5 0.8 83.3 16.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 268 5 1.9 .309 .000
2017 Shifts R 277 20 7.2 .271 .248
2018 Shifts R 230 9 3.9 .299 .560
2019 Shifts R 188 28 14.9 .299 .243
2020 Shifts R 6 4 66.7 .000 .175
! 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 %
2016 463 16.6 37.8% 3.0% 191 24.0 6.3% 19.4%
2017 311 16.5 29.6% 1.0% 206 21.9 3.9% 7.8%
2018 274 16.7 26.3% 1.1% 141 22.4 2.8% 3.5%
2019 271 16.9 28.0% 0.7% 94 23.1 2.1% 8.5%
2020 8 16.3 37.5% 0.0% 1 28.1 0.0% 0.0%
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