John Jaso
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 202LBS | Age: 40
Draft: 2003 | Rd: 12, #338, Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Southwestern College (CA)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 216 185 23 53 5 1 .286 .380 .459 .839
2016 432 380 45 102 8 0 .268 .353 .413 .766
2017 302 256 28 54 10 1 .211 .328 .402 .730
9 Seasons 2,591 2,224 295 573 55 16 .258 .356 .407 .763
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .286 5 1 .839
2016 .268 8 0 .766
2017 .211 10 1 .730
9 Seasons .258 55 16 .763
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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%
2015 31 870 148 14 9.5 6.5 90.6 109.4 7.7 33.1 .292 .504 .364 .395 .444 38.5 18.1 13.0
2016 32 1696 308 15 4.9 3.5 86.3 106.1 7.7 32.8 .262 .396 .335 .332 .354 32.1 17.1 10.4
2017 33 1298 191 15 7.9 5.0 85.8 105.8 19.1 37.7 .230 .422 .317 .332 .365 30.4 21.9 13.2
Player 3864 647 44 6.8 4.6 87.2 109.4 11.2 34.3 .259 .429 .336 .346 .378 33.1 18.8 11.9
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
2015 52.0 21.6 25.0 1.4 38.5 39.9 21.6 1.4 40.5 14.9 26.4 6.1 9.5 6.5
2016 53.6 17.2 25.0 4.2 40.9 40.6 17.5 2.9 37.7 17.2 27.6 4.9 4.9 3.5
2017 34.6 31.9 25.7 7.9 43.5 38.2 18.3 6.8 25.1 32.5 20.4 7.3 7.9 5.0
Player 47.6 22.6 25.2 4.6 41.1 39.7 18.7 3.7 34.6 21.2 25.2 5.9 6.8 4.6
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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -2 453 34.9 124 .212 .404 .340 17.2 15.3 13.0 .267 .474 .368 31.4
2017 Sinker -0.2 0 210 16.2 48 .297 .486 .419 17.5 4.2 4.3 .347 .605 .467 37.1
2017 Changeup 0.6 1 171 13.2 29 .250 .500 .329 40.0 44.8 24.5 .160 .282 .202 26.7
2017 Slider -1.2 -2 159 12.2 39 .111 .222 .183 39.1 41.0 23.2 .117 .248 .192 15.0
2017 Curveball 1.7 3 152 11.7 24 .167 .389 .348 35.9 25.0 12.2 .185 .442 .369 16.7
2017 Cutter 3.0 2 61 4.7 14 .308 .692 .436 16.7 14.3 10.5 .223 .434 .307 36.4
2017 Split-Finger -1.6 -1 57 4.4 11 .100 .200 .177 47.6 45.5 21.7 .125 .288 .217 40.0
2017 Knuckleball 1.4 0 25 1.9 6 .333 .500 .508 10.0 16.7 12.5 .252 .400 .262 60.0
2017 Slurve 0.3 0 6 0.5 3 .000 .000 .233 66.7 33.3 25.0 .169 .185 .335 0.0
2017 Sweeper -24.2 -1 4 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 33.3 .170 .193 .160 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 413 1,702 -9 -8 11 9 3
2011 277 1,123 -6 -13 5 4 -10
2012 358 1,399 7 -4 12 8 23
2013 249 1,058 -9 0 8 6 6
2014 343 1,311 1 -9 10 6 8
2015 215 866 3 -2 7 3 11
2016 432 1,696 2 -10 15 11 18
2017 300 1,298 -13 -9 13 10 0
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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 870 47.4 69.2 84.6 22.7 52.9 42.3 31.9 44.7 23.7 6.4 78.6
2016 1,696 49.2 65.3 88.3 16.9 61.0 44.4 24.5 40.7 17.2 8.0 80.1
2017 1,298 49.2 72.1 80.0 19.8 55.7 43.2 30.7 45.5 25.0 7.2 79.6
Player 3,864 48.8 68.5 84.5 19.2 57.0 43.5 28.2 43.2 21.5 7.4 79.6
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
2015 71 22
2016 60 57 35 30 81 27 33 10 48 26 66 79 78 100 25
2017 47 41
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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 22.3 8 9.0 -1 2 12 0 0.0
2017 21.7 10 9.0 1 9 9 2 20.0
Player 21.9 18 17.9 0 11 21 2 11.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 8 10 5 12 11 8 11 11 9 6 8 11 8 7 10 12 3 9 9 11 8 6 13 14 8 8 10 11 9 9 2
2017 10 8 6 12 9 8 10 11 5 6 6 13 9 10 8 10 7 9 10 7 12 9 11 12 10 7 8 13 12 7 4
Player 18 18 11 24 20 16 21 22 14 12 14 24 17 17 18 22 10 18 19 18 20 15 24 26 18 15 18 24 21 16 6
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.6 86.3 -4.3 85.8 -0.5
Launch Angle 7.7 7.7 0.0 19.1 11.4
Barrel % 9.5 4.9 -4.6 7.9 3.0
Hard Hit % 38.5 32.1 -6.4 30.4 -1.7
Sweet Spot % 33.1 32.8 -0.3 37.7 4.9
xBA .292 .262 -0.030 .230 -0.032
BA .286 .268 -0.018 .211 -0.057
xwOBA .395 .332 -0.063 .332 0.000
wOBA .364 .335 -0.029 .317 -0.018
xSLG .504 .396 -0.108 .422 0.026
SLG .459 .413 -0.046 .402 -0.011
K% 18.1 17.1 -1.0 21.9 4.8
BB% 13.0 10.4 -2.6 13.2 2.8
Swing % 44.7 40.7 -4.0 45.5 4.8
Whiff% 23.7 17.2 -6.5 25.0 7.8
In Zone % 47.4 49.2 1.8 49.2 0.0
Out of Zone % 52.6 50.8 -1.8 50.8 0.0
Out of Zone Swing % 22.7 16.9 -5.8 19.8 2.9
First Pitch Swing % 31.9 24.5 -7.4 30.7 6.2
First Pitch Strike % 55.6 56.3 0.7 59.0 2.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 408 187 45.8 .359 .298
2017 Shifts L 299 128 42.8 .313 .319
! 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 632 15.0 45.1% 2.2% 329 22.0 3.0% 9.7%
2011 364 15.4 45.9% 2.7% 240 22.5 0.4% 10.4%
2012 442 15.4 46.4% 1.4% 266 21.5 0.4% 8.6%
2013 393 16.0 41.5% 1.3% 163 22.9 1.8% 12.3%
2014 378 15.7 42.6% 2.1% 218 21.6 1.8% 11.5%
2015 304 17.1 34.2% 2.3% 116 23.2 9.5% 23.3%
2016 601 16.7 36.6% 3.7% 289 23.4 7.6% 18.3%
2017 331 17.1 34.1% 0.6% 262 22.0 1.9% 8.8%
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