Jordy Mercer
SS | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 210LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 3, #79, Pittsburgh Pirates | Oklahoma State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 271 256 24 69 9 0 .270 .310 .438 .748
2020 22 20 2 4 0 0 .200 .273 .200 .473
2021 127 118 13 30 2 0 .254 .307 .364 .671
10 Seasons 3,416 3,104 330 796 66 13 .256 .315 .386 .701
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .270 9 0 .748
2020 .200 0 0 .473
2021 .254 2 0 .671
10 Seasons .256 66 13 .701
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%
2015 28 1603 328 7 2.1 1.6 87.2 107.8 8.3 32.6 .262 .362 .265 .294 .334 29.3 17.0 6.3
2016 29 2292 445 10 2.2 1.7 86.9 106.4 11.1 27.9 .245 .349 .304 .294 .307 26.3 14.2 8.7
2017 30 2187 416 13 3.1 2.3 85.8 106.3 9.1 35.3 .254 .374 .308 .299 .323 32.4 15.8 9.1
2018 31 1677 311 15 4.8 3.4 87.6 110.1 13.1 40.8 .264 .386 .296 .310 .362 31.8 20.0 7.3
2019 32 1081 199 13 6.5 4.8 86.9 107.5 13.2 37.2 .261 .445 .314 .315 .379 36.2 21.0 4.8
2020 33 98 18 0 0.0 0.0 80.7 103.3 10.8 16.7 .223 .246 .224 .256 .235 16.7 9.1 9.1
2021 34 540 84 3 3.6 2.4 86.7 106.4 13.2 42.9 .239 .351 .294 .284 .355 33.3 26.8 7.1
Player 9478 1801 61 3.4 2.5 86.8 110.1 10.8 34.3 .255 .374 .297 .300 .335 30.5 17.5 7.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 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 51.2 19.8 25.3 3.7 36.0 38.4 25.6 3.0 39.6 19.8 29.0 4.0 2.1 1.6
2016 49.9 19.8 24.3 6.1 31.0 37.8 30.3 4.0 37.8 23.8 23.4 3.8 2.2 1.7
2017 48.1 21.6 26.0 4.3 36.8 41.6 21.6 6.0 35.1 22.4 27.9 5.0 3.1 2.3
2018 38.9 21.9 32.8 6.4 43.1 38.3 18.3 2.6 29.3 25.4 32.5 4.8 4.8 3.4
2019 43.2 19.1 26.6 11.1 36.2 43.7 20.1 4.5 31.2 24.1 25.1 8.5 6.5 4.8
2020 61.1 11.1 11.1 16.7 33.3 44.4 22.2 5.6 38.9 22.2 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 38.1 19.0 33.3 9.5 41.7 34.5 23.8 7.1 25.0 21.4 34.5 8.3 3.6 2.4
Player 46.6 20.4 26.9 6.1 36.4 39.4 23.9 4.3 34.7 22.9 27.8 5.0 3.4 2.5
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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -3 228 42.2 46 .256 .326 .303 14.7 19.6 17.0 .261 .387 .304 38.2
2021 Slider 0.5 1 141 26.1 30 .308 .385 .357 40.8 43.3 27.7 .180 .246 .256 23.1
2021 Sinker -0.5 0 60 11.1 15 .214 .214 .227 11.1 6.7 9.1 .336 .423 .351 38.5
2021 Changeup 0.6 0 54 10.0 19 .263 .474 .361 25.0 21.1 19.0 .289 .494 .332 26.7
2021 Cutter -7.2 -2 25 4.6 5 .000 .000 .000 50.0 60.0 42.9 .068 .072 .064 0.0
2021 Curveball -2.6 -1 22 4.1 9 .125 .125 .178 44.4 44.4 50.0 .120 .137 .179 25.0
2021 Sweeper 17.3 1 5 0.9 2 .500 2.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .220 .520 .306 50.0
2021 Slurve -4.2 0 2 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 0 37 37.8 10 .250 .250 .320 0.0 0.0 0.0 .179 .204 .277 12.5
2020 Sinker -4.6 -1 16 16.3 3 .000 .000 .000 16.7 0.0 0.0 .314 .347 .300 33.3
2020 Slider -2.2 0 14 14.3 4 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 33.3 .040 .041 .038 0.0
2020 Cutter -6.6 -1 13 13.3 1 .000 .000 .000 40.0 0.0 0.0 .243 .243 .228 0.0
2020 Curveball 1.1 0 8 8.2 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .502 .561 .472 0.0
2020 Changeup -3.3 0 7 7.1 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .184 .191 .185 0.0
2020 Sweeper 8.7 0 3 3.1 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 0.0 .500 .518 .450 100.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -3 394 36.4 92 .318 .557 .416 12.4 15.2 14.0 .319 .559 .379 48.6
2019 Slider -0.9 -2 198 18.3 50 .204 .265 .215 35.2 40.0 26.3 .166 .210 .173 17.2
2019 Sinker -0.2 0 193 17.9 58 .327 .527 .399 6.7 5.2 10.0 .300 .554 .372 38.5
2019 Changeup -1.0 -1 92 8.5 28 .115 .154 .191 45.8 32.1 32.1 .188 .225 .215 5.9
2019 Curveball 1.0 1 87 8.0 18 .278 .500 .331 36.0 38.9 25.0 .230 .507 .302 36.4
2019 Cutter -1.2 -1 82 7.6 18 .188 .188 .228 25.0 22.2 16.0 .188 .240 .240 33.3
2019 Sweeper 3.9 1 16 1.5 3 .500 .500 .533 20.0 0.0 0.0 .535 .563 .563 0.0
2019 Slurve 3.1 0 13 1.2 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .400 1.181 .666 100.0
2019 Split-Finger 33.7 2 6 0.6 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .747 2.810 1.390 100.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -7 550 32.8 156 .236 .457 .320 15.7 19.2 22.1 .276 .468 .352 49.6
2018 Slider -0.9 -3 370 22.1 83 .203 .278 .233 32.9 26.5 18.6 .199 .282 .233 14.0
2018 Sinker 0.5 2 365 21.8 99 .276 .345 .330 10.1 11.1 15.3 .300 .411 .353 31.2
2018 Curveball 1.9 3 177 10.6 39 .282 .385 .321 39.4 30.8 23.5 .260 .327 .254 25.9
2018 Changeup 0.5 1 108 6.4 23 .348 .435 .343 34.1 21.7 15.2 .274 .327 .261 11.1
2018 Cutter -1.4 -1 79 4.7 21 .300 .400 .324 26.7 19.0 16.0 .257 .296 .267 6.3
2018 Split-Finger -5.7 -1 14 0.8 3 .000 .000 .000 28.6 66.7 50.0 .289 .352 .280 100.0
2018 Sweeper -2.5 0 11 0.7 3 .333 .333 .300 40.0 33.3 20.0 .351 .395 .327 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -14 762 34.8 200 .257 .415 .333 13.6 15.5 15.3 .291 .457 .346 43.8
2017 Sinker 1.6 7 469 21.4 121 .333 .523 .402 5.6 5.0 6.5 .275 .405 .324 35.2
2017 Slider -0.6 -2 389 17.8 88 .203 .266 .256 25.3 29.5 16.3 .209 .249 .250 15.1
2017 Curveball -0.2 0 216 9.9 42 .214 .405 .282 24.6 16.7 10.8 .210 .271 .207 17.1
2017 Changeup -2.6 -4 146 6.7 35 .147 .235 .179 28.1 25.7 20.0 .193 .263 .211 20.0
2017 Cutter 1.8 2 116 5.3 35 .281 .500 .364 12.5 11.4 16.0 .228 .379 .293 25.0
2017 Split-Finger 1.9 1 46 2.1 12 .200 .500 .300 10.0 16.7 11.1 .277 .494 .347 33.3
2017 Slurve 12.2 1 9 0.4 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .067 .148 .396 0.0
2017 Knuckleball 8.7 1 8 0.4 3 .333 .333 .300 33.3 33.3 100.0 .150 .175 .138 50.0
2017 Sweeper 7.3 0 5 0.2 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 -- .283 .326 .265 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 68 263 -2 -1 1 1 -1
2013 366 1,396 0 -8 3 6 1
2014 547 2,021 -2 -20 3 6 -14
2015 424 1,578 -11 -17 10 4 -13
2016 576 2,260 -15 -8 9 11 -3
2017 541 2,167 -10 -25 15 11 -8
2018 427 1,674 -14 -8 6 9 -7
2019 271 1,082 2 -14 5 5 -3
2021 127 540 -4 -5 3 2 -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 %
2015 1,603 50.2 58.1 89.3 29.6 68.6 41.5 16.5 43.9 16.8 8.7 70.0
2016 2,292 48.9 60.1 89.7 27.6 73.1 41.4 17.1 43.5 15.0 7.1 64.4
2017 2,187 48.0 61.3 91.1 23.8 67.9 43.1 14.6 41.9 15.6 7.2 71.8
2018 1,677 49.9 60.8 86.0 27.9 59.0 41.1 16.9 44.2 22.2 8.5 64.1
2019 1,081 49.3 56.3 87.3 27.0 62.2 38.9 12.9 41.4 21.0 7.4 66.3
2020 98 42.9 59.5 92.0 19.6 54.5 41.8 13.6 36.7 19.4 11.2 27.3
2021 540 49.1 60.8 87.6 25.1 50.7 41.9 11.0 42.6 23.5 7.8 69.0
Player 9,478 49.1 59.7 88.9 26.8 66.0 41.5 15.6 43.0 17.9 7.8 66.9
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 28 64 28 20 43 16 16 26 59 23 60 35 78 47 71
2016 17 30 11 13 44 15 11 16 49 10 83 59 92 58 66 94
2017 18 40 18 16 47 20 17 14 49 32 74 58 89 74 64 85
2018 33 69 31 20 56 21 26 28 74 23 54 35 63 52 64 96
2019 53 41 33
2020 15 39
2021 42 39 33
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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 20.7 11 9.0 2 3 5 6 54.5
2017 20.8 14 14.2 0 7 11 6 42.9
2018 20.0 6 5.7 0 4 4 3 50.0
2019 21.1 9 8.7 0 5 5 6 66.7
2021 21.7 2 2.5 -1 2 2 1 50.0
Player 20.8 42 40.1 2 21 27 22 52.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 11 9 10 7 10 7 10 8 9 7 10 9 10 10 7 10 6 7 9 10 9 8 11 12 8 9 9 11 9 11 9
2017 14 16 13 12 15 14 15 16 12 11 13 19 12 13 13 14 11 12 18 13 16 14 19 16 14 11 12 17 18 14 13
2018 6 7 3 6 7 5 7 5 6 4 6 7 7 5 6 7 5 4 5 7 5 5 7 5 4 4 6 7 6 7 6
2019 9 11 6 9 8 7 10 10 7 6 6 8 13 9 9 9 8 7 9 8 11 12 11 11 8 7 7 9 13 6 6
2021 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 3 3
Player 42 45 34 36 43 36 45 41 37 30 38 47 44 39 38 42 32 32 43 41 43 42 51 46 35 33 37 47 48 41 37
! 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 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.2 86.9 -0.3 85.8 -1.1 87.6 1.8 86.9 -0.7 80.7 -6.2 86.7 6.0
Launch Angle 8.3 11.1 2.8 9.1 -2.0 13.1 4.0 13.2 0.1 10.8 -2.4 13.2 2.4
Barrel % 2.1 2.2 0.1 3.1 0.9 4.8 1.7 6.5 1.7 0.0 -6.5 3.6 3.6
Hard Hit % 29.3 26.3 -3.0 32.4 6.1 31.8 -0.6 36.2 4.4 16.7 -19.5 33.3 16.6
Sweet Spot % 32.6 27.9 -4.7 35.3 7.4 40.8 5.5 37.2 -3.6 16.7 -20.5 42.9 26.2
xBA .262 .245 -0.017 .254 0.009 .264 0.010 .261 -0.003 .223 -0.038 .239 0.016
BA .244 .256 0.012 .255 -0.001 .251 -0.004 .270 0.019 .200 -0.070 .254 0.054
xwOBA .294 .294 0.000 .299 0.005 .310 0.011 .315 0.005 .256 -0.059 .284 0.028
wOBA .265 .304 0.039 .308 0.004 .296 -0.012 .314 0.018 .224 -0.090 .294 0.070
xSLG .362 .349 -0.013 .374 0.025 .386 0.012 .445 0.059 .246 -0.199 .351 0.105
SLG .320 .374 0.054 .406 0.032 .381 -0.025 .438 0.057 .200 -0.238 .364 0.164
K% 17.0 14.2 -2.8 15.8 1.6 20.0 4.2 21.0 1.0 9.1 -11.9 26.8 17.7
BB% 6.3 8.7 2.4 9.1 0.4 7.3 -1.8 4.8 -2.5 9.1 4.3 7.1 -2.0
Swing % 43.9 43.5 -0.4 41.9 -1.6 44.2 2.3 41.4 -2.8 36.7 -4.7 42.6 5.9
Whiff% 16.8 15.0 -1.8 15.6 0.6 22.2 6.6 21.0 -1.2 19.4 -1.6 23.5 4.1
In Zone % 50.2 48.9 -1.3 48.0 -0.9 49.9 1.9 49.3 -0.6 42.9 -6.4 49.1 6.2
Out of Zone % 49.8 51.1 1.3 52.0 0.9 50.1 -1.9 50.7 0.6 57.1 6.4 50.9 -6.2
Out of Zone Swing % 29.6 27.6 -2.0 23.8 -3.8 27.9 4.1 27.0 -0.9 19.6 -7.4 25.1 5.5
First Pitch Swing % 16.5 17.1 0.6 14.6 -2.5 16.9 2.3 12.9 -4.0 13.6 0.7 11.0 -2.6
First Pitch Strike % 60.2 61.6 1.4 55.6 -6.0 63.3 7.7 60.1 -3.2 40.9 -19.2 54.3 13.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 553 5 0.9 .302 .579
2017 Shifts R 540 4 0.7 .312 .173
2018 Shifts R 427 13 3.0 .292 .433
2019 Shifts R 271 34 12.5 .313 .318
2020 Shifts R 22 3 13.6 .176 .527
2021 Shifts R 127 20 15.7 .297 .282
! 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 %
2012 100 15.7 37.0% 1.0% 24 22.2 0.0% 4.2%
2013 439 17.0 22.8% 1.8% 187 23.4 2.7% 11.8%
2014 557 17.2 21.7% 2.0% 360 23.6 0.3% 7.5%
2015 456 17.3 32.0% 5.0% 306 24.2 3.6% 22.5%
2016 671 16.7 35.8% 3.4% 413 24.3 6.5% 22.0%
2017 706 16.8 25.4% 1.1% 418 22.8 0.7% 9.8%
2018 468 16.6 25.6% 0.4% 345 22.8 0.3% 7.5%
2019 371 16.3 30.5% 1.9% 196 23.4 0.0% 6.6%
2020 45 16.6 35.6% 0.0% 13 22.7 0.0% 0.0%
2021 165 18.4 11.5% 3.0% 118 24.3 0.8% 11.9%
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Statcast Rankings

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