José Manuel Fernández
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 215LBS | Age: 31
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 0 0 6.10 13 0 0 10.1 6 1.35
2019 0 0 17.18 4 0 0 3.2 2 3.00
2 Seasons 0 0 9.00 17 0 0 14 8 1.79
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 13 0-0 6.10 10.1 6 1.35
2019 4 0-0 17.18 3.2 2 3.00
2 Seasons 17 0-0 9.00 14 8 1.79
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
2018 25 172 35 3 8.6 6.7 86.0 106.3 22.1 31.4 .234 .437 .324 .322 .336 20.0 13.3 8.9 6.10 4.42
2019 26 77 15 1 6.7 4.3 90.0 110.3 27.9 40.0 .273 .546 .476 .414 .376 33.3 8.7 21.7 17.18 8.34
Player 249 50 4 8.0 5.9 87.2 110.3 23.8 34.0 .245 .468 .374 .353 .348 24.0 11.8 13.2
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

Fernández relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(41.6%) ,
Curveball
(24.7%) ,
Slider
(19.5%) ,
Sinker
(14.3%) ,


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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
2018 34.3 28.6 20.0 17.1 40.0 34.3 25.7 2.9 22.9 40.0 22.9 2.9 8.6 6.7
2019 20.0 40.0 26.7 13.3 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 13.3 46.7 33.3 0.0 6.7 4.3
Player 30.0 32.0 22.0 16.0 38.0 34.0 28.0 2.0 20.0 42.0 26.0 2.0 8.0 5.9
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
2019 Curveball DET L 19 82.3 34.2 -17.9 -34 3.4 -2.6 -44
2019 Sinker DET L 11 92.1 17.8 -4.5 -20 13.1 -1.0 -7
2019 Slider DET L 15 88.1 24.6 -8.7 -26 1.7 -5.4 -145
2019 4-Seam Fastball DET L 32 92.6 14.3 1.7 10 6.4 -0.7 -9
2018 4-Seam Fastball TOR L 77 94.2 13.1 2.1 14 4.1 -3.1 -43
2018 Curveball TOR L 58 82.0 40.3 -12.1 -23 6.8 0.2 4
2018 Slider TOR L 37 88.8 27.4 -5.5 -17 4.5 0.8 23
! 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 %
2019 4-Seam Fastball 2.1 1 32 41.6 8 .200 .200 .375 14.3 0.0 0.0 .279 .398 .444 40.0
2019 Curveball 3.2 1 19 24.7 4 .000 .000 .175 50.0 50.0 40.0 .007 .009 .180 0.0
2019 Slider -17.7 -3 15 19.5 5 1.000 2.333 .970 0.0 0.0 0.0 .680 1.821 .783 50.0
2019 Sinker 1.7 0 11 14.3 5 .400 .600 .430 0.0 0.0 0.0 .182 .251 .190 20.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 1 77 44.8 19 .250 .313 .318 14.3 5.3 5.9 .236 .380 .335 20.0
2018 Curveball 4.2 2 58 33.7 17 .176 .412 .244 17.2 23.5 23.5 .215 .400 .262 7.7
2018 Slider -8.3 -3 37 21.5 9 .375 .750 .600 36.8 11.1 11.1 .272 .631 .415 42.9
! 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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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 45 172 0 3 -1 -1 0
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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 %
2018 172 46.5 75.0 81.7 25.0 73.9 37.2 55.6 48.3 20.5 8.1 78.6
2019 77 50.6 66.7 80.8 15.8 83.3 33.8 52.2 41.6 15.6 13.0 80.0
Player 249 47.8 72.3 81.4 22.3 75.9 36.1 54.4 46.2 19.1 9.6 79.2
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
2018 71 56 12 19
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 22.8 2 1.9 0 1 1 1 50.0
2019 24.3 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 23.3 3 2.9 0 1 1 2 66.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1
2019 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2
! 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 2018 2019 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.2 92.5 -1.7
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 84.6 84.8 0.2
Exit Velocity 86.0 90.0 4.0
Launch Angle 22.1 27.9 5.8
Barrel % 8.6 6.7 -1.9
Hard Hit % 20.0 33.3 13.3
Sweet Spot % 31.4 40.0 8.6
xBA .234 .273 0.039
BA .244 .375 0.131
xwOBA .322 .414 0.092
wOBA .324 .476 0.152
xSLG .437 .546 0.109
SLG .439 .688 0.249
K% 13.3 8.7 -4.6
BB% 8.9 21.7 12.8
Swing % 48.3 41.6 -6.7
Whiff% 20.5 15.6 -4.9
In Zone % 46.5 50.6 4.1
Out of Zone % 53.5 49.4 -4.1
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 15.8 -9.2
First Pitch Swing % 28.9 26.1 -2.8
First Pitch Strike % 55.6 52.2 -3.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 45 .324 17 1 5.9 28 9 32.1
2019 Shifts 22 .476 13 3 23.1 9 5 55.6
! 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 %
2018 41 15.5 41.5% 2.4% 36 21.6 0.0% 8.3%
2019 19 13.4 89.5% 0.0% 18 18.9 11.1% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution