José Ureña
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 208LBS | Age: 32
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 4 8 5.81 26 18 0 100.2 67 1.60
2022 3 8 5.01 21 17 0 97 63 1.57
2023 0 7 6.45 10 10 0 44.2 29 1.61
9 Seasons 39 69 4.89 199 143 4 839.1 565 1.41
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 26 4-8 5.81 100.2 67 1.60
2022 21 3-8 5.01 97 63 1.57
2023 10 0-7 6.45 44.2 29 1.61
9 Seasons 199 39-69 4.89 839.1 565 1.41
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
2015 23 997 218 12 5.5 4.4 89.4 112.1 10.6 29.4 .290 .442 .353 .353 .358 37.2 10.2 9.1 5.25 5.30
2016 24 1437 280 13 4.6 3.5 87.7 111.2 8.3 31.8 .266 .410 .337 .320 .349 30.7 15.5 7.8 6.13 4.34
2017 25 2882 533 46 8.6 6.4 86.4 111.8 13.0 34.3 .263 .462 .316 .345 .370 30.9 15.6 8.8 3.82 5.23
2018 26 2776 519 32 6.2 4.5 88.5 113.8 9.3 30.3 .249 .393 .298 .311 .349 36.2 18.3 7.2 3.98 4.09
2019 27 1372 279 22 7.9 6.0 90.7 113.0 9.1 33.3 .282 .468 .342 .341 .385 38.7 16.8 7.0 5.21 5.23
2020 28 396 74 7 9.5 6.7 90.6 111.4 13.1 25.7 .246 .456 .344 .354 .355 41.9 14.4 12.5 5.40 5.48
2021 29 1695 343 30 8.7 6.6 90.8 118.8 8.2 31.8 .285 .476 .360 .364 .391 47.8 14.7 9.2 5.81 5.84
2022 30 1622 325 22 6.8 5.1 88.2 114.5 7.3 33.2 .271 .428 .340 .341 .360 38.5 14.6 10.0 5.01 4.94
2023 31 771 151 16 10.6 7.9 90.2 112.2 10.6 29.8 .269 .500 .398 .363 .382 39.7 14.3 10.8 6.45 5.77
Player 13948 2722 200 7.3 5.5 88.7 118.8 9.8 31.9 .268 .442 .334 .339 .366 37.0 15.5 8.6
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

Urena relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(29.1%) ,
Slider
(25.4%) ,
Changeup
(24.1%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(21.4%) ,


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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
2015 48.6 20.6 25.2 5.5 35.3 39.4 25.2 2.8 36.7 22.5 27.1 4.1 5.5 4.4
2016 48.6 19.6 26.8 5.0 38.2 38.2 22.5 1.4 40.4 20.0 27.1 3.9 4.6 3.5
2017 44.3 24.8 24.4 6.6 39.2 36.0 24.6 6.2 28.3 26.3 23.5 4.5 8.6 6.4
2018 50.7 22.4 21.6 5.4 38.7 39.7 21.4 2.3 39.1 21.6 23.3 6.2 6.2 4.5
2019 49.8 20.4 25.4 4.3 43.7 38.7 17.6 1.4 38.0 20.8 26.9 5.0 7.9 6.0
2020 47.3 25.7 20.3 6.8 44.6 29.7 25.7 4.1 39.2 25.7 18.9 2.7 9.5 6.7
2021 53.1 19.0 23.9 4.1 41.4 40.8 17.8 3.8 37.6 16.6 27.4 5.8 8.7 6.6
2022 50.5 20.6 24.3 4.6 42.2 35.4 22.5 3.7 38.5 18.8 24.9 6.8 6.8 5.1
2023 48.3 29.8 19.2 2.6 50.3 29.1 20.5 2.0 37.1 21.2 22.5 6.6 10.6 7.9
Player 49.0 22.1 23.8 5.1 40.6 37.5 21.8 3.3 36.4 21.5 24.9 5.3 7.3 5.5
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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.

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
2023 Sinker CWS R 224 95.0 20.2 -1.0 -5 17.2 2.2 14
2023 Slider CWS R 196 86.2 28.5 -6.5 -19 0.7 -5.4 -114
2023 4-Seamer CWS R 165 95.4 17.7 -3.4 -24 10.9 3.3 42
2023 Changeup CWS R 186 87.4 26.0 -3.9 -13 13.9 -0.5 -3
2022 4-Seamer COL R 131 95.9 17.4 -3.5 -25 10.3 2.5 31
2022 Changeup COL R 260 90.2 24.7 -3.6 -13 11.8 -3.1 -21
2022 Sinker COL R 833 95.6 22.4 1.7 8 14.5 -0.9 -6
2022 Slider COL R 398 86.8 30.4 -3.8 -11 1.4 -3.0 -68
2021 4-Seamer DET R 272 94.2 16.9 -2.2 -15 9.0 1.6 22
2021 Slider DET R 390 85.3 31.5 -4.2 -12 2.1 -2.9 -58
2021 Sinker DET R 801 93.8 23.9 2.8 13 15.9 1.0 7
2021 Changeup DET R 231 89.8 24.5 -3.1 -11 13.4 -0.9 -6
2020 Slider MIA R 128 85.6 32.8 -2.7 -8 2.0 -2.5 -55
2020 4-Seamer MIA R 75 95.6 16.4 -2.2 -15 9.9 2.2 29
2020 Sinker MIA R 165 95.3 23.3 3.1 15 15.8 1.0 6
2020 Changeup MIA R 28 90.4 22.8 -4.9 -18 13.6 -0.7 -5
2019 Slider MIA R 273 85.8 30.8 -4.7 -13 1.9 -2.4 -56
2019 Curveball MIA R 85 84.7 37.3 -9.9 -21 4.7 -1.8 -28
2019 Changeup MIA R 145 90.1 25.4 -2.5 -9 16.1 1.5 10
2019 Sinker MIA R 863 95.8 20.7 -0.1 0 16.6 1.4 9
2019 4-Seamer MIA R 6 94.8 16.6 -1.1 -7 9.7 1.6 20
2018 Changeup MIA R 525 89.9 23.3 -4.3 -15 15.1 0.9 6
2018 Curveball MIA R 49 84.8 37.1 -10.1 -21 5.3 -1.7 -25
2018 4-Seamer MIA R 59 95.6 14.8 -0.1 -1 10.9 3.2 41
2018 Sinker MIA R 1,539 95.8 19.1 -0.8 -4 15.6 0.9 6
2018 Slider MIA R 598 86.4 29.0 -5.2 -15 0.1 -4.1 -98
2017 Cutter MIA R 1 90.2 26.2 -2.0 -8 14.5 -16.2 -951
2017 4-Seamer MIA R 901 95.8 15.2 -2.1 -16 13.1 4.6 55
2017 Slider MIA R 684 85.0 29.5 -5.2 -15 1.7 -2.2 -55
2017 Sinker MIA R 672 95.5 20.4 1.0 5 16.5 1.1 7
2017 Changeup MIA R 618 88.6 22.9 -3.9 -14 14.3 0.3 2
2016 4-Seamer MIA R 388 96.1 13.6 -1.0 -8 10.9 3.5 47
2016 Curveball MIA R 92 84.7 34.9 -7.8 -18 7.2 -1.8 -20
2016 Changeup MIA R 258 89.8 20.2 -5.1 -20 12.9 0.3 3
2016 Sinker MIA R 520 95.2 19.2 1.5 8 15.2 1.2 9
2016 Slider MIA R 152 86.4 28.1 -3.5 -11 3.2 -1.4 -30
2015 Curveball MIA R 26 82.2 -- -- 5.2 -4.1 -44
2015 4-Seamer MIA R 498 94.6 -- -- 8.7 1.8 27
2015 Slider MIA R 177 86.1 -- -- 1.0 -3.6 -77
2015 Changeup MIA R 166 88.2 -- -- 10.9 -1.3 -11
2015 Sinker MIA R 110 93.6 -- -- 13.5 -0.3 -2
! 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 %
2023 Sinker -1.4 -3 224 29.1 65 .339 .589 .452 17.1 4.6 7.0 .323 .509 .402 35.8
2023 Slider -0.2 0 196 25.4 50 .209 .442 .319 35.6 34.0 19.8 .158 .303 .257 29.6
2023 Changeup -2.0 -4 186 24.1 48 .225 .400 .356 26.1 18.8 15.5 .193 .269 .244 20.6
2023 4-Seamer -4.2 -7 165 21.4 40 .351 1.000 .585 7.5 0.0 0.0 .397 .968 .574 70.3
2022 Sinker -0.4 -3 833 51.4 239 .313 .449 .369 13.7 12.1 19.1 .304 .485 .378 47.8
2022 Slider 0.6 2 398 24.5 99 .186 .326 .260 29.8 24.2 15.5 .188 .320 .265 21.5
2022 Changeup -3.8 -10 260 16.0 63 .315 .389 .411 22.8 4.8 4.3 .267 .342 .323 26.9
2022 4-Seamer -0.8 -1 131 8.1 31 .321 .571 .389 25.5 22.6 26.9 .281 .488 .347 36.4
2021 Sinker -1.1 -9 802 47.3 253 .308 .471 .393 17.1 10.3 15.6 .298 .453 .374 49.5
2021 Slider -0.3 -1 390 23.0 94 .236 .360 .282 31.8 33.0 24.0 .200 .295 .236 40.7
2021 4-Seamer -1.4 -4 272 16.0 52 .302 .581 .446 12.9 3.8 6.1 .360 .776 .512 56.1
2021 Changeup -3.6 -8 231 13.6 57 .309 .600 .442 22.5 14.0 11.6 .309 .621 .402 42.6
2020 Sinker -2.2 -4 165 41.7 45 .375 .625 .458 23.9 8.9 12.5 .343 .615 .437 58.3
2020 Slider 0.1 0 128 32.3 39 .182 .364 .303 32.7 20.5 21.1 .157 .337 .282 20.0
2020 4-Seamer 0.3 0 75 18.9 15 .091 .091 .307 31.4 20.0 15.8 .180 .306 .339 37.5
2020 Changeup 4.0 1 28 7.1 5 .000 .000 .000 9.1 0.0 0.0 .192 .293 .205 40.0
2019 Sinker -0.5 -4 863 62.9 244 .320 .495 .387 13.8 11.5 14.8 .320 .520 .380 40.1
2019 Slider -1.8 -5 273 19.9 56 .302 .585 .432 39.7 30.4 20.5 .214 .409 .306 41.7
2019 Changeup 1.8 3 145 10.6 48 .178 .267 .224 21.6 20.8 20.0 .215 .332 .260 28.6
2019 Curveball -1.5 -1 85 6.2 17 .235 .412 .276 40.0 41.2 20.0 .204 .358 .235 40.0
2019 4-Seamer 9.3 1 6 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 -- .000 .000 .000 0.0
2018 Sinker 0.7 11 1,539 55.4 394 .257 .400 .323 15.0 15.2 15.7 .279 .441 .351 44.6
2018 Slider 0.4 2 598 21.5 137 .198 .344 .246 32.1 31.4 21.8 .196 .299 .233 25.8
2018 Changeup -0.6 -3 525 18.9 148 .248 .365 .307 22.8 16.2 15.2 .224 .363 .282 23.7
2018 4-Seamer -3.1 -2 59 2.1 15 .333 .667 .430 10.3 6.7 20.0 .294 .536 .393 25.0
2018 Curveball 2.4 1 49 1.8 8 .000 .000 .000 31.8 25.0 9.5 .125 .135 .121 33.3
2017 4-Seamer -0.7 -6 901 31.3 224 .314 .571 .422 11.1 10.3 12.5 .289 .564 .402 36.6
2017 Slider 0.2 1 684 23.7 160 .185 .349 .263 30.0 26.3 17.9 .217 .371 .283 21.9
2017 Sinker 1.6 11 672 23.3 159 .227 .305 .289 16.2 11.9 11.4 .271 .414 .340 29.3
2017 Changeup 0.0 0 618 21.4 173 .212 .397 .310 25.4 16.8 13.7 .266 .463 .338 31.8
2017 Cutter 51.4 1 1 0.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .493 1.177 .685 100.0
! 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
2023 Changeup 186 87.4 95 17.1 1:45 2:00 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 165 95.4 95 16.2 1:30 1:30 0
2023 Sinker 224 95.0 93 20.4 1:30 2:00 -30
2023 Slider 196 86.2 43 8.1 12:00 12:00 0
2022 Changeup 260 90.2 98 14.8 1:45 2:00 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 131 95.9 92 16.1 1:30 1:30 0
2022 Sinker 829 95.6 90 16.5 1:15 2:15 -60
2022 Slider 397 86.8 33 6.0 11:45 11:15 30
2021 Changeup 228 89.8 96 16.7 1:30 2:00 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 272 94.2 90 16.3 1:30 1:15 15
2021 Sinker 776 93.8 86 17.7 1:15 2:15 -60
2021 Slider 388 85.3 28 6.3 11:30 11:15 15
2020 Changeup 27 90.4 98 17.7 1:45 1:45 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 73 95.6 94 16.6 1:45 1:15 30
2020 Sinker 157 95.3 91 17.7 1:30 2:15 -45
2020 Slider 125 85.7 24 5.2 11:15 11:00 15
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 272 992 2 5 -8 -6 -6
2016 367 1,416 -9 8 -6 -9 -16
2017 717 2,876 11 37 -23 -18 6
2018 702 2,770 5 38 -18 -15 10
2019 366 1,372 -9 16 -8 -7 -7
2020 104 396 0 3 -3 -2 -2
2021 456 1,695 3 3 -22 -7 -22
2022 432 1,622 3 7 -15 -8 -12
2023 203 771 1 -6 -5 -3 -14
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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 %
2015 997 41.6 68.7 87.4 29.9 67.2 42.1 58.0 46.0 19.0 5.7 78.9
2016 1,437 39.9 63.1 86.5 34.9 66.8 42.7 55.8 46.1 21.3 5.5 64.6
2017 2,882 43.6 69.5 85.6 26.8 67.6 41.1 58.9 45.5 19.8 5.8 79.8
2018 2,776 45.3 70.7 82.9 28.2 70.7 42.8 59.6 47.5 20.2 6.3 75.4
2019 1,372 41.8 69.3 86.1 34.7 65.0 42.3 56.5 49.1 20.9 5.8 75.9
2020 396 45.2 71.5 83.6 28.1 49.2 46.0 61.5 47.7 27.0 5.1 70.0
2021 1,695 45.9 68.9 86.0 27.3 65.2 40.7 55.7 46.4 20.5 6.7 73.5
2022 1,622 41.4 68.7 88.3 31.2 66.7 44.6 58.3 46.7 19.4 5.4 76.1
2023 771 44.0 68.7 82.8 30.1 69.2 45.0 62.6 47.1 21.8 5.1 79.5
Player 13,948 43.3 68.9 85.4 29.8 67.0 42.5 58.2 46.7 20.4 5.9 75.4
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
2015 5 3 13 38 2 55 36 15 14 1 19 20 54 73 24 64
2016 37 24 44 60 25 55 75 71 78 11 50 34 95 86 31 25 51
2017 18 27 19 16 19 1 7 69 69 12 41 18 41 88 38 40
2018 44 35 49 56 41 13 55 44 41 22 67 16 52 88 27 45
2019 20 8 19 35 25 39 31 7 29 10 67 16 94 85 27 24 36
2020 19 43 24 19 17 38 20 13 22 5 15 52 53 83 32 43
2021 6 6 11 23 10 22 36 9 1 4 37 12 44 58 30 50
2022 11 10 19 33 10 38 60 56 45 4 22 8 68 79 39 41
2023 6 18 5 2 13 56 12 18 45 2 18 18 67 71 38 50
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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 23.3 11 10.6 0 5 9 4 36.4
2017 22.8 26 27.6 -2 10 21 13 50.0
2018 23.7 19 19.2 0 7 12 9 47.4
2019 22.4 13 12.0 1 5 10 5 38.5
2020 24.5 4 3.2 1 2 3 1 25.0
2021 23.3 14 16.4 -2 5 13 8 57.1
2022 24.2 11 9.1 2 6 7 4 36.4
2023 22.4 13 11.7 1 5 6 7 53.8
Player 23.2 111 109.8 1 45 81 51 45.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 11 13 7 13 10 8 11 13 10 8 10 13 11 8 10 11 6 10 12 11 11 9 16 14 13 9 10 13 12 10 5
2017 26 26 26 27 31 28 33 25 22 20 26 37 27 26 23 30 23 24 29 31 26 26 38 33 26 22 27 38 31 29 19
2018 19 22 15 17 20 19 22 20 17 16 19 21 22 19 19 21 19 17 18 21 22 17 24 22 16 16 17 19 21 22 17
2019 13 15 12 14 13 13 14 13 11 8 10 17 12 10 11 11 9 10 12 14 12 14 16 14 11 9 11 14 13 10 6
2020 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 4
2021 14 22 17 17 14 14 18 21 11 10 13 16 18 13 15 21 16 17 20 15 17 14 23 19 19 13 18 17 18 14 13
2022 11 8 9 14 9 8 11 7 6 6 5 13 12 11 8 11 8 6 8 8 9 8 15 9 7 7 13 13 11 7 5
2023 13 9 10 13 11 12 12 12 11 10 10 14 12 11 13 12 13 11 13 12 12 12 13 13 12 10 12 13 13 10 9
Player 111 119 100 119 111 105 124 113 91 81 96 134 117 100 102 120 98 99 116 115 112 103 148 127 106 89 111 131 123 106 78
! 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 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.4 95.6 1.2 95.6 0.0 95.8 0.2 95.8 0.0 95.4 -0.4 93.9 -1.5 95.7 1.8 95.2 -0.5
Offspeed Velocity 88.2 89.8 1.6 88.6 -1.2 89.9 1.3 90.1 0.2 90.4 0.3 89.8 -0.6 90.2 0.4 87.4 -2.8
Breaking Velocity 85.7 85.7 0.0 85.0 -0.7 86.2 1.2 85.6 -0.6 85.6 0.0 85.3 -0.3 86.8 1.5 86.2 -0.6
Exit Velocity 89.4 87.7 -1.7 86.4 -1.3 88.5 2.1 90.7 2.2 90.6 -0.1 90.8 0.2 88.2 -2.6 90.2 2.0
Launch Angle 10.6 8.3 -2.3 13.0 4.7 9.3 -3.7 9.1 -0.2 13.1 4.0 8.2 -4.9 7.3 -0.9 10.6 3.3
Barrel % 5.5 4.6 -0.9 8.6 4.0 6.2 -2.4 7.9 1.7 9.5 1.6 8.7 -0.8 6.8 -1.9 10.6 3.8
Hard Hit % 37.2 30.7 -6.5 30.9 0.2 36.2 5.3 38.7 2.5 41.9 3.2 47.8 5.9 38.5 -9.3 39.7 1.2
Sweet Spot % 29.4 31.8 2.4 34.3 2.5 30.3 -4.0 33.3 3.0 25.7 -7.6 31.8 6.1 33.2 1.4 29.8 -3.4
xBA .290 .266 -0.024 .263 -0.003 .249 -0.014 .282 0.033 .246 -0.036 .285 0.039 .271 -0.014 .269 -0.002
BA .307 .275 -0.032 .238 -0.037 .242 0.004 .293 0.051 .247 -0.046 .292 0.045 .285 -0.007 .284 -0.001
xwOBA .353 .320 -0.033 .345 0.025 .311 -0.034 .341 0.030 .354 0.013 .364 0.010 .341 -0.023