José Ureña
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 208LBS | Age: 33
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
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
2024 5 8 3.80 33 9 1 109 70 1.32
10 Seasons 44 77 4.76 232 152 5 948.1 635 1.40
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 21 3-8 5.01 97 63 1.57
2023 10 0-7 6.45 44.2 29 1.61
2024 33 5-8 3.80 109 70 1.32
10 Seasons 232 44-77 4.76 948.1 635 1.40
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA 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 5.34
2016 24 1437 280 13 4.6 3.5 87.6 111.2 8.1 31.8 .265 .408 .337 .319 .346 30.7 15.5 7.8 6.13 4.31
2017 25 2882 533 46 8.6 6.4 86.4 111.8 13.0 34.3 .263 .462 .316 .345 .369 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 .467 .342 .341 .385 38.7 16.8 7.0 5.21 5.23
2020 28 396 74 7 9.5 6.7 90.3 111.4 12.3 25.7 .248 .461 .344 .357 .360 40.5 14.4 12.5 5.40 5.59
2021 29 1695 343 30 8.7 6.6 90.8 118.8 8.2 31.8 .284 .475 .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 .427 .340 .340 .359 38.5 14.6 10.0 5.01 4.91
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
2024 32 1760 350 27 7.7 5.8 89.0 117.0 9.8 26.0 .260 .411 .314 .324 .345 39.7 15.1 8.4 3.80 4.43
Player 15708 3072 227 7.4 5.5 88.7 118.8 9.7 31.2 .267 .438 .332 .337 .363 37.3 15.5 8.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Ureña relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(40.9%) ,
Slider
(34.2%) ,
Changeup
(18.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(6.3%) ,


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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
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 41.1 20.0 27.1 3.9 4.6 3.5
2017 44.3 24.8 24.4 6.6 39.2 35.8 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 24.3 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
2024 50.6 24.0 20.6 4.9 37.7 38.3 24.0 4.9 38.9 22.9 20.0 5.7 7.7 5.8
Player 49.2 22.3 23.4 5.1 40.2 37.5 22.0 3.5 36.8 21.6 24.4 5.3 7.4 5.5
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Sinker TEX R 719 96.0 21.7 -0.3 16.6ARM 1.3 8.1 -0.8 16.6ARM 1.8
2024 Slider TEX R 600 87.0 27.6 -6.8 2.5ARM -6.9 8.6 -7.0 2.5ARM -7.6
2024 Changeup TEX R 328 88.7 26.4 -3.8 15.3ARM 0.7 8.5 -3.6 15.3ARM 1.1
2024 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 111 96.4 16.7 -2.5 12.8ARM 4.7 12.8 -3.0 12.8ARM 5.3
2023 Slider CWS R 195 86.2 28.5 -6.6 0.6ARM -5.1 8.0 -6.5 0.6ARM -5.9
2023 Changeup CWS R 187 87.4 26.1 -3.9 13.9ARM -0.6 9.7 -4.3 13.9ARM -0.5
2023 Sinker CWS R 222 95.0 20.2 -0.9 17.3ARM 2.2 10.2 -2.6 17.3ARM 2.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 167 95.4 17.7 -3.4 11.0ARM 3.3 12.0 -3.8 11.0ARM 3.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2024 Sinker 0.6 5 719 40.9 229 .271 .372 .331 12.1 8.7 11.1 .289 .433 .345 50.8
2024 Slider -0.1 -1 601 34.1 137 .242 .363 .299 33.1 27.7 21.8 .211 .304 .262 25.0
2024 Changeup -0.7 -2 328 18.6 79 .200 .471 .313 32.1 15.2 12.9 .225 .429 .314 21.7
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -2 111 6.3 16 .385 .769 .525 16.7 0.0 0.0 .436 .991 .619 61.5
2023 Sinker -1.4 -3 222 28.8 65 .339 .589 .452 17.1 4.6 6.8 .323 .509 .402 35.8
2023 Slider -0.3 -1 195 25.3 49 .214 .452 .326 36.0 34.7 20.2 .161 .309 .261 30.8
2023 Changeup -1.9 -4 187 24.3 49 .220 .390 .349 25.8 18.4 15.0 .189 .262 .240 20.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -4.1 -7 167 21.7 40 .351 1.000 .585 7.5 0.0 0.0 .397 .968 .574 70.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 327 88.7 95 17.8 1:45 2:15 -30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 111 96.4 96 18.1 1:45 1:30 15
2024 Sinker 717 96.0 94 18.9 1:30 2:15 -45
2024 Slider 600 87.0 45 8.9 12:15 12:30 -15
2023 Changeup 187 87.4 95 17.1 1:45 2:00 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 167 95.4 95 16.3 1:30 1:30 0
2023 Sinker 222 95.0 92 20.4 1:30 2:00 -30
2023 Slider 195 86.2 42 8.1 12:00 12:00 0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

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
2024 461 1,759 -5 21 -11 -7 -1
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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 19.4 5.7 78.9
2016 1,437 39.9 63.1 86.5 34.9 66.8 42.7 55.8 46.1 21.4 5.5 64.6
2017 2,882 43.6 69.5 85.6 26.8 67.6 41.1 58.9 45.5 19.9 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 21.2 5.8 75.9
2020 396 45.2 71.5 83.6 28.1 49.2 46.0 61.5 47.7 27.5 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 19.5 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
2024 1,760 46.4 71.0 83.4 26.4 61.0 43.2 55.5 47.0 23.1 7.1 78.4
Player 15,708 43.7 69.2 85.2 29.4 66.4 42.6 57.9 46.8 20.8 6.0 75.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 22 54 73 25 64
2016 39 26 45 61 27 55 75 74 78 11 50 34 95 86 31 25 51
2017 18 27 18 16 20 1 7 69 69 12 41 18 41 88 38 39
2018 44 35 49 56 41 13 55 44 41 22 67 15 52 88 26 45
2019 20 8 20 35 26 39 31 7 29 10 67 17 94 84 27 24 36
2020 16 40 22 18 16 38 20 16 28 5 15 54 53 82 32 43
2021 6 8 12 23 10 22 36 9 1 4 37 11 44 57 30 50
2022 11 10 19 33 10 38 60 56 45 4 22 8 68 79 39 40
2023 6 19 5 2 13 56 12 18 45 2 18 18 67 71 39 49
2024 28 20 31 47 26 30 49 42 40 3 44 29 23 80 25 31
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.3 11 10.5 1 5 9 4 36.4
2017 22.8 26 26.4 0 11 21 12 46.2
2018 23.7 19 18.1 1 8 12 8 42.1
2019 22.4 13 11.8 1 4 10 5 38.5
2020 24.5 4 3.2 1 2 3 1 25.0
2021 23.3 14 16.4 -2 6 12 8 57.1
2022 24.2 11 9.0 2 6 7 4 36.4
2023 22.4 13 11.7 1 5 6 7 53.8
2024 24.8 13 13.3 0 6 5 9 69.2
Player 23.4 124 120.4 4 53 85 58 46.8
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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 15 14 13 9 10 13 12 10 5
2017 26 24 25 26 29 26 32 24 21 19 25 36 26 25 22 29 22 24 28 30 24 25 37 32 24 21 26 37 29 27 17
2018 19 21 14 16 18 18 21 19 16 15 16 20 21 18 18 19 18 17 17 20 21 16 22 21 15 15 16 18 20 21 16
2019 13 15 12 14 13 13 14 13 11 8 10 16 12 10 11 11 9 10 11 14 12 13 16 14 11 8 11 13 13 10 6
2020 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 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 22 19 18 13 18 17 18 14 13
2022 11 8 9 14 9 8 11 7 6 6 5 13 12 10 8 11 8 6 8 8 9 8 15 9 7 7 13 13 11 7 5
2023 13 9 10 13 11 11 12 12 11 10 10 14 12 11 13 12 13 11 13 12 12 12 13 14 12 10 12 13 13 10 9
2024 13 12 13 14 11 12 15 13 11 12 11 15 14 14 12 12 13 13 14 16 15 13 18 15 13 13 12 14 15 12 13
Player 124 128 111 131 118 113 137 124 100 91 103 146 129 111 112 128 109 112 127 129 124 113 161 141 115 99 121 142 135 115 88
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
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 96.0 0.8
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 88.7 1.3
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 87.0 0.8
Exit Velocity 89.4 87.6 -1.8 86.4 -1.2 88.5 2.1 90.7 2.2 90.3 -0.4 90.8 0.5 88.2 -2.6 90.2 2.0 89.0 -1.2
Launch Angle 10.6 8.1 -2.5 13.0 4.9 9.3 -3.7 9.1 -0.2 12.3 3.2 8.2 -4.1 7.3 -0.9 10.6 3.3 9.8 -0.8
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 7.7 -2.9
Hard Hit % 37.2 30.7 -6.5 30.9 0.2 36.2 5.3 38.7 2.5 40.5 1.8 47.8 7.3 38.5 -9.3 39.7 1.2 39.7 0.0
LA 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 26.0 -3.8
xBA .290 .265 -0.025 .263 -0.002 .249 -0.014 .282 0.033 .248 -0.034 .284 0.036 .271 -0.013 .269 -0.002 .260 -0.009
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 .254 -0.030
xwOBA .353 .319 -0.034 .345 0.026 .311 -0.034 .341 0.030 .357 0.016 .364 0.007 .340 -0.024 .363 0.023 .324 -0.039
wOBA .353 .337 -0.016 .316 -0.021 .298 -0.018 .342 0.044 .344 0.002 .360 0.016 .340 -0.020 .398 0.058 .314 -0.084
xSLG .442 .408 -0.034 .462 0.054 .393 -0.069 .467 0.074 .461 -0.006 .475 0.014 .427 -0.048 .500 0.073 .411 -0.089
SLG .445 .459 0.014 .415 -0.044 .381 -0.034 .473 0.092 .427 -0.046 .475 0.048 .421 -0.054 .597 0.176 .399 -0.198
K% 10.2 15.5 5.3 15.6 0.1 18.3 2.7 16.8 -1.5 14.4 -2.4 14.7 0.3 14.6 -0.1 14.3 -0.3 15.1 0.8
BB% 9.1 7.8 -1.3 8.8 1.0 7.2 -1.6 7.0 -0.2 12.5 5.5 9.2 -3.3 10.0 0.8 10.8 0.8 8.4 -2.4
Swing % 46.0 46.1 0.1 45.5 -0.6 47.5 2.0 49.1 1.6 47.7 -1.4 46.4 -1.3 46.7 0.3 47.1 0.4 47.0 -0.1
Whiff% 19.4 21.4 2.0 19.9 -1.5 20.2 0.3 21.2 1.0 27.5 6.3 20.5 -7.0 19.5 -1.0 21.8 2.3 23.1 1.3
In Zone % 41.6 39.9 -1.7 43.6 3.7 45.3 1.7 41.8 -3.5 45.2 3.4 45.9 0.7 41.4 -4.5 44.0 2.6 46.4 2.4
Out of Zone % 58.4 60.1 1.7 56.4 -3.7 54.7 -1.7 58.2 3.5 54.8 -3.4 54.1 -0.7 58.6 4.5 56.0 -2.6 53.6 -2.4
Out of Zone Swing % 29.9 34.9 5.0 26.8 -8.1 28.2 1.4 34.7 6.5 28.1 -6.6 27.3 -0.8 31.2 3.9 30.1 -1.1 26.4 -3.7
First Pitch Swing % 28.5 26.0 -2.5 27.2 1.2 31.2 4.0 34.2 3.0 33.7 -0.5 26.3 -7.4 32.6 6.3 30.5 -2.1 30.6 0.1
First Pitch Strike % 58.0 55.8 -2.2 58.9 3.1 59.6 0.7 56.5 -3.1 61.5 5.0 55.7 -5.8 58.3 2.6 62.6 4.3 55.5 -7.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 360 .335 169 0 0.0 191 3 1.6
2017 Shifts 716 .317 364 13 3.6 352 49 13.9
2018 Shifts 704 .298 323 48 14.9 381 123 32.3
2019 Shifts 366 .342 194 34 17.5 172 101 58.7
2020 Shifts 104 .344 69 41 59.4 35 12 34.3
2021 Shifts 456 .360 232 29 12.5 224 143 63.8
2022 Shifts 432 .340 196 14 7.1 236 62 26.3
2023 Shades 203 .398 89 12 13.5 114 24 21.1
2024 Shades 461 .314 258 13 5.0 203 151 74.4
! 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 %
2015 253 16.5 40.3% 2.4% 214 22.2 6.5% 15.4%
2016 421 15.2 47.7% 3.6% 263 21.6 7.6% 10.6%
2017 919 14.7 55.4% 0.9% 455 20.6 3.3% 9.9%
2018 906 14.3 58.9% 0.7% 388 20.3 2.3% 7.2%
2019 401 15.1 48.6% 1.7% 221 20.5 2.7% 4.5%
2020 115 16.9 23.5% 0.0% 63 22.3 0.0% 6.3%
2021 482 16.3 30.5% 1.5% 294 22.4 0.0% 8.8%
2022 452 16.6 27.7% 1.3% 280 22.7 1.1% 12.1%
2023 231 14.1 65.4% 0.0% 110 17.9 10.0% 0.9%
2024 508 13.7 72.8% 0.0% 301 17.1 14.3% 0.3%

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Pitch Distribution