Josh Rojas
3B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 207LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 26, #781, Houston Astros | Hawaii
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 550 484 69 128 11 9 .264 .341 .411 .752
2022 510 443 66 119 9 23 .269 .349 .391 .740
2023 350 314 47 77 4 12 .245 .303 .338 .641
5 Seasons 1,637 1,440 208 365 26 49 .253 .329 .369 .698
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .264 11 9 .752
2022 .269 9 23 .740
2023 .245 4 12 .641
5 Seasons .253 26 49 .698
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%
2019 25 640 97 6 6.2 3.8 89.0 107.4 10.3 38.1 .236 .407 .279 .320 .382 42.3 26.1 11.5
2020 26 304 47 0 0.0 0.0 86.0 104.2 5.4 38.3 .213 .289 .209 .272 .301 27.7 22.9 10.0
2021 27 2316 351 17 4.8 3.1 88.2 104.6 8.4 40.7 .232 .352 .327 .295 .347 31.1 24.9 10.5
2022 28 2033 355 16 4.5 3.1 88.8 109.1 11.9 33.5 .239 .361 .326 .305 .330 36.1 19.2 10.8
2023 29 1350 239 9 3.8 2.6 87.1 105.7 13.0 35.6 .230 .331 .284 .278 .324 28.9 23.1 7.7
Player 6643 1089 48 4.4 2.9 88.1 109.1 10.6 36.9 .233 .353 .308 .296 .338 33.1 22.8 10.1
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.




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
2019 45.4 23.7 24.7 6.2 38.1 38.1 23.7 4.1 35.1 18.6 22.7 13.4 6.2 3.8
2020 51.1 17.0 25.5 6.4 31.9 42.6 25.5 4.3 36.2 25.5 23.4 10.6 0.0 0.0
2021 49.6 20.8 27.6 2.0 35.9 39.0 25.1 4.3 35.6 22.2 28.2 4.6 4.8 3.1
2022 43.9 26.2 26.2 3.7 32.7 36.1 31.3 5.4 31.3 26.5 27.3 4.8 4.5 3.1
2023 41.8 28.5 26.4 3.3 42.3 31.8 25.9 3.3 29.3 28.5 28.5 5.9 3.8 2.6
Player 45.7 24.3 26.5 3.4 36.3 36.5 27.2 4.4 32.8 24.8 27.3 6.0 4.4 2.9
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.

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 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -3 437 32.4 119 .243 .369 .313 23.4 25.2 22.7 .230 .371 .307 40.8
2023 Slider -2.1 -4 191 14.1 43 .225 .250 .245 26.1 32.6 20.6 .207 .271 .241 19.2
2023 Sinker -0.6 -1 187 13.9 48 .233 .302 .305 20.3 16.7 20.0 .234 .333 .278 27.8
2023 Changeup 0.4 1 176 13.0 48 .273 .341 .301 28.2 18.8 19.6 .232 .296 .246 13.5
2023 Curveball 0.9 1 128 9.5 31 .290 .419 .308 30.8 29.0 20.9 .250 .319 .246 18.2
2023 Cutter 0.5 1 114 8.4 32 .310 .483 .375 19.7 15.6 21.7 .262 .399 .322 41.7
2023 Sweeper -4.2 -3 65 4.8 15 .000 .000 .140 18.2 26.7 19.0 .134 .207 .259 25.0
2023 Split-Finger 2.9 1 46 3.4 11 .200 .200 .227 26.3 18.2 12.5 .259 .291 .285 12.5
2023 Screwball 15.5 0 3 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .480 .557 .453 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 1 668 32.9 190 .241 .380 .323 21.4 21.6 21.8 .224 .359 .307 44.8
2022 Slider -0.4 -1 352 17.3 77 .279 .353 .295 25.5 24.7 17.8 .220 .284 .249 20.8
2022 Sinker 2.1 7 306 15.1 88 .411 .575 .464 15.5 10.2 17.3 .309 .472 .385 47.1
2022 Changeup 0.6 2 238 11.7 57 .231 .442 .321 27.2 21.1 15.4 .242 .469 .337 30.0
2022 Curveball 0.7 1 195 9.6 36 .226 .290 .292 19.7 22.2 12.1 .192 .237 .268 20.8
2022 Cutter -1.2 -2 149 7.3 34 .258 .290 .263 24.2 5.9 6.1 .267 .323 .279 30.0
2022 Split-Finger 3.2 2 64 3.1 17 .154 .154 .324 33.3 23.5 16.0 .174 .215 .292 22.2
2022 Sweeper -2.0 -1 45 2.2 7 .143 .143 .129 33.3 42.9 21.4 .205 .242 .194 25.0
2022 Slurve 3.3 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -4 860 37.1 213 .280 .497 .388 20.4 23.5 19.4 .247 .444 .357 37.5
2021 Slider 0.8 3 357 15.4 93 .216 .375 .298 30.1 32.3 21.3 .183 .268 .221 20.7
2021 Sinker 0.7 2 302 13.0 69 .344 .475 .409 19.7 15.9 20.0 .315 .419 .362 48.0
2021 Changeup 1.3 4 294 12.7 73 .288 .364 .328 29.2 24.7 18.6 .214 .268 .247 22.4
2021 Curveball -0.1 0 235 10.1 46 .273 .409 .312 30.0 39.1 23.7 .213 .284 .235 38.5
2021 Cutter -1.3 -2 176 7.6 37 .188 .188 .265 11.1 13.5 12.5 .250 .325 .310 11.1
2021 Split-Finger -1.2 -1 53 2.3 11 .182 .182 .164 42.1 27.3 15.8 .123 .144 .123 12.5
2021 Sweeper -4.1 -1 30 1.3 6 .000 .000 .000 25.0 33.3 16.7 .089 .110 .086 0.0
2021 Slurve 3.8 0 9 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .451 .532 .425 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -3.1 -4 117 38.5 32 .222 .222 .256 12.7 15.6 14.3 .241 .371 .336 47.8
2020 Slider -5.9 -3 55 18.1 13 .000 .000 .000 23.3 23.1 11.5 .186 .209 .176 0.0
2020 Changeup 2.2 1 38 12.5 7 .500 .500 .386 38.5 14.3 9.1 .331 .409 .278 33.3
2020 Sinker 0.4 0 31 10.2 6 .200 .200 .417 40.0 50.0 37.5 .178 .204 .257 0.0
2020 Cutter 2.8 1 29 9.5 6 .200 .200 .383 38.5 33.3 22.2 .184 .229 .382 0.0
2020 Curveball 1.6 0 16 5.3 3 .000 .000 .233 0.0 0.0 0.0 .087 .096 .293 0.0
2020 Split-Finger -6.8 -1 13 4.3 3 .000 .000 .000 75.0 66.7 66.7 .020 .021 .018 0.0
2020 Sweeper 0.0 0 4 1.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -2.5 -6 235 36.7 52 .163 .233 .280 28.3 28.8 27.8 .223 .465 .357 53.6
2019 Sinker -1.0 -1 129 20.2 33 .267 .400 .326 19.3 9.1 12.0 .241 .390 .305 33.3
2019 Changeup -2.4 -2 85 13.3 22 .150 .150 .186 40.0 27.3 17.6 .163 .211 .210 28.6
2019 Slider 4.1 3 80 12.5 24 .333 .571 .425 31.6 33.3 29.6 .319 .563 .408 53.8
2019 Curveball 2.5 2 60 9.4 16 .214 .286 .278 25.0 37.5 26.1 .211 .256 .261 25.0
2019 Cutter -4.8 -2 33 5.2 7 .143 .143 .129 30.0 28.6 33.3 .279 .550 .340 40.0
2019 Split-Finger -1.8 0 17 2.7 2 .500 .500 .450 40.0 50.0 12.5 .296 .351 .281 100.0
2019 Slurve -23.6 0 1 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .297 .315 .267 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 157 640 -8 -9 5 5 -7
2020 70 304 -6 -4 3 1 -6
2021 549 2,316 -16 -12 20 9 1
2022 508 2,033 -5 -13 16 9 7
2023 349 1,350 -9 -14 11 4 -8
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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 %
2019 640 46.3 67.9 75.6 22.4 59.7 42.0 29.9 43.4 28.8 5.9 81.6
2020 304 50.0 62.5 81.1 25.7 56.4 42.1 27.1 44.1 25.4 7.2 50.0
2021 2,316 50.5 62.9 81.6 21.2 59.3 44.0 28.1 42.2 23.5 8.0 71.9
2022 2,033 49.6 62.5 83.5 19.9 58.3 42.9 27.6 41.0 22.2 7.4 78.1
2023 1,350 51.3 61.8 82.5 25.8 55.9 42.7 31.4 44.3 24.1 6.2 72.6
Player 6,643 49.9 63.0 81.8 22.0 58.1 43.1 28.8 42.5 23.8 7.2 73.8
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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
2019 53 76
2020 20 66
2021 15 18 13 16 32 21 18 29 35 9 26 71 60 88 64 3 76
2022 37 35 27 28 57 20 18 46 50 27 61 81 63 96 50 11 61
2023 6 16 4 8 11 4 9 14 18 7 41 39 57 70 35 91 52
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 21.7 2 3.2 -1 2 4 1 50.0
2020 -- 0 0.2 0 2 0 0 --
2021 24.0 11 10.0 1 7 11 1 9.1
2022 24.3 9 8.2 1 5 9 1 11.1
2023 24.9 4 4.7 -1 4 3 2 50.0
Player 24.2 26 26.2 0 20 27 5 19.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 2 6 2 2 3 2 5 4 3 1 2 4 3 3 2 2 3 2 4 5 4 4 5 4 2 3 2 3 5 3 2
2020 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2021 11 13 7 11 10 8 12 11 5 4 6 9 11 7 10 14 10 11 12 12 10 11 15 14 11 9 11 12 8 9 7
2022 9 9 6 8 9 9 10 7 4 6 5 8 9 10 9 8 10 9 7 7 10 8 12 9 6 8 7 10 10 8 7
2023 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 6 5 4 6 6 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 4
Player 26 33 19 26 27 23 32 26 16 15 17 26 29 25 26 29 28 26 30 29 29 30 38 33 23 24 25 29 29 25 20
! 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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.0 86.0 -3.0 88.2 2.2 88.8 0.6 87.1 -1.7
Launch Angle 10.3 5.4 -4.9 8.4 3.0 11.9 3.5 13.0 1.1
Barrel % 6.2 0.0 -6.2 4.8 4.8 4.5 -0.3 3.8 -0.7
Hard Hit % 42.3 27.7 -14.6 31.1 3.4 36.1 5.0 28.9 -7.2
Sweet Spot % 38.1 38.3 0.2 40.7 2.4 33.5 -7.2 35.6 2.1
xBA .236 .213 -0.023 .232 0.019 .239 0.007 .230 -0.009
BA .217 .180 -0.037 .264 0.084 .269 0.005 .245 -0.024
xwOBA .320 .272 -0.048 .295 0.023 .305 0.010 .278 -0.027
wOBA .279 .209 -0.070 .327 0.118 .326 -0.001 .284 -0.042
xSLG .407 .289 -0.118 .352 0.063 .361 0.009 .331 -0.030
SLG .312 .180 -0.132 .411 0.231 .391 -0.020 .338 -0.053
K% 26.1 22.9 -3.2 24.9 2.0 19.2 -5.7 23.1 3.9
BB% 11.5 10.0 -1.5 10.5 0.5 10.8 0.3 7.7 -3.1
Swing % 43.4 44.1 0.7 42.2 -1.9 41.0 -1.2 44.3 3.3
Whiff% 28.8 25.4 -3.4 23.5 -1.9 22.2 -1.3 24.1 1.9
In Zone % 46.3 50.0 3.7 50.5 0.5 49.6 -0.9 51.3 1.7
Out of Zone % 53.8 50.0 -3.8 49.5 -0.5 50.4 0.9 48.7 -1.7
Out of Zone Swing % 22.4 25.7 3.3 21.2 -4.5 19.9 -1.3 25.8 5.9
First Pitch Swing % 29.9 27.1 -2.8 28.1 1.0 27.6 -0.5 31.4 3.8
First Pitch Strike % 58.6 57.1 -1.5 60.1 3.0 58.4 -1.7 66.9 8.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts L 157 77 49.0 .232 .328
2020 Shifts L 70 44 62.9 .277 .168
2021 Shifts L 549 234 42.6 .309 .351
2022 Shifts L 508 171 33.7 .359 .263
2023 Shades L 349 113 32.4 .277 .294
! 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 %
2019 192 17.0 26.6% 0.0% 113 23.4 0.0% 8.0%
2020 95 17.3 28.4% 1.1% 46 21.5 0.0% 4.3%
2021 792 17.3 26.8% 1.3% 390 23.3 1.3% 9.7%
2022 685 17.2 27.2% 1.3% 345 22.9 1.2% 13.0%
2023 400 15.1 48.5% 0.5% 246 19.2 4.5% 1.6%
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