Joshua Palacios
RF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 200LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 4, #132, Toronto Blue Jays | Auburn
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 49 47 8 10 0 1 .213 .245 .255 .500
2023 264 247 26 59 10 5 .239 .279 .413 .692
2024 69 61 8 14 2 0 .230 .319 .344 .663
4 Seasons 424 390 49 90 12 6 .231 .283 .364 .647
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .213 0 1 .500
2023 .239 10 5 .692
2024 .230 2 0 .663
4 Seasons .231 12 6 .647
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting 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%
2021 25 163 26 1 3.8 2.4 93.5 104.4 8.4 26.9 .230 .333 .236 .302 .354 42.3 26.2 7.1
2022 26 209 32 0 0.0 0.0 81.3 104.0 4.9 28.1 .208 .247 .225 .221 .294 31.3 30.6 2.0
2023 27 958 194 19 9.8 7.2 91.3 109.6 7.7 30.9 .259 .438 .297 .318 .383 45.4 21.2 4.5
2024 28 267 51 2 3.9 2.9 89.7 108.4 4.5 21.6 .269 .395 .298 .333 .342 47.1 14.5 10.1
Player 1597 303 22 7.3 5.2 90.1 109.6 6.9 28.7 .252 .399 .283 .307 .364 43.9 21.7 5.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 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
2021 57.7 30.8 11.5 0.0 30.8 50.0 19.2 7.7 38.5 23.1 26.9 0.0 3.8 2.4
2022 50.0 12.5 25.0 12.5 31.3 28.1 40.6 9.4 40.6 21.9 25.0 3.1 0.0 0.0
2023 47.9 25.3 23.2 3.6 41.2 39.2 19.6 3.6 38.1 19.6 22.7 5.2 9.8 7.2
2024 62.7 15.7 13.7 7.8 41.2 27.5 31.4 5.9 43.1 17.6 25.5 2.0 3.9 2.9
Player 51.5 22.8 20.8 5.0 39.3 37.0 23.8 5.0 39.3 19.8 23.8 4.0 7.3 5.2
MLB 44.5 23.8 24.7 7.0 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -1 76 28.5 18 .133 .333 .278 17.6 16.7 20.0 .217 .421 .341 41.7
2024 Sinker 0.4 0 54 20.2 15 .273 .545 .471 20.0 0.0 0.0 .344 .633 .495 45.5
2024 Slider 0.6 0 43 16.1 8 .250 .250 .225 33.3 25.0 13.3 .303 .342 .282 66.7
2024 Cutter -0.6 0 34 12.7 11 .273 .273 .245 33.3 27.3 37.5 .288 .356 .279 50.0
2024 Changeup 2.2 1 26 9.7 8 .286 .286 .313 23.1 0.0 0.0 .146 .161 .205 14.3
2024 Curveball 0.7 0 20 7.5 6 .167 .333 .208 22.2 16.7 14.3 .315 .360 .294 80.0
2024 Sweeper -0.8 0 10 3.7 2 .500 .500 .450 14.3 0.0 0.0 .478 .563 .458 50.0
2024 Split-Finger -5.1 0 4 1.5 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -2 326 34.0 87 .244 .354 .280 20.5 23.0 20.2 .286 .482 .344 55.6
2023 Slider -0.1 0 155 16.2 36 .212 .485 .324 35.7 22.2 18.6 .207 .373 .283 40.0
2023 Sinker 1.3 2 128 13.4 39 .243 .486 .317 15.3 23.1 40.9 .261 .518 .336 41.4
2023 Changeup 0.5 1 108 11.3 35 .250 .469 .353 30.8 14.3 17.9 .245 .455 .317 42.9
2023 Cutter -0.3 0 86 9.0 24 .250 .300 .319 20.5 12.5 18.8 .394 .459 .427 47.1
2023 Curveball -2.0 -2 79 8.2 19 .263 .526 .332 50.0 26.3 25.0 .164 .285 .190 28.6
2023 Sweeper -3.3 -2 48 5.0 10 .200 .200 .180 28.0 30.0 18.8 .197 .232 .188 14.3
2023 Split-Finger -3.5 -1 25 2.6 11 .182 .455 .264 21.4 18.2 22.2 .213 .394 .258 55.6
2023 Slurve -11.7 0 2 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 100.0 -- -- .000 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -1 80 38.3 19 .316 .368 .303 25.5 42.1 27.6 .281 .347 .275 45.5
2022 Curveball -7.2 -2 33 15.8 6 .000 .000 .000 15.8 16.7 8.3 .199 .211 .183 20.0
2022 Slider 5.8 2 32 15.3 8 .429 .571 .469 37.5 12.5 9.1 .156 .198 .222 33.3
2022 Sinker -4.4 -1 22 10.5 6 .167 .167 .150 9.1 0.0 0.0 .287 .310 .269 33.3
2022 Changeup -3.3 -1 20 9.6 4 .000 .000 .000 12.5 25.0 10.0 .102 .109 .093 0.0
2022 Cutter -6.2 -1 18 8.6 4 .000 .000 .175 50.0 75.0 60.0 -- -- .175 --
2022 Split-Finger -13.3 0 3 1.4 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 50.0 .009 .020 .012 0.0
2022 Sweeper 0.0 0 1 0.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -3.0 -3 87 53.4 19 .267 .267 .278 32.5 31.6 26.1 .236 .428 .330 63.6
2021 Slider -4.3 -1 33 20.2 8 .143 .143 .200 31.6 37.5 20.0 .212 .242 .263 0.0
2021 Curveball 7.5 1 15 9.2 3 .500 .500 .533 33.3 0.0 0.0 .271 .296 .405 0.0
2021 Sinker -5.7 -1 14 8.6 5 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .247 .279 .233 60.0
2021 Cutter 2.2 0 6 3.7 2 .000 .000 .350 33.3 0.0 0.0 .109 .257 .428 0.0
2021 Changeup -6.6 0 5 3.1 3 .333 .333 .300 33.3 33.3 50.0 .312 .368 .294 50.0
2021 Split-Finger -21.5 0 2 1.2 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Sweeper -20.3 0 1 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .191 .196 .184 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 42 163 -2 -4 1 1 -5
2022 49 209 -5 0 -1 1 -5
2023 264 958 -5 -6 5 3 -4
2024 69 267 -3 -1 3 1 0
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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 %
2021 163 52.1 60.0 74.5 37.2 55.2 46.6 28.6 49.1 31.3 11.0 88.9
2022 209 51.2 72.9 76.9 36.3 56.8 46.4 28.6 55.0 26.1 9.1 68.4
2023 958 51.6 72.5 79.3 30.2 57.1 43.6 31.1 52.0 26.7 9.2 79.5
2024 267 49.8 68.4 78.0 23.1 61.3 41.9 36.2 45.7 24.6 7.9 76.2
Player 1,597 51.3 70.6 78.4 30.5 57.4 44.0 31.4 51.0 26.7 9.1 78.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! 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
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2021 34 82
2022 13 81
2023 52 72 87
2024 40 71
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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 %
2021 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
2023 25.7 10 9.9 0 3 6 5 50.0
2024 24.2 2 2.0 0 0 0 2 100.0
Player 25.4 12 12.1 0 4 6 7 58.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 0 1 0 0 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
2023 10 9 9 8 12 10 11 8 8 9 9 10 9 10 10 11 10 10 9 12 7 12 12 11 10 10 10 12 10 10 8
2024 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 12 12 11 10 14 12 13 10 10 11 11 12 11 12 12 13 12 12 12 14 10 15 14 14 12 12 12 14 13 12 10
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 93.5 81.3 -12.2 91.3 10.0 89.7 -1.6
Launch Angle 8.4 4.9 -3.5 7.7 2.8 4.5 -3.2
Barrel % 3.8 0.0 -3.8 9.8 9.8 3.9 -5.9
Hard Hit % 42.3 31.3 -11.0 45.4 14.1 47.1 1.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.9 28.1 1.2 30.9 2.8 21.6 -9.3
xBA .230 .208 -0.022 .259 0.051 .269 0.010
BA .200 .213 0.013 .239 0.026 .230 -0.009
xwOBA .302 .221 -0.081 .318 0.097 .333 0.015
wOBA .236 .225 -0.011 .297 0.072 .298 0.001
xSLG .333 .247 -0.086 .438 0.191 .395 -0.043
SLG .200 .255 0.055 .413 0.158 .344 -0.069
K% 26.2 30.6 4.4 21.2 -9.4 14.5 -6.7
BB% 7.1 2.0 -5.1 4.5 2.5 10.1 5.6
Swing % 49.1 55.0 5.9 52.0 -3.0 45.7 -6.3
Whiff% 31.3 26.1 -5.2 26.7 0.6 24.6 -2.1
In Zone % 52.1 51.2 -0.9 51.6 0.4 49.8 -1.8
Out of Zone % 47.9 48.8 0.9 48.4 -0.4 50.2 1.8
Out of Zone Swing % 37.2 36.3 -0.9 30.2 -6.1 23.1 -7.1
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 28.6 0.0 31.1 2.5 36.2 5.1
First Pitch Strike % 45.2 55.1 9.9 58.0 2.9 58.0 0.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 30 10 33.3 .175 .088
2022 Shifts L 49 7 14.3 .224 .229
2023 Shades L 264 57 21.6 .305 .266
2024 Shades L 69 14 20.3 .289 .335
! 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 %
2021 41 16.9 24.4% 4.9% 30 20.6 0.0% 10.0%
2022 43 16.7 27.9% 7.0% 32 21.6 3.1% 12.5%
2023 233 15.8 40.8% 0.0% 152 18.3 5.9% 0.0%
2024 67 15.9 29.9% 0.0% 53 17.9 3.8% 1.9%
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