Juan Minaya
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 210LBS | Age: 33
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 0 0 3.90 22 0 0 27.2 27 1.55
2021 2 1 2.48 29 0 0 40 43 1.18
2022 1 0 5.59 6 0 0 9.2 11 1.34
6 Seasons 9 5 3.69 160 0 10 178 196 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 22 0-0 3.90 27.2 27 1.55
2021 29 2-1 2.48 40 43 1.18
2022 6 1-0 5.59 9.2 11 1.34
6 Seasons 160 9-5 3.69 178 196 1.37
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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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
2016 25 180 34 2 5.9 4.3 87.9 110.2 22.3 38.2 .245 .378 .322 .331 .313 23.5 12.8 10.6 4.36 4.68
2017 26 809 109 6 5.5 3.3 87.8 110.5 18.6 36.7 .229 .386 .331 .317 .381 31.2 27.7 10.9 4.53 4.33
2018 27 910 119 4 3.4 1.9 90.1 112.3 16.5 30.3 .196 .281 .300 .275 .308 39.5 27.8 13.9 3.28 3.15
2019 28 478 85 4 4.7 3.2 89.6 110.4 21.0 32.9 .234 .390 .361 .309 .343 41.2 21.4 9.5 3.90 4.20
2021 30 659 102 6 5.9 3.6 89.5 112.0 6.0 30.4 .196 .330 .280 .287 .321 42.2 25.7 12.0 2.48 3.45
2022 31 174 26 0 0.0 0.0 88.7 111.4 4.5 26.9 .183 .244 .290 .278 .265 34.6 24.4 11.1 5.59 3.17
Player 3210 475 22 4.6 2.8 89.1 112.3 15.3 32.6 .212 .339 .314 .297 .332 37.1 25.2 11.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Minaya relies on 3 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
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Changeup
(36.8%) ,
Slider
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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
2016 23.5 38.2 29.4 8.8 50.0 26.5 23.5 2.9 20.6 41.2 17.6 8.8 5.9 4.3
2017 33.9 31.2 24.8 10.1 36.7 35.8 26.6 0.9 26.6 32.1 28.4 6.4 5.5 3.3
2018 42.9 25.2 19.3 12.6 39.5 28.6 31.9 2.5 28.6 31.9 28.6 4.2 3.4 1.9
2019 29.4 30.6 27.1 12.9 35.3 37.6 27.1 3.5 21.2 36.5 29.4 4.7 4.7 3.2
2021 56.9 25.5 14.7 2.9 34.3 42.2 23.5 4.9 43.1 23.5 14.7 6.9 5.9 3.6
2022 53.8 26.9 15.4 3.8 34.6 42.3 23.1 7.7 38.5 23.1 23.1 7.7 0.0 0.0
Player 40.6 28.6 21.5 9.3 37.5 35.4 26.9 3.2 29.9 31.2 24.6 5.9 4.6 2.8
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

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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
2022 Slider MIN R 27 85.8 35.3 -0.1 0 4.0 -1.0 -19
2022 4-Seamer MIN R 83 93.9 16.8 -1.6 -11 9.4 1.6 21
2022 Changeup MIN R 64 88.4 36.1 6.9 24 12.3 -2.2 -15
2021 Slider MIN R 24 85.4 36.4 1.1 3 3.9 -1.1 -22
2021 4-Seamer MIN R 339 95.2 16.2 -1.9 -13 10.9 3.3 43
2021 Changeup MIN R 296 88.9 35.2 7.2 26 12.4 -1.7 -12
2019 Cutter CWS R 1 87.7 35.7 -10.5 -42 11.8 -13.5 -796
2019 4-Seamer CWS R 299 93.4 16.7 -1.3 -8 9.6 2.3 31
2019 Curveball CWS R 40 83.6 40.0 -9.0 -18 4.4 -2.2 -33
2019 Slider CWS R 42 84.4 36.4 -0.2 -1 2.7 -1.7 -39
2019 Changeup CWS R 96 88.1 32.6 4.5 16 12.3 -1.6 -11
2018 Changeup CWS R 210 89.7 32.7 5.5 20 13.1 -1.0 -7
2018 Slider CWS R 75 86.4 33.8 0.1 0 3.2 -0.8 -20
2018 Curveball CWS R 67 85.3 38.6 -7.8 -17 4.7 -2.0 -30
2018 4-Seamer CWS R 556 95.0 15.3 -0.5 -4 10.2 2.8 38
2017 Slider CWS R 113 86.7 28.8 -3.1 -10 0.1 -2.9 -97
2017 Cutter CWS R 2 92.5 17.5 2.2 11 2.8 1.7 153
2017 4-Seamer CWS R 367 94.2 13.5 0.2 2 8.6 0.9 11
2017 Sinker CWS R 134 94.4 16.7 -2.3 -12 12.3 -2.4 -17
2017 Curveball CWS R 161 82.6 40.3 -7.3 -15 3.5 -3.8 -52
2017 Changeup CWS R 28 88.4 30.4 3.8 14 13.3 -0.7 -5
2016 Slider CWS R 31 85.8 29.9 -2.3 -7 6.0 1.6 38
2016 4-Seamer CWS R 74 94.6 13.1 0.4 3 5.4 -1.8 -25
2016 Curveball CWS R 31 80.6 43.1 -6.4 -13 9.9 0.3 3
2016 Sinker CWS R 43 95.2 14.4 -3.5 -20 9.9 -4.0 -29
! 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 %
2022 4-Seamer 0.6 1 83 47.7 17 .286 .286 .335 31.6 29.4 21.7 .201 .297 .301 33.3
2022 Changeup 0.6 0 64 36.8 23 .150 .150 .248 26.5 26.1 25.0 .124 .159 .199 35.7
2022 Slider -2.4 -1 27 15.5 5 .333 .667 .530 37.5 0.0 0.0 .496 .569 .559 33.3
2021 4-Seamer -0.1 0 339 51.4 83 .250 .438 .378 19.9 25.3 25.6 .200 .381 .339 44.4
2021 Changeup 2.5 7 296 44.9 77 .125 .222 .219 31.4 26.0 18.5 .179 .276 .229 38.5
2021 Slider 3.7 1 24 3.6 7 .286 .429 .307 33.3 28.6 50.0 .333 .439 .334 60.0
2019 4-Seamer -0.4 -1 299 62.6 68 .345 .569 .436 23.9 19.1 16.3 .272 .435 .355 42.2
2019 Changeup -0.4 0 96 20.1 35 .152 .333 .256 20.0 28.6 21.3 .166 .262 .210 43.5
2019 Slider -7.8 -3 42 8.8 14 .385 .769 .500 22.2 14.3 25.0 .265 .553 .363 36.4
2019 Curveball 3.7 1 40 8.4 8 .143 .286 .244 11.8 12.5 25.0 .221 .368 .298 33.3
2019 Cutter 33.5 0 1 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seamer -1.0 -5 556 61.1 128 .267 .436 .388 18.3 17.2 15.9 .239 .362 .351 41.8
2018 Changeup 1.0 2 210 23.1 58 .179 .232 .225 39.4 55.2 23.2 .127 .164 .160 41.7
2018 Slider 3.4 3 75 8.2 10 .100 .100 .090 41.9 0.0 0.0 .243 .280 .235 30.0
2018 Curveball 2.7 2 67 7.4 10 .100 .100 .090 47.4 40.0 36.4 .116 .136 .111 16.7
2017 4-Seamer 0.0 0 367 45.4 95 .221 .455 .355 21.4 25.3 18.6 .240 .456 .364 33.3
2017 Curveball -0.9 -1 161 19.9 36 .303 .515 .379 41.3 38.9 23.0 .223 .363 .287 36.8
2017 Sinker 1.4 2 134 16.6 30 .222 .333 .287 15.3 16.7 13.5 .274 .402 .329 31.8
2017 Slider -1.7 -2 113 14.0 20 .263 .368 .340 41.3 25.0 19.2 .164 .181 .180 14.3
2017 Changeup 1.3 0 28 3.5 3 .000 .000 .000 58.3 100.0 42.9 -- -- .000 --
2017 Cutter 3.5 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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
2022 Changeup 42 88.2 84 12.6 2:15 3:15 -60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 83 93.9 90 16.9 1:30 1:15 15
2022 Slider 27 85.8 25 4.6 11:00 9:00 120
2021 Changeup 240 88.8 84 13.2 2:15 3:15 -60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 336 95.2 91 17.5 1:30 1:15 15
2021 Slider 24 85.4 20 4.6 10:30 8:45 105
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 47 180 1 1 -2 -2 -2
2017 184 805 5 7 -8 -6 -1
2018 206 908 5 9 -7 -6 1
2019 126 478 1 1 -2 -3 -3
2021 167 659 7 9 -3 -4 8
2022 45 174 3 1 -2 -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 %
2016 180 50.6 71.4 80.0 20.2 66.7 45.0 55.3 46.1 22.9 8.9 81.3
2017 809 48.3 69.9 81.3 24.9 51.0 40.2 55.4 46.7 27.0 7.4 85.0
2018 910 47.0 67.2 81.9 27.8 54.5 40.2 57.7 46.3 26.8 6.5 78.0
2019 478 51.0 68.9 81.5 27.8 67.7 43.7 53.2 48.7 22.3 9.2 95.5
2021 659 43.9 72.7 80.0 30.0 61.3 38.7 54.5 48.7 25.9 7.1 83.0
2022 174 50.0 64.4 76.8 27.6 54.2 44.8 62.2 46.0 30.0 3.4 66.7
Player 3,210 47.6 69.3 80.9 27.2 57.7 40.9 55.9 47.2 25.9 7.2 84.1
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
2016 77 77 91
2017 70 76 29 92
2018 84 92 97 97 38 97 96 7 16 81 3 64 47 80 87 23 86
2019 51 65 90
2021 77 52 69
2022 50 47 76
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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 -- 0 0.8 -1 1 1 0 --
2017 22.7 7 4.5 3 2 4 2 28.6
2018 23.4 3 4.0 -1 2 5 0 0.0
2019 25.0 4 3.4 1 1 3 1 25.0
2021 25.0 4 4.0 0 2 1 3 75.0
2022 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
Player 23.9 18 16.9 1 9 14 6 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
2017 7 3 5 5 6 5 6 3 3 3 3 7 4 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 4
2018 3 4 2 6 5 4 4 5 4 2 4 6 5 2 4 6 4 5 2 5 3 3 6 4 4 2 4 5 4 5 1
2019 4 5 3 2 4 3 5 4 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 2 3 5 3 3
2021 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 4
2022 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Player 18 17 15 18 19 17 19 17 13 10 15 22 18 15 17 21 16 17 15 18 16 17 22 19 16 14 15 18 21 18 12
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.8 94.3 -0.5 ↓ 95.0 0.7 ↑ -- -1.6 ↓ -- -- 95.2 -- 93.9 -1.3 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 88.4 0.0 89.7 1.3 ↑ -- -1.6 ↓ -- -- 88.9 -- 88.4 -0.5 ↓
Breaking Velocity 83.2 84.3 1.1 ↑ 85.9 1.6 ↑ -- -1.9 ↓ -- -- 85.4 -- 85.8 0.4 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.9 87.8 -0.1 ↓ 90.1 2.3 ↑ -- -0.5 ↓ -- -- 89.5 -- 88.7 -0.8 ↓
Launch Angle 22.3 18.6 -3.7 ↓ 16.5 -2.1 ↓ -- 4.5 ↑ -- -- 6.0 -- 4.5 -1.5 ↓
Barrel % 5.9 5.5 -0.4 ↓ 3.4 -2.1 ↓ -- 1.3 ↑ -- -- 5.9 -- 0.0 -5.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 23.5 31.2 7.7 ↑ 39.5 8.3 ↑ -- 1.7 ↑ -- -- 42.2 -- 34.6 -7.6 ↓
Sweet Spot % 38.2 36.7 -1.5 ↓ 30.3 -6.4 ↓ -- 2.6 ↑ -- -- 30.4 -- 26.9 -3.5 ↓
xBA .245 .229 -0.016 ↓ .196 -0.033 ↓ -- 0.038 ↑ -- -- .196 -- .183 -0.013 ↓
BA .250 .239 -0.011 ↓ .220 -0.019 ↓ -- 0.057 ↑ -- -- .189 -- .216 0.027 ↑
xwOBA .331 .317 -0.014 ↓ .275 -0.042 ↓ -- 0.034 ↑ -- -- .287 -- .278 -0.009 ↓
wOBA .322 .331 0.009 ↑ .300 -0.031 ↓ -- 0.061 ↑ -- -- .280 -- .290 0.010 ↑
xSLG .378 .386 0.008 ↑ .281 -0.105 ↓ -- 0.109 ↑ -- -- .330 -- .244 -0.086 ↓
SLG .350 .428 0.078 ↑ .333 -0.095 ↓ -- 0.167 ↑ -- -- .329 -- .243 -0.086 ↓
K% 12.8 27.7 14.9 ↑ 27.8 0.1 ↑ -- -6.4 ↓ -- -- 25.7 -- 24.4 -1.3 ↓
BB% 10.6 10.9 0.3 ↑ 13.9 3.0 ↑ -- -4.4 ↓ -- -- 12.0 -- 11.1 -0.9 ↓
Swing % 46.1 46.7 0.6 ↑ 46.3 -0.4 ↓ -- 2.4 ↑ -- -- 48.7 -- 46.0 -2.7 ↓
Whiff% 22.9 27.0 4.1 ↑ 26.8 -0.2 ↓ -- -4.5 ↓ -- -- 25.9 -- 30.0 4.1 ↑
In Zone % 50.6 48.3 -2.3 ↓ 47.0 -1.3 ↓ -- 4.0 ↑ -- -- 43.9 -- 50.0 6.1 ↑
Out of Zone % 49.4 51.7 2.3 ↑ 53.0 1.3 ↑ -- -4.0 ↓ -- -- 56.1 -- 50.0 -6.1 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 20.2 24.9 4.7 ↑ 27.8 2.9 ↑ -- 0.0 -- -- 30.0 -- 27.6 -2.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 23.4 28.8 5.4 ↑ 27.4 -1.4 ↓ -- -3.6 ↓ -- -- 35.3 -- 31.1 -4.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 55.3 55.4 0.1 ↑ 57.7 2.3 ↑ -- -4.5 ↓ -- -- 54.5 -- 62.2 7.7 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 46 .329 22 0 0.0 24 3 12.5
2017 Shifts 184 .331 111 7 6.3 73 36 49.3
2018 Shifts 206 .300 130 18 13.8 76 38 50.0
2019 Shifts 126 .361 77 2 2.6 49 25 51.0
2021 Shifts 163 .281 104 12 11.5 59 43 72.9
2022 Shifts 45 .290 27 4 14.8 18 17 94.4
! 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 %
2016 42 20.9 7.1% 11.9% 45 25.0 2.2% 28.9%
2017 212 18.3 17.9% 3.8% 138 22.2 0.0% 8.0%
2018 224 17.7 21.4% 2.2% 177 23.6 0.0% 9.6%
2019 106 16.4 31.1% 0.0% 95 22.7 0.0% 5.3%
2021 167 16.5 36.5% 2.4% 102 23.1 0.0% 7.8%
2022 35 15.2 48.6% 0.0% 40 21.4 0.0% 2.5%
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Pitch Distribution

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