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Junior Fernández
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 3" 215LBS | Age: 24
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 1 0 5.66 18 0 0 20.2 15 1.94
3 Seasons 1 1 6.62 34 0 0 35.1 33 1.78
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 18 1-0 5.66 20.2 15 1.94
3 Seasons 34 1-1 6.62 35.1 33 1.78

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2019 22 218 28 2 7.1 90.7 109.9 1.7 39.3 .230 .364 .315 .336 .397 42.9 29.6 11.1 5.40 5.17
2020 23 61 12 2 16.7 90.8 105.2 16.1 50 .373 .705 .531 .483 .528 58.3 12.5 12.5 18.00 12.29
2021 24 372 67 2 3 89.4 110.4 7.4 41.8 .298 .426 .373 .364 .382 35.8 15.6 14.6 5.66 5.88
651 107 6 5.6 89.9 110.4 6.9 42.1 .284 .434 .369 .366 .402 40.2 19.9 13.3
6.6 88.3 122.2 12 32.9 .243 .403 .317 .313 .363 35.4 22 8.4

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Fernandez relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(47%) ,
Changeup
(31.5%) ,
Slider
(21%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(0.5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # # RHB # LHB % MPH PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Spin Ext. Whiff% PutAway%
2021 Sinker 175 95 80 47.0 97.7 51 42 17 11 4 0 2 7 35 .405 .337 .643 .520 .488 .424 91.1 6 2171 6.6 20.0 17.1
2021 Changeup 117 26 91 31.5 89.5 31 28 7 6 1 0 0 5 23 .250 .284 .286 .349 .277 .317 85.8 7 1971 6.6 35.9 13.5
2021 Slider 78 59 19 21.0 88.6 13 12 1 0 1 0 0 3 9 .083 .192 .167 .274 .149 .242 87.1 7 2037 6.6 45.2 16.7
2021 4-Seam Fastball 2 0 2 0.5 99.4 2170 6.5 0.0
2020 Sinker 34 16 18 55.7 94.0 8 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 7 .429 .508 .571 .963 .463 .629 93.9 22 2126 6.6 0.0 0.0
2020 Changeup 19 3 16 31.1 86.1 7 6 2 0 1 0 1 2 4 .333 .167 1.000 .368 .559 .290 84.6 7 1788 6.5 45.5 33.3
2020 Slider 8 5 3 13.1 83.3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 .667 1.000 .923 .883 .669 93.6 17 2003 6.5 0.0 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2019 50 14.3 35.7 0 53.6 32.1 14.3 0 57.1 14.3 21.4 0 7.1
2020 33.3 16.7 41.7 8.3 41.7 33.3 25 8.3 25 16.7 25 8.3 16.7
2021 44.8 11.9 38.8 4.5 40.3 32.8 26.9 4.5 34.3 16.4 34.3 7.5 3
44.9 13.1 38.3 3.7 43.9 32.7 23.4 3.7 39.3 15.9 29.9 5.6 5.6
45.1 22.5 25.4 7.1 36.6 37.8 25.4 3.7 33.2 24.4 24.4 5.7 6.6

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
2021 Slider STL R 77 88.6 27.8 -3.8 -12 3.2 -7.1 -185
2021 Changeup STL R 117 89.5 28 0.1 0 13 -1.2 -8
2021 Sinker STL R 175 97.7 14.6 -3.1 -17 11.5 -3.1 -21
2021 4-Seamer STL R 2 99.4 11.5 -0.1 -1 6 -1.7 -23
2020 Sinker STL R 34 94 17 -3.3 -16 9.2 -5.1 -36
2020 Slider STL R 8 83.3 33.8 -5.3 -14 1.5 -4.8 -76
2020 Changeup STL R 19 86.1 32.9 2.5 8 10.1 -3.2 -24
2019 Sinker STL R 91 96.8 16.8 -2.8 -14 12 -2.8 -19
2019 Changeup STL R 69 86.1 32.6 2.7 9 13.7 -0.3 -2
2019 Slider STL R 58 86.9 30.9 -2.7 -8 1.2 -2.8 -70
! 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 %
2021 Slider -0.7 -1 78 21 13 .083 .167 .15 45.2 23.1 16.7 .192 .274 .242 22.2
2021 Changeup -0.1 0 117 31.5 31 .25 .286 .311 35.9 16.1 13.5 .284 .349 .317 30.4
2021 Sinker 2.9 5 175 47 51 .405 .643 .494 20 13.7 17.1 .337 .52 .425 42.9
2021 4-Seamer 0 0 2 0.5 0 0
2020 Slider 12 1 8 13.1 1 1 1 .9 0 0 0 .667 .923 .669 0
2020 Changeup 6.6 1 19 31.1 7 .333 1 .564 45.5 28.6 33.3 .167 .368 .29 50
2020 Sinker 4.6 2 34 55.7 8 .429 .571 .469 0 0 0 .508 .963 .629 71.4
2019 Slider 2.7 2 58 26.6 11 .182 .455 .264 73.3 54.5 35.3 .22 .522 .306 60
2019 Changeup -1.5 -1 69 31.7 18 .071 .071 .206 55.2 38.9 29.2 .121 .158 .249 0
2019 Sinker 0.5 0 91 41.7 25 .316 .474 .428 12.5 12 15 .315 .423 .411 56.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 19 86.1 82 11 2:00 2:30 -30
2020 Sinker 32 93.9 91 16.4 1:30 1:15 15
2021 Changeup 116 89.5 91 14.6 2:15 2:15 0
2021 Sinker 175 97.7 97 18.2 1:30 1:30 0
2021 Slider 77 88.6 39 6.9 12:30 1:00 -30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 54 218 2 -6 2 3 1
2021 95 372 3 -5 4 2 4
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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 %
2019 218 40.4 75 71.2 25.4 27.3 36.7 53.7 45.4 43.4 6.4 85.7
2020 61 49.2 60 94.4 22.6 42.9 21.3 68.8 41 20 9.8 100
2021 372 41.7 76.1 72.9 27.2 62.7 37.4 61.5 47.6 29.9 9.4 77.1
651 41.9 74 74.3 26.2 49.5 35.6 59.6 46.2 33.6 8.4 81.8
48.5 66.8 82 28.3 58.5 42.6 60.6 47 24.6 7.2 76

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2019
2020
2021 97 33
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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 24.8 2 2 0 1 1 1 50
2020 22.2 1 1.6 -1 1 1 1 100
2021 23.3 2 1.5 1 2 1 0 0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2
2020 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2
2021 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.8 94 -2.8 ↓ 97.7 3.7 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 86.1 86.1 0 89.5 3.4 ↑
Breaking Velocity 86.9 83.3 -3.6 ↓ 88.6 5.3 ↑
Exit Velocity 90.7 90.8 0.1 ↑ 89.4 -1.4 ↓
Launch Angle 1.7 16.1 14.4 ↑ 7.4 -8.7 ↓
Barrel % 7.1 16.7 9.6 ↑ 3 -13.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 42.9 58.3 15.4 ↑ 35.8 -22.5 ↓
Sweet Spot % 39.3 50 10.7 ↑ 41.8 -8.2 ↓
xBA .23 .373 0.143 ↑ .298 -0.075 ↓
BA .205 .429 0.224 ↑ .305 -0.124 ↓
xwOBA .336 .483 0.147 ↑ .364 -0.119 ↓
wOBA .315 .531 0.216 ↑ .373 -0.158 ↓
xSLG .364 .705 0.341 ↑ .426 -0.279 ↓
SLG .341 .786 0.445 ↑ .451 -0.335 ↓
K% 29.6 12.5 -17.1 ↓ 15.6 3.1 ↑
BB% 11.1 12.5 1.4 ↑ 14.6 2.1 ↑
Swing % 45.4 41 -4.4 ↓ 47.6 6.6 ↑
Whiff% 43.4 20 -23.4 ↓ 29.9 9.9 ↑
In Zone % 40.4 49.2 8.8 ↑ 41.7 -7.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 59.6 50.8 -8.8 ↓ 58.3 7.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 25.4 22.6 -2.8 ↓ 27.2 4.6 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 38.9 18.8 -20.1 ↓ 42.7 23.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 53.7 68.8 15.1 ↑ 61.5 -7.3 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2019 54 .315 37 1 2.7 17 7 41.2
2020 16 .531 8 0 0.0 8 2 25.0
2021 95 .373 49 0 0.0 46 20 43.5

Pitch Distribution

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