Kennys Vargas
IF | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 5" 290LBS | Age: 34
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 184 175 18 42 5 0 .240 .277 .349 .626
2016 177 152 27 35 10 0 .230 .333 .500 .833
2017 264 241 33 61 11 0 .253 .314 .444 .758
4 Seasons 859 783 104 197 35 0 .252 .311 .437 .748
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .240 5 0 .626
2016 .230 10 0 .833
2017 .253 11 0 .758
4 Seasons .252 35 0 .748
MLB Percentile Rankings
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%
2015 24 723 121 6 5.0 3.3 88.1 113.9 5.6 27.3 .233 .354 .275 .277 .372 41.3 29.3 4.9
2016 25 755 96 13 13.5 7.3 90.5 116.4 17.3 30.2 .213 .455 .352 .332 .444 42.7 32.2 13.6
2017 26 1121 165 15 9.1 5.7 86.3 116.2 11.3 30.9 .229 .405 .323 .300 .390 30.9 29.2 7.6
Player 2599 382 34 8.9 5.4 87.9 116.4 11.0 29.6 .226 .403 .317 .302 .398 37.2 30.1 8.5
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.




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
2015 51.2 15.7 28.9 4.1 33.9 40.5 24.8 6.6 39.7 15.7 28.9 2.5 5.0 3.3
2016 37.5 35.4 18.8 8.3 43.8 33.3 22.9 5.2 26.0 27.1 15.6 11.5 13.5 7.3
2017 49.7 18.2 22.4 9.7 35.8 40.6 23.6 5.5 38.8 19.4 24.2 3.0 9.1 5.7
Player 47.1 21.7 23.6 7.6 37.2 38.7 23.8 5.8 35.9 20.2 23.6 5.0 8.9 5.4
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.

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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -5 369 32.9 80 .278 .417 .331 22.2 25.0 18.2 .220 .391 .294 22.6
2017 Sinker 3.2 7 206 18.4 42 .400 .743 .542 13.0 11.9 9.8 .356 .708 .487 46.7
2017 Curveball -2.4 -4 165 14.7 35 .152 .273 .209 42.9 45.7 30.2 .160 .203 .189 29.4
2017 Slider -0.9 -1 160 14.3 43 .171 .341 .259 48.3 51.2 31.9 .169 .334 .232 31.6
2017 Changeup 0.1 0 149 13.3 44 .279 .581 .369 37.6 22.7 23.3 .282 .486 .334 39.4
2017 Cutter 0.6 0 40 3.6 12 .091 .091 .208 10.5 16.7 16.7 .067 .082 .117 0.0
2017 Split-Finger 1.0 0 29 2.6 6 .400 .400 .417 26.7 16.7 9.1 .349 .483 .411 25.0
2017 Sweeper -15.2 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 232 871 2 -5 -1 3 0
2015 184 723 0 -13 2 1 -10
2016 176 752 -3 -4 5 3 1
2017 263 1,120 6 -20 4 5 -4
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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 %
2015 723 43.4 64.6 81.3 33.0 50.4 41.9 28.3 46.7 31.1 6.2 80.0
2016 755 47.0 60.3 76.2 23.5 53.2 45.7 15.8 40.8 30.8 6.2 70.2
2017 1,121 48.1 65.5 82.2 26.9 41.7 44.5 19.7 45.4 30.3 6.9 68.8
Player 2,599 46.5 63.7 80.3 27.7 47.5 44.1 21.1 44.4 30.6 6.5 72.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 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
2015 95 11
2016 99 21
2017 99 17
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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 23.7 10 10.0 0 2 7 5 50.0
2017 24.1 11 11.0 0 3 9 4 36.4
Player 23.9 21 21.0 0 5 16 9 42.9
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 10 11 7 10 10 8 12 11 6 8 10 9 11 11 11 10 8 10 11 11 11 9 13 11 11 11 9 11 11 11 8
2017 11 11 8 11 11 10 14 12 8 9 10 13 11 12 11 10 10 10 12 11 13 10 15 13 10 9 9 15 12 12 7
Player 21 22 15 21 21 18 26 23 14 17 20 22 22 23 22 20 18 20 23 22 24 19 28 24 21 20 18 26 23 23 15
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.1 90.5 2.4 86.3 -4.2
Launch Angle 5.6 17.3 11.7 11.3 -6.0
Barrel % 5.0 13.5 8.5 9.1 -4.4
Hard Hit % 41.3 42.7 1.4 30.9 -11.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 27.3 30.2 2.9 30.9 0.7
xBA .233 .213 -0.020 .229 0.016
BA .240 .230 -0.010 .253 0.023
xwOBA .277 .332 0.055 .300 -0.032
wOBA .275 .352 0.077 .323 -0.029
xSLG .354 .455 0.101 .405 -0.050
SLG .349 .500 0.151 .444 -0.056
K% 29.3 32.2 2.9 29.2 -3.0
BB% 4.9 13.6 8.7 7.6 -6.0
Swing % 46.7 40.8 -5.9 45.4 4.6
Whiff% 31.1 30.8 -0.3 30.3 -0.5
In Zone % 43.4 47.0 3.6 48.1 1.1
Out of Zone % 56.6 53.0 -3.6 51.9 -1.1
Out of Zone Swing % 33.0 23.5 -9.5 26.9 3.4
First Pitch Swing % 28.3 15.8 -12.5 19.7 3.9
First Pitch Strike % 59.8 53.1 -6.7 59.8 6.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 125 26 20.8 .267 .360
2016 Shifts R 49 2 4.1 .531 .621
2017 Shifts L 188 69 36.7 .308 .414
2017 Shifts R 75 0 0.0 .262
! 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 %
2014 206 16.8 34.0% 1.0% 144 21.6 3.5% 9.0%
2015 202 16.7 33.2% 3.5% 130 22.3 7.7% 16.9%
2016 206 16.2 37.9% 2.4% 173 22.6 8.7% 13.9%
2017 315 16.5 32.1% 0.6% 216 21.4 3.7% 6.5%
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