Marco Gonzales
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 1" 205LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 1, #19, St. Louis Cardinals | Gonzaga
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 10 15 4.13 32 32 0 183 103 1.33
2023 4 1 5.22 10 10 0 50 34 1.46
2024 1 1 4.54 7 7 0 33.2 23 1.60
10 Seasons 66 50 4.16 170 162 0 926.2 688 1.30
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 32 10-15 4.13 183 103 1.33
2023 10 4-1 5.22 50 34 1.46
2024 7 1-1 4.54 33.2 23 1.60
10 Seasons 170 66-50 4.16 926.2 688 1.30
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2015 23 66 14 2 14.3 12.5 95.5 109.8 9.8 50.0 .495 .884 .526 .565 .596 50.0 6.3 6.3 13.50 19.61
2017 25 701 141 9 6.4 4.9 88.3 112.0 12.1 35.5 .299 .485 .391 .353 .404 41.1 17.3 5.9 6.08 5.52
2018 26 2564 503 27 5.4 3.9 88.5 121.1 10.4 37.8 .262 .406 .311 .311 .372 35.0 21.1 4.7 4.00 4.09
2019 27 3232 657 32 4.9 3.7 88.3 112.9 14.7 31.5 .254 .407 .311 .311 .346 35.2 17.0 6.5 3.99 4.26
2020 28 1057 202 17 8.4 6.1 86.6 112.0 17.6 36.6 .243 .430 .265 .301 .376 34.3 23.1 2.5 3.10 3.82
2021 29 2324 430 49 11.4 8.4 88.1 116.5 20.6 37.4 .257 .483 .321 .341 .390 37.0 18.5 7.2 3.96 5.02
2022 30 2838 623 45 7.2 5.7 86.7 111.2 14.5 32.3 .266 .435 .337 .330 .352 35.0 13.2 6.4 4.13 4.59
2023 31 811 163 11 6.7 5.1 89.7 113.0 13.8 37.4 .287 .443 .334 .349 .383 36.8 15.8 8.4 5.22 5.27
2024 32 546 117 13 11.1 8.6 90.9 112.1 15.1 41.0 .309 .535 .362 .383 .431 43.6 15.2 7.3 4.54 6.53
Player 14139 2850 205 7.2 5.4 88.1 121.1 14.8 35.1 .265 .439 .323 .327 .371 36.1 17.5 6.1
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Gonzales relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(31.5%) ,
Changeup
(25.5%) ,
Cutter
(23.8%) ,
Curveball
(10.1%) ,
Sinker
(9.2%) ,


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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
2015 42.9 0.0 50.0 7.1 28.6 42.9 28.6 0.0 28.6 14.3 35.7 7.1 14.3 12.5
2017 45.4 19.1 27.0 8.5 38.3 34.0 27.0 5.7 33.3 19.1 28.4 7.1 6.4 4.9
2018 45.3 21.1 27.8 5.8 40.2 41.2 18.7 2.8 37.0 22.5 25.6 6.2 5.4 3.9
2019 41.9 23.7 25.3 9.1 37.7 38.1 24.2 3.7 29.4 26.9 24.5 7.2 4.9 3.7
2020 37.6 28.7 23.8 9.9 38.6 37.1 24.3 5.0 24.8 31.7 23.8 4.5 8.4 6.1
2021 34.0 30.2 23.3 12.6 38.8 35.8 25.3 5.3 22.8 32.8 22.6 5.1 11.4 8.4
2022 42.9 27.4 22.6 7.1 41.7 35.6 22.6 4.8 30.8 28.3 25.0 3.5 7.2 5.7
2023 40.5 23.9 29.4 6.1 38.7 38.7 22.7 4.3 28.2 28.2 28.8 3.7 6.7 5.1
2024 41.9 24.8 26.5 6.8 39.3 39.3 21.4 4.3 26.5 20.5 26.5 9.4 11.1 8.6
Player 41.3 25.1 25.2 8.4 39.4 37.6 23.0 4.2 29.7 27.0 25.1 5.6 7.2 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.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 4-Seam Fastball PIT L 172 89.7 18.6 -0.6 11.2ARM 3.9 15.4 -0.2 11.2ARM 3.0
2024 Curveball PIT L 55 79.0 49.7 -2.9 0.4ARM -11.8 -6.1 -1.9 0.4ARM -7.8
2024 Changeup PIT L 139 80.2 38.5 -0.3 16.3ARM 2.9 4.2 1.7 16.3ARM 2.2
2024 Sinker PIT L 50 90.0 22.1 -3.5 15.2ARM 0.2 11.7 -3.6 15.2ARM 0.0
2024 Cutter PIT L 130 85.7 28.0 2.1 0.6ARM -3.7 8.8 1.6 0.6ARM -2.7
2023 Sinker SEA L 2 88.8 22.5 -4.7 20.2ARM 5.0 13.4 -5.1 20.2ARM 5.2
2023 Changeup SEA L 245 79.9 37.5 -0.2 17.6ARM 3.4 5.6 0.7 17.6ARM 3.6
2023 Cutter SEA L 71 85.9 27.1 3.3 1.7ARM -4.6 9.8 2.9 1.7ARM -3.5
2023 4-Seam Fastball SEA L 296 89.0 19.8 -0.8 13.3ARM 5.9 14.8 -0.5 13.3ARM 5.4
2023 Curveball SEA L 196 79.3 53.4 1.3 2.1GLV -8.8 -9.9 1.5 2.1GLV -5.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 -0.7 -1 172 31.5 43 .324 .459 .383 13.6 14.0 10.3 .315 .642 .439 53.1
2024 Changeup -0.5 -1 139 25.5 51 .298 .447 .345 31.0 25.5 22.0 .268 .390 .308 28.6
2024 Cutter -0.4 0 130 23.8 23 .286 .429 .343 12.3 8.7 8.0 .364 .595 .436 47.4
2024 Curveball -1.3 -1 55 10.1 17 .353 .647 .424 17.6 5.9 11.1 .293 .648 .396 37.5
2024 Sinker 0.4 0 50 9.2 17 .313 .500 .391 0.0 5.9 11.1 .356 .503 .390 60.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.5 -7 297 36.6 54 .333 .556 .432 12.4 18.5 11.9 .292 .437 .376 40.0
2023 Changeup 0.9 2 245 30.2 86 .222 .358 .267 29.5 20.9 19.8 .255 .419 .313 31.3
2023 Curveball 0.5 1 196 24.2 56 .294 .353 .327 14.6 8.9 11.9 .315 .450 .363 42.6
2023 Cutter -3.7 -3 71 8.8 19 .389 .667 .463 17.6 5.3 6.3 .341 .554 .398 35.3
2023 Sinker 8.7 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- 50.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 139 80.2 98 17.4 9:30 9:15 15
2024 Curveball 55 79.0 51 8.5 5:15 6:15 -60
2024 Cutter 130 85.7 54 7.9 10:45 12:00 -75
2024 4-Seam Fastball 172 89.7 99 18.7 10:30 10:45 -15
2024 Sinker 50 90.0 99 19.2 10:30 10:15 15
2023 Changeup 245 79.9 96 18.9 9:30 9:30 0
2023 Curveball 193 79.3 64 12.5 5:00 5:45 -45
2023 Cutter 71 85.9 58 9.2 10:45 11:45 -60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 296 89.0 99 19.8 10:30 10:30 0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 179 721 1 5 -3 -4 -1
2017 185 701 -8 8 -5 -4 -9
2018 686 2,562 7 14 -14 -8 -1
2019 840 3,162 16 20 -17 -9 10
2020 276 1,056 7 11 -4 -3 11
2021 582 2,324 0 21 -10 -7 4
2022 782 2,836 4 10 -17 -9 -11
2023 215 811 -6 4 -3 -2 -7
2024 151 546 -2 4 -4 -1 -3
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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 %
2015 66 45.5 63.3 89.5 33.3 91.7 25.8 75.0 47.0 6.5 6.1 100.0
2017 701 48.2 67.5 86.0 26.2 58.9 43.5 60.0 46.1 22.0 7.6 79.2
2018 2,564 48.8 64.8 82.3 32.9 71.2 46.6 66.3 48.4 21.1 6.1 73.1
2019 3,232 49.5 65.8 85.1 29.7 73.8 47.1 65.7 47.7 18.0 7.4 77.4
2020 1,057 53.6 62.9 84.6 30.2 68.2 48.1 64.3 47.8 19.8 6.7 70.4
2021 2,324 48.7 68.8 84.4 28.3 67.8 46.5 62.7 48.0 20.4 6.3 75.3
2022 2,838 48.0 70.7 84.9 32.8 73.8 47.8 63.1 51.0 18.3 6.0 80.6
2023 811 50.3 65.2 86.5 31.8 64.8 47.6 60.5 48.6 20.1 6.5 75.5
2024 546 49.5 70.4 88.4 33.0 69.2 46.2 73.5 51.5 17.8 7.7 69.0
Player 14,139 49.2 67.0 84.7 30.8 70.7 46.8 64.5 48.7 19.4 6.6 76.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
2017 31 48 38 52
2018 44 19 39 56 58 24 70 44 53 43 94 24 93 14 60 47 54
2019 52 38 53 65 55 17 87 58 62 11 75 3 57 4 51 26 62
2020 61 46 37 30 87 2 31 81 65 49 99 10 73 4 28 20 77
2021 19 24 9 6 44 2 6 66 64 16 67 10 53 4 31 23 60
2022 20 14 15 22 33 3 50 85 72 1 72 4 83 2 6 6 57
2023 15 7 26 55 12 74 73 30 65 6 49 8 81 4 8 14 59
2024 4 13 7 53
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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 %
2017 24.5 8 8.7 -1 3 9 2 25.0
2018 23.4 17 17.2 0 6 10 10 58.8
2019 23.6 23 20.5 3 17 14 10 43.5
2020 23.6 8 7.7 0 6 6 4 50.0
2021 23.0 29 30.3 -1 10 24 13 44.8
2022 24.1 30 28.6 1 13 22 11 36.7
2023 24.8 5 5.0 0 2 2 3 60.0
2024 23.2 5 5.7 -1 4 5 2 40.0
Player 23.6 125 123.6 1 61 92 55 44.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2017 8 11 7 7 9 7 11 6 6 6 9 12 7 9 8 8 8 7 12 8 10 10 11 11 7 8 9 12 11 9 5
2018 17 20 15 17 15 15 19 18 12 13 16 19 20 16 16 18 17 16 18 19 20 17 22 20 17 15 15 19 20 18 13
2019 23 27 16 24 21 17 23 21 17 12 16 25 27 21 18 19 16 15 20 24 21 28 28 27 19 16 16 21 28 17 14
2020 8 8 10 9 6 9 9 8 6 5 6 8 10 7 8 9 9 8 9 7 10 7 11 8 7 4 7 6 10 7 4
2021 29 36 32 26 29 28 35 29 19 21 22 34 30 25 31 34 29 30 32 32 32 31 39 36 30 28 33 33 32 29 31
2022 30 25 23 26 30 29 32 21 23 24 25 34 31 28 30 32 27 28 29 29 30 28 36 33 23 25 33 34 34 30 27
2023 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
2024 5 6 5 7 5 6 7 5 3 5 6 5 7 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 7 5 5 4 6 6 6 4
Player 125 137 113 121 120 116 141 113 91 91 105 143 136 116 121 131 116 114 131 131 135 133 161 147 112 106 122 136 146 121 103
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.7 88.9 -2.8 87.6 -1.3 87.0 -0.6 87.7 0.7 87.6 -0.1 88.4 0.8 88.3 -0.1
Offspeed Velocity 84.2 83.6 -0.6 81.2 -2.4 80.6 -0.6 79.3 -1.3 79.4 0.1 79.9 0.5 80.2 0.3
Breaking Velocity 79.2 78.1 -1.1 76.3 -1.8 75.3 -1.0 75.2 -0.1 76.6 1.4 79.3 2.7 79.0 -0.3
Exit Velocity 88.3 88.5 0.2 88.3 -0.2 86.6 -1.7 88.1 1.5 86.7 -1.4 89.7 3.0 90.9 1.2
Launch Angle 12.1 10.4 -1.7 14.7 4.3 17.6 2.9 20.6 3.0 14.5 -6.1 13.8 -0.7 15.1 1.3
Barrel % 6.4 5.4 -1.0 4.9 -0.5 8.4 3.5 11.4 3.0 7.2 -4.2 6.7 -0.5 11.1 4.4
Hard Hit % 41.1 35.0 -6.1 35.2 0.2 34.3 -0.9 37.0 2.7 35.0 -2.0 36.8 1.8 43.6 6.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.5 37.8 2.3 31.5 -6.3 36.6 5.1 37.4 0.8 32.3 -5.1 37.4 5.1 41.0 3.6
xBA .299 .262 -0.037 .254 -0.008 .243 -0.011 .257 0.014 .266 0.009 .287 0.021 .309 0.022
BA .343 .267 -0.076 .264 -0.003 .222 -0.042 .234 0.012 .271 0.037 .282 0.011 .312 0.030
xwOBA .353 .311 -0.042 .311 0.000 .301 -0.010 .341 0.040 .330 -0.011 .349 0.019 .383 0.034
wOBA .391 .311 -0.080 .311 0.000 .265 -0.046 .321 0.056 .337 0.016 .334 -0.003 .362 0.028
xSLG .485 .406 -0.079 .407 0.001 .430 0.023 .483 0.053 .435 -0.048 .443 0.008 .535 0.092
SLG .541 .414 -0.127 .422 0.008 .361 -0.061 .465 0.104 .457 -0.008 .431 -0.026 .478 0.047
K% 17.3 21.1 3.8 17.0 -4.1 23.1 6.1 18.5 -4.6 13.2 -5.3 15.8 2.6 15.2 -0.6
BB% 5.9 4.7 -1.2 6.5 1.8 2.5 -4.0 7.2 4.7 6.4 -0.8 8.4 2.0 7.3 -1.1
Swing % 46.1 48.4 2.3 47.7 -0.7 47.8 0.1 48.0 0.2 51.0 3.0 48.6 -2.4 51.5 2.9
Whiff% 22.0 21.1 -0.9 18.0 -3.1 19.8 1.8 20.4 0.6 18.3 -2.1 20.1 1.8 17.8 -2.3
In Zone % 48.2 48.8 0.6 49.5 0.7 53.6 4.1 48.7 -4.9 48.0 -0.7 50.3 2.3 49.5 -0.8
Out of Zone % 51.8 51.2 -0.6 50.5 -0.7 46.4 -4.1 51.3 4.9 52.0 0.7 49.7 -2.3 50.5 0.8
Out of Zone Swing % 26.2 32.9 6.7 29.7 -3.2 30.2 0.5 28.3 -1.9 32.8 4.5 31.8 -1.0 33.0 1.2
First Pitch Swing % 27.6 28.1 0.5 30.3 2.2 27.4 -2.9 29.2 1.8 34.7 5.5 27.4 -7.3 37.1 9.7
First Pitch Strike % 60.0 66.3 6.3 65.7 -0.6 64.3 -1.4 62.7 -1.6 63.1 0.4 60.5 -2.6 73.5 13.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 185 .391 139 2 1.4 46 23 50.0
2018 Shifts 686 .311 565 41 7.3 121 49 40.5
2019 Shifts 840 .309 620 44 7.1 220 96 43.6
2020 Shifts 277 .265 199 31 15.6 78 53 67.9
2021 Shifts 582 .321 433 98 22.6 149 80 53.7
2022 Shifts 781 .337 609 285 46.8 172 100 58.1
2023 Shades 215 .334 167 20 12.0 48 13 27.1
2024 Shades 151 .362 112 15 13.4 39 4 10.3
! 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 179 15.1 49.2% 0.0% 112 21.0 0.9% 4.5%
2015 16 16.9 18.8% 6.3% 17 24.4 5.9% 17.6%
2017 214 15.2 47.2% 0.0% 117 20.7 0.9% 2.6%
2018 801 18.1 6.9% 2.0% 371 22.7 0.0% 6.2%
2019 933 16.8 20.2% 1.3% 552 22.4 0.2% 6.7%
2020 344 16.8 20.3% 1.5% 154 22.1 0.0% 3.9%
2021 762 16.8 24.7% 1.0% 322 22.6 0.0% 6.5%
2022 834 15.2 45.4% 1.8% 439 20.1 0.2% 4.1%
2023 215 12.8 88.4% 0.0% 155 17.3 11.0% 0.0%
2024 156 14.0 71.8% 0.0% 87 17.6 4.6% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution