Nick Gonzales
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 9" 190LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2020 | Rd: 1, #7, Pittsburgh Pirates | New Mexico State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 128 115 12 24 2 0 .209 .268 .348 .616
2024 259 240 27 63 5 3 .263 .298 .396 .694
2 Seasons 387 355 39 87 7 3 .245 .288 .380 .668
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .209 2 0 .616
2024 .263 5 3 .694
2 Seasons .245 7 3 .668
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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%
2023 24 498 82 3 3.7 2.3 85.5 106.0 8.7 26.8 .201 .313 .268 .257 .316 26.8 28.1 4.7
2024 25 909 190 18 9.5 6.9 87.9 110.4 15.2 31.6 .259 .408 .299 .310 .374 37.4 21.2 4.2
Player 1407 272 21 7.7 5.4 87.2 110.4 13.2 30.1 .241 .377 .289 .292 .356 34.2 23.5 4.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .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
2023 58.5 23.2 14.6 3.7 45.1 36.6 18.3 7.3 41.5 23.2 22.0 2.4 3.7 2.3
2024 41.6 28.4 24.2 5.8 40.0 36.3 23.7 4.7 30.5 26.3 24.2 3.7 9.5 6.9
Player 46.7 26.8 21.3 5.1 41.5 36.4 22.1 5.5 33.8 25.4 23.5 3.3 7.7 5.4
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 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 0.0 0 228 25.1 54 .170 .404 .291 30.2 31.5 22.4 .202 .437 .318 51.6
2024 Slider -1.9 -4 202 22.2 61 .172 .259 .194 28.2 21.3 17.1 .214 .318 .234 14.9
2024 Sinker 3.0 5 161 17.7 51 .426 .489 .432 18.6 13.7 22.6 .346 .453 .379 51.2
2024 Sweeper -5.1 -4 86 9.5 27 .111 .111 .100 25.0 22.2 23.1 .230 .377 .258 33.3
2024 Curveball 2.8 2 78 8.6 21 .263 .474 .350 41.7 47.6 31.3 .166 .299 .244 44.4
2024 Cutter -1.7 -1 72 7.9 19 .333 .556 .397 16.3 0.0 0.0 .343 .529 .389 38.9
2024 Changeup 4.4 3 66 7.3 19 .500 .722 .500 22.5 5.3 5.6 .355 .482 .374 33.3
2024 Split-Finger -18.8 -2 9 1.0 5 .200 .400 .250 16.7 20.0 33.3 .235 .495 .307 50.0
2024 Slurve 2.4 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 Slider -3.9 -5 119 23.9 25 .091 .091 .133 44.1 32.0 24.2 .121 .226 .191 20.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 3.4 4 114 22.9 28 .360 .760 .466 29.3 21.4 15.4 .305 .522 .366 35.0
2023 Sinker -4.1 -4 94 18.9 32 .148 .148 .200 17.9 15.6 20.8 .227 .266 .278 26.1
2023 Changeup -5.3 -3 54 10.8 15 .071 .143 .130 37.5 40.0 22.2 .062 .091 .109 12.5
2023 Curveball -3.5 -1 39 7.8 9 .111 .111 .100 61.1 66.7 35.3 .159 .230 .165 66.7
2023 Cutter 5.3 2 39 7.8 9 .556 .889 .622 21.1 33.3 50.0 .369 .691 .444 33.3
2023 Sweeper 0.5 0 30 6.0 6 .200 .400 .325 20.0 0.0 0.0 .167 .188 .244 20.0
2023 Split-Finger -11.6 -1 8 1.6 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 66.7 50.0 .021 .022 .021 0.0
2023 Slurve 129.3 1 1 0.2 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .216 .263 .195 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 128 498 -4 -5 1 2 -6
2024 258 909 0 -9 4 4 -1
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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 %
2023 498 51.0 76.0 76.7 28.3 42.0 45.2 43.8 52.6 32.4 8.8 86.4
2024 909 49.8 79.2 81.1 34.9 58.5 43.1 46.1 57.0 25.9 7.4 88.1
Player 1,407 50.2 78.1 79.5 32.6 53.5 43.9 45.3 55.4 28.1 7.9 87.4
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2023 20 86 28
2024 39 62 48 42 22 50 64 29 65 33 49 8 41 14 94 90 21 39 61
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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 %
2023 20.7 2 2.1 0 1 2 1 50.0
2024 22.7 5 7.1 -2 9 8 0 0.0
Player 22.1 7 9.3 -2 10 10 1 14.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 1 3 2 1 4 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
2024 5 3 6 7 7 8 7 8 5 5 7 10 9 6 7 5 7 4 6 9 9 6 11 10 4 7 6 8 10 8 9
Player 7 5 7 10 9 10 9 10 7 7 9 12 11 8 10 7 11 6 7 12 11 7 15 13 6 9 7 10 12 10 11
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 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.5 87.9 2.4
Launch Angle 8.7 15.2 6.5
Barrel % 3.7 9.5 5.8
Hard Hit % 26.8 37.4 10.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.8 31.6 4.8
xBA .201 .259 0.058
BA .209 .263 0.054
xwOBA .257 .310 0.053
wOBA .268 .299 0.031
xSLG .313 .408 0.095
SLG .348 .396 0.048
K% 28.1 21.2 -6.9
BB% 4.7 4.2 -0.5
Swing % 52.6 57.0 4.4
Whiff% 32.4 25.9 -6.5
In Zone % 51.0 49.8 -1.2
Out of Zone % 49.0 50.2 1.2
Out of Zone Swing % 28.3 34.9 6.6
First Pitch Swing % 43.8 46.1 2.3
First Pitch Strike % 65.6 67.1 1.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades R 128 4 3.1 .270 .221
2024 Shades R 258 19 7.4 .304 .238
! 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 %
2023 133 15.7 37.6% 0.0% 70 18.8 1.4% 0.0%
2024 193 15.3 45.1% 0.0% 125 18.9 6.4% 1.6%
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