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 387 359 42 97 7 5 .270 .311 .398 .709
2 Seasons 515 474 54 121 9 5 .255 .300 .386 .686
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .209 2 0 .616
2024 .270 7 5 .709
2 Seasons .255 9 5 .686
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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 1371 290 23 7.9 5.9 87.9 110.4 13.0 34.1 .270 .407 .307 .317 .370 36.9 19.1 4.7
Player 1869 372 26 7.0 5.0 87.4 110.4 12.1 32.5 .253 .384 .297 .302 .358 34.7 21.4 4.7
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
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 41.7 25.9 27.2 5.2 42.1 33.8 24.1 4.5 31.7 23.8 26.9 4.5 7.9 5.9
Player 45.4 25.3 24.5 4.8 42.7 34.4 22.8 5.1 33.9 23.7 25.8 4.0 7.0 5.0
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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 372 27.1 85 .208 .375 .313 29.4 24.7 18.8 .249 .442 .353 51.9
2024 Slider 0.2 1 270 19.7 78 .253 .427 .307 24.8 16.7 14.1 .277 .420 .304 26.6
2024 Sinker 1.6 4 227 16.6 75 .348 .435 .387 14.8 12.0 17.6 .310 .414 .351 44.3
2024 Sweeper -4.3 -5 126 9.2 41 .122 .122 .132 23.6 19.5 19.0 .232 .355 .252 27.3
2024 Curveball 1.0 1 120 8.8 31 .276 .448 .335 37.7 41.9 29.5 .189 .293 .239 25.0
2024 Cutter -1.5 -2 112 8.2 33 .323 .452 .359 20.8 6.1 9.5 .276 .418 .325 34.5
2024 Changeup 2.5 3 111 8.1 34 .424 .576 .449 26.8 17.6 18.8 .326 .430 .335 35.7
2024 Split-Finger -10.4 -2 22 1.6 8 .125 .250 .156 28.6 25.0 20.0 .203 .356 .236 33.3
2024 Slurve 2.3 0 6 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
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 Cutter 5.3 2 39 7.8 9 .556 .889 .622 21.1 33.3 50.0 .369 .691 .444 33.3
2023 Curveball -3.5 -1 39 7.8 9 .111 .111 .100 61.1 66.7 35.3 .159 .230 .165 66.7
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.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 128 498 -4 -5 1 2 -6
2024 386 1,371 -5 -7 8 5 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 1,371 50.0 78.2 82.6 34.1 57.7 43.4 44.0 56.2 24.9 7.8 89.7
Player 1,869 50.2 77.6 81.1 32.6 54.1 43.9 44.0 55.2 26.8 8.1 88.7
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
2023 20 86 28
2024 50 84 54 33 45 39 51 25 65 31 67 7 46 15 93 79 20 37 55 49
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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 22.3 7 9.3 -2 9 10 1 14.3
Player 22.0 9 11.5 -3 10 12 2 22.2
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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 7 4 9 10 8 11 10 10 8 6 9 13 13 8 9 7 8 5 9 12 10 8 14 12 6 9 9 10 13 10 10
Player 9 6 10 13 10 13 12 12 10 8 11 15 15 10 12 9 12 7 10 15 12 9 18 15 8 11 10 12 15 12 12
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 13.0 4.3
Barrel % 3.7 7.9 4.2
Hard Hit % 26.8 36.9 10.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.8 34.1 7.3
xBA .201 .270 0.069
BA .209 .270 0.061
xwOBA .257 .317 0.060
wOBA .268 .307 0.039
xSLG .313 .407 0.094
SLG .348 .398 0.050
K% 28.1 19.1 -9.0
BB% 4.7 4.7 0.0
Swing % 52.6 56.2 3.6
Whiff% 32.4 24.9 -7.5
In Zone % 51.0 50.0 -1.0
Out of Zone % 49.0 50.0 1.0
Out of Zone Swing % 28.3 34.1 5.8
First Pitch Swing % 43.8 44.0 0.2
First Pitch Strike % 65.6 66.1 0.5
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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 386 24 6.2 .308 .290
! 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 323 15.2 44.0% 0.3% 200 18.8 5.0% 2.0%
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