Nick Gonzales
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 9" 190LBS | Age: 24
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 34 31 4 7 2 1 .226 .242 .452 .694
2 Seasons 162 146 16 31 4 1 .212 .263 .370 .633
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .209 2 0 .616
2024 .226 2 1 .694
2 Seasons .212 4 1 .633
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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 25 117 25 4 16.0 12.1 93.7 105.3 24.1 52.0 .266 .546 .304 .359 .450 48.0 21.2 3.0
Player 615 107 7 6.5 4.3 87.4 106.0 12.2 32.7 .215 .361 .276 .278 .346 31.8 26.7 4.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 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 20.0 44.0 32.0 4.0 52.0 32.0 16.0 4.0 12.0 40.0 20.0 8.0 16.0 12.1
Player 49.5 28.0 18.7 3.7 46.7 35.5 17.8 6.5 34.6 27.1 21.5 3.7 6.5 4.3
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 9.2 3 30 25.6 9 .444 1.111 .644 22.2 33.3 21.4 .341 .892 .509 100.0
2024 Sinker -3.5 -1 21 17.9 7 .286 .286 .257 15.4 14.3 20.0 .344 .404 .326 50.0
2024 Slider -2.3 0 20 17.1 4 .000 .000 .000 10.0 0.0 0.0 .045 .123 .068 0.0
2024 Sweeper -7.7 -1 14 12.0 5 .000 .000 .000 28.6 20.0 50.0 .178 .472 .267 25.0
2024 Curveball -5.8 -1 12 10.3 2 .000 .000 .000 71.4 100.0 40.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Changeup 3.6 0 9 7.7 3 .500 1.000 .417 0.0 0.0 0.0 .405 .543 .468 33.3
2024 Cutter 1.9 0 6 5.1 1 -- -- .700 100.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2024 Split-Finger -18.5 -1 5 4.3 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .335 .849 .498 50.0
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 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 33 117 2 -3 0 0 -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 117 53.8 76.2 79.2 33.3 61.1 47.0 39.4 56.4 25.8 12.0 85.7
Player 615 51.5 76.0 77.2 29.2 46.0 45.5 42.9 53.3 31.1 9.4 86.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 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 23 81
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Expected Home Runs

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 22.9 2 2.0 0 3 2 0 0.0
Player 21.8 4 4.1 0 4 4 1 25.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

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 2 0 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
Player 4 2 3 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 5 4 6 4 3 5 4 3 6 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 4
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and 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 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.5 93.7 8.2
Launch Angle 8.7 24.1 15.4
Barrel % 3.7 16.0 12.3
Hard Hit % 26.8 48.0 21.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.8 52.0 25.2
xBA .201 .266 0.065
BA .209 .233 0.024
xwOBA .257 .359 0.102
wOBA .268 .304 0.036
xSLG .313 .546 0.233
SLG .348 .467 0.119
K% 28.1 21.2 -6.9
BB% 4.7 3.0 -1.7
Swing % 52.6 56.4 3.8
Whiff% 32.4 25.8 -6.6
In Zone % 51.0 53.8 2.8
Out of Zone % 49.0 46.2 -2.8
Out of Zone Swing % 28.3 33.3 5.0
First Pitch Swing % 43.8 39.4 -4.4
First Pitch Strike % 65.6 75.8 10.2
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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 33 8 24.2 .252 .460
! 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 7 14.5 57.1% 0.0% 5 18.9 0.0% 0.0%
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