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Oscar Mercado
LF | B/T: R/R | 6' 2" 197LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 2, #57, St. Louis Cardinals | Vivian Gaither (FL) HS
Poor Avg Great

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 238 214 27 48 6 19 7 .224 .300 .369 .669
3 Seasons 813 738 103 177 22 79 25 .240 .296 .390 .686
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2021 .224 6 19 7 .669
3 Seasons .240 22 79 25 .686

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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2019 25 1738 365 15 4.1 88 109.5 14.9 33.4 .257 .397 .321 .306 .342 33.9 17.4 5.8
2020 26 366 61 1 1.6 88.2 110.8 14.4 18 .158 .227 .159 .193 .238 32.8 29 5.4
2021 27 903 173 7 4 86.2 108 16.2 24.9 .213 .318 .294 .275 .286 27.7 17.6 8.8
3007 599 23 3.8 87.5 110.8 15.2 29.4 .233 .354 .294 .284 .315 32 18.8 6.6
6.6 88.3 122.2 12 32.9 .242 .402 .317 .312 .363 35.6 22 8.4




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Other
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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # % PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Whiff% PutAway%
2021 Fastballs 477 52.9 129 117 31 16 9 1 5 16 101 .265 .239 .487 .396 .350 .311 88.5 18 18.1 15.1
2021 Breaking 324 35.9 90 80 10 7 2 0 1 23 57 .125 .158 .188 .201 .195 .217 83.8 13 37.5 17.8
2021 Offspeed 101 11.2 19 17 7 7 0 0 0 3 15 .412 .294 .412 .331 .380 .299 73.2 6 33.3 10.7
2020 Fastballs 199 54.4 63 56 9 7 1 0 1 12 46 .161 .166 .232 .263 .208 .222 89.3 13 19.0 22.6
2020 Breaking 142 38.8 23 23 2 2 0 0 0 11 12 .087 .139 .087 .157 .077 .130 78.1 18 51.0 21.6
2020 Offspeed 25 6.8 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .000 .149 .000 .173 .000 .141 93.3 0 45.5 30.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2019 41.9 25.2 24.9 7.9 40 35.3 24.7 3.3 29 26.8 27.9 6.3 4.1
2020 44.3 26.2 16.4 13.1 36.1 45.9 18 3.3 34.4 39.3 16.4 4.9 1.6
2021 43.9 23.7 19.7 12.7 43.9 30.6 25.4 2.9 35.3 31.2 19.7 4.6 4
42.7 24.9 22.5 9.8 40.7 35.1 24.2 3.2 31.4 29.4 24.4 5.7 3.8
45.1 22.5 25.4 7.1 36.6 37.8 25.5 3.7 33.2 24.4 24.4 5.7 6.6

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 %
2021 Splitter 12.2 0 4 0.4 1 1 1 .9 0 0 0 .242 .255 .225 0
2021 Cutter -2.8 -1 47 5.2 8 .125 .125 .113 5.9 0 0 .231 .287 .232 0
2021 Curveball 0.4 0 69 7.6 16 .091 .182 .353 40.7 18.8 11.5 .093 .106 .281 0
2021 Changeup 1.2 1 97 10.7 18 .375 .375 .412 34.1 16.7 12 .297 .335 .304 28.6
2021 Sinker 1.1 2 144 15.9 44 .325 .475 .398 19.7 15.9 22.6 .265 .37 .315 45.5
2021 Slider -1.5 -4 255 28.2 74 .13 .188 .189 36.8 27 19.4 .168 .216 .204 22.4
2021 4-Seamer 0.9 3 286 31.7 77 .246 .536 .377 18.8 11.7 13.4 .225 .424 .318 30
2020 Cutter -5.2 -1 19 5.2 6 0 0 .117 30 16.7 20 .138 .228 .248 50
2020 Changeup -6 -1 24 6.6 7 0 0 0 45.5 57.1 33.3 .149 .173 .141 33.3
2020 Curveball -7.6 -3 37 10.1 9 0 0 0 38.5 44.4 26.7 .109 .137 .106 20
2020 Slider -2.8 -3 105 28.7 14 .143 .143 .129 55.6 50 19.4 .159 .171 .146 14.3
2020 Sinker -5.1 -4 73 19.9 22 .143 .143 .123 17.4 31.8 31.8 .16 .182 .145 20
2020 4-Seamer -2.2 -2 107 29.2 35 .2 .333 .31 18.5 11.4 15.4 .175 .325 .268 44.4
2020 Splitter 3.5 0 1 0.3 0
2019 Splitter -6.4 -1 9 0.5 2 0 0 0 40 100 66.7 0
2019 Cutter -2.5 -3 105 6 29 .24 .32 .293 27.3 20.7 22.2 .273 .38 .322 40
2019 Curveball 0.6 1 195 11.2 44 .282 .436 .353 27.6 18.2 15.1 .27 .385 .329 25.8
2019 Changeup 0.8 1 173 10 59 .245 .377 .299 27.4 15.3 20.9 .246 .317 .275 21.7
2019 Sinker 1.8 5 279 16.1 80 .375 .556 .446 13.5 12.5 20.8 .302 .472 .357 42.9
2019 Slider 0.4 2 388 22.3 101 .247 .516 .339 38.1 26.7 20.8 .206 .313 .252 22.1
2019 4-Seamer -0.2 -1 575 33.1 163 .253 .407 .301 14.7 12.3 12.8 .275 .464 .329 40.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 478 1724 3 -18 13 7 5
2020 94 370 -6 -10 1 1 -14
2021 238 902 -4 -4 5 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 %
2019 1738 48.3 76.7 85.1 27.7 50.6 43 40 51.5 23.2 7 85.8
2020 366 50.3 71.7 81.1 26.9 36.7 43.4 39.8 49.5 29.3 9 81.8
2021 903 50.1 71 77.6 24 56.5 41 33.6 47.6 26.7 7.5 77.9
3007 49.1 74.3 82.4 26.5 50.5 42.5 38.1 50.1 25 7.4 82.8
48.5 66.8 82 28.3 58.5 42.6 29.2 47 24.6 7.2 76

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% Speed OAA
2019 25 53 24 22 25 18 17 25 23 73 16 62 97 86
2020 81 67
2021 92
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 21.5 15 11.4 4 13 10 4 26.7
2020 20.6 1 0.2 1 3 0 0 0
2021 23.1 6 7.1 -1 2 3 5 83.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 15 13 12 14 14 6 8 15 9 16 15 15 5 11 10 14 7 14 12 13 6 6 7 15 15 14 14 7 16 7 12
2020 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
2021 6 7 8 7 8 7 8 7 7 8 7 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 7 8 6 7 6 7 7 8 6 6 7 7 8
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88 88.2 0.2 ↑ 86.2 -2 ↓
Launch Angle 14.9 14.4 -0.5 ↓ 16.2 1.8 ↑
Barrel % 4.1 1.6 -2.5 ↓ 4 2.4 ↑
Hard Hit % 33.9 32.8 -1.1 ↓ 27.7 -5.1 ↓
Sweet Spot % 33.4 18 -15.4 ↓ 24.9 6.9 ↑
xBA .257 .157 -0.099 ↓ .213 0.056 ↑
BA .269 .128 -0.141 ↓ .224 0.096 ↑
xwOBA .306 .193 -0.113 ↓ .275 0.082 ↑
wOBA .321 .159 -0.162 ↓ .294 0.135 ↑
xSLG .397 .227 -0.17 ↓ .318 0.091 ↑
SLG .443 .174 -0.269 ↓ .369 0.195 ↑
K% 17.4 29 11.6 ↑ 17.6 -11.4 ↓
BB% 5.8 5.4 -0.4 ↓ 8.8 3.4 ↑
Swing % 51.5 49.5 -2 ↓ 47.6 -1.9 ↓
Whiff% 23.2 29.3 6.1 ↑ 26.7 -2.6 ↓
In Zone % 48.3 50.3 2 ↑ 50.1 -0.2 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.7 49.7 -2 ↓ 49.9 0.2 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 27.7 26.9 -0.8 ↓ 24 -2.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 40 39.8 -0.2 ↓ 33.6 -6.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.2 69.9 8.7 ↑ 63.9 -6 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2019 R 482 54 11.2 .306 .432
2020 R 93 24 25.8 .190 .074
2021 R 234 15 6.4 .295 .304

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