Patrick Sandoval
P | B/T: L/L | 6' 3" 190LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 11, #319, Houston Astros | Mission Viejo (CA) HS

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 3 4 3.42 10 10 0 55.1 36 1.28
5 Seasons 13 28 3.65 73 66 1 367.0 356 1.30
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 10 3-4 3.42 55.1 36 1.28
5 Seasons 73 13-28 3.65 367.0 356 1.30

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2019 22 714 107 6 5.6 3.6 88.4 111.3 9.2 32.7 .250 .400 .322 .323 .384 34.6 24.9 11.2 5.03 4.63
2020 23 598 114 9 7.9 5.7 88.1 110.4 3.6 28.9 .273 .486 .345 .351 .416 47.4 20.8 7.5 5.64 5.37
2021 24 1444 229 14 6.1 3.9 85.4 112.1 6.3 29.3 .219 .342 .288 .291 .340 35.4 25.9 9.9 3.62 3.55
2022 25 2456 421 24 5.7 3.8 87.3 111.0 11.4 31.6 .246 .360 .294 .307 .359 34.0 23.7 9.4 2.91 3.91
2023 26 944 178 12 6.7 5.0 87.4 114.4 6.9 35.4 .271 .410 .290 .331 .353 34.8 15.1 9.2 3.42 4.51
Player 6156 1049 65 6.2 4.1 87.1 114.4 8.4 31.6 .247 .381 .300 .313 .363 35.9 22.7 9.5
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sandoval relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(33.8%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(26.4%) ,
Changeup
(25.5%) ,
Curveball
(7.3%) ,
Sinker
(7%) ,


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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
2019 49.5 24.3 24.3 1.9 32.7 43.0 24.3 4.7 32.7 17.8 30.8 5.6 5.6 3.6
2020 55.3 22.8 20.2 1.8 43.0 36.8 20.2 3.5 38.6 14.0 27.2 7.9 7.9 5.7
2021 51.1 20.1 22.3 6.6 38.9 37.1 24.0 6.1 38.9 21.4 23.6 3.5 6.1 3.9
2022 47.7 22.1 23.0 7.1 39.4 37.5 23.0 4.0 35.4 22.3 28.3 3.3 5.7 3.8
2023 50.6 20.2 24.2 5.1 41.6 38.2 20.2 7.3 34.8 19.1 24.2 6.7 6.7 5.0
Player 50.0 21.6 22.9 5.5 39.4 38.0 22.6 5.1 36.1 20.2 26.7 4.7 6.2 4.1
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2023 4-Seamer LAA L 249 92.1 14.8 0.7 5 3.7 -2.6 -42
2023 Curveball LAA L 69 76.0 61.3 1.9 3 8.5 -0.5 -6
2023 Sinker LAA L 66 92.1 18.6 -2.8 -13 13.3 -1.0 -7
2023 Slider LAA L 319 86.2 33.5 -1.3 -4 6.1 1.6 35
2023 Changeup LAA L 241 82.9 28.6 -3.4 -11 13.9 -0.3 -2
2022 Sinker LAA L 349 93.4 19.0 -2.1 -10 13.7 -0.7 -5
2022 Curveball LAA L 229 78.6 56.5 0.9 2 7.6 -0.4 -5
2022 4-Seamer LAA L 560 93.1 15.1 -0.1 -1 4.0 -2.7 -40
2022 Changeup LAA L 604 83.7 30.6 -0.6 -2 14.3 0.5 4
2022 Slider LAA L 713 86.3 35.6 1.0 3 6.6 2.2 51
2021 Curveball LAA L 145 78.4 58.2 3.1 6 6.2 -1.8 -23
2021 Slider LAA L 248 85.4 37.0 1.3 4 7.1 2.5 53
2021 Changeup LAA L 428 84.6 28.2 -1.8 -6 13.1 -0.5 -4
2021 4-Seamer LAA L 352 93.2 15.0 -0.1 -1 2.8 -4.1 -60
2021 Sinker LAA L 270 93.3 18.4 -2.7 -13 12.2 -2.3 -16
2020 4-Seamer LAA L 267 92.8 16.3 -1.3 -9 5.1 -1.5 -22
2020 Curveball LAA L 44 78.2 55.2 -0.6 -1 7.1 -0.4 -5
2020 Slider LAA L 150 84.6 35.4 -1.1 -3 6.6 2.2 51
2020 Changeup LAA L 137 84.2 28.8 -0.8 -3 11.4 -1.6 -13
2019 4-Seamer LAA L 331 93.0 15.5 0.4 3 6.1 -0.9 -13
2019 Curveball LAA L 96 78.0 54.9 -1.0 -2 4.5 -3.0 -40
2019 Changeup LAA L 221 83.6 30.2 -1.2 -4 12.0 -1.2 -9
2019 Slider LAA L 66 86.6 34.0 -1.5 -4 5.9 1.9 47
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2023 Slider -1.0 -3 319 33.8 86 .211 .276 .284 28.2 15.1 12.3 .240 .327 .289 33.8
2023 4-Seamer 0.0 0 249 26.4 59 .280 .420 .378 14.2 13.6 14.5 .271 .424 .359 45.2
2023 Changeup -1.3 -3 241 25.5 74 .194 .361 .264 34.1 18.9 14.6 .282 .475 .333 27.6
2023 Curveball -1.0 -1 69 7.3 3 .333 .333 .300 35.7 0.0 0.0 .376 .599 .425 66.7
2023 Sinker 0.8 0 66 7.0 15 .364 .364 .427 20.8 6.7 10.0 .377 .435 .445 30.0
2022 Slider -1.3 -9 714 29.1 214 .201 .261 .247 33.6 28.5 26.8 .213 .318 .265 31.7
2022 Changeup 0.3 2 604 24.6 184 .215 .288 .280 44.5 39.7 24.4 .214 .295 .275 30.4
2022 4-Seamer 0.8 5 560 22.8 137 .372 .558 .444 12.9 8.8 10.4 .320 .521 .412 40.4
2022 Sinker -2.2 -8 349 14.2 87 .227 .267 .304 11.9 5.7 13.5 .275 .356 .331 35.2
2022 Curveball -0.7 -2 229 9.3 16 .333 .400 .403 38.1 0.0 0.0 .320 .392 .336 26.7
2021 Changeup -1.7 -7 428 29.6 132 .139 .209 .223 51.4 42.4 31.1 .147 .215 .222 31.7
2021 4-Seamer 0.0 0 352 24.4 83 .282 .451 .378 17.6 9.6 11.1 .282 .483 .380 34.4
2021 Sinker 0.1 0 270 18.7 67 .250 .429 .384 18.7 11.9 15.4 .277 .454 .375 43.8
2021 Slider -1.6 -4 248 17.2 66 .188 .313 .229 38.3 33.3 25.0 .212 .310 .240 28.6
2021 Curveball 1.8 3 146 10.1 15 .467 .800 .540 13.8 0.0 0.0 .283 .378 .282 46.7
2020 4-Seamer 0.7 2 267 44.6 82 .324 .568 .427 8.1 8.5 13.0 .342 .571 .420 55.2
2020 Slider -1.3 -2 150 25.1 39 .108 .351 .236 45.8 41.0 29.1 .167 .349 .242 42.9
2020 Changeup 4.3 6 137 22.9 32 .200 .533 .411 45.9 31.3 25.6 .234 .461 .318 35.0
2020 Curveball 0.9 0 44 7.4 6 .500 .667 .508 11.8 0.0 0.0 .270 .439 .308 16.7
2019 4-Seamer 1.8 6 331 46.4 78 .302 .556 .426 15.9 15.4 15.4 .329 .541 .424 39.6
2019 Changeup -1.9 -4 221 31.0 53 .196 .239 .233 49.6 30.2 19.5 .192 .250 .246 25.8
2019 Curveball -2.0 -2 96 13.4 17 .063 .250 .159 37.9 41.2 26.9 .220 .418 .290 44.4
2019 Slider 1.3 1 66 9.2 21 .286 .571 .405 35.3 33.3 28.0 .168 .290 .192 28.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 121 84.1 96 14.7 10:00 10:15 -15
2020 Curveball 43 78.2 64 15.0 5:00 5:00 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 241 92.8 94 15.6 11:15 11:15 0
2020 Slider 136 84.7 33 7.9 3:15 2:45 30
2021 Changeup 420 84.6 99 16.5 9:45 10:00 -15
2021 Curveball 142 78.4 66 17.5 5:00 5:15 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 347 93.3 86 16.1 11:15 11:45 -30
2021 Sinker 267 93.3 86 17.8 11:15 10:30 45
2021 Slider 248 85.4 33 8.2 3:15 3:15 0
2022 Changeup 591 83.7 99 16.8 9:45 9:45 0
2022 Curveball 224 78.6 63 16.9 4:45 5:00 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 553 93.1 88 16.5 11:15 11:30 -15
2022 Sinker 333 93.4 88 18.4 11:15 10:15 60
2022 Slider 697 86.3 33 7.7 2:45 3:00 -15
2023 Changeup 236 82.9 99 17.8 10:00 10:15 -15
2023 Curveball 64 76.0 69 18.9 4:45 5:00 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 248 92.1 90 17.3 11:15 11:30 -15
2023 Sinker 59 92.1 91 18.9 11:15 10:30 45
2023 Slider 282 86.1 35 7.3 2:00 2:30 -30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 169 714 -1 -7 4 5 1
2020 159 598 0 -2 3 4 6
2021 363 1,444 -6 -21 10 9 -8
2022 638 2,456 -14 -26 17 11 -11
2023 237 944 -5 -11 6 4 -6
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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 %
2019 714 45.5 64.6 75.2 26.2 50.0 41.3 53.8 43.7 32.7 6.6 72.3
2020 598 49.7 68.4 79.3 26.9 54.3 41.8 56.0 47.5 27.5 8.7 80.8
2021 1,444 45.1 66.5 75.3 30.3 47.9 41.6 57.9 46.6 33.9 6.4 75.3
2022 2,456 48.2 65.9 79.0 31.8 52.8 44.2 58.0 48.2 29.5 7.2 72.9
2023 944 48.1 65.6 83.9 29.0 52.1 40.8 57.3 46.6 26.4 7.5 88.7
Player 6,156 47.3 66.1 78.5 29.9 51.3 42.5 57.2 47.0 30.2 7.1 76.8
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.3 76.1
! 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
2019 51 3 78 17
2020 20 19 15 17 40 28 38 54 5 34 63 54 42 48 8 9
2021 73 75 82 82 62 61 76 97 74 65 28 92 72 52 7 86 21
2022 46 40 63 82 29 34 76 77 79 57 28 76 73 46 6 87 22
2023 38 22 45 64 23 21 65 75 74 9 40 54 55 29 4 83 22
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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 22.4 6 6.8 -1 1 5 3 50.0
2020 22.2 10 8.3 2 2 3 6 60.0
2021 24.0 11 10.5 1 3 6 5 45.5
2022 23.7 8 10.6 -3 3 8 4 50.0
2023 23.1 4 6.0 -2 2 6 2 50.0
Player 23.2 39 42.1 -3 11 28 20 51.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 6 8 6 6 7 8 8 7 4 4 6 6 6 8 6 7 7 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 9 8 7 5
2020 10 9 9 8 7 9 9 7 6 7 6 7 10 8 9 8 9 8 10 9 9 10 10 9 8 7 8 9 10 8 6
2021 11 11 9 11 11 11 11 11 8 10 9 10 11 10 11 11 10 11 11 11 10 11 11 10 10 11 11 10 11 11 11
2022 8 5 11 11 12 11 12 9 10 10 11 13 9 10 11 11 10 10 10 12 11 11 14 10 6 10 12 13 10 11 11
2023 4 4 3 5 7 6 8 4 7 4 6 7 5 6 8 7 6 5 9 8 6 5 8 6 3 4 6 8 6 7 5
Player 39 37 38 41 44 45 48 38 35 35 38 43 41 42 45 44 42 40 46 47 44 45 51 43 34 39 43 49 45 44 38
! 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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.0 92.8 -0.2 ↓ 93.3 0.5 ↑ 93.2 -0.1 ↓ 92.1 -1.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.6 84.2 0.6 ↑ 84.6 0.4 ↑ 83.7 -0.9 ↓ 82.9 -0.8 ↓
Breaking Velocity 81.5 83.2 1.7 ↑ 82.8 -0.4 ↓ 84.4 1.6 ↑ 84.4 0.0
Exit Velocity 88.4 88.1 -0.3 ↓ 85.4 -2.7 ↓ 87.3 1.9 ↑ 87.4 0.1 ↑
Launch Angle 9.2 3.6 -5.6 ↓ 6.3 2.7 ↑ 11.4 5.1 ↑ 6.9 -4.5 ↓
Barrel % 5.6 7.9 2.3 ↑ 6.1 -1.8 ↓ 5.7 -0.4 ↓ 6.7 1.0 ↑
Hard Hit % 34.6 47.4 12.8 ↑ 35.4 -12.0 ↓ 34.0 -1.4 ↓ 34.8 0.8 ↑
Sweet Spot % 32.7 28.9 -3.8 ↓ 29.3 0.4 ↑ 31.6 2.3 ↑ 35.4 3.8 ↑
xBA .250 .273 0.023 ↑ .219 -0.054 ↓ .246 0.027 ↑ .271 0.025 ↑
BA .240 .252 0.012 ↑ .215 -0.037 ↓ .246 0.031 ↑ .231 -0.015 ↓
xwOBA .323 .351 0.028 ↑ .291 -0.060 ↓ .307 0.016 ↑ .331 0.024 ↑
wOBA .322 .345 0.023 ↑ .288 -0.057 ↓ .294 0.006 ↑ .290 -0.004 ↓
xSLG .400 .486 0.086 ↑ .342 -0.144 ↓ .360 0.018 ↑ .410 0.050 ↑
SLG .425 .510 0.085 ↑ .349 -0.161 ↓ .333 -0.016 ↓ .344 0.011 ↑
K% 24.9 20.8 -4.1 ↓ 25.9 5.1 ↑ 23.7 -2.2 ↓ 15.1 -8.6 ↓
BB% 11.2 7.5 -3.7 ↓ 9.9 2.4 ↑ 9.4 -0.5 ↓ 9.2 -0.2 ↓
Swing % 43.7 47.5 3.8 ↑ 46.6 -0.9 ↓ 48.2 1.6 ↑ 46.6 -1.6 ↓
Whiff% 32.7 27.5 -5.2 ↓ 33.9 6.4 ↑ 29.5 -4.4 ↓ 26.4 -3.1 ↓
In Zone % 45.5 49.7 4.2 ↑ 45.1 -4.6 ↓ 48.2 3.1 ↑ 48.1 -0.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 54.5 50.3 -4.2 ↓ 54.9 4.6 ↑ 51.8 -3.1 ↓ 51.9 0.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 26.2 26.9 0.7 ↑ 30.3 3.4 ↑ 31.8 1.5 ↑ 29.0 -2.8 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 24.3 26.4 2.1 ↑ 25.9 -0.5 ↓ 28.7 2.8 ↑ 23.8 -4.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 53.8 56.0 2.2 ↑ 57.9 1.9 ↑ 58.0 0.1 ↑ 57.3 -0.7 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2019 169 .322 127 20 15.7 42 4 9.5
2020 159 .345 94 31 33.0 65 15 23.1
2021 363 .288 261 54 20.7 102 70 68.6
2022 637 .295 507 80 15.8 130 68 52.3
2023 237 .290 192 0 0.0 45 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo

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