Pedro Báez
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 232LBS | Age: 36
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 0 0 3.18 18 0 2 17 13 1.00
2021 0 0 2.08 4 0 0 4.1 5 0.69
2022 0 0 11.57 3 0 0 2.1 2 3.43
9 Seasons 21 15 3.08 362 0 3 362.2 376 1.11
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 18 0-0 3.18 17 13 1.00
2021 4 0-0 2.08 4.1 5 0.69
2022 3 0-0 11.57 2.1 2 3.43
9 Seasons 362 21-15 3.08 362.2 376 1.11
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2015 27 831 136 7 5.1 3.4 88.0 113.1 16.1 27.2 .198 .334 .296 .257 .340 28.7 28.8 5.3 3.35 2.70
2016 28 1178 187 13 7.0 4.4 87.3 109.5 14.4 29.4 .213 .374 .268 .284 .358 30.5 28.2 7.5 3.04 3.36
2017 29 1174 185 12 6.5 4.3 86.8 114.6 17.6 38.9 .235 .388 .311 .308 .354 29.7 22.9 10.4 2.95 4.07
2018 30 972 151 11 7.3 4.6 86.0 109.2 18.8 32.5 .206 .318 .283 .270 .321 25.0 26.2 9.7 2.88 3.04
2019 31 1112 180 5 2.8 1.8 87.5 110.2 21.6 27.8 .182 .301 .239 .249 .281 26.6 25.0 8.3 3.10 2.68
2020 32 306 50 2 4.0 2.9 86.7 107.0 22.6 22.0 .213 .325 .237 .279 .293 28.0 18.6 10.0 3.18 3.25
2021 33 59 9 2 22.2 13.3 88.2 107.4 14.1 33.3 .186 .463 .238 .297 .417 55.6 33.3 6.7 2.08 3.70
2022 34 73 11 1 9.1 6.3 90.0 103.4 12.2 54.5 .346 .537 .453 .453 .471 54.5 12.5 18.8 11.57 10.00
Player 5705 909 53 5.8 3.8 87.1 114.6 17.9 31.1 .209 .347 .278 .278 .332 28.8 25.6 8.5
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Báez relies on 3 pitches.
Changeup
(46.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(43.8%) ,
Slider
(9.6%) ,


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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
2015 41.2 28.7 22.8 7.4 33.8 37.5 28.7 5.1 26.5 33.1 22.1 5.1 5.1 3.4
2016 44.4 22.5 23.0 10.2 34.8 41.7 23.5 3.7 32.1 27.8 22.5 5.3 7.0 4.4
2017 35.1 23.8 29.7 11.4 37.3 33.0 29.7 3.2 27.6 34.1 23.2 5.4 6.5 4.3
2018 37.7 25.2 23.8 13.2 32.5 38.4 27.2 4.0 25.2 31.8 23.2 4.0 7.3 4.6
2019 37.2 29.4 18.9 14.4 41.7 34.4 23.9 2.8 27.2 36.1 22.2 6.7 2.8 1.8
2020 36.0 34.0 18.0 12.0 52.0 28.0 20.0 4.0 28.0 36.0 18.0 6.0 4.0 2.9
2021 44.4 33.3 11.1 11.1 44.4 55.6 0.0 11.1 33.3 22.2 11.1 0.0 22.2 13.3
2022 36.4 18.2 45.5 0.0 27.3 54.5 18.2 0.0 27.3 18.2 36.4 9.1 9.1 6.3
Player 38.9 26.2 23.5 11.3 37.1 36.9 25.7 3.7 27.9 32.5 22.4 5.4 5.8 3.8
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.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2022 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 32 89.7 17.8 -1.0 5.2ARM -0.6 16.2 0.0 5.2ARM -2.1
2022 Slider HOU R 7 81.6 36.3 -4.7 2.1GLV -4.9 5.0 -3.2 2.1GLV -3.6
2022 Changeup HOU R 32 83.3 27.5 -3.1 12.6ARM -0.9 11.7 -5.9 12.6ARM -1.5
2021 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 18 90.4 16.6 -0.6 5.2ARM -1.0 17.0 0.8 5.2ARM -2.0
2021 Slider HOU R 5 83.8 33.2 -4.6 2.3GLV -2.9 5.8 -4.0 2.3GLV -3.4
2021 Changeup HOU R 36 83.2 26.6 -3.1 12.1ARM -1.0 13.0 -6.7 12.1ARM -1.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2022 Changeup -12.8 -4 34 46.6 8 .667 1.000 .738 17.6 0.0 0.0 .473 .732 .554 57.1
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 0 32 43.8 6 .000 .000 .233 33.3 16.7 11.1 .164 .332 .373 33.3
2022 Slider -2.9 0 7 9.6 2 .500 .500 .450 75.0 50.0 100.0 .326 .361 .305 100.0
2021 Changeup 5.5 2 36 61.0 11 .091 .091 .082 38.1 45.5 50.0 .126 .213 .144 50.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -7.1 -1 18 30.5 2 1.000 4.000 1.350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .957 3.837 1.315 100.0
2021 Slider 10.7 1 5 8.5 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .129 .147 .123 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2022 Changeup 32 83.3 99 17.0 1:15 1:45 -30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 31 89.7 92 16.4 12:45 12:45 0
2021 Changeup 36 83.2 99 17.4 1:00 1:30 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 18 90.4 92 17.1 12:45 12:30 15
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 101 385 4 4 0 -2 6
2015 212 853 -1 8 -5 -2 0
2016 325 1,312 3 16 -8 -5 6
2017 278 1,174 8 16 -9 -4 11
2018 270 1,098 10 17 -6 -4 16
2019 277 1,119 7 17 -5 -6 13
2020 100 430 7 0 -5 -2 0
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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 %
2015 831 50.1 73.8 73.9 33.7 60.0 42.8 66.3 53.8 30.4 7.3 82.0
2016 1,178 49.7 73.0 74.8 32.3 57.6 43.8 63.6 52.5 30.0 6.5 82.9
2017 1,174 49.4 79.5 70.5 29.1 59.5 45.7 57.7 54.0 31.5 6.6 75.6
2018 972 46.0 76.2 75.1 30.8 53.8 46.0 62.6 51.6 30.9 4.4 80.5
2019 1,112 43.4 74.6 72.2 34.5 59.6 42.0 58.0 51.7 31.8 5.3 86.2
2020 306 41.5 66.1 77.4 34.6 62.9 42.2 45.7 47.7 28.8 5.9 83.3
2021 59 49.2 82.8 75.0 26.7 62.5 47.5 46.7 54.2 28.1 11.9 85.7
2022 73 49.3 72.2 69.2 18.9 71.4 38.4 50.0 45.2 30.3 6.8 80.0
Player 5,705 47.4 75.1 73.3 32.0 58.6 43.9 60.3 52.4 30.8 6.1 81.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
2015 92 94 81 57 98 79 47 53 82 91 83 91 88 98 79 65
2016 79 86 65 44 89 55 26 80 79 89 56 88 83 97 69 55
2017 56 63 61 55 47 57 38 59 76 60 19 89 67 96 62 34
2018 88 84 89 88 76 68 32 93 99 71 26 82 82 90 52 55
2019 97 96 97 92 93 97 98 77 99 63 46 86 93 84 67 48
2020 69 43 16
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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 %
2016 23.1 12 9.4 3 4 9 3 25.0
2017 21.7 9 8.3 1 5 7 3 33.3
2018 21.1 5 5.5 -1 2 3 3 60.0
2019 23.0 7 5.1 2 6 6 0 0.0
2020 20.9 4 3.6 0 0 2 2 50.0
2021 26.4 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2022 -- 0 0.5 -1 0 1 0 --
Player 22.3 38 33.4 5 17 28 12 31.6
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 12 10 8 12 9 8 9 9 7 7 8 13 8 8 9 10 6 7 10 11 8 6 15 13 9 9 11 15 11 8 7
2017 9 8 5 10 8 8 9 9 8 5 8 11 8 5 8 10 8 8 9 8 8 7 11 10 9 8 7 11 9 9 7
2018 5 6 3 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
2019 7 7 4 3 5 5 6 5 3 3 4 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 6 5 7 8 7 6 4 5 4 7 7 6 3
2020 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 2 4 4 4
2021 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2022 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Player 38 36 25 34 34 32 36 33 28 23 31 41 34 28 33 36 28 28 37 36 34 32 46 40 30 30 34 43 38 34 28
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.7 97.4 -0.3 97.1 -0.3 96.0 -1.1 95.8 -0.2 94.4 -1.4 90.4 -4.0 89.7 -0.7
Offspeed Velocity 87.9 87.8 -0.1 87.8 0.0 86.7 -1.1 86.2 -0.5 86.8 0.6 83.2 -3.6 83.4 0.2
Breaking Velocity 89.3 88.3 -1.0 88.2 -0.1 88.0 -0.2 86.3 -1.7 87.1 0.8 83.8 -3.3 81.6 -2.2
Exit Velocity 88.0 87.3 -0.7 86.8 -0.5 86.0 -0.8 87.5 1.5 86.7 -0.8 88.2 1.5 90.0 1.8
Launch Angle 16.1 14.4 -1.7 17.6 3.2 18.8 1.2 21.6 2.8 22.6 1.0 14.1 -8.5 12.2 -1.9
Barrel % 5.1 7.0 1.9 6.5 -0.5 7.3 0.8 2.8 -4.5 4.0 1.2 22.2 18.2 9.1 -13.1
Hard Hit % 28.7 30.5 1.8 29.7 -0.8 25.0 -4.7 26.6 1.6 28.0 1.4 55.6 27.6 54.5 -1.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 27.2 29.4 2.2 38.9 9.5 32.5 -6.4 27.8 -4.7 22.0 -5.8 33.3 11.3 54.5 21.2
xBA .198 .213 0.015 .235 0.022 .206 -0.029 .182 -0.024 .213 0.031 .186 -0.027 .346 0.160
BA .247 .195 -0.052 .225 0.030 .220 -0.005 .174 -0.046 .159 -0.015 .143 -0.016 .417 0.274
xwOBA .257 .284 0.027 .308 0.024 .270 -0.038 .249 -0.021 .279 0.030 .297 0.018 .453 0.156
wOBA .296 .268 -0.028 .311 0.043 .283 -0.028 .239 -0.044 .237 -0.002 .238 0.001 .453 0.215
xSLG .334 .374 0.040 .388 0.014 .318 -0.070 .301 -0.017 .325 0.024 .463 0.138 .537 0.074
SLG .405 .356 -0.049 .418 0.062 .354 -0.064 .287 -0.067 .286 -0.001 .357 0.071 .583 0.226
K% 28.8 28.2 -0.6 22.9 -5.3 26.2 3.3 25.0 -1.2 18.6 -6.4 33.3 14.7 12.5 -20.8
BB% 5.3 7.5 2.2 10.4 2.9 9.7 -0.7 8.3 -1.4 10.0 1.7 6.7 -3.3 18.8 12.1
Swing % 53.8 52.5 -1.3 54.0 1.5 51.6 -2.4 51.7 0.1 47.7 -4.0 54.2 6.5 45.2 -9.0
Whiff% 30.4 30.0 -0.4 31.5 1.5 30.9 -0.6 31.8 0.9 28.8 -3.0 28.1 -0.7 30.3 2.2
In Zone % 50.1 49.7 -0.4 49.4 -0.3 46.0 -3.4 43.4 -2.6 41.5 -1.9 49.2 7.7 49.3 0.1
Out of Zone % 49.9 50.3 0.4 50.6 0.3 54.0 3.4 56.6 2.6 58.5 1.9 50.8 -7.7 50.7 -0.1
Out of Zone Swing % 33.7 32.3 -1.4 29.1 -3.2 30.8 1.7 34.5 3.7 34.6 0.1 26.7 -7.9 18.9 -7.8
First Pitch Swing % 39.9 35.0 -4.9 34.8 -0.2 36.2 1.4 32.2 -4.0 24.3 -7.9 40.0 15.7 31.3 -8.7
First Pitch Strike % 66.3 63.6 -2.7 57.7 -5.9 62.6 4.9 58.0 -4.6 45.7 -12.3 46.7 1.0 50.0 3.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 290 .268 184 7 3.8 106 11 10.4
2017 Shifts 278 .311 165 2 1.2 113 14 12.4
2018 Shifts 229 .277 151 10 6.6 78 24 30.8
2019 Shifts 274 .240 147 88 59.9 127 99 78.0
2020 Shifts 70 .237 36 23 63.9 34 32 94.1
2021 Shifts 15 .238 9 2 22.2 6 6 100.0
2022 Shifts 16 .453 9 2 22.2 7 5 71.4
! 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 %
2014 77 21.7 0.0% 6.5% 51 30.4 0.0% 51.0%
2015 222 24.8 3.2% 19.4% 117 32.7 6.0% 64.1%
2016 343 24.6 3.2% 20.7% 151 31.7 3.3% 60.3%
2017 284 23.5 0.7% 12.7% 194 29.7 0.0% 46.9%
2018 236 22.8 0.0% 11.0% 151 27.2 0.0% 32.5%
2019 291 23.2 0.0% 11.0% 166 28.7 0.0% 36.1%
2020 100 21.9 1.0% 4.0% 38 26.0 0.0% 21.1%
2021 17 20.9 0.0% 0.0% 7 22.6 0.0% 14.3%
2022 7 22.1 0.0% 0.0% 25 25.4 0.0% 16.0%

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Pitch Distribution