Rafael Ortega
CF | B/T: L/R | 5' 11" 180LBS | Age: 31

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 371 316 35 76 7 35 12 .241 .331 .358 .689
6 Seasons 1148 1022 120 256 21 101 41 .250 .322 .361 .683
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2022 .241 7 35 12 .689
6 Seasons .250 21 101 41 .683

Statcast Batting 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%
2016 25 724 165 0 0.0 0.0 85.7 107.2 6.4 23.6 .265 .323 .257 .284 .292 23.6 11.4 6.5
2018 27 556 110 0 0.0 0.0 84.9 107.2 12.8 30.9 .264 .327 .251 .289 .314 22.7 16.1 7.0
2019 28 408 66 3 4.5 3.1 86.6 105.6 13.9 34.8 .220 .356 .254 .280 .323 27.3 22.9 8.3
2021 30 1337 228 13 5.7 3.9 88.3 109.5 18.3 36.8 .252 .381 .355 .311 .355 34.6 21.2 9.1
2022 31 1517 250 12 4.8 3.2 87.2 108.4 17.1 37.6 .241 .346 .305 .307 .331 33.7 19.9 11.9
Player 4542 819 28 3.4 2.5 86.9 109.5 14.5 33.5 .250 .350 .300 .300 .327 30.0 18.6 9.2
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 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
2016 59.4 13.3 19.4 7.9 35.8 38.8 25.5 3.0 46.1 15.8 26.1 3.6 0.0 0.0
2018 46.4 19.1 28.2 6.4 34.5 36.4 29.1 5.5 28.2 28.2 34.5 2.7 0.0 0.0
2019 39.4 21.2 28.8 10.6 50.0 27.3 22.7 3.0 33.3 28.8 22.7 7.6 4.5 3.1
2021 35.1 31.1 25.0 8.8 43.4 31.6 25.0 4.8 24.6 32.5 27.2 4.8 5.7 3.9
2022 34.4 33.2 24.8 7.6 40.4 35.2 24.4 3.6 26.0 33.2 26.8 5.2 4.8 3.2
Player 41.6 25.8 24.5 8.1 40.3 34.4 25.3 4.0 30.5 28.4 27.5 4.6 3.4 2.5
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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 %
2022 4-Seamer -0.8 -4 472 31.1 110 .230 .333 .317 20.3 26.4 19.1 .196 .310 .306 38.7
2022 Slider -1.0 -2 237 15.6 58 .170 .396 .263 25.9 31.0 21.4 .166 .261 .221 33.3
2022 Changeup 0.5 1 236 15.6 57 .294 .392 .330 22.2 14.0 11.8 .295 .360 .319 30.2
2022 Sinker 1.7 4 210 13.8 66 .375 .482 .432 12.5 10.6 14.3 .369 .522 .436 51.0
2022 Curveball -0.3 -1 197 13.0 40 .206 .265 .280 13.8 12.5 7.4 .255 .330 .323 10.3
2022 Cutter -4.4 -5 107 7.1 24 .045 .182 .113 10.5 16.7 17.4 .115 .253 .173 15.8
2022 Splitter -3.0 -1 24 1.6 7 .143 .143 .129 12.5 14.3 10.0 .380 .442 .359 50.0
2022 Sweeper -3.8 -1 16 1.1 3 .000 .000 .000 28.6 33.3 12.5 .089 .090 .083 0.0
2022 Slurve 4.7 0 5 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 -- .480 .568 .478 0.0
2021 4-Seamer 3.0 15 492 36.8 117 .373 .588 .465 15.2 12.8 10.0 .302 .489 .383 41.4
2021 Slider -0.6 -1 252 18.8 70 .185 .308 .243 30.4 35.7 27.5 .189 .274 .228 24.4
2021 Sinker 0.1 0 170 12.7 47 .256 .512 .373 10.8 17.0 20.5 .247 .354 .294 37.1
2021 Changeup 1.2 2 166 12.4 37 .353 .559 .410 15.9 8.1 5.8 .336 .512 .382 28.1
2021 Curveball 0.1 0 150 11.2 27 .208 .208 .244 32.7 33.3 23.7 .153 .189 .210 20.0
2021 Cutter 0.4 0 65 4.9 18 .333 .467 .406 25.6 27.8 19.2 .269 .318 .329 50.0
2021 Splitter -7.2 -2 32 2.4 11 .182 .273 .195 38.9 36.4 28.6 .146 .252 .170 42.9
2021 Sweeper 3.5 0 10 0.7 2 .500 .500 .450 50.0 50.0 20.0 .072 .083 .073 0.0
2019 4-Seamer -0.5 -1 124 30.4 31 .179 .321 .260 16.4 22.6 16.3 .227 .439 .315 38.1
2019 Sinker 3.0 2 79 19.4 15 .385 .692 .490 15.8 0.0 0.0 .329 .495 .400 38.5
2019 Slider -5.3 -3 59 14.5 15 .077 .077 .153 20.0 33.3 15.2 .098 .222 .206 12.5
2019 Changeup -2.5 -1 52 12.7 20 .211 .211 .215 35.5 40.0 28.6 .156 .183 .174 9.1
2019 Curveball -1.4 -1 48 11.8 6 .167 .167 .150 28.6 0.0 0.0 .319 .476 .337 16.7
2019 Cutter -0.5 0 36 8.8 7 .286 .429 .307 25.0 28.6 11.8 .223 .322 .235 40.0
2019 Splitter -8.9 -1 6 1.5 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .524 .547 .472 0.0
2019 Sweeper 0.3 0 3 0.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 Slurve 3.1 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seamer -1.1 -3 238 42.8 56 .220 .240 .263 9.2 14.3 11.4 .246 .319 .296 19.0
2018 Sinker -0.8 -1 100 18.0 32 .241 .276 .273 11.1 18.8 30.0 .289 .325 .311 43.5
2018 Slider -3.2 -2 71 12.8 16 .188 .250 .191 30.3 31.3 20.8 .241 .350 .253 27.3
2018 Changeup 1.0 1 56 10.1 17 .294 .294 .318 21.4 11.8 11.8 .310 .350 .292 13.3
2018 Curveball -0.4 0 54 9.7 11 .182 .364 .227 16.7 18.2 10.5 .267 .326 .259 0.0
2018 Splitter 1.1 0 23 4.1 9 .375 .375 .378 0.0 0.0 0.0 .274 .341 .322 25.0
2018 Cutter -4.8 -1 13 2.3 2 .000 .000 .000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .082 .088 .078 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 201 724 -6 -6 5 2 -5
2018 143 555 -5 -4 2 1 -6
2019 99 424 1 -9 2 1 -5
2021 329 1,337 7 -8 9 6 14
2022 367 1,510 -14 -17 16 8 -7
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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 %
2016 724 46.4 65.2 90.0 32.7 70.9 43.9 26.9 47.8 14.2 6.6 62.5
2018 556 49.2 61.9 88.2 24.1 75.0 45.2 18.9 42.6 14.3 8.5 68.1
2019 408 50.7 69.1 85.3 33.3 61.2 42.2 25.0 51.5 21.9 6.4 73.1
2021 1,337 48.1 66.3 85.4 25.1 57.5 43.3 20.1 44.9 21.2 8.2 77.3
2022 1,517 46.7 67.5 88.7 25.8 59.6 42.8 27.4 45.4 19.3 7.1 78.5
Player 4,542 47.7 66.2 87.5 27.2 63.0 43.4 23.9 45.8 18.7 7.5 74.0
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.2 76.1
! 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
2016 53 80
2018 54 72
2019 41 64
2021 65 61 28 72
2022 39 39 16 13 71 10 20 16 44 16 57 90 82 70 42 57
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.4 1 0.0 1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 -- 0 0.1 0 2 0 0 --
2019 23.5 2 1.6 0 1 1 1 50.0
2021 24.2 11 8.1 3 4 6 3 27.3
2022 23.3 7 9.2 -2 3 6 4 57.1
Player 23.7 21 19.0 2 11 13 8 38.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2019 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2
2021 11 7 8 7 8 10 8 9 8 5 11 10 5 7 7 9 9 7 8 7 8 8 8 10 9 8 10 7 6 9 10
2022 7 9 11 8 10 10 9 10 10 5 10 9 7 10 9 10 10 9 9 9 12 9 9 8 9 10 11 7 6 9 11
Player 21 18 22 17 19 23 18 21 19 12 25 21 13 18 17 21 20 18 18 17 22 19 18 20 20 20 23 15 13 20 24
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.9 1.7 88.3 87.2 -1.1
Launch Angle 12.8 1.1 18.3 17.1 -1.2
Barrel % 0 4.5 5.7 4.8 -0.9
Hard Hit % 22.7 4.6 34.6 33.7 -0.9
Sweet Spot % 30.9 3.9 36.8 37.6 0.8
xBA .264 -0.044 .252 .241 -0.011
BA .233 -0.028 .291 .241 -0.05
xwOBA .289 -0.009 .311 .307 -0.004
wOBA .251 0.003 .355 .305 -0.05
xSLG .327 0.029 .381 .346 -0.035
SLG .271 0.036 .463 .358 -0.105
K% 16.1 6.8 21.2 19.9 -1.3
BB% 7 1.3 9.1 11.9 2.8
Swing % 42.6 8.9 44.9 45.4 0.5
Whiff% 14.3 7.6 21.2 19.3 -1.9
In Zone % 49.2 1.5 48.1 46.7 -1.4
Out of Zone % 50.8 -1.5 51.9 53.3 1.4
Out of Zone Swing % 24.1 9.2 25.1 25.8 0.7
First Pitch Swing % 18.9 6.1 20.1 27.4 7.3
First Pitch Strike % 58.7 8 56.8 59.6 2.8
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2016 L 183 1 0.5 .250 .000
2018 L 143 2 1.4 .244 .785
2019 L 96 34 35.4 .278 .209
2021 L 319 148 46.4 .358 .352
2022 L 368 173 47.0 .308 .303

Pitch Tempo