Richie Palacios
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 10" 180LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 3, #103, Cleveland Indians | Towson University
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 123 112 7 26 0 2 .232 .293 .286 .579
2023 102 93 9 24 6 2 .258 .307 .516 .823
2024 316 264 46 59 5 19 .223 .346 .318 .664
3 Seasons 541 469 62 109 11 23 .232 .327 .350 .677
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .232 0 2 .579
2023 .258 6 2 .823
2024 .223 5 19 .664
3 Seasons .232 11 23 .677
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Hits Spray Chart

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%
2022 25 513 93 1 1.1 0.8 85.0 104.7 13.5 26.9 .244 .310 .258 .277 .296 21.5 16.3 7.3
2023 26 408 84 6 7.1 5.9 88.1 106.8 6.3 29.8 .243 .414 .346 .305 .312 33.3 10.8 5.9
2024 27 1281 198 7 3.5 2.2 86.2 108.5 14.0 36.4 .249 .342 .303 .325 .346 30.3 21.2 14.2
Player 2202 375 14 3.7 2.6 86.3 108.5 12.1 32.5 .247 .349 .301 .310 .326 28.8 18.1 11.1
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.




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
2022 45.2 17.2 24.7 12.9 31.2 41.9 26.9 5.4 33.3 26.9 30.1 2.2 1.1 0.8
2023 53.6 29.8 13.1 3.6 40.5 35.7 23.8 1.2 46.4 19.0 15.5 10.7 7.1 5.9
2024 37.9 19.7 30.3 12.1 47.0 34.3 18.7 3.5 31.3 27.3 29.3 4.5 3.5 2.2
Player 43.2 21.3 25.1 10.4 41.6 36.5 21.9 3.5 35.2 25.3 26.4 5.3 3.7 2.6
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.

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 -0.8 -3 434 33.9 107 .184 .218 .278 25.8 26.2 18.9 .201 .285 .303 35.6
2024 Sinker 2.9 5 184 14.4 50 .395 .526 .474 8.5 12.0 14.3 .375 .506 .460 34.4
2024 Cutter -0.1 0 147 11.5 30 .240 .360 .310 27.4 20.0 22.2 .209 .272 .286 35.0
2024 Slider -0.7 -1 140 10.9 34 .200 .367 .294 33.3 23.5 19.5 .277 .390 .338 31.8
2024 Changeup 1.5 2 124 9.7 33 .333 .500 .391 23.3 9.1 11.1 .316 .412 .354 14.8
2024 Curveball -2.8 -3 121 9.4 33 .069 .069 .139 25.4 27.3 17.6 .188 .241 .249 20.0
2024 Sweeper -0.3 0 65 5.1 13 .167 .417 .277 27.3 30.8 16.0 .196 .392 .282 37.5
2024 Split-Finger 1.2 1 63 4.9 14 .154 .231 .268 27.8 21.4 14.3 .251 .282 .265 30.0
2024 Slurve -3.0 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 2 118 28.9 28 .250 .583 .396 16.4 17.9 14.7 .270 .531 .387 42.1
2023 Sinker 4.7 4 80 19.6 20 .316 .579 .485 6.7 5.0 6.3 .236 .323 .264 38.9
2023 Slider -1.2 -1 52 12.7 11 .333 .333 .270 30.4 27.3 15.0 .281 .328 .241 12.5
2023 Cutter -0.5 0 43 10.5 14 .250 .333 .318 4.5 0.0 0.0 .181 .219 .250 0.0
2023 Changeup -0.6 0 43 10.5 13 .231 .308 .235 11.5 0.0 0.0 .225 .355 .245 38.5
2023 Curveball 7.6 3 36 8.8 9 .333 1.333 .667 28.6 11.1 8.3 .276 .792 .436 62.5
2023 Sweeper -6.9 -1 21 5.1 5 .000 .000 .000 16.7 20.0 9.1 .208 .353 .243 25.0
2023 Split-Finger 1.1 0 13 3.2 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .240 .254 .220 50.0
2023 Knuckleball 1.8 0 2 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 122 513 -7 -9 4 3 -9
2023 102 408 0 0 5 1 6
2024 314 1,281 -6 -12 11 6 0
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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 %
2022 513 51.5 68.9 87.9 26.1 67.7 44.4 27.0 48.1 16.6 6.4 81.8
2023 408 52.5 66.8 87.4 22.2 72.1 45.6 28.4 45.6 15.1 6.4 92.3
2024 1,281 49.1 70.7 81.8 23.5 55.6 44.3 38.0 46.7 24.7 7.3 76.6
Player 2,202 50.3 69.6 84.3 23.8 61.3 44.6 33.7 46.8 21.0 6.9 80.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2022 17 63 61
2023 26 68 51
2024 41 64 80 60
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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 %
2022 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
2023 23.3 6 6.4 0 2 4 3 50.0
2024 25.7 5 3.8 1 3 2 2 40.0
Player 24.4 11 10.3 1 6 6 5 45.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 6 6 3 7 7 6 7 7 7 5 6 7 8 5 7 7 7 7 6 7 5 6 9 8 6 6 7 6 7 6 5
2024 5 4 3 6 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 5 3 4 4 4 3 3 2
Player 11 10 6 13 11 11 11 11 10 8 10 12 11 8 11 11 11 11 10 11 8 10 15 14 9 10 11 10 10 9 7
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs 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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.0 88.1 3.1 86.2 -1.9
Launch Angle 13.5 6.3 -7.2 14.0 7.7
Barrel % 1.1 7.1 6.0 3.5 -3.6
Hard Hit % 21.5 33.3 11.8 30.3 -3.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.9 29.8 2.9 36.4 6.6
xBA .244 .243 -0.001 .249 0.006
BA .232 .258 0.026 .223 -0.035
xwOBA .277 .305 0.028 .325 0.020
wOBA .258 .346 0.088 .303 -0.043
xSLG .310 .414 0.104 .342 -0.072
SLG .286 .516 0.230 .318 -0.198
K% 16.3 10.8 -5.5 21.2 10.4
BB% 7.3 5.9 -1.4 14.2 8.3
Swing % 48.1 45.6 -2.5 46.7 1.1
Whiff% 16.6 15.1 -1.5 24.7 9.6
In Zone % 51.5 52.5 1.0 49.1 -3.4
Out of Zone % 48.5 47.5 -1.0 50.9 3.4
Out of Zone Swing % 26.1 22.2 -3.9 23.5 1.3
First Pitch Swing % 27.0 28.4 1.4 38.0 9.6
First Pitch Strike % 56.6 57.8 1.2 59.8 2.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 122 61 50.0 .291 .225
2023 Shades L 101 17 16.8 .351 .305
2024 Shades L 314 142 45.2 .322 .279
! 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 %
2022 111 17.8 20.7% 4.5% 118 22.1 0.0% 5.9%
2023 109 16.4 35.8% 0.0% 87 18.7 9.2% 0.0%
2024 348 15.7 37.1% 1.1% 209 18.9 1.9% 0.0%
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