Richie Palacios
RF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 10" 180LBS | Age: 26
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 101 82 16 23 3 5 .280 .410 .427 .837
3 Seasons 326 287 32 73 9 9 .254 .333 .401 .734
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .232 0 2 .579
2023 .258 6 2 .823
2024 .280 3 5 .837
3 Seasons .254 9 9 .734
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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
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 27 389 54 3 5.6 3.0 88.4 106.6 15.2 42.6 .270 .396 .377 .355 .432 27.8 27.0 17.0
Player 1310 231 10 4.3 3.1 86.9 106.8 11.3 31.6 .251 .368 .322 .309 .333 27.3 17.8 9.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 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 27.8 27.8 37.0 7.4 50.0 37.0 13.0 1.9 24.1 29.6 33.3 3.7 5.6 3.0
Player 44.2 24.2 23.4 8.2 39.0 38.5 22.5 3.0 35.9 24.7 25.5 5.6 4.3 3.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 -1.9 -2 106 27.2 27 .091 .091 .204 43.2 48.1 33.3 .106 .148 .224 11.1
2024 Sinker 7.6 5 61 15.7 18 .462 .769 .575 15.0 11.1 13.3 .430 .682 .538 45.5
2024 Changeup 6.5 3 48 12.3 10 .500 .800 .560 17.4 0.0 0.0 .420 .611 .441 30.0
2024 Slider -1.3 -1 48 12.3 15 .231 .308 .297 32.4 20.0 17.6 .272 .365 .331 30.0
2024 Cutter 1.5 1 45 11.6 7 .500 .500 .486 23.5 14.3 25.0 .262 .329 .321 20.0
2024 Split-Finger 5.0 2 31 8.0 9 .375 .875 .539 21.1 11.1 11.1 .435 .721 .516 28.6
2024 Curveball 4.8 1 30 7.7 10 .143 .143 .300 62.5 60.0 46.2 .138 .158 .301 0.0
2024 Sweeper -6.3 -1 18 4.6 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 25.0 .004 .004 .004 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 -1.2 -1 44 10.8 15 .231 .308 .297 4.3 0.0 0.0 .199 .287 .276 7.7
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 7.0 3 39 9.6 9 .333 1.333 .667 17.6 11.1 6.7 .276 .792 .436 62.5
2023 Sweeper -6.8 -1 17 4.2 4 .000 .000 .000 25.0 25.0 12.5 .157 .164 .144 0.0
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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -2 202 39.4 41 .256 .333 .279 11.9 14.6 8.7 .197 .277 .228 24.2
2022 Slider -1.7 -1 84 16.4 16 .143 .214 .222 28.1 31.3 16.7 .178 .246 .247 11.1
2022 Changeup -2.7 -2 74 14.4 26 .280 .320 .294 16.3 11.5 10.3 .278 .326 .284 9.1
2022 Sinker -5.6 -3 57 11.1 14 .083 .083 .164 13.0 14.3 18.2 .243 .287 .301 30.0
2022 Curveball -0.7 0 47 9.2 10 .300 .300 .270 31.6 40.0 33.3 .289 .356 .284 33.3
2022 Cutter -0.9 0 26 5.1 6 .250 .500 .325 30.0 0.0 0.0 .139 .175 .287 0.0
2022 Split-Finger -3.5 0 11 2.1 7 .167 .167 .229 0.0 0.0 0.0 .453 .535 .472 50.0
2022 Sweeper 4.7 0 10 1.9 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .572 .689 .550 50.0
2022 Slurve 1.8 0 2 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 98 387 1 1 4 2 8
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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 14.5 6.4 92.3
2024 389 47.8 65.9 79.5 25.2 41.2 41.3 35.0 44.5 31.2 8.0 74.2
Player 1,310 50.7 67.4 85.5 24.7 60.4 43.9 29.9 46.3 20.1 6.9 82.2
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 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
2022 17 63 61
2023 26 68 51
2024 75 76 51 33 97 14 31 41 35 7 23 99 18 63 74 64 59
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Expected Home Runs

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 6.5 -1 2 4 3 50.0
2024 25.9 3 2.7 0 0 2 1 33.3
Player 24.2 9 9.3 0 3 6 4 44.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

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 7 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 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1
Player 9 10 5 10 10 9 10 10 9 7 9 10 11 7 10 10 10 10 8 10 7 10 12 12 9 9 10 9 10 9 6
! 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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.0 88.1 3.1 88.4 0.3
Launch Angle 13.5 6.3 -7.2 15.2 8.9
Barrel % 1.1 7.1 6.0 5.6 -1.5
Hard Hit % 21.5 33.3 11.8 27.8 -5.5
Sweet Spot % 26.9 29.8 2.9 42.6 12.8
xBA .244 .243 -0.001 .270 0.027
BA .232 .258 0.026 .284 0.026
xwOBA .277 .305 0.028 .355 0.050
wOBA .258 .346 0.088 .377 0.031
xSLG .310 .414 0.104 .396 -0.018
SLG .286 .516 0.230 .432 -0.084
K% 16.3 10.8 -5.5 27.0 16.2
BB% 7.3 5.9 -1.4 17.0 11.1
Swing % 48.1 45.6 -2.5 44.5 -1.1
Whiff% 16.6 14.5 -2.1 31.2 16.7
In Zone % 51.5 52.5 1.0 47.8 -4.7
Out of Zone % 48.5 47.5 -1.0 52.2 4.7
Out of Zone Swing % 26.1 22.2 -3.9 25.2 3.0
First Pitch Swing % 27.0 28.4 1.4 35.0 6.6
First Pitch Strike % 56.6 57.8 1.2 60.0 2.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 122 73 59.8 .294 .234
2023 Shades L 101 17 16.8 .351 .305
2024 Shades L 98 39 39.8 .398 .343
! 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 113 15.2 44.2% 0.0% 50 19.3 2.0% 0.0%
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