Richie Palacios
RF | 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 287 244 44 59 5 17 .242 .350 .344 .694
3 Seasons 512 449 60 109 11 21 .243 .327 .365 .692
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .232 0 2 .579
2023 .258 6 2 .823
2024 .242 5 17 .694
3 Seasons .243 11 21 .692
MLB Percentile Rankings
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 1150 182 7 3.8 2.4 86.5 108.5 14.2 37.4 .259 .357 .312 .326 .360 31.3 22.0 12.9
Player 2071 359 14 3.9 2.7 86.5 108.5 12.2 32.9 .252 .357 .306 .310 .332 29.2 18.4 10.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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 36.8 20.9 31.3 11.0 45.6 35.7 18.7 3.8 29.7 26.4 31.3 4.4 3.8 2.4
Player 42.9 22.0 25.3 9.7 40.7 37.3 22.0 3.6 34.5 24.8 27.3 5.3 3.9 2.7
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 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 -0.6 -2 372 32.3 92 .211 .250 .293 25.9 27.2 20.2 .215 .305 .307 37.3
2024 Sinker 3.6 6 170 14.8 47 .417 .556 .489 9.1 10.6 12.5 .389 .530 .469 35.5
2024 Cutter -0.3 0 140 12.2 29 .250 .375 .321 28.3 20.7 24.0 .192 .253 .279 31.6
2024 Slider -1.0 -1 133 11.6 33 .200 .367 .282 32.1 24.2 18.6 .271 .398 .325 31.8
2024 Curveball -2.5 -3 114 9.9 32 .071 .071 .144 27.1 28.1 18.4 .190 .242 .252 21.1
2024 Changeup 2.3 2 109 9.5 27 .385 .577 .426 22.6 11.1 13.6 .348 .452 .360 17.4
2024 Split-Finger 1.0 1 59 5.1 14 .154 .231 .268 27.8 21.4 15.8 .246 .283 .264 30.0
2024 Sweeper -0.5 0 50 4.3 11 .182 .455 .264 32.0 36.4 22.2 .217 .422 .268 42.9
2024 Slurve -3.0 0 3 0.3 -- -- -- 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 7.6 3 36 8.8 9 .333 1.333 .667 21.4 11.1 8.3 .276 .792 .436 62.5
2023 Sweeper -5.8 -1 20 4.9 4 .000 .000 .000 18.2 25.0 9.1 .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 285 1,150 -2 -10 9 5 2
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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 1,150 49.3 70.2 82.2 24.9 53.8 45.0 38.3 47.2 25.2 7.7 76.1
Player 2,071 50.5 69.2 84.6 24.7 60.5 45.0 33.7 47.1 21.0 7.1 80.3
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2022 17 63 61
2023 26 68 51
2024 58 62 18 8 90 8 11 13 43 13 43 96 46 69 69 75 69 13 78
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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 6.5 -1 2 4 3 50.0
2024 25.7 5 4.3 1 2 4 1 20.0
Player 24.4 11 10.8 0 5 8 4 36.4
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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 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 5 5 4 7 5 5 4 5 3 4 5 6 3 3 4 5 5 4 4 5 3 3 6 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 2
Player 11 12 7 14 12 11 11 12 10 9 11 13 11 8 11 12 12 11 10 12 8 10 15 14 10 10 12 10 11 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 86.5 -1.6
Launch Angle 13.5 6.3 -7.2 14.2 7.9
Barrel % 1.1 7.1 6.0 3.8 -3.3
Hard Hit % 21.5 33.3 11.8 31.3 -2.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.9 29.8 2.9 37.4 7.6
xBA .244 .243 -0.001 .259 0.016
BA .232 .258 0.026 .242 -0.016
xwOBA .277 .305 0.028 .326 0.021
wOBA .258 .346 0.088 .312 -0.034
xSLG .310 .414 0.104 .357 -0.057
SLG .286 .516 0.230 .344 -0.172
K% 16.3 10.8 -5.5 22.0 11.2
BB% 7.3 5.9 -1.4 12.9 7.0
Swing % 48.1 45.6 -2.5 47.2 1.6
Whiff% 16.6 14.5 -2.1 25.2 10.7
In Zone % 51.5 52.5 1.0 49.3 -3.2
Out of Zone % 48.5 47.5 -1.0 50.7 3.2
Out of Zone Swing % 26.1 22.2 -3.9 24.9 2.7
First Pitch Swing % 27.0 28.4 1.4 38.3 9.9
First Pitch Strike % 56.6 57.8 1.2 61.0 3.2
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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 285 130 45.6 .322 .301
! 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 289 15.7 37.0% 1.0% 169 19.0 0.6% 0.0%
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