P | Houston Astros
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 265 lbs | Age: 33
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 13 6 2.80 30 29 0 167.1 166 1.09
2025 3 4 4.10 9 9 0 48.1 48 1.18
2026 0 1 6.59 6 5 0 27.1 23 1.46
5 Seasons 18 12 3.73 69 50 0 301.1 296 1.22
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 30 13-6 2.80 167.1 166 1.09
2025 9 3-4 4.10 48.1 48 1.18
2026 6 0-1 6.59 27.1 23 1.46
5 Seasons 69 18-12 3.73 301.1 296 1.22
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
2022 28 120 20 3 15.0 9.4 89.1 107.8 15.8 50.0 .283 .557 .414 .409 .481 40.0 21.9 12.5 7.11 7.48
2023 29 905 144 17 11.9 7.5 88.5 110.8 17.2 34.0 .238 .447 .352 .343 .394 34.7 23.0 12.4 4.50 5.06
2024 30 2751 439 41 9.4 6.1 88.7 118.7 16.4 30.1 .224 .399 .276 .312 .369 35.5 24.6 10.1 2.80 3.97
2025 31 794 131 11 8.4 5.5 85.9 110.8 17.7 25.2 .199 .354 .292 .279 .318 30.5 24.1 10.1 4.10 3.19
2026 32 478 79 8 10.1 6.8 89.6 107.9 17.4 31.6 .249 .455 .371 .354 .387 38.0 19.5 12.7 6.58 5.44
Player 5048 813 80 9.9 6.4 88.3 118.7 16.8 30.6 .226 .409 .305 .319 .370 34.9 23.7 10.8
MLB 7.6 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.5 33.3 .244 .407 .316 .316 .368 37.1 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Blanco relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(36.2%) ,
Changeup
(27.6%) ,
Slider
(20.9%) ,
Curveball
(15.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2022 25.0 75.0 40.0 35.0 0.0 20.0 40.0 40.0 10.0 10.0 5.0 10.0 30.0 35.0
2023 34.7 65.3 34.7 26.4 4.2 52.8 27.8 19.4 24.3 6.3 4.2 28.5 21.5 15.3
2024 39.9 60.1 31.0 20.7 8.4 41.7 35.5 22.8 21.4 13.7 4.8 20.3 21.9 18.0
2025 35.9 64.1 32.1 22.1 9.9 47.3 28.2 24.4 18.3 13.0 4.6 29.0 15.3 19.8
2026 38.0 62.0 40.5 17.7 3.8 49.4 34.2 16.5 25.3 10.1 2.5 24.1 24.1 13.9
Player 37.8 62.2 33.0 22.0 7.3 44.8 33.0 22.3 21.5 11.8 4.4 23.2 21.2 17.8
MLB 44.1 55.9 24.2 24.6 7.1 37.5 37.3 25.1 20.7 17.5 5.8 16.8 19.8 19.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 5.0 15.0 20.0 35.0 10.0 15.0 9.4
2023 3.5 25.7 31.3 23.6 3.5 11.9 7.5
2024 3.0 28.7 28.7 25.3 4.8 9.4 6.1
2025 9.2 21.4 35.9 19.8 5.3 8.4 5.5
2026 2.5 31.6 27.8 20.3 7.6 10.1 6.8
Player 4.1 26.9 30.0 23.9 5.0 9.9 6.4
MLB 4.0 32.2 25.0 24.4 5.9 7.6 4.9
! 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
2026 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 173 93.4 12.4 2.2 7.0ARM 0.3 19.1 3.5 7.0ARM -0.8
2026 Curveball HOU R 73 79.9 45.0 -8.9 9.3GLV 1.0 -2.0 -8.2 9.3GLV 0.2
2026 Slider HOU R 100 86.6 30.1 -5.0 2.8GLV -1.2 6.2 -4.8 2.8GLV -0.8
2026 Changeup HOU R 132 85.0 31.5 -0.7 13.1ARM -0.7 6.5 -2.7 13.1ARM -1.1
2025 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 283 93.2 13.0 1.6 6.7ARM -0.1 18.8 3.0 6.7ARM -0.9
2025 Slider HOU R 250 85.5 31.0 -4.6 2.9GLV -1.3 6.4 -4.6 2.9GLV -1.3
2025 Changeup HOU R 99 84.4 32.6 -0.5 13.7ARM -0.7 6.2 -2.1 13.7ARM -0.8
2025 Curveball HOU R 161 80.2 44.6 -8.5 10.2GLV 2.1 -1.5 -8.7 10.2GLV 1.2
! 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 %
2026 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 -4 173 36.2 37 .310 .586 .442 19.7 13.5 11.6 .269 .579 .424 40.0
2026 Changeup 0.9 1 132 27.6 37 .176 .265 .255 36.3 21.6 16.0 .214 .280 .253 38.5
2026 Slider -4.7 -5 100 20.9 28 .250 .625 .411 18.5 25.0 15.9 .302 .611 .431 29.4
2026 Curveball -0.8 -1 73 15.3 16 .286 .714 .450 21.2 18.8 18.8 .203 .353 .294 45.5
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -5 283 35.7 58 .267 .600 .432 16.8 10.3 9.2 .231 .483 .384 45.0
2025 Slider 2.4 6 250 31.5 71 .179 .269 .221 42.4 35.2 25.3 .184 .294 .232 28.6
2025 Curveball 0.0 0 161 20.3 38 .194 .444 .289 31.3 23.7 18.8 .173 .365 .251 33.3
2025 Changeup 1.8 2 99 12.5 32 .214 .214 .213 35.8 25.0 21.1 .215 .276 .234 4.5
! 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
2026 Changeup 125 85.0 96 15.3 2:00 2:15 -15
2026 Curveball 73 79.9 43 11.2 7:15 8:15 -60
2026 4-Seam Fastball 173 93.4 99 20.0 12:45 12:45 0
2026 Slider 100 86.6 38 6.3 12:00 10:45 75
2025 Changeup 99 84.4 97 15.4 2:00 2:30 -30
2025 Curveball 161 80.2 45 11.9 7:15 8:15 -60
2025 4-Seam Fastball 283 93.2 98 19.5 12:45 12:45 0
2025 Slider 250 85.5 35 6.5 12:00 10:45 75
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 32 120 -2 2 -1 -1 -2
2023 226 905 -2 4 -9 -5 -11
2024 675 2,751 10 34 -16 -10 18
2025 199 793 1 8 -3 -3 3
2026 118 478 -3 1 -3 -2 -8
Player 1,250 5,047 3 49 -32 3 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 %
2022 120 46.7 91.1 78.4 29.7 31.6 35.8 62.5 58.3 34.3 4.2 100.0
2023 905 46.2 76.8 77.3 29.2 43.7 41.4 58.4 51.2 33.0 6.2 75.0
2024 2,751 47.9 68.5 82.3 30.3 47.5 43.7 60.5 48.6 29.0 6.9 80.6
2025 794 47.4 65.2 78.8 31.7 48.5 44.0 58.8 47.6 32.0 6.2 79.6
2026 478 48.7 71.2 82.5 29.4 56.9 43.3 64.4 49.8 25.2 7.7 78.4
Player 5,048 47.6 70.2 80.7 30.2 47.4 43.1 60.3 49.3 30.0 6.7 79.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.7 28.6 57.9 42.6 61.2 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Year Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed
xERA Fastball
MPH
Fastball
Spin
Curve
Spin
Avg
EV
Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit%
GB% Extension
2022 72 65 94
2023 13 4 72 57 19 58 60 61 52 90 46 7 2 80 12 84
2024 92 25 99 36 50 38 44 16 53 68 76 63 22 19 76 36 83
2025 30 42 7 87
2026 31 55 4 86
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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 22.45 1 0.6 0 0 1 0 0.0
2023 22.95 12 11.7 0 1 8 6 50.0
2024 23.62 22 20.4 2 11 15 8 36.4
2025 24.26 7 6.1 1 4 6 1 14.3
2026 26.29 7 6.1 1 2 2 5 71.4
Player 23.91 49 44.9 4 18 32 20 40.8
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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
2022 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
2023 12 10 11 13 13 12 14 10 12 10 9 12 11 11 13 14 13 11 11 12 10 11 15 14 10 11 12 13 11 11 10
2024 22 19 20 19 20 21 21 21 16 14 21 23 21 16 20 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 25 24 19 20 18 22 22 21 18
2025 7 8 7 5 5 6 5 7 4 4 6 8 6 8 6 6 7 6 5 9 6 8 7 8 6 4 5 8 6 5 3
2026 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 8 5 6 6 7 6 5 6 7 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 5 6
Player 49 45 44 44 44 45 47 45 39 35 42 51 44 42 46 48 47 44 44 50 44 49 55 54 41 40 41 50 46 42 37
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023 +/-   2022
Results
BA .248 +.038 .210 +.020 .190 -.061 .251 -.045 .296
xBA .249 +.050 .199 -.025 .224 -.014 .238 -.045 .283
OBP .350 +.062 .288 +.015 .273 -.077 .350 -.056 .406
xOBP .352 +.074 .278 -.027 .305 -.034 .339 -.056 .395
SLG .505 +.124 .381 +.027 .354 -.108 .462 -.094 .556
xSLG .455 +.101 .354 -.045 .399 -.048 .447 -.110 .557
ISO .257 +.087 .170 +.006 .164 -.046 .210 -.049 .259
xISO .205 +.050 .155 -.020 .175 -.034 .209 -.065 .274
BABIP .254 +.010 .244 +.023 .221 -.059 .280 -.088 .368
wOBA .371 +.079 .292 +.016 .276 -.076 .352 -.062 .414
xwOBA .354 +.075 .279 -.033 .312 -.031 .343 -.066 .409
wOBAcon .413 +.074 .339 +.024 .315 -.091 .406 -.082 .488
xwOBAcon .387 +.069 .318 -.051 .369 -.025 .394 -.087 .481
BACON .321 +.036 .285 +.025 .260 -.080 .340 -.060 .400
xBACON .323 +.053 .270 -.039 .309 -.015 .324 -.058 .382
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 38.0 +7.5 30.5 -5.0 35.5 +0.8 34.7 -5.3 40.0
Avg Exit Velocity 89.6 +3.7 85.9 -2.8 88.7 +0.2 88.5 -0.6 89.1
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 31.6 +6.4 25.2 -4.9 30.1 -3.9 34.0 -16.0 50.0
Barrel % 10.1 +1.7 8.4 -1.0 9.4 -2.5 11.9 -3.1 15.0
Avg Launch Angle 17.4 -0.3 17.7 +1.3 16.4 -0.8 17.2 +1.4 15.8
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.8 -0.1 71.9 +0.1 71.8 +1.0 70.8 -- --
Attack Angle 15° 15° +2° 13° +4° 10° -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 55.8 +0.5 55.3 +0.3 55.0 -8.0 63.0 -- --
Attack Direction -8° +2° -10° -3° -6° -3° -3° -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 29° -1° 31° -1° 32° 31° -- --
Swing Length 7.4 -0.3 7.7 +0.2 7.5 +0.1 7.4 -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.4 +0.2 93.2 -0.2 93.4 -1.1 94.5 -0.7 95.2
Breaking Velocity 83.8 +0.4 83.4 -1.5 84.9 -2.7 87.6 +0.9 86.7
Offspeed Velocity 85.0 +0.6 84.4 -0.8 85.2 -0.3 85.5 -1.8 87.3
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 8 -3 11 -30 41 +24 17 +14 3
Popup % 3.8 -6.1 9.9 +1.5 8.4 +4.2 4.2 +4.2 0.0
Flyball % 40.5 +8.4 32.1 +1.1 31.0 -3.7 34.7 -5.3 40.0
Line Drive % 17.7 -4.4 22.1 +1.4 20.7 -5.7 26.4 -8.6 35.0
Groundball % 38.0 +2.1 35.9 -4.0 39.9 +5.2 34.7 +9.7 25.0
Pull % 49.4 +2.1 47.3 +5.6 41.7 -11.1 52.8 +32.8 20.0
Straight Away % 34.2 +6.0 28.2 -7.3 35.5 +7.7 27.8 -12.2 40.0
Opposite Field % 16.5 -7.9 24.4 +1.6 22.8 +3.4 19.4 -20.6 40.0
Weak Contact % 2.5 -6.7 9.2 +6.2 3.0 -0.5 3.5 -1.5 5.0
Pull Airball % 24.1 -4.9 29.0 +8.7 20.3 -8.2 28.5 +18.5 10.0
Topped Contact % 31.6 +10.2 21.4 -7.3 28.7 +3.0 25.7 +10.7 15.0
Under Contact % 27.8 -8.1 35.9 +7.2 28.7 -2.6 31.3 +11.3 20.0
Flare/Burner Contact % 20.3 +0.5 19.8 -5.5 25.3 +1.7 23.6 -11.4 35.0
Solid Contact % 7.6 +2.3 5.3 +0.5 4.8 +1.3 3.5 -6.5 10.0
HR/FB % 21.9 +5.2 16.7 +0.5 16.2 -7.8 24.0 +11.5 12.5
Popups 3 -10 13 -24 37 +31 6 +6 0
Flyballs 32 -10 42 -94 136 +86 50 +42 8
Line Drives 14 -15 29 -62 91 +53 38 +31 7
Groundballs 30 -17 47 -128 175 +125 50 +45 5
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 48.7 +1.3 47.4 -0.5 47.9 +1.7 46.2 -0.5 46.7
Out of Zone % 51.3 -1.3 52.6 +0.5 52.1 -1.7 53.8 +0.5 53.3
Edge % 43.3 -0.7 44.0 +0.3 43.7 +2.3 41.4 +5.6 35.8
Zone Swing % 71.2 +6.0 65.2 -3.3 68.5 -8.3 76.8 -14.3 91.1
Out of Zone Swing % 29.4 -2.3 31.7 +1.4 30.3 +1.1 29.2 -0.5 29.7
In Zone Contact % 82.5 +3.7 78.8 -3.5 82.3 +5.0 77.3 -1.1 78.4
Out of Zone Contact % 56.9 +8.4 48.5 +1.0 47.5 +3.8 43.7 +12.1 31.6
Whiff % 25.2 -6.8 32.0 +3.0 29.0 -4.0 33.0 -1.3 34.3
First Strike % 64.4 +5.6 58.8 -1.7 60.5 +2.1 58.4 -4.1 62.5
First Pitch Swing % 33.9 +0.7 33.2 +1.8 31.4 -4.9 36.3 -13.7 50.0
Swing % 49.8 +2.2 47.6 -1.0 48.6 -2.6 51.2 -7.1 58.3
Meatball Swing % 78.4 -1.2 79.6 -1.0 80.6 +5.6 75.0 -25.0 100.0
Meatball % 7.7 +1.5 6.2 -0.7 6.9 +0.7 6.2 +2.0 4.2
Zone Swing & Miss % 17.5 -3.7 21.2 +3.5 17.7 -5.0 22.7 +1.1 21.6
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 43.1 -8.4 51.5 -1.0 52.5 -3.8 56.3 -12.1 68.4
In Zone 233 -143 376 -943 1,319 +901 418 +362 56
Out of Zone 245 -172 417 -1,015 1,432 +945 487 +423 64
Edge 207 -142 349 -854 1,203 +828 375 +332 43
In Zone Swings 166 -79 245 -659 904 +583 321 +270 51
Out of Zone Swings 72 -60 132 -302 434 +292 142 +123 19
In Zone Swing & Misses 29 -23 52 -108 160 +87 73 +62 11
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 31 -37 68 -160 228 +148 80 +67 13
Basic
Pitches 478 -316 794 -1,957 2,751 +1,846 905 +785 120
PA 118 -81 199 -477 676 +450 226 +194 32
AB 101 -75 176 -423 599 +404 195 +168 27
Hits 25 -12 37 -77 114 +65 49 +41 8
Singles 14 -7 21 -42 63 +31 32 +29 3
Doubles 3 -6 9 -17 26 +21 5 +1 4
Triples 1 +1 0 -3 3 +3 0 0 0
Home Runs 7 0 7 -15 22 +10 12 +11 1
Walks 15 -5 20 -48 68 +40 28 +24 4
Strikeouts 23 -25 48 -118 166 +114 52 +45 7
K% 19.5 -4.6 24.1 -0.5 24.6 +1.6 23.0 +1.1 21.9
BB% 12.7 +2.6 10.1 0.0 10.1 -2.3 12.4 -0.1 12.5
HBP 1 +1 0 -2 2 0 2 +1 1
Batted Balls 79 -52 131 -308 439 +295 144 +124 20
Fastball Percent 36.2 +0.6 35.6 -2.7 38.3 -1.9 40.2 -5.6 45.8
Offspeed Percent 27.6 +15.1 12.5 -9.6 22.1 +13.1 9.0 +1.5 7.5
Breaking Percent 36.2 -15.6 51.8 +12.3 39.5 -11.3 50.8 +4.1 46.7
Number of Fastballs 173 -110 283 -772 1,055 +691 364 +309 55
Number of Offspeed 132 +33 99 -509 608 +527 81 +72 9
Number of Breaking 173 -238 411 -677 1,088 +628 460 +404 56
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 32 .414 18 3 16.7 14 10 71.4
2023 Shades 226 .352 122 2 1.6 104 56 53.8
2024 Shades 649 .276 309 107 34.6 340 212 62.4
2025 Shades 199 .292 117 13 11.1 82 47 57.3
2026 Shades 118 .371 40 15 37.5 78 45 57.7
! 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 19 17.7 21.1% 0.0% 22 23.9 0.0% 13.6%
2023 233 13.8 65.2% 0.0% 144 18.8 0.7% 0.7%
2024 818 13.1 78.5% 0.0% 395 18.1 6.1% 0.3%
2025 240 14.1 62.1% 0.0% 124 19.2 1.6% 0.8%
2026 128 14.3 64.8% 0.8% 68 18.5 5.9% 2.9%

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Pitch Distribution