Ryan Rua
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 205LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 17, #534, Texas Rangers | Lake Erie College
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 269 240 40 62 8 9 .258 .331 .400 .731
2017 144 129 17 28 3 2 .217 .294 .333 .627
2018 147 139 17 27 6 3 .194 .221 .360 .581
5 Seasons 755 696 95 164 23 15 .236 .289 .382 .671
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .258 8 9 .731
2017 .217 3 2 .627
2018 .194 6 3 .581
5 Seasons .236 23 15 .671
MLB Percentile Rankings
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%
2015 25 341 51 3 5.9 3.5 86.1 110.2 9.3 27.5 .174 .312 .265 .227 .346 37.3 37.2 3.5
2016 26 1022 166 11 6.6 4.1 90.5 117.0 10.0 25.9 .230 .362 .317 .293 .367 40.4 28.3 7.8
2017 27 563 78 7 9.0 4.9 84.9 116.2 11.7 32.1 .216 .350 .278 .284 .401 32.1 36.1 9.7
2018 28 590 89 9 10.1 6.1 90.4 114.0 14.4 30.3 .204 .339 .248 .254 .383 40.4 36.1 3.4
Player 2516 384 30 7.8 4.6 88.8 117.0 11.3 28.4 .213 .347 .285 .273 .375 38.3 33.0 6.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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
2015 49.0 13.7 29.4 7.8 41.2 41.2 17.6 7.8 35.3 21.6 15.7 9.8 5.9 3.5
2016 52.4 18.7 23.5 5.4 33.7 44.0 22.3 2.4 36.1 22.3 28.9 2.4 6.6 4.1
2017 46.2 19.2 26.9 7.7 50.0 32.1 17.9 11.5 25.6 21.8 26.9 3.8 9.0 4.9
2018 44.9 27.0 19.1 9.0 36.0 37.1 25.8 2.2 31.5 28.1 20.2 5.6 10.1 6.1
Player 49.0 20.1 24.0 7.0 38.5 39.6 21.6 4.9 32.8 23.4 24.7 4.4 7.8 4.6
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -3 199 33.7 52 .216 .490 .302 33.0 44.2 38.3 .161 .353 .225 53.6
2018 Sinker -3.1 -4 121 20.5 26 .160 .320 .229 21.8 11.5 11.1 .309 .495 .371 56.5
2018 Slider -1.3 -1 97 16.4 26 .208 .333 .233 43.1 46.2 31.6 .201 .301 .217 7.1
2018 Changeup -1.9 -1 77 13.1 20 .278 .333 .313 27.9 15.0 15.0 .281 .358 .322 33.3
2018 Cutter -3.6 -2 46 7.8 13 .091 .091 .177 31.8 53.8 36.8 .144 .173 .225 25.0
2018 Curveball 2.2 1 43 7.3 7 .143 .286 .279 46.7 42.9 20.0 .140 .162 .230 0.0
2018 Sweeper -13.0 0 3 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Split-Finger -0.3 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 Slurve -24.6 0 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .007 .017 .008 100.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -1 174 30.9 35 .185 .222 .299 41.0 45.7 34.0 .178 .215 .292 18.2
2017 Sinker -1.2 -2 136 24.2 37 .235 .324 .281 19.4 10.8 11.1 .243 .411 .309 26.7
2017 Slider 3.4 3 96 17.1 26 .269 .577 .354 45.7 46.2 42.9 .234 .493 .300 28.6
2017 Changeup 0.0 0 73 13.0 25 .238 .381 .319 41.5 32.0 32.0 .276 .400 .342 57.1
2017 Curveball -0.6 0 49 8.7 13 .231 .231 .208 37.0 53.8 33.3 .198 .298 .213 50.0
2017 Cutter -9.0 -2 21 3.7 6 .000 .000 .000 54.5 50.0 60.0 .044 .048 .039 0.0
2017 Sweeper -8.8 0 5 0.9 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2017 Split-Finger 3.5 0 3 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Screwball -4.0 0 2 0.4 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 109 414 4 -4 0 1 2
2015 86 341 0 -4 1 1 -2
2016 270 1,027 -3 -12 3 6 -6
2017 144 561 -2 -4 1 3 -2
2018 147 590 -5 -9 2 1 -11
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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 %
2015 341 51.6 61.4 73.1 33.3 54.5 46.3 36.0 47.8 33.1 5.3 66.7
2016 1,022 49.1 63.5 78.1 27.3 57.0 42.2 33.8 45.1 28.2 6.4 72.3
2017 563 49.6 61.5 70.8 30.7 46.0 42.4 30.6 46.0 37.1 7.1 70.0
2018 590 53.9 63.8 74.9 28.3 46.8 44.4 26.5 47.5 32.9 7.3 69.8
Player 2,516 50.7 62.9 75.0 29.1 51.8 43.3 31.7 46.2 32.0 6.6 70.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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
2015 77 61
2016 99 75
2017 99 71
2018 93 85
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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 22.8 8 8.2 0 1 6 4 50.0
2017 23.7 3 2.4 1 3 3 0 0.0
2018 22.5 6 5.0 1 1 4 2 33.3
Player 22.8 17 15.6 1 5 13 6 35.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 8 9 6 7 7 8 8 8 5 8 6 7 10 8 8 9 7 8 10 8 10 7 10 10 9 9 7 11 10 8 8
2017 3 2 2 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 0
2018 6 6 3 7 6 4 6 5 5 2 6 6 6 3 5 7 5 6 4 7 4 5 7 6 3 3 5 6 5 4 3
Player 17 17 11 18 15 15 17 16 12 12 14 18 18 13 16 19 14 16 16 17 16 15 20 19 14 14 14 20 17 14 11
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.1 90.5 4.4 84.9 -5.6 90.4 5.5
Launch Angle 9.3 10.0 0.7 11.7 1.7 14.4 2.7
Barrel % 5.9 6.6 0.7 9.0 2.4 10.1 1.1
Hard Hit % 37.3 40.4 3.1 32.1 -8.3 40.4 8.3
Sweet Spot % 27.5 25.9 -1.6 32.1 6.2 30.3 -1.8
xBA .174 .230 0.056 .216 -0.014 .204 -0.012
BA .193 .258 0.065 .217 -0.041 .194 -0.023
xwOBA .227 .293 0.066 .284 -0.009 .254 -0.030
wOBA .265 .317 0.052 .278 -0.039 .248 -0.030
xSLG .312 .362 0.050 .350 -0.012 .339 -0.011
SLG .398 .400 0.002 .333 -0.067 .360 0.027
K% 37.2 28.3 -8.9 36.1 7.8 36.1 0.0
BB% 3.5 7.8 4.3 9.7 1.9 3.4 -6.3
Swing % 47.8 45.1 -2.7 46.0 0.9 47.5 1.5
Whiff% 33.1 28.2 -4.9 37.1 8.9 32.9 -4.2
In Zone % 51.6 49.1 -2.5 49.6 0.5 53.9 4.3
Out of Zone % 48.4 50.9 2.5 50.4 -0.5 46.1 -4.3
Out of Zone Swing % 33.3 27.3 -6.0 30.7 3.4 28.3 -2.4
First Pitch Swing % 36.0 33.8 -2.2 30.6 -3.2 26.5 -4.1
First Pitch Strike % 69.8 63.2 -6.6 60.4 -2.8 59.2 -1.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 261 18 6.9 .272 .835
2017 Shifts R 144 4 2.8 .276 .346
2018 Shifts R 147 20 13.6 .255 .201
! 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 %
2014 110 16.8 25.5% 1.8% 88 22.6 1.1% 9.1%
2015 119 16.3 37.0% 2.5% 40 24.2 10.0% 25.0%
2016 292 16.3 37.7% 2.7% 176 22.1 4.5% 11.4%
2017 199 17.9 22.6% 2.0% 68 22.5 0.0% 5.9%
2018 185 16.9 28.6% 0.5% 92 22.4 0.0% 8.7%
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