T.J. Rivera
DH | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 203LBS | Age: 35
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 113 105 10 35 3 0 .333 .345 .476 .821
2017 231 214 27 62 5 1 .290 .330 .430 .760
2 Seasons 344 319 37 97 8 1 .304 .335 .445 .780
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .333 3 0 .821
2017 .290 5 1 .760
2 Seasons .304 8 1 .780
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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%
2016 27 398 92 2 2.2 1.8 85.7 105.6 13.2 35.9 .270 .364 .346 .285 .320 29.3 15.0 2.7
2017 28 780 185 4 2.2 1.7 84.4 105.5 14.4 37.3 .261 .373 .326 .296 .316 24.9 13.9 3.9
Player 1178 277 6 2.2 1.7 84.8 105.6 14.0 36.8 .264 .370 .333 .292 .318 26.4 14.2 3.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
2016 41.3 17.4 31.5 9.8 37.0 43.5 19.6 4.3 31.5 27.2 31.5 2.2 2.2 1.8
2017 36.2 25.4 29.7 8.6 39.5 41.1 19.5 6.5 27.0 30.8 27.0 5.9 2.2 1.7
Player 37.9 22.7 30.3 9.0 38.6 41.9 19.5 5.8 28.5 29.6 28.5 4.7 2.2 1.7
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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 1 237 30.4 65 .305 .407 .363 16.4 15.4 17.5 .236 .344 .283 26.0
2017 Sinker 1.3 2 182 23.3 64 .345 .448 .375 7.4 7.8 13.5 .328 .444 .360 27.8
2017 Slider 2.5 4 177 22.7 46 .326 .565 .379 32.7 17.4 14.0 .245 .378 .264 18.4
2017 Curveball -3.6 -2 69 8.8 21 .200 .350 .267 18.8 9.5 14.3 .281 .413 .283 42.1
2017 Changeup -0.1 0 50 6.4 17 .214 .429 .347 23.3 11.8 11.1 .216 .322 .314 25.0
2017 Cutter 2.9 1 38 4.9 9 .222 .333 .339 29.4 11.1 12.5 .222 .263 .210 0.0
2017 Split-Finger -10.6 -2 15 1.9 5 .000 .000 .000 54.5 40.0 33.3 .036 .079 .050 0.0
2017 Knuckleball -1.2 0 7 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .780 .865 .717 0.0
2017 Sweeper -5.3 0 3 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 117 408 1 -1 1 1 3
2017 230 779 1 -5 5 4 5
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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 %
2016 398 48.2 71.9 87.0 38.8 57.5 48.0 24.8 54.8 23.9 6.3 76.0
2017 780 49.3 71.4 85.8 34.4 66.9 38.8 33.3 52.7 20.7 8.3 72.3
Player 1,178 48.9 71.5 86.2 35.9 63.4 41.9 30.5 53.4 21.8 7.6 73.3
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 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
2016 45 66
2017 45 45
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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 21.4 3 2.5 1 0 2 1 33.3
2017 21.1 5 4.8 0 5 3 2 40.0
Player 21.3 8 7.3 1 5 5 3 37.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 1 2 3 3 1 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 1 3 3 3 1 3 3
2017 5 5 4 4 5 4 6 3 5 4 5 8 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 8 6 6 3
Player 8 8 7 7 8 7 9 5 8 6 8 11 6 6 7 7 5 5 8 8 7 6 9 8 6 7 8 11 7 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 2016 2017 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.7 84.4 -1.3
Launch Angle 13.2 14.4 1.2
Barrel % 2.2 2.2 0.0
Hard Hit % 29.3 24.9 -4.4
Sweet Spot % 35.9 37.3 1.4
xBA .270 .261 -0.009
BA .333 .290 -0.043
xwOBA .285 .296 0.011
wOBA .346 .326 -0.020
xSLG .364 .373 0.009
SLG .476 .430 -0.046
K% 15.0 13.9 -1.1
BB% 2.7 3.9 1.2
Swing % 54.8 52.7 -2.1
Whiff% 23.9 20.7 -3.2
In Zone % 48.2 49.3 1.1
Out of Zone % 51.8 50.7 -1.1
Out of Zone Swing % 38.8 34.4 -4.4
First Pitch Swing % 24.8 33.3 8.5
First Pitch Strike % 56.6 68.4 11.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 113 1 0.9 .341 .878
2017 Shifts R 230 3 1.3 .323 .642
! 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 %
2016 104 20.5 12.5% 6.7% 56 24.8 1.8% 28.6%
2017 207 17.2 18.4% 1.4% 125 23.3 0.0% 12.0%
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