Victor Alcántara
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 190LBS | Age: 30
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 0 0 8.59 6 0 0 7.1 5 2.18
2018 1 1 2.40 27 0 0 30 21 1.03
2019 3 2 4.85 46 0 0 42.2 24 1.41
3 Seasons 4 3 4.28 79 0 0 80 50 1.34
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 6 0-0 8.59 7.1 5 2.18
2018 27 1-1 2.40 30 21 1.03
2019 46 3-2 4.85 42.2 24 1.41
3 Seasons 79 4-3 4.28 80 50 1.34
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2017 24 134 28 1 3.6 2.6 84.5 109.3 3.5 32.1 .292 .427 .415 .370 .365 39.3 12.8 10.3 8.59 6.16
2018 25 440 92 7 7.6 5.9 87.0 111.7 7.3 29.3 .244 .393 .290 .294 .335 38.0 17.6 5.0 2.40 3.63
2019 26 687 141 13 9.2 7.1 90.9 112.5 7.9 27.7 .293 .534 .348 .380 .407 42.6 13.2 8.2 4.85 6.74
Player 1261 261 21 8.0 6.2 88.8 112.5 7.2 28.7 .275 .471 .335 .349 .377 40.6 14.7 7.4
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Alcántara relies on 3 pitches.
Sinker
(75.0%) ,
Changeup
(15.9%) ,
Slider
(9.2%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 53.6 3.6 35.7 7.1 39.3 39.3 21.4 10.7 39.3 17.9 25.0 3.6 3.6 2.6
2018 51.1 17.4 22.8 8.7 53.3 30.4 16.3 3.3 39.1 22.8 23.9 3.3 7.6 5.9
2019 54.6 21.3 17.0 7.1 47.5 29.8 22.7 2.1 42.6 19.1 22.0 5.0 9.2 7.1
Player 53.3 18.0 21.1 7.7 48.7 31.0 20.3 3.4 41.0 20.3 23.0 4.2 8.0 6.2
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.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2019 Changeup DET R 109 88.2 31.0 1.1 4 16.7 1.9 13
2019 Sinker DET R 515 93.4 27.0 3.7 16 18.3 2.7 18
2019 Slider DET R 63 89.2 29.0 -2.9 -9 7.9 -11.3 -325
2018 Slider DET R 39 90.0 27.1 -4.1 -13 4.3 -7.9 -221
2018 Changeup DET R 83 88.1 28.3 -1.7 -6 15.8 1.6 12
2018 4-Seam Fastball DET R 1 93.9 14.7 1.4 9 12.2 4.1 51
2018 Sinker DET R 317 93.8 24.5 2.1 9 16.7 1.5 10
2017 Slider DET R 16 86.9 30.9 -2.2 -7 1.9 -4.6 -172
2017 Sinker DET R 93 92.1 28.0 3.8 16 15.0 -0.6 -4
2017 Changeup DET R 16 85.6 33.4 2.4 8 12.7 -2.0 -14
2017 4-Seam Fastball DET R 9 93.6 20.3 -4.1 -25 7.6 -2.2 -23
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2019 Sinker -0.7 -4 515 75.0 132 .313 .496 .392 19.6 9.8 12.6 .293 .509 .381 43.3
2019 Changeup -0.7 -1 109 15.9 27 .200 .440 .300 32.7 25.9 15.9 .299 .596 .393 27.8
2019 Slider -0.6 0 63 9.2 23 .174 .478 .267 12.8 17.4 11.4 .287 .590 .360 52.6
2018 Sinker 1.6 5 317 72.0 84 .269 .462 .342 15.4 8.3 10.3 .286 .450 .337 43.1
2018 Changeup 0.4 0 83 18.9 23 .136 .318 .211 33.3 34.8 23.5 .159 .253 .200 21.4
2018 Slider 1.7 1 39 8.9 12 .083 .333 .167 44.4 50.0 26.1 .128 .276 .173 16.7
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Sinker -0.2 0 93 69.4 26 .318 .318 .350 21.2 11.5 16.7 .236 .284 .299 31.6
2017 Changeup -32.2 -5 16 11.9 7 .667 1.333 .821 11.1 14.3 12.5 .533 1.067 .663 60.0
2017 Slider 0.2 0 16 11.9 3 .000 .000 .233 57.1 33.3 14.3 .059 .069 .268 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 0 9 6.7 3 .500 .500 .300 20.0 0.0 0.0 .412 .434 .400 66.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 39 134 -5 1 -1 -1 -5
2018 119 440 5 5 -2 -2 6
2019 182 687 0 4 -6 -2 -5
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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 %
2017 134 48.5 78.5 80.4 31.9 68.2 41.8 61.5 54.5 23.3 5.2 100.0
2018 440 49.3 69.6 86.8 35.4 64.6 40.7 59.7 52.3 20.9 6.4 78.6
2019 687 44.5 69.3 87.7 37.3 66.2 42.2 61.0 51.5 20.9 8.2 76.8
Player 1,261 46.6 70.4 86.5 36.1 65.8 41.6 60.6 52.1 21.2 7.2 79.1
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2017 39 20 26
2018 64 16 9
2019 51 15 14
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 19.7 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.0
2018 23.1 5 3.6 1 4 3 1 20.0
2019 22.3 8 8.4 0 5 4 6 75.0
Player 22.4 14 12.9 1 9 8 7 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
2018 5 4 4 5 3 2 3 4 3 2 2 7 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 6 5 5 6 5 2 2 3 3 5 3 2
2019 8 8 7 11 8 8 9 8 8 7 6 10 11 8 7 9 7 7 8 9 10 9 11 11 7 7 8 9 11 7 6
Player 14 13 12 17 12 11 13 13 12 10 9 18 16 11 11 13 10 11 13 16 16 15 18 17 10 10 12 13 17 11 8
! 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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.2 93.8 1.6 93.4 -0.4
Offspeed Velocity 85.6 88.1 2.5 88.2 0.1
Breaking Velocity 86.9 90.0 3.1 89.2 -0.8
Exit Velocity 84.5 87.0 2.5 90.9 3.9
Launch Angle 3.5 7.3 3.8 7.9 0.6
Barrel % 3.6 7.6 4.0 9.2 1.6
Hard Hit % 39.3 38.0 -1.3 42.6 4.6
Sweet Spot % 32.1 29.3 -2.8 27.7 -1.6
xBA .292 .244 -0.048 .293 0.049
BA .375 .223 -0.152 .276 0.053
xwOBA .370 .294 -0.076 .380 0.086
wOBA .415 .290 -0.125 .348 0.058
xSLG .427 .393 -0.034 .534 0.141
SLG .500 .420 -0.080 .485 0.065
K% 12.8 17.6 4.8 13.2 -4.4
BB% 10.3 5.0 -5.3 8.2 3.2
Swing % 54.5 52.3 -2.2 51.5 -0.8
Whiff% 23.3 20.9 -2.4 20.9 0.0
In Zone % 48.5 49.3 0.8 44.5 -4.8
Out of Zone % 51.5 50.7 -0.8 55.5 4.8
Out of Zone Swing % 31.9 35.4 3.5 37.3 1.9
First Pitch Swing % 41.0 31.9 -9.1 32.4 0.5
First Pitch Strike % 61.5 59.7 -1.8 61.0 1.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 39 .415 19 0 0.0 20 0 0.0
2018 Shifts 119 .290 69 13 18.8 50 34 68.0
2019 Shifts 182 .348 117 8 6.8 65 36 55.4
! 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 %
2017 18 19.4 0.0% 5.6% 32 21.5 0.0% 6.3%
2018 132 21.0 0.8% 3.8% 57 24.7 0.0% 17.5%
2019 175 23.2 0.0% 9.7% 118 26.2 0.0% 16.9%
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Pitch Distribution